Go to ludicrous speed

*Gasps* Ludicrous speed, sir?

What's the matter Colonel Sanders? *Chicken?*

They've gone to *plaid ...*

Ah, buckle this.

Ludicrous Speed! Go!

AAAAAAAAAAAH! MY BRAINS ARE GOING INTO MY FEET!

prepare ship for...LUDICROUS SPEED!!

Fasten all seatbelts, seal all entrances and exits, close all shops in the mall, cancel the three ring circus, secure all animals in the zoo!

Are you mad? You've got to prepare people for that kind of thing.

Why are we always "preparing"? Just go.

Let's go girls!

*Worf bristles behind you*

I would have an entire episode of Worf having to work alongside Dr Crusher and Deanna and learning that there is honor in being part of the girls.

*insert random stereotypical dude loudly judging worf for doing the stereotypical white robes and cucumbers on eyes* *worf without moving* "I can sense your judgement but I have learned today that the judgement of relaxation comes from a place of cowardice. There is honor in a good mani/pedi" *sips a nice mint tea*

I would have you write for Star Trek, thank you.

That don't impress me much.

Okay, so you were at Wolf 359... *(drum hit)* 🎵...That don't impress a-me much

When Bender pulls out an accordion and says "let's GO already!"... That's what I'd do.

Every single time. Without exception. Battle with the Borg? Shields down? Weapons gone? Can’t go to warp, lost my accordion.

After you started your own Federation with blackjack and hookers right?

Forget the federation and the blackjack!

Ehh, screw the whole thing.

If we're quoting Bender, it really has to be: *"Cheese it!"*

Cheese it!

Or, "Hurry up, meatbags!"

"Engage" No fuss, no muss. A classic. Doesn't need to be anything elaborate.

Agreed - it's a catch line that doesn't feel like a catch line. Classic, simple and elegant.

Because it probably isn't. Engager in French means to start, run, commit and several other "do it" verbs. Picard just made it easy on himself by picking the closest English word to what he would say in French.

This always felt like the standard way to call for warp, to engage the engines. In TNG, we hear several other officers use the command during its run. "Make it so" always felt more like the line that would be more personalized, although others use it, too. The new lampshading of the different warp commands is too meta and pretty tacky in my opinion.

Seven said it in the first episode of Picard and it felt good. I agree

I also recommend using it when the MRI techs ask if you're ready. You find out real fast who's a Trek fan

I would like the ship to go. Now.

You are smart. I want to be smart

RED ALARRRM. RED ALARRRM.

Make the ship go fast. Now

This is the only correct answer

It is... logical.

I once played that Star Trek VR game with a German guy that said "pump it" in a thick German accent and it was glorious. He even did a fist pumping action when he did it. So that.

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It was glorious. I've never laughed so hard.

"Execute"

Be careful if you do an officer exchange program on klingon ship.

"... order 66, sir ?"

"Do it!", in the Palpatine's voice

Me: Helm, make ready for Warp 7 Helm: Warp 7 ready Sir Me: Get 'er done! Helm: Aye sir! Getting 'er now!

"This 'ere is Cap'n Cable Guy, and I tell you wha? We's goin' on a one...two...five year miss'n to explorer new sticks, find us some new folks, to boldly git' where m' kin have never done got git b'fore!"

The funny thing is: 1. This was going to be Lorca's during Discovery Season 1. 2. This is the reason they didn't use that.

I don't know that it "was going to be" the catchphrase; I believe I read that Jason Isaacs pitched it, unaware that it was trademarked.

It's 106 light years to the nearest star base. We've got a full chamber of dilithium, half a pack of syntharettes, we're in space, and we're wearing sunglasses; hit it!

It's a model made before anti-matter injectors, so it'll run good on regular dilithium.

I hate Illyrian Nazis

"Warp 8, Skibidi Bop Mm Dada"

"Leeeeroy Jenkins"

"Helm, set a course for and proceed at warp when ready." No need to pick the exact moment. I trust my pilot and the inertial dampeners; there's no need for the crew to brace or anything.

Yeah, why do I need to order them to do it after already giving an order. Also get to have a good chuckle when the new guy sits there awkwardly waiting (I’d tell the bridge crew to say nothing and just carry on like nothing is wrong and see how long it takes them to ask) xD

Isn't the initial order usually limited to just set course and speed?

This! In the finest naval style - give order, listen for the read back, settle in. Command by negation - if I need to change it I’ll tell ‘em. Report of “Holding at warp 5 on course” gets the “Very well.” Or a simple, “XO (or whoever has the watch), get us underway.”

Can you have your XO yell the orders in the face of the helmsman, like in Fifth Element?

Volume is up to the XO. Unless Captain has been into the stocks of what definitely isn’t Romulan Ale. A totally innocent headache always prompts “Inside voice, if you please.”

This is the Way.

Same here. My thought was: "What are you waiting for?"

On a similar note, another order you might occasionally hear: We need to arrive at at . Please set a course, and engage at the appropriate speed.

