It was my understanding that a Southern accent was issued during basic training at Lackland.
Spoilers Star Trek: Discovery 1x11 - "The Wolf Inside"
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"The only Southern accent worth hearing is a Blue Ridge accent from the mountains of Virginia. That's not an opinion, that's peer-reviewed science, you punk-ass bitches." - Neil deGrasse Tyson
Does he? Or could he simply suspect she's somehow been compromised by outside forces?
Quite likely, for the same reason that Marlena Moreau and Spock figured out that Kirk was fake. It's easier for a civilized person to pretend to be a barbarian, but eventually they are presented with a situation where they lack the intestinal fortitude to follow through where their barbaric mirror self wouldn't even break a sweat thinking about doing.
His ganglia would give her away almost immediately. He'd be confused about it at first, and he wouldn't know she was from an alternative universe, but the "new" Burnham would absolutely not register as a threat to him.
It might have even been a factor in why he saved her. Not the only reason (her replacement might have treated Saru worse, we don't know). But it seems likely.
Not gonna lie, I hated Lorca at first because he was so unethical and creepy. Then someone posted that screenshot of the captain's override right before they ended up in the MU... If the Mirror Lorca theory turns out to be true, he's easily one of my all-time favorites. This show is so much better than I expected from the first few episodes.
MU selective interbreeding/eugenics program? Mirror Sarek could secretly be a mole? He did betray Burnham in the Prime Universe to give his biological kid an advantage, could have done a similar thing on a larger scale in the MU.
SMG does come across as strong and charismatic in interviews.
I don't mind her at all as Burnham, she just sounds like she's kind of awkward and was raised on Vulcan.
Her character could benefit from more of her real-life personality coming through, though.
it's the mirror universe, his ganglia probably fried
It does make one wonder if Kelpien slaves in the MU have their threat ganglia removed or inhibited with medical procedures that render them more docile and easier to control by their owners.
It's possible, but from a writer's perspective it's too obvious of a plot hook for them to use and mine for drama and intrigue. Having the ganglia burned out goes nowhere interesting except another footnote about the brutality of the Mirror Universe. Having the ganglia reveal that "new" Burnham is not a threat has much more potential, and I suspect that is the direction the writers are going.
The After Trek preview touched on this, we got to see the Defiant report!
I tried to make one of the pictures more readable, but the picture quality wasn't working out. Some of you might have better luck
Section titles:
Part 1 - Background: Something about the ISS Enterprise, Commander Jonathan Archer, and Tholians.
Part 2 - Technology: Tech specs, then redacted?
Part 3 - Interphasic Space: Redacted.
Part 4 - Temporal Anomaly: Redacted.
Part 2 - Technology: Tech specs, then redacted?
Part 3 - Interphasic Space: Redacted.
Part 4 - Temporal Anomaly: Redacted.
Preview dialogue:
(Lorca and Burnham are alone in one of the Shenzhou’s shuttles, apparently en route to the Palace.)
Michael: I received a transmission from Commander Saru before we departed. He managed to decrypt the Defiant data that we smuggled off of the Shenzhou. The file has been redacted. But there is some data on how the Defiant crossed into this universe, a phenomenon called interphasic space… but where that space is, the exact coordinates? Struck from the record.
Lorca: Alright, well, we just have to hunt down the original report. If the complete archive’s anywhere, it’ll be in the Imperial Palace, which is fortunately where we’ve been summoned.
Some people would see that glass as half-full.
(ominous music)
Michael: I synthesized a custom analgesic to numb your nerve receptors, as you requested. It should help with the agonizers.
Lorca: Much appreciated. Listen to me, you get the data we need on the Defiant, and you’ll get us out of there. I know you will.
Michael: I received a transmission from Commander Saru before we departed. He managed to decrypt the Defiant data that we smuggled off of the Shenzhou. The file has been redacted. But there is some data on how the Defiant crossed into this universe, a phenomenon called interphasic space… but where that space is, the exact coordinates? Struck from the record.
Lorca: Alright, well, we just have to hunt down the original report. If the complete archive’s anywhere, it’ll be in the Imperial Palace, which is fortunately where we’ve been summoned.
Some people would see that glass as half-full.
(ominous music)
Michael: I synthesized a custom analgesic to numb your nerve receptors, as you requested. It should help with the agonizers.
Lorca: Much appreciated. Listen to me, you get the data we need on the Defiant, and you’ll get us out of there. I know you will.
The Predator Species was conquered by the Terrans, so the Kelpians are the slaves of the Terran's slaves.
Mirror Saru did not have a name.
1. Saru did not have parents/family/community to give him a name and remind him that he has a name, while the Empire suppresses his rights to identity. Which makes sense, if very different aliens can all still keep making hybrid babies by boinking and replenishing the lost stock. No identity means no rally point, and no uprising.
2. The Kelpians were beaten down, into believing in their own facelessness, as a group, like the Bajoran Religion was by the Cardassians.
3. Mirror Saru is the last Kelpian, which might have been true very quickly if his mother died in childbirth.
Mirror Saru did not have a name.
1. Saru did not have parents/family/community to give him a name and remind him that he has a name, while the Empire suppresses his rights to identity. Which makes sense, if very different aliens can all still keep making hybrid babies by boinking and replenishing the lost stock. No identity means no rally point, and no uprising.
2. The Kelpians were beaten down, into believing in their own facelessness, as a group, like the Bajoran Religion was by the Cardassians.
3. Mirror Saru is the last Kelpian, which might have been true very quickly if his mother died in childbirth.
If makes one wonder though if he recognized "Saru" as a Kelpian name and was taken aback when Micheal said it.
Good observation.
Question: what do we know about Kelpian? Saru Says there are few of them in the RU, do we know why?
There's a species of predators hunting them to a controlled extinction.
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Vindalooed ganglia is so much better than fried.
By the way, suggesting our reality, unlike MU, is "real" is so mirrorist/universist.
Possibly to get to the Emperor using her favourite and overthrow her?
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