Talk:Heart of Glory (episode)

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Contents 1 Episode talk page 1.1 Maintenance links 2 Android aura 3 Klingon Cruiser Displays the Emblem of the Federation 4 Removed

[edit] Android aura

Early in the episode, when Geordie and Picard are discussing the view that Geordie sees with his VISOR, Geordie mentions that Data has an aura because he is an android. Quite why this would be is bizarre to begin with; Geordie's VISOR is supposed to detect EM radiation, which would imply that Data somehow distorts the radiation around him, or that he emits radiation not in the visible spectrum that is diffracted by air around him. Disregarding that, wouldn't it mean that Geordie should have noticed the android version of Juliana Tainer in "Inheritance"? This isn't necessarily a mistake, as the Juliana android could have been built so as not to produce this aura. Can anyone suggest what could cause the aura to begin with, and how it might be dampened in the Juliandroid? – Pesky 20:42, 13 February 2008 (UTC)

Geordie's statement that it occurs because he is an android is speculation on his part anyway. Data at this point is considered unique. The only other android we have seen is Lore, considered to be virtually identical to data in all physical respects. This may be a phenomena that is common only to Data-like androids. My other theory is simple electrostatic charge due to Data's circuitry, etc. His "skin" may not have been designed to block this out, either as an oversight or just because it wasn't considered necessary. The Julia android may have had this change in order to appear as human as possible, even to blind people who see everything by EM radiation ;). Wheatleya 15:55, 20 April 2008 (UTC)

[edit] Klingon Cruiser Displays the Emblem of the Federation

Why does the klingon cruiser display both the Klingon emblem any the Federation emblem? The klingons do not belong to the Federation, ande even thought there is an alliance, federation ships do not display klingon emblems. Wheatleya 15:32, 20 April 2008 (UTC)

That's never explained. I pointed it out in the continuity section a while back, but somebody deleted it. Starfleetjedi 01:26, 28 April 2009 (UTC)

[edit] Removed

Removed the following speculation:

• This is the only episode in which a fully functional phaser is built using parts hidden on one's uniform. Therefore, it is unknown whether the phaser is a custom weapon or whether phaser parts are built into every Klingon uniform.--31dot 23:55, 30 January 2009 (UTC)

• ...(although in this episode, the image on the screen uses all the various spectrum images that Geordi presumably saw, while in the film, the image appeared the same as normal human vision. In the same scene, La Forge claims androids emit a certain "aura" when seen through his VISOR, but in "Inheritance", Juliana Tainer hides the fact that she is an android and La Forge makes no mention of an aura.

The first part seems rather nitpickish since the episode was supposed to be what geordi saw while the movie they wanted to see the visual spectrum. The second part...stated in the episode she emitted false human readings and his visor obviously didn't pick up the "aura" of the android... — Morder 05:06, 12 March 2009 (UTC)