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Episode Discussion | Star Trek: Strange New Worlds | 3x09 "Terrarium" (startrek.website)
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[–] 6 points 1 year ago (6 children)

Currently watching it. Just had to come here to bitch before I can finish it lol.

  1. I know Star Trek has never really cared about the science behind it all, but come on - the moon that travels through the gas giant's atmo having any atmosphere nevermind a breathable one is just stupid - just have it not pass through the the gas giant's atmosphere for christs sake.

  2. Stupid artificial constraints. Come the fuck on - if the vaccines are soo damn important, why wouldn't you rendezvous first before dicking around. I know it's happened plenty of times throughout Star Trek, but this one feels particularly egregious to me.

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  • [–] 6 points 1 year ago (2 children)
    1. I think this can easily be handwaved away since the scenario is artificial in the first place.
    2. Odds are it'll take a few days or possible weeks of travel to rondevu with the Constellation.
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  • [–] 4 points 1 year ago (1 child)

    1. Yeah it could be, but still - it was unneccessary. Just having a close orbit would have given the same amount of extra (unneeded) drama.

    2. That would just make it even worse that they were dicking around instead though?

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  • [–] 6 points 1 year ago* (last edited 1 year ago)
    1. Yeah. They waste at least 2 days trying to get Ortega back when maybe they should have just accepted the calculated loss. They even risked the Enterprise in a very dangerous maneuver to force open the wormhole. All around it is a bad call from Pike, but it's pretty on brand for Starfleet Captains to put an individual over the needs of the many. It's why Vulcan captains probably suck.
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  • [–] 5 points 1 year ago
    1. Also, as noted in the episode, we have shuttles... even if it's slower, you can reduce risk by sending the slower ship with the critical McGuffin toward the rendezvous, and ask the other ship to speed up to compensate. If you're able to finish the rescue then you can just overtake the shuttle and pick it up on your way to the rendezvous. Either way the critical McGuffin gets delivered. Problem solved.
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  • [–] 5 points 1 year ago (1 child)

    Yet the floating boulders are so scientifically accurate 😜 (these aren't other moons, we are told there are 396 moons, to be exact)

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  • [–] 4 points 1 year ago

    I mean I try not to pick everything apart. It's just some things are so 'in your face' to me my brain goes into an error loop.

    Especially when you are looking at something thats only purpose is atmosphere vs something that affects the story.

    In this case the floating rocks are merely set decoration whereas the orbit through the atmosphere is a pointless artifical timer to add unneeded drama to a situation that already has enough. (And also already has another artifical timer with the vaccine d plot that is only there to make Una the episode's 'bad guy')

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