Star Trek is better than it used to be

[TheReaper]

Being possibly the 'best' and more recent thread on Star Trek, here's a slight divergence into technical matters;

Star Trek finally solves a huge mystery about starship technology​

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The most important part of a starship in Star Trek canon is the one thing we almost never see in action. Although a big, giant main deflector dish is a central part of the physical design of nearly every single famous Starfleet vessel, actual onscreen depictions of the deflector dish being used for its intended purpose are borderline non-existent. Until now.

Here’s how Star Trek: Lower Decks finally made the most innocuous parts of Trek technology look awesome. Spoilers ahead for Lower Decks Season 3, Episode 4, “Room For Growth.”
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It has always been assumed that the deflector is constantly operating, and that the energy it puts out is not in the visible spectrum of the human eye