Captain Dax and the USS Aventine | Star Trek Online Story Series E184

SCORPION'S ABYSS PART 1. The first part of our mission into Fludic Space and meeting with Species 8472 and a battle with the Borg Kingdom of the mirror universe. We attend a briefing with Captain Harry Kim and Ezri Dax where she lays out the Aetherian plan.
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[@occultatumquaestio5226]

The name of the new mission being "Scorpion's Abyss" is an interesting callback to the two-part Voyager episode which introduced the Undine. With the difference of instead of a truce with the Borg to fight the Undine, it is a truce with the Undine to fight the Borg.

[@berthulf]

still complicated and concerning, but better by far.

[@stonewbie5981]

The bigger the smile, the sharper the knife. Be cautious of those new aliens.

[@SuperGamefreak18]

My theory with them they are one of those greater good groups . They aren’t villainous in the traditional sense but are the types to atleast treat groups like children on some level or atleast try to absorb the galactic alliance into their organization. I have a weird feeling they are a borg like good techically good but borg like

[@singletona082]

Rule 48?

[@singletona082]

Rule 48?

[@singletona082]

Rule 48?

[@SuperGamefreak18]

@@singletona082 that might be it

[@alphaone5406]

I love the way J’ula paces during the briefing like she’s studying the Aethereans.

[@CertifiablyIngame]

Typical Intelligence officer, scrutinising everything.

[@Quetzalcoatl_Feathered_Serpent]

I would to. I don't trust them. Getting vibes of a mixture between the Ori, and the Interstellar Consordium

[@mrspidey80]

I didn't even recognize her with her new hair...

[@Shapes_Quality_Control]

@@Quetzalcoatl_Feathered_SerpentYeah these guys are gonna try and screw us. Tell your tac officers to keep those banks charged everyone.

[@thomasjoychild4962]

@@mrspidey80 Discovery Klingons are much more recognisable as Klingons when they have hair, IMO.

[@robertfarr9186]

They sound like an ethereal/happy shiny version of the borg

[@berthulf]

which is probably why so many of us are just waiting for the heel turn.

[@JoacinoDaGona]

This mission is going to be extra haunting for any "Class of 2409" Captains, considering how their careers started.

[@KaiserZERO]

Oooh yeah, definitely. More trauma for my captain

[@michaelmacleod6517]

I have a Shatner clone. (Christopher Kirk) and I feel really guilty putting him through this mission. lol. In my headcannon he and his crew are on mandatory theraputic and psychological stand down until the medics have cleared him and his away team.

[@Watcher1134]

The new theme goes hard

[@milleniumsword1558]

My Ship was not ready either tbh

[@zazaranger5]

@@milleniumsword1558 I hope mine is. I have a Connie 3 and she's armed to teeth and she has borg tech as well, we shall see when it finally comes to console in March

[@kevinramsey417]

Other than the twist in this mission, I'm glad that we're not just playing bodyguard for the Trek Actor of the Month again. I love Nicole DeBoer as Ezri in this mission. It really feels like she's grown into a Starship captain. I hope we get to pay her back someday. But man, the universe is determined to break our sweet ball of bubblegum sunshine (that's Kuumaarke, if you're wondering).

[@Quetzalcoatl_Feathered_Serpent]

Yeah the moment you see Kuumarrke break thats when it got personal. We've all been treating her as the optimist innocent in the game. Even your character behavior after the borg parts were removed is a little off. The game made it personal. especially if you consider the idea of the Borg forcing themselves on people for assimilation.

[@phrophetsamgames]

Haven't watched in a while because of life but clicked as soon as I saw Ezri Dax 😅

[@radeadcool]

Oh my!

[@GSBarlev]

I've never watched his _STO_ content, but I see Ezri, I click.

[@KaiserZERO]

As a certain human smuggler would say in regards for the Aetherians "I have a bad feeling about this."

[@strikerevimus]

"This is going to be the worst day of his life." Boy, you have NO idea. Who wants to bet that Part 2 will cliff-hang where we all thought it would for a long moment?

