But I will die on my feet as fitting my station. I don't know what else. Michael Burnham advises her to allow her to contact USS Discovery again, but the Emperor does not agree and decides to imprison her in the brig. I do get the approach though that treats Trek as just a big canvas on which to tell stories. No, just no. TM & CBS Studios Inc. 2021 Paramount Pictures Corp. STAR TREK and related marks and logos are trademarks of CBS Studios Inc. All Rights Reserved. Saru full time, awesome! When Gene Coon was pushing his politics, utopianism, and even corny Christianity, you believed it. Except the way it actually played out, was it seemed like a cursory plot twist thrown in to make it sound epic, but lacking any emotional or intellectual impact. Create an account to follow your favorite communities and start taking part in conversations. The side quests, on the other hand, serve as a bonus and allow you to gain levels faster. But it still came across more as a Captain Jellico situation, i.e. Analytical cookies are used to understand how visitors interact with the website. I just thought of something else. ", "I am a defeated emperor. I was told to "stop watching" by someone in The Orville comments despite the fact I positively reviewed about half the episodes, just because my reviewers for the other episodes that I didn't like were too critical for that person's taste. The day's activities included a contest, judged by Captain Jean-Luc Picard himself, in which the children created paintings and models of the captain. No one else left is particularly compelling, especially Burnham (and the show desperately wants us to adore her). There's a half-hearted implied allegory in here about climate change and the shortsightedness of human greed for power, which is more commentary than most Discovery outings have attempted but this is another place where this series needs to put forth considerably more effort in the interests of its Star Trek namesake. The pilot and ep2 were just a prologue for what I thought was the real show; with Lorca a fake, it looks like this whole season was just a prologue for whatever the hell is the actual "real show" that this will become when they beat back the Klingons, and I'm not sure anymore what that will be. Starting with Star Trek: The Original Series in 1966, most Star Trek projects revolve around a starship (or a space station), with the Captain as the primary protagonist. "Seemed like a good idea at the time.". Of course that is only the tip of the ice berg with what's wrong with Discovery, I just don't consider it cannon at this point (anymore than the last three Trek films). It's a waste of a fine actor in Jason Isaacs, who now leaves the series because the events of this episode render his character dead and disintegrated barring some other insane twist that reveals the Prime Universe Lorca somehow survived the destruction of the Buran. I can not see me coming back to any episode of this new series. He was morally grey (or at least more grey than others) but still a good (enough) Starfleet captain. He's been the ship's captain since the start, and one of the most interesting characters." Seeing Lorca's character reduced from a dark, mysterious figure who rides the edge of Federation ethics to a cartoon villian was just sad. How are we going to win the war now, with Burnham being a "boundless well of human compassion"? The episode ended in a way I didn't expect. You know how they're saying this show is supposed to have a progressive message? Someone else did mention that earlier, that the spore may be Lorca, and god I hope not. Here we go, the good, the bad, and the Discovery. Sometimes, it can happen that the main quest can also demand coinciding requirements. What's Past is Prologue (7) - Neutral Storyline Travel to a distant star. Ha, I knew they were doing a Trumpian thing with the Terran Empire. I doubt Ill keep watching after the end of Season 1, unless they shake up the writers room. The first couple of episodes I found confusing and messy, but these last few were thrilling and resolved many complaints I had with earlier episodes. Ed said: "I wanted to see Captain "Killy" Tilly flying around loose in a ship with transwarp drive and an Omega Molecule cannon or something. All of the relevant trends of this series continue on track, even increasing in magnitude. Can anyone explain why the Earth warmed back up between the Ice Ages? It's the reveal of him as a liar so they could give us a character with so little depth or nuance just to then kill him off. We are a participant in the Amazon Services LLC Associates Program, an affiliate advertising program designed to provide a means for us to earn fees by linking to Amazon.com and affiliated sites. "But won't viewers be pissed off? Lorca tracks Burnham to level 3, and attempts to convince her to join him in his rebellion against the emperor by describing his past with the Burnham from his universe. This was because he was interested in showing them finally working as a family-like team, having been united by Saru's speech. At one point he seems to talk about shows like Discovery. Here are some of the best Star Trek Fleet Command Mining Locations for Dilithium, Crystal, Gas and Ore in Star Trek Fleet Command. Landry? Sofrom the point of view of the mirror Starfleet and the mirror universe, the emperor was killed, along with her flagship and the entire power structure of the Empire (that we could see). You hand him the $40. To get to Augment Space you need to do the mission chains that start in Lycia and Astrida. @Plain Simple, I was referring to Farscape less because of the characters and more because of the zaniness factor. If I remember right, didnt TNG try to avoid any references to TOS in the early seasons, to make it's own mark and avoid being seen to ride on the success of the original crew (besides McCoy in Encounter at Farpoint and the The Naked Now)? I think I don't have to get nitpicky, that has been done already I think. 