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	Treknobabble - Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia
		Treknobabble is a portmanteau of "Star Trek" and "technobabble" (itself a portmanteau of "technology" and "babble").
		Some fans of the show feel that treknobabble devices and phenomena are increasingly used as dei ex machinis in Star Trek, to the detriment of plot, drama and characterization.
		There are two possible sources for treknobabble: use of the actual item in the show itself as well as use of the term outside of its place of origin.
	en.wikipedia.org /wiki/Treknobabble (732 words)

	Physics and Star Trek - Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-21)
		Response: In this episode, the "baryon sweep" is largely a plot device to remove all the personnel from the Enterprise, so in this case, one could argue that the writers merely chose the wrong word to create the necessary treknobabble.
		Also, since the scenario already involves warp travel, subspace and other fictional phenomena, one might as well say that the "baryons" involved here are other particles besides protons and neutrons, new particles which are found in subspace.
		Along the way, he shows that some treknobabble is just nonsensical, and that certain technologies are implausible or essentially impossible.
	en.wikipedia.org /wiki/Physics_and_Star_Trek (1738 words)

	Treknobabble: Facts and details from Encyclopedia Topic (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-21)
		Treknobabble is a portmanteau (A large travelling bag made of stiff leather)
		There are two possible sources for treknobabble: use of the actual item in the show itself as well as use of the term outside of its place of origin, Exception Handler: No article summary found.
		Of particular interest in this example is the use of the term "treknobabble" in the middle of a block of text containing examples of what could plausibly be "treknobabble" from the television series itself, Exception Handler: No article summary found.
	www.absoluteastronomy.com /ref/treknobabble (1404 words)

	Treknobabble
		It is used humourously by fans of the various Star Trek television series, and disparagingly by its critics, to describe the infamous amount of pseudoscientific gibberish inserted seemingly at random into many episodes of these television series.
		This web site (http://totl.net/Dome/chapter6.php3) contains the following sentence when describing a presentation made by a telephone company, very clearly establishing use of the term in a situation which does not even peripherally involve Star Trek.
		The Particles of Star Trek (http://www.midwinter.com/~koreth/particles/) -- "So tiny, you can't tell it's a deus ex machina!" A humourous look at the negative aspects of treknobabble as a plot device.
	www.ebroadcast.com.au /lookup/encyclopedia/tr/Treknobabble.html (392 words)

	About WebBabble (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-21)
		Based on the Macintosh program Treknobabble which was in turn inspired by a Usenet posting written by Roger M. Wilcox (rogerw@cisco.com).
		"Treknobabble is a very simple application which generates technical babble of the sort commonly heard on various science fiction television series...
		Perhaps the most fun to be had with the program is repeatedly generating streams of babble and realizing that some of them are quite serviceable in the context of a real show (which is not to say that the babble itself is plausible).
	www.jellis.net /babble (128 words)

	science fiction - Article and Reference from OnPedia.com
		Authors sometimes place the "human condition" as a whole at the forefront of the story, but hard SF plots tend to be resolved by technological points.
		Overreliance on technological developments—particularly when authors use them as deux ex machinas—has led to the phenomenon of treknobabble, in which scientific-sounding words are tossed about to fill any irritating plot holes.
		For example, inventing a new "particle of the week" to defeat the Romulan cloaking device is treknobabble; the improved "Ghost Rider" missiles introduced into the Royal Manticoran Navy are not.
	www.onpedia.com /encyclopedia/science-fiction (3028 words)

	Treknobabble Kills Brain Cells » Comments » Chris Curtis dot Org (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-21)
		I can’t take much more of their treknobabble in their script.
		Treknobabble that’s supposed to actually be technobabble even within that universe of treknobabble is even worse.
		I agree totally, The problem is that Star Trek got so stuck on “Treknobabble” that it started to become a major plot device unto itself and robbed the universe from that extra bit of realism we see in shows today like BattleStar Galactica and other more “gritty” sci fi.
	www.chriscurtis.org /comments/1202_0_1_0_C (627 words)

	The Evils of Treknobabble Gone Awry: Very Small Doses
		I came across a Blogpost this morning titled Treknobabble Kills Brain Cells.
		There are many things wrong with modern Trek (which is why it's no longer on the air) but one of the root issues I think is something that people don't really think about too much.
		The problem is that Star Trek got so stuck on "Treknobabble" that it started to become a major plot device unto itself and robbed the universe from that extra bit of realism we see in shows today like BattleStar Galactica.
	www.verysmalldoses.com /2005/06/the_evils_of_tr.php (772 words)

	Treknobabble: Encyclopedia topic (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-21)
		The updated page can be found at: treknobabble
		Treknobabble is a portmanteau (portmanteau: A large travelling bag made of stiff leather) of "Star Trek (Star Trek: star trek collectively refers to six science fiction television series spanning 726 episodes,...
		-- perhaps the platonic ideal (platonic ideal: more facts about this subject) of someone trying to rationalise treknobabble.
	www.absoluteastronomy.com /reference/treknobabble (662 words)