[@BurningFlamesofDivineDragon]

*Raises Hand*

[@thomasjoychild4962]

My main guy is currently rocking an eyepatch until I decide whether or not he gets a prosthetic eye/doctors in universe decide they can safely install one once the site calms down and heals a bit more. He wasn't going to the debrief meeting with a hole in his face. :P

[@nataschajordan6053]

fluidic space beeing a multiverse knot is quite - that opens up a lot of story.

[@Reddotzebra]

It also brings a very welcome explanation for why the Undine are so paranoid. They have probably fought alternate universe versions of every species in the galaxy.

[@Timberwolf69]

@@Reddotzebra That's a valid point.

[@Timberwolf69]

@natashajordan6053 I always suspected that to be the case.

[@christopherg2347]

As the Mycelial network is multiversal, could these "coral reefs" actually be the root structure of the multiversal network?

[@BurningFlamesofDivineDragon]

I had a lot of fun with this mission when I played though it. I can't wait to see were the story of this arc goes from here.

[@barrybend7189]

This mission is worse if you are an Ex Borg if you think about it.

[@Corbomite_Meatballs]

I agree. My main is a Liberated Borg, and for some reason this mish really ticked me off that it didn't take the character history into account.

[@BurningFlamesofDivineDragon]

@@Corbomite_Meatballs That's interesting so I take it they didn't put in special dialogue if your playing said Liberated Borg?

[@markusdanielsson498]

One membrer in my away team is an ex Borg and was thinking the exact same thing.

[@kewlztertc5386]

But aren't these the alternate dimension Borg?

[@barrybend7189]

@@kewlztertc5386 you still have to get traumatized by being reassimilated.

[@Shatterverse]

Whenever I see the Etherians I can't help but feel "these guys must be from the Endless universe."

[@vegeta002]

Calling themselves a "Concordium" and mentioning being responsible for keeping the peace reminds me of the *Interstellar Concordium* from the Starfleet Command series; an "alliance of peaceful species" who enforce order and keep the peace the same way as the Dominion. Even resolving disputes "peacefully" doesn't necessarily mean you're good; the Dominion's use of bioweapons like the Teplan blight would still technically count as a peaceful resolution.

[@thomasjoychild4962]

@@vegeta002 I don't know if they're going to end up being antagonists, but I absolutely believe they're shiftier than they've presented themselves as. We're already being used for the bits of the fight they can't do themselves, in fluidic space, I suspect maybe they're in more trouble than they've said and they need to help us in order to have any allies in their fight, or something. Like the Taelons in Earth: Final Conflict: They weren't secretly trying to take over earth, exactly, but their making contact and uplifting humans was in large part motivated by their needing help in their war with their rivals (who, to be fair, wouldn't have liked humans anyway once they discovered us, but the Taelon actions guaranteed they discovered us sooner than they might otherwise have).

[@diogofreixo7224]

I can’t tell you how much I’ve checked your channel waiting for this episode!

[@matthewsolis7075]

I like these STO episodes they kinda remind me of watching let’s plays as a little kid

[@BurningFlamesofDivineDragon]

This episode was WILD I had a really fun time when I played it I can't wait to see were the story goes from here.

[@michaelmacleod6517]

Me, after playing this episode: 'I can't wait to see Mark Hale go through this.' Btw: Excelsior II Armager...when?

[@knight4light]

i just got the excelsior 2... its such a beautiful ship

[@tiagopatricio3805]

Finally Captain Ezri Dax and The Aventine having the justice they deserve!!!!!

[@tobiweinmann3790]

i love this intro far to much and it has been to long since i've seen it the last time

[@jannegrey593]

I Was Waiting for This for so long! 28 minutes of anti-depressants! THANK YOU! 😭

[@KiNGSaRG81]

Its great the way you read through all the parts adding some natural dialogue to the responses. I had already played the episode and this playback was very enjoyable!

[@HomoSolari]

This is easily my favorite STO mission since the DS9 Gamma Quadrant arc. So many great and well-executed twists.

