Why didn’t Picard have an “evasive maneuvers” button?
My parents recently purchased a new Volva XC40. It has lane detention when on cruise control or highways which is nice of you happen to drift lanes because it’ll put some resistance on the steering wheel. Where it is not helpful is when there’s a lane merge from an on ramp or “left lane ends” and it detects the hashes and you need to push through it…or if a semi sways/changes lanes without seeing you and you genuinely have to fight the wheel not to get sideswiped.
Now imagine you’re at the helm during battle, piloting to avoid fire or ship debris and Picard pushed the button on his arm rest for Evasive Maneuvers or Attack Pattern Sierra-2.
But in an emergency, him being able to stab that button would save 2-4 seconds, which could save the ship. It sends the ship into a series of maneuvers, and the pilot takes over as soon as he can.
Anyway, I’m just saying, if transporting things could be automated to a single button push, there are a ton of other things that could be, too.
I think with the transporting, there are elements of automation that can be done in perfect conditions, but if the shields were up, the infinite forms of interference, or on-the-fly adjustments a computer can’t do
My parents recently purchased a new Volva XC40. It has lane detention when on cruise control or highways which is nice of you happen to drift lanes because it’ll put some resistance on the steering wheel. Where it is not helpful is when there’s a lane merge from an on ramp or “left lane ends” and it detects the hashes and you need to push through it…or if a semi sways/changes lanes without seeing you and you genuinely have to fight the wheel not to get sideswiped.
Now imagine you’re at the helm during battle, piloting to avoid fire or ship debris and Picard pushed the button on his arm rest for Evasive Maneuvers or Attack Pattern Sierra-2.
But in an emergency, him being able to stab that button would save 2-4 seconds, which could save the ship. It sends the ship into a series of maneuvers, and the pilot takes over as soon as he can.
Anyway, I’m just saying, if transporting things could be automated to a single button push, there are a ton of other things that could be, too.
I think with the transporting, there are elements of automation that can be done in perfect conditions, but if the shields were up, the infinite forms of interference, or on-the-fly adjustments a computer can’t do