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An off-duty window becomes a warp emergency when the Enterprise is pushed beyond its safe limits.

Written by: Bill Wolkoff

Directed by: Dan Liu

  • khaosworks@startrek.websiteEnglish
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    3 days ago

    Not all Ilyrians have the same augmentations, is the impression I get. So no, it’s not a given, but unless Spock knows specifically what kinds of augmentations Una has - and I don’t see that being a given either - the logical (pardon the expression) person all eyes turn to in the face of a high-gravity problem would be him. Even if it’s a, “Commander, let me - I was raised on a high-gravity planet,” remark met by a “No, I’m XO and I’m Illyrian,” retort, that would have been settled.

    And as someone on reddit pointed out, even if Spock hadn’t been the one to go in, he could have melded with anyone who had been injured in the pod. Nothing in the story need have changed at all except the person involved.

    • usernamefactory@lemmy.caEnglish
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      3 days ago

      I guess I wouldn’t object to some dialogue like that, but I also don’t see it as necessary. I agree that if Una weren’t as tough as Spock, or if she’d just never shared this with him, he would have spoken up. Since he didn’t say anything we can logically conclude that she is, in fact, known to be that tough. Unless there’s some other canon showing that to be untrue, I don’t really see the problem with simply accepting that conclusion.

      I feel like this is only coming up because Una looks like a normal human. But we know she isn’t, so there’s no contradiction that I can see.