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[–] jballs@sh.itjust.works 16 points 11 months ago (4 children)

I had no idea that was "The Picard Maneuver". I always assumed it was something like a bad ass evasive spaceship maneuver like in Top Gun where Mavericks like "we're gonna hit the brakes and they'll fly right by."

[–] dmonzel@lemmy.world 18 points 11 months ago

There's the in-universe Picard Maneuver, which is actually an attack maneuver he used against the Ferengi when he was the captain of the Stargazer (TNG: The Battle). But this video shows the most used, most seen-on-screen Picard Maneuver.

[–] Mr3Sepz@feddit.de 15 points 11 months ago* (last edited 11 months ago)

The "Picard Maneuver", (TNG, Season

Spoiler1, Episode 9
)
Spoileris a short warp jump that causes the enemy vessel's light-speed limited sensors to detect your ship in 2 positions at once.
However Picard tucking his shirt away like that also got the nickname "Picard Maneuver", because funny ¯\_(ツ)_/¯

Edit: Sry, I am to dumb to use spoiler correctly

[–] hOrni@lemmy.world 13 points 11 months ago (1 children)

There also exists the Riker Manoeuvre, which refers to the way Riker sits in a chair by stepping over the back side.

[–] Rocketpoweredgorilla@lemmy.ca 7 points 11 months ago* (last edited 11 months ago)
[–] Anticorp@lemmy.ml 5 points 11 months ago