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Spoilers Star Trek: Prodigy 1x06 - "Kobayashi"

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Or, as I mentioned before, SF may have already come up with and used ALL of these designs by the 24th century.
There are vast portions of UFP time we hadn't seen.
In fact, we saw at best 21 seasons of late 24th century across TNG, DS9 and VOY... however, all of these effectively 'overlap' and take place from 2363 to 2378 (aka, 15 years). New badge designs could have been developed every 5 years or so (we've seen 2 different badges as used on TNG and later on VOY).

That would provide SF with potential 40 different designs over just 200 years... we've seen that even different ships can have different badges.

Probably. Plus, Lower Decks and Discovery (and to a lesser extent, TOS) shows us that multiple badges can be used at the same time on different uniform designs or by different ships. The Future Imperfect design might've been pulled out of Riker's memory as a combadge he had used on the Hood or Betazed or something. The All Good Things... design may have been used originally in 2358 (back when Admiral Janeway was wearing his 2370s conbadge) as a trial run, before being picked up for use again in the 2390s (and/or modified into the STPicard badge). The 29th century crew may have adapted the use of the DTI symbol that had been used for the centuries since the 2270s.

We don't know, and I personally would've rather them use different known designs (like the Lower Decks, Discovery, the non-arrowhead TOS, Enterprise era, maybe some Klingon and Romulan symbols as well) or new designs of uncertain origin rather than headscratchers like this that require long-winded explanations.
 
Zero has a natural scientific curiosity and aptitude, so he slid easily into the role of science officer. Jankom was recruited specifically for his engineering skills. Rok-Tahk naturally has the physical stature to be the muscle, and she's too young and naive to have really developed any other skills or interests.

Gwyn is smart but confused right now. Her world has just been turned upside down. She's a captive turned reluctant ally. She has a lot of potential but we really don't know what right now.

Dal isn't a natural leader. He's a cocky teenager with basically nothing to back it up. He's street smart but not intellectual. He appointed himself captain, and the others have gone along with it, I presume, because they have other interests.

Dal's character arc is learning how to be a leader. He got a hard lesson this week that swagger isn't enough. If he wants to be a leader, he has a lot to learn.

I really don't get the complaints about Brett Gray's acting. He's playing a cocky teenager and he does it well, as far as I can tell. I can understand people finding the character unlikable, and I think that's by design. His arc is all about personal growth and I think he's going to become a lot more responsible as the series goes on.

I think there's a good chance that Gwyn will end up taking the role of captain while Dal slides into the role of first officer. Or maybe they'll find a leadership balance between the two of them. They're not bound by a Starfleet command structure.
 
Pog keeps questioning his authority all the time, Janeway keeps letting him learn how much he has to learn, Murf doesn't speak in any way we understand, Zero seems to observe more than comment and doesn't seek power, Rok-Tak is too scared and inexperienced to challenge him, and Gwyn lost her motivation for anything. There are 14 episodes left this season. Who should be captain in your opinion?



It's Chronowerx ;)

I stand corrected. And it says something to the nature of "Janeway's" teaching style that she's willing to risk all the others' lives to give lessons to one obnoxious hothead.

As to who should be captain if such a role is needed, I don't know, but as I said, I am not a writer on this show and have no obligation to come up with alternatives.
 
It also has a badge from TNG ' Future Imperfect' which wasn't real.

That badge also showed up in in one of the parallel realities Worf jumped to in the S7 episode 'Paralles'.

Maybe in that reality Riker liked the badge so much he petitioned it to be used lol

Maybe the kid pulled ideas from other realities.

Side note, that badge is similar to DSC's many badges, the bars behind it represent rank. A lot more visible than DSC's.
 
I really wish they had normalized Nimoy's audio quality. Given that it's all taken from various episodes and stitched together, it just doesn't carry enough emotional weight to the situation. Spock's lines are speaking to various other situations with different degrees of emotional weight. When you splice them all together, it just doesn't work. But nevertheless I understand why it was done and props for doing it. Just in concept, I love that he's learning from Spock in the first place.

We all know Nimoy is no longer with us. I would not have faulted them if they were able to get someone who could do a spot-on impression of him or if they used Ethan Peck. For instance, who they got to voice and even physically portray Dr. Loomis in Halloween and Halloween Kills had me convinced that Donald Pleasance had been brought back to life.

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But these are semantics for me, honestly. I really loved the episode.
 
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I don't buy ANY of the children being fit as "Crew Members", much less Captain or leadership material.

They're children, lost, getting by & trying to find a place to safety / refuge.

Hopefully the UFP can set them up with a nice orphanage that will raise them up properly.


At least Mariner is a trained & seasoned Ensign that shows little signs of leadership material.

And she's an Adult.

These are all children & Murf.

For all those who knock the characters solely because they're kids, I'm not going to name names but I think we can all agree that some decent kids would have been better heads of state on some countries in recent real life than the adults who actually ended up leading them. I'd even go so far as saying my teenage self would have done a better job (but to be fair I was always a studious good kid so I've been told).
 
The whole mixed bridge crew made me think of a kid who pulled action figures from various shows and had them all meet up on a TNG bridge playset.
I'm curious because Odo could in theory change into the Klingon Chancellor or something and theoretically throw the entire simulation into a mess. Knowing Dal he probably tried something like this.

Kobayashi Maru Odo: I'm the real Chancellor, stop firing, the one on Qo'noS is a changeling!

Kobayashi Maru Klingon onscreen: ???
 
I really wish they had normalized Nimoy's audio quality. Given that it's all taken from various episodes and stitched together, it just doesn't carry enough emotional weight to the situation. Spock's lines are speaking to various other situations with different degrees of emotional weight. When you splice them all together, it just doesn't work. But nevertheless I understand why it was done and props for doing it. Just in concept, I love that he's learning from Spock in the first place.

We all know Nimoy is no longer with us. I would not have faulted them if they were able to get someone who could do a spot-on impression of him or if they used Ethan Peck. For instance, who they got to voice and even physically portray Dr. Loomis in Halloween and Halloween Kills had me convinced that Donald Pleasance had been brought back to life.

But these are semantics for me, honestly. I really loved the episode.
As a very long time and occasionally over-the-top Trek enthusiast,:vulcan:
I found myself picturing in my head exactly who Spock was talking to with each clip and even the exact scene from whence it came.
It was a thoroughly enjoyable trip down Star Trek Memory Lane for me.
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Another Star Trek story where the writers miss the point of what 'Kobayahi Maru' scenario was all about. There isn't supposed to be a solution.
 
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