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ValueSubtracted OP Mod , 18 hours ago

Personally, I prefer option 1, if enough people are going to participate.

ValueSubtracted OP Mod , 15 hours ago

individual discussion threads for each episode that come out one or two a day,

BRB adding this as an option

ValueSubtracted Mod , 2 days ago

But my takes will be lukewarm by then, at best...

ValueSubtracted OP , 2 days ago

Brinley at S&P Global Mobility says the rise of SUVs is a reflection of consumers' desire to get greater utility out of their vehicles, which means the capacity to move more people and cargo.

Adams said when choosing a vehicle, most SUV buyers don't make their decision based on something that's going to satisfy "95 to 99 per cent" of their driving needs, which is commuting and running errands.

"They purchase their vehicle for the one weekend of the year when 'I tow my boat up to the lake and I want to make sure I can do that,'" he said, noting "it is ironic when they make that purchase and then complain about high gas prices."

ValueSubtracted Mod , 3 days ago

Rok-Tahky Road

ValueSubtracted Mod , 3 days ago

At this point, I'm giving up on the linear channels, and am keeping my attention on the app.

Of course, the app doesn't seem to contain information about what's "coming soon," so the season might just...appear there one day.

ValueSubtracted OP Mod , 4 days ago

I'm intrigued by Gwyn's uniform - it looks almost, but not quite, Starfleet-issue.

ValueSubtracted OP Mod , 4 days ago

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I guess we'll see how it all plays out...

ValueSubtracted OP Mod , 4 days ago

Oh yeah, that makes sense!

The other unique aspects are interesting...

ValueSubtracted Mod , 5 days ago (edited 5 days ago)

Well, there was the FASA game from the 80s, and Decipher had one in the 2000s.

Modiphius is the current license-holder, and has published both the First Edition under discussion here, and has a Second Edition coming out later this year.

ValueSubtracted Mod , 3 days ago

It is a pretty gorgeous book - my biggest complaint is that it can be hard to quickly find and reference specific rules during gameplay. I'm hopeful that the Second Edition will have some imrpovements on that front.

ValueSubtracted Mod , 3 days ago

I think the secret to its success is that it puts narrative first, which makes it adaptable to all sorts of Star Trek nonsense.

I just wish the rulebook didn't embrace that ethos quite as much as it does!

ValueSubtracted Mod , 5 days ago

TNG's costume department had a lot of...interesting ideas.

ValueSubtracted Mod , 6 days ago

I'd wager it's the dreadnought, and it's not particularly close.

The Breen ship absolutely dwarfs Federation HQ.

The Enterprise-J is huge, but I find fans often exaggerate its size even further.

ValueSubtracted Mod , 5 days ago

Either way, their dimensions are so different that I guess it would be pretty hard to determine which has the greater internal volume.

ValueSubtracted OP Mod , 6 days ago (edited 6 days ago)

Personally, I'm just excited to see their li'l sailor suits in action.

Edit: Canadawatch continues, as references to CTV no longer appear in the description of availability.

ValueSubtracted OP Mod , 6 days ago

The new uniforms look pretty white to my eyes.

ValueSubtracted OP Mod , 6 days ago

Honestly, I don't think it's looking good.

ValueSubtracted OP Mod , 5 days ago

And in Prodigy's case, Paramount's press releases have never mentioned the Sci-Fi channel - just the website and app. And now they're not even mentioning those...

ValueSubtracted OP Mod , 5 days ago

Yeah, as recently as June 4, Prodigy-related content on StarTrek.com said the following in the footer:

Star Trek: Prodigy Season 1 is available to stream on Netflix outside of markets including Canada where it is available on CTV.ca and the CTV App, France on France Televisions channels and Okoo, in Iceland on Sjonvarp Simans Premium, as well as on SkyShowtime in the Nordics, the Netherlands, Portugal, Spain, and Central and Eastern Europe.

This latest announcement says:

Star Trek: Prodigy will stream on Netflix globally (excluding Canada, Nordics, CEE, Netherlands, Spain, Portugal, Poland, Russia, Belarus and Mainland China) and Season 1 is currently available on SkyShowtime in the Nordics, the Netherlands, Spain, Portugal and Central and Eastern Europe with Season 2 coming soon. Season two has launched in France on France Televisions channels and Okoo.

They've completely dropped the CTV reference, even though season 1 is still available there.

ValueSubtracted Mod , 6 days ago

While I absolutely do not want to defend Rick Berman, I also think it's important to acknowledge that his brand of assholishness was not unique (and, frankly, still isn't).

ValueSubtracted Mod , 7 days ago

Resources and means of production are both things in the Federation. We see mining operations and manufacturing facilities well into the 24th century.

And with only one unfortunate exception that I can think of, matter replication is treated as a net energy loss - it isn't free.

ValueSubtracted Mod , 7 days ago

as they are cut off from that free energy

They were "cut off" because they no longer had access to the supply lines that provided them with fuel. That's not "free energy" at all.

ValueSubtracted Mod , 7 days ago

I don't think what they were doing in the Delta Quadrant would meet many (good) definitions of "capitalism."

And it's difficult to say how "martial law" could be imposed on a command structure that was already militaristic.

ValueSubtracted OP Mod , 6 days ago

Did Eaglemoss get to any of those before they went under? Maybe they're trying to avoid duplication.

ValueSubtracted OP Mod , 9 days ago

Vulcans go on romantic getaways, too.

ValueSubtracted Mod , 10 days ago

That rather ignores the fact that Adira was an amnesiac stowaway at the time, with some pretty understandable trust issues.

It also ignores that the characters in the scene in exactly the way you're saying they should have.

ValueSubtracted Mod , 10 days ago

What, in your view, was "exceptional" about Stamets' acceptance in that scene?

ValueSubtracted Mod , 9 days ago

Again, though, that completely removes the context of Adira's character arc.

ValueSubtracted Mod , 9 days ago

They were amnesiac following being joined with the Tal symbiont - they only sorted out these identity issues after Discovery took them to Trill.

ValueSubtracted OP Mod , 12 days ago

Programmed in just the one technique, but if you do it right, that's all you need.