[@Kapitaen_Flauschbart]

Yay what a grandiose evening! A new story episode on your channel, finally it feels like my life has a purpose again ;) ... very nice to see a tholian character becoming vocal

[@Quetzalcoatl_Feathered_Serpent]

Suspicious, the consordium gives me vibes of the Ori, and the interstellar Consordium

[@theravenslibrarian6655]

"They seem a little too wholesome and convenient." - Every faction that meets the Federation

[@thomasjoychild4962]

That's what keeps getting me. Maybe they ARE just as they seem, the Federation mostly is. Star Trek is a relatively optimistic universe... IDK :P

[@Stormcrow_1]

The enemy of your enemy isn't automatically your friend.

[@TJSnow-mh1qz]

19:00 I found it’s way easier to traverse fluidic space of you alternate between 1/4 & 1/2 impulse. It’s easier to make course corrections and keep a steady pace towards your goal while compensating for the drift.

[@benmorton911]

I think this is going to take three more episodes. But I'll agree with you all the Eatherians are indeed too good to be true.

[@LMG1792]

Have to say I'm loving the new missions was so happy to play this one when it dropped.

[@bipolarminddroppings]

PSA: DO NOT DO EPISODE 3 ON ELITE DIFFICULTY SOLO. YOU WILL BE THERE FOR HOURS!!!!!! Seriously, its bonkers, and I have mkXV in every slot on my ship. If you do try it on elite solo, kill the spheres and probes, then the assimilators. Basically, work your way up from smallest to largest, or you will die over and over. On the boss fight, just focus on killing the probes the Unimatrix ship spits out and let the NPCs kill the boss.

[@SuperGamefreak18]

Undine are plenty of things but they aren’t dumb so they interacted with the alpha quadrant powers enough to know if they are in their space it’s usually not them wanting to be so they are tolarant to them now

[@GSBarlev]

Dr. Erin Macdonald is in _STO?!_ That is so cool! I wonder what other _Prodigy_ characters will be/have been included in the game.

[@kineuhansen8629]

knowing canon is getting so many sto ships the aventine is one of those ships i love to see in canon if we are getting more shows set in 25 century of trek

[@Cdr2002]

Ezri has lasted surprisingly long for someone who stole Garak’s man

[@yard2380]

Fluidic space....doh!!! The maintenance and cleaning after such a trip is off the charts!!! I'm working on a new drydock, the last thing I want is this fluidic goo floating around in tiny blobs sticking to everything, it is like glitter, you will find goo marbles even years after Aventine has left the dock again. :P Still quite happy you like the Vesta. :)

[@BurningFlamesofDivineDragon]

Ha ha ha I love your comment.

[@zazaranger5]

Fluidic Space. Oh great, when this mission is over, our Cheif Engineers will be cleaning fluidic goo out of the warp nacelle vents for days!

[@PeoplecallmeLucifer]

I have an idea that might work well for STO have a mission where some of your original bridge crew goes off, you get a similar replacement and then you have a character you already have a connection to to man these task forces!

[@bjrnfrederiksson2505]

I cannot wait til the next episode. I've waited a long time for this one as well. Hope you manage to make the next one quickly 🎉

[@nathanielheilmann7351]

The one thing that makes me laugh is Kim trying to be the veteran teaching rookies about the Undine as if the PC hasn't been at the forefront of Undine conflicts since the very beginning. I get him talking about it in terms of Dax and Kuumarke but it still feels like he's more talking to the PC

[@CertifiablyIngame]

I do enjoy his performance however, really sounds like "trust me bro. I've been there."

[@Quetzalcoatl_Feathered_Serpent]

To be fair, Kim gives the impression of someone with PTSD when dealing with 8472 and the BORG he has some deep hatred for them, fair to say he's the realist. Which gives more weight when he has concerns for Kumaarke after

[@thomasjoychild4962]

@@Quetzalcoatl_Feathered_Serpent Guy nearly died from getting incidental Undine skin cells in his cuts, not a venom or anything, just some random epidermal sloughing getting into the wounds its claws made. Even their mostly-dead epidermal cells try to kill you. I totally get Harry's PTSD about them

[@AmeliaNeek]

So exciting!!!

