My head-canon for the slow spread of the weapon is the fact they had barely any time to actually install it onto J’mpok’s ship led to it not firing properly, causing enough issues that the resulting breach didn’t expand as rapidly as it should have.
That's actually plausible. J'Ula had time to get everything right on her ship. J'mpok didn't. Even if he got help from Aakar, J'mpok's ship wasn't exactly set up to support it fully yet. And to fire it THAT soon after taking it? Yea I can see it not being at 100% capability yet.
you know, i'm wondering something else - does j'ula's superweapon even have an official name? because as far as i can remember, it's just referred to as 'weapon' or 'superweapon' in the relevant missions, patrols and TFOs
if it doesn't, i vote we call it the Mycelial Rift Generator...because that's literally what it does
A normie goes "Oh, what's this?"
An otaku goes "UwU, what's this?"
A furry goes "OwO, what's this?"
A werewolf goes "Awoo, what's this?"
"It's nothing personal, I just don't feel like I've gotten to know a person until I've sniffed their crotch." "We said 'no' to Mr. Curiosity. We're not home. Curiosity is not welcome, it is not to be invited in. Curiosity...is bad. It gets you in trouble, it gets you killed, and more importantly...it makes you poor!"
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I gain power by understanding both.
In the chaos of their battle, I bring order.
I am a shadow, darkness born from light.
The Force is united within me.
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I think its only been referred to as a Mycelial Weapon. No official name for it.
As a nice little gameplay moment they could have given us 4 options to detain her based on our class. Which is something else I miss from the past. Missions used to have little changes based on class. Just as a random example everyone have option A. Then there was 3 further options based on class. Tac could have gone in the room with option A or B and order the team wide angle stun. Sci could have just before going could setup a status trap so have Option A or C and engineer might have caused the lights to flicker off as a distraction so option A and D? perhaps not the best examples but little minor events based on class was a highlight from old missions. Somewhere along the line the devs lost that little nice feature in missions. For me this is the little thing that makes a big impact that new missions miss.
As you said Pottsey: Tactical option: Wide angle stun.
Science option: Use tricorder to program the AC to pump out Anesthizine Gas in the rooms.
Engineer Option: Program the lighting to suddenly strobe, disorienting her long enough to be captured (likely a heroic tackle and pin)
J'mpok has secretly amassed half the klingon forces for his false flag operation at a MAJOR alliance conference and NONE of the other power's intelligence was able to catch on?
It's not that he hid their presence, but rather that he hid their purpose. I mean he's the Klingon Chancellor, if he says they're there to guard the site who will say no?
I have to say making lists of the characters seen is quite interesting.. Lots are new... some very much NOT new. One in particular is a character that hasn't been in a story mission for YEARS.
This is the first time ever we see a planetborn rift, though not the first time one was created.
(added emphasis)
We didn't beam to Q'Vat, so we have no idea how a typical rift behaves on a planet. And, again, Khitomer facility had SHIELDS. And what J'Ula says about the civilians could have so many meanings. She could already know hordes of Elachis are going to kill anyone, she could know that in time the rift will consume the whole city, etc...
The rift behaving differently under a brand new set of parameters isn't inconsistent, even if it was designed that way to add drama.
J'Ula also acted familiar with Q'Vat, and implied that basically everyone was gonna die.
A normie goes "Oh, what's this?"
An otaku goes "UwU, what's this?"
A furry goes "OwO, what's this?"
A werewolf goes "Awoo, what's this?"
"It's nothing personal, I just don't feel like I've gotten to know a person until I've sniffed their crotch." "We said 'no' to Mr. Curiosity. We're not home. Curiosity is not welcome, it is not to be invited in. Curiosity...is bad. It gets you in trouble, it gets you killed, and more importantly...it makes you poor!"
Passion and Serenity are one.
I gain power by understanding both.
In the chaos of their battle, I bring order.
I am a shadow, darkness born from light.
The Force is united within me.
TOS, 'The Changling', energy equivalent to 450 Photon Torpedoes needed to knock down the Enterprise's Shields.
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l don't know.
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That l must repeat the words that come without my knowledge.'
So i went through as a Klingon character for the new episodes and i don't know if its just me but i kind of felt like everyone around me treated me almost like i was not a Klingon at all in fact it felt like i was a complete outsider most of the time especially at that one point where you are like " maybe we should send klingon prisoners to your ship" and i'm like wtf why would i say that i'm klingon in the klingon empire as well
So i went through as a Klingon character for the new episodes and i don't know if its just me but i kind of felt like everyone around me treated me almost like i was not a Klingon at all in fact it felt like i was a complete outsider most of the time especially at that one point where you are like " maybe we should send klingon prisoners to your ship" and i'm like wtf why would i say that i'm klingon in the klingon empire as well
So...even in the klingon centric story arc, we are treated as if we are all starfleet...nice...that is just peachy keen.
