TNG s6e5 “Schisms”
Don’t neglect the power of friendship!
I think that they often just repeat what is said, feigning understanding, and trust the crew.
Repeat what is said and feign understanding. Of course! That just might work. Make it so.
Picard: You just made that up, didn’t you?
Uh, um. No, of course not, Captain.
Computer, emergency transport Geordi Delta 1-1-3-8!
fucks off to who knows where
Most of the writers apparently didn’t like coming up with “technobabble” and would often just marked it in the scripts as (TECH), the science advisor André Bormanis would then be tasked with making up the “junk” phrases and concepts to be used.
The term technobabble was eventually used by the character Q, the writers enjoyed getting to express their frustration with the task through his complaint.
DS9 s1e7 “Q-less”
Nice Catch Me If You Can reference
Has your analysis suggested any way in which we might seal this rupture?
Lt. Reed says “Pass the potatoes”
“coherent graviton pulse” at least sounds like a gravitational wave laser gun, which would be pretty cool.