What I liked about "Calypso" is that it didn't even need to be a Star Trek story. It's just old fashioned, right-down-the-middle science-fiction. It was an entirely unexpected but interesting use of the Short Treks format. It did feel a bit lethargic in places, though I get that that was deliberate, to convey the tedium. But I was more invested in learning about Craft than I was in the fate of the Discovery crew, so clearly I found it engaging.
If it had been told as a stand-alone story rather than as an unnecessarily far-future Trek story, I think I would have liked it a lot more. It felt incredibly out of place among three other Short Treks that were far more relatable to the rest of the show. Fleshed out into a 30- or 60-minute show, Calypso would have made for a great Outer Limits, Twilight Zone, or perhaps Black Mirror episode.
It did feel incredibly out of place among the other three Short Treks. And that's precisely why I dig it. One of the biggest knocks on recent Trek, whether the Kelvinverse movies or Disco, is that it's been action stories wearing Star Trek's clothes. "Calypso" is nothing of the kind, and I felt that by being so far removed from the show, it demonstrated that there is still room left for non-action science-fiction in Trek.
Also, I think your use of the phrase "unnecessarily far-future" may have felt applicable at the time, but not by the end of the season.
Nail centered so perfectly on the head, that it went in with one shot......
"The truth is like a lion; you don't have to defend it. Let it loose; it will defend itself."
I’m not sure if I want to push for Navaar or not. COM/SCI isn’t a voyage combo of great need but she does have a nice collection of traits and if FF’d today would be my #1 COM base. Art is well done, though, and Zora does look better over a plain black background after all.
I’m not sure if I want to push for Navaar or not. COM/SCI isn’t a voyage combo of great need but she does have a nice collection of traits and if FF’d today would be my #1 COM base. Art is well done, though, and Zora does look better over a plain black background after all.
Navaar would have been great as a scoundrel before the scoundrel mega but after I am not sure when she would be bonus in any event that isn't a replay of this one.
I’m not sure if I want to push for Navaar or not. COM/SCI isn’t a voyage combo of great need but she does have a nice collection of traits and if FF’d today would be my #1 COM base. Art is well done, though, and Zora does look better over a plain black background after all.
I won't. I don't have any attachment to the character and don't care to dedicate another slot to a 5* who'll stay a 1/5 interminably unless she's ever featured in a Campaign, by which time her stats will have been eclipsed anyway. And I don't need Mirror Geordi La Forge, so if I push for Navaar and fall short, I won't have much of a consolation prize. That's become my default approach to every event.
Zora's profile was re-tooled after some consideration. For Navaar, the raw numbers are pretty good, but raw numbers that aren't near the top of the ranks and don't have traits or events to back them up aren't going to age well.
I’m not sure if I want to push for Navaar or not. COM/SCI isn’t a voyage combo of great need but she does have a nice collection of traits and if FF’d today would be my #1 COM base. Art is well done, though, and Zora does look better over a plain black background after all.
I won't. I don't have any attachment to the character and don't care to dedicate another slot to a 5* who'll stay a 1/5 interminably unless she's ever featured in a Campaign, by which time her stats will have been eclipsed anyway. And I don't need Mirror Geordi La Forge, so if I push for Navaar and fall short, I won't have much of a consolation prize. That's become my default approach to every event.
You are 100% right about her being a 1/5* that I wouldn’t work on until it was too late. The only COM-primary crew anywhere near the top of my citation list is LtC. Uhura, and that’s because my COM/DIP and DIP/COM crew fall off a cliff after the reasonably powerful trio of Gangster Kirk, Arachnia Janeway, and the Borg Queen. Even then, there might be a dozen others that are higher up on the list that fill positions of greater need...might as well save shuttle tokens and boosts until I really need them.
I’m not sure if I want to push for Navaar or not. COM/SCI isn’t a voyage combo of great need but she does have a nice collection of traits and if FF’d today would be my #1 COM base. Art is well done, though, and Zora does look better over a plain black background after all.
I won't. I don't have any attachment to the character and don't care to dedicate another slot to a 5* who'll stay a 1/5 interminably unless she's ever featured in a Campaign, by which time her stats will have been eclipsed anyway. And I don't need Mirror Geordi La Forge, so if I push for Navaar and fall short, I won't have much of a consolation prize. That's become my default approach to every event.
