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IninewCrow @lemmy.ca

1y ago

What's your warp slogan?

In light of what other's have been memeing ... it made me think.

If you became captain of a ship, what would your warp slogan be?

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I'm Indigenous Canadian and I speak my language Ojibway-Cree (a dialect in between Ojibway and Cree ... it's neither one or the other, can kind of understand one and the other but not really)
So my go to warp slogan would be ... Eh-koo Mash-cha!! ... basically a phrase that translates to just 'Ok then ... Let's go!'
BTW: ... that has got to be shittiest looking stereotypical Native person I've ever memed ... lol
- Luzem gayen!
  
  I can't believe I missed that ... I completely forgot about this scene and Mel Brooks dressed up as an Indian ... it's been years since I saw that movie ... now I can't stop laughing .. my warp core has been ejected ...
- And then you are going to add "we are far from the bones of my ancestors"?
  
  A coochie moya.
- I mean, it’s kind of what Mel Brooks was going for. :D

“Don’t forget to smash that warp button”
- A google ad appears on the main viewer advertising some new heart drug .... everyone eagerly waits five seconds to skip the ad before the ship can go to warp
  
  “Please set your subspace cookie preferences for this warp”

Go-go Gadget Starship!
- Both nacelles fly off the main ship and cartoonishly dangle off the craft with big giant springs
  
  ~~shhh dont tell stamets lol~~

Elwood: It's 106 miles to Chicago, we've got a full tank of gas, half a pack of cigarettes, it's dark and we're wearing sunglasses.
Jake: Hit it.
- Yesssssss! I have the movie poster on my wall :)

Make Starship Go Forward
- He is smart!

Ludicrous Speed!
- He's gone Argyle!

Spooooooooon!

It's warping time.
- Lights go dim, laser lights start streaming in all directions, disco ball comes down from the ceiling .... Funky disco music starts playing ... Ship goes to warp five

Leeeeerrooooyy Jennnnkinnnssss!
- Alright chums, let's do this!

Pitter patter, let's get at 'er
- Captain Batel approves.

Ive been a car guy my whole life so Id have to have a few depending on what warp rating we were looking at.
"Helm, Warp 3, Just a nice drive in the country"
"Helm, Warp 5. Chirp the tyres"
"Helm! Warp 7. Dump the clutch!"
"Helm! WARP 9! SEND IT!"
- Who gave Tom Paris a ship?
- Engineering has been instructed to use 20th century automotive terms to convey messages
  "Sir, we're out of gas"
  "Sir, the carbs are dirty and we need to clean them"
  "Sir, the throttle cables are stretched and we need to replace them"
  "Sir, we gotta go to the garage for a new alternator"
  "Sir, we need to refill the headlight fluid"
  
  Instead of Scotty in engineering I want an old man from Texas.
  Instead of "I cannae hold her captain, she's gonna blow" id get "If you lean on this sumbitch ay harder cap, the warp core gon have a new inspection port!"

Alternately, shouting WARP ME in intense situations with an added slam to the arm rest.
- For those that need the visual:

PORK CHOP SANDWICHES!

I always said “Hit it” but then Pike used it in strange worlds. Not sure now.
- Still bugs me that, in the more recent movies, Pike said "Punch It". Would have been so easy to keep that for the show.

"Do it for daddy!"
- First officer slaps captain in the ass ... ship goes to warp 5
  
  In the ass?

Just nice and simple, ENGAGE!
- Nothing happens ???
  Sir, there's been an unexpected flash mob in engineering led by the Lt. Commander who proposed to one of his junior officers.
  
  Cut life support to engineering, wait 10 minutes, send in the b team.

Zhu Li, do the thing!
- Appa, yip yip!

My warp command would be:
“Kick the tires and light the fires, warp 9 ensign”
No one seems to have a catch phrase for engaging the transporter. Mine would be:
“Smoke me a kipper, I’ll be back for breakfast.”
- What a guy!
- Stoke me a clipper, or whatever
  
  If I had any money I'd be sipping jippers on a beach somewhere.

Don't wait for my order, just go when we're ready
- 15 minutes of awkward silence .... the captain at their chair .... Officers standing around ... Helmsman tapping away at their screen
  
  Wouldn't that be kinda like normal operations? Like 99% of the time they are just traveling from A to B with very little to do in between.

Let's outrun some photons.
- It’s a little wordy, but this is my favourite one here.

Und los!

Let's fucking goooooooo, gamers!

~~Punch it Chewie~~
I've thought about it and still have no clue lol

- Engineering confirming the order: Right You Are Ken!
- For speeds under warp 3:
- I commented in another post that my phrase would be his "Let's go!"

Rücksturz zur Erde. Schöne Grüße von der Orion!
- Ein wahrer Klassiker!
  
  Dazu die passende Musik einer Lieblingsband von mir:
  https://youtu.be/AKNh_FDNUvg?si=VprBREMCOt_GNu5D

Make us go.

Since the laws of physics say nothing can travel faster than light,
"Ensign Smith, bend the rules!"

Let's get frisky with physics.

Thursday is Pakled day:
"Make ship go!"

I'd put on my tiny shorts and stand in front of the view screen waving a chequered flag.
- I don't know who you are ..... so this could either be very arousing, very strange or very disturbing
  
  Por qué no los tres?

Switch to secret hyperjets!
- Well what do we've got on this thing? A Cuisinart?

Fire up the Quattro!

Cheese it!

I've always been a fan of "Make it Go"
But I think I'd prefer what someone else here said "don't wait for my order, just move when we're ready."

I know I'm beign a sourpuss, but I hate how much of a thing modern Trek has made this.
That's it. I'd say that every time.

Allons-Y!

Fucking go already you fucking fuck!

I think it's pronounced, " e-yeaw ".
The sound a wagoneer makes to get the horses going on a chuck wagon.

I wouldn't have one.
It honestly always seemed silly to me. Unless I told the helmsman to wait for some reason, they should just go as soon as they're ready. Why wait an extra moment just for me to say "go"?
That said, if it was some kind of required protocall, I'd pick a different silly term each time. Like "Banana Bread", "Pencil", or "Fuck off".
- Helmsman muttering under their breath: ... why can't we have a fun captain

I would install drag strip start light aka Christmas Tree on the bridge.
It would use the sounds from Atari 2600 Pole Position.
The countdown starts when I say
'Computer, assume the position.'

Pull my finger
- Dislocates your knuckle
  WHAT DID YOU DO THAT FOR!!!!!
  Sir, we're being pursued by a Romulan vessel and need to go to warp eight!!
  
  "This is the last time I use a Nausicaan helmsman!"

¡Ándele, pendejos!
- All Spanish Engineering crew hyped up with double espressos and chocolate y churros: ¡Arriba, arriba! ¡Ándale, ándale! .... loud dance music and a football match playing in the background .... ¡Arriba, arriba! ¡Ándale, ándale!

Lets go!
- https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=8vgQCArK2sY

"Let's Boogie, my dudes"

Crank it to 11.
If I'm feeling jinky I might go with Let's get out of here Scoob.
- Crank it to 11.
  New ensign. Warp core explodes.

Everyone start making 'vroom-vroom' noises!

Crank it

Smoke it (then I light a blunt)
- don't set off the smoke alarms
  
  Just open an exterior window and wave the smoke out with your hand

"Let's mosey"

"Let's throw some coal in the boiler"
"Slap her fanny and make her jump"
"Suck it, physics!"

Starboat go brrrrrrrr

Make like a tree!
- And get outta here

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