Romulan Bird-Of-Prey Attack | Part 2 - Star Trek Strange New Worlds S01E10

#kirk
#pike
#romulanempire

[@Elnont]

What I love about this episode is that it shows that Kirk needed to be the captain without making Pike seem lesser. They both did the right thing yet destiny has it that Kirk’s way happens to be the best in this situation.

[@dennisswartz4937]

You're chasing a known enemy, that has destroyed several bases, into a comet debris field...AND YOU'RE NOT ALREADY AT RED!

[@magnubeido8832]

I know. I am usually a not very critical viewer so I usually disengage my brain but that was my exact thought when watching this scene 😜😂

[@davfree9732]

Aye. Yellow alert means the ships defenses are engaged, but not to their maximum potential as power is flushed to weapons Tom put them into Hot Standby. It’s essentially a ‘Just in case’ mode. Red is better but draws more power requiring extra power generation. At least that’s what I remember from Starfleet tech manuals.

[@mattwho81]

How long can a crew keep at high alert status before they get tired? A few hours, maybe half a day. They could be waiting ages to see action. The other shifts need to rest I’m case you have to rotate crew out.

[@axel4196]

Is it me, or does this episode seem...inspired by the classic TOS episode Balance of Terror?

[@nel1962]

@@axel4196 Man, are you late to the party? Maybe watch the episode and it will all become clear.

[@chialeux514]

WHOA ! Three-dimensional dogfighting ?! That's the the Star Trek equivalent of a unicorn !!

[@Davegvg3576]

The CGI looks great and I love the series, but the ships still fly like planes.

[@gawainethefirst]

Sacrifice of Angels…

[@Davegvg3576]

@@gawainethefirst 3 dimensional - yes, but no 180 reversals against pursuing ships like we saw with the white stars, Stayfuries, and Shadows scout in B5.

[@rossjs1980]

And the camera went upside down 🧐

[@Davegvg3576]

@@rossjs1980 an upgrade from the flat planes we've seen but still flies like an atmospheric bound fighter

[@amead78]

The episode clearly shows the difference between Pike and Kirk’s command styles.

[@Ryan_Christopher]

Their "abilities" are not in question, only the differences in their tactical thinking and strategic philosophy. Pike believed more in the carrot, Kirk goes for the stick.

[@scotttigers]

@Ein Kunde I laughed hysterically at your pooking fun at the analogy.

[@GreenFenril]

@@Ryan_Christopher And while both philosophies has it's uses, the situation called for the stick

[@AlexandarHullRichter]

"Let me remind you you're saying that on my ship after yours has been destroyed."

[@dangeary2134]

Because the backup failed. Tactically, both captains were in error, being too far apart to cover each other.

[@anne.andromeda]

Badass line but I think it should be noted that Kirk's ship was a small frigate while Enterprise was the largest and best ship of the Starfleet

[@phillm156]

Every Farragut, in every era gets a raw deal.

[@wadearendsee4430]

Even in the Kelvin timeline lmao

[@ghettoprince187]

Just like the Saratoga 😂

[@valkyriedawn]

I mean, the Farragut in TNG ferried the Enterprise D crew away from Veridian 3. Not so bad, really.

[@internetperson573]

And it’s always the fuckin Romulans 😂

[@akakryd]

​@valkyriedawn then was destroyed by klingons 2 years later.

[@stevencohen624]

This episode did a great job of showing how menacing the commander and crew of that Romulan ship were. In the original series’ episode Kirk and his crew largely dominated the fight, but here Pike, even though he had significant combat experience, was out of his element.

[@brianllllll]

Not aggressive enough against an enemy with technological superiority. When you're fighting someone with better ranged tech than you (in this case being invisible and giant plasma ball) your only hope is to turn it into a knife fight and relentlessly chase so they can't use their advantage. The political views also differ; In TOS Spock concludes if it is an invasion the ship can't make it back to home base. This alternate universe Spock is far more stiff and original series like than the SNW Spock and Pike didn't ask him the right questions. Pike was the wrong person Kirk was the right person for the times.

[@tonuahmed4227]

Yes,and this is what the episode was about...pike changing the future what leads to this timeline...so future pike comes back in time to show him that

[@DrOneOneOne]

@@brianllllll Other way around, surely ? Spock actually says that the Romulan weapon works better at shorter ranges than longer. Closing in with the Cricket could've allowed it to one-shot the Enterprise too, and it also looks to be more manoeuverable than either Federation ship .

[@TokoGT]

Kirk challenging Pike that he flinched for a moment in combat in a nice "pot calling the kettle black" moment. In this reality that is how Kirk got command of the Farragut, after he hesitated on firing upon the cloud creature, believing that flinch lead it to attack the ship and kill half the crew and the captain, leading to this Kirk to assume command of the vessel. Probably why Kirk put his foot down like he did, not wanting Pike to experience the same mistake that he did.

[@fuzzywzhe]

No. Don't be silly. The writers of this show never saw the original series, nor do they care about it. In balance of Terror, a major plot point was that the Romulans had NEVER been seen before and communicated with for the last 100 years despite having a war with them. There was that huge big deal that Spock and the Romulans had common ancestry. Quit pretending that the people who write this garbage care about what was written before.

[@TokoGT]

@@fuzzywzhe Their similarities was a big deal when we were first introduced to the Romulans in the 60s, and the bigotry drama was centered around one officer who isn't a part of this version of events. That region in history had already been explored quite well, this more focused on the 'what if' path than completely retreading a classic to squeeze in newer options. It was never stated in canon that the Farragut was a Constitution class ship. So finally showing it as a new original design to avoid confusion between the two involved ships I have no problems with.