[@jm823]

You are correct about the Aethereans rethoric it is on a par with federation but it gives off a Borgish feel very rehearsed and mechanical. LLAP 🖖

[@thomasjoychild4962]

I don't know if they're going to end up being antagonists, but I absolutely believe they're shiftier than they've presented themselves as. We're already being used for the bits of the fight they can't do themselves, in fluidic space, I suspect maybe they're in more trouble than they've said and they need to help us in order to have any allies in their fight, or something. Like the Taelons in Earth: Final Conflict: They weren't secretly trying to take over earth, exactly, but their making contact and uplifting humans was in large part motivated by their needing help in their war with their rivals (who, to be fair, wouldn't have liked humans anyway once they discovered us, but the Taelon actions guaranteed they discovered us sooner than they might otherwise have).

[@Dracounguis]

Unless you have top tier DPS do not do it on Elite! It took me forever on the space parts! 😆 On the Emitters part I went out turned it to normal and went back in because I wanted to get it done fast!

[@bipolarminddroppings]

I did the whole thing first time on Elite, wish I'd started on advanced lol, with my T6x Voth ship with all mk XV gear, and Elite bridge officers (I have access to every bridge crew power in the game), and I've been playing since launch. It took me over 3 hours, I actually lost track of how long it took after 3 hours, so it might have been 4+... I did figure out the kill order by the final set of enemies before the boss and once you know that it's much quicker. In case you want to go back and do it on Elite, just kill the borg ships in order of size from smallest to biggest, and whenever possible try to pull the smaller ships away from the bigger ones so you don't have to tank the whole group at once. If you kill them in the right order they go down way faster as some of the probes regenerate the other ships. I reckon I could do it in a usual episode length on elite now I've figured it out.

[@Noms_Chompsky]

These runs where you play something instead of your character are so great! I love doing them and being transformed into a borg or a Tzenketh or mirror mini or some such 3 or 4 powered toon kissing away all that cool stuff I've bought or grinded insufferable hours and hours over to make the ground combat jank at least passable. Cryptic are so clever at making stories where I get to run along the rails of being a supporting character in my characters playthrough stories. Awesomesauce!

[@billyyank2198]

The Undine that hailed sounds like a Cylon Centurion form the original BSG series.

[@DeaconBlu]

Good stuff! More of this if you please. 😎👍

[@EricRuskoski]

This is so cool! Thanks =)

[@Max_Flashheart]

This is great

[@svenverst]

Finally the series continues. You inspired me play STO again. Any ship recommendations for the T6-coupon? I'm only a casual player and was thinking either the Adamant or Arbiter class.

[@BurningFlamesofDivineDragon]

I'd say go for every ship you can get when rewarded with a T6 coupon as you're going to need as many ships as you can get for the Admiralty mission rewards.

[@AzraelThanatos]

I'd suggest skipping the ones in the starter packs. The Federation one pops up every few months as a free giveaway code, and even if you end up buying them, the starter packs cost less than the ships on their own... My main suggestion is to pick one for the play type you like...

[@bipolarminddroppings]

The Voth T6 is a favourite of mine. Or the Temporal Escort.

[@berthulf]

This episode is fantastic... I just wish the team was big enough to do more content drops this high quality, and you know, maybe have the extra time to fit the alternative race-specific dialogue options back in... It would have been really nice to get LB (seriously, STO, you need to rename them XB already!) dialogue for our characters... I feel that whilst they are certainly hitting Kuumarke with the PTSD stick (and harry is showing some trauma too), our own characters shouldn't be so blaze about their experiences. Especially if they're LB toons. Still, the ball made the boundary again, even promopacking the Dude didn't feel like the usual LBW in the face of it. Looking forward to part 2!

[@vegeta002]

Concordium? I remember another "Concordium" responsible for "keeping the peace" in their sector of space elsewhere in Trek history; the *Interstellar Concordium* from the Starfleet Command series; an "alliance of peaceful species" who enforce order and keep the peace the same way as the Dominion. Even resolving disputes "peacefully" doesn't necessarily mean you're good; the Dominion's use of bioweapons like the Teplan blight would still technically count as a peaceful resolution.

