I mean just simply…how is the thing held together? The crew just walks up to a wall, grabs a panel and yanks it off. You can peel the Enterprise like an orange.
Magnets. Perhaps keyed into the biometrics of certain personnel? Honestly, I just assumed that they were basically a much more technologically developed version of those cabinets at my aunt’s house that you push the corners to open.
It’s part of Trek philosophy: everything has to be futuristic and unfamiliar, even if it makes no sense, like palm flashlights.
My favorite Star Trek commentary is found on Ronald D. Moore’s audio track to the BSG mini-series.
I mean just simply…how is the thing held together? The crew just walks up to a wall, grabs a panel and yanks it off. You can peel the Enterprise like an orange.
Magnets. Perhaps keyed into the biometrics of certain personnel? Honestly, I just assumed that they were basically a much more technologically developed version of those cabinets at my aunt’s house that you push the corners to open.
And how do the doors always know your intent? The answer is don’t think about it, Morty.
they don’t