Picard 1x01 - "Remembrance" [** SPOILERS WITHIN **]

Evade

The odd thing about the cube is internally it doesn't look very Borg-like.

Rawr

Evade wrote: »

The odd thing about the cube is internally it doesn't look very Borg-like.

Could be that it's been there so long that the Romulans have be refitting the interiors to be more suitable for them.

The outside grooves on the cube also suggest that this might actually be a Tactical Borg Cube, with the armor plates removed.

ManOfMystery

ManOfMystery wrote: »

I thought it was obvious, it never occurred to me at all to speculate that they might have created it. Doesn't seem to make a lot of sense.

The notion of an abandoned Borg cube is a bit of an enigma in itself. From what we've seen of the Borg so far, they don't feel fear or tend to retreat. Any encounters they haven't won have ended in the complete destruction of their vessels, asides from the obvious exception of First Contact where they launched a sphere to go back in time.

I'm curious as to what circumstances would have led to thousands of Borg either leaving or being forcibly removed from one of their cubes, but leaving much of the vessel behind.

Voyager had more than one example of this

seamus

Deleted User wrote: »

Voyager had more than one example of this

Indeed, many examples where something was "hidden" from the Borg by disrupting or intercepting a signal, and where a group of Borg were disconnected from the collective or otherwise disabled.

The Romulans could have come across a disabled cube with the drones inside disoriented or otherwise weakened, so they deployed <insert magic technology here> to hide it from the Borg and took control of it.

ManOfMystery

Deleted User wrote: »

Voyager had more than one example of this

Only followed Voyager loosely so wasn't aware, must check out a few Borg eps

TheIrishGrover

I assume they rebuilt/retrofitted a damaged cube. I'm sure all will be revealed. Roll on next episode.

H3llR4iser

ManOfMystery wrote: »

Only followed Voyager loosely so wasn't aware, must check out a few Borg eps

IIRC, Voyager even exposed a subplot were the Borg were having issues with some ships getting severed from the collective; In some cases, it started from a single drone regaining some form of individuality - a thing that quickly spread to the rest of the crew due to their connection. The Collective's reaction to that was usually to trigger the self-destruct mechanism for such ships...


As for the Romulans getting their hands on a cube...well it's the Romulans, not Starfleet - I suspect their methods could be much more...effective, if needed.

ManOfMystery

ManOfMystery wrote: »

Only followed Voyager loosely so wasn't aware, must check out a few Borg eps

Don't, please don't ruin them for yourself

expectationlost

just how many planets have been blown up?

Spear

expectationlost wrote: »

just how many planets have been blown up?

None properly yet. Mars has only been on fire fourteen years, kinda like the Federation equivalent of the Springfield tire fire.

Stark

Well Romulus and presumably other inner empire worlds would have been blown up. Vulcan is safe in this timeline.

AMKC

Just watched TNG episode ''A Measure of a Man'' and its still brilliant. Some parts I remembered other parts that so. Guinen was very pivotel in that too. If she was not there it could have gone very different.

I am glad she is going to be in Season two.

AMKC

AMKC wrote: »

Just watched TNG episode ''A Measure of a Man'' and its still brilliant. Some parts I remembered other parts that so. Guinen was very pivotel in that too. If she was not there it could have gone very different.

I am glad she is going to be in Season two.

Stewart really

blindsided Whoopi, she was grinning like the Cheshire cat

Henry Ford III

Just saw episode 1. Very promising.

MEGA BRO WOLF 5000

Watched this. Really enjoyed it even though I hadn’t a clue what was going on! Watched Nemesis last night and I’m up to speed! I forgot everything about that movie. It’s really really good. Will watch ep 2 tonight knowing what’s up.

ManOfMystery

Thoughts on Ep2?

Quite enjoyed it. A few F-bombs dropped, nice to see that even in a semi-utopian future people still need to curse sometimes

Also, that reception guy not recognising Picard..... if looks could kill, he'd be in intensive care

pixelburp

Wrong episode thread Mr. Mystery

ManOfMystery

pixelburp wrote: »

Wrong episode thread Mr. Mystery

Whoops!

Henry Ford III

Is he deliberately being a bit stumbling speech wise? If so he's a great actor.

It's a good series.

ManOfMystery

Henry Ford III wrote: »

Is he deliberately being a bit stumbling speech wise? If so he's a great actor.

It's a good series.

Think it's just his age, he was on this Colbert interview a couple of weeks ago and doesn't sound much different from the show.

Just rewatched part of it there, didn't notice that the Romulan bit into a false tooth to release the acid spray. That's why his face burned too.

TheValeyard

[Deleted User] wrote: »

Just rewatched part of it there, didn't notice that the Romulan bit into a false tooth to release the acid spray. That's why his face burned too.

Yeah, took me a couple of watches to see what happened there. Romulans spitting acid? That's a new one. Could they always spit acid? Lol

AMKC

TheValeyard wrote: »

Yeah, took me a couple of watches to see what happened there. Romulans spitting acid? That's a new one. Could they always spit acid? Lol

I dount it. I would say its a bit like someone with a cyanide pill in there mouth except his was not to kill him but to spit acid and kill someone else. Maybe he knew a good doctor that can fix his face up again in no time or just did not care either way if he lived or dies.