	BryanByun.com
		Wouldn't it be great if all of life's problems could be resolved using Treknobabble?
		No problem -- just reconfigure the optronic relays and route all power through the EPS manifolds, thus ionizing the hull plating and creating an artificial wormhole boring straight through the traffic jam!
		Treknobabble was always my favorite part of any Trek series.
	www.bryanbyun.com /archives/000013.html (136 words)

	DVD Verdict Review - Star Trek: Voyager, Season One
		While on an away mission in search of dilithium crystals, Neelix is attacked and his lungs surgically removed by aliens known as the Vidiians, whose entire race is dying of an incurable disease.
		The discovery of a wormhole leading to the Alpha Quadrant raises the crew's hopes for a speedy return home, but those hopes fade when the only being on the other side of the wormhole turns out to be a suspicious, wary Romulan.
		Your Moment of Treknobabble: Aside from some references to things like "metrion isotopes," this episode is actually fairly light on the technobabble.
	www.dvdverdict.com /reviews/voyseason1.php (4262 words)

	DVD Verdict Review - Star Trek: Voyager, Season Two
		B'Elanna repairs a robot that Voyager has found drifting through space, which turns out to be not such a hot idea when the robot then kidnaps B'Elanna and forces her to build more robots.
		When Tuvok crash-lands his shuttlecraft on a moon, he encounters a trio of similarly stranded children, who believe they are to be killed by a creature called the Morrok.
		Your Moment of Treknobabble: "The molecular variance residual on his shuttle is evidence of disruptor blasts and the signature is Kazon, so at least that part of his story seems to be true."
	www.dvdverdict.com /reviews/startrekvoyagerseason2.php (3065 words)

	NGE Angels vs ST. [Archive] - SpaceBattles.com (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-21)
		ICS vs treknobabble please Data would use his technobabble tricorder and invent a anti-ICS field.
		The E-E does [treknobabble with word "tachyon"] with its deflector to [treknobabble with word "subspace"] the [treknobabble with word "quantum"] and [treknobabble]the[treknobabble treknobabble].
		The evidence is overwhelming, the Angels have no chance against the awsome might of treknobabble.
	kier.3dfrontier.com /forums/archive/index.php/t-40409.html (5087 words)

	Star Trek: Voyager - Welcome Home and Good Riddance???
		Voyager reached new heights (or depths) with the use of "Treknobabble." If they have to reroute the secondary plasma inducers through the aft buffer array one more time, I think I'll scream.
		Egregious examples of Treknobabble include "the Omega particle" and "fluidic space" (the domain of Species 8472).
		Classic Trek was all about the characters, which is why even today we can forgive the cheesy acting and cardboard effects.
	www.scifidimensions.com /Jun01/voyagerwelcomehome.htm (787 words)

	Middle East Open Encyclopedia: Treknobabble (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-21)
		This is an extract from The Middle East Open Encyclopedia, made possible through the Wikimedia Foundation.
		Iraq Museum International always displays the most recent published revision of the source article, Treknobabble; all previous versions may be viewed here.
		They link directly to authoring tools for you to start writing a particular article.
	www.baghdadmuseum.org /ref/index.php?title=Treknobabble (852 words)

	Base10Blog: The End of Star Trek
		Don't insult my intelligence with "Treknobabble." This is perhaps the most infuriating thing about Star Trek, at least in its modern incarnations.
		If you have to rely on a deus ex machina ending derived from some randomly generated piece of Trekish dialogue, you have failed in the story-telling art.
		In Star Trek, the ultimate saving grace for humanity was its devotion to technology, and in a universe like this there's no room for human struggle.
	base10blog.blogspot.com /2005/05/end-of-star-trek.html (873 words)

	Relic Forums - Multiple Resource Types?
		Considering the air you breathe is organic waste products from other occupants on this planet, it couldn't be that bad, particularly since it's been broken down into component atoms and rearranged in-between.
		Treknobabble aside, I think that staying with the basic RU's is fine, rather than making up some bullshit resources that your ships somehow need.
		I find that multiple resource types add to the creativity and complexity of the gameplay.
	forums.relicnews.com /showthread.php?t=4307 (1005 words)

	11/17/03: The Offical Star Trek Writer's Primer (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-21)
		Do this for 15 minutes or until you forget your own name.
		Treknobabble, it is the life blood of trek, it is not trek unless the characters use the words "Flux, Quantum, polarize, emitter,phase,Temporal, Positronic, Anamoly, spacial, warp field plasma, nutrinos, Doritos, Fritos.
		Exercize 1 Try creating a treknobabble phrase of your own.
	www.mrcranky.com /movies/masterandcommander/85.html (776 words)

