Star Trek Discovery S4 E9 (spoilers)
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Well that was interesting. A lot of it made sense, it's nice to see more bridge crew moments and Nhan back but in-universe, it's a really iffy decision to send Burnham after Book and then assign as her back-up someone she's already close to and has loyalty to them. Stereotype of Nhan's species or not. I think truly neutral overseer would have had Book blasted long before Nhan insisted.
Michael's idea of compromise reminds me of Odo's speech on the matter. (You want silence. They want music. You compromise and listen to music) in that the compromise is you let her do what she wants and maybe she'll do your plan as a last resort. And the compromise is basically what should have been the plan from the start.
Tarka rejecting the compromise made sense. (what he wants out of it is not what Book wants so the reasoning doesn't apply) What doesn't make sense is Book letting him anywhere near the controls after Tarka a) added lethal booby traps to the ship and b) had grabbed the controls to try and kill Discovery minutes before hand.
Also I got the impression that Book's ship and Discovery were even matched combat wise. The idea that the massive starship need to target to a weak spot for massive damage to destroy a glorified runabout is and odd decision.
The end fields like something everyone should have been coming. If it's a mining tool and not a superweapon it's likely they don't just have one. And them replacing it immediately, well it's interesting because it heavily implies the possibility that they know there are people around that are objecting to the dredge and being harmed by it and they just don't care. They may not be a species you can talk down (but then how else are they going to defeat them?)
Well that was interesting. A lot of it made sense, it's nice to see more bridge crew moments and Nhan back but in-universe, it's a really iffy decision to send Burnham after Book and then assign as her back-up someone she's already close to and has loyalty to them. Stereotype of Nhan's species or not. I think truly neutral overseer would have had Book blasted long before Nhan insisted.
Michael's idea of compromise reminds me of Odo's speech on the matter. (You want silence. They want music. You compromise and listen to music) in that the compromise is you let her do what she wants and maybe she'll do your plan as a last resort. And the compromise is basically what should have been the plan from the start.
Tarka rejecting the compromise made sense. (what he wants out of it is not what Book wants so the reasoning doesn't apply) What doesn't make sense is Book letting him anywhere near the controls after Tarka a) added lethal booby traps to the ship and b) had grabbed the controls to try and kill Discovery minutes before hand.
Also I got the impression that Book's ship and Discovery were even matched combat wise. The idea that the massive starship need to target to a weak spot for massive damage to destroy a glorified runabout is and odd decision.
The end fields like something everyone should have been coming. If it's a mining tool and not a superweapon it's likely they don't just have one. And them replacing it immediately, well it's interesting because it heavily implies the possibility that they know there are people around that are objecting to the dredge and being harmed by it and they just don't care. They may not be a species you can talk down (but then how else are they going to defeat them?)
