It's something that has bothered me since I realised

Or if they don't have onboard sensors designed to do that then why not do that

Because someone who is unconscious or unable to move isn't going to be able to call for help

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[–] 14 points 2 years ago* (3 children)

I think the canon reason given for this and other "why didn't the ship's computer just stop them?" situations that it's a privacy violation to just go around scanning people without their permission.

Although they do seem to do a lot of "scanning for life-signs" so who knows?

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  • [–] 1 point 2 years ago (1 child)

    scanning for life-signs

    Yeah, and I've never figured out the security feature that makes scanning for life-signs more effective when you sign a little song to the computer. But sometimes I guess it's just more urgent to know, little life signs, where are you?

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