For those who clearly haven't read the Star Trek Technical Manual let me explain.
What the Enterprise has are "inertial compensators", a never explained piece of tech which allow the crew to remain upright regardless of the inertial forces applied to the ship or it's contents.
It is clearly the most fragile component on the Enterprise because it's always the first thing damaged in any combat encounter.
However given the extreme OCD of a certain section of ST fandom you will note that the fact that the inertial compensators have failed/been destroyed is usually announced prior to everybody throwing themselves to the left & then back to the right.
Can I also point out that when I say OCD I'm not kidding. Michael Okuda (the technical producer on ST:NG) once received a complaint that in one episode the door of Picard's cabin had the wrong location code on it. Impressive when one considers that this code is only visible in a background shot for about 3 seconds while Picard issues an order to Riker.
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Date: 2011-10-09 05:59 pm (UTC)What the Enterprise has are "inertial compensators", a never explained piece of tech which allow the crew to remain upright regardless of the inertial forces applied to the ship or it's contents.
It is clearly the most fragile component on the Enterprise because it's always the first thing damaged in any combat encounter.
However given the extreme OCD of a certain section of ST fandom you will note that the fact that the inertial compensators have failed/been destroyed is usually announced prior to everybody throwing themselves to the left & then back to the right.
Can I also point out that when I say OCD I'm not kidding. Michael Okuda (the technical producer on ST:NG) once received a complaint that in one episode the door of Picard's cabin had the wrong location code on it. Impressive when one considers that this code is only visible in a background shot for about 3 seconds while Picard issues an order to Riker.