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Originally Posted by OutOfTheCube
Show is in the prime timeline, so Romulus was still obliterated by a supernova like 600 years before the current Discovery time period.
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Yeah, but Romulans are still around, just displaced. Just like the Federation I'm sure some Tal Shiar types setup camp somewheres to rebuild.
Maybe that Saloon/Bar from Picard, in the year 3188 by Space Ninja's Nunnery.
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Originally Posted by Inglewood Jack
ok, those holographic tools/interfaces and planetary shielding are cool, but you're still using quantum torpedoes? those should be like throwing a plush cat toy in the 32nd century. but then again, I don't know if Discovery should have been able to tank two of those.
maybe the burn caused significant regression in technology across the galaxy, to the point where stuff is only incrementally better than typical Star Trek. or maybe my expectations are just skewed by things like old Janeway having Borg-busting technology right at the start of the 25th century, or the city-sized Universe class Enterprise J from the century after that.
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I have to agree, for being 1,000 years in the future, the tech while new.... just doesn't seem that far advanced. This should be like Samurai warriors meet Navy SEALS. I like your theory on regression though.
The other thing that drives me nuts? In season 1, the Spore Drive used to be really hard on Stamets. And it seemed to be inhabited by the souls of the dead. Now it's as routine as driving on Deerfoot - Black Alert!
I agree with the pacing of the storyline being far too fast. Episode 5 was a good example of that where they magically win over Starfleet by curing some refugees of a mystery disease. That would have been 4-6 episodes in Rick Berman Trek.
Despite my nitpicking - overall I'm liking this season, it's entertaining for sure.