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[–] [S] 20 points 1 year ago (7 children)

RIP Ensign Gamble. You knew what you were getting into.

I liked this one a lot - I'm generally a fan of "ancient, unspeakable horror" stories, and this one was pretty well-told.

The Enterprise is seemingly able to declare its own red alerts - not much fun in that.

My biggest complaint is this show's continued abuse of the transporter buffer - it should not be easy to use it as a form of stasis!

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  • [–] 10 points 1 year ago (2 children)

    To be fair, it was used the way in the TNG Episode Relics, when Scotty spent 75 years stuck in the Jenolan's transport buffer, so quiite a long precedent.

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  • [–] [S] 9 points 1 year ago (1 child)

    Sure, but "Relics" had a built-in caveat (which I think was an intentional piece of writing): it had a 50% mortality rate.

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  • [–] 8 points 1 year ago

    That's a fair caveat.

    SNW has been overusing it as a plot device. In TNG it was a one off gimmick to bring back Scotty. Still, I wondered why they didn't buy Batel time from her Gorn egg infection by putting her in the pattern buffer. It seems like an idea that ought to have at least been discussed, but I don't recall that it was.

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  • The auto-red alerts did stick out a bit, but it kind of makes sense. The computer knows where everyone is and what they usually do, and behaviour-based intrusion detection systems are starting to become normal cybersecurity concepts even today.

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