Why do starships have carpets?
SCREENRANT VIDEO OF THE DAY SCROLL TO CONTINUE WITH CONTENT Summary Star Trek: Lower Decks just revealed a possible reason why many of Starfleet's starships have carpeting. In Lower Decks season 4, episode 5, "Empathalogical Fallacies," the USS Cerritos ferries three Betazoid diplomats from the planet Angel One to the planet Risa. The three women have clearly been enjoying themselves attending parties on Angel One, and they plan to continue their fun on the Cerritos.
As Star Trek: Lower Decks' Betazoid diplomats sip their large drinks out of Angel One souvenir cups, one of them exclaims: "Oh, I love your Starfleet carpeting. It's perfect to pass out on." It's a quick joke, fired right at the beginning of the episode, and it provides an answer for a question viewers may never have thought to ask.
Upon further reflection, it does seem odd that starships would have so much carpet when something like metal or tile would be more practical. With all the trouble Starfleet ships get into, it seems carpet would not only be unsanitary, but also a fire hazard. Although, looking back at Star Trek: The Next Generation, the bridge crew were often getting flung out of their chairs by energy beams or aliens' weapons fire or unidentified space phenomena.
Star Trek: Picard’s Titan Didn’t Have A Carpet But Enterprise-G Needs One When Star Trek moved into the modern era of television, its starship designs were suitably updated. The USS Titan-A seems to have replaced any carpeting with sleek grey flooring. Despite all of the lights on the bridge of the Titan and the shiny, polished floors, the bridge feels much darker than the bridge of the Enterprise-D. The Titan's sleeker, moodier look made sense for the story of Picard season 3.
On the other hand, maybe Captain Liam Shaw wouldn't have been injured so many times if he had landed on plush carpeting instead of the hard floors of the Titan's bridge. The proposed Picard spin-off, Star Trek: Legacy, should include a brighter look for the bridge of the USS Enterprise-G, complete with carpeting, and it might help give Legacy an entirely new feel.
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