“Vaporize the pot but not the potatoes”
Best part of that scene is how Uhura just barges in there before security even arrives
A couple problems:
Some of these “settings” go on completely different weapons, or even different centuries.
Some of them are also “they rigged the phaser to do X” which would not be a button.
I’m a big fan of the Vaporize Acqueduct setting, though. You wouldn’t think you’d get to use it often, but you might be surprised!
What if phasers are just low powered teleporters? That’s an O’brien fact
They’re TRANSporters!!
Trans-porters (dematerialize and rematerialize) matter!
Oof. So You’re not actually vaporized like a regular phaser, just sent to O’Brien’s shadow realm
You are sent, but your playlist is set on shuffle
They need more wide beam settings. Every time they clean something with a phaser in Lower Decks, using the precise beam, I die a little inside
To be fairrrrrrrr…
The beams are wider than normal phasers in most situations. Like mariner cleaning carbon off slightly harder carbon or the crew cleaning the crystal graffiti off the ship.
I could see that being an energy-intensives thing though, and having worked on handheld high-current devices, I could totally see limiting the beam power/width settings to ensure you don’t melt your hand. Or accidentally trip the overload setting…
here’s a crazy idea: dedicated cleaning beams that make that kind of thing a "boop and we’re done" situation. Or like… Use the rifles. Those have to be able to handle more power, right?
Just a cylindrical power supply, you can add some wheels to make it easier. Oh, and make the beam-generator wider, so you can best disperse that beam.
Here’s how a well device cleaning device would look like (but the on one the image wouldn’t work in a vacuum): https://ukcleaningsupplies.co.uk/wp-content/uploads/2017/10/IMG_1451-1.jpg
Use the 2 side buttons to switch modes and the big button to fire. The lights will change depending on the mode.
Unfortunately, the side buttons default to back/next on your browser and Starfleet really locks down rebinds.
