From warp drive to transporters, Star Trek is full of incredibly advanced technology that helps improve our lives and enables our heroes to explore the unknown. But among all these amazing inventions, Starfleet seems to have forgotten about circuit breakers and fuses. Whenever the ship is hit by an enemy disruptor blast or a dilithium overload, the control panels on the bridge always seem to explode in sparks. Not only is this hazardous to the bridge crew, it can damage the upholstery on the chairs.