G:STAR TREK , Need 'Trek-specific' Disadvantages and Quirks...

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Originally Posted by malloyd

. . . Always trying to build a paper trail to defend myself at the "inevitable" court martial I'm sure the department head is trying to set me up for (quirk level Paranoia). . .

IIRC almost all records, even in TOS, were on computer -- hence the near-conviction of Kirk in "Court Martial." Says a lot about the 1960s that it took a long time for anyone to think that the "infallible" computer had been hacked. Suspect any 1985+ lawyer would immediately wonder and demand a computer forensics exam thereon. So a character who insists on "Dead Tree" records (even if on plastic) would appear as nutty as a 2012 bureaucrat who wants all his personnel records on baked clay tablets. Might draw a psychiatric evaluation.

Mildly allergic to the standard laundry detergent - hand washes his own clothes, when absolutely necessary. When does the Federation start replicating uniforms anyway?

In "The Making of Star Trek," Roddenberry (quoted, not author) explained that he thought all uniforms in his milieu would be one-use items -- they'd be worn, tossed into the material recycling bin, and new ones produced by machine. TOS didn't refer to this. However, Roddenberry insisted to Gerrold (in the latter's book on the making of "The Trouble with Tribbles" that no Star Fleet uniform would ever have pockets -- if you needed to hold things you'd wear an equipment belt with attachable pouches.

Possible quirk -- doesn't trust replicator to remove all production chemicals and hand-washes all uniforms before donning them.