I don’t think that’s ever been established - in fact, I don’t think we’ve ever seen humpback whales in Cetacean Ops…
Comment on Episode Discussion | Star Trek: Strange New Worlds | 3x08 "Four-and-a-Half-Vulcans"
diverging@piefed.social 4 weeks ago
Why are there whales on Pike's Enterprise? I was under the impression that cetacean ops was a ultimately a result the events of Star Trek IV, which haven't happened yet.
ValueSubtracted@startrek.website 4 weeks ago
diverging@piefed.social 4 weeks ago
ValueSubtracted@startrek.website 4 weeks ago
Y’know, as I typed it I thought, “I should probably fact-check this…”
StillPaisleyCat@startrek.website 4 weeks ago
There were references to whales before that in beta-canon diagrams.
The idea that they are a response to Star Trek IV is also beta canon or even widespread head canon.
EarthshipTechIntern01@lemmy.world 4 weeks ago
Holograms. Or just screens. Can make them in to anything that’ll make you calm (or whatever you want to feel).
hallettj@leminal.space 4 weeks ago
Showing cetacean ops did seem like a lot. But OTOH, that scene isn’t actually on the Enterprise - it’s set inside La’An’s mind. So why not make it weird?