You are 100% right about her being a 1/5* that I wouldn’t work on until it was too late. The only COM-primary crew anywhere near the top of my citation list is LtC. Uhura, and that’s because my COM/DIP and DIP/COM crew fall off a cliff after the reasonably powerful trio of Gangster Kirk, Arachnia Janeway, and the Borg Queen. Even then, there might be a dozen others that are higher up on the list that fill positions of greater need...might as well save shuttle tokens and boosts until I really need them.
I dunno if it's just my own crew or if it's actually a game-wide thing, but CMD is a surprisingly weak spot for me. I only 15 crew with 1000+ base CMD. Only ten of those fifteen have a second skill 1000+. Five of them are SEC primary. And my only two with CMD and DIP both 1000+ are the Borg Queen and Minuet. Professor Sato will get there once she's IMM, after bonuses are applied, as will Captain Nog (presently 4/5), but yeah, them pickin's is slim.
I feel like Zora's going to look a lot better against a dark background, where that black outline will be much less visible - I'm like 80% in love with her and I think the rest is just the clash between no outlines within the figure and the visible outline on her edges.
Not really happening the way you were hoping, alas. She has a white glow around her, so the outline is still very much visible...
Could you please continue the petty bickering? I find it most intriguing. ~ Data, ST:TNG "Haven"
I feel like Zora's going to look a lot better against a dark background, where that black outline will be much less visible - I'm like 80% in love with her and I think the rest is just the clash between no outlines within the figure and the visible outline on her edges.
Not really happening the way you were hoping, alas. She has a white glow around her, so the outline is still very much visible...
Even so, she does look better there than against the red of the event pic. I'd be interested if someone who has already immortalized her would share what she looks like against that background.
Here she is; the outline is unfortunately obvious.
Yeah, looks good against black even with the glow, but the galaxy background brings the outline right back. Still good work.
I'm surprised she's got Med higher than Sci though, I know we see her actually do medical work, but it seems to be just routine fixing injuries, not curing some exotic plague or anything. Whereas granted she doesn't really do any science on screen, but she's a science ship, so... Ah well, never mind.
I’m not sure if I want to push for Navaar or not. COM/SCI isn’t a voyage combo of great need but she does have a nice collection of traits and if FF’d today would be my #1 COM base. Art is well done, though, and Zora does look better over a plain black background after all.
I won't. I don't have any attachment to the character and don't care to dedicate another slot to a 5* who'll stay a 1/5 interminably unless she's ever featured in a Campaign, by which time her stats will have been eclipsed anyway. And I don't need Mirror Geordi La Forge, so if I push for Navaar and fall short, I won't have much of a consolation prize. That's become my default approach to every event.
You are 100% right about her being a 1/5* that I wouldn’t work on until it was too late. The only COM-primary crew anywhere near the top of my citation list is LtC. Uhura, and that’s because my COM/DIP and DIP/COM crew fall off a cliff after the reasonably powerful trio of Gangster Kirk, Arachnia Janeway, and the Borg Queen. Even then, there might be a dozen others that are higher up on the list that fill positions of greater need...might as well save shuttle tokens and boosts until I really need them.
I dunno if it's just my own crew or if it's actually a game-wide thing, but CMD is a surprisingly weak spot for me. I only 15 crew with 1000+ base CMD. Only ten of those fifteen have a second skill 1000+. Five of them are SEC primary. And my only two with CMD and DIP both 1000+ are the Borg Queen and Minuet. Professor Sato will get there once she's IMM, after bonuses are applied, as will Captain Nog (presently 4/5), but yeah, them pickin's is slim.
Hmm...that got me to thinking about my crew:
-17 with base > 1000 (and Katrine at 4/5* just shy at 991)
-13/17 have another skill with > 1000 base (BQ is at 999 DIP, DF Paris has 996 ENG)
-6/17 are COM secondary (1 ENG, 1 DIP, 1 MED, 3 SEC for primaries)
-4/17 are two-skill crew (T’Kuvma, Mirror Kirk, Warship Tuvok, and Minuet)
-Sato (now 3/5*), Tuxedo Nog (also 4/5*), and my 2/5* LtC. Uhura are the likeliest DIP-secondary crew to join these ranks in the remotely near future. I suppose Krenim Guest Paris could join them if I were motivated, and I imagine Lucille Davenport would as well if I ever finished that collection.
