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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?
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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?
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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.
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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?
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I think the gold-colored ships across the middle of that first picture are Arboreal, and the two silver winged ones are Aquatic.
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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: $$
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Tim, it�s not to late, Tim, I am your father MUAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHA!!!!!!!
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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...
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"No I didn�t" - Uhmmm, ok, so I don�t see them because you left them out on purpose?
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