Far more likely there is nothing in front of the ship and riker knows his ass is about to fire some consequence free lasers. He derives great pleasure from the reaction or lack of reaction of the crew on the bridge as he continues to chat about unrelated things
Far more likely there is nothing in front of the ship and riker knows his ass is about to fire some consequence free lasers. He derives great pleasure from the reaction or lack of reaction of the crew on the bridge as he continues to chat about unrelated things
If you fire a weapon in space, someone is going to have a bad day. It just might be thousands or millions of years in the future, light-years away.
“Sir Isaac Newton is the deadliest son-of-a-bitch in space!”
-Some Gunnery Sgt.