VindictiveJudge

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And that, "Rrrriker!" line getting on the saddle was ad-libbed right in front of him.

[–] VindictiveJudge@startrek.website 5 points 2 years ago (2 children)

Then where did Molly and Kirayoshi come from?

[–] VindictiveJudge@startrek.website 5 points 2 years ago (2 children)

Your picture is missing the, "Never give up," part.

Kind of too early to tell. Season one was heavy on setup. I personally enjoyed it. You really need to be familiar with The Clone Wars and Rebels, though.

Something to consider with those two images is that they're different angles. Your first image is of the underside of the ship, while the second is the top of the ship.

Also, the texturing and nacelles are different between the two, but the body and saucer seem to be structurally the same. Still a long-boi even with the slightly shorter nacelles.

[–] VindictiveJudge@startrek.website 7 points 2 years ago (1 children)

she sees how stranded she is and it’s posed to her as inappropriate to partner with someone under her command.

Which is a damn shame given all the looks she and Chakotay shared. And that time they thought they were going to be stuck alone together forever.

[–] VindictiveJudge@startrek.website 5 points 2 years ago (1 children)

I want a runabout!

It's like an RV, but with warp and replicators. What's not to like?

[–] VindictiveJudge@startrek.website 6 points 2 years ago (1 children)

That's clearly a yellow beam, making Worf a Jedi Sentinel.

If you are what you eat, and vegetarians don't eat meat, are vegetarians meat? Is it vegetarian to eat a vegetarian?

[–] VindictiveJudge@startrek.website 5 points 2 years ago* (last edited 2 years ago) (3 children)

The Excelsior-class is one of my favorites. A bit wonky from a top-down view, but gorgeous from every other angle.

The Sovereign-class continues the general aesthetic of the Excelsior, but for the TNG-era design style and fixing the problem with high angle views.

The Valdore-type warbird from Nemesis is probably the best thing about that movie.

The Klingon D4 from Into Darkness is similarly one of the better things from that movie.

The NX-class Refit is also just shockingly pretty. Makes the original look incomplete.

Not canon, but I love the original “Long-boi” Discovery design. It gives off some very cool art-deco retro-futurism vibes. Not very classically “trek” but I love it nonetheless!

That is the canon design for the Discovery before the far future refit it got.

[–] VindictiveJudge@startrek.website 25 points 2 years ago (1 children)

They actually did. Remember the Relativity? They talk a big game but, like the regular Prime Directive, the Temporal Prime Directive is secondary to the continued existence of the Federation. That's why there wasn't a peep out of them when Kirk stole some whales from the past.

Transporters are way less useful on their own than you think. Take the following scenario...

Centuries ago, your people developed transporters. You improved the tech until you could beam to the next star system. Now you have a network of them spanning hundreds of light years. You can cross your entire interstellar civilization in minutes. Your people discovered warp a couple decades ago, but it's merely a curiosity next to your transporters and wasn't developed much.

One day, you encounter a new alien race called the Romulans. They use primitive warp drive ships rather than transporters, so you don't think much of them. Things are a bit tense for a few years, and then they demand your unconditional submission to the Romulan Star Empire. This is absurd, so you obviously refuse.

Three days later, refugees start beaming in from one of the outer colonies. Reports indicate that none of your soldiers ever saw a Romulan. Rather than beaming down soldiers to fight, the Romulans levelled the colony with energy weapons from high orbit. Your forces tried to board the enemy ships, but they had some kind of energy field around them preventing transport. A lucky shot from a planet-side cannon firing beyond its rated range managed to find the mark, but was blocked by that same energy field just meters away from the hull.

It's been three weeks and now the Romulan fleet is in orbit of the homeworld. Bolts of green light start falling from the sky, obliterating the capital city, but leaving the capital building intact. Your transporters are still unable to pierce their shields. Your scientists think they'll crack it eventually, but they need weeks and you only have minutes.

With all the major population centers destroyed, the Romulan commander repeats their ultimatum: unconditional surrender or complete destruction. You accept their demands. Three Romulans beam into your office, the first time since the war began that your people have come face to face. Two are holding rifles. The other is holding a document and a pen.

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