I have been a Fan of Star Trek since the 1960s. I even met Gene Roddenberry during the late 1970s early 1980s after he had presented one of his Star Trek "Bloopers" Presentations.
He was a World War 2 U.S. Army Air Corps Veteran. And was curious about my being a Vietnam Veteran and my going back into the U.S. Military as an Officer.
So from that perspective, as a U.S. Military Special Forces Officer, today we routinely do Cultural Anthropological Studies of the Nations within our Areas of Responsibility, especially of "Potentially Hostile" Nations, "Hostile" Nations, this was the Second Star Fleet encounter with the Klingons, so the question is why did not Star Fleet Know the Cultural Anthropology of the Klingons.
Star Fleet especially being "Explorers" would have been gathering as much Cultural Anthropological Facts from everywhere, especially the Star Fleet Diplomatic Mission to Vulcan, the Vulcan Diplomatic Mission to Star Fleet, other Species Encounters with the Klingons.
As far as the Design of the Ship, why are the new Starship Designs always dark, surely they have enough white paint, beige, light tan or very light grey, neutral light color paint. People that have been on very long U.S.N. Missions or aboard U.S.N. Submarines know why. Many Nations Ships have corridors, passageways, bulkheads, rooms, overheads painted white.
There was a Psychological Study done about the Effects of putting people into prolonged low light conditions, and rooms painted dark colors. Imagine being on a Star Fleet Starship for Years, crew members would be bouncing themselves off the walls. This is why NASA paints the very confined spaces of NASA Spacecraft white, same with the International Space Station.
Please do not turn this into some kind of mindless entertainment, the Original Star Trek was usually for those that could think as well as be entertained as intended by Star Trek Creator Gene Roddenberry (a Social Commentary in almost every Episode).
He was a World War 2 U.S. Army Air Corps Veteran. And was curious about my being a Vietnam Veteran and my going back into the U.S. Military as an Officer.
So from that perspective, as a U.S. Military Special Forces Officer, today we routinely do Cultural Anthropological Studies of the Nations within our Areas of Responsibility, especially of "Potentially Hostile" Nations, "Hostile" Nations, this was the Second Star Fleet encounter with the Klingons, so the question is why did not Star Fleet Know the Cultural Anthropology of the Klingons.
Star Fleet especially being "Explorers" would have been gathering as much Cultural Anthropological Facts from everywhere, especially the Star Fleet Diplomatic Mission to Vulcan, the Vulcan Diplomatic Mission to Star Fleet, other Species Encounters with the Klingons.
As far as the Design of the Ship, why are the new Starship Designs always dark, surely they have enough white paint, beige, light tan or very light grey, neutral light color paint. People that have been on very long U.S.N. Missions or aboard U.S.N. Submarines know why. Many Nations Ships have corridors, passageways, bulkheads, rooms, overheads painted white.
There was a Psychological Study done about the Effects of putting people into prolonged low light conditions, and rooms painted dark colors. Imagine being on a Star Fleet Starship for Years, crew members would be bouncing themselves off the walls. This is why NASA paints the very confined spaces of NASA Spacecraft white, same with the International Space Station.
Please do not turn this into some kind of mindless entertainment, the Original Star Trek was usually for those that could think as well as be entertained as intended by Star Trek Creator Gene Roddenberry (a Social Commentary in almost every Episode).