Even with the apparent relative dearth of COM/DIP crew, those voyages are never hard to go long on. It’s so easy to load MED and SEC seats with strong DIP-secondary crew, while having Etana Jol, Surak, and Yarnek to fill ENG and SCI seats helps a lot as well.
That is a screenshot from the game. You don't need someone with her immortalized. Just someone who got 1 copy.
Not if he (as indicated) wants to see her with the galaxy background.
Here she is; the outline is unfortunately obvious. But I still love the art - might be one of my favourites in the game.
Yeah, I meant I wanted to see her with the galaxy background. I kinda dig it, kinda don't. She's freezer bound anyway since I lucked into one of her in the pack I chanced.
Here she is; the outline is unfortunately obvious.
Yeah, looks good against black even with the glow, but the galaxy background brings the outline right back. Still good work.
I'm surprised she's got Med higher than Sci though, I know we see her actually do medical work, but it seems to be just routine fixing injuries, not curing some exotic plague or anything. Whereas granted she doesn't really do any science on screen, but she's a science ship, so... Ah well, never mind.
I think Zora's MED is to more to reflect her role as Craft's counselor than as an injury fixer. That was why I speculated she'd have that skill when she was announced and made sure to run a bunch of Augment shuttles since.
I’m not sure if I want to push for Navaar or not. COM/SCI isn’t a voyage combo of great need but she does have a nice collection of traits and if FF’d today would be my #1 COM base. Art is well done, though, and Zora does look better over a plain black background after all.
I won't. I don't have any attachment to the character and don't care to dedicate another slot to a 5* who'll stay a 1/5 interminably unless she's ever featured in a Campaign, by which time her stats will have been eclipsed anyway. And I don't need Mirror Geordi La Forge, so if I push for Navaar and fall short, I won't have much of a consolation prize. That's become my default approach to every event.
You are 100% right about her being a 1/5* that I wouldn’t work on until it was too late. The only COM-primary crew anywhere near the top of my citation list is LtC. Uhura, and that’s because my COM/DIP and DIP/COM crew fall off a cliff after the reasonably powerful trio of Gangster Kirk, Arachnia Janeway, and the Borg Queen. Even then, there might be a dozen others that are higher up on the list that fill positions of greater need...might as well save shuttle tokens and boosts until I really need them.
I dunno if it's just my own crew or if it's actually a game-wide thing, but CMD is a surprisingly weak spot for me. I only 15 crew with 1000+ base CMD. Only ten of those fifteen have a second skill 1000+. Five of them are SEC primary. And my only two with CMD and DIP both 1000+ are the Borg Queen and Minuet. Professor Sato will get there once she's IMM, after bonuses are applied, as will Captain Nog (presently 4/5), but yeah, them pickin's is slim.
Hmm...that got me to thinking about my crew:
-17 with base > 1000 (and Katrine at 4/5* just shy at 991)
-13/17 have another skill with > 1000 base (BQ is at 999 DIP, DF Paris has 996 ENG)
-6/17 are COM secondary (1 ENG, 1 DIP, 1 MED, 3 SEC for primaries)
-4/17 are two-skill crew (T’Kuvma, Mirror Kirk, Warship Tuvok, and Minuet)
-Sato (now 3/5*), Tuxedo Nog (also 4/5*), and my 2/5* LtC. Uhura are the likeliest DIP-secondary crew to join these ranks in the remotely near future. I suppose Krenim Guest Paris could join them if I were motivated, and I imagine Lucille Davenport would as well if I ever finished that collection.
Even with the apparent relative dearth of COM/DIP crew, those voyages are never hard to go long on. It’s so easy to load MED and SEC seats with strong DIP-secondary crew, while having Etana Jol, Surak, and Yarnek to fill ENG and SCI seats helps a lot as well.
Yeah, CMD+anything shuttles can be a nuisance, but CMD+anything voyages are a breeze, which I suspect reflects how CMD is more often a secondary skill.
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5* Legendary
DIP/CMD/MED*
Human, Cultural Figure, Artist, Musician, Inspiring, Human, Romantic, Costumed, Diplomat*, Ambassador*
*MED, Diplomat, and Ambassador come from her work as Goodwill Ambassador of UNICEF, delivering immunizations and other medications.
Am I the only one who sees "Bride Kira Nerys"?
Nail centered so perfectly on the head, that it went in with one shot......
