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* Hester Dealt say they can’t transport the biological samples into space when containment breaks down, because it’ll eventually come in contact with a planet and infect it. So why didn't they...
** ...beam the sample onto a shuttle, put the shuttle on auto-pilot, and sent it to a haz-mat facility for them to deal with it?
** ...beam the sample into space, and hit it with phasers, or a photon torpedo?
** ...beam the sample into a portable pattern buffer, and store it there to deal with later?
** ...beam the sample into the main pattern buffer and then delete the pattern, erasing it from existence?

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* When containment breaks down, Hester Dealt say says they can’t transport the biological samples into space when containment breaks down, because it’ll eventually come in contact with a planet or another starship, and infect it. cause biological devestation. So why didn't they...
this highly-trained crew, who are trained to deal with emergencies...
** ...beam the sample onto a shuttle, put the shuttle on auto-pilot, and sent then send it to a haz-mat facility for them to deal with it?
containment?
** ...beam the sample into space, and hit it with phasers, either phasers or a photon torpedo?
** ...beam attach the sample to a Class 1 probe and send the probe directly into a portable pattern buffer, and store it there to deal with later?
main sequence star?
** ...beam the sample into a portable pattern buffer and store it there to deal with later?
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beam the sample into the main pattern buffer buffer, and then delete the pattern, erasing it from existence?



Nah, let's just give everyone the IdiotBall and pointlessly put the entire ship at risk.

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Nah, ** Nahhh, let's just give everyone the IdiotBall IdiotBall, remind the audience of Saucer Separation (which doesn't happen) and pointlessly put the entire ship at risk.risk for the sake of [[TwoLinesNoWaiting tying the A-Plot and B-Plot together]].
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** ...put the sample in a sealed tritanium box, and tow it behind the ship to a qualified facility?

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** ...put the sample in a sealed tritanium box, and tow it behind the ship to a qualified facility?facility? (And if they wanna be CrazyPrepared, they could also put a torpedo in the box, armed and ready to detonate if anything goes wrong.)
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** ...beam the sample into the main pattern buffer and then delete the pattern, erasing it from existence?

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* Troi is impregnated by some unknown alien with unknown intent. They discuss abortion, which Troi shoots down, but they should have then removed her from the ship. Even if they weren’t on a very critical mission, there is immense potential danger here. It could be a parasitic infection for all the crew knows.
* They say they can’t just transport the biological samples into space when containment starts to break down because it’ll eventually come in contact with a planet and infect it. But they could have beamed it out energy only, put it in a shuttle, incinerated it, etc.
* And speaking of containment, they could've put the whole shebang in a sealed tritanium box that wouldn't have breached in the event that the force fields died.
* If those samples are so dangerous why not put them and their containment pod aboard an external module the Enterprise could tow behind it, like the outer space equivalent of a U-Haul trailer? The pod could be monitored remotely from the ship and, should there be any problem with the containment field, a technician in proper Hazmat gear could beam over to deal with it. (And if things ''really'' go to hell, they could blow it up with a photon torpedo.) But no, let's pointlessly put the entire crew of the Enterprise at risk.

