Spoilers Star Trek: Picard 2x03 - "Assimilation"

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  1. SJGardner

    SJGardner Commodore Commodore

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    I've always just pronounced it the same way as UEFA, albeit in a Hungarian accent... You-Eh-Fa, You-Es-Pa, tomayto tomahto.
     
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  2. StewMc

    StewMc Commodore Commodore

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    That's exactly where I've gotten my pronunciation from, I just must not have been consciously aware of it!
     
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  3. cooleddie74

    cooleddie74 Fleet Admiral Admiral

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    UESPA was around for at least 200 years. It existed in 2067 to launch Friendship One and was still around in 2267 during "Tomorrow Is Yesterday(TOS)." We have no onscreen canonical information for it after that episode.
     
  4. Richard S. Ta

    Richard S. Ta Rear Admiral Rear Admiral

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    I’d say YOU-ESS-PA…

    @Trekker4747 I’d disagree it can’t be pronounced, only because everyone has a different way of pronouncing it! :-D
     
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  5. cooleddie74

    cooleddie74 Fleet Admiral Admiral

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    Actually "UESPA" doesn't appear on any of their patches. Just the Enterprise patch for the first 97 episodes and they added the United Earth Starfleet Command patch to the right arm for the series finale set in 2161.
     
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  6. Paul Weaver

    Paul Weaver Vice Admiral Premium Member

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    It was mentioned on the dedication plate of the Enterprise B in 2293, although the shots in the film weren't clear enough to pick anything out
     
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  7. cooleddie74

    cooleddie74 Fleet Admiral Admiral

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    Forgot that. Thanks!
     
  8. Ar-Pharazon

    Ar-Pharazon Admiral Premium Member

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    It could maybe be pronounced wespa as well (oo-es-pa)?
     
  9. 137th Gebirg

    137th Gebirg Admiral Premium Member

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    Oo-es-pa is how the Ferengis pronounce it. ;)
     
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  10. UssGlenn

    UssGlenn Rear Admiral Rear Admiral

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    I pronounce it Yoose-Pa
     
  11. Noname Given

    Noname Given Fleet Admiral Admiral

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    Yes Kirk says the acronym in TOS S1Charlie X, and then he specifically names the agency entirely in TOS S1 Tomorrow Is Yesterday.
     
  12. Dryson

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    Since the Borg Queen has the ability to realize that she was not in the correct time-line, will the Borg Queen assimilate other timelines, such as the current one she is in, to launch new attacks on the Picard time-line?
     
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  13. dupersuper

    dupersuper Rear Admiral Rear Admiral

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    How canon?

    If everything on a background screen is canon, DS9 has some very interesting tenants...

    7 and Raffi should NOT have been able to enter and leave that casually then. Do sanctuary district regulations change from city to city?

    I'm guessing those have been sparse since she killed her boyfriend anyway.

    Also, it's 2024...

    Hey! They're in the MCU's present!

    If a computer could do it than any one could, and why would evil Rios have holograms?
     
  14. Tuskin38

    Tuskin38 Fleet Admiral Admiral

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    Yes
     
  15. cooleddie74

    cooleddie74 Fleet Admiral Admiral

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    And for all we know this is just one of L.A.'s and there are more. San Francisco is a smaller city even in Trek's fictional 2024 and has a Sanctuary District labeled "A," meaning there must be at least a "B" within San Francisco corporate limits and thus two in one city. Others in Los Angeles might have far stricter rules on entry and departure.
     
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    With LA's size, I wouldn't be surprised if they had dozens, maybe with some even spanning several neighborhoods. I can even imagine that with the kind of segregation that already exists in LA, some of the districts might be just the original neighborhoods left as they are with the designation slapped on them.
     
  17. Lord Exor

    Lord Exor Lieutenant Commander Red Shirt

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    She may try. There were scenes in the trailer of assimilated soldiers pointing weapons at Picard and crew at the chateau, and it seems like she gains legs at some point.
     
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    Annie Wersching is AMAZING as the Borg Queen.

    She became a wild animal! :eek:
     
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    Mr. Laser Beam Fleet Admiral Admiral

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    Let's call the whole thing off.
     
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  20. Danja

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    Why was Rios beamed down to a location in midair?

    Seven and Raffi landed on the ground. Why not Rios? It makes no sense. :confused: