Spoilers Strange New Worlds General Discussion Thread

Uhura is wearing a TOS collar. Chapel is in blue.

 

That's 21st century tech!

How did you endure any of the other shows?

 

2260 would be the 100th anniversary of the end of the Earth-Romulan War and the Star Empire's retreat into isolation.

 

IDK - as long as we (actually the crew) don't see a ship...

 

Spock has his TOS haircut.

 

Starfleet will have a massive celebration as well as trotting out Romulan War survivors T'Pol and Phlox.

 

PHLOX: "This would be a good time for my story about Captain Archer's asparagus incident."
T'POL: "Please don't."

 

So.. Maybe an "alternate" balance of terror' if he screws up the timeline?
Looks like fun!

 

Does no one read the trailers thread? I posted this all there hours ago

https://www.trekbbs.com/threads/sea...ilers-and-images.311320/page-11#post-14200362

 

Some of the dialogue is lifted from it.

 

My thought exactly.

 

Sure, here is my review. It was great! What did you think?

 

Very nice review, but the commentary on the contemporary U.S. political situation in Pike's presentation seemed to bypass you completely, much like the term "Number One" being long-established British Royal Navy terminology for a ship's Executive Officer, rather than Pike's personal pet nickname for Una, did.

 

so if this is Balance of Terror Redux, are those the new Robert Tomlinson and Angela Martine?

 

I don’t know anything about American politics.
My point with Una is that she is replaceable and therefore might not be the same Number One as we see in ‘The Cage’.

I only know about Star Trek ranks sorry, I’m not so familiar with army or navy ranks. If Number One is British then why is Pike using it as a title? As far as I know it is *not* an official Star Trek rank. Picard used it as a pet name for Riker. I think that Jellico used this title too. Shelby was never ‘Number One’. Picard’s dog was called ‘Number One’…. This proves that it *is* also a pet name.

 

Picard used it because it was one traditonal way to refer to a ship's second-in-command, as is "exec" or "first."

"I'm not familiar with it" is not synonymous with "it's obscure."

 

More a nickname, but a longstanding naval tradition for "executive officer" or "first officer." Incidentally, that is part of the origin of "first lieutenant."

Why would Pike use it? Naval tradition. Pike used it with Una and with La'an when the later served as his executive officer.

 

Maybe La’an is Pike’s Number One by the time of ‘The Cage’?

 

Given the Cage happens in SNW/Discovery's past that would be quite the trick.

 

Sorry I always get confused with ‘The Menagerie’. Oh, and ‘Time Crystals’.