Spoilers Star Trek: Picard 3x09 - "Võx"

[fireproof78]

It's probably that any of them would do, but the -D would win out from being most powerful, relatively modern and, most importantly, all seven of them knew how to work it and wouldn't have to spend the whole trip back to Earth getting their Defiant- or Akira-class instrument ratings on the holodeck and hoping they learned all the high-points.

Except, that's not what the dialog says.

 

[Tomalak]

Come to think of it we didn't see a single living (or dead) drone on that cube. Just the mangled Queen grafted into the cube.

Was that the same cube from Endgame that Admiral Janeway went to (I don't remember if it was destroyed)? Did that virus permanently disrupt the Borg's hivemind?

It does seem like it. That may be why they are killing all of the over-25s, the Borg can't use their nanoprobes to assimilate anymore.

Wasn't Endgame set in the Queen's Unimatrix, not a ship? Her ride in Voyager was the Diamond anyway.

 

[fireproof78]

Wasn't Endgame set in the Queen's Unimatrix, not a ship? Her ride in Voyager was the Diamond anyway.

The Unicomplex, if I recall correctly.

 

[JoseNoodles]

Come to think of it we didn't see a single living (or dead) drone on that cube. Just the mangled Queen grafted into the cube.

Was that the same cube from Endgame that Admiral Janeway went to (I don't remember if it was destroyed)? Did that virus permanently disrupt the Borg's hivemind?

It does seem like it. That may be why they are killing all of the over-25s, the Borg can't use their nanoprobes to assimilate anymore.

I think Janeway went to the Borg Unicomplex, which later exploded when the virus spread. The Queen also came apart, but maybe the Collective beamed her remains to a Cube that escaped.
BTW, anyone notice how the Cube had antennae on top, I guess to broadcast Jack's signal (throughout the galaxy)?

 

[David cgc]

Come to think of it we didn't see a single living (or dead) drone on that cube. Just the mangled Queen grafted into the cube.

I spotted a couple drones in alcoves.

 

[SJGardner]

*nerd rant* The D is missing the saucer top side registry when she goes to warp, despite it being seen in her reveal, darn lazy CGI artists...

I just rewatched the Enterprise-D scenes and found this sequence again, and decided to check it out more closely.

What makes it even more annoying from a nerd perspective is that the specularity textures are clearly mapped, the decal is only missing from the color maps. When the Enterprise begins to turn, the star's light actually reflects off the numbers (the dash and "D" being visible, specifically) right between the two rows of windows for a second or so before we see the bare metal of the saucer.

 

[SG-17]

That was the writers logic when they showed up in Prodigy. The drones couldn’t use their nanites to assimilate them.

Really? I didn't watch Prodigy. Maybe I'll check that out.

I spotted a couple drones in alcoves.

Did they look like they were alive?

 

[Dar70]

Loved it. A little pissed about Shaw. But what can ya do???? Still it was an outstanding episode.

 

[fireproof78]

I think Janeway went to the Borg Unicomplex, which later exploded when the virus spread. The Queen also came apart, but maybe the Collective beamed her remains to a Cube that escaped.
BTW, anyone notice how the Cube had antennae on top, I guess to broadcast Jack's signal (throughout the galaxy)?

That's what happened! The Borg stole the E's main deflector but they had to use Changelings to do it and the result was a really botched job and Worf accidentally ran over Pluto.

 

[Mr Awe]

I really want to have Trek shift more to what Enterprise Season 4 did. Just have mini-arcs/miniseries length stories. Don't start out saying you need to fill up 10 episodes and work from there, come up with a story, and then write until it's done. Maybe stagger releases too, so you could have say a 5-episode arc, a pause, then a three parter, then a pause, two standalones, etc.

I feel like this season is much better paced than Seasons 1/2 of Picard (and any of the seasons of Discovery) but honestly it could have easily been 8, 7, or even 6 episodes without losing much.

God yeah. I've been advocating the ENT S4 model for awhile now. Seems to be um . . . the best of both worlds!

The biggest improvement for Picard S3 compared to previous seasons and the past two seasons of Discovery is better serialization. I say that even given the general decline in the last half of the current season. However, they just don't seem to be able to sustain a 10 episode arc.

 

[thribs]

What they need is the World Razer. Not the Enterprise D

 

[SG-17]

I think Janeway went to the Borg Unicomplex, which later exploded when the virus spread. The Queen also came apart, but maybe the Collective beamed her remains to a Cube that escaped.
BTW, anyone notice how the Cube had antennae on top, I guess to broadcast Jack's signal (throughout the galaxy)?

Maybe that cube was part of the Unicomplex that the Queen escaped on. Would explain why it doesn't look like a standard cube.

 

[Quantum21]

Maybe that cube was part of the Unicomplex that the Queen escaped on. Would explain why it doesn't look like a standard cube.

It's not a unicomplex, it's a battle station!

 

[David cgc]

I just rewatched the Enterprise-D scenes and found this sequence again, and decided to check it out more closely.

What makes it even more annoying from a nerd perspective is that the specularity textures are clearly mapped, the decal is only missing from the color maps. When the Enterprise begins to turn, the star's light actually reflects off the numbers (the dash and "D" being visible, specifically) right between the two rows of windows for a second or so before we see the bare metal of the saucer.

I think it might just be the glare obscuring the numbers from that specific angle. The shot of the Venture docked at DS9 has the same problem; the model definitely had the decals applied, you can see them in behind-the-scenes photos, but it looks blank because of how the light is hitting it.

Did they look like they were alive?

As much as any sleeping Borg do. "Visibly intact," I suppose.

 

[TerryTrek]

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With a slight hint of Episode 10, so be warned...as he saw the episodes in advance.

 

[JoseNoodles]

What they need is the World Razer. Not the Enterprise D

Ideally I'd want the All Good Things Enterprise-D with the BFG on the saucer's bottom.

 

[Noname Given]

Final note: This whole thing were the text of the story is literally, "All the young people get brainwashed by evil foreigners and only the Boomers can save us" is... not the kind of idea I would want to see people adopt in real life.

IDK - I'm fine with it...

You see? Make a speech about how great the NX-01 was and everything turns into a complete disaster.

Add a speech about Gazelles and it golden.

 

[Yistaan]

Really? I didn't watch Prodigy. Maybe I'll check that out.

Prodigy is arguably the best Trek in a while. And I think some of the things that are similar to Picard (won't say what as that'll spoil) are arguably done a lot better in Prodigy, and with a new and compelling villain to boot, than it's done here where it's same old Borg.

The villains in Prodigy are the in-depth characters who have sympathetic reasons to hate the Fed that are missing from the current horror zombie show that is Picard right now.

 

[SG-17]

As much as any sleeping Borg do. "Visibly intact," I suppose

Schrodinger's Drone I suppose.

 

[TerryTrek]

Close Encounters homage I haven't seen anyone mention:

Beautiful.

Eps 9/10 are directed by Matalas.