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Spoilers Star Trek: Prodigy 1x14 - "Crossroads"

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The neutral zone isn't a line, it's supposed to be like a light years thick expanse where if Either side goes it to its a bad thing.
So you can't have the .. This side ours, that side urs 2 inches from each other.
 
The neutral zone isn't a line, it's supposed to be like a light years thick expanse where if Either side goes it to its a bad thing.
So you can't have the .. This side ours, that side urs 2 inches from each other.
Tell that to Strange New Worlds. :)
 
I mean SNW specifically as in the last episode they had a scene where they had the Discoprise on their side of the border and the Romulans on their side, with about 50 meters between them representing the neutral zone.
 
Prodigy writers do things better it seems.

I suspect working in a medium where you have to largely nail down the story before things go into production helps a lot with the quality of the writing/storytelling. (Hm? Yes, I am still salty about PIC, why do you ask? :D )

Man, that run time just flew by! Another really enjoyable episode. I'm liking the second go at Okona's character so far. I really just want to hug these kids - they want what Starfleet promises *so* badly, but they just can't entirely trust people yet. (And, tbf, our Starfleet reps weren't all putting their best foot forward here.) I'm a bit meh on Murf's new design; it's more Baby Groot than I'd like. But the creative team on this show tend not to tease developments out too long, so I suspect it wont be long before the little guy is in his next phase.

It's going to be a looooong week...

This! Half an hour is just not enough!
 
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Yeah, the Kazon is rather confusing. Their space is way off.

As mentioned by the PRO producers and seen in PIC and DIS, the transwarp conduits left by the Borg post Voyager finale allows other civilian ships to use them as a shortcut between the quadrants. The Kazon seen in Prodigy did that.
 
So, did the kids kill one of the Xindi security officers when their craft swerved into the ice and exploded?

I appreciate getting to know the Dauntless crew. I wonder if their chief engineer will play a role or remain unseen.

In-universe, why doesn’t the Protostar have a standard EMH? Perhaps Holo-Janeway takes up too much processing power and there’s only room for one Photonic officer.

Which also makes me wonder if Starfleet could play the antagonist again when they start to exterminate every artificial lifeform in 2385.

Hopefully any toy maker who produces the Protostar and its crew will also take a stab at the Dauntless and its crew. Vice Admiral Janeway action figure!
 
As mentioned by the PRO producers and seen in PIC and DIS, the transwarp conduits left by the Borg post Voyager finale allows other civilian ships to use them as a shortcut between the quadrants. The Kazon seen in Prodigy did that.

Thank the Collective for being so 'considerate' for setting them up so they could assimilate species all over the galaxy (although in fairness, those conduits were a product of collective knowledge of those assimilated species).
At least something good came out of it in part that the Borg created faster ability to travel through the galaxy for everyone.

Huh... perhaps the Agnes Collective also helped create new ones now that they became part of UFP - it would further explain how the conduits continued to exist in the 32nd century (because otherwise, if they didn't have tech to maintain them, they would have eventually degraded and ceased to exist).

My initial guess was that the Kazon stumbled upon one of those Subspace Corridors the Vaduar set up 930 years ago... and because they did extent to Talaxia, it would have made sense that the Kazon would have an easier time finding one and using it compared to say a Borg TW conduit - but then again, the Kazon were deemed as an inferior species, so he may have been ignored by the Collective either way.

However, here's the thing though, the mechanics of how the TW conduits are generated, opened and maintained can be fuzzy - or at least there are couple of methods.

We know the Borg TW network was said to have been 'obliterated' in Endgame... but as we also know and saw, TW conduits can and don't have to be part of a TW hub as seen in Endgame.
Conduits can be independently opened by Borg ships, or ships using a TW coil (such as the Delta Flyer did in Dark Frontier).

Plus as we know, the Lore Borg in TNG set up a number of TW conduits in the Alpha Quadrant (these seemed to have been separate of the main Borg TW hub).

In ST: PIC season 1, we saw there was a TW conduit leading to the Android planet... as such, I suspect that one was part of a smaller network set up by Lore Borg - its also possible the Kazon whom we saw in Prodigy used one entry way from what used to be former Borg space to the one leading to the AQ (we saw a representational graphic in TNG showing Geordi analysing Lore Borg TW conduits... and the graphic said the DQ was the point of origin.
My guess is the Kazon found/stumbled upon that independently set up conduit which wasn't connected to the Hub and survived the 'Endgame events'

In PIC Season 2, we saw a creation of a new TW conduit... and an unusual one at that (however, we don't know if regular [non Agnes Borg] were responsible for it or not.

So, my guess is that Lore Borg initially set up an independent network of TW conduits in the AQ - which the Kazon in Prodigy found and used (along with other species ships). After that, new TW conduits may have started popping up in the 25th century (like we saw in PIC S2).

The Lore Borg TW conduits could have degraded over time though due to lack of maintenance or lack of manifolds to keep them up... or the Lore Borg already set those up and found a way to regulate their shielding without a queen.

PIC s2 ending really set up the storytelling behind that TW conduit (that's one of the good things about PIC amid mediocre story it had), but now we know that S3 (sadly) won't be dealing with that - although, another show might (we may get Star Trek: Janeway series at some point from the initial chatter we heard... so if that happens, it could deal with the TW conduit from PIC s2).
 
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Lower Decks had probably to change his design to match Prodigy.
It wasn't directly confirmed (unless it was on home release), but during Season 2 promotion Mike said that there was a legacy character they had to change the design of to match another show.
that was confirmed to be okona
 
Okay, So question, if there doing the Warp Tunnel effect for regular warp travel, If they show the Dauntless at "Slipstream" what effect will it use?? Since you know.. its a tunnel as well. ??
 
The neutral zone could also be set up like an international waters type situation.

International waters start at 12 nautical miles from land. Those 12 miles belong to whoever owns the land.

The neutral zone might be set up in a similar way. Eg 5 Light Years out from a Romulan Planet is Romulan Space, beyond that it’s the neutral zone.

Now these face to face violations are not only made possible but it explains why they happen. At its narrowest the English Channel is 21 miles across, so if I meet my French friend in our boats at the half way point I’ll say that he’s in English waters because I’ve not sailed out 12 miles yet and he’ll tell me I’m in French waters because he’s not sailed 12 miles yet.

So like Starfleet and Romulan ships at this narrow point we’ll both think we’re in our own territory and the other has crossed the neutral zone.
 
That was a lot of fun, so an 8 this week. It was great seeing Admiral Janeway catching up with the crew Protostar., though ultimately it may have been a little frustrating with some of the stalling going on. Of course, if Dal just stopped and explained everything that was going on to Admiral Janeway, there would be less drama, which defeats the point of the show. ;)

Murf's metamorphosis obviously happened to make her even cuter. :D

Okona has to be one of the most random characters to come and make a reappearance, especially being as The Outrageous Okona was a terrible episode. That being said, he fits nicely into the mix! :techman:
 
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Another fantastic episode. Loving this show. It makes me quite nostalgic for Janeway and 'Star Trek Voyager'. Something I didn't think was possible. But it really gets me in the 90s feels.
 
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