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I thought it might be Generations, but that was 257.4 MHz https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=6A9IZHWz45Q&t=20s https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=6A9IZHWz45Q&t=20s

kennethrc 3y ago
That's the scene. Says it's from 1994. After that, I'm sure the Owner's Manual that comes with your new Enterprise-class Starship now has a "DO NOT DISPLAY YOUR SHIELD FREQUENCY" in the "Warnings" section
- Cthulhu_ 3y ago
  I mean I get that series like Star Trek rely on technobabble and suspension of disbelief, but surely an enemy can just... detect the frequency, or rapidly adjust their own like tuning in until it matches?
  - mmh0000 3y ago
    That would work, but modern starships use a rotating phased tachyon field to prevent that.
    - AlexAndScripts 3y ago
      With an inversed polarity!
      - unaesthetic 3y ago
        And fitted with six hydrocoptic marzlevanes to the ambifacient lunar waneshaft to effectively prevent side fumbling.
        rickydroll 3y ago
        go home, Scotty, you are drunk!
        mhandley 3y ago
        For those who have never had the oportunity to learn of the marvels of the Turbo Encabulator: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Ac7G7xOG2Ag https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Ac7G7xOG2Ag
  - calamari4065 3y ago
    Yes. It happens every third episode.
- mmh0000 3y ago
  To be fair, we don't know if Starfleet ever figured out how the Klingons bypassed the shield. Nor do we know if they ever discovered someone installed a rootkit on Geordie's visor. Also, given Starfleet's continued examples of not learning their lessons from previous encounters, I suspect all ships still display the shield frequency in big, bold font. Possibly even visible from the viewscreen of the bridge on one of the rear consoles.
cornholio 3y ago
That's the shield modulation frequency though, so the actual frequency of whatever field the shield consist of is unknown. It's also entirely possible the numeric strings displayed in the bottom part of the image constitute the secret key to a pseudorandom binary sequence that is overlaid onto the useful shield signal, and that's what the Klingon actually use to penetrate them.

kennethrc 3y ago

That's the scene. Says it's from 1994. After that, I'm sure the Owner's Manual that comes with your new Enterprise-class Starship now has a "DO NOT DISPLAY YOUR SHIELD FREQUENCY" in the "Warnings" section

Cthulhu_ 3y ago
I mean I get that series like Star Trek rely on technobabble and suspension of disbelief, but surely an enemy can just... detect the frequency, or rapidly adjust their own like tuning in until it matches?
- mmh0000 3y ago
  That would work, but modern starships use a rotating phased tachyon field to prevent that.
  - AlexAndScripts 3y ago
    With an inversed polarity!
    - unaesthetic 3y ago
      And fitted with six hydrocoptic marzlevanes to the ambifacient lunar waneshaft to effectively prevent side fumbling.
      - rickydroll 3y ago
        go home, Scotty, you are drunk!
        mhandley 3y ago
        For those who have never had the oportunity to learn of the marvels of the Turbo Encabulator: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Ac7G7xOG2Ag https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Ac7G7xOG2Ag
- calamari4065 3y ago
  Yes. It happens every third episode.
mmh0000 3y ago
To be fair, we don't know if Starfleet ever figured out how the Klingons bypassed the shield. Nor do we know if they ever discovered someone installed a rootkit on Geordie's visor. Also, given Starfleet's continued examples of not learning their lessons from previous encounters, I suspect all ships still display the shield frequency in big, bold font. Possibly even visible from the viewscreen of the bridge on one of the rear consoles.

cornholio 3y ago

That's the shield modulation frequency though, so the actual frequency of whatever field the shield consist of is unknown. It's also entirely possible the numeric strings displayed in the bottom part of the image constitute the secret key to a pseudorandom binary sequence that is overlaid onto the useful shield signal, and that's what the Klingon actually use to penetrate them.