So that is all I�ve seen. But man what great pics of ships!!
The big new one is apparently aquatic. And I see several types of ships!
Those of you who have actually seen it, help me identify, please...
[ May 19, 2004, 08:19 PM: Message edited by: TSN ]
Posted by The Vorlon (Member # 52) on :
Neat! When the aquatic ship apparently gets caught in a sphere-disturbance, its hull ruptures and the water gushes out into space...
Poor Aquatics...
Posted by Futurama Guy (Member # 968) on :
Hmm...spoil myself now or wait 12 hours and just watch it then!? I'll wait..
So, is this going to be the "official" Flare thread for this episode orr what?
Posted by Starship Freak (Member # 293) on :
Why not? I�m number one!!!!!!!! (No, not Riker...)
Posted by Aban Rune (Member # 226) on :
Awww... poor Hoshi. DON'T HURT MY HOSHI YOU BASTARDS!
Posted by Kazeite (Member # 970) on :
So, they spent 42 minutes just... counting down? Posted by TheWoozle (Member # 929) on :
Heh, like that episode of MASH, where they had one hour to save a wounded man's leg and had to get a graft from another unit. The clock in the corner of the screen counted down the time in quasi real time.
Posted by MinutiaeMan (Member # 444) on :
This can't be the official thread! Where's the witty title? Posted by Starship Freak (Member # 293) on :
$$ There�s no use crying over spilled...water? Countdown spoilers beware!!
For understanding this cleverish joke on an old saying, check out the aquatic ship exploding!
Good enough?
Posted by Fleet-Admiral Michael T. Colorge (Member # 144) on :
That aquatic ship looks like the Whitestar.
Posted by The Mighty Monkey of Mim (Member # 646) on :
quote:Originally posted by MinutiaeMan: This can't be the official thread! Where's the witty title?
Yeah, you'd think people would grasp the format by now, after three years...
I mean, even $$ Counting-down Tech! ["Countdown" Spoilers] would be acceptable...
-MMoM Posted by Kazeite (Member # 970) on :
Not to mention
$$ Ticking Tech! ["Countdown" Spoilers]
Posted by TSN (Member # 31) on :
"Tech-Minus Five, Four, Three..."
Posted by Cartman (Member # 256) on :
Everyone is SO not a comedian.
Posted by The Mighty Monkey of Mim (Member # 646) on :
quote:Originally posted by TSN: "Tech-Minus Five, Four, Three..."
Yes. That one.
But add "Two," as this is the second to last episode of the season.
You ought to indulge in a minor abuse of your administrator powers to change it. For a good cause. Posted by MinutiaeMan (Member # 444) on :
How about "The Tech-ing Clock!"? Posted by Cpt. Kyle Amasov (Member # 742) on :
More of a Zero Hour-Spoiler, but did anyone else spot the Midas array in the promo for next week's episode? Another ship fires at it (it's right after the bit with T'Pol). Maybe it's supposed to be some sort of orbital defense system?
Posted by Dukhat (Member # 341) on :
Wow, I never realized that the Midas array was over two hundred years old...
As for Starship Freak's initial question:
Xindi ships-
1. Reptilian = Son'a-like ship 2. Humanoid(primate) = Degra's ship & the ROTJ speederbike-like ship 3. Arboreal = ship formerly used by the Arkonians 4. Insectoid = three-pronged ship 5. Aquatics = new, very large, WhiteStar-like ship
One has to wonder though...if the Xindi become members of the Federation, and their ships & tech are way ahead of Earth's then why do Federation Starfleet ships tend to look like Pre-federation Earth ships?
Posted by Captain Boh (Member # 1282) on :
Who knows? Vulcan technology is better too, but you don't see Vulcan designs in Starfleet
Posted by TSN (Member # 31) on :
Well, it turns out that they were using Hoshi to figure out the Aquatic launch code.
Also, Major Hayes died during the rescue. A Reptilian fired a weapon through him just as he was beaming out. It was hard to tell what kind of damage it caused. When he materialized, he immediately grabbed his chest and fell down, but it didn't look like there was any external wound. However, when he was dying in sickbay, there was a big blood-spot on the front of his shirt.
Apparently, the Xindi Weapon has a pretty strong shell. On the way to Earth, the Insectoids starting expressing dissent, so the Reptilians fired on their ship, and it crashed into the Weapon, with no apparent damage thereto.
Posted by Starship Freak (Member # 293) on :
After your little lashing at me for forgetting a cool line, I�m almost afraid to ask a following-up question Ok, so the whitestar is aquatic, but these little darlings at bottom left? aquatic? Also: humanoid speederbike? Posted by TSN (Member # 31) on :
I think the gold-colored ships across the middle of that first picture are Arboreal, and the two silver winged ones are Aquatic.
