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Spoilers Star Trek: Discovery 2x09 - "Project Daedalus"

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Yep. I'm pretty sure it was a deliberate choice to ignore Nhan so we would think she was out of the picture, so her last minute save would be be more effective.

And I think it worked. My first reaction was "how the hell did Michael operate the airlock" I had written Nhan out of the picture.

One thing that irritates me slightly is that they showed Nhan losing consciousness. That seems a bit like cheating. I don't see how she would regain consciousness.
 
Loved this episode, cried when Airiam died. That said, to me the plot hole was... How could Saru see the Vulcan Admiral's heat signature through a view screen? Wouldn't he have just seen the heat signature given off by the view screen itself?
 
Loved this episode, cried when Airiam died. That said, to me the plot hole was... How could Saru see the Vulcan Admiral's heat signature through a view screen? Wouldn't he have just seen the heat signature given off by the view screen itself?

Well, your brain is actually interpreting what the eyes see, so in short...I don't know. Maybe he can see both heat signatures?
 
Loved this episode, cried when Airiam died. That said, to me the plot hole was... How could Saru see the Vulcan Admiral's heat signature through a view screen? Wouldn't he have just seen the heat signature given off by the view screen itself?
Unless the viewscreen is supplying more than just visual information. As many have argued in the landmark case "Windows vs. Viewscreen" a viewscreen can incorporate a number of sensory information in to their display, and not just a visual image.
 
Well, your brain is actually interpreting what the eyes see, so in short...I don't know. Maybe he can see both heat signatures?
Loved this episode, cried when Airiam died. That said, to me the plot hole was... How could Saru see the Vulcan Admiral's heat signature through a view screen? Wouldn't he have just seen the heat signature given off by the view screen itself?
You are assuming the cameras only record the visible spectrum and the screens only emit the same.
In an environment where species live and work that are capable of perceiving different spectra, it makes sense to use tech taking that into account.Saru merely adjusted the screen to make it visible to the humans.
 
Well, your brain is actually interpreting what the eyes see, so in short...I don't know. Maybe he can see both heat signatures?
That implies their cameras operate on a larger spectrum and the monitors reproduce that spectrum. Not impossible, seeing that its a science vessel and that level of detail could be needed, or for specie like Saru that see outside the human range and might need those "colors" for communications purposes.

edit: sorry.. I basically just more or less said what Timelord Victorious just wrote
 
And I think it worked. My first reaction was "how the hell did Michael operate the airlock" I had written Nhan out of the picture.

One thing that irritates me slightly is that they showed Nhan losing consciousness. That seems a bit like cheating. I don't see how she would regain consciousness.
In real life, people usually don't black out for long unless it's life-threatening. If you faint from lack of air, you fall, blood rushes to your head, you wake up...

...or so House, M.D. told me. :cool:

I've fainted twice due to low blood pressure. It lasted less than thirty seconds each time.
 
And I think it worked. My first reaction was "how the hell did Michael operate the airlock" I had written Nhan out of the picture.

One thing that irritates me slightly is that they showed Nhan losing consciousness. That seems a bit like cheating. I don't see how she would regain consciousness.
On re-watch, I noticed that Nhan passed out on the side where her breather was still attached. I guess the pressure pushed it closed to her nose and mouth and revived her. She was holding it closer when we saw her after she spaced Airiam.
 
What? From the separated breathing device. Re-re-watch it, neither of them are there, she is desperately trying to reach one.
Re-watched. Airiam pulled one of the devices off Nhan's face causing Nhan to lift her hand to that side and gasp in pain and/or from deficiency of whatever she breathes. The other one was still on Nhan's face when Airiam tossed her against the wall.
 
Re-watched. Airiam pulled one of the devices off Nhan's face causing Nhan to lift her hand to that side and gasp in pain and/or from deficiency of whatever she breathes. The other one was still on Nhan's face when Airiam tossed her against the wall.
But not when she was struggling on the floor. Both are gone. The one she is trying to reach is the one Airiam didn't rip off. Certainly the other wouldn't be anywhere near her, it would be where Airiam and Burnham were.
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They should definitely attach these things better though.
 
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