True, although with Geordi in charge of the museum it might be different.
But anyway, I was more meaning that we're not going to see some elaborate plot relating to Tasha Yar from an alternate timeline, Sela, daughters etc.
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True, although with Geordi in charge of the museum it might be different.
But anyway, I was more meaning that we're not going to see some elaborate plot relating to Tasha Yar from an alternate timeline, Sela, daughters etc.
Why would the Maquis side with a faction that destroyed them?
The Dominion may have destroyed them, but the Federation betrayed them. Not to mention the Changeling terrorists are not the same as the Dominion.
This is known to be Moriarty right?
I keep thinking that, yeah, Geordi is working in the museum for a plot reason, and that would be to steal a ship to come save is friends. Hopefully, he picks a cool ship from the past. I don't think the E-F would be in the museum! I'm also not sure how he'd know to go rescue them in the nebula. So, possibly later in the season for some other reason. It sounds like Picard gets in trouble with Starfleet later in the season, so perhaps Geordi steals a ship to take Picard where he needs to go at that point?
No, there’s at least one other character returning who isn’t Moriarty.
I start to curious, if this nebula battle will drag on for several episodes. I hope not. I think they have to finish it at episode 4, so we can bring the plot move forward with episode 5. The main plot of season 3 is not even started yet.
But there are several things that make me wonder.
1. Why the Shrike leave them sink at the end of episode 3, and not destroy Titan A instead? Is it because of the changeling saboteur? But at that moment, they can just teleport the saboteur and then finish our hero ship with their alpha strike.
2. If they want to destroy Titan-A, why do they even need to play with Jack Crusher and bounty hunter talk in episode 2? They can just destroy the Titan, once they confirm that Picard and Riker are on board. The whole combat is basically a waste of time for Vadic. With the collection of weapons that the Shrike has, She could even destroy the Titan from previous episode. Episode 3 is basically just a cat and mouse play for her.
3. Then, the last problem is, why the Shrike waste their portal weapon to prevent Titan-A from running, and not use a deadly weapon that can destroy Titan instead? When I watch that scene, I feel like looking at Tom and Jerry playaround rather than 2 ships that try to destroy each others.
So now, these questions make me think that Vadic is actually don't want to kill Picard and Riker, but rather to play with them. So why?
Now, because this thread is about a wild prediction, then I also write my own wild prediction in here. I think the one that Vadic, or her boss targeting is not Picard, Riker, or even Jack. These whole setup is not even a battle to destroy Titan-A. But a plot to lure someone. This whole Titan-A play-around is more of a hidden crime that plotted by a criminal for revenge rather than a combat to destroy Picard.
So in my mind, the actual target of this battle is actually Geordi LaForge, and the plotter behind Vadic is Prof. Moriarty. This is the continuation of the Ship in the Bottle episode. The Profesor wants a 2nd round to fight in the battle of wit against Data and Geordi. Vadic doesn't destroy Titan-A because the young Laforge is there. She wants to use the daughter to lure the father to come.
But there are several things that make me wonder.
1. Why the Shrike leave them sink at the end of episode 3, and not destroy Titan A instead? Is it because of the changeling saboteur? But at that moment, they can just teleport the saboteur and then finish our hero ship with their alpha strike.
2. If they want to destroy Titan-A, why do they even need to play with Jack Crusher and bounty hunter talk in episode 2? They can just destroy the Titan, once they confirm that Picard and Riker are on board. The whole combat is basically a waste of time for Vadic. With the collection of weapons that the Shrike has, She could even destroy the Titan from previous episode. Episode 3 is basically just a cat and mouse play for her.
3. Then, the last problem is, why the Shrike waste their portal weapon to prevent Titan-A from running, and not use a deadly weapon that can destroy Titan instead? When I watch that scene, I feel like looking at Tom and Jerry playaround rather than 2 ships that try to destroy each others.
So now, these questions make me think that Vadic is actually don't want to kill Picard and Riker, but rather to play with them. So why?
