It’s a good thing I didn’t try to be funny and call the “terminology” section “technobabble” like I did at this point in the TNG guide. While some of the fake science terms have come up in this section of the guide, not all of it is what we traditionally refer to as technobabble. This is technobabble:
What we’ve actually seen is mostly terms with a hint of technobabble when needed. Technobabble’s job is to make it seem futuristic, learning new science and technology we didn’t have until we went to space, met aliens, and learned how to break the time barrier with a few crystals and explosive materials that could end the universe. As you do. Terminology here has mostly been “we named a thing”. Transporters aren’t real science but they are real in a science fiction universe.
Today we finally finish this section of the guide, but there’s still one more to go before we’re entirely done with this guide and I can give my overall thoughts on all this. So let’s take advantage of the schedule hole and finish the glossary for the original Star Trek.
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