discovery and shenzhou travel together?

[rhllot]

Many times the ships travel in company, I think that would be great and I do not remember never seeing something like this, the ships in star trek travel alone unless there a great battle.

See 2 ships traveling together I think it would be very original would also be very entertaining to see the relationship between the 2 crews

 

[Jedman67]

It's more likely the relationship will be *somewhat* similar to the Defiant on DS9, as it was often detached from the station. It's doubtful the ships will always be traveling in convoy, but will probably meet up a few times a season.

 

[rhllot]

It's more likely the relationship will be *somewhat* similar to the Defiant on DS9, as it was often detached from the station. It's doubtful the ships will always be traveling in convoy, but will probably meet up a few times a season.

According to imdb the members of the 2 ships appear in all episodes and also the admiral anderson
Http://m.imdb.com/title/tt5171438/fullcredits/cast?ref_=m_tt_cl_sc

Perhaps the Admiral is the commander of this flotilla

 

[sojourner]

According to imdb the members of the 2 ships appear in all episodes and also the admiral anderson
Http://m.imdb.com/title/tt5171438/fullcredits/cast?ref_=m_tt_cl_sc

Perhaps the Admiral is the commander of this flotill

IMDB is most likely not accurate on that. Considering very few episodes have even been completed yet.

 

[rhllot]

IMDB is most likely not accurate on that. Considering very few episodes have even been completed yet.

may be, but for now I like to think about it

 

[Christopher]

According to imdb the members of the 2 ships appear in all episodes and also the admiral anderson
Http://m.imdb.com/title/tt5171438/fullcredits/cast?ref_=m_tt_cl_sc

Perhaps the Admiral is the commander of this flotilla

I don't think it's a "flotilla." Remember, as I mentioned earlier in another thread, the listed main characters also include Sarek and a few Klingons. And we know that the season is going to be one long novelistic arc, not a series of separate episodes. It's not old-school Trek storytelling. I'm expecting something more like The Expanse, say, where the lead crew and their ship are just one part of a larger story encompassing parallel threads on various ships, planets, etc.

 

[Mudd]

According to imdb the members of the 2 ships appear in all episodes and also the admiral anderson

Well, that means that the actors are signed for the full thirteen episodes, not that they appear in every one.

 

[DigificWriter]

Two of the series' main cast members/characters (Maulik Pancholy's Nambue and Sam Vartholomeos' Connor) are crewmembers aboard the Shenzhou, and Michelle Yeoh's recurring character Georgiou captains that ship, so it and the USS Discovery are definitely 'linked' in some manner.

 

[rhllot]

I still think it would be quite original to see a convoy in star trek

 

[cultcross]

Or a capital letter

 

[Christopher]

Two of the series' main cast members/characters (Maulik Pancholy's Nambue and Sam Vartholomeos' Connor) are crewmembers aboard the Shenzhou, and Michelle Yeoh's recurring character Georgiou captains that ship, so it and the USS Discovery are definitely 'linked' in some manner.

They could be linked by the overall narrative. This is one big 13-chapter saga, so it has plenty of room for subplots involving multiple ships and locations -- in the same way that, say, my Rise of the Federation novels follow the parallel adventures of 2-3 separate starship crews as well as Admiral Archer's experiences back on Earth, among other threads. Or like how the Vanguard novels followed several different starship crews, the station's residents, politicians and diplomats and colonists on various planets, etc.

After all, we know there's a Klingon ship and crew featured in Discovery's story as well, and they obviously wouldn't be traveling along with a Starfleet ship. It's their inclusion as regulars, along with an admiral and Sarek, that leads me to conclude this isn't the same old kind of Trek storytelling where everything centers on one ship or station.

 

[The Wormhole]

Yeah, this is clearly going to be a show where the characters are split up in different points, them being at least the Discovery, Shenzhou, and a Klingon ship. This is a common set-up in a lot of TV shows these days.

I still think it would be quite original to see a convoy in star trek

Meh, if I want a show about a convoy of ships, I have BSG.

 

[Christopher]

I still think it would be quite original to see a convoy in star trek

I realized a while back that TNG might've been better off if, instead of having one starship that could cumbersomely separate into two for battle situations, they'd had two ships, a large (possibly civilian) science vessel commanded by Picard and a smaller, more military-oriented escort ship (or perhaps a wing of escort ships) commanded by Riker. It could've allowed for some interesting tension between the two commanders and their different points of view.

I also feel Voyager missed an opportunity by failing to explore the other ships abducted by the Caretaker. I wanted to see Janeway seek them out and band together with those heading back to the Alpha/Beta Quadrants, on the principle of safety in numbers. If that convoy had included a Cardassian ship, it would've created tension with the Maquis crew and made that whole Maquis backstory more relevant to the show.

 

[RAMA]

Loved this shot even though the Excelsior class is ancient.

Many times the ships travel in company, I think that would be great and I do not remember never seeing something like this, the ships in star trek travel alone unless there a great battle.

See 2 ships traveling together I think it would be very original would also be very entertaining to see the relationship between the 2 crews

 

[rhllot]

I realized a while back that TNG might've been better off if, instead of having one starship that could cumbersomely separate into two for battle situations, they'd had two ships, a large (possibly civilian) science vessel commanded by Picard and a smaller, more military-oriented escort ship (or perhaps a wing of escort ships) commanded by Riker. It could've allowed for some interesting tension between the two commanders and their different points of view.

I also feel Voyager missed an opportunity by failing to explore the other ships abducted by the Caretaker. I wanted to see Janeway seek them out and band together with those heading back to the Alpha/Beta Quadrants, on the principle of safety in numbers. If that convoy had included a Cardassian ship, it would've created tension with the Maquis crew and made that whole Maquis backstory more relevant to the show.

Enterprise was the flagship, no doubt the leader was going to be picard.
In the real world it is common to see a flotilla

Maybe the center of operations is that base asteroid and there is the admiral

 

[Christopher]

Enterprise was the flagship, no doubt the leader was going to be picard

I'm not talking about what was, I'm talking about a hypothetical alternative way they could've done things. And TNG's use of the word "flagship" was nonsensical, or at least was a vernacular, civilian usage rather than the literal naval usage (i.e. the lead ship in a task force or the command ship of a flag officer).

 

[The Nth Doctor]

I'm not talking about what was, I'm talking about a hypothetical alternative way they could've done things. And TNG's use of the word "flagship" was nonsensical, or at least was a vernacular, civilian usage rather than the literal naval usage (i.e. the lead ship in a task force or the command ship of a flag officer).

Which, even by today's American standards, is all but obsolete. USS Blue Ridge (LCC 19) is the only flagship in the U.S. Navy, operating as the command ship for a vice admiral, commander of the 7th Fleet.

 

[Tesophius]

The three ships, including one Klingon, travel a billion years back in time, encountering never before seen Alien civilizations. They have no hopes of returning back to their time and are faced with making some very tough decisions.

 

[Ar-Pharazon]

The three ships, including one Klingon, travel a billion years back in time, encountering never before seen Alien civilizations. They have no hopes of returning back to their time and are faced with making some very tough decisions.

Tough decisions like, which of those alien civilizations are they going to eat?

 

[Nerys Myk]

I've a feeling the Klingon ship, the Discovery and the Shenzhou will just be assigned to the same sector if space. All three crews will interact with each other in much the same way the various families in Game of Thrones interact. We may even see characters moving between the Shenzhou and Discovery.