Technology ConnectionsJun 9, 2023
Realizing I don't have a perfect handle on how Trek-universe artificial gravity functions, it just occurred to me that incidents involving turbolifts falling down the shaft seem... silly
Show threadTom Forsyth

@TechConnectify The bigger curiosity is the "inertial dampening" fields that mean accelerations and turns of thousands of G appear onboard as a mild inconvenience - certainly not large enough to require seatbelts.

I would assume the "artificial gravity" is really just a minor hardwired directional exception to the dampening field, such that instead of nullifying ALL the Gs, it allows through a gentle downwards waft of a mere 1.0 G.

Jun 9, 2023 at 1:48amWeb
Show threadTom ForsythJun 9, 2023

@TechConnectify IIRC the turbolifts need to have inertial dampeners built in, because to get anywhere on a ship the size of Enterprise in remotely the time shown, they have to exert 10s of Gs on their occupants during normal operation, which would not be healthy for them.

So since the lifts themselves have very strong inertial damping field generators, having them "fall" would be bizarre.

How do any of these things work? As Okuda famously said: "They work just fine, thank you."