Indeed. Mostly I'm drawing attention to it as a cheap trick used by lazy writers to give the appearance of increased tension which doesn't really work because *they made all the numbers up*. Contrast this with the episode where the Cardassian mutiny supression program on the station computer kicks in which does an excellent job of using the protagonists' reaction to the situation to raise the stakes and drive the tension in the plot.
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Date: 2013-02-11 05:03 pm (UTC)