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[QUOTE]Originally posted by MinutiaeMan: [QB] Meh, you can still use the "UNDO" command on the Mac... :p As far as tech goes, I noticed that all the Starfleet rifles were using the now-familiar phase pistol-type beam. And the MACO's pulse rifles are definitely capable of stunning someone, seeing as how the head zealot whats-his-name got shot by a MACO and survived for the utterly predictable and pointless final scene. What I'd like to know is how the aliens managed to cram in 23 people into their tiny ship! They must've been crammed in there like sardines, considering the relative size when the ship was seen docked with the NX-01... And was it just me, or did the alien-ship-of-the-week look like the nose section of a Kazon raider? According to [URL=http://www.essex1.com/people/speer/large.html]the handy metric reference I have bookmarked[/URL], there is no such metric prefix with the abbreviation "X". So either it was an honest goof-up (which would be believable but deplorable -- can't these guys do some research if they're using real-world terms?), or there's a new prefix invented in the future (or one that's not on the tables I've seen). Personally, I'm just glad that they got rid of the god-awful "quads" unit that got bludgeoned to death on [i]Voyager[/i]... Were all of the surviving captives supposed to be in those two shuttlepods? I find that unlikely considering we saw a MACO in the one shuttle as Archer and whats-his-name got out on the surface. This is just one more example of the utter stupidity in how ship-to-shore movement is handled on this show. I [i]did[/i] like the very creative use for the transporter in this episode, though! It was a slight gamble that the aliens didn't have transporter tech, but it's paid off. (Aside: have we seen ANYONE, including the Vulcans, using transporters? Why would only the Humans have developed it?) Finally, not exactly a tech issue, but pertinent -- has anyone had the foresight to have a running count of how many MACOs have been seen on the ship? I don't have the opportunity to tape and rewind every episode since the beginning of the season for reference, but someone else might have the time (and patience) to try to compare some of the nameless extras we've seen in MACO uniforms. I think it's clear that there are at least a dozen or two on the ship, suggesting that quite a number of people left the ship in "The Expanse". T'would be good to know just how many have been seen. (And assuming it can be kept to a logical number, unlike Voyager's endless supply of redshirts and disposable shuttles. ;) ) [/QB][/QUOTE]
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