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Wasnt there two related sentient species in that "Dear Doctor" ep, where the one was evolved a bit more than the other but dying out (you know the rest)...?
Anyway, I there was no specific time reference given, despite the one given in the preview of: "Sept 10th"; which also was ironically the air-date.
Further time references indicate that they had been in the Expanse for six weeks since we last saw them; so roughly 3 months have passed since they left Earth...to that point.
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I noticed that the five Xindi species are more like the five surviving races of the Xindi world and they don't agree on who the original Xindi is... so it's probobly not the name of the race, but the government. It looks like the Xindi have a beef against the federation, like maybe they had their world destroyed and where told it was Earth?
I'm thinking that Archer's growing instability is to accentuate the plot's mystery, as we try to figure out what is really going on.
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Next, the Xindi! Wow! Could very well be the best looking regular aliens in Star Trek. Especially the insectoids, which are just so TAS-like! The insectoids speak in squaks, the aquatics talk like whales. The rest talks English.
MACO. The uniforms look they were designed by a certain Talaxian... There are a few patches on both shoulders, but I can't make much of it. But I did notice one thing.. in the center of those colored bars, there is something that might just be the TOS command division star. Oh, and they have rifles. Shooting short blueish bursts. My first guess would be high-energy plasma rifles.
quote:Originally posted by TheWoozle: I noticed that the five Xindi species are more like the five surviving races of the Xindi world and they don't agree on who the original Xindi is... so it's probobly not the name of the race, but the government. It looks like the Xindi have a beef against the federation, like maybe they had their world destroyed and where told it was Earth?
I'm thinking that Archer's growing instability is to accentuate the plot's mystery, as we try to figure out what is really going on.
Are we watching the same show?
#1) The Xindi is 5 species and the debate wasn't who was the original, but who was in charge of the Xindi as a whole. Obviously each race agreed that Earth was their enemy, or at least the origin of thier paranoia, however their disagreement was on how they were to handle the Enterprise excursion. But certainly, there was no race issue nor a "who came first". For that matter, it hasn't even been confirmed that the destroyed planet belonged to the Xindi in the first place, let alone if they are supposedly the lone survivors.
#2) Uh, yeah, the Xindi had a beef against Earth...they were told that is was Earth who destroyed their planet in the post-Dominion War era, no mention of the Federation has been mentioned, which one would think if the attack occurred in the 25th Century.
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Except that Future Guy and Daniels both are very likely to want to avoid mentioning the word "Federation" with the implication of Earth membership, to avoid giving anyone the right ideas at the wrong time.
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All I know is that as one pised off grasshopper!
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I can get used to the uniforms, except for the notion that they don't have collars... But they're not dress uniforms - they're BDUs, and they wear them to the surface of the planet. The suits from "The Core" are probably what pass for their environment suits. Still, the relatively form-fitting ourfits minimize catching on things. Did anyone notice any pockets? That's one thing I've liked about the current uniforms...
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I'm not so sure about the insect Xindi, myself. Looks a bit too much like a giant insect, rather than an alien supposed to look insectlike, if you know what I mean. A bit too...literal.
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A question, please: What differentiates the MACOs from the regular security personal assigned to the starship?
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well.. you didn't see them die a lot, didjya? These are exprienced special forces guys, instead of door-guards. If you where a bad guy and opened a door, you would not want to jump an ARMY Ranger, to wrestle his gun out of his hands...
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I suppose it's actually quite unusual to take the step the producers have done - to bring on this small group of recurring characters; 'small' being the operative word: there can't be more than, what, about a dozen MACO on board? That means that they're rather restricted in the background extras they can use, it's not like Voyager where with about a hundred-plus unseen people to take into account, you had some leeway when it came to turnover of extras. Hence the four or five established actors they've picked from the start.
quote:Originally posted by Sol System: I'm not so sure about the insect Xindi, myself. Looks a bit too much like a giant insect, rather than an alien supposed to look insectlike, if you know what I mean. A bit too...literal.
My thoughts also. It looks like it only has two arms as well, a wasted oppertunity really since they could have made it look entirely insectoid (and not just a humanoid with insect body parts) considering that it looks like they're using a puppet.
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