Convergence Day Speculation
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As I like to say while playing Among Us: we have come to the point of wild speculation. 
So let the wild speculation about Convergence Day begin! There are a couple of things that have become standard for CD: a new crew member, a new yearly avatar, and a theme.
New Crew Member
Let's start with the new crew member. The past crew have been Convergence Day Quark (2017), Mariachi Q (2018), Seven in Silver (2019), and Bones McCoy (2020). Given that history, an STT originals and then 3 specific variants, I think what ties them together is that the CD crew will be a surprise. Here are my ideas (spoilers where necessary for latest season of DISCO):
What's your idea?
Anniversary Avatar
The anniversary avatars have been: Alfa 177 canine (ie: the funny TOS space dog) (first year; 2017), Targ (second year; 2018), Spot (third year; 2019), and Livingstone (ie: Picard's fish) (fourth year; 2020). It seems they are sticking with a pets of ST theme here. The obvious guess right now is Grudge, the DISCO cat. But let's add some other ideas (the funnier the better):
Thoughts?
Theme
This has been off and on, if I'm remembering correctly. In 2019, we got a fun Borg two-parter mini-Mega, which was because the version of the game being released was 7.9 (get it!). Last year was celebrating the 100th birthday of DeForest Kelley and we got temp achievements to earn more stars for him (which was awesome). Can anyone remind us what the theme of the previous years were?
I know some people have been throwing around 5th anniversary theme ideas, but let's hear them here. This is also something that can be a random surprise, but it's fun to speculate. Maybe a theme of all the God-like aliens of ST and how they are messing with or taking advantage of the temporal anomaly? Hopefully we'll get another multi-part mini-Mega; it just added to the sense that CD is a big deal. This really could be anything, so ideas away!
Last thing: I know there are a lot of frustrations about the Adira Tal art switch and a lack of big holiday offers/giveaways. Since there are threads for those issues, and they are being discussed at length, could we keep this thread as much on CD as possible? I know I would appreciate it, so thanks in advance!
So let the wild speculation about Convergence Day begin! There are a couple of things that have become standard for CD: a new crew member, a new yearly avatar, and a theme.
New Crew Member
Let's start with the new crew member. The past crew have been Convergence Day Quark (2017), Mariachi Q (2018), Seven in Silver (2019), and Bones McCoy (2020). Given that history, an STT originals and then 3 specific variants, I think what ties them together is that the CD crew will be a surprise. Here are my ideas (spoilers where necessary for latest season of DISCO):
- George & Gracie (Not a spoiler but given that the DISCO writers very much teased me for a moment that the whales from ST: IV were the villains of Se 3, I'd take this as an acceptable repayment. )
- God of Sha Ka Ree
- First Officer Shelby
- Tortured (ie: Four Lights) Picard
- Prophet Sisko
- Captain Ransom
- Major Hayes
- Beckett Mariner
- Maquis Thomas Riker
- Sutra (the third version of Soji/Dahj)
- Carl (Given the significance of the Portal in game, he has GOT to be added soon. Great episode, BTW.)
- Captain Saru - ***This is my guess. Most recognizable/unique character of DISCO and the newest ST captain.***
- First Officer Tilly
What's your idea?
Anniversary Avatar
The anniversary avatars have been: Alfa 177 canine (ie: the funny TOS space dog) (first year; 2017), Targ (second year; 2018), Spot (third year; 2019), and Livingstone (ie: Picard's fish) (fourth year; 2020). It seems they are sticking with a pets of ST theme here. The obvious guess right now is Grudge, the DISCO cat. But let's add some other ideas (the funnier the better):
- George and Gracie (yes, again; what can I say, I like whales)
- Porthos
- Tribble
- Odo in his bucket (not a pet but a fun idea)
- Number One
- Badgey
- Peanut Hamper
- Exocomp
Thoughts?
Theme
This has been off and on, if I'm remembering correctly. In 2019, we got a fun Borg two-parter mini-Mega, which was because the version of the game being released was 7.9 (get it!). Last year was celebrating the 100th birthday of DeForest Kelley and we got temp achievements to earn more stars for him (which was awesome). Can anyone remind us what the theme of the previous years were?
I know some people have been throwing around 5th anniversary theme ideas, but let's hear them here. This is also something that can be a random surprise, but it's fun to speculate. Maybe a theme of all the God-like aliens of ST and how they are messing with or taking advantage of the temporal anomaly? Hopefully we'll get another multi-part mini-Mega; it just added to the sense that CD is a big deal. This really could be anything, so ideas away!
Last thing: I know there are a lot of frustrations about the Adira Tal art switch and a lack of big holiday offers/giveaways. Since there are threads for those issues, and they are being discussed at length, could we keep this thread as much on CD as possible? I know I would appreciate it, so thanks in advance!
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I guess that the new crew member (if there will be one) will be a version of a main cast character or at least of a recurring. And that it will be a happy/festive or at least neutral version of the character. So I agree that your main guess could very possibly be it
As for who it might be...hmm. For what it’s worth, all of the past crew have been from different series - if they choose to not double-dip, then we’re looking at someone from Picard (my vote is for Laris), Disco (Mirror Culber would be dope), Lower Decks (unlikely unless it’s a non-humanoid), or Enterprise (which is the red-headed stepchild of series as far as the game is concerned). A main cast variant is likely but not a guarantee, either.
