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I've heard about that.

Saru says it increases maneuverability. So I guess that's what it does. I colud easily see it at warp speeds - you can alter the position of the nacelles to change direction instead of turning the whole ship. At sublight, I am not so sure, maybe the nacelles are really just dropped (maybe with...

I was actually talking not just about "mentioning" stuff, but showing/playing it. Mentioning they tend to do, usually in the style of "two old Earth things we already now, one future/alien thing that we don't". Like that Elon Musk reference two seasons ago.

Yeah, some people got angry when they mentioned Elon Musk alongside "historical" figures. But I think there is a challenge in creating a fictional popular culture across several centuries. And referencing actual modern stuff - you can't just reference anything modern without paying some...

Things could have changed, but I think there is one practical argument against the idea of shipyards relying on matter-antimatter reactions, which seems to be at least suggested by stuff like the Technical Manual of the Enterprise and is a pretty popular stance on r/DaystromInstitute: Creating...

I think the challenge might be that the 900 years of technology relied on ample availability of matter/antimatter reactions in warp cores, facilitated by Dilithium. If they suddenly lose a major source of power, their advanced tech might still be advanced, but they can't use it as often, or at...

That name was actually given in the first season. But it's almost never used, as Stamets points out.

I don't know Fresca, but I moved to Coke Zero a while ago, and also started mixing it with carbonated water. You still get some of the waste and sweetness, but not as much, making it also easier to enjoy less sweetened food and beverages. Some will find this sacrilegious, of course. Not sure...

I mean the new movie, not the old one. I suspect you're right about the old one.

I liked it. Particularly important to me that they said the time travel tech was banned after the end of the Temporal War. I always dreaded visiting this "future" of Star Trek, because constant time traveling just isn't what felt like solid Star Trek to me. Limited time travel is okay, but...

I think the biggest problem with that Man of Steel "Kill" was that ... we didn't know enough about this Superman to know whether he would go so far or not. The emotional impact on him killing someone would be bigger if he had seen a movie or two where he went out of his way to not do it. The...

I seem to remember there was some guy on the writing staff for the show that didn't like Gates McFadden or something (possibly because she didn't like some of the more sexist stuff that was written for the female characters), but they got rid of him again after season 2 and could get Beverly...

I believe the "logic" behind the money films make is a bit changed during the Corona restrictions - they will look for top performers, but they might not necessarily expect them to be actually profitable because the cinemas are forced to operate at reduced capacity and a lot of people are not...

Hmm. I think I've heard all of that before, and it remains very vague.

Maybe a rabid Yorkshire Terrier? Mustrum "I will stretch these analogies until they fit the Apocalyptic Narritive I need!" Ridcully

For my D&D 4 based Star Wars, I have created a space combat system as well. I first thought about using some kind of 2D space combat thing with fancy maneuvers like in the X-Wing miniatures game, but it seemed too involved, and doesn't really work so well if the player characters are controlling...

I am trying to remember the plot of Supreme Commander or Universe at War. I think Supreme Commander had some characters involved, but I don't remember whether there was any space opera stuff to it. Maybe check out if that would that be more to your liking? Or maybe Grey Goo? (Made by the people...

It's kinda a problem, yes. But I think it was a bigger problem for TLJ and its successor movie, because that was supposed to be trilogy. It might still be a problem for the future of Star Wars, because... there isn't really anything that could direct us to what the new story would be about...

Doctor Who is a good non-traditional pick. I am tempted to say names like Captain Jean-Luc Picard or Captain Benjamin Sisko or... Admiral Adama and Captain Apollo. They take risks and always find a way. But of course, they lack superhero costumes and superpowers. Maybe I should pick Data, at...

I think that's it. If you can have all of the cool powers but don't need to adhere to any weird (or terrible) moral or ethical rules to do so, being a Jedi or falling to the Dark Side is dumb. Just do the gray thing and you're fine! The only way "Gray" Jedi or Force users seem to work is if they...