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[QUOTE]Originally posted by Mark Nguyen: [QB] They're getting better at these three-parters. It's a solid opening act, and I hope this one follows through. -Timestamp: November 12, 2154. -Tellar Prime is where we begin proper. Tellarites enjoy mudbaths, trading insults, and view puppies as delicacies. -Androrian hulls are composed of duranium. Shran's ship, the combat-tested Kumari, had a crew of 86 - 19 survived, including the sexy Lt. Talas. This places them, crew-wise, roughly on-par with Enterprise. Shran had been in command of the Kumari for twelve years... And she was the first of her class. Finally, an Andorian ship class name! -Andorian ale has quite a kick. -Andoian warship weakness: a direct hit to their shield generators should take them out. This one doesn't, though - it's strangely more powerful than normal, as was the Tellarite ship that took out the Kumari... Curiouser still, they have identical power signatures. -The Tellarite ship is a re-use of the Xindi Arboral ship from last season, and IIRC it's been seen as something else before that as well. -Yep, the Romulans are using the EXACT same uniforms from "Nemesis". The remote control setup seems to include a motorcycle helmet. :) -Tracking the evil Andorian ship, we're led to a curious greenish, insectoid craft equipped with lots of subspace antennae as well as "multi-spectral emitters", which create the illusion of a different kind os ship. It's a maneuverable little bugger too, but is equipped only with very strong hull plating. -In the ensuing battle, it becomes pretty apparent that the Romulan "chameleon" doesn't have any inertial damners, as the away team gets jostled around pretty strongly in the cramped confines. -Enterprise has had an injector upgrade, allowing a new maximum (and stable!) top speed of warp 5.06 or more. The chameleon apparently can't keep up. -Trapped on the chameleon, Trip and Malcolm weave their way through the ship, which seems to be little more than a collection of Jeffries tubes - not even a life support system is apparent. As an in-joke, Malcolm says that there's no rule that the bridge HAS to be on the top of the ship. :) -The MACO guarding Shran and Talas actually puts up a good fight, knocking down Shran before Talas takes him out. Still, you'd think he'd call the bridge or something... -The camera moves in the gun fight (and the space battle) are quite impressive. The quickness and sharpness is actually a quality of the digital camera process, I believe. -Our cliffhanger happens when Trip and Malcolm finally find the bridge, revealing it to be a copy of the one the Romulans were seen in. There's a nice dramatic pullback that establishes the capital city... And it looks like IT doesn't change much in 200 years, either. Mark [/QB][/QUOTE]
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