Posts Tagged “quality of life”

Well, with a title like that, you KNOW this is going to be another Star Trek post.  It’s honestly not like I don’t have anything better to talk about, it’s just that it offers up so many easy targets.

When I was younger, and watching shows like The Next Generation, Space: Above and Beyond, and seaQuest: DSV, I imagined how awesome it’d be to live on ships like I saw on TV and live those lives.  Of course, that was as a kid.  As an adult now, I have a quality of life that I’ve become accustomed to.

Let’s role play a bit, shall we?

A junior officer on the Enterprise D receives a standard 110 square meters (1182 square feet) living space.  That’s not bad for just one person.  If they want, they can opt to combine spaces with a roomie (though you don’t often see that in the show).  The captain has a nice three room cabin, but even that is so spartan you feel out of place.