Luck of the Enterprise

I wish I had the luck of the U.S.S. Enterprise.

No matter what the danger, they escape it, usually by one of the following methods:

1. They figure out some clever 11th hour (for dramatic effect) solution. There is generally some technical jargon to help dismiss any lingering implausibility.

2. There was some unfortunate ship in the same situation earlier that they are now able to learn from and avoid repeating the mistake that they were seconds away from repeating. (It is very important that if there is ever a lesson to be learned, that it is learned by the ship immediately preceding the Enterprise. The Enterprise is never to be the guinea pig ship. If they were in the situation, they would get out by other means, see item #1)

3. The Enterprise is completely destroyed. Not to worry, there is some temporal anomaly, quantum string, or other fill-in-the-technical-blank effect that alters history so the destruction never really happened.

Commander Riker once commented "Luck. It protects small children, fools, and ships named Enterprise." How true.

I love Star Trek, but it may be a touch formulaic. It seems that in the end, the only thing that can destroy the Enterprise is ratings.