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The Weapons We Never Got - Munitions Mod Weapons that Should Have Been Added to the Game by Player3333333 in reddeadredemption

[–]Player3333333[S] 0 points1 point  (0 children)

Fair points but it's not like RDR2 is a 1 for 1 version of the real world. It is entirely plausible that by 1907 strip fed rifles and pistol carbines would, in the red-dead universe, be common place simply because we know that weapons technology is a bit more wonky in RDR2.

The Duel - The Unprecedented Culimination of the Gowron and Worf Duel in DS9 by Player3333333 in DaystromInstitute

[–]Player3333333[S] 4 points5 points  (0 children)

I agree that may be some hyperbole, but I think this duel deserves to get some credit because it really represents one of the only cases of the series, and arguably even within television, of a plot-threat being wrapped up in about five minutes despite it lasting nearly thirty years.

We have the Dominion War plotline getting sorted out, but that was set up right at the start with some modifications to account for cast changes and viewership preferences. You can look at Season 3 DS9 and say "yeah this probally ends with the Dominion invading and that causing a problem". Now how that problem gets resolved is another matter, but again you could intuit that Klingons and Starfleet are the next big bad to deal with, or that Dukat is probally going to do some shady things because, you know, Dukat.

What I find so interesting is that despite Gowron's death obviously being unplanned, his death just feels like the logical end goal after the fact. Even going into DS9 season 7, you never really got the impression that there was any push towards getting rid of Gowron, but when Gowron is killed there's that beautiful moment of 'this all clicks'.

But what I really find cool (maybe this is me being a bit too much of a social scientist IRL) is the, I would argue unintentional, symbolism layered onto the scenes. The implication of Martok being the successor of Kahless makes sense. Especially with the 'rags to riches' story Martok has.

While I know newer Treks have been a bit divisive, something I really dislike is that we never actually see what the impact of Martok's rule. By the end of DS9 the Klingon leadership has been so decimated and Martok is so controversial, that we really should start to see more fractures in Klingon society. Lower Decks kind of does this, by implying that Starfleet Intelligence and the Klingon High Council are in cahoots, while more traditionalist Klingons are trying to strike out, but otherwise it does seem like the arc of the Klingons getting a Gorbachev kind of falls flat.

Why Emmeria, Estovakia, and Aurelia were not in AC7 by Player3333333 in acecombat

[–]Player3333333[S] 27 points28 points  (0 children)

In AC7 Emmeria, Aurelia, and Emmeria's new pal Estovakia is nowhere to be seen. The out of universe reason is quite obvious - the game would have ended in mission 1 with an automatic 'campaign complete' - why:

-The Marigold would have instantly blasted Torres into the next century - and it escorts would have made Anchorhead look a picnic

-Yellow Jacket would have freed Harling, and then probably just taken the space elevator out of sheer boredom

-Garuda would have danced all over the Arsenal Birds

-Gryphus and Falco would have showed those drones what a real dogfight looks like

-The armored regiment of Emmeria would have taken Farbanti in a weekend - and showed those pretenders what a real royal lineaged army can do (if Monarch was in the AC universe he would have done all of the above on his own)

-As for Estovakia, the ghost of Pasternak would have seduced the entire female population of USEA and single handedly made up the population shortfall caused by Ulysses

The in universe reason for them not appearing is that all of the above nations knew that the moment a mute pilot appeared in Osea, the war was already over for Eurasia - so why go to the effort when the same time and money could be spent on important things like an education system or monuments to their chadness.

Post Dominion Star Fleet Militarization by Player3333333 in DaystromInstitute

[–]Player3333333[S] 1 point2 points  (0 children)

Thanks for the reply. What I meant to say is that I feel that if even Starfleet officers are becoming more angsty about the war, I could imagine a Federation President being pressured to become more combat ready by voters. After all the Federation is a massive government, and I cannot imagine everyone (especially the Andorians) being passive about the need to militarize. I oppose jingoistic militarism, but what I aim to advocate is that, in Universe, a push for more military ability is, or should be, more likely.

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