01-15-2010, 10:20 PM
When I was playing Star Trek on an Interdata machine, circa 1980, I wanted to beam a team down to a planet's surface. Scott asked me who I wanted to accompany me. I had not planned on going down myself, and since Scott was going to be that way I chose him. Not finding the planet particularly friendly, I decided to beam up. Unfortunately there was no one left on the bridge who knew how to work the transporter.
While mentally looking for some large object to smash the monitor, an engineer entered the computer facility with a group of dignintaries wearing hard hats. Suppressing a smirk with some effort, he dryly explained that the control room was like the bridge of a starship. I never did get off the planet, and that was enough of a Star Trek experience for me. Besides, the Star Trek transporters were borrowed from Forbidden Planet.
While mentally looking for some large object to smash the monitor, an engineer entered the computer facility with a group of dignintaries wearing hard hats. Suppressing a smirk with some effort, he dryly explained that the control room was like the bridge of a starship. I never did get off the planet, and that was enough of a Star Trek experience for me. Besides, the Star Trek transporters were borrowed from Forbidden Planet.
"I may be old, but I'm not dead."