So in the episode, I just realized that Weasley thrown a holographic snowball outside of the holodeck and it hit Picard, how? What magic is that? Or is it just because it’s so early in the series or just what? I must have a explanation (silly or cannon) for it happening…
My head canon comes from the Steve Shives video about holodecks.
As holodecks use a combination of hologram and replicator technology you can suppose that when they were first installed on the Enterprise they would fully replicate simple objects that people were likely to interact with, such as the snowball Wesley threw or the piece of paper Data carries off. When Picard got hit in the face with a snowball, maybe he told engineering “hey this is unsafe and inappropriate for the flagship of Starfleet, can we get that changed?” Since it was a fairly low-level ticket or maybe because it was a tough fix, it took them a while to get it implemented. So for a while you may see the odd object carried off the holodeck, but by the time of “Ship in a Bottle” that issue has long been solved and nothing can be taken off the holodeck.
I can see picard getting hit wit ha snowball and ‘yea no. I’m putting a stop to that.’
Especially season 1 Picard.
The IT department spent many weeks going through the manuals until they figured out how to turn off s owballs, but allow other stuff, like Sherlock Holmes costumes or WATER.
In all fairness, they usually replicate the clothes prior to entering. Though, I imagine if one was so inclined, they could enter the holodeck buck naked and have clothes formed around them.
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Brings a new perspective to Barclay’s dalliances.