Posted by Starship Freak (Member # 293) on :
Wow, someone actually changed my title. I realize I wasn�t as witty as all of you guys, but I just didn�t think of it actually. Have any moderator actually changed a title before this? Why this particular thread, so it can comform? Do I have to ask permission for my title next time I want to post a thread so I don�t offend someone by not paying attention or being smart?
And you, whoever you are, since it was so important to you, at least change it so it looks like all the others! You forgot these little buggers: $$
Posted by The Mighty Monkey of Mim (Member # 646) on :
It was Tim, who we have successfully turned to the Dark SideTM!!
MUAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHA!!!!!!! Posted by Starship Freak (Member # 293) on :
Tim, it�s not to late, Tim, I am your father MUAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHA!!!!!!!
Posted by Cpt. Kyle Amasov (Member # 742) on :
quote:Originally posted by Dukhat: One has to wonder though...if the Xindi become members of the Federation, and their ships & tech are way ahead of Earth's then why do Federation Starfleet ships tend to look like Pre-federation Earth ships?
Maybe the end of season 3 of Enterprise stopped or interrupted their technological progress, and Earth and the others had time to catch up. Furthermore, we don't know when they joined the Federation. Maybe it wont happen until after the TNG era. So, even with the Xindi evolving at a normal rate, a multi-racial alliance could progress much more quickly over the course of a century or more. And keep in mind that we haven't seen Zero Hour yet. Only Future Guy knows what could possibly happen to them... Posted by Manticore (Member # 1227) on :
B&B are future guy!?
Posted by TSN (Member # 31) on :
"You forgot these little buggers: $$"
No I didn't.
Posted by Starship Freak (Member # 293) on :
"No I didn�t" - Uhmmm, ok, so I don�t see them because you left them out on purpose?
Posted by TSN (Member # 31) on :
Your deductive skills are the stuff of legends, sir.
Posted by Harry (Member # 265) on :
- Archer, Trip and T'Pol had an interesting conversation on what they want to do when this is all over. Archer expected to return to his 'original mission'. T'Pol expressed an interest in joining Starfleet (!). We might get to see T'Pol in proper uniform next season?
- The Aquatics have learned English. At least, they now have their translators set correctly.
Posted by Futurama Guy (Member # 968) on :
quote:Originally posted by Harry: - The Aquatics have learned English. At least, they now have their translators set correctly.
So it would be safe to say that they were not the ones who sent the probe that devistated Earth in "The Voyager Home"... Posted by Cpt. Kyle Amasov (Member # 742) on :
quote:Originally posted by Futurama Guy:
quote:Originally posted by Harry: - The Aquatics have learned English. At least, they now have their translators set correctly.
So it would be safe to say that they were not the ones who sent the probe that devistated Earth in "The Voyager Home"...
Only if the Borg sent V'Ger. Posted by Harry (Member # 265) on :
There was a really weird MACO thing going on again. We got a VERY clear shot of the man's tag, and it says "E. Hamboyan" (or something), but Hayes calls him "Kelly"! And for a second time in a row, the same female MACO is shot down!
Posted by B.J. (Member # 858) on :
That aquatic ship is freaking HUGE! Its design aesthetic seems to fit a water-dwelling species very well. It didn't remind me of the Whitestar, but it does look similar to the Relativity to me.
So, does the Xindi weapon have wipers so they can clean up that bug splatter?
B.J.
Posted by Futurama Guy (Member # 968) on :
Having not seen it, how huge are we talking?
Posted by B.J. (Member # 858) on :
That thing should be at least as big as a Warbird (which is something between 1,000 and 1,300m, according to various sources.)
Posted by Captain Boh (Member # 1282) on :
One wonders what they usually use the Mamoth-bay they have there for
Posted by MirrorCaptainMike (Member # 709) on :
its big.
Posted by Futurama Guy (Member # 968) on :
quote:Originally posted by Captain Boh: One wonders what they usually use the Mamoth-bay they have there for
Transporting fellow cetacea to the future....
Posted by Lee (Member # 393) on :
Funny thing, when I was first trying to read that MACO's nametag (he was in "North Star") I decided it either read "Hammond" or something like "Hambone" - I chose the former because it sounded slightly more likely. Hamboyan? What is that? Armenian? Irish?
Posted by Futurama Guy (Member # 968) on :
Additional notes:
- Starlog: February 13, 2154 (nearly 8 months in the Expanse)
- Porthos!
- Reptilians utilize some sort of parasite to force Hoshi to decrypt the Aquatics codes; think Ceti Eel.
- Enterprise intends to use a 'deflector pulse' and target at the the 'interspacial manifold' of 'Sphere 41', a key link in sphere network.
- In the big fleets we have: *12 Arborial/Primate vessels (~3 destroyed) *6 Aquatic vessels (~3 destroyed) *~12 Reptilian/Insectoid vessels (~9 destroyed)
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