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RE: Debunking the myth about Red Shirts
February 26, 2018 at 11:37 pm
Am I the only one who read far enough down to discover that the statistics actually led to the conclusion that red shirts die more often, statistically? Or did I read it wrong? 
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RE: Debunking the myth about Red Shirts
February 27, 2018 at 12:00 am
(February 26, 2018 at 11:37 pm)Fireball Wrote: Am I the only one who read far enough down to discover that the statistics actually led to the conclusion that red shirts die more often, statistically? Or did I read it wrong?
I think you read wrong .
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RE: Debunking the myth about Red Shirts
February 27, 2018 at 12:04 am
Yes, I've always said they didn't kill enough red shirts.
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RE: Debunking the myth about Red Shirts
February 27, 2018 at 12:16 am
You should read John Scalzi’s novel Redshirts
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RE: Debunking the myth about Red Shirts
February 27, 2018 at 12:19 am
Do they all die?
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RE: Debunking the myth about Red Shirts
February 27, 2018 at 1:19 am
(February 27, 2018 at 12:19 am)The Valkyrie Wrote: Do they all die?
No, they figured out why their lives sucked because they were redshirts, and did something about it. It was pretty funny.
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RE: Debunking the myth about Red Shirts
February 27, 2018 at 6:30 am
I take it there are no bulls in Star Trek.
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RE: Debunking the myth about Red Shirts
February 27, 2018 at 11:38 am
(February 27, 2018 at 12:00 am)Tizheruk Wrote: (February 26, 2018 at 11:37 pm)Fireball Wrote: Am I the only one who read far enough down to discover that the statistics actually led to the conclusion that red shirts die more often, statistically? Or did I read it wrong?
I think you read wrong .
From the chart at the website Ex Astris Scientia-
"56 crew members can be confirmed to have died on the original Enterprise's five-year mission (or, to be precise, during the about three years shown in TOS). This gives us 0.7 casualties per episode, or roughly one casualty every three weeks. 26 of those 55 killed men or women were wearing a red shirt or an equivalent red engineering/security uniform. Considering that the shirt color of 15 deceased crew members remains unknown (because they were killed off screen or were not wearing a standard uniform), redshirts easily make up more than 50% of all casualties. The myth that redshirts are more likely killed than other colors can be confirmed. Some of the redshirts were engineers but most performed the duty of a security officer, which may be rated as intrinsically more dangerous and more likely lethal."
Bolding mine.
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RE: Debunking the myth about Red Shirts
February 27, 2018 at 11:44 am
(February 27, 2018 at 11:38 am)Fireball Wrote: (February 27, 2018 at 12:00 am)Tizheruk Wrote: I think you read wrong .
From the chart at the website Ex Astris Scientia-
"56 crew members can be confirmed to have died on the original Enterprise's five-year mission (or, to be precise, during the about three years shown in TOS). This gives us 0.7 casualties per episode, or roughly one casualty every three weeks. 26 of those 55 killed men or women were wearing a red shirt or an equivalent red engineering/security uniform. Considering that the shirt color of 15 deceased crew members remains unknown (because they were killed off screen or were not wearing a standard uniform), redshirts easily make up more than 50% of all casualties. The myth that redshirts are more likely killed than other colors can be confirmed. Some of the redshirts were engineers but most performed the duty of a security officer, which may be rated as intrinsically more dangerous and more likely lethal."
Bolding mine. I guess i read wrong
But still does not refute the video .
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RE: Debunking the myth about Red Shirts
February 27, 2018 at 12:34 pm
(February 27, 2018 at 11:38 am)Fireball Wrote: (February 27, 2018 at 12:00 am)Tizheruk Wrote: I think you read wrong .
From the chart at the website Ex Astris Scientia-
"56 crew members can be confirmed to have died on the original Enterprise's five-year mission (or, to be precise, during the about three years shown in TOS). This gives us 0.7 casualties per episode, or roughly one casualty every three weeks. 26 of those 55 killed men or women were wearing a red shirt or an equivalent red engineering/security uniform. Considering that the shirt color of 15 deceased crew members remains unknown (because they were killed off screen or were not wearing a standard uniform), redshirts easily make up more than 50% of all casualties. The myth that redshirts are more likely killed than other colors can be confirmed. Some of the redshirts were engineers but most performed the duty of a security officer, which may be rated as intrinsically more dangerous and more likely lethal."
Bolding mine.
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