Spoilers Star Trek: Picard General Discussion Thread

Discussion in 'Star Trek: Picard' started by Tuskin38, Sep 28, 2019.

  1. Tuskin38

    Tuskin38 Fleet Admiral Admiral

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    That is not why they destroyed Mars.
     
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  2. Garak234

    Garak234 Lieutenant Commander Red Shirt

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    The main reason was to stop the creation of sentient synths but preventing a Romulan Khitomir accords was likely another reason for the attack on Mars.
     
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  3. Turtletrekker

    Turtletrekker Admiral Admiral

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    Speculation.
     
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  4. cooleddie74

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    Really wide speculation!
     
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  5. Garak234

    Garak234 Lieutenant Commander Red Shirt

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    the results:
    (Tal Shiar domination of the RFS, decline in UFP soft power, UFP Withdrawl from Romulan space) of the Tal Shiar attack on Mars, are very convenient for the Tal Shiar, whether accidental or not.
     
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    BK613 Rear Admiral Rear Admiral

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    Binged this last week. Not as bad as reported in some circles. Some niggles that seemed obvious maybe because I binged it but nothing major (ex: the ubiquitous holo doesn't show for awhile after Agnes shuts down the EMH and no one seems to notice the absence.) Got feels at the end. Would have ended Season 1 at the walk into the light myself without Data giving the prep for that walk away.
     
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  7. fireproof78

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    That's a really nice theory. Too bad there isn't a piece of evidence that holds up the speculation, but it sounds really nice.
     
  8. Garak234

    Garak234 Lieutenant Commander Red Shirt

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    The UFP left Romulan space, the Tal Shiar dominates the RFE, and the Khitomir accords led to an alliance with the UFP and the Klingons. This conjuncture explains the situation in Romulan space at the time of Picard. Also the Khitomir conspiracy planned on Sacrificing Kronos to sabotage the Khitomir accords so there is precedent for such conspiracies on the Startrek universe. If the Tal Shiar expected the UFP to raise a second rescue fleet would the attack on Mars still have occurred? No since such a rescue mission would have required Synth labor to assemble in time for the supernova as implied by Picard’s revised plan, so the attack implied the end of the rescue mission which was the basis of the UFP presence in Romulan space. The failure of the UFP to aid the Romulans in high sight did harm UFP Romulan relations but Romulan paranoia and pre existing hostility makes the rise in anti UFP sentiment predictable.(however the last point leans to much on hindsight). Is their any evidence that the Tal Shiar had more power after the supernova(they already dominated The Romulan empire to begin with) there is no evidence that the Tal Shiar works for all the post supernova successor states(so probably not).
     
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    Without further evidence this theory will remain speculation.( looking forward to the future Commodore Oh novel)
     
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  10. The Old Mixer

    The Old Mixer Mih ssim, mih ssim, nam, daed si Xim. Moderator

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    Responding to a response to yourself?
     
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    Garak234 Lieutenant Commander Red Shirt

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    It was directly related to the previous post but couldn’t be added without formatting problems
     
  12. Campe

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    Uh… the edit button is a wonderful thing.
     
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    So some evil Romulans go back on time and mind meld with a young Picard to turn him into a fascist. That could be fun to see
     
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    The Zhat Vash took control of the androids helping to build the rescue fleet and had them destroy Utopia Planitia to make it look like the androids went rogue, so that Starfleet would stop producing them. Even though those androids showed no sentience whatsoever. And it cost the Romulans their lives. It was a stupid plan written by stupid scriptwriters.
     
  15. KamenRiderBlade

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    And it has dire implications due to their infiltration to nearly the top echelons of StarFleet with Commodore Oh as the head of StarFleet Security, and at least one extra StarFleet infiltrator in the lower ranks in the form of Lt. Rizzo.
     
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  16. Tuskin38

    Tuskin38 Fleet Admiral Admiral

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    What formatting? None of your posts have any kind and they’re a pain to read.

    Please use line breaks!
     
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    eschaton Rear Admiral Rear Admiral

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    One of the weirdest elements of this forum is noobs aren't allowed to edit their own posts.
     
  18. Danja

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    I've heard similar complaints with regards to Seven of Nine ("Seven was a scientist! Seven was good! How could she go from doing that to killing people?")

    Seven was a SOLDIER. That's what she did for eighteen years. She killed and assimilated.

    She went from being (somewhat) comfortable on Voyager to suddenly having to function in a new quadrant with few resources to her name.
     
  19. Commander Troi

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    I'm getting pretty jazzed about this new season! So many mysteries being teased!

    These were all good, but...

    WINNER! :guffaw:

    But *interesting* speculation, so why not? :D

    @Tuskin38 - thanks for the bloopers! I love hearing Patrick razzing "Johnny"! :lol:
     
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  20. MrPicard

    MrPicard Jean-Luc's Loving Husband Fleet Captain

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