[@christopherwilson7092]

I think it's a cylons type story . That's the Borg origin in this , as these allies tried to make harmony . But the nanoprobes got ideas of there own

[@NeoakiraIV]

I always thought the Borg were just a species that became a hive mind and all of them being connected created chaos cause they still had individual thoughts and ideals and then someone got the idea to just funnel all that into one Borg that was fully A.I To micromanage all those thoughts and emotions and ideals and that’s where the queen comes in bringing order to chaos out of all the Borg she’s the most metal then flesh which would explain why she wanted data and put flesh on him wanted a companion tried with Picard too fleshy so went with an android and why Borg always interested in Humans cause the maybe the original species 001 Borg were close to human I dunno just head canon

[@olfico]

Nice

[@MikeIsCannonFodder]

Do we know if they intentionally used the wrong Roman title for the Romulans or did somebody just not understand them?

[@christopherg2347]

Oh, I absolutely distrust the Aetherians. Just about everything seems off. They fly around in the TET from Oblivion and talk way too much of peace and harmony. My theories are: - alternative Borg. Lots of talk of peace and unity. Maybe enforced via assimilation. - alternative Iconians. They can bioshape themselves. And they had issues with time travel, similar to how Aetherians have issues with fluidic space - oppressors on the level of the dominion. Did we ever see a single other species from their universe? Seems odd.

[@BurningFlamesofDivineDragon]

Good question I don't think we have seen another species from their universe. I on the other hand like you don't trust the Aetherians at all. I feel like they're going to fall into the writing trope "Eveiler than thou" when it comes to the Mirror Borg.

[@ArronRatliff]

I'm going with alternate universe Iconians.

[@nitehawk86]

oh shit they are Vorlons

[@christopherg2347]

@@nitehawk86 "Hello. Who are you?"

[@Quetzalcoatl_Feathered_Serpent]

​​@@BurningFlamesofDivineDragon when you are inspecting the borg data files they give direct indications that they were losing a war against the Atherians to the point they desperately sought a alliance with the Terran Empire. Kim sees it at the Borg Kingdom as being desperate enough to side with the Empire in order to keep power and he despises the Borg. Indeed anyone that faced the borg basically treats it as well they get what they deserve. Anyone else seeing it from a neutral view would automatically be screaming wait a moment. The Atherians were saying the Borg were attacking and defeating them. So yeah red flags

[@georgweiler1997]

Damn i would love a founder bridgeofficer. And i agree, it should be a little bit taken into consideration where you came from as spezies or character

[@dannylesbile8592]

I hope we don't have to wait for summer for part 2

[@JDEhlert]

I love the opening to fluidic space, but I feel like Cooper's voice should happen at it's opening saying: "I SEE YOU!!!" Sorry, it's like a giant eye of Sauron in deep space. ;)

[@Iceflkn]

If the Tholians are waiting for a chance to betray everybody, we better not be taken off guard as fools! 5:03

[@PeoplecallmeLucifer]

The Innue looks a bit like an oberst with how it's deflector is positioned!

[@Yandarval]

I do find this mission a little odd. We are going up against the Mirror Borg again. So lets send THREE (Dax, Kim, Kuumaake) all up science ships. I think our new "friends" are a "kind" of Borg as well.

[@BurningFlamesofDivineDragon]

Our new "friends" are a HUGE red flag indeed. No one is as nice and polite as they are with some... Dangerous ideas.

[@thomasjoychild4962]

@@BurningFlamesofDivineDragon OTOH, I imagine the Federation raises raises those exact same red flags to people newly meeting them. :P

[@GeofftheIronwolf]

I'm just waiting for the other shoe to drop with our "allies". I just have this irking feeling.

[@walnic93]

I think i have the color codes for the implants to look similar to the mirror borg... shame they fully work on males

[@dumbdragon13]

“This is going to be the worst day of his life” Worst day of his life so far!

[@MikeIsCannonFodder]

15:08 I haven't seen the end of the video yet, but I'm expecting the Aetherians, since the leader mentioned stopping the Borg Kingdom but also didn't say "and peace for your universe" that there's going to be some big freaken bomb or "anomaly" to annihilate our universe. Maybe just our galaxy. But I'm thinking universe and it'll be some kind of "once we seal you off it will collapse on itself" kind of thing. Or use the scary vacuum decay thing that makes the science youtube rounds.

