Spoilers Episode 11 - “Perpetual Infinity” Preview Photos

[urbandefault]

It's a little creepy that the suit can stand on its own, empty.

Why? Tony Stark has had suits that he can walk into/out of for years now.

 

[CorporalClegg]

Exactly when was it established what the Mirror Universe actually is?

The beginning?

The very concept is implicit.

 

[Cyrus]

The mirror universe never "split off." It has existed for all time.

ENT implied that split happened when Cochrane shot the Vulcan during first contact. But I think it happened when Trump got elected.

 

[Ovation]

ENT implied that split happened when Cochrane shot the Vulcan during first contact. But I think it happened when Trump got elected.

IIRC, the opening credits showed a more "sinister" history prior to Cochrane shooting the Vulcan.

 

[CorporalClegg]

^
Yes.

 

[Disco!Disco!]

ENT implied that split happened when Cochrane shot the Vulcan during first contact. But I think it happened when Trump got elected.

Phlox commented on the differences in classic literature, although he said the two Shakespeares' works were "equally grim." That doesn't imply identical though.

 

[Alan Roi]

The beginning?

The very concept is implicit.

The fact that it is the Star Trek equivalent to Oz (you were there, and you were there, and you were there) for everyone who goes there, creating a funhouse mirror of the prime universe, suggests there's a lot more to it than just a parallel. The whole Manichean nature it presents is rather suggestive (in more than one way).

 

[CorporalClegg]

Huh?

 

[Firebird]

I wonder why they spoil the fate of Leland with those photos. It's almost as if they didn't know that it was a kind of cliffhanger at the end of last episode.

They did the same thing with the promo pics for Culber's return to the show, so that theory tracks.

 

[DaveyNY]

What is the thing on the monitor behind MU-Georgieu?

And the picture doesn't show the eye Leland got jabbed in.

 

[Midquest]

So why the heck is the chair completely different now? Did we enter a slightly alternate universe? Has the capture changed history? Do they want to provide lumbar support while suffocating the user?

 

[Agony_Boothb]

So why the heck is the chair completely different now? Did we enter a slightly alternate universe? Has the capture changed history? Do they want to provide lumbar support while suffocating the user?

I really hope we get a scene with discovery's anally retentive health and safety officer who insists that the chair meet oh&s requirements

 

[Attentiveluke]

Another Michael and Philippa centric snoozefest....

 

[Ar-Pharazon]

Why? Tony Stark has had suits that he can walk into/out of for years now.

And even fly on their own, albeit usually by remote control.

 

[jespah]

I really hope we get a scene with discovery's anally retentive health and safety officer who insists that the chair meet oh&s requirements

Ergonomics are key when you're suffocating someone.

 

[eschaton]

It's a little creepy that the suit can stand on its own, empty.

It bothers me more that the "wings" - which appear to be made of metal, not energy - fold away into literally nothing when the suit isn't in use.

Unless they're only a few molucules thin - or they are replicated from an energy store for each use - I don't see how that lines up with either the real laws of physics or Star Trek physics.

 

[Timo]

This kind of tech is actually curiously commonplace in DSC. It first appeared in the Klingon spacesuits that had foldaway helmets - and there it ought to have stayed IMHO. But by the second season, Starfleet suits were doing the same thing, and the gravity doodad used for asteroid capture in "Brother" also folded out of nowhere.

It would have been lovely for only Georgiou's Section 31 spacesuit to have the Klingon technology allowing for the Hammerspace helmet, stolen from that very source. But no... The foldaway wings are just a slight variation on Burnham's foldaway helmet.

Timo Saloniemi

 

[TPezz]

What relevant Mirror Universe knowledge would she possess for her to make a difference?

Well the suit time hops, so she could go back in time in her universe, prevent her Michael from dying, Lorca being transported to the Prime Universe, stop the destruction off the Terrin Empire, or whatever Her knowledge being history.

Was just an idea anyway Considering she wasn’t thrilled about being brought to this universe in the first place, why she hasn’t tried using S31 tech to go back.

 

[XCV330]

It's a little creepy that the suit can stand on its own, empty.

Any pressure suit should be able to, if balanced properly.

 

[Timo]

She sort of gave up on the Mirror Universe after her big defeat there. Doesn't mean she wouldn't use a universe-hopping piece of tech in order to search for her ideal universe - there are bound to be lots of those out there...

But turning the Regular Universe into her oyster might be the best possible use for the Daedalus suit in the end. She has good access to historical records of this universe now, and enjoys an inherent advantage here in being so ruthless (or at least she'd think so). She might opt to be the Empress of China in 200 BC, then hop to being the Empress of Eurasia in AD 200, Empress of All Continents in AD 500, and Empress of Sol System in AD 800, delivering much-needed guidance such as a few tech hints at every stop.

Timo Saloniemi