	Re: Star Trek and the problems of creating a plausible Futuristic Utopia
		GeneK wrote: > It wasn't until > years later, when they abandoned this basic idea by churning out endless > chains of treknobabble in the absence of good plots, that you even > bothered to think about whether the tech had ever made any sense from the > beginning.
		When all you have to hang onto is the Treknobabble, then suddenly the Treknobbble becomes very important.
		The Treknobbble in TOS is shady and spotty, but that doesn't reduce it in stature one whit - because TOS did not depend on Treknobabble like latter-day Treks do.
	www.usenet.com /newsgroups/rec.arts.sf.tv/msg03064.html (584 words)

	.:: chuggnutt ::. \| Treknobabble on Slashdot
		In the science fiction world, "technobabble" refers to the use of technical or scientific jargon strung together so that to listeners unfamiliar with the language, it sounds like made-up nonsense.
		Well, on Slashdot tonight this article contains the most ridiculous real-world treknobabble I've ever seen:
		A one-dimensional [Bose-Einstein condensation] in an optical lattice is rapidly rotated, causing a quantized vortex to form.
	www.chuggnutt.com /2005/05/14/treknobabble.html (210 words)

	"Alias" and "Threshold" Canceled!
		Let's face it, to go from "promising" to "gobshite" in one episode is impressively bad.
		Brannon Braga should really learn that more lazy bad science and treknobabble is not the equivalent of good writing.
		Alias I haven't yet seen much of, but it looks interesting if rather convoluted.
	digg.com /movies/_Alias_and_Threshold_Canceled_ (179 words)

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		Unfortunately, Star Trek is just as much about made up technology and physics as Star Wars.
		Trek just dreams up Treknology and Treknobabble to cover up its problems with physics...things like Heisenberg Compensators to get around basic physical laws.
		Strictly speaking Hyperspace (being another dimension) is no more improbable than Warp Drive, and may even be more likely.
	www.beliefnet.com /boards_mini/index.asp?pageID=7&boardID=40612 (1305 words)

	Starfleet Academy - Vulcan Academy of Sciences (VAS) (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-21)
		The Vulcan Academy of Science is designed to answer questions you may have about a particular science which has piqued your interest enough to learn more about it.
		VAS offers degrees in 30 science related areas and electives based on sub-sciences, plus Treknobabble, logic and trivia, from many of the sciences that exist in our world today.
		To add that bit of thrilling science fiction, I've thrown in Star Trek trivia that relates to the sciences VAS offers.
	academy.sfi.org /courses/vas (799 words)

	Mysteries: Praxis
		This incident cannot be explained with 20th century physics.
		However, if we resort to "treknobabble", we can easily solve this riddle.
		The treknobabble in question is based on the "subspace mass-lightening" technology employed by the Federation.
	www.stardestroyer.net /Empire/Tech/Special/Praxis.html (2863 words)

	Scifispace.com's Sci-Fi, Fantasy & Horror Forums > Transporting Round The Galaxy
		Dec 16 2002, 11:50 PM I don't know all the treknobabble, but I would assume that since the shields are there to keep energy blasts from weapons from passing through, that the energy beam from the transport wouldn't be able to pass through either.
		I don't know all the treknobabble, but I would assume that since the shields are there to keep energy blasts from weapons from passing through, that the energy beam from the transport wouldn't be able to pass through either.
		That very well could be a valid technical reason, and it does makes sense.
	www.scifispace.com /members/forums/lofiversion/index.php/t283-0.html (3048 words)

	Star Wars vs TA with Treknobabble [Archive] - SpaceBattles.com (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-21)
		Krogoths get zapped by Jawa ion guns and are subsequently sold for scrap...
		TA uses 100 times more treknobabble than seen in all of Star Trek
		And make planets to allow their superweapons work...
	kier.3dfrontier.com /forums/archive/index.php/t-43217.html (101 words)

	Writing Technobabble
		Don't let this discourage you from creating a Science or Engineer character.
		There are lots of ways to get around the use of Treknobabble.
		First, you can read up on what you want to talk about.
	www.worldweavers.net /starfleet/Wri-techno.html (297 words)

	JMSNews Forums - Redirected; Voyager
		The fictional science aspect of Farscape as a whole was underdeveloped, and some very bad examples of unbelievable (literally) "science" exist, but the stories and characters did interest me, so I "forgive" and gloss over the pseudo-science fiction on the show.
		If I could find the characters and stories of the Trek universe more appealing I might even forgive the treknobabble...
		I really liked the original series of Star Trek, and some movies with the original cast were great too (I have watched others, such as First Contact, just when shown free on cable, not very appealing).
	www.jmsnews.com /forums/printthread.php?t=374 (2136 words)

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