SeeingEyeBorg 0 Posted September 8, 2008 If you're in the holodeck with the safeties off, can you be assimilated by Borg holograms? Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
VaBeachGuy 12 Posted September 8, 2008 If you're in the holodeck with the safeties off, can you be assimilated by Borg holograms? I would say no because they're just simulations and don't have the nanoprobes and other things that would be needed for actual assimilation. You could be hurt or killed, but not assimilated. Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
RikerChick 5 Posted September 8, 2008 I never understood why the option to turn safeties off was there in the first place. Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
Eratosthenes 0 Posted September 8, 2008 If you're in the holodeck with the safeties off, can you be assimilated by Borg holograms? I would say no because they're just simulations and don't have the nanoprobes and other things that would be needed for actual assimilation. You could be hurt or killed, but not assimilated. Unless the computer was producing a simulation accurate down to the microscopic level...in which case the nanoprobes might actually be able to act like real nanoprobes...and if the computer weren't programmed to know that nanoprobes could be very harmful and unwanted from a human perspective, it might actually see the process as beneficial upgrades for the human! Except there's that problem of when you leave the holodeck becoming totally stripped of the mechanisms that you're body may or may not now rely on...... Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
Takara_Soong 4 Posted September 8, 2008 Unless the computer was producing a simulation accurate down to the microscopic level...in which case the nanoprobes might actually be able to act like real nanoprobes...and if the computer weren't programmed to know that nanoprobes could be very harmful and unwanted from a human perspective, it might actually see the process as beneficial upgrades for the human! Except there's that problem of when you leave the holodeck becoming totally stripped of the mechanisms that you're body may or may not now rely on...... In order for the nanoprobes to be dangerous they would have to be replicated by the computer and not simulated however complex technology, like nanoprobes, cannot be replicated. Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
SeeingEyeBorg 0 Posted September 12, 2008 Still...good point was brought up. Why be allowed to take the safeties off? Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
VaBeachGuy 12 Posted September 12, 2008 I don't think that it's so much that you can "take the safeties off" as it is that they had to put safeties on. If something is added then it can be taken off. Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
KIMIMELA 1 Posted October 8, 2008 Can you get pregnant in the hol? Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
Kor37 9 Posted October 8, 2008 Can you get pregnant in the hol? Is there something you would like to confess, Cara?....... Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
KIMIMELA 1 Posted October 8, 2008 Can you get pregnant in the hol? Is there something you would like to confess, Cara?....... No, I was thinking of it when watching an episode of TNG where Will Riker and Deanna Troi were in the holodeck I thought, "What if?" Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
Takara_Soong 4 Posted October 8, 2008 Can you get pregnant in the hol? Is there something you would like to confess, Cara?....... No, I was thinking of it when watching an episode of TNG where Will Riker and Deanna Troi were in the holodeck I thought, "What if?" If the Will and Deanna on the holodeck were real and not holograms then it would be just as possible for Deanna to become pregnant in the holodeck as it would be for her to get pregnant in a shuttle, sickbay or her quarters. It is not possible for a hologram to give birth to a "real" child nor for a hologram to impregnate a "real" woman. Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
Bethlehem 7 Posted October 8, 2008 Talk about a head rush, when I opened this post Cara's question popped up. I had to RACE to the top to find out what was going on. Not being up on holodeck images, would it be any fun trying. Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
KIMIMELA 1 Posted October 9, 2008 Talk about a head rush, when I opened this post Cara's question popped up. I had to RACE to the top to find out what was going on. Not being up on holodeck images, would it be any fun trying. Not the intention at all, Beth.! Ok what if a real person and a hologram? Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
Bethlehem 7 Posted October 9, 2008 It does not seem quite right, but at the right age and enough beer maybe worth a try. Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
Takara_Soong 4 Posted October 9, 2008 Ok what if a real person and a hologram? A real person and a hologram cannot produce a real child. As has been previously said, the holodeck uses holographic and replicator technology in programs. Complex organisms (ie humans, animals, etc.) and technology (nanoprobes) cannot be replicated so in a holodeck program holographic representations of people cannot produce real sperm or ovum as both are too complex to be replicated thus a holographic image cannot impregnant a real person nor can a holographic image give birth to a real child. Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
Kor37 9 Posted October 9, 2008 Lt. Barkley can attest to the fact that a real person cannot get a holographic person pregnant....... Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
Ian Wood 1 Posted October 9, 2008 I don't think you could be assimilated... Then again, if you could, that sure would suck... Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
SeeingEyeBorg 0 Posted October 12, 2008 Well, now...this has spawned some interesting dialogue. Pregnant by a hologram? LOL - good luck explaining that one to the parents. I bet some dumb teenage girl in the 24th century would try to blame a hologram.... Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
Wishfire 2 Posted October 12, 2008 Except there's that problem of when you leave the holodeck becoming totally stripped of the mechanisms that you're body may or may not now rely on...... Guy walks out of a holodeck... "Hey, where'd my arm go?!" Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
He Who Shall Not Be Named 2 Posted October 15, 2008 Ok what if a real person and a hologram? Cara, please stop hogging my holodeck simulation. Other ladies would like to use it too. Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
Hooray for boobies 0 Posted October 15, 2008 Those holodeck suites are pretty small. Physically. I assume the projection (and perhaps the floor?) is what is really moving when they walk about. But what would happen if two real people in the holodeck both started walking in different directions and didn't stop. Shouldn't one of the slam the wall sooner or later? Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
PhaseSniper 0 Posted October 15, 2008 Those holodeck suites are pretty small. Physically. I assume the projection (and perhaps the floor?) is what is really moving when they walk about. But what would happen if two real people in the holodeck both started walking in different directions and didn't stop. Shouldn't one of the slam the wall sooner or later? I've been wondering about that myself. I assume the perrception changes depending on where you're standing. I'll have to get out my TNG tech manual. It tells all about holodecks. Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
He Who Shall Not Be Named 2 Posted December 30, 2008 Is Cara still trying to get pregnant in a holodeck? Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