[@thomasjoychild4962]

I don't know if they're going to end up being antagonists, but I absolutely believe they're shiftier than they've presented themselves as. We're already being used for the bits of the fight they can't do themselves, in fluidic space, I suspect maybe they're in more trouble than they've said and they need to help us in order to have any allies in their fight, or something. Like the Taelons in Earth: Final Conflict: They weren't secretly trying to take over earth, exactly, but their making contact and uplifting humans was in large part motivated by their needing help in their war with their rivals (who, to be fair, wouldn't have liked humans anyway once they discovered us, but the Taelon actions guaranteed they discovered us sooner than they might otherwise have).

[@shadow7037932]

Calling it now. Aetherians are future Lukari.

[@zazaranger5]

The mission is almost 90 mins long..wow

[@CertifiablyIngame]

I have 3 hours of footage to comb through, this was only 50 minutes of it. :,)

[@zazaranger5]

@@CertifiablyIngame Is the mission really that long Rick?

[@CertifiablyIngame]

Not as such, but I play slowly to capture footage and had to run it twice (to a point) because I missed a bit

[@zazaranger5]

@@CertifiablyIngame Gotcha. Thanks you’re my top STO reviewer, keep the great content coming

[@AzraelThanatos]

I'm really hoping that we're not going to have this arc be a Kumarke's torture arc...

[@kfcroc18]

How the hell did they get here!? 23:23

[@benmorton911]

I think The Aetherians are currently a what if the Iconians were never bombed.l,

[@owlwaifu4949]

My character has cannonically already gone though some legitamently horrible stuff so this episode was just added trauma to add ontop of it

[@Corbomite_Meatballs]

Amen to that! Any toon in STO has gone through multiple horrible experiences (Iconians, war with the Klingons x2, etc.), so it's a wonder they can function.

[@enisra_bowman]

@@Corbomite_Meatballs Betazed make veery good and much needed counselors Bonustraumapoints if your char is from the "wider TOS Era" and displaced in time and their relatives are either VERY Old or gone like Admiral McCoy in Mission to Farpoint, a Interstellar Situation of sorts, only with literal Timetravel and not time dilation

[@BurningFlamesofDivineDragon]

Bingo this adds a ton of trauma to STO OCs and its wild. They should be seeing there ship counselor every day by this point.

[@adrewadrew5860]

​@@BurningFlamesofDivineDragon I think ship counselor sits right next to your character in that teraphy

[@BurningFlamesofDivineDragon]

@@adrewadrew5860 Good point.

[@MrMikellsof88]

The Aetherean Concordium talks about "unity" "strength" and "harmony" ... is anyone else getting Interstellar Concordium from Starfleet Command II vibes?

[@thomasjoychild4962]

I don't know if they're going to end up being antagonists, but I absolutely believe they're shiftier than they've presented themselves as. We're already being used for the bits of the fight they can't do themselves, in fluidic space, I suspect maybe they're in more trouble than they've said and they need to help us in order to have any allies in their fight, or something. Like the Taelons in Earth: Final Conflict: They weren't secretly trying to take over earth, exactly, but their making contact and uplifting humans was in large part motivated by their needing help in their war with their rivals (who, to be fair, wouldn't have liked humans anyway once they discovered us, but the Taelon actions guaranteed they discovered us sooner than they might otherwise have).

[@QuetRanger]

Did you use the T6 coupon to get the lexington class? Get the Armager a well deserved upgrade?

[@johnsimonson1207]

Hang on. Bright Eyes said a few episodes back when he was introduced that the Tholians are able to talk to teach other in other universes, and see other races kind of the same regardless of Universe (ie Terrans same thing as Humans even though they are different in goals and society.) But they have not encountered the Aetherians? What universe are the Aetherians from? So Fluidic Space connects to every point in the Multiverse? So it is another Mycelial Network. However, wouldn't there still be time and distance to worry about? I mean it is not like we can enter Fluidic Space and then open a port anywhere else, we still have to travel distances before exiting. Remember the Undine over-brain that TuPok talked to? I think we are dealing with that faction, the one that became a truce after it was convinced that together we are strong.

