A physicist has analyzed the famous tactical maneuver from Star Trek: The Next Generation, finding that it would be even more effective in real-world physics than depicted in the show.
Source: Ars Technica
The 'Picard maneuver' is a combat tactic famously used by Captain Picard in Star Trek: The Next Generation. A physicist has now examined the science behind this fictional move, running the numbers to see how it would actually perform.
According to the analysis, the maneuver would work even better in reality than it does on screen, suggesting that the show's writers may have actually stumbled onto something with genuine tactical merit.
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