I would think that Pah-Wraith Possessed Jake or Prophet Possessed Kira would be really neat choices, if going back to a series already featured in past Convergence Day crew was a possibility. If the new crew were to come from a newer series, Mirror Captain Maximilian Forrest would be ideal, if only given what Vaughn Armstrong has meant to the Trek universe over the years.
As for other things, I wonder if that new game feature will be rolled out concurrently with other Convergence Day celebrations. Diverting all available resources to finishing this in time would be an explanation for why the mini-event never happened and why the ball was dropped so hard for Towel Tal’s artwork.
I’d rank the likelihood of new avatars as so:
-Grudge
-Number One
-Porthos
-Lizard Spot
-Mirror Porthos
For something a bit left field, I'd like to see them honour the writers. Ira Behr and some of the other DS9 writers were in the background in the DS9 finale, so they've made a canon appearance!
New Crew
If they cycle through the series without repeating, they need to either do Disco or Enterprise. Picard or LD is a possibility, even TAS, but those first two are the front runners.
Disco- I hate to say it, but it makes sense and my mom agrees with the logic. Adira Tal with the towel art. Think about it. The point where all those lives converge for Convergence Day would be very symbolic. It would also account for why the art was ready the same time roughly as the other and why they are being hush hush about the release. They only denied the pack idea. They could have just said she was for a future event. If she's not in a pack or for an event, she's for something else.
Enterprise is having it's birthday in September and will be 20. I think a mega later on is more likely. If they go this route, I would lean towards a crew like Carpenter Street Archer or Columbia Trip. Maybe Mother T'Pol with her IDIC.
The outside options would be Aging Data from Picard or to introduce LD with Beckett Mariner.
New Avatar
I like the idea of Grudge, since I am a cat person, but Janeway's dog, Molly, would add Voyager.
Irish Setter Crusher would be hilarious though.
Theme
Fifth Anniversary- I have to go for the five year mission. Plus, the original series will be 55. The five theme is too good to pass up.
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Yes, with Ira Behr having the purple goatee he has in the DS9 documentary What We Left Behind.
For crew, Mirror Culber or Cadet Picard seem like good bets since they have made recent text/art cameos in the game. In that pair, I'd lean toward Culber to capitalize on current show production (perhaps also to tie into a player-recruitment marketing campaign; ahem, TP, this is the kind of thing you need to do to expand the playerbase). I know the G&G whales are popular requests in forum threads but I wonder if they would be used as the next fusion card instead?
Spent part of the holiday re-reading "Memory Prime", which features Mira Romaine a few years after the Memory Alpha / Zetarian incident, so I'll put her up as a potential crew candidate as well. (We have the Memory Alpha planet in-game after all.)
Theme - I won't even hazard a guess.
Was Spock's in Disco Season Two? In the flashbacks? I can't remember. However, TAS is game canon....
https://stt.wiki/wiki/Category:Star_Trek:_The_Animated_Series
Seven characters already. If the Wiki is current. I don't think there is a new one that is super-recent.....
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My money is on Grudge for the avatar.
I can George and Gracie showing up somehow, but I'm wondering if they end up in the honor hall or Voyages instead.
Maybe they get to be the reward in the long rumored mini event.
It's missing Em/3/Green, at the very least, but your point still stands. The Sehlat definitely appeared in TAS, but I suspect they would go off its appearance in ENT.
@DScottHewitt I haven't seen Disco 2, but there is no mention of Disco on the Memory Prime page for sehlats. (I build models and am seriously considering crafting a sehlat to got with a vinyl 12' Spock I have to build and paint. I have the page bookmarked. TAS: "Yesteryear" and Enterprise: "The Forge" are their only onscreen appearances.)
Eight characters for TAS actually. They show only seven, but list Em-3-Green from the recent Tuesday pack.
Grudge would be my guess for avatar. Though Spot has already claimed the feline 'spot', so if they want to keep it diversified, I would nominate Leonard, Zimmerman's iguana, as a contender.
As far as theme, I can think of none better than Year of Hell! Yes, we already had a mega event centered around it, but there's never been a more fitting theme for what we've all been put through! And celebrating the end of 2020 by putting that chapter behind us would certainly be welcome!
I seriously doubt Grudge can be shrunk down enough to fit into the avatar spot!
TOS does fit well. Although Bones was last year, Spock was recently a recurring Mega, and Kirk was in the special holiday campaign. So if we do get a TOS character, I'm hoping it's one of the other characters, like Sulu or Uhura.
Carl would be magnificent.
I really enjoyed the special achievements so we could get the crew to 4/5. It was a lot of fun, and really made the crew stand out. I don't know if I've ever used Seven in Silver outside of a Seven event.
Eh, neither of us are terribly surprised.
There are some great moments in ENT, but it's reputation isn't undeserved.
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Sam Beckett leaps into the body of Scott Bakula to put right something that is wrong as Jonathan Archer...maybe that works better as a lead in to a rerun or a flashback...
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I was thinking that. But we're getting a new 5*, so next week looks like a new event. If we had Mariachi Q as the rank reward then they could be doing that. Also, it looks like 2019 and 2020 didn't have Convergence Day events. The celebrations were outside of the normal event structure.
Haven't thought about TOS starting theme, but that is a great idea! 5 is a nice number of years to have the game been running for, so why not this year make it a much more special crew gift!