Spoilers Star Trek: Strange New Worlds 3x09 - "Terrarium"

[Farscape One]

Actually, it was.

Think about it. "Doc" Smith could be forgiven for postulating iron as a source of the insanely huge amount of energy needed to bypass Special Relativity, because the pre-Lensman version of Triplanetary predated the "Chicago Pile-1" experiments in a squash court under the stands at Stagg Field (by nearly a decade), and even then, nobody knew enough about nuclear reactions to understand that iron cannot produce a net release of energy by fission or by fusion.

But "The Man Trap"? Common salt is an ionic compound, consisting of sodium cations and chloride anions. The sodium cation and the chloride anion are two of the most soluble ions known, and they have a strong affinity for each other. While a real-world life form that uses common salt is easy enough to find (there aren't many that don't), one that metabolizes salt, and takes it permanently out of the environment is preposterous. So is one that can quickly (and painfully) extract it from another life form. Likewise, a life form that can simultaneously present three different appearances (one radically different from the other two, and all three radically different from its natural appearance) to three different observers wouldn't fool sensors, while a true shapeshifter would only be able to present one appearance at a time.

Maybe the M113 creature was feeling...






salty at being the last of its kind.

 

[cooleddie74]

 

[Set Harth]

 

[hbquikcomjamesl]

Maybe the M113 creature was feeling...salty at being the last of its kind.

Except that according to LD, it(?) wasn't. I still remember Boimler's hysterical screams upon encountering one (can somebody remind me of which episode that was?), and Mariner's wild hypothesis that Boimler's new girlfriend was one.

 

[Laura Cynthia Chambers]

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"Cupid's Errant Arrow"

 

[Detached Nacelle]

Except that according to LD, it(?) wasn't. I still remember Boimler's hysterical screams upon encountering one (can somebody remind me of which episode that was?), and Mariner's wild hypothesis that Boimler's new girlfriend was one.

Wasn't in Ransom on the date with the salt vampire and iirc he thought they were extinct too

 

[Farscape One]

Except that according to LD, it(?) wasn't. I still remember Boimler's hysterical screams upon encountering one (can somebody remind me of which episode that was?), and Mariner's wild hypothesis that Boimler's new girlfriend was one.

It was a joke.

 

[hbquikcomjamesl]

Nearly everything in LD was a joke. In LD, "Rule of Funny" trumps everything else. But that doesn't change the fact that everything in LD is canonical: it was shot, and it didn't end up on the cutting room floor.

 

[Candleicious Ghost]

Nearly everything in LD was a joke. In LD, "Rule of Funny" trumps everything else. But that doesn't change the fact that everything in LD is canonical: it was shot, and it didn't end up on the cutting room floor.

Including the permanent portal which I hope is mentioned in a future Trek show

 

[hbquikcomjamesl]

Including the permanent portal which I hope is mentioned in a future Trek show

Cue Dulmur and Lucsly.

 

[Farscape One]

Nearly everything in LD was a joke. In LD, "Rule of Funny" trumps everything else. But that doesn't change the fact that everything in LD is canonical: it was shot, and it didn't end up on the cutting room floor.

No, I meant my salty joke was a joke.

And besides... maybe the one seen in "THE MAN TRAP" thought it was the last of its kind without knowing there are others out there.

 

[hbquikcomjamesl]

Yes, and I actually did get the "salty" joke. I should have given you a ROFL emoji before giving it a serious reply; please forgive the omission.