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* Troi is impregnated by some unknown alien with unknown intent. They discuss abortion, which Troi shoots down, but they should have then removed her from the ship. Even if they weren’t on a very critical mission, there is immense potential danger here. It could The life form could've be a parasitic infection for all the crew knows.
knows.
** At the least, they should've beamed the thing into a storage tank with a force field. This wasn't a "baby", Troi didn't become pregnant the usual way, wasn't thinking of becoming pregnant, and was "infected" with this thing. Even if removing the life form endangered Troi, it's the life of one crew member vs. the other thousand. An easy decision.
** Also, why wasn't Troi freaking out about being suddenly impregnanted by some alien "thing"? A regular unplanned pregnancy scares many women today, nevermind an alien pregnancy, from out of nowhere?? Even Dr. Pulaski and Captain Picard should've seen the potential danger here.
* They Hester Dealt say they can’t just transport the biological samples into space when containment starts to break down breaks down, because it’ll eventually come in contact with a planet and infect it. But they could have beamed it out energy only, put it in So why didn't they...
** ...beam the sample onto
a shuttle, incinerated it, etc.
* And speaking of containment, they could've
put the whole shebang shuttle on auto-pilot, and sent it to a haz-mat facility for them to deal with it?
** ...beam the sample into space, and hit it with phasers, or a photon torpedo?
** ...beam the sample into a portable pattern buffer, and store it there to deal with later?
** ...put the sample
in a sealed tritanium box that wouldn't have breached in the event that the force fields died.
* If those samples are so dangerous why not put them
box, and their containment pod aboard an external module the Enterprise could tow it behind it, like the outer space equivalent of a U-Haul trailer? The pod could be monitored remotely from the ship and, should there be any problem with the containment field, a technician in proper Hazmat gear could beam over to deal with it. (And if things ''really'' go to hell, they could blow it up with a photon torpedo.) But no, qualified facility?
Nah,
let's just give everyone the IdiotBall and pointlessly put the entire crew of the Enterprise ship at risk.
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* If those samples are so dangerous why not put them and their containment pod aboard an external module the Enterprise could tow behind it, like the outer space equivalent of a U-Haul trailer? The pod could be monitored remotely from the ship and, should there be any problem with the containment field, a technician in proper Hazmat gear could beam over to deal with it. But no, let's pointlessly put the entire crew of the Enterprise at risk.

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* If those samples are so dangerous why not put them and their containment pod aboard an external module the Enterprise could tow behind it, like the outer space equivalent of a U-Haul trailer? The pod could be monitored remotely from the ship and, should there be any problem with the containment field, a technician in proper Hazmat gear could beam over to deal with it. (And if things ''really'' go to hell, they could blow it up with a photon torpedo.) But no, let's pointlessly put the entire crew of the Enterprise at risk.
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* If those samples are so dangerous why not put them and their containment pod aboard an external module the Enterprise could tow behind it, like the outer space equivalent of a U-Haul trailer? The pod could be monitored remotely from the ship and, should there be problem with the containment field, a technician in a Hazmat suit could beam over to deal with it. But no, let's pointlessly put the entire crew of the Enterprise at risk.

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* If those samples are so dangerous why not put them and their containment pod aboard an external module the Enterprise could tow behind it, like the outer space equivalent of a U-Haul trailer? The pod could be monitored remotely from the ship and, should there be any problem with the containment field, a technician in a proper Hazmat suit gear could beam over to deal with it. But no, let's pointlessly put the entire crew of the Enterprise at risk.
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* And speaking of containment, they could've put the whole shebang in a sealed tritanium box that wouldn't have breached in the event that the force fields died.

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* And speaking of containment, they could've put the whole shebang in a sealed tritanium box that wouldn't have breached in the event that the force fields died.died.
*If those samples are so dangerous why not put them and their containment pod aboard an external module the Enterprise could tow behind it, like the outer space equivalent of a U-Haul trailer? The pod could be monitored remotely from the ship and, should there be problem with the containment field, a technician in a Hazmat suit could beam over to deal with it. But no, let's pointlessly put the entire crew of the Enterprise at risk.

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* They say they can’t just transport the biological samples into space when containment starts to break down because it’ll eventually come in contact with a planet and infect it. But they could have beamed it out energy only, put it in a shuttle, incinerated it, etc.

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* They say they can’t just transport the biological samples into space when containment starts to break down because it’ll eventually come in contact with a planet and infect it. But they could have beamed it out energy only, put it in a shuttle, incinerated it, etc.etc.
* And speaking of containment, they could've put the whole shebang in a sealed tritanium box that wouldn't have breached in the event that the force fields died.
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* Troi is impregnated by some unknown alien with unknown intent. They discuss abortion, which Troi shoots down, but they should have then removed her from the ship. Even if they weren’t on a very critical mission, there is immense potential danger here. It could be a parasitic infection for all the crew knows.
* They say they can’t just transport the biological samples into space when containment starts to break down because it’ll eventually come in contact with a planet and infect it. But they could have beamed it out energy only, put it in a shuttle, incinerated it, etc.

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