I really liked the fact that the rest of the crew was being used. It finally felt like a typical Star Trek ensemble cast.
Everybody got something to contribute, which is a nice change of pace.
I find it interesting that now, inside the Subspace rift that the DMA popped out of, resembled
The Void (Region) in the amount of emptiness and nothing-ness, +
"The Void" (Anomaly). in that it's a finite sized space, that seemed to be slowly enclosing / shrinking, as if Subspace was filling itself back up.
Or similar in analogy to the Tide Waters rising, to fill up the giant Void tunnel that was forced apart via the DMA.
I also find it ironic that they used literal SONAR to get themselves out of the "Void-like" subspace rift.
Is it me, or does the hull of Discovery seem weaker than a traditional fixed hull.
We've seen armor / hull on specialty vessels that could dive through the corona of a Star in ST:ENT episode Cogenitor.
The Vissians had the
Stratopod that can withstand 11,000° (I'm assuming that they're using Celsius).
I know Discovery's shields were depleted, but I guess they didn't upgrade the hull enough with enough ablative armor to withstand heat or they really do depend on Programmable Matter & Replicators to rapidly fix the hull.
I know our Star System is surrounded by a Wall of Plasma that is known as our "Heliopause" and can get as hot as ~
49,426.667° C.
If our Star System has a "Wall of Fire" known as a "Heliopause"; I'm pretty sure most Star Systems has their own "Heliopause" / "Wall of Fire" that is filled with equally Hot Plasma.
It makes you wonder, how much Heat can the hull of a StarShip soak up when the Shields are down.
I do love the fact that they made good use of the Transporter Pattern Buffer and stored most of the crew into it while Michael wore the EV suit.
She definitely looked like she was wearing a Iron-man like EV suit (minus the Hot-Rod colors).
Also, the revelation that the Aliens must've passed through the outter Galactic Barrier is a nice call back to TOS era.
We haven't seen that area of space be referenced in a LONG time.
Makes you wonder if this seasons "Big Bad" will be a updated older Extra-Galactic alien species or a brand new alien species made for DISCO.