THAT's who we need to see again in Lower Decks - the Bynars.
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Agreed. To me, the Texas looks like a 2380s-era, uncrewed version of the Defiant Pathfinder that the Nova was based on.
The artist mattymanx's render catches it nicely. Source link: https://www.deviantart.com/mattymanx/art/Defiant-Pathfinder-336098904
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Bynars would be talking in a binary language.
I suspect they've evolved at least up to hexadecimal by now. 
That is a very good point, and makes sense. In the absence of any official explanation of how it could have happened, I like this explanation a lot better than any computer (of Galaxy class quality, at least) just randomly creating life on basically a whim.
Did the Bynar Computer Upgrade happen before Moriarty became sentient?
It did!
That could explain alot about why only the USS Enterprise-D was able to create a Sentient Moriarty, but why we haven't seen it happen again across other StarFleet/UFP computers.It did!
Who knows what the Bynar did to the Enterprise-D computers.
If sentient holodeck AIs were the result of the Bynars then it seems odd that it can be packaged in such a portable container and not an integral part of the E-D computer system. Everyone should be able to make their own sentient AI as it appears to be software and not hardware related. 
Question is, what Software, and was the changes the the Bynar installed reverted, overwritten, taken out secretly?If sentient holodeck AIs were the result of the Bynars then it seems odd that it can be packaged in such a portable container and not an integral part of the E-D computer system. Everyone should be able to make their own sentient AI as it appears to be software and not hardware related.
Hard to say. If it is just software then the Bynars could always re-install what was hypothetically removed. But Voyager and Prometheus' holodoctors plus Moriarty appear to be able to achieve sentience so it could be that the holodeck software was always capable of it and no one adequately tested it before releasing it...
It kinda makes Data's positronic brain seem overly complicated. IMHO.
- You want long-lasting tech? Where do we start? The M5-esque blinkies of the Texas-class computer interface? Or the desk lamps in the Starfleet HQ briefing room, which are EXACTLY the same ones that were there in Star Trek VI and were off-the-shelf lamps available in the early 1990s?
- We see TWO Starfleet installations use their phasers this week, after over fifty years of us never seeing ANY Federation design light up their energy weapons! In both cases they deploy turrets that fire beams. Here, the turrets are vaguely like the rotating ones installed on DS9, which suggest a common lineage or design theory.
- Where does the (named for a renowned animator?) USS Van Citter disappear to? We don't see her explode, but she's not there when we return to Montgomery station. I guess she's under repair inside like the Cerritos?
- If the Titan were relatively nearby (on the other side of the system, which is barely next door at high warp unless it's a REALLY big system), why wouldn't she have been called into action? Was the Van Citter closer overall? Or was she not in shape for a fight for some reason?
- I'm not going to mindbend too much to consider that the ENTIRE California-class fleet was nearby enough to warp in at EXACTLY the same time, other than to think that the ships were already holding somewhere closeby in preparation for decommissioning. But if this were the case, would that not leave a really big list of missions for only three Texas-class ships to fulfill? Or were there more Texans (sic) at the ready in the mushroom?
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- We see TWO Starfleet installations use their phasers this week, after over fifty years of us never seeing ANY Federation design light up their energy weapons! In both cases they deploy turrets that fire beams. Here, the turrets are vaguely like the rotating ones installed on DS9, which suggest a common lineage or design theory.
- Where does the (named for a renowned animator?) USS Van Citter disappear to? We don't see her explode, but she's not there when we return to Montgomery station. I guess she's under repair inside like the Cerritos?
- If the Titan were relatively nearby (on the other side of the system, which is barely next door at high warp unless it's a REALLY big system), why wouldn't she have been called into action? Was the Van Citter closer overall? Or was she not in shape for a fight for some reason?
- I'm not going to mindbend too much to consider that the ENTIRE California-class fleet was nearby enough to warp in at EXACTLY the same time, other than to think that the ships were already holding somewhere closeby in preparation for decommissioning. But if this were the case, would that not leave a really big list of missions for only three Texas-class ships to fulfill? Or were there more Texans (sic) at the ready in the mushroom?
Mark
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LOL yeah the M5-style computer lights were awesome.
Those starbase phaser turrets seem to have a slit to suggest an array emitter. Funny how they also have emitters facing each other.
The Titan line doesn't make sense since Mariner was able to warp over from a different system? to intercept the Cerritos. So maybe a mistake by the captain in the heat of battle?
I figured the other Cali ships were already recalled back to starbase so they all got to arrive one after the other and all from a different direction so it makes sense to me
Those starbase phaser turrets seem to have a slit to suggest an array emitter. Funny how they also have emitters facing each other.
The Titan line doesn't make sense since Mariner was able to warp over from a different system? to intercept the Cerritos. So maybe a mistake by the captain in the heat of battle?
I figured the other Cali ships were already recalled back to starbase so they all got to arrive one after the other and all from a different direction so it makes sense to me
The ST: Prodigy Relay Station has a "Rectangular Slit" emitter that looks kind of like "Cyclops VISOR" from X-men.
It's even Red Jeweled colored and fires a rectangular beam.
That opens up the door to end users designing beam emitting columns of any shape they want.
It doesn't always have to be circular.
Does anybody want funky beam patterns emitting out of their weapons?
It's even Red Jeweled colored and fires a rectangular beam.
That opens up the door to end users designing beam emitting columns of any shape they want.
It doesn't always have to be circular.
Does anybody want funky beam patterns emitting out of their weapons?
IIRC Admiral Clancy mentioned a squadron had been sent to Coppelius. Perhaps these ships operated together anyway?
Memory Alpha has a few listed. The only clear registry I saw on screen was for the Vacaville (and the Van Citters, but that’s not a California class.)
Also, the Bakersfield and the Ventura were not mentioned. We’re they not actually California class ships, or were they decommissioned or destroyed prior to this episode?
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