My head canon is that there’s another stage to the Gorn lifecycle that we haven’t yet seen on SNW. It might be that with full maturity, the Gorn gain significant intelligence and brute strength relative to earlier stages, but lose speed and agility.
Comment on Episode Discussion | Star Trek: Strange New Worlds | 2x10 "Hegemony"
Tired8281@lemmy.ca 10 months agoKirk’s Gorn was the captain. Maybe he was old and feeble? Not suited for a fight, still pretty strong but no longer fast and agile.
Sertou@lemmy.world 10 months ago
angstrom@startrek.website 10 months ago
It’s also been suggested in the beta canon that the Gorn are made up of multiple reptile variants. The ones in SNW seem to be raptor based. It’s possible the less agile more tank like variants might show up later.
Osa-Eris-Xero512@kbin.social 10 months ago
I love this actually. Kirk, probably top 5% percent against the Gorn captain who happened to be some ancient, arthritic, half blind, one foot in the grave, and still beat his ass all over the paramount back lot.