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[–] data1701d@startrek.website 3 points 1 month ago

Haven't purchased it yet. I need to read it, but I've had a difficult time tracking down issue 30 in comic book stores - I got behind and have everything else in the other spin off series.

[–] data1701d@startrek.website 5 points 1 month ago

No! Why did you make me aware of this one?! Now I have to acquire it!

Honestly, this might be the best one they’ve ever made; before, I was quite partial to the Janeway one, which I gifted to my mother.

[–] data1701d@startrek.website 4 points 1 month ago (1 children)

Depends. SNW retconned it and said the Temporal Cold War pushed it up.

[–] data1701d@startrek.website 7 points 1 month ago

The bridge crew of the Dauntless/Voyager A would like a word.

(Just pretend Ascensia’s not there)

[–] data1701d@startrek.website 2 points 1 month ago

I got midway through season 4 of Disco, though I plan on finishing eventually. I think season 3 had its ups and downs, but the setting it introduced could have been really interesting. I was just underwhelmed by what they were doing in season 4 instead of the natural plot threads the 32nd century opened.

I agree on SNW, and LD and PRO have earned a special place in my heart.

[–] data1701d@startrek.website 4 points 1 month ago

Let’s transporter clone, Genesis planet, Black Mountain etcetera George Samuel so he can live past 2267.

[–] data1701d@startrek.website 4 points 1 month ago

Though typically partially bleeped, but yes.

[–] data1701d@startrek.website 6 points 1 month ago (2 children)

You must be quite behind on Trek. They sort of just gave up on Kelvin and returned to the prime timeline with Star Trek: Discovery back in 2017. They eventually canonized that the Kelvin timeline is just an alternate reality existing in parallel to the main timeline.

[–] data1701d@startrek.website 2 points 1 month ago

I recently found hidden in my CD collection a copy of the soundtrack to The Tune.

[–] data1701d@startrek.website 2 points 1 month ago

And then there’s an entire universe of memes just from the episode where Dal and Janeway bodyswap - already seen several.

[–] data1701d@startrek.website 2 points 1 month ago

An xkcd classic - didn’t even need to look at it. That’s a good reminder.

[–] data1701d@startrek.website 10 points 1 month ago (2 children)

Yes! Finally! Someone else doing some Prodigy memes, especially crazy Wesley ones. Here’s some of mine (previously exclusive to c/risa):

(Note that last panel is meant to convey my excitement at Wesley’s reappearance.)

And another Prodigy meme, conveying what I love about Trek:

 

I’m wondering as a relative fediverse noob - are there any known issues when federating with lemmy.world?

I ask because I run a They Might Be Giants community there that I created with an alt account and moderate with my account on this instance, in part because as giant as they may be, I feel like a They Might Giants community doesn’t fit this instance (if I am wrong, might consider migrating it).

I made a post ~14 hours ago and it still hasn’t shown up on other instances. I’m guessing it’s either lemmy.world is a ginormous instance or it’s still on 19.3. I just find it weird because I’ve made posts without problems before.

Anyhow, glory to the admins of this instance; they honor their houses.

 

When the LD SB80 episode mentioned Matt and Kimolu were infected on an away mission, it reignited some thoughts/questions about how the lives of Cetacean officers in an era of Trek where whales are beginning to become more common as crew members.

Here's the discussion that I think can be had within current canon: I can't help but notice what seems to be a difference in the quality of life between Gillian on Voyager-A and Matt and Kimolu on the Cerritos.

Sure, Matt and Kimolu don't have as flashy or futuristic-looking of an aquarium, but in addition to having each other, the pool-like design of their accommodations allows them easy interaction (a.k.a parties) with the crew. I feel like there's much more opportunity for them to have a fulfilling social life on the Cerritos.

In comparison, Gillian feels very enclosed and isolated from the rest of Voyager; there's always glass between here and the crew (as humpbacks sometimes need to surface, I image there's probably an area with some air in the aquarium), and people are shown having to wear full suits to be in the same space as her. In addition, there's no other whale with her. In fact, we don't really see a staff of officers in Cetacean ops - just Rok. It seems like a very lonely existence.

Of course, a lot of these seeming inequalities can be attributed to circumstance rather than neglect on Starfleet's part. For one, Gillian, canonically a humpback, is more than triple the size of Matt or Kimolu, belugas, so it's much harder to design any space at all for her on a starship, let alone one that gives her the freedom to safely interact with crew.

As for being the only humpback on Voyager, this is probably because there just aren't that many - her species was only repopulated less than a century ago during the whale probe incident.

Now, here's some more difficult-to-answer questions:

  • How often do whales go on away missions?
  • What precautions do they have to take on away missions?
  • Do these missions come up organically, or is there some sort of quota?
  • How does their shore leave work?
  • What is the Academy like for whales? Is there an aquatic division? Do they sometimes have co-ed events with land-based cadets?
  • Honestly, what is the life of a civilian Federation whale like? Do they have mobility accommodations should they e.g want to go see Vulcan or something? Do they live like 21st century whales, or are there LCARS panels in the ocean?

These questions definitely can't be answered with current lore, but I guess we can imagine and/or extrapolate from how Starfleet has accommodated other non-humanoid officers.

 

I was rewatching DS9: "Bar Association" and totally thought this is what should have been done instead, so here it is.

 

Flans looks like the statue really did get him high in that last frame frame

If you want to buy the thing: https://tmbgshop.com/collections/all/products/the-spine-surfs-alone-rarities-1998-2005-180g-translucent-red-vinyl

 

In Trek fandom, we often think about the badmirals. However, we never consider radmirals. With that in mind, who do you think is the best admiral? This includes commodores, vice admirals, rear admirals, etcetera.

I’m not counting main characters who got promoted after their main series e.g Picard, Kirk, Janeway, La Forge, etcetera.

 

Seriously, though. I think I've seen this guy in the grocery store down here in AZ.

 

Matt and Kimolu scream in terror. As a result, a Klingon tells the anaphasic presence to experience bij.

Let's bring glory to our friends in Cetacean ops!

 

Okay, I admit Vendome came after, but still, it's not like ops/security/engineering people have never become captain. Plus, come on. Vendome's face was just begging to be memed.

The main example I can think of from canonically before this moment is Uhura, though everyone was wearing red uniforms at the time.

 

After rewatching DS9: “Defiant”, I had a thought; to prevent transporter clones from impersonating each other, could Starfleet require, as a part of duty, that transporter clones receive slight genomic resequencing that changes no major traits but allows DNA scanners to distinguish them?

I can think of a few issues. One, would it break genetic experimentation laws even though there would be negligible changes to each transporter clone? Two, is this too sever a violation of personal liberties for the Federation to be allowed? Three, is the technology there to do this effectively in a starship’s sickbay?

 
 

I have several that I've leaned towards over the years, but I recently added "Cyclops Rock" to my repertoire.

 

Personally, to keep my documents like Inkscape files or LibreOffice documents separate from my code, I add a directory under my home directory called Development. There, I can do git clones to my heart's content

What do you all do?

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