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Eh?
Mentee? Protege? Apprentice? Manatee?
it was the “e” I left off of the “hav(e)” in my post.
It looked lonely sitting on my desk.
Ah. I should have caught the misspelling, but hey, I’m on spring break. Watch out next week, though.
Huh? FTL communication that isn’t over subspace?
There’s nothing in the Trek universe I know of that can send comm signals faster-than-light, other than subspace radio and warp-powered starships carrying couriers.
Here are the exact words from the exchange at the beginning of the episode:
KIRK: “Unfortunately, the Horizon was lost with all hands shortly after leaving your planet. We only received her radio report last month.”
OXMYX: “Last month? What are you talking about? The Horizon left here 100 years ago!”
KIRK: “A little difficult to explain. We received a report 100 years late because it was sent by conventional radio. Your system is on the outer reaches of the galaxy; they didn’t have subspace communication in those days.”
So, (A) Sigma Iotia II is a lot farther away than the NX-01 has travelled; (B) no subspace communication of any kind existed in 2168; and © the U.S.S. Horizon did send out a radio signal that was still decipherable after having travelled through space for 100 years. We don’t know if said radio signal was originally aimed at some kind of comm buoy or not, but even if it was, that early comm buoy wouldn’t have had subspace communication capability either.
Tracer: OK, Mr. Smart Guy, FTL communication and Klingon forheads are directly related. We do not speak of it.
Put that in your Jeffries Tube and smoke it!
Oooh, disharmony! That’s a good idea! It always seems that whatever getting up of dander occurs in the course of an episode (T’Pol and Trip sniping at each other, T’Pol and Archer sniping at each other, T’Pol sniping at walls, doors, air and fishtanks…) is all better by the end of an episode, and there’s no lingering anger, and everyone loves each other, and happy little bunnies are hopping through fields of dandelions on the sunshiniest day you ever did see!
So, what’s so bad about having a good old fashioned feud, now and again? I’d get a kick out of that. Say, for example, your scenario were real, Cervaise, and Travis can see what no one will admit: That Archer’s a total freaking psycho, and the very last person one would want to serve under. Though our buddy Travis is duty-bound, there’s no reason can’t also be filled with loathing and contempt for his CO… I think that would be fun to see.
But then, I’m twisted.
So a ship passing within 100 light years od SI II get signal?
Main screen turn on!.
Sorry.
So whoever received the signal was within 100 LY of SI II to receive the conventional radio signal.
I guess somebody set up them the bomb.
Dammit, why do I do these things?
Got your Kn*ckers in a twist? 
Amen, sista. Stuff I want to see:
–Archer and Trip get into a fight over something and it doesn’t get resolved within 50 minutes.
–Phlox makes a terrible mistake during surgery, the patient is harmed by it, and it goes on the doc’s permanent record.
–Hoshi and Travis fall in love but can’t stop squabbling.
And so on. And let the arcs of disharmony play themselves out for half a season.
But maybe that involves daring, which is probably why we won’t see it.
What did you think of some of the character interaction on DS9?
Work hated Bashir and Quark; Qurak and Odo had some strange love hate thing; Garak was despised by all except Bashir, which had to make him feel really strange. Worf and Sisco had come competion thing going.(maybe the actors had too).
The new Dax, whatever her name was, had a triangle thing with Worf and Bashir. Colin Meany (I forget the character’s name) went from despising Bashir to being pals.
sniff That’s one of the reasons I loved DS9 so much. Then there’s Rom, Winn Adami, Shakaar, Nog, Morn, Leeta, Zek, Moogie, Brunt, Dukat, Ziyal, Damar, Weyoun, Martok, the Founder, Admiral Ross, and so many other supporting characters that we know more about than we do Sulu, Chekov, Uhura, and Travis.
DS9 ROCKED
carnivorousplant, not to doubt your devotion to Star Trek or anything, but it’s Colm Meaney, and the character’s name is Miles O’Brien, which he played for about 12 years.
Thanks, I couldn’t remember the character name at the moment.
Look at my quote! I beat him to it by a whole minute!
Aha. I saw your post on preview, but I didn’t notice you’d fixed the quote. Very well, your probation is lifted.
OK Mister Smart Guy, who is the CNN guy who was a Science Editor who has the same name as Miles O’Brien?
Dammit.
I just saw that guy for the first time today. I thought, I bet the folks on the dope would love this!
Then I realized how sad my life is and cried for a few hours.
Then brunch.
Then I went back to sleeping with models and eating $100 bills. All in all, a good day.