@AlsoPaisleyCat @StarTrekHour @JoeSondow I gave up complaining about Americentrism in #StarTrek the second I realised all the spaceships are prefixed USS and so many of them are named after American Revolutionary War battles and stuff. To say nothing of the increasing trend of naming ships after people instead of concepts as per US Navy and Coastguard policy.

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Q7: Well the Political Scene in the Middle East would instantly be even more of a shitshow than it is now. I think, outside of the fossil fuel economies (and maybe inside even a couple of those) it would be more a sense of quiet relief. A general throwing up of hands and saying "well a superpowerful alien we can't fight has laid down the law" and quietly jumping off the hydrocarbon bandwagon. Most of us know we have to, but there is no off ramp right now. #StarTrekHour

@StarTrekHour @JoeSondow Someone came back from the dead on Star Trek? Unprecedented. I hope Book at least saw the Black Mountain and the Koala on the way.
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Q6: As a non American, it means nothing to me. It seemed to upset a lot of people who spend their lives being professionally upset over something though, so that was probably to the good. #StarTrekHour

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Well... hopefully he learned his lesson that there is really no good reason to go space terrorist.👍
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@CrypticMirror @StarTrekHour
Maybe it's some sorta early design flaw that got fixed in later ship designs?🤷‍♂️
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The first time it happened I though, "Wow, Discovery really looks badly damaged," but EVERY time they get into a fight, plumes of flame can be seen shooting up in the background.😂
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Q3 Their tech, canonically, requires raw plasma, straight from the engine core, to work. Plus in space battles they are throwing around enough energy to melt continental planetary crusts (except when the plot says they aren't), so that energy has to go somewhere. Plus, plus, it looks cool as hell. At this point you either accept it in the same way you accept the setting has FTL drive, or you don't. It is just a genre staple. #StarTrekHour

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Oh, the hoops Discovery jumped through the first time Book and Tarka were attempting to launch the isolytic bomb to blow up the DMA.🤦‍♂️
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@Twerpy @StarTrekHour
Brings up another weird point. There are 100s of people on Discovery, but they sent the Earth Ambassador to pilot the shuttle to ram Book's ship cuz she just happened to be the most qualified?

I mean... I guess.🤷‍♂️
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Q2:
If it could have ended the episode quicker, then sure. #StarTrekHour

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Q1: When someone is receiving medical treatment, it is never the time for anything other than getting them their medical treatment. #StarTrekHour

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Pfft! I can barely stand the keyboards from 2020! I keep digging through discarded keyboards for the versions that came 10 years ago that actually give my fingers feedback when I click on a key

Holographic keyboard might drive me nuts.😖
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Q5: The writer prevents in, because they need the story to happen.

In-universe there is a long history of substances that the transporter cannot handle and a replicator cannot duplicate, so it is just another of those things.
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@StarTrekHour Q3:
Nope. I like my clicky clacky ones. #StarTrekHour

@StarTrekHour @JoeSondow Oversight born of overconfidence? I don't understand how Zora managed to not realize Reno had disappeared. Doesn't Discovery have any internal cameras for visual confirmation?

I work in a pretty crappy office building and the damn things are everywhere.
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I was intrigued by the replica bridge. At least there weren't crowds of people in green body suits in the windows staring at them.👍
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@Twerpy @StarTrekHour
My reaction was... wait the EV suits do WHAT???
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A5: Hadn't really considered that someone might die in the away mission. Hrmm... this show is messing with my Trek expectations. 🤔
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A1: #StarTrekDiscovery really has an emphasis on people's feels vs getting the mission completed. I thought at first it might have been a more "feminine" view, but now I think it's just a different take.

It's interesting. I'm getting used to it.
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