Star Trek HourQ3: Every time Discovery or a Federation ship is damaged, plumes of flame, almost miniature mushroom clouds, can be seen shooting up in the background of the bridge. Is the bridge designed with exhausts that backfire under stress?🤦♂️😖 @kcarr2015 #StarTrekDiscovery #StarTrekHour
Joe Sondow 
A3: Yes, it's a 32nd century upgrade over the rocks that were installed in all the consoles on Kirk's ship. @StarTrekHour @kcarr2015 #StarTrekHour
AlsoPaisleyCat 🇨🇦A3. Here’s another thought - the rocks falling and flying everywhere in 32nd century ship failures are really programmable matter reverting to base form.
Not ideal, but why would it look like anything other than a rock when its programming fails. It’s basically bricked. 🤣
Rich@JoeSondow Or those big metal beams that randomly fall out of the ceiling.