I've noticed that everyone on Star Trek (TNG to ST:Enterprise) are reading numbers instead of words; their on every panel, every screen and people can seem to translated as words...Why is that? What is it?
Plus, it happens IRL, sort of. If you're a novice, you won't even understand what does what: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=LyUN40weqIk
And yep, even if this shot is played for comedic value, that's a REAL control panel.
Plus, it happens IRL, sort of. If you're a novice, you won't even understand what does what: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=LyUN40weqIk
And yep, even if this shot is played for comedic value, that's a REAL control panel.
Each of them are labelled, but I would imagine that most pilots would be able to know what most dials do even if they are not labelled.
What is displayed on the screen is meaningless since the actors will say whatever the script requires since okudagrams usually contain in-jokes for the Production Staff and Easter Eggs. 47 is a popular reference in Star Trek due to writer Joe Menosky which referenced the 47 Society from Pomona College in California according to Memory Alpha.
Dramatic exposition, is why. Dialogue can be used to explain to the audience what is happening, even though a numbers-based answer would "realistically" make far more sense.
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1: Written Language is done with numbers by the TNG era
2: You are reading too much into a low budget production that has static screens on set and doesn't waste money and time changing them
And yep, even if this shot is played for comedic value, that's a REAL control panel.
The kid beleives that he was responsible for destroying his parents ship, because his hands touched a console during an impact.
Picard and Troy tell him, that it's an impossibility, because all commands are coded.
So chances are, that those numbers basically represent segments of entry-codes required to run the ship's functions.
Each of them are labelled, but I would imagine that most pilots would be able to know what most dials do even if they are not labelled.
What is displayed on the screen is meaningless since the actors will say whatever the script requires since okudagrams usually contain in-jokes for the Production Staff and Easter Eggs. 47 is a popular reference in Star Trek due to writer Joe Menosky which referenced the 47 Society from Pomona College in California according to Memory Alpha.