Now, because this thread is about a wild prediction, then I also write my own wild prediction in here. I think the one that Vadic, or her boss targeting is not Picard, Riker, or even Jack. These whole setup is not even a battle to destroy Titan-A. But a plot to lure someone. This whole Titan-A play-around is more of a hidden crime that plotted by a criminal for revenge rather than a combat to destroy Picard.
So in my mind, the actual target of this battle is actually Geordi LaForge, and the plotter behind Vadic is Prof. Moriarty. This is the continuation of the Ship in the Bottle episode. The Profesor wants a 2nd round to fight in the battle of wit against Data and Geordi. Vadic doesn't destroy Titan-A because the young Laforge is there. She wants to use the daughter to lure the father to come.
It's Picard - the writers like to spell everything out - which is why Bev basically looks at the viewer in the last episode and explains it's not about Jack it was clearly a lure to attract Jean-luc.
What you see is what you get on this show.
A DS9 character that no one thought one would ever see again? Maybe Jadzia Dax isn't dead after all...
If this were to be the actual plot, i would never watch star trek again
I think people are misinterpreting what I remember Jesse Gender saying. She didn't explicitly say a character from DS9 would be in the fourth episode, she said that there was a moment/reference which DS9 fans would love. Frankly I wonder if she confused the third and fourth episodes and was talking about the Changeling reference, given how much she gushed about the Changelings being in her third episode review.
After reading the blurb for Episode 5, I am 95% certain the mystery character is Ro Laran. She otherwise checks all the boxes. She's an "erstwhile member of the crew." She was a recurring character on 90s Trek. She had a close personal relationship with Picard and betrayed him. And there have been hints in various reviews that the recurring character will have an in-depth discussion with Picard which will put his choices back in TNG in a whole new light. Plus Terry Matalas recently said in an interview that Preemptive Strike was one of his favorite TNG episodes...if that's not a hint, I don't know what is.
I'd also say involving Ro somehow (even if there's not a full-on "revenge of the Maquis" subplot) helps the season tremendously. The issue with the Changelings being the sole actors is while it's rooted in bad decisions made by the Federation, it's a DS9 plot element, not a TNG one. Picard had no (on camera) personal culpability during the Dominion War. So while it might make sense that the Changeling terrorists are targeting the Federation in general, it doesn't make sense why they would personally care about him. He was much more intimately wrapped up with the Maquis arc though, which means that the season can be pinned on his "mistakes" - which makes for far more compelling drama.
After reading the blurb for Episode 5, I am 95% certain the mystery character is Ro Laran. She otherwise checks all the boxes. She's an "erstwhile member of the crew." She was a recurring character on 90s Trek. She had a close personal relationship with Picard and betrayed him. And there have been hints in various reviews that the recurring character will have an in-depth discussion with Picard which will put his choices back in TNG in a whole new light. Plus Terry Matalas recently said in an interview that Preemptive Strike was one of his favorite TNG episodes...if that's not a hint, I don't know what is.
I'd also say involving Ro somehow (even if there's not a full-on "revenge of the Maquis" subplot) helps the season tremendously. The issue with the Changelings being the sole actors is while it's rooted in bad decisions made by the Federation, it's a DS9 plot element, not a TNG one. Picard had no (on camera) personal culpability during the Dominion War. So while it might make sense that the Changeling terrorists are targeting the Federation in general, it doesn't make sense why they would personally care about him. He was much more intimately wrapped up with the Maquis arc though, which means that the season can be pinned on his "mistakes" - which makes for far more compelling drama.
The description for episode 5 says 'prodigal crewman'. Was Ro considered prodigal?
Riker sends out a distress signal at the very end of ep 3. So I am thinking Starfleet will get the distress signal and Geordi will command a ship to go rescue his friends.
Doesn't prodigal just mean to leave a group/family and then return? Could fit Ro depending on the circumstances of her return.
"a person who leaves home and behaves recklessly, but later makes a repentant return."
Yeah that could fit Ro.
Not sure it's always necessarily repentant. Sometimes that person comes back just to gloat, "I was right, fuckers!"
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