9 months, argh! A solid three stars here I think. Somewhat entertaining at times, but not good. What's that green glowing speck that comes out of the spore drive and lands on Tilly's shoulder? Sure, rogue Starfleet officers have committed crimes, but the show always made sure to condemn those actions. I say least classic Trek because of the amount of action, fighting and violence. As they say, stay tuned. Up there with some of your more generous reviews Jammer. This action downloads the installation .exe. Enter the email address associated with your account and we'll send you a link to reset your password. Is because they want viewers to stick with the service and not cancel. So the genocidal Empire that kills aliens on sight needs to be even more violent and genocidal. First, I could do that with any type of media - I expect better than mindless entertainment (at least some of the time) from Trek. In my (possibly biased) opinion, Star Trek has a far better hit . "Quick, how do we write Lorca out of the show immediately?" Long, cringeworthy speeches with a shoehorned Trump reference. Anyone see the preview? (Dun-dun-dun!). None of it. It all feels so pointless. ", The visual effect of the inter-universe mycelial travel bears a certain resemblance to the, The day after Doug Jones filmed the scene where Saru delivers a unifying speech to the crew, Anthony Rapp spoke about that scene at a fan Expo in Toronto that he, Jason Isaacs and Ted Sullivan attended. It is NOT the show I wanted. DS9 wasn't trying to depict a realistic war, it was trying to get viewers to question if and when the ends really do justify the means. We always wanted to give you the feeling you are commanding your own fleet and venturing your ships and officers where no one has gone before. Would at least explain her mary sue status. Star Trek Fleet Command players can collect resources they need using the mining methods. @Ubik, sure, but 3,000 years later we have a plethora of fictional universes to choose from. Discovery. Star Trek IS the original nerd culture. The data collected including the number visitors, the source where they have come from, and the pages visted in an anonymous form. I read it as Lorca accidentally ending up in the PU with no plan, and then everything coming together to allow Lorca to present himself as the sole survivor from the Buran, getting command of Discovery with its spore drive, getting Michael, etc. Have to agree with others about Lorca. As a result, most players cannot complete the quest until later in the game. I'm supposed to go to Perim Alpha which is in some weird block of systems that have an eye with a diagonal circle around it instead of a level number. Suddenly, the crew of the Discovery would be faced with a radically different universe where there is no war with the Klingons, and where the Klingons look just like humans. What was the moral lesson or the point of ethical debate? Seeing Sisko deviate from his ideals is powerful because it's a contrast to how Starfleet officers should behave. "How does one explain the coming and going of the Ice Ages which occurred long before any kind industrialization? Building up to an explosive final act. :). So you can also open a case with support. The map reveals a major expansion of Klingon territory, with Starfleet having all but lost. Most artists do have a style or a set of themes they explore. I'm hopping around to every system I can get too at Warp 20. The spore network can be manipulated by technology. Apart from physcial (sic) appearance, they have nothing in common.". Hope this helps. And where did he get all the guns from? It was manuevering aggressively with torpedoes armed when it showed up on Charon's porch. In one episode, we learned that the Federation left a critical mining colony nearly defenseless to a Klingon raid. Critical Hits in Star Trek Fleet Command can have a significant influence on your battles, however, you first have to construct an Armory. How to get new officers? "I still can't get into this show, and my mind still doesn't want to grasp that it's Star Trek at all. ), and it makes a night-and-day difference. Lazy writing that reaches only for the most obvious, only the most cliche at all times. I think I've just become a bit more wary during the past decade given the way corporations use and misuse franchises by deviating so far from the original spirit and values. Sometimes, using archetypal characters can better serve the story than more "realistic" characters. If you can't handle anyone with a negative opinion then go find a forum that doesn't have any. Spore drive is clearly science fantasy realm. What is the hook thats going to keep me interested? ". But I find it pretty funny that Lorca was working on his plan for what must have been months and months only to be defeated in a matter of mere hours, it seems. Lorca is alt-right now (out of nowhere)? Collect, build & upgrade a variety of iconic starships, like the U.S.S. The good about the episode was basically the visual elements. As Zack Handlen commented, the long-planned "twist" plays exactly like a last-minute write-out of the kind that writers are forced to do when actors suddenly become unavailable. Mirror-Stamets turns out to have shifting loyalties between Lorca and Georgiou depending on what looks like the safer bet at the moment and it doesn't work out too well for him. Explore strange new worlds, seek out new life and new