- the map of Quo'nos probably warrants its own thread. Did they reuse the map from Into Darkness? Or was it from one of the reference books, much like the war map makes extensive use of Geoff Mandel's star charts?
Might be random lines created for the occasion, too - some people say they see South America there, and while I don't, it would be simple enough to overlay preexisting (geo)graphical elements at odd angles and atop each other to the result witnessed.
Anyway, it has a lot of interesting details on it. Also, large lava caves below the surface. I like how we learn a lot about that planet. It's always been kind of a letdown that all we ever saw was that one recycled matte paining for 20 years.
We also learn in a bit of accidental continuity that cloud coverage hampers mapping from a distance. The place did appear rather heavily overcast every time we went there, with oddly greenish clouds as seen from above (but not from below). I wonder how Kahless ever found a star to point at?
- Starbase 1: was the FJ thing in the reboots referred to SB1 on screen?
Nope. The word "starbase" wasn't used in Abrams dialogue until they called Yorktown such.
- Position of Starbase 1: Cornwall asks Stamets if he can jump there. It makes sense that he tells her that it's more than a light year from their current position, but why would he bring up the distance to Earth at all?
Indeed. Perhaps jumping close to Sol is a bad idea for the same reason as warping close to Sol is a bad idea, on those days when it is (bad subspace weather or whatnot)?
- Still, I wonder why the admiral was surprised that SB1 was destroyed. Surely someone must have noticed (unless the raid happened minutes ago).
But comms silence seems to be a thing at the time, and not just general quietness but strange things such as turning off an automated signal of some sort that is supposed to be on at all times, including wartime. Perhaps this had nothing to do with the
Discovery appearing out of nowhere and making hails, but was necessitated by the new developments of the war (Klingon suicide runs under cloak might depend on listening to Starfleet signals).
Also, why did the Klingons leave their assault team behind? Or was it implied that there were still cloaked ships in the area?
But the heroes can see cloaks now. Not just through cloaks when targeting, but the very presence of cloaks, supposedly. The Klingon ships involved may have been lost, or forced to withdraw.
Mere 274 people can't have been the assault team - it's more like a bunch of survivors, or perhaps a fanatical group of memento collectors. Clearly they have little tactical value, as they failed to do anything about the
Discovery...
- One thing if found irritating is the notion that few children survived the assaults on those research outposts.
It's a nice way to differentiate these attacks from the total sterilization performed on the first target - Burnham can now see the Klingons are not running a logical and coordinated campaign.
- Where exactly did they drop of Sarek? Or was he beaming over to whatever vessel brought Cornwall to Discovery?
He specifically said the new developments or "evolving details" meant he had to "return to Vulcan". No real reason to think he didn't do exactly that, and beam down to the planet when the ship stopped there on her way to Veda.
- Besides that Sheperd class, there's also a Cardenas-class docked at the station. They look like they are almost the same size. There's a third ship that could be a Hoover. Also, floating saucer piece in the foreground.
Yup. Fancy how we fail to see most of the Binaries ship designs twice - but they now have a good thing going with
Shepard and
Cardenas both, even though they aren't necessarily any more detailed than the others. A purely aesthetical choice?
- First mention of the class name Crossfield on screen
Ah, true. Also, the first DSC class name other than
Constitution to be used in dialogue? Assorted Klingon designations notwithstanding.
- the hologram of that unnamed moon in the Veda system is a map of Mercury. At least going by the names of the locations.
Good catch! The camouflaging clouds work nicely enough, though. Just as with the "Earth" they have next to SB1. Also, the atmosphere of the moon extends to considerable heights, as per the friction glow of the carriers vs. the curvature of the horizon - fitting for a small body.
(Where are those gases coming from? Volcanic venting? Is that the reason Stamets thinks this moon is uniquely suited for his mushrooms? Or did somebody try terraforming there and failed, but the failure is Goldilocks for the mushrooms?)
Timo Saloniemi
