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Yeah, I think I remember thinking the same thing.

I suppose that it would be sensible to keep someone with the shuttle Just In Case, though, and the Doc would certainly be more welcome on Kasq.

A dreamer. I like it.

[–] ValueSubtracted@startrek.website 7 points 6 days ago (1 children)

"The Enterprise crew encounters a phenomenon that forces them to face their innermost fears" is very well-trodden ground for this series, but this is probably one of the best examples. It coasts on a very well-executed horror story, and I thought it did a very good job in not tipping its hand as to which characters were real, and which were hallucinations.

Unfortunately, I don't think the stories of our two main characters were advanced much, if it all. La'An is still afraid there's a monster within her, and Spock still has issues with his duality, though this episode could mark the shift of his return to a more "Vulcan" way of being.

I thought the episode handled Kirk really well, though. From the moment they acknowledged that David was going to play a role in the series going forward, I had pretty high hopes - there are a lot of blanks to be filled in, since he was retconned into Kirk's backstory in 1982. Kirk's fears of being an absentee father, and of dying in some forgotten corner of space, feel very real, and I think they would feel real even if you didn't know how it's all going to turn out for him.

I thought the scene between Kirk and Uhura at the end was very...interesting. Not sure what to say about it, but it was interesting.

 

LoglineSpock, La’An and Kirk board a lost Federation ship, where an old mystery becomes a survival crisis.

Written by: Robbie Thompson

Directed by: Axelle Carolyn

[–] ValueSubtracted@startrek.website 14 points 1 week ago (3 children)

I haven't seen any reporting on it in quite a while, but full coast-to-coast electrification is a pretty challenging issue, and doing it piecemeal would also be complicated, since you'd likely have to switch locomotives frequently (though I think hybrid diesel-overhead wire locomotives do exist).

And then there's the question of interoperability with the US rail network, which will likely always be important.

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

Honestly, I think parties that support it need to accept that it's not a top-of-mind issue for most voters, and focus their efforts on other priorities, while still keeping it in their platform.

I think this could work if a critical mass of people showed up and spoiled their ballots, or voted for the Rhinoceros Party or whatever.

But just staying home won't do it.

[–] ValueSubtracted@startrek.website 5 points 1 week ago (1 children)

Tellar is an overseas territory - doesn't count.

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

It's petty technically-minded and not very user-friendly in my opinion, but it's a way to give them a piece of our mind.

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

Surely you mean Qurelane… ̄_(ツ)_/ ̄

Start looking around for a Dukat drawer. She looks lonely.

As far as actual news goes, this SDCC was pretty thin, to say the least.

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