Um, she's a Romulan spy, so....
Spoilers Star Trek: Picard 1x02 - "Maps and Legends"
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Um, she's a Romulan spy, so....
The EU is much more like a federation than it isn't. It is a common misconception in the US that the EU is some kind of monetary union and nothing else. (Not saying that's your case, but it's so common it's worth stating.) Except comparatively more of the decision-making power lies with the European Council than the European Parliament, and more (but not all) decisions need to be made by unanimity. In many other practical matters, there is very little difference. Nothing about the concept of a federation fundamentally entails that leaving it ought to be difficult. In America, that is largely based on an interpretation of the US constitution that arose in the 19th century during the Civil War. Other federations around the world have similar interpretations, but some have specific provisions for constituent regions to secede. In the EU, that provision is enshrined in the Lisbon Treaty (the EU's constitution). In terms of the UFP, there's every reason to think it behaves more like the EU than the US. Individual member worlds still have ambassadors to each other, maintaining some amount of sovereignty whilst delegating a large amount of sovereignty to federal organs (exactly as in the EU).
Complete with an unchanging screen showing a bar graph. LOL
She and her brother Narek even have a bit of back-and-forth snark about this when she is talking to him as a hologram.
I never implied she should be "cuddly". She took explicit exception to Picard not sacrificing a human life to destroy trillions of Borg. There are those in the present-day world who think that sacrificing an innocent child to rid us of Al-Qaeda would be worth it. There are those of us who don't. No question on where Trump stands. That was the point of the comparison.
The commodore is who I was referring to. It was said she's "too emotional for a Vulcan." Since she's not, it doesn't matter.
More importantly, I feel that with the quantity and quality of my recent comments on here, I should be at least a captain by now. 
Not sure how these ranks work. I guess I finally understand how Harry Kim felt after all those years.
Not sure how these ranks work. I guess I finally understand how Harry Kim felt after all those years.
Trump is not a good point of comparison since he holds absolutely zero core beliefs at all. But before I get flagged by a moderator, let's move on from this analogy.
Seemed a hell of a lot more realistic to me, since the both of them got their backs up almost right away.
Just like in the real world where people don't have scripted conversations when they get mad, let their emotions take over and just say what they are thinking at the moment.
More importantly, I feel that with the quantity and quality of my recent comments on here, I should be at least a captain by now.
Heh ... wait till ya see how long yer stuck as a REAR Admiral.
I've never been joined at the hips with something this long even when I was younger and sex-crazy.
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Agreed. (On both points.)
Not sure if this was an editing error, but The Ready Room shows the Commodore when discussing Romulan makeup...
Love the asceptic quality of the Admiral's office. Nothing dirty here to see. Move along.
I figured she was a Romulan faking it as a Vulcan anyway.
Just like Ambassador T'Pel in "DATA'S DAY".(TNG)
We don't know she's Romulan.
She's the boss of a Romulan spy.
I appreciate an episode being as long as it needs to be to tell its particular story. For example, I just rewatched the extended edition of "Measure of a Man," and there are several moments that were cut that would have been nice additions. I'm sure there are lots of other episodes from previous Trek where they could benefit from being either shorter or longer.
The shortest Discovery episode was 37 minutes. That's only five minutes shorter than the length of Enterprise episodes, and probably only four minutes shorter than dramas today.
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So there's a new clip from the third episode that I found with Hugh in it and
He's definitely on the cube, and he seems to be working there. He calls the (maybe) dead borg as "nameless" and knows who Soji is. He could be working under cover, but I can't tell now.
I really liked this episode, in particular the confrontation between Picard and Admiral Clancy. Ever since TNG debuted, there were complaints that there wasn't much conflict between Federation characters in 24th-Century Trek. Well, we definitely got some in this episode and Picard got pwned.*
*Yeah, I dialed the wayback machine there.
*Yeah, I dialed the wayback machine there.
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