they did. they would mention backups and when everything was out except life support that is because of the reserves for life support. the lighting did change but not go out completely with power outages. there may be some episodes where it did but presumably whatever happened in those also hit the backups.
Yeah, the episodes where it’s actually pitch black on a Star Fleet ship are few and far between. Off the top of my head, the main one I can think of is when Neelix tells ghost stories to the Borg children and Naomi
They always talked about the Enterprise having one computer, and it did everything from basic information searches to recreating the personality of the engineer that designed the engines for real-time simulation. Like each Holodeck wouldn’t have it’s own entire server rack just for it.
I always wondered why they didn’t have a backup computer. Or emergency lighting. Or UPS batteries for life support.
And why they tested unproven technologies on the Federation’s flagship with 200 families on board.
they did. they would mention backups and when everything was out except life support that is because of the reserves for life support. the lighting did change but not go out completely with power outages. there may be some episodes where it did but presumably whatever happened in those also hit the backups.
Yeah, the episodes where it’s actually pitch black on a Star Fleet ship are few and far between. Off the top of my head, the main one I can think of is when Neelix tells ghost stories to the Borg children and Naomi
They always talked about the Enterprise having one computer, and it did everything from basic information searches to recreating the personality of the engineer that designed the engines for real-time simulation. Like each Holodeck wouldn’t have it’s own entire server rack just for it.