civilizations, boldly go where no one has gone before! Out of Time. I had issue with this too. This data is used to make the website's video-content more relevant towards the visitor. By clicking Accept you consent to the use of all cookies. Instead, build suspense by getting us to care about characters and then making us wonder about their fates. Peter G said: "It's gone from looking like they're just lifting parts of it to them basically just saying that, yeah, it's the Star Wars Force.". Shannon, you've clearly got a naughty list of commenters that you don't like. I have been a huge fan of Discovery, Isaacs was a big part of that, and turning a wonderfully complex character into an eeeeevil cartoon absolutely enraged me. Turns out, he was really "in love" or whatever oh well. The ending of this episode ends with a map showing the Klingons having almost defeated the Federation. So, I thought it was awesome, though not great. Can anyone explain why the Ice Ages began after 200 million years with no Ice Ages occurring? According to IMDB at least, there are two episodes left. It went from last episode with him escaping the agony booth, to him setting all his crewmates free. Insane. Burnham saved Mirror Georgiou not for any character reasons but because it's required by next week's plot. What STD did to Captain Lorca is consistent with SJW agenda of the series: white people are bad. I'm happy I decided to continue watching and am excited to see what the crew has to face next! Star Trek Fleet Command Missions July 30, 2022; Star Trek Fleet Command Ship Guide July 30, 2022; Star Trek Fleet Command Map July 30, 2022; Categories. But nope; he's a broad xenophobic caricature, showing the writers taking the laziest bad-guy route possible. I'm not sure I get the "just sit back and enjoy it and turn your brain off." Aaaah, it all starts to makes sense #1. So let me go into that now for a moment. Its happened with The Last Jedi too. This is what I wrote in my review of 'Despite Yourself': Zack Handlen's review this week is spot on. She didn't want to watch her die "again.". I dont think that this is generally done maliciously but nevertheless its deeply problematic. Burnham is forced to flee and escapes through a small hole in the wall. Roddenberry was an Army Air Corps pilot and Justman was a radio operator in the Navy. It's not that there's no intrinsic worth to a Picasso painting, and there might be times when I'm in the mood for a Picasso, but you shouldn't try to pass it off as a Monet. Stamets struggles to navigate the recovering mycelial network until he can remember Hugh's advice. In this past episode, two people were able to overpower an entire ship. For better or worst, that's not how Star Trek Fleet Command works. A future where we together will make the Empire glorious again. Terrifying. Weaponized. Yes, Stammets and Saru seemed reluctant to go along with Lorca's more aggressive plans, which made the compelling characters. RIP "Captain" Lorca. And make no mistake, Discovery is no longer Lorca's. What does "Star Trek" mean to Discovery fans? Star Trek Fleet Command, which was released on iOS and Android platforms more than two years ago, continues to remain as one of top MMO strategy games today. Press question mark to learn the rest of the keyboard shortcuts. For example, "Pale Moonlight" relies on the fact that Starfleet - even Sisko - is more morally righteous than most militaries in the real world. My general problem with DIS - that it prefers action too much over thinking, remains. Certainly no Coalitions of Hope here. There were also some nice, rising level of respect moments between Stamets and Tilly IMO this is the series' first 4-star episode! How long will mirror-Georgiou remain on the show, and what will her role be? Imagine having to be Michael, or Stamets, and have to think back on every moment they spent with Lorca over the last year, have to rethink everything, have to realize he could have pulled out a knife and stabbed any one of them at any moment without batting an eyelash, and they trusted him. Star Trek Fleet Command is a 4X "explore, expand, exploit, and exterminate" mobile strategy game created by Irish developer Digit Game Studios and published by Scopely and CBS Interactive. Lorca abused our idealism. It is though a pity that we haven't learnt to know some of the in-between charters like Detmer and Airam better. Lorca was basically only interesting character on STD. A fight with the loyal troops of Emperor Georgiou for the control of the ship ensues. The emperor, too, is thinking back to her relationship with the mirror Burnham, when Commander Burnham finds her. @HK, I think you give the writers way too much credit. Systems with 2-Star Raw Crystal. An email will not be created automatically. These ships are used to explore, defend your base or attack enemies. The fact is, the Earth's climate has ALWAYS been changing. Sigh more stuff suffering from newer Star Wars syndrom fancy laser gun lightshow, boss battles, and underneath there's just a load of bullshit. Couldn't just the one have been sufficient?) Tags: Main Storyline Missions. Also, are you also asserting that magnetic pole flipping has no climatological efgect? "What's Past Is Prologue" is an apt title given all that has happened on this season of Discovery. I did figure it out. I'm living proof that fate is real. "arguments have already been refuted ", Dave in MN said: "#1. (Did it really have to be all universes? I do not sense it today. Oh no! Very much enjoyed this episode! Havent found anything on the web. Be prepared to: -Experience epic conflict in a vast, dynamic galaxy. A scientist destroyed by his own creation? Within this fictional universe, Starfleet