Interesting factoid is that McGivens knows Zefram Cochraneâs true motivation for building the first warp ship. When we see people talk about Cochrane after the fact, like Archer in ENT or even with Kirk and co met Cochrane or even the TNG crew. They all idolize him. McGivenâs, being a historian, oddly does not. As a historian I think it makes sense that sheâd have a much more intimate knowledge of actual historical facts. In retrospective, her characterization in this audio drama is extremely different (and much more interesting) then her depiction in Space Seed.
In Space Seed she seemed to idolize historical figures. But in this drama she seems to almost be more cynical about it. I do think this makes her character a lot more interesting, so Iâm not knocking it. The naive book worm having a crush on the genocidal dictator is not exactly compelling Star Trek. Her being the voice of reason, and even trying to offer a modern counterpoint to Khanâs dogmatic caveman (relatively speaking) thinking is good Star Trek. Itâs just a shame she doesnât have much political power to enforce the Federationâs ideals on these warmongering primitives.
I also like that even after Ceti Alpha VI blew up, it will take months before it effects Ceti Alpha V, giving Khan and co time to prepare. Also, nice to know that some of his company is intelligent enough to know they need to start to prepare, while Khan is prioritizing the wrong things and even possibly could have saved his people if heâd listen to Mcgivenâs and stop being so xenophobic.
I wonder if theyâll ever explore his feeling guilty, if he just listened to McGiven, Wrath of Khan would never have happened. But instead he unwittingly doomed them all.
This isnât exactly the Star Trek I wanted, but I am pretty happy we got something to hold us over until the next series.
I didnât expect Ceti Alpha VI to go âboomâ quite so soon but here we are.
If anyone was still concerned that Khan would be somehow lionized by this series, his immediate decision to attack the crashed aliens should put that to rest.
Marla continues to be the most interesting character, trying to be the voice of Starfleet in the situation.
The framing story is beginning to get more interesting, as well, continuing to explore what the heck caused Ceti Alpha VI to explode in the first place.
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Interesting factoid is that McGivens knows Zefram Cochraneâs true motivation for building the first warp ship. When we see people talk about Cochrane after the fact, like Archer in ENT or even with Kirk and co met Cochrane or even the TNG crew. They all idolize him. McGivenâs, being a historian, oddly does not. As a historian I think it makes sense that sheâd have a much more intimate knowledge of actual historical facts. In retrospective, her characterization in this audio drama is extremely different (and much more interesting) then her depiction in Space Seed.
In Space Seed she seemed to idolize historical figures. But in this drama she seems to almost be more cynical about it. I do think this makes her character a lot more interesting, so Iâm not knocking it. The naive book worm having a crush on the genocidal dictator is not exactly compelling Star Trek. Her being the voice of reason, and even trying to offer a modern counterpoint to Khanâs dogmatic caveman (relatively speaking) thinking is good Star Trek. Itâs just a shame she doesnât have much political power to enforce the Federationâs ideals on these warmongering primitives.
I also like that even after Ceti Alpha VI blew up, it will take months before it effects Ceti Alpha V, giving Khan and co time to prepare. Also, nice to know that some of his company is intelligent enough to know they need to start to prepare, while Khan is prioritizing the wrong things and even possibly could have saved his people if heâd listen to Mcgivenâs and stop being so xenophobic.
I wonder if theyâll ever explore his feeling guilty, if he just listened to McGiven, Wrath of Khan would never have happened. But instead he unwittingly doomed them all.
This isnât exactly the Star Trek I wanted, but I am pretty happy we got something to hold us over until the next series.
Yeah, I am really appreciating the new complexity to McGiversâ character in this series.
I didnât expect Ceti Alpha VI to go âboomâ quite so soon but here we are.
If anyone was still concerned that Khan would be somehow lionized by this series, his immediate decision to attack the crashed aliens should put that to rest.
Marla continues to be the most interesting character, trying to be the voice of Starfleet in the situation.
The framing story is beginning to get more interesting, as well, continuing to explore what the heck caused Ceti Alpha VI to explode in the first place.
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