Navaar would have been great as a scoundrel before the scoundrel mega but after I am not sure when she would be bonus in any event that isn't a replay of this one.
Nope, actually thought the same originally
Glad others see it. My first thought was "Did I miss Kira is in this Event?"
I won't. I don't have any attachment to the character and don't care to dedicate another slot to a 5* who'll stay a 1/5 interminably unless she's ever featured in a Campaign, by which time her stats will have been eclipsed anyway. And I don't need Mirror Geordi La Forge, so if I push for Navaar and fall short, I won't have much of a consolation prize. That's become my default approach to every event.
Zora's profile was re-tooled after some consideration. For Navaar, the raw numbers are pretty good, but raw numbers that aren't near the top of the ranks and don't have traits or events to back them up aren't going to age well.
You are 100% right about her being a 1/5* that I wouldn’t work on until it was too late. The only COM-primary crew anywhere near the top of my citation list is LtC. Uhura, and that’s because my COM/DIP and DIP/COM crew fall off a cliff after the reasonably powerful trio of Gangster Kirk, Arachnia Janeway, and the Borg Queen. Even then, there might be a dozen others that are higher up on the list that fill positions of greater need...might as well save shuttle tokens and boosts until I really need them.
I dunno if it's just my own crew or if it's actually a game-wide thing, but CMD is a surprisingly weak spot for me. I only 15 crew with 1000+ base CMD. Only ten of those fifteen have a second skill 1000+. Five of them are SEC primary. And my only two with CMD and DIP both 1000+ are the Borg Queen and Minuet. Professor Sato will get there once she's IMM, after bonuses are applied, as will Captain Nog (presently 4/5), but yeah, them pickin's is slim.
Not really happening the way you were hoping, alas. She has a white glow around her, so the outline is still very much visible...
Could you please continue the petty bickering? I find it most intriguing.
~ Data, ST:TNG "Haven"
Even so, she does look better there than against the red of the event pic. I'd be interested if someone who has already immortalized her would share what she looks like against that background.
Not if he (as indicated) wants to see her with the galaxy background.
Here she is; the outline is unfortunately obvious. But I still love the art - might be one of my favourites in the game.
Yeah, looks good against black even with the glow, but the galaxy background brings the outline right back. Still good work.
I'm surprised she's got Med higher than Sci though, I know we see her actually do medical work, but it seems to be just routine fixing injuries, not curing some exotic plague or anything. Whereas granted she doesn't really do any science on screen, but she's a science ship, so... Ah well, never mind.
Hmm...that got me to thinking about my crew:
-17 with base > 1000 (and Katrine at 4/5* just shy at 991)
-13/17 have another skill with > 1000 base (BQ is at 999 DIP, DF Paris has 996 ENG)
-6/17 are COM secondary (1 ENG, 1 DIP, 1 MED, 3 SEC for primaries)
-4/17 are two-skill crew (T’Kuvma, Mirror Kirk, Warship Tuvok, and Minuet)
-Sato (now 3/5*), Tuxedo Nog (also 4/5*), and my 2/5* LtC. Uhura are the likeliest DIP-secondary crew to join these ranks in the remotely near future. I suppose Krenim Guest Paris could join them if I were motivated, and I imagine Lucille Davenport would as well if I ever finished that collection.
Even with the apparent relative dearth of COM/DIP crew, those voyages are never hard to go long on. It’s so easy to load MED and SEC seats with strong DIP-secondary crew, while having Etana Jol, Surak, and Yarnek to fill ENG and SCI seats helps a lot as well.
Yeah, I meant I wanted to see her with the galaxy background. I kinda dig it, kinda don't. She's freezer bound anyway since I lucked into one of her in the pack I chanced.
I think Zora's MED is to more to reflect her role as Craft's counselor than as an injury fixer. That was why I speculated she'd have that skill when she was announced and made sure to run a bunch of Augment shuttles since.
Yeah, CMD+anything shuttles can be a nuisance, but CMD+anything voyages are a breeze, which I suspect reflects how CMD is more often a secondary skill.
EDIT: Needed one more 3* Speed Up for the next wave of Shuttles this afternoon. I'll take this:
Any super rare that needs all gold items at levels 90-100 is kind of a drag.
I dont remember any crew having a sound quote since Senator Vreenak and it was a rarity for crew to have a sound quote when he got it.