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Answer by LazyReader for Why do Star Trek vessels always approach each other...
Stellar navigation usually requires a fixed point of reference. When planes navigate the surface of the earth is that reference. In space one possible affixed point of reference is the galactic center...
View ArticleAnswer by user98742 for Why do Star Trek vessels always approach each other...
In the Star Trek universe (and most sci-fi), while space has zero gravity, the ships all have artificial gravity. Ships rendering aid to and needing to dock (or couple) with one another would need to...
View ArticleAnswer by Anthony X for Why do Star Trek vessels always approach each other...
There's no good in-universe explanation. The Enterprise always seems to be travelling from planet to planet in a 2D plane, which would be unrealistic due to the thickness of even our disc-like Milky...
View ArticleAnswer by ledlogic for Why do Star Trek vessels always approach each other on...
I used to scoff at the idea that all battles must be upright and planar. I aplaud that Star Wars III broke from that model albeit at a local scale.If you look at distance or time, and your goal is to...
View ArticleAnswer by Lucien Stals for Why do Star Trek vessels always approach each...
Because it looks good, and it's easier.A long time ago, I used to play the Traveller RPG (https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Traveller_(role-playing_game)).In the combat rules for ship to ship combat it...
View ArticleAnswer by C. Tomm for Why do Star Trek vessels always approach each other on...
There is one instance of the Enterprise D approaching from "underneath" in the episode All Good Things.... There is a video of that on youtube.However since that sequence is set in 2359 it may be due...
View ArticleAnswer by KeithS for Why do Star Trek vessels always approach each other on...
In-universe:First, even though space is indeed 3D, most solar systems/galaxies are relatively flat. So, a ship enroute from, say, DS9 to Earth would approach the Sol system at a relatively low angle of...
View ArticleAnswer by Schroedingers Cat for Why do Star Trek vessels always approach each...
There was one episode in one of the Star Treks where the captain commented that the other ships were thinking in 2D, and he outwitted them by some 3D thinking. I think this is because we do not often...
View ArticleAnswer by Chad Levy for Why do Star Trek vessels always approach each other...
In Enterprise, vessels often docked with one another (prior to frequent use of the transporters). In-universe, vessels orienting themselves on equal planes could just be a remnant of an earlier...
View ArticleAnswer by MPelletier for Why do Star Trek vessels always approach each other...
There's also another argument to be made for how these shots are made. Historically, the show has used scale models (way before CGI), which are held up by invisible strings and thus must comply with...
View ArticleAnswer by BBlake for Why do Star Trek vessels always approach each other on...
This is primarily attributable to Hollywood style. Even though it is realistic, Star Trek more often chooses what "looks right" instead. People are used to observing things in a 2D or gravity...
View ArticleWhy do Star Trek vessels always approach each other on parallel planes?
Space is just open 3D space, right? In Star Trek, ships are always coming from somewhere else: different solar systems, galaxies, etc. However, when they meet, they always seem to be on parallel planes...
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