While true that little snippet was definitely not in character for a KDF toon, the majority of the mission responses actually felt much more Klingon than Pretty much anything since the Fek’Ihri arc.
Since when in ST has shields ever made a difference against a SUPERweapon?
Lets see...
TOS S1 - "Balance of Terror" Outpost 4's shield deflects one full Plasma Blast from the Romulan Warbird (said attack blew the Deflector Shied out, but the Roms had to fire again to destroy the Base...)
TOS S2 - "The Doomsday Machine" - The 1701 Deflectors are effective against a pure anti-proton weapon that can slice entire planets apart. They take about 5 hits before the shields drop.
TOS S2 - The Changeling" - The 1701's shields absorb four hits before dropping - and per Spock, each hit is equivalent to 90 photon torpedoes and the Bolts travel as Warp 15.
Star Trek: The Motion Picture: The new 1701's shield deflect/absorb one of V'Ger's full Plasma Bolts. The same Bolts that took out (IE "Patterned for Data Storage") three new Klingon K'Tangas in one shot each and also destroyed (IE "Patterned for Data Storage") the Epsilon 9 station in one shot.
So...are 4 examples enough?
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That's actually plausible. J'Ula had time to get everything right on her ship. J'mpok didn't. Even if he got help from Aakar, J'mpok's ship wasn't exactly set up to support it fully yet. And to fire it THAT soon after taking it? Yea I can see it not being at 100% capability yet.
if it doesn't, i vote we call it the Mycelial Rift Generator...because that's literally what it does
#LegalizeAwoo
A normie goes "Oh, what's this?"
An otaku goes "UwU, what's this?"
A furry goes "OwO, what's this?"
A werewolf goes "Awoo, what's this?"
"It's nothing personal, I just don't feel like I've gotten to know a person until I've sniffed their crotch."
"We said 'no' to Mr. Curiosity. We're not home. Curiosity is not welcome, it is not to be invited in. Curiosity...is bad. It gets you in trouble, it gets you killed, and more importantly...it makes you poor!"
As you said Pottsey: Tactical option: Wide angle stun.
Science option: Use tricorder to program the AC to pump out Anesthizine Gas in the rooms.
Engineer Option: Program the lighting to suddenly strobe, disorienting her long enough to be captured (likely a heroic tackle and pin)
I miss these little options.
I have to say making lists of the characters seen is quite interesting.. Lots are new... some very much NOT new. One in particular is a character that hasn't been in a story mission for YEARS.
My character Tsin'xing
My character Tsin'xing
Well... she did indicate that she has family ties to the planet.
#LegalizeAwoo
A normie goes "Oh, what's this?"
An otaku goes "UwU, what's this?"
A furry goes "OwO, what's this?"
A werewolf goes "Awoo, what's this?"
"It's nothing personal, I just don't feel like I've gotten to know a person until I've sniffed their crotch."
"We said 'no' to Mr. Curiosity. We're not home. Curiosity is not welcome, it is not to be invited in. Curiosity...is bad. It gets you in trouble, it gets you killed, and more importantly...it makes you poor!"
l don't know.
l really don't know what l'm about to say, except l have a feeling about it.
That l must repeat the words that come without my knowledge.'
While true that little snippet was definitely not in character for a KDF toon, the majority of the mission responses actually felt much more Klingon than Pretty much anything since the Fek’Ihri arc.
Also I'm not sure how much she knows about how the planet has changed since she took command of the Lukara in Disco era.
My character Tsin'xing
TOS S1 - "Balance of Terror" Outpost 4's shield deflects one full Plasma Blast from the Romulan Warbird (said attack blew the Deflector Shied out, but the Roms had to fire again to destroy the Base...)
TOS S2 - "The Doomsday Machine" - The 1701 Deflectors are effective against a pure anti-proton weapon that can slice entire planets apart. They take about 5 hits before the shields drop.
TOS S2 - The Changeling" - The 1701's shields absorb four hits before dropping - and per Spock, each hit is equivalent to 90 photon torpedoes and the Bolts travel as Warp 15.
Star Trek: The Motion Picture: The new 1701's shield deflect/absorb one of V'Ger's full Plasma Bolts. The same Bolts that took out (IE "Patterned for Data Storage") three new Klingon K'Tangas in one shot each and also destroyed (IE "Patterned for Data Storage") the Epsilon 9 station in one shot.
So...are 4 examples enough?
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