"Captain, there is no smoking on the bridge!"
— Sammy Milliome, Super Dimension Fortress Macross
"Say, is this a ship of the Valkyries? Or have you human women finally done away with your men altogether?"
— Q, Star Trek: Voyager ("Death Wish")
Sexy cyber-girls manned horseshoe-shaped consoles with anachronistic user interface — pulling levers, spinning handwheels, adjusting rheostats with exposed copper connectors. Needles quivered in the red zone. Turgid valves hissed foul-smelling steam. Flywheels spun with relentless purpose; crankshafts cranked, pistons pumped, turbines thrummed and female buttocks swayed.
"When you're in outer space, one day together seems like a year spent together on Earth. So in my opinion, the looks of the crewmembers are very important. Think about it. You're stuck in a tiny spacecraft staring at the same faces every day. Without eye candy to look at, it gets pretty tough."
— Dr. Hong Gayoung (ironically referring to male versions of this trope), The Silent Sea
