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Shaping History Campaign - Another Uhura?
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Could I ask why we have another 5* Uhura as a reward in next months campaign? This is the third time Uhura has been the Premium reward in campaigns. There are plenty of other African-American characters one could choose from: Michael Dorn would have been my preference as I don’t think Worf has been a campaign reward as yet (though I may be mistaken) Or maybe Dr M’Benga. Or Lt Palmer. Please, vary it up a bit.
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The break down
TOS 17/78= 21.79%
Main
Kirk- 1 4* & 1 5*= 2
Spock- 2 4*s & 3 5*s = 5
Scotty- 1 4*= 1
Uhura- 3 5*s= 3
Sulu- 1 4*= 1
Reoccurring
2 4*s= 2
One Off
2 4*s & 5*= 3
TNG 17/78= 21.79%
Picard- 3 4*s & 1 5*= 4
Data- 2 5*s= 2
Troi- 1 4 & 2 5*s (1 copy Beta)= 3
Worf- 1 4* (1 copy Beta)= 1
Geordi- 1 4*= 1
Reoccurring
2 4*s & 4 5*s= 6
DS9 9/78 11.54%
Sisko- 1 4* & 1 5*= 2
Ezri- 1 4*= 1
Bashir 1 4*= 1
Odo- 1 4*= 1
Reoccurring
1 5*= 1
One Off
1 4* & 2 5*s= 3
Voy 9/78 11.54%
Torres- 1 4*= 1
Paris- 1 4* & 5*= 2
Kim- 1 4*= 1
Doc- 1 4*= 1
Seven- 1 5*= 1
Kes- 1 4*= 1
Reoccurring
1 4*= 1
One Off
1 5*= 1
Ent 11/78 14.01%
Archer- 1 4* & 1 5*= 2
T'Pol- 1 5*= 1
Trip- 1 5*= 1
Reed 1 4*= 1
Hoshi- 1 5*= 1
Phlox- 1 5*= 1
Reoccurring
1 4* & 1 5*= 2
One Off
2 5*s= 2
Disco 14/78= 17.95%
Saru- 1 5*= 1
Tilly 1 4* & 1 5*= 2
Georgiou- 1 4* & 1 5*= 2
Stamets- 1 4= 1
Owosekum- 1 4*= 1
Tyler- 1 4*= 1
Reno 5*= 1
Reoccurring
2 4* & 3 5*= 5
Picard 1/78= 1.28%
Reoccurring
1 4*= 1
I stuck Fugitive Spock in with TOS. I really should figure out what percentage of hours each series contributes for a better analysis. Really, TNG, DS9, and Voyager supply over half of the hours and the three should supply an equivalent amount of crew to the Vault and Campaign crew, but they don't.
I would expect a new M’Benga to show up once SNW arrives.
Maybe because her character actually made Black history at a time when it was "controversial" to even have a main character be either Black or female?
Yes. He is main cast, IIRC. Let me look.
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https://www.inverse.com/entertainment/strange-new-worlds-shockingly-reboots-3-classic-star-trek-characters
Although he was not a regular character on TOS, the character of Dr. M’Benga appeared in two episodes and was played by Booker Bradshaw.
Within the context of TOS, M’Benga was an expert on Vulcan physiology. Some of the non-canon novels (like The Vulcan Academy Murders) revealed that M’Benga spent time as a doctor on the planet Vulcan. Whether or not Strange New Worlds will connect with that continuity remains to be seen, but now, it appears that M’Benga served on the USS Enterprise NCC-1701 way before Kirk took over and TOS began.
This is also a good card - solid stats, several collections, and a character who will soon be main cast on a second Star Trek series.
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Now, arguments can be made for many other POC actors in the Trek franchise, that they also contributed to that same history, and maybe next year we'll see a couple of them honored as well.
THIS!
Those characters are part of celebrating Black History Month. Uhura was a ground breaking character that inspired a lot of people, especially young female Black children. Considering the fact when Strange New Worlds comes out, there will be 3 actresses that have portrayed the character of Uhura on screen.
I love this, thank you for writing it
And if I may add on a more pragmatic level in response to the OP's question, as of the moment I am writing this comment the three current lowest listings on the Celestial Market for a Tribbled polestar are 99,995 ISM, 99,999 ISM, and 111,111 ISM. That collection is prohibitively expensive and one of the most difficult to make progress in, and for the low, low price of 9.99 USD every player can get 4/5 of the way toward progress on that collection, or if they already have her immortalized can get four cracks at a Tribbled Polestar (she only has 6 total traits so pretty good odds!) to help them retrieve another card from that collection.
Nichelle Nichols' impact on the planet cannot be overstated IMO and I was very happy to see her in the next campaign, but if you need another reason to be excited about this, hopefully I was able to help.
Is there something I've missed with constellations or the campaign? Does having the card yield a constellation?
Nope! My bad, lol. That's what I get for trying to be helpful on hour 31 of being awake!
Quote: "By appearing on Star Trek in the immediate wake of the Civil Rights movement, Marshall’s portrayal of a brilliant yet tortured scientist impacted a great deal of Black viewers, inspiring many to pursue innovative careers in computer engineering and information technology. Seeing Daystrom collapse as he did may be difficult content to consume, but it serves as a reminder that human beings are complex, nuanced individuals, no matter how high their IQ may be."
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So u prefer crap stats crew like Daystrom(2skill too)over decent stats crew?
Btw. Emory Erickson already has been camapigns crew, 5 campaigns ago.
If you missed that fact, i doubt you find him so important. 😉
He would have to be a lot stronger than 5 to make up for 2 skills. He's losing out on too many extra rolls when he only matches on SCI.
We could have another version of Daystrom or Ericson
We had cases where new crew was in campaign.