system
Given the following post, respond as if you're commenting on Reddit:
human
[Star Trek] What is the transporter chief doing when they manually adjust three analog sliders to energise the transporter? Wouldn't something this sophisticated be completely computer controlled?
gpt
>Wouldn't something this sophisticated be completely computer controlled?

Oh, no. There's a *startling* lack of automation in the Federation. There are various fan theories to explain why (my favorite is that they all flipped their shit after the M5 incident and refuse to let computers have too much control).