Logline

When the USS Enterprise investigates an attack on a colony at the edge of Federation space, Captain Pike and his crew face the return of a formidable enemy.

Written by Henry Alonso Myers

Directed by Maja Vrvilo

  • eva_sieve@startrek.website
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    1 year ago

    Gotta agree, it seems like an unforced error. A good chunk of the audience knows she shows up in TOS, which robs the whole idea of any tension it might have, and on top of that it feels plot armor-y to have one person survive and then not check for anyone else.

    They could've just contrived to have Spock and Chapel be the best persons for the saucer deorbiting-- Spock as the precise vulcan/science officer to place the thrusters, Chapel as medbay's lead in case they could bring anyone back from the Cayuga.

    • Value Subtracted@startrek.websiteM
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      1 year ago

      I'm fine with Chapel being stuck there - I think the tension comes from the overall Spock/Chapel emotional arc, rather than wondering whether she will survive - but the sequence practically demands a second scan with the newfangled tricorders to verify that there are no other life signs on the ship.

      • khaosworks@startrek.website
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        1 year ago

        Isn’t the point though that the Gorn interference field was preventing any scans, comms or transport? The tricorder wouldn’t have worked there. And sending rescue teams would have been dangerous given Gorn belligerence, demarcation line or not.

          • khaosworks@startrek.website
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            1 year ago

            True, but that’s on the ground and short range. There’s specific dialogue to show that it’s interfering with signals between space and ground.

            SPOCK: I detect a counter-frequency emanating from the planet. It appears to be negating all scans, communications, and transporter signals between here and there.

            Spock can’t even scan for life signs on Cayuga. The best they have is passive sensors like spectrometry.

            UNA: Still trying to scan for life signs?

            SPOCK: I theorized I might be able to find a frequency gap through the interference field, but I have not managed to discover one yet.

            UNA: Spock, I don't think anyone's alive over there.

            SPOCK: Spectrometric analysis suggests there are still pockets of oxygen on board. It is possible someone could have survived.

            That’s why they had to do a visual confirmation and discovered Cayuga’s sickbay had been blown away.

              • khaosworks@startrek.website
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                1 year ago

                I was just trying to answer the technological criticisms about why Spock didn’t search.

                I see where the criticism is coming from, but I can also see there are all sorts of extenuating circumstances around it (not to mention lack of time) and to take the plot there for a search would kind of kill the story momentum.

                It’s not invalid as a criticism, just saying that tech reasons are covered.