The following question was presented:
So, I've been watching a lot of Star Trek re-runs lately. I'm currently watching Voyager, but I'm pretty sure this question relates to both TNG and DS9 if not the other two. What I've noticed is that whenever they go into battle, the captain says “evasive maneuvers, pattern [Greek Letter]” with the Greek Letter being either Delta or Omega. Anyway, the next thing is that the ship gets hit. Every single time. What bloody use is that? What is the point of a Star Trek starship taking evasive maneuvers?
Results:
It gives the captain something to say was the clear winner with 57% of the votes selected from the following:
- None - they always get hit (0%)
- In case they are being attached by an idiot that couldn't hit a barn door at 10 paces (14%)
- It gives the captain something to say (57%)
- It gives the person at the con (pilot) something to do (14%)
- It's the done thing (0%)
- To at least avoid critical systems being hit (14%)
Graphic of Results:
Analysis:
This is actually one of life's great mysteries to me and I'm not really sure the vote question helps sort this out. You would have thought that evasive maneuvers would help avoid being hit, but they definitely don't given most of the episodes I've seen.