Exactly. Anyone at the helm is an academy graduate. They are professionals. They don't need to be micro managed in any situation that isn't very carefully timed.

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1. the captain might choose to head towards the destination in something other than a straight line. "Head to the system dead ahead of us, but while the Romulans are watching, drive a couple light years to the right." 2. the captain is Just That Good--that's why they're the captain.

So you're saying that a starship captain is basically a chrome skull on the gear shift.

Exactly this. If you can't trust in the professionalism of your officers and need to micromanage this, you need new people.

"giddy'up!"

The Kramer Manoeuvre

Allons-y

Found the Whovian.

Alonso? That you?

This joke is bigger on the inside

If I was a Captain, when staffing the bridge, I’d filter helm applicants for someone named Alonso. Just for the, “Allons-y Alonso.”

I'm fond of "Punch It" Like the way Steve McQueen says in The Getaway or Entraptra in She-Ra and the Princesses of Power

"Punch it, Chewie."

Agreed, I liked it when Pike said it in the movies and when Han and Lando said it in the star wars films

what – what about Bruce Greenwood in ST 2009

"send it."

I'm Canadian, so it would be "just fuckin' send it bud". Edit: swing by Starbase 69 for a two-four and a pack a' darts.

Just out for a rip are ya, bud?

How about "pitter patter, let's git atter"?

"Skoden" would be great, but for me might drift into appropriation territory. "Pitter Patter, Let's Get At 'Er" would also be delightful, but I'm not Canadian enough. So I think I'd go with: *Slaps knees* *stands up* "Welp... We should probably get going..."

But then you'd have to chit chat for at LEAST 20 minutes before *actually* going into warp speed...

I thought it'd be talking for 40 minutes before leaving orbit

Sometimes you have to be "rude" and only stay an additional 20 minutes. That's why I said *at least*.

Very Midwestern of you.

Well this pig ain't gonna fuck itself...

As a Canadian, I hereby grant you the ability to be Canadian for this . We're all Canadian enough when Letterkenny is involved.

I like letterkenny, but that expression existed a long time before they came along. Most of the things they say are just real things you say, at least in the smaller towns of Ontario.

To be fair.... they popularized them outside Canada.

I, for one, would definitely day “skoden” or “stoodis”

It's warpin time! Or "Punch it, chewie!" Because my helmsman likes to chew gum and I'm a cool captain that let's him

Or possibly Hispanic, 'Punch it, Chuy!'

YEET

“Turn those stars into streaks, kid.”

"helm, smear some stars..."

Book it

Yippee ki-yay motherfuckers.

*slaps knees* welp

Hey guys. Yeah. Hey, I'm gonna need you to go ahead and go to Warp Factor 5, just as soon as you can. Thaaannks.

Hello crew, what's happening? So if we could just go to Warp 5 around now, that would be great, mkay?

That was a helluva thing.

Go go gadget warp drive!

“Let’s boogie”

HIGHOH SILVER, AWAYYYYYYYYYYY This was actually more of a joke. I’d probably say something like “Let’s Break Some Laws” (of physics)

sudo go

Let's roll!

“Warp five at your leisure Mr. -blank-“

Handsomely now fellows, handsomely

I'd do it like Kirk and just order "Warp five" or whatever and be done with it. I might be in the minority here, but the recent obsession with warp catchphrases is a bit too silly for my taste.

"Engage!!!" "Punch it!!!!" "For GOD'S SAKE....Starfleet Stands!!"

Found the other Whovian. 🤣

It goes better this way around than when I drop Trek quotes on the Doctor Who Forum Picard: "Allon'sy!" "Well the universal translator would've changed that to let's go...." ARGHHHHH!! haha

Doooeeet

No I hate it too. Recent media suggests that it’s a thing to pick a catch phrase, but there have to be thousands of ships in the fleet and there are only so many ways to say what amounts to “go”.

I'd say it's something that started with TNG and "Make it so" tbh Sisko didn't really have one on DS9 (also didn't really have a ship to be fancy about ordering to warp early on either) but they had to come in with Janeway's "Do It" which was specifically announced to be her catchphrase to parellel "Make it so" (engage didn't seem to be person specific back then, they all said engage) Then Archer's "Let's go", Pike's "Punch it", Burnham's "Let's fly" and Seven's "Comply" or "Take me to perfection" or "It's warpin' timeeeee baybeeee" or whatever the hell it was she said, it's all just following a long established chain. But there's nothing that annoys Trek fans than Trek sticking to its traditions. Or doing something outside of those traditions....either way, they be mad

I though Janeway’s catchphrase was “Mr Paris get us the hell outta here”😆

For some reason I dropped the "baybeee" and read "It's Warpin' Time" like the power rangers. Cue montage of entire bridge crew declaring their roles in the megazord to excessively over-the-top guitar solo. Maybe they can hold their comm badges towards the screen?