[@CitizenNerd]

WAIT WHAT! STO has gotten voice acting? how much ?

[@darianleyer5777]

How long do you think until the Collective gets involved?

[@Quetzalcoatl_Feathered_Serpent]

Considering that the Alliance a combination of various races across the quadrants pretty much has destroyed multiple una-complexes and major Borg installations its likely the BORG power has diminished quite a bit. As for the collective. I don't know if they are considered a legitimate power yet. If anything they likely are wandering around picking up freed borg and moving on considering races hit by the BORG absolutely would be out for blood.

[@chinchilla_desperado]

Song is familiar. Is it from the game?

[@kingofmonsters14]

ah, the multiverse. a good way to make everything canon:you like this particular book? boom, it's canon now- it's just in another universe. but let's be frank- the multiverse has been a thing since they introduced the MIrror Universe in TOS and the Kelvin timeline in the Abrams movies

[@mikewashko]

I’m getting ISC vibes from our new allies. A skewed idea of peace, with the unity and strength rhetoric throwing up a red flag.

[@BurningFlamesofDivineDragon]

I'm with you their red flag indeed.

[@TrentonBennett]

I wish I could play this on my computer. Unfortunately my video card is too old and can't handle it. 😞 Can you recommend a video card that won't be too costly that I could get for my pc so it'll handle this game?

[@connorkilgour3374]

See if you can find a RTX 1050ti It's a pretty old card now but it is a reliable workhorse for about 80% of PC games these days. I had one myself for years and it ran STO perfectly. hope that helps

[@enisra_bowman]

i would look out for a Used one BUT be weary and look out so you don't get a Crypto Crap Mining Card

[@eliceocolon5412]

Why didn't anyone suggested to have contact with species 8472? They are violent species, yes, but Janeway and the crew managed some sort of communication. Why didn't they bring in seven of nine? Ugh.

[@thomasjoychild4962]

They've repeatedly attacked normal space species since then and it seems like the ones Janeway made peace with didn't speak for the majority, but we did discover that the Iconians were manipulating them. The last we heard from them in the storyline was Tuvok making peaceful psionic contact with the intelligence of a bio-dreadnaught, so actually things were on a positive note before now. Still, they've always responded violently to anyone coming onto their lawn, so I see why we didn't try to initiate anything since Tuvok talked to the dreadnaught.

[@dougkeyes4406]

When are they going to make this offline I don't care if it is a Terabyte or 2 make it happen love what I've seen but cannot afford the bandwidth

[@moviemaniacdjp]

Probably never. It is an mmo after all

[@CertifiablyIngame]

This is one of the reasons I wanted to document the game's narrative, not everyone will get a chance/time to play it and its a whole side story out there that will vanish if the game ever closes down.

[@eliceocolon5412]

Never mind.

[@Rorr59]

Is it just me, or does it seem like the Aetherians are the multiverse version of the Iconians. Possibly setting up something else, in a repeated sort of way. I admit, I am an untusting bastard, but it wouldn't be the first time STO has had lack of originality.

[@NeoakiraIV]

Am I the only one who doesn’t trust the Aetherians they sound toooooo good but I did like this episode and I like how kim was being untrusting of the Undine I forgot about the whole flesh eating thing and the line about don’t trust your allies was definitely towards the Aetherians plus you don’t go out of your way to make a new species like that and not make them the bad guys

[@BurningFlamesofDivineDragon]

You are not the only one that doesn't trust the Aetherians. I don't either as a matter of fact I've seen a lot of comments from others saying similar things.

[@gogameing5657]

Hi

[@ThanksIfYourReadIt]

Its really od. Youd expect the Undene is sole ruler of the entire thing and practically uncountable also the HARD counter to the borg. Yet they are so fucked by default that they grab any help they can get. Also, how the fuck that random ship has the authority to craft alliance within 2 spiecies? I would love to know their structure of command and representation within fluidic space that allows such events to happen.

[@wanderer3120]

857

[@GankbotShuk]

Getting a lot of Tau vibes from these newcomers.

