I’ve been running an STA campaign for a group for almost two years now – wild to think about, usually I get GM burnout after about six months – and I’ve been curious about picking this up since the announcement. Both for myself, and as a potential aid for creating on the fly scenes for my group. All those tables you mention do hold a lot of a appeal.
After catching up on Echoes, I can say with some confidence that this isn’t the book for me. Marc Guggenheim has never been a writer I’ve been a fan of, and Oleg Chudakov’s art isn’t really a selling feature either. All the characters looked as though they were drawn based off a description alone, and the fact that everyone is wearing TMP uniforms makes them difficult to distinguish from one another. I feel like I should be able to tell if a character is supposed to be Bones or Kirk just by looking at them.
Anyways, with regards to issue three specifically, the story seems fine. Alternate universe Chekov – who doesn’t have the accent that Guggenheim painfully writes into prime Chekov’s dialog, and is named Luthor Akris despite the fact that alternate Uhura is still Nyota Uhura – is negotiating with the Romulans, and is clearly outsmarting them, for access to their technology in exchange for his Bajoran orb doomsday weapon. Alternate Uhura goes off mission to try and kill Akris, and prime Chekov gets shot in the process, but Sulu, and alternate Uhura are able get him on Akris’ ship to escape back to the Enterprise outside Romulan territory, leaving Kirk and prime Uhura behind.
The solicitation copy claimed that Spock and Bones were going to devise a plan to save everyone, but all they actually do is Spock gives Bones shit for wanting to retire, claiming every life lost because he wasn’t there to save them is his fault. Once Sulu and alternate Uhura get Chekov back to the ship, Bones is able to sew Chekov back up, but he losses a bunch of blood, and wouldn’t you know it, he has a rare condition where he can only get a blood transfusion from an exact genetic match, and the reason they don’t have any of his blood already on board is because this is just a shakedown cruise where they never expected to see any action.
I am pot committed to finishing this story now, but it is definitely not as fun as the other Trek comics currently being released.
I think Number One is supposed to be Pike’s friend and confidant, similar to Sisko and Dax’s relationship in DS9.
Who else is he going to confide in on this matter. Spock giving Pike relationship advice would be pretty wack.
Spock: Captain, I could not help but notice that the USS Cayuga warped away sooner than expected given your relationship with Captain Batel. The crew assumed you would want some “alone time” as ensign Uhura put it. I will not repeat what lieutenant Ortegas said. Pike: Wait, you guys talk about my love life on the bridge? Spock: Indeed. It is a matter of some interest. Pike: Okay, I’m not exactly comfortable with that. Spock: Captain, if you and Captain Batel are experiencing…difficulties, I would be happy to demonstrate some neuro-pressure massage techniques which can be quite stimulating. T’Pring has said I am particularly skilled, and as you are aware, Vulcans cannot lie. Pike: Okay, now I’m really uncomfortable with this.
I suppose Doctor M’Benga could sub in as confidant instead.
“The Trouble With Edward” is canon, but Gene Roddenberry himself could descend from the heavens on the back of Kukulkan with Jeffery Combs riding shotgun to tell me that the Tribbles cereal commercial is canon, and my response would be, “Okay, but is it though?”
Star Trek #10 is a pretty good conclusion to the second story arc. I certainly was not expecting Sisko’s trial to end the way it did. Garak gets a really good line.
I was pretty sure they were finally going to reveal what’s going on with T’Lir when they were in contact with the Prophets. Their use line about the Bajoran Orbs being weapons given to children did nothing to convince me that T’Lir is not actually Trelene though, which has been my theory since issue three.
Shaxs ruled.
Really looking forward to seeing what completely bonkers nonsense they do with the Day of Blood crossover next month.
Yeah, if you have a local store that can get it in from one of their distributors, it will save you the shipping costs, and you’ll be supporting a local game shop. Also, Modiphius is pretty great about getting you a pdf copy if you buy a physical copy and email them a photo of the receipt.
Is that the price from their .net store or the .us one? The .us is still $25 shipping to my location in Canada. Not great, but still cheaper if you don’t have a local game store that will order it in for you.
I would have to assume that Number One was arrested fairly quickly after she leaked the information about herself. All things considered, it doesn’t seem like the sort of thing Starfleet was willing to just sit on.
In Beta canon material, Illyrians are supposed to be fairly enlightened, on the same level as Vulcans, and Una was raised by Illyrians. I could see that iteration of Number One finding it fairly easy to forgive Captain Batel, understanding that she was just doing her job, and being able to see past any personal feelings of resentment.
But so far as SNW is concerned, the Illyrians seem to just be the X-Men, so I don’t even know.
“The Cage” only aired because of the writer’s strike at the time, and “The Menagerie” episodes recuts to the ending of “The Cage” into the ending to be completely different, which is then reinforced by Vina’s appearance in “If Memory Serves”. Personally, I think the only things that are canon in “The Cage” are the scenes we see in “The Menagerie” two parter. Which, to be fair, is most of it.
And IIRC it was introduced as being a relatively modern innovation in UX. So that’s a continuity break.
Only implicitly. In “Encounter at Farpoint” the obvious implication is that the computer being able to pinpoint a crew person is new functionality; the ensign says, *“You must be new to these Galaxy-class starships, sir,” and then gets the computer to tell her the exact location of Data, at which point it begins showing the route. However, it’s never explicitly said that the computer’s ability to direct someone to a location is new to the Galaxy-class, so it’s definitely not a canon break, and is at worst a bit of a mild bending.
Really, do you want the Enterprise to have less functionality than the smart lights in someone’s home?
The first episode of the season had Spock discussing with Doctor M’Benga the fact that embracing his anger to help him fight the Gorn last season in “All Those Who Wander” broke down his mental conditioning. It’s also been shown in three of four recaps at the beginning of episodes this season. I would assume they’re building towards something.
As for Spock “never” having emotions, I’d suggest rewatching some TOS. His wry enjoyment when Uhura teases him with her song in “Charlie X”, his outburst at seeing Kirk alive at the end of “Amok Time”, and just how ridiculously horny he is in “The Cloud Minders” all come to mind, never mind those instances when he’s affected by some outside force suppressing his conditioning.
Just a heads up, I’ve altered the formatting on this post, because I didn’t like the way the lists were appearing when viewed on mobile. Everything is looking good on my end, but if something appears jacked up to you, please let me know so I can attempt to fix it.