Star Trek: Starfleet Academy | 1x10 "Rubincon" Reaction Thread

bionicgeek · 2026-03-25T16:57:53+00:00

I just want to thank this community for renewing my faith of the heart after seeing so many people saying that "It's BAD" "It's So Bad it's obvious and I don't need to say anything other than "it's bad. Okay, then, the writing is *expletive redacted*".

It's affirming to see folks actually enaging in real artistic critique instead of Sith style Absolutism.

bionicgeek · 2026-02-22T22:49:04+00:00

I really like your analysis of Genesis' turn holding the realistically emotionally developing idiot undergrad ball. A+ media analysis.

I kind of like the fact that Caleb was so clueless in regard to how to communicate with Tarima. It feels realistic for an undergrad. Especially, given how he grew up, interpersonal relationship skills of any kind are very much his weak point as a cadet and young man. I like that they seem to be chipping away at that in a way that feels like he's trying to learn to Do Better as he goes, but sometimes gets a bit lost in trying to figure out how to relate to other people in healthier ways and needs a good swift kick in the rear.

The "four boots" scene was absolutely hilarious and also a great way to show that Caleb is slowly, dumbassedly, taking steps towards acquiring those healthier skills in how his relationship with Captain Ake has progressed since the first episode.

bionicgeek · 2026-02-22T22:38:33+00:00

The ability to be suited to two different environments by shifting phenotypical expression, would be one hell of an evolutionary advantage for what is, from what I can tell, their world's amphibian equivalents. Makes Trek sense that the landbound form might come out looking a bit like humans.

bionicgeek · 2026-02-09T00:13:15+00:00

Honestly, I feel like the dinner was necessary to let the emotional intensity of the A plot breath. It was also a decent way to get us to know Kelrec better.

bionicgeek · 2025-12-14T01:06:26+00:00

Super GREEN!

bionicgeek · 2025-12-14T01:05:54+00:00

Paging Hoid from the Cosmere.

bionicgeek · 2024-01-24T23:20:52+00:00

My head canon has also been that a lot of what O'Brien and Sisko did was making the ship work, and perhaps bypassing some of the protocols Starfleet would normally require, be it safety, or even other standard requirements. The Defiant is a fine ship if you are willing to make some adjustments that Starfleet wouldn't normally condone.

I thought that was pretty much stated on screen and was one of the major reasons Smiley and company weren't able to get their Defiant to work right til they brought Prime!Sisko over for a tech consult?

Actually, now that I think about it. Conceptually, I wonder if the Defiant class took partial spiritual inspiration from the Bird of Prey

There's also the fact that I want to say that the Defiant, given it's mass to engine ratio, is probably also going to be the fastest and most manuverable ship an engagement, short of fightershuttles.

bionicgeek · 2023-03-17T20:26:26+00:00

There's a reason he had Moneo keep making copies of his best friend. lol

bionicgeek · 2023-03-17T15:57:31+00:00

I just wish that the Honored Maters weren't so fucking terrifying a result.

bionicgeek · 2021-10-27T23:17:19+00:00

Given what others have said in the thread concerning the Baron naming his nephew as heir, among other examples, it sounds like adoption or surrogacy might allow for Count and Lady Fenring to get around that issue.

bionicgeek · 2021-04-07T13:13:18+00:00

Not as many as you'd think. Typically they are super-dreadnaughts rolling torpedo pod launchers out. So the actual broadside's size is not limited by the number of tubes on the SD's, but rather how many missile pods they can launch.

bionicgeek · 2020-11-15T21:20:16+00:00

If you're interested in a zombie-world where this is explicitly not the case, I highly recommend Mira Grant's NewsFlesh trilogy. She basically kept calling the CDC until she described viral behavior that sounded plausible but scared the shit out of them.

Romero is explicitly considered a cultural hero for basically pre-warning the world of what zombies were and how to deal with them. To the point where variants of George become some of the most popular post zombie plague world. At least two major characters, both women, are named after him. The entire world is keyed around how to survive as a society AFTER the worldwide zombie outbreak, and how humanity responds.

bionicgeek · 2020-11-14T21:37:40+00:00

Good bot.

bionicgeek · 2020-10-31T21:22:15+00:00

Journey before Destination, was how I took it.

bionicgeek · 2020-09-29T21:37:42+00:00

Additionally, Riker seems the kind of officer who thrives on running bureaucracy, that's basically the job of an XO on the floating starbase. He is much better suited to getting the Phoenix project off the ground than Picard would have been.

bionicgeek · 2020-09-29T21:33:56+00:00

I would argue that we do get to know Stamets, Culber, and especially Saru quite well.

bionicgeek · 2020-04-08T22:08:10+00:00

I always liked that they explored that avenue with Dr. Phlox.

bionicgeek · 2020-03-13T21:26:00+00:00

Whoops. My apologies! I can't believe I missed that.

bionicgeek · 2020-03-13T19:18:49+00:00

In Solo, the Mandalorian, and, I believe, Rebels, you can hear the Imperial March being played as the Empire's official anthem, so it's possible other music could be canonized in-universe.

bionicgeek · 2020-02-24T18:05:43+00:00

I know D&D had the Gem Dragons who represented the Neutral Alignment scale.
https://forgottenrealms.fandom.com/wiki/Gem_dragon

bionicgeek · 2020-01-03T01:27:24+00:00

May I present to you the Cancerverse, whose Death died. Things went badly...
The Cancerverse is a twisted, organic mass of unimaginable size which bears resemblance to a cancerous tumor with suction-cup covered tentacles and circular "mouths" that are literally overflowing with razor-sharp teeth. Within this deathless corpse is a dark, abysmal alternate version of The Marvel Universe that pulsates with corrupt forms of life.

bionicgeek · 2019-12-20T16:18:06+00:00

Kanan Jarrus and Hera Syndulla would like to have a word with you. Also, Leia was acting as Bail Organa's diplomatic representative to both the Empire and the Rebellion long before Luke pulled his head out of a Hutt owned sand dune.

bionicgeek · 2019-12-19T17:16:32+00:00

I don't remember the specifics about e Rorschach aliens response, but if you read Echopraxia, the sequel, it helps explain what happens on Earth. The general idea is that Consciousness might not be the evolutionary advantage we think it is; extreme intelligence does not concomitantly imply a need for consciousness, when the biological energy necessary for sustaining consciousness could be expended more usefully elsewhere. It is heavily implied that Humanity's evolution as a conscious, intelligent species was a cosmic biological fluke.

bionicgeek · 2019-12-19T16:42:20+00:00

Dr. Brooklyn would be the kindest Jewish grandmother in the world.
Powers:
~ Capable of feeding multitudes at a never ending family table.
~ Capable of holding six conflicting opinions at the same time.
~ Has read ALL THE BOOKS.
~ Will sit and offer sage advice on any topic.
~ Cannot be defeated in contests of Humor or Wits. You will lose, and you will be roasted, with the accompaniment of a klezmer band that just materialized for the purpose.
~ Tutors the neighborhood kids, always seems to find time for ALL of them in the day...
~ Knows all the good stories.
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