I learned it from a comic book.

Personally I think the existence of the extra-galactic synths is the least interesting thing they could have done to wrap that season up, followed only by Picard dying and instantly coming back to life before any characters even have time to process his death.

Oh, wait....

The theory I saw floating around that I really liked while season one was still airing was that it would have been revealed that the Romulans were actually organic synthetics created by the Vulcans, who rebelled and escaped, and then erased the memory of that fact, with only the Zhat Vash aware of the truth, and working to make sure no one else learned it, because of what that could potentially mean for Romulan society.

However, Michael Chabon and Akiva Goldsman didn't call me up for my opinion before the fact, and we're stuck with what we've got. So, no, I don't think the extra-galactic synths are particularly interesting, but they could be. However, at this point I'm certain we're never going to see any follow-up on them, except for in some novel someone eventually writes, which will have some elements almost immediately contradicted by canon material.

Ah, but if you’re playing Star Trek Adventures, a one on the die counts as two successes.

Buddy, the fact that you removed “algorithmically” when you quoted me does not mean it wasn’t important to my statement. The difference is when an actual human does it, there is time and energy -- even if minimally so -- expended to communicate an idea. It is a transformative work.

An algorithm doesn’t have any ideas to communicate, and neither does the person using it, because if they did they would do so, as opposed to letting a machine spit out some trash and talking about how amazing it is.

You sound so dumb. You really don’t understand and that’s ok

Why don’t you explain it to me?

Nope, there are no official rules here, but that doesn't mean everything is going to fly.

If there's one thing I hate more than low effort content, it's low effort content algorithmically generated by scraping the internet and stealing the work of actual artists.

What is unclear?

Sure, and in "The Enterprise Incident" he drinks an unnamed blue Romulan alcohol to keep up appearances while leading on the Romulan commander. However, in "Requiem For Methuselah" he consumes Saurian brandy simply to do so.

Yeah, I don't want to rewrite the episode too much, because that's not what I'm here for, but what Rutherford and Boimler showed up on the bridge, still struggling to get their Twain cosplay off? The episode already had Rutherford decrying how complicated vests are. They get called to the bridge, and they're still half in costume when they interrupt Freeman's negotiations with Coqqor and he demands an explanation. They stumble over one another trying to provide context for who Twain is, and that they were in an argument, but by both engaging with the character they were able to sort out their differences. The camera pulls in tight on Coqqor's face as his eyes narrow, and after a pause he says, "Show me."

Freeman's willing to entertain anything at this point but isn't convinced. However, Coqqor really gets into the character. After some coaching from Boimler and Rutherford, Freeman is able to reach an agreement with Coqqor, and in addition to scanning access, they agree to a cultural exchange. They give Coqqor the Cerritos' library of Twain writings, including a printing of "A Connecticut Yankee in King Arthur's Court" that's been in Boimler's family for generations, but he's willing to part with for the sake galactic diplomacy. Coqqor then immediately eats the book.

There is a handful of ships we’ve seen on LDS that were previously only in video games or, concept art, or now in a comic, and I really like that the crew behind the show has all these deep cut references, in addition to making their own inclusions.

Well, that's oh for two. I don't think this instalment was quite as rough as the first, but it also didn't have Pete Holmes, so it gets points for that alone.

For whatever reason I assumed each of the VSTs would be done by different studios, but this is the same team that worked on the first. I don't have high hopes for the rest.

Man, I am sick as a dog right now, I didn't need to find out about a chess-like game that I'm in no condition to actually be able to learn the rules.

Whelp, time to find some tutorials.

Well, back in the 60s colour television was new, so the filming techniques for buttholes has evolved since then.