Star Trek Strange New Worlds, what did you think?

[Blackrat]

I just remembered one bit of Star Trek lore that they played fast & loose with; The Gorn. La'an Noonien-Singh said that she was captured by The Gorn and was the only survivor. Unless this was another "classified" incident The Gorn weren't encountered until the Enterprise's Cestus 3 incident.

It’s not like they’ve been ”encountered” by the federation still. There’s one surviving civilian account, but that isn’t an official contact with the federation.

 

[Ryujin]

It’s not like they’ve been ”encountered” by the federation still. There’s one surviving civilian account, but that isn’t an official contact with the federation.

When Kirk encountered them they appeared to be completely unknown to The Federation. Not even a rumour.

 

[Horwath]

The show is definitely better than DISCO.

talk about setting the bar low...

On topic, it's only one episode, but still better than whole two seasons of Picard and whatever amount od ST we had.

 

[Morrus]

When Kirk encountered them they appeared to be completely unknown to The Federation. Not even a rumour.

But the Gorn knew about the Federation, so maybe it was just Kirk who didn't know about them?

 

[Ryujin]

But the Gorn knew about the Federation, so maybe it was just Kirk who didn't know about them?

I got the impression that the Gorn didn't really know about the Federation, until the "incursion" into their space at Cestus 3. I find it hard to credit that the captain of one of the premier starships in the fleet wouldn't know about even rumours of a potentially hostile race in the area in which he was patrolling, let alone that there was an officer who previously served on the ship with a connection to those rumours. Security briefings would almost certainly cover it.

 

[Morrus]

I got the impression that the Gorn didn't really know about the Federation, until the "incursion" into their space at Cestus 3. I find it hard to credit that the captain of one of the premier starships in the fleet wouldn't know about even rumours of a potentially hostile race in the area in which he was patrolling, let alone that there was an officer who previously served on the ship with a connection to those rumours. Security briefings would almost certainly cover it.

You credit the writers with too much foresight. Sometimes you just have to go along with it. Yesterday I saw an episode where warp speed was referred to as “time warp”!

 

[Blackrat]

You credit the writers with too much foresight. Sometimes you just have to go along with it. Yesterday I saw an episode where warp speed was referred to as “time warp”!

Yeah, and the Botany Bay was launched in 1996, after the eugenics war / ww3, which took place in the early 21st century and were influenced by the Bell Riots of 2024…

One needs to give a little leeway and parse together the canons of differents eras the best one can.

 

[Mallus]

Welcome to the problems inherent in a future history first conceived 56 years ago!

 

[Echohawk]

Yeah, and the Botany Bay was launched in 1996, after the eugenics war / ww3, which took place in the early 21st century and were influenced by the Bell Riots of 2024…

Well, that's clearly a result of the UNIT dating controversy, isn't it?

 

[Blackrat]

Well, that's clearly a result of the UNIT dating controversy, isn't it?

I’ve been blaming Daniels and Braxton mucking about the timeline, but that works too.