I don't think "reasoning" is the right perspective to examine Picard's comment from. He's not making a debate point, Picard is politely telling Ralph that he's acting like an assclown and that it WILL stop.
Sometimes restrictions breed creativity, though.
The DM can not metagame, definitionally
The secret to writing (or playing) characters that are smarter than you are is that you can take your time coming up with what they do. Maybe in-game your character has a razor wit and would have a snappy comeback for any situation. Out of game you've got a list of pre-prepared retorts you can bust out as needed.
Stick with Star Wars, they have nice, safe-for-work Jizz Music.
There's also Star Trek Voyager: Elite Force where they get transported to a ship graveyard.
Blast off and nuke the site from orbit, it's the only way to be sure.
Humans are the real space orcs.
When Lwaxana scanned the bar in DS9 s01e17 The Forsaken to figure out who stole her broach, she has to look at each person in the room to read them. Perhaps the range for Betazeds is very high or unlimited, but using it requires them to be aware of the person's presence, or to specifically focus on them? Or perhaps there's general vibes, but truly reading someone requires active focus?
That doesn't work for 40k, to my understanding. It's a miniatures combat game
I want to see a Trek episode shot like one of those Eddie Murphy films where he plays all the characters, using Jeffrey Combs
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I only recall seeing the hallway bunks in Lower Decks, and I think that was intended as a joke.