Oh, yes - the "Get Smart" reference that I'm definitely going to use.
Slight spoiler for late-series: the new Nautilus has an "Orpheus furnace", which is described as being more powerful than a particle-annihilation engine. What could be more powerful that a matter-antimatter drive? Well...
"I have some advanced engineering knowledge, Captain. How can I help?"
Nemo thought for a moment. "Normally, I wouldn't trust someone I just met with something this dangerous, but we have no choice. Go with the chief engineer to the main engine room, and follow his orders."
I tried making small talk with the engineer on our way to the engine room, but he wasn't the talkative sort. His only words during the walk were at the end, when he said "here we are".
I let him open the door, then followed him in, only to stop dead in my tracks when I saw what was in the middle of the room. "That's the ship's main engine, the Orpheus furnace."
""
Mind you, there's another possibility what it could be, which is hinted at by a revelation in episode 39 (but classically-educated readers may have already figured it out from the name)...
-Rob Kelk
--
Rob Kelk
"Governments have no right to question the loyalty of those who oppose
them. Adversaries remain citizens of the same state, common subjects of
the same sovereign, servants of the same law."
- Michael Ignatieff, addressing Stanford University in 2012
Slight spoiler for late-series: the new Nautilus has an "Orpheus furnace", which is described as being more powerful than a particle-annihilation engine. What could be more powerful that a matter-antimatter drive? Well...
"I have some advanced engineering knowledge, Captain. How can I help?"
Nemo thought for a moment. "Normally, I wouldn't trust someone I just met with something this dangerous, but we have no choice. Go with the chief engineer to the main engine room, and follow his orders."
I tried making small talk with the engineer on our way to the engine room, but he wasn't the talkative sort. His only words during the walk were at the end, when he said "here we are".
I let him open the door, then followed him in, only to stop dead in my tracks when I saw what was in the middle of the room. "That's the ship's main engine, the Orpheus furnace."
""
Mind you, there's another possibility what it could be, which is hinted at by a revelation in episode 39 (but classically-educated readers may have already figured it out from the name)...
-Rob Kelk
--
Rob Kelk
"Governments have no right to question the loyalty of those who oppose
them. Adversaries remain citizens of the same state, common subjects of
the same sovereign, servants of the same law."
- Michael Ignatieff, addressing Stanford University in 2012