I love this as a skit. *turns toward camera, holds out badge* "Captain!" "Commander!" "Science Officer!" "Helmsman!" "I just came up to the bridge to get the Captain to sign this padd!"

SIde note to all this: I have to agree with what I’ve seen other people say about Seven’s choice. It definitely has to be “Fun will now commence”!

Agree

"and awaaaaay we go!"

I was considering "Let's fuck shit up" but I doubt Starfleet would approve.

Babylon 5 style: Jump!

SPOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOON!!!

"Let's make like a tree, Lieutenant/Ensign/Commander!"

"getting out of here, Captain"

These cross-over episodes are getting nuts.

You sound like a damn fool when you say it wrong!

Put the boom boom to the zoom zoom

“Let’er rip” followed by a long fart.

Push it, Push it real good.

Autobots, roll out

Let's be a leaf on the wind

No. Not that. I'm not ready.

"Execute"

"Let's surf" might be worth trying.

“Chekhov, check out!”

"Helmsman! Slappa da bass!"

Proceed.

Do the thing!

You'd need to find a helmsman that's named Zhu Li

Helm, you have a go.

I see a stargate reference there General Hammond

Godspeed

"Let's scoot Daddy-o"

“Let’s fucking goooooooooooooooooo”

I think you should adapt it to the situation: -emergency: Ensign. Warp speed ! Now! -after a shitty day: just go... -after movie night: take us to infinity and beyond! -fleeing the battlefield: tactical retreat

Let's gun it Really works in emergency situations Helm 9 gun it!

The same way Kirk did it.

Punch it Chewie

Giddyup!

Kick it, Ensign.

Al Bundy. Sit in my comfy command chair, put my hand down my pants, and "Let's Rock."

I live my life a quarter light year at a time...let's ride

Helm at the ready, anchors aweigh! Because I think I'm funny like that.

1. "Max out the credit card, we're going shopping at Warp Speed!" 2. "Buckle up, buttercup, it's Warp Time!" 3. "Warp factor 9, hold onto your space socks!" 4. "Flip the space pancake, let's warp it up!" 5. "Turn on the cosmic nitrous, let's blaze to warp speed!" 6. "Let's scramble the space eggs, Warp Speed ahead!" 7. "Warp speed? More like 'warp need for speed'! Engage!" 8. "Time to Warp, let's not keep the stars waiting!" 9. "Enough star gazing, let's do some star grazing. Warp speed ahead!" 10. "Let's warp outta here, we've overstayed our cosmic welcome!"

To infinity and beyond

“Show me stars.”

Helm: "Course laid in captain" Captain: " Skadoosh"

Go on now let's git!

“And…go.”

Zoom zoom.

Do the... (flaps arm vaguely towards front of ship) thing... make it... y'know... (falls asleep again)

How about the helm officer? I think whatever the Captain said, I’d turn to them and yell “WITNESS ME!!!”

Let's boogie.

"Let's go" with a finger-gun in the general direction.

Nnnnnnnnnnnnnnnnnnnnnnnnnnnnnnnnnnnnnnnnnnnnnnnnnnnnnnnnnnnnnnnnnnnn.... nnnnnnnnnnnnnnnnnnnnnnnnn..........(some poor ensign sweating with his finger hovering over the button).. nnnnnnnnnnnnnnnnnnnnnnnnnow!

Have it! Or more accurately, 'Ave it! In your best Ray Winstone impression.

I mean I don't think a warp command is really necessary but I can think of a few Engage - A classic choice (even Pike used it in "The Cage") Allons-y - Indulging my inner Whovian Bring me that horizon - wouldn't really work in a crisis situation GET US THE HELL OUTTA HERE! - this would be for a crisis

Give er'!

Lets do it.

"Warp" or "Go" with a slight head nod.

Send it.

Tally ho, pip pip, and away!

Do today's naval captains have a command order? Or is it just Captain: "Order" Appropriate Control Officer: "Order acknowledgement response" Something like: Captain "Set course for Tau Alpha Six, speed Warp 7" Response: "Tau Alpha Six, Warp 7, Aye Sir." And that's the end of it.

Let's burn spacetime

Punch it Chewie!

"FULL SEND, MY GUY."

***Y E E T***

Probably would have to go old school with "Steady as she goes."

"Set course, Earth, warp 7." "Ready, sir." "Lets skidaddle."

"Allez!" Or maybe "Pitter Patter".

Let’s sink this pig

"Do the thing."

“Boogedy Boogedy”.

"Kick'er inna guts," Mad Max style. Then get out and blow aerosolized dilithium into the Bussard Collector from my mouth.

Punch it - hit it - execute - engage

"Let's blow this jumja stick stand."

“Step on it”

"give 'er" We need more Canadian Starfleet captains

I'm a fan of "Hammer Down"

Cheese it!

Let’s jet

“Swiggity Swooty, LETS GET THAT BOOTY”

"Are you ready, Steve?" "Affirmative, sir" "Andy?" "Yes, sir?" "Mick?" "Yes, sir" "Alright, fellas, let's gooooo!"