[@billyyank2198]

SPOILER ALERT! DON'T READ IF YOU HAVEN'T PLAYED THE WHOLE MISSION YET! The Borg are not known for dishonesty. If the Borg King gives a cryptic warning with his dying breath, perhaps there is something to it. The Atherians may not be all they present themselves to be. Further developments of this story arc might give us a new twist on the familiar trope of cute and beautiful aliens being the good guys while the ugly and scary aliens are the bad guys. Like the killer bunny in Monty Python and the Holy Grail, the Atherians might become rather fearful enemies.

[@BurningFlamesofDivineDragon]

You hit the nail on the head and that is very true Borg is not known for dishonesty. Also brings forth the trope of "Eviler than thou."

[@MikeTsBees]

I never trust anyone who calls me friend

[@jordanreed3675]

Worst day of his life it couldn’t be that bad Start of the video

[@jordanreed3675]

Two weeks later yeah no now I see it

[@kfcroc18]

Why does everyone in Starfleet end up as a captain of a ship, wasn't Dax a therapist? Why didn't she stay as one?

[@Corbomite_Meatballs]

She keeps getting promoted because people keep dying.

[@adrewadrew5860]

She was comm officer during Dominium war after Iconia war they propably need all hands on deck

[@phrophetsamgames]

The STO lore reason is that Ezri genuinely felt as if she wasn't doing enough as a counsellor on DS9 and that she clung too much to Jadzia when staying there. When she finally went off station she realized how much her exoerience could help Starfleet because she had to take command during a combat situation (captain and other officers died/incapacitated aka the Picard route to command). I think Ezri was characterized enough to tell us that she would hate to see people's lives at risk simply because she wanted to stay a counsellor

[@AzraelThanatos]

@@phrophetsamgames I'd assume it was less clinging to more of Jadzia, and more of the mess that happened because she didn't go through the training to actually host a symbiote combined with the entire mess that forced the joining. Add in other things like her ritual to find information involving prior hosts of the Dax symbiote. That had been a major thing with Ezri's story, so her having a LOT of bleed from Jadzia and other hosts is pretty much spot on

[@georgweiler1997]

Those aetherians i belive are the true enemy and the Borg are actuall the more reasonable. I dont like the aethirians arriving in fluidic space out of thin air. I belive they will "assimilate" everyone into their harmony

[@NeoakiraIV]

I was sus of them as soon as they started saying their universe is very peaceful and they bring peace …peace by means of subjugation

[@nsr-ints]

​@@NeoakiraIVlike, the dominion kind of peace...

[@cryptohivemind205]

Rico another good video, I fart in JARS and send them to my boss he thinks it's Jimmy from the Tech department 😉

[@ThisIsMeAndNotYou]

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[@TurKlack]

Everytime I hear the word "Multiverse" in anything that isn't these god awful Marvel or DC Media I want to vomit. Fucking Multiverse in Star Trek. It was bad enough with the Discovery Klingons appearing. But this is just a new level of "We-lack-creativity".

[@humzaibrahim2953]

why are the vampire klingons in this game wtf man…. couldnt they leave it alone

[@moviemaniacdjp]

Vampire Klingons?

[@CertifiablyIngame]

Omg I want to see a Klingon myth on vampires.

[@humzaibrahim2953]

@@moviemaniacdjp basically the klingons from std…. Blasphemy at its worst

[@humzaibrahim2953]

@@CertifiablyIngame maybe theres a cult of klingon monks praying to fekhlar?? N they do ritual blood letting from enemies captured

[@humzaibrahim2953]

@@nekiyia lmao projecting at its finest

[@ultramaximusreviews]

I have zero belief that Ezri Dax would be the Captain of a Starship. She's too tiny and unauthoriariative

[@Evil0tto]

She's a Dax. She has lifetimes of experience, knowledge, and the confidence of previous hosts. On Deep Space 9 she was just barely beginning to understand what she was, and she only had one season. In the novel series you see what she can become when she stops fighting being a host and accepts it. In STO that happens off-screen. Size matters not, to borrow a line from a different franchise.

[@richardstone5552]

Nice