Talk:Treknobabble

message: I have copies of the scripts for all TNG and DS9 seasons, and some of these are from before the (TECH) tag is replaced with actual babble. In fact, Here's a quick list of TNG and DS9 episodes in which I've found the "(TECH)" substring:
The Next Generation
3.07 The Enemy ("Medical supernumeraries are taking DNA (TECH) samples from several crew members")
3.21 Hollow Pursuits
4.05 Remember Me ("We're moving into phase now (tech)... there's your warp bubble, Wesley...")
4.11 Data's Day
4.16 Galaxy's Child
6.05 Schisms
6.06 True Q ("If we use (TECH), we can devise a mechanism that integrates into the existing system while it is in operation.")
6.13 Aquiel ("Especially if I'd seen you in a (TECH) wig...")
6.20 The Chase
6.22 Suspicions
6.25 Timescape ("They are carrying several pieces of (TECH) equipment, making it impossibly cramped on their side of the Tube.")
6.26 Descent (several instances)
7.06 Phantasms ("...and grabs a (TECH) TOOL off the conduit.")
7.09 Force of Nature
7.14 Sub Rosa (twice in one sentence: "The colony's (TECH) systems are functioning normally... as are the (TECH) systems.")
Deep Space Nine
1.04 A Man Alone
1.12 Vortex ("moves into a (tech) field... the quality of the vortex matter shifts subtly in color...")
2.26 The Jem'Hadar
3.02 The Search, part 2 ("The crew of the Defiant, Sisko, Dax, O'Brien, Bashir and T'Rul are seated in a circle, eyes closed, small (TECH) devices attached to their heads.")
3.05 Second Skin
3.07 Civil Defense
3.20 Through the Looking Glass:	("O'Brien steps up to the transporter and plays the (TECH) device over the base, then joins Sisko on the pad.")
4.07 Starship Down ("We HEAR the (TECH) pulse, and this time...")
4.20 Shattered Mirror ("A puzzled Sisko notices an odd-looking (TECH) device lying conspicuously on the table" and a LOT of other appearances)
5.02 The Ship
5.09 The Ascent
5.14 In Purgatory's Shadow
5.17 A Simple Investigation
5.25 In the Cards ("meters of plasma-(TECH) conduit")
6.08 Resurrection
6.12 Who Mourns for Morn
Any takers? --195.18.86.106 18:57, 27 October 2006 (UTC)
thread_title:  Tech Tags in scripts 

message: I want to restart the discussion about the examples given. IMO they are not really ideal because apart from the Nemesis quote, they are all situations in which the character is at least partially trying to be deceptive. While they involve technobable, using examples that are both technobable and deceit is confusing. There are SO SO MANY examples of technobable that is used honestly, it would be a lot clearer if those were the type of examples used. Also, to really nail the point, go for quotes about devices that actually resolve plot points. The main thing that marks technobable / treknobable is that it is a piece of technology that exists solely for plot purposes and often appears only to cause problems or solve them. Better examples might be found in Voyager or Enterprise because they've been the ones to have the deus ex machina charge levelled at them. TOS, TNG and DS9 still had an insane amount of bad science and invented terms, but on balance the plots werent generally resolved by "I can modify the blahmophasic thingimator to emit thingic particleons" "it worked!"
Example, TNG: Darmok. Through the episode Picard is trapped on a planet which is blanketed by a field that prevents transporting. O Brien tries to break through it by doing treknobable things to the transporter, but it doesn't work and the episode resolution hinges more on Picard's breakthrough in communicating with the opposing captain. Or TNG: All Good Things, where the tech solution actually turns out to be the cause of the problem and it's the characters' reasoning and intuition that ultimately solve the problems. 121.45.26.10 11:30, 9 March 2007 (UTC)
replies: text:  i agree strongly. Using examples where the characters 'in-universe' use trekbabble is not good. —The preceding unsigned comment was added by 24.201.100.166 (talk) 22:19, 30 March 2007 (UTC)
replies: text:  I absolutely agree with the part about deus-ex-machina charge, the mentioned series are in particular so bad because of inventing treknobabble solutions for many problems... I might add that could be the main difference between technobabble in general and treknobabble. arny (talk) 14:16, 1 December 2009 (UTC)
thread_title:  Examples 

message: Since Treknobabble is subcategory of Technobabble, I imagine no reason except the fandom's curiosity and amusement, for the existence of the article. I'm sorry for the eventual expedience for my action of tagging the article. All the best, --Biblbroks's talk 07:49, 23 July 2009 (UTC)
replies: text: (edited afterwards>I oppose the deletion of the samename entry in wiktionary though. --Biblbroks's talk 07:51, 23 July 2009 (UTC)
thread_title:  Proposed and tagging for merger