A rational examination of a phenomenon previously described in strictly anecdotal terms.

Keep your redshirt on: a Bayesian exploration

The idea of red-shirted characters being frequently killed in Star Trek: The Original Series has become a pop culture cliché. But is wearing a redshirt in Star Trek as hazardous as it is thought to be? To find out, casualty figures for the Starship Enterprise were compiled using the casualty list provided by Memory Alpha.


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