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Episode Discussion | Star Trek: Strange New Worlds | 2x08 "Under the Cloak of War" (startrek.website)
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LoglineCaptain Pike and his crew welcome a Klingon defector aboard the USS Enterprise, but his presence triggers the revelation of some shocking secrets.

Written by Davy Perez

Directed by Jeff Byrd

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[–] [S] 3 points 3 years ago (2 children)

Re: the transporters.

Patterns in the buffer usually degrade over time - The TNG Technical Manual says patterns can last about seven minutes before degradation begins. Obviously, Scotty was able to extend this dramatically, though with only a 50% success rate.

They did touch on this in SNW season one, when M'Benga said he had to rematerialize his daughter periodically. However, the timeframe, while not specified, seemed a helluva lot longer than seven minutes.

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  • [–] 1 point 3 years ago (1 child)

    The Tech Manual notwithstanding, on screen we’ve definitely seen longer than seven minutes, notably VOY: “Counterpoint” and DIS: “Stormy Weather”. I take it like I do the original Tech Manual’s statement that you can’t fire phasers at warp.

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  • [–] 0 points 3 years ago (1 child)

    I love the TNG Technical Manual but anything onscreen has to trump it.

    I’m much more fussed about rapid organ fabricators and dermal regenerators being a thing this early.

    I think we’re going to have to buy into 23rd century technology being ahead of were we expect from TOS - but not necessarily ahead of some of the wild claims (and therapies) Bones had access to in the movies.

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