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[–] ValueSubtracted@startrek.website 8 points 8 months ago (1 children)

I'm not a fan of the season, but some more time to let things breathe would have been welcome.

[–] ValueSubtracted@startrek.website 4 points 8 months ago* (last edited 8 months ago)

Since Lemmyvision is a homo sapiens only club, startrek.website will not be able to participate directly, and Spock's rendition of "I'm the X" is sadly ineligible.

But this is pretty cool!

[–] ValueSubtracted@startrek.website 7 points 8 months ago (1 children)

My immediate thought was "Hotter Now" by Lu Kala. It's a bop.

I'm not sure to what degree the PD would apply in a situation like this:

  • As is tradition, I must point out that whether a species is warp-capable influences whether Starfleet can make first contact, but even if they can, the PD itself applies to all civilizations, and Starfleet is compelled to minimize their interference.

  • Cultural contamination/interference is minimal, since it's one individual entering the Federation's sphere of influence. Ethically, they should probably help the person return home, assuming they want to.

The closest analogue I can think of is Gillian Taylor in Star Trek IV, and the Federation put her to work in pretty short order.

We've had 2FA disabled, because it wasn't working properly at one point. This is a good prompt to look into getting it up and running again, so thanks for bringing it to our attention!

This is also the advantage of public broadcasting - they can put more emphasis on that sort of thing without worrying about profit.

All of which is to say, support your public broadcasters, people!

Pretty efficient, keeping the sandworm on the inside.

They're regular "no spill" mugs. Pretty useful on a boat.

And, I guess, in space.

Interesting - whatever it is, it seems unrelated to the series ending.

On Xbox One, there's still a noticeable amount of jank, but to be honest the story is good enough that I didn't care.

[–] ValueSubtracted@startrek.website 4 points 9 months ago* (last edited 9 months ago) (1 children)

I think this is the correct interpretation, though one of Spock's lines makes is needlessly ambiguous:

Therefore, to ensure the Federation never finds itself facing the same danger, all officers remaining with knowledge of these events must be ordered never to speak of Discovery, its spore drive, or her crew again.

Some people have interpreted this as a complete disavowal, but given that the rest of the scene talks at length about how it's the time travel that needs to be kept secret, the fact that they "saw Discovery explode," SNW's "Memento Mori" gave us a Discovery pin on Starfleet Remembrance Day, and "Strange New Worlds" (the episode) gave us a shuttlecraft named Stamets, I think it's safe to say the intent was never for anyone to deny that the ship and crew existed.

[–] ValueSubtracted@startrek.website 3 points 9 months ago (1 children)

Yeah, this was a known thing when I was an undergrad, and that was not that recent. It seems it's only gotten worse since then.

 

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