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- Comment on Canon Connections: DIS 5x07 - Erigah 3 days ago:
My current completely unfounded theory is that he’s going to use the Progenitor tech to evolve himself – in the Star Trek (derogatory) sense of the word – to the point where he sees the koala and is able to use his powers to stop whatever final confrontation there is.
- Comment on Canon Connections: DIS 5x07 - Erigah 3 days ago:
Yeah, that one was new to me as well.
The Paul Pope art is as gorgeous as one would expect, though.
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- Comment on Preview ‘Star Trek: Discovery’ Episode 508 With New Images And Clip From “Labyrinths” 4 days ago:
Assuming that actually is Eric J. Robbins in the comments on that article, he’s the co-writer on the episode, and he’s claiming the librarian is an Efrosian.
I want her book pendant.
- Comment on Searching for the "most representative" Star Trek episode 1 week ago:
I considered suggesting “The Last Outpost”.
- Comment on Searching for the "most representative" Star Trek episode 1 week ago:
I don’t disagree, but I do believe that when we think about what Star Trek is, what it boils down to is an episodic procedural, despite how serialized it can be at times.
- Comment on Searching for the "most representative" Star Trek episode 1 week ago:
My first thought whenever the topic of what episode a person should to introduce Trek to someone comes up is “The Measure of a Man”. Though perhaps a courtroom drama, while certainly something Trek dabbles with on multiple occasions, is not typical enough to fall under the umbrella of conventional.
Maybe something like “Children of the Comet” from season one of SNW. There’s a strange mystery that’s going to spell disaster for a pre-warp civilization, an alien of the week antagonist whom the Enterprise crew needs to figure out how to deal with without getting into a fight, and everything’s neatly wrapped up by the end. The biggest mark against it would be the subplot where Pike’s dealing with the knowledge that he’s going to end up in a beep chair.
- Comment on Canon Connections: DIS 5x06 - Whistlespeak 1 week ago:
Well, I double dumbass on me, I guess.
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- Comment on A question about Star Trek IV: The Voyage Home. [Spoilers] 1 week ago:
Humpback whales got that Hapsburg jaw.
- Comment on Were the [REDACTED] also a result of the Progenitors? DIS s5 spoilers 1 week ago:
Writer Carlos Cisco has indicated that they conceptualized the Breen’s solid form as an adaptation that they developed over time
Interesting.
It’s completely unrelated to the current Disco story arc, but that does make me wonder if the Vorta and other Dominion species would have been aware of the Breen’s goo form. The Changelings evolved the ability to shapeshift over time, but were originally solids. having the Breen start out as the soundtrack producers for the “Spider-Man & Venom: Maximum Carnage” video game, and later develop a solid form might seem anathema to the Founders and their worshipers.
- Comment on Canon Connections: DIS 5x05 - Mirrors 1 week ago:
I like the idea that the Breen bodies loose consistency upon death, especially if they’re more gelatinous in their natural form, as these episodes of DIS appear to be presenting them.
However, I do not envy Kira and Dukat having to scoop a bunch of Breen jello out those helmets before putting them on.
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- Comment on Canon Connections: DIS 5x05 - Mirrors 2 weeks ago:
I like the idea of Kirk pulling out his wallet to try and chip in for beer and pizza in 1986 with a couple strips of latinum, some Klingon darseks left behind on the Bounty, and whatever Federation credits he has, which I assume are a digital currency.
- Comment on Canon Connections: DIS 5x05 - Mirrors 2 weeks ago:
They do 100% use money in the 23rd century! 24th century is a bit more debatable, but I’m still on the side of they use money.
- Comment on Canon Connections: DIS 5x05 - Mirrors 2 weeks ago:
That was my assumption.
- Comment on Canon Connections: DIS 5x05 - Mirrors 2 weeks ago:
Apologies that this one’s going up even later than usual. Time kinda got away from me this past week.
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- Comment on Canon Connections: DIS 5x04 - Face the Strange 3 weeks ago:
The only thing that can stop a bad guy with a time bug is a good guy with a temporal Cold War.
- Comment on Star Trek Adventures 2E FREE quicksand rules are up! 3 weeks ago:
Looks like Modiphius has a new website set up for the game as well: www.startrekttrpg.com
I haven’t had a chance to look at the QuickStart yet, but I’m very interested to see how the game’s different, especially how the lack of challenge dice effects things.
- Submitted 3 weeks ago to startrek@startrek.website | 6 comments
- Comment on Canon Connections: DIS 5x03 - Jinaal 3 weeks ago:
I am probably not going to be adding series names or episode numbers to the citations. I could potentially start doing the recommended viewing again.
- Comment on Canon Connections: DIS 5x03 - Jinaal 4 weeks ago:
Hell yeah, it is.
- Comment on Canon Connections: DIS 5x03 - Jinaal 4 weeks ago:
Give me a bunch of “Jurassic Park” mascots or give me something else entirely!
- Comment on Canon Connections: DIS 5x03 - Jinaal 4 weeks ago:
Thanks. I’d probably still do them even if everyone hated it, but it is gratifying to know that others enjoy the posts as well.
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- Comment on Canon Connections: DIS 5x01 - Red Directive 5 weeks ago:
I’m not sure Soong-type android applies to Fred, and I’m certain it doesn’t fit Dahj.
Unfortunately it’s not clear just how indistinguishable from life Fred was. We know Dahj and the other Coppelius synths passed for human. Even Picard, though there was clearly some differences. With Fred, though, Culber pulled up the graphic of his internal works, and it didn’t look like he’s a meat robot. However, if he was closer to Data and Lore, I don’t think getting shot in the chest would have been enough to kill him. Data’s detached head was stuck in a mine on Earth for about 450 years and worked just fine after being reattached to his body, but I get the distinct impression that Fred wouldn’t take decapitation so well.