is a uniformed space force maintained by the United Federation of Planets ("the Federation") as the principal means for conducting deep space exploration, research, defense, peacekeeping, and diplomacy (although Starfleet predates the Federation, having originally been an Earth . Still very hard to enjoy this series and accept it as being part of Star Trek. You do the math, but I wouldn't blame you for concluding that neither is a good option. If that is not Star Trek, I don't know what is, meaning, everyone from the crew adding their input leading to problem solving. Discovery seems like it has that vibe, going from the Klingon war to the MU, etc. @ Jay - I completely agree with you. I got to the end of a very stressful day, went to bed, opened up the laptop, and hoped a smart, subtle show would calm me down. You are utterly surprised by every thematic change, modulation, etc. In the mirror universe, aboard the Terran emperor 's flagship, the ISS Charon, Gabriel Lorca frees his followers from a chamber filled with agony booths, including his loyal partner Commander Ellen Landry. Battle Pass 1 . The cookie is used to store the user consent for the cookies in the category "Other". This should be a simple mission of warping to a distant planet and back. honestly, for all the high octane drama drama Discovery is putting out, a lot of these comments are way more melodramatic than the actual show. With the introduction of the USS Defiant, I felt confident that the USS Discovery would not be returning to its own universe, but to the REAL prime universe--the Trek universe we know. "If Star Trek TNG was a robber needing money and you it's victim, he would approach you calmly on the street, explain that he needed money for drugs, he didn't like robbing people but he really had to, and he needs $40 that's all, if you just give it to him he'll go on his way. Completing missions is the best way to advance efficiently in Star Trek Fleet Command. It also had episodes focused on individual character so you felt like you learned something about them over time. Also the first episode that nearly brought me to tears. It seems now, more so than ever, that Earth-shattering plot twists hinge on Burnham's decisions, and for that to matter to us we need to care about what she decides. I believe it takes place 10 years before TOS. I can't believe I'm allowing myself to be pulled into this Nic said: "but I thought Sarus speech was a pile of cliches.". "Nah". He is not a 2-dimensional mustache-twirling bad guy at all, any more than Shakespeare's Iago is. Look for Star Trek Fleet Command in the search bar at the top right corner. @Nolan: I fully agree with you. Are we supposed to take any story implications from that, or is that the writer's way of saying "yes, we know that Murca didn't have a plan and it took all the pieces to fall just right for him to have the opportunity to return to the MU, so don't think about it anymore, because neither will we, since we want to spend our last episode with Murca fighting, not figuring out his plans and motivations"? "Your lack of vision continues to disappoint me. How does setting this show in the Star Trek universe enhance the story? All the moral ambiguity established in the first 9 episodes was just a moustache-twirling villain not fully able to hide his eeeeeevil. Nothing in Discovery so far has been worth the effort. That's what Starfleet is. Anyone find it ironic the comments here decrying Discovery's cynicism are far more cynical than the actual show? . I give it 4 stars as well. SoDiscovery haters are also largely climate change deniers? I didn't rate Blade Runner 2047 and the less said about the Last Jedi the better. All she does is ripping some glowing cables out of a wall yeah, well, of course people don't believe that she hacked anything, because there was neither time (the conversation starts immediatly after) and she didn't actually do anything conducive to her aim Bang-on review, Jammer. Your put in far more then you get out of it. Aside from the marketing and the fact CBS knows more people will watch a "Star Trek" show than a new sci-fi show, why not make this an entirely new show? Talk to Captain Shon. Necessary cookies are absolutely essential for the website to function properly. Ive noticed a dip in quality since the fall break episode. 2021 Scopely. Stamets has to agree to help Lorca, for a chance to stay alive. I'm on day 4 in this game and loving it way more than one should probably. 2023 CBS Studios Inc., Paramount Pictures Corporation, and CBS Interactive Inc., Paramount companies. The leveling system in Star Trek: Fleet Command is rather basic and will not need you to do something else however to progress in the game. "That's uh, rhetorical, right?" [Quote Peter G:] I'd like to be able to make some grand-sweeping statement like "the moral fiber of this show is completely degenerate" but I think that would be missing the point. 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So, I thought about it some more and I have to emphasize my point - this was awesome but not good. With Scopely Account you can now use the same account to play cross-platform between mobile and PC, safely save your progress, and receive exclusive rewards! Tap the build button to start the construction process. The special effects were gorgeous as always. When Stamets said at the end they had jumped to the wrong time and Saru (I think) asked how much off they were I hoped for a split of a second the answer would be: 150 years in the future. You can use the premium recruit tokens to obtain new officers. DS9 wasn't going for a fully realistic depiction of war and human nature, it was telling stories. First, RIP Lorca.