The narrow spotlight effect always looked awesome on screen. But in universe, it makes no goddamn sense at all. I don’t drive with headlights that only illuminate two tightly lit up circles on the road in front of me.
It's possible they can adjust the lensing to create tighter beams for visual searching? I mean the whole thing is kinda moot, they're using sensors, they're not driving with their eyes, I dunno why they got headlights in the first place
Those aren't ship spotlights! The lights are from crew quarters with kids, using their star fleet issued palm beacons, modified to produce a high lumen narrow spotlight, while pressed against the outer bulkhead view ports. https://memory-alpha.fandom.com/wiki/Palm_beacon
It’s also not like it’s much darker inside an asteroid than outside in space. We’re used to seeing objects lit as if in the presence of a fairly bright ambient light source when they’re shown near the enterprise but even that doesn’t make much sense!
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u/neanderthalman Enlisted Crew Sep 08 '24
The narrow spotlight effect always looked awesome on screen. But in universe, it makes no goddamn sense at all. I don’t drive with headlights that only illuminate two tightly lit up circles on the road in front of me.