Seems like WW3 is already unfolding.
Spoilers Star Trek: Discovery 4x10 - "The Galactic Barrier"
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Seems like WW3 is already unfolding.
I think it's more like the beginning of Cold War II... but, anyway, back to our regularly scheduled talk about Discovery.
I haven't been rating these episodes lately because I think this season will play much better as a binge, watching all 13 in a row. So I want to rate it based on how I believe it's really intended to be seen.
The third season was more episodic than not, they switched gears in the second season (due to the change in showrunners) even though they tried really hard to make it not look like it, and the first season had the Mirror Arc wedged into the Klingon Arc... so the fourth season is the first time we've actually had one continuous, almost completely uninterrupted story.
The third season was more episodic than not, they switched gears in the second season (due to the change in showrunners) even though they tried really hard to make it not look like it, and the first season had the Mirror Arc wedged into the Klingon Arc... so the fourth season is the first time we've actually had one continuous, almost completely uninterrupted story.
Why is Booker still supporting Tarka to get the energy source at this point? What is Booker's motivation/goal?
Trying to destroy the first DMA is one thing. You could come to the reasonable conclusion that it is a unique construct.
After the failed attempt to destroy the DMA, what makes him think that the 10C cannot build another energy source?
That he still supports Tarka makes him look like a fool. Unless he plans to double-cross Tarka and use the energy source to do some genocideing.
Trying to destroy the first DMA is one thing. You could come to the reasonable conclusion that it is a unique construct.
After the failed attempt to destroy the DMA, what makes him think that the 10C cannot build another energy source?
That he still supports Tarka makes him look like a fool. Unless he plans to double-cross Tarka and use the energy source to do some genocideing.
What makes you think he is logical or rational?
At this point he is committed. He should still be pissed at Tarka for firing the weapon after he and Michael made their agreement, but in the end, stopping now doesn't help him. His only chance of any sort of non-criminal resolution with the Federation is to follow Tarka through to the end. They either end up as heroes, or have a way to escape to another universe, or fail and are still criminals. 2 out of 3 of those options good and one is the same as he has now.
It's a TV show. Characters do what writers write them to do.
So far, the writers have not made him look irrational or illogical. The attack on the first DMA was a logical choice.
The writers were so focused on Tarka's backstory, they seem to have forgotten to give him a continuing motivation.
He is just there along for the ride. It makes his character look like he has no agency/passive or foolish.
"Excuse me, I need to use the bathroom"
*double taps badge*
"But you're still here?"
"I beamed it out."
Burnham: In order to ensure the security and continuing stability, the V'draysh will be reorganized into the first Galactic Empire!!!!
Oh, sorry, wrong Star franchise...
Burnham is no Palpatine. What a ridiculous thing to say.
I think this is the page you are looking for: https://en.m.wikipedia.org/wiki/Joke
Burnham is no Palpatine. What a ridiculous thing to say.
The cause of the 'great barrier' is a bit dodgy, at least by physics as we currently understand it. Any love out there for the idea that it is some sort of artificial creation? An intentional hindrance to some threat or nuisance (probably the latter, relative to anyone who could cobble up such a 'space fence')? If it is artificial, then the Milky Way becomes either a sort of jail or protectorate.
Though it does seem so as visually depicted, is the barrier just at the galactic disc perimeter? I'll assume it's all encompassing, as no reference to hopping up around it has ever been made. You'd think such a detour would be relatively insignificant on an intergalactic jaunt.
Though it does seem so as visually depicted, is the barrier just at the galactic disc perimeter? I'll assume it's all encompassing, as no reference to hopping up around it has ever been made. You'd think such a detour would be relatively insignificant on an intergalactic jaunt.
Electromagnetic double layer (plasma universe theory) explains it naturally...
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The novels, both the Q Continuum novels and the Shatnerverse novels, say the barrier was erected by the Q to protect the galaxy from 2 separate entities, and they also created the great barrier to imprison "God". The fan made Star trek Continues shows the galactic barrier encompassing the entire galaxy not just surrounding it at the edge, which fits both the shows treating it like an unavoidable obstacle for any one leaving or entering the galaxy and the relatively quick travel times in the latter TOS episodes (no explanation yet for the absurdly quick travel time to the great barrier in Star Trek V).
Erected by the Q - now that makes sense.
Is there a galactic barrier in real life, I thought the Universe was whole and Galaxies were just a man-made description of distant star systems. Will have to Google that.
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No and no. Galaxies are real, and vast, groups of stars that are gravitationally bound and distinct from each other, but there's no basis in fact for a magic energy barrier surrounding each one.
You seriously thought galaxy meant solar system?!?
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