[@fuzzywzhe]

@@TokoGT I'm just pointing out, the writers of this show don't care about inconsistencies. It's just another dumb stupid pew pew kaboom series. This is nothing more than one action scene after another, and then the writers flub in some BS to tie them together. Who cares? It's a more than 50 year old franchise, it's time to put it to rest at this point. People apparently want mindless stupid entertainment and if they don't, well too bad, the writers are ONLY going to produce mindless stupid entertainment.

[@Zeithri]

@@fuzzywzhe Your comment is pretty cringe. As someone whose a huge fan of The Original Series, I found this episode to be the absolute golden one of Strange New Worlds. Kirk acted exactly how TOS Kirk would had acted, and Pike is a lot closer to his self-doubt he expresses in " _The Cage_ ". The only time your criticism here really rings true is in the episode with the Gorn. That episode is godawful and made zero sense except they were trying to make the Gorn be like Xenomorphs.

[@fuzzywzhe]

@@Zeithri This episode may very WELL be the best in the new series. That's not saying too much at all. I just don't care anymore. Since the JJ Abrams film in 2009, it's just senseless, violent, and stupid. It doesn't matter what is produced now or later, I won't even waste my time looking at it. They writers and creators have lied repeatedly about what they promised to do, it's filled with modern propaganda that is beaten into you, it's not clever, it's not thoughtful, and therefore it's entirely forgettable. I'm in Silicon Valley, and I'm an electrical engineer. Nobody here talks about the series or consumes it but we all know the original series. If you enjoy it, well, at least somebody does.

[@Cletus_the_Elder]

I hope the returns are strong enough for them to keep up the quality. The effects look amazing. Anson Mount is excellent as Pike.

[@r0bw00d]

The returns don't matter anymore. Just look at STD and STP.

[@jacksonquinn1472]

@@r0bw00d lol okay.

[@r0bw00d]

@@jacksonquinn1472 I fail to see why you're being dismissive, unless you're ignorant, of course. I can educate you if you'd like.

[@cubdukat]

They were. Plus, Paramount Plus no longer has to rely on "Star Trek" to pull in subscribers anymore. They've come a long way since CBS All-Access...

[@kingsterleo2017]

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[@ffnendhgrgd]

The balance of bravado and top tier professionalism in Kirk is outstanding. No other interpretation comes close.

[@bomber16]

I'm enjoying this actor as kirk ....big shoes to fill i couldn't imagine the stress

[@francisdavis1271]

Recall that Kirk has always been referred to as a "cowboy"... he's been on the verge of reckless.

[@tech83studio38]

Meh

[@ffnendhgrgd]

@@tech83studio38 yeah it's really a problem with all Trek captains. They can be serious or adventurous but rarely both. I also like Chris Hemsworth as Kirk's dad in the movie

[@wanderinghistorian]

You could call it a balance...OF TERROR? :D

[@hfar_in_the_sky]

What I liked about this scene is that it showed that Kirk is an absolutely brilliant and daring commander but even he can be limited by the resources at his disposal. He's good, but he's not invincible. It's when he's sitting in the command seat of the flag ship of the Federation that he's at his peak capabilities

[@Markus_Andrew]

It all looks fantastic, but I actually prefer the beam-type phasers in TOS over these Star Wars-ish bolt-type ones. Just my own minor niggle.

[@kingsman8475]

Amen glad someone noticed.

[@elwoogie1963]

In the original episode "Balance of Terror" the Enterprise fired pulsed proximity burst phaser barrages. I will also note this is the phaser fire noted in the JJ verse movies.

[@colinantink9094]

I agree. These just don’t feel like they pack any …. Oomph

[@davidfoster8318]

It is a bit unusual but I think it’s a callback to the TOS episode it was based on. They had beams throughout SNW until now.

[@UNSF]

Jesus beam phasers are TNG. TOS era including the movies have always been bolts. Go re-watch them.

[@bluedotdinosaur]

One thing featured here when Farragut gets splashed, that Star Trek usually forgets in its visual effects, is the massive amount of gasses that would balloon outward from a bursting ship. And form an instant cloud of freezing atmosphere which would move along with the disabled ship in its relative frame of motion. Farragut's death in this sequence is one of the most realistic visualizations of a large vessel being destroyed in Star Trek.

[@kineticdeath]

one of the main reasons i never got into trek early on was the immunity bubbles that turned into sparkly dust when a ship finally died. That would have been a limitation of working with physical models though. The new era of CGI has potential for amazing damage modeling thankfully some of this new stuff has the advanced modeling without the lens flare spam

[@hphp31416]

@@kineticdeath considering amount of antimatter they carry on every ship tuning into space dust sems realistic

[@viking_2112]

I miss the good old days of trek when every bridge had compartments full of exploding space rocks and self repairing consoles

[@mardus_ee]

@@kineticdeath The earliest good effect I remember is with USS Kelvin in Star Trek 2009.

[@XBrain130]

I'm fairly sure thats not how it works at all. In vacuum with no convection or conduction, gasses won't cool at all for a while, much less make "instant frozen bubbles", in fact quite the opposite, the lack of pressure should mean that smoke and vented atmosphere ought to dissipate immediately. In fact, we shouldn't even have a fireball, 'cause those are caused by atmospheric pressure partially containing an explosion. Any debris blown off the ship would also fly out of view at extreme speed due to no drag. So, a truly realistic scene would simply have the Farragut engulfed in a flash of light before being left with a clean, incadescent hole.

[@kevinfogle7929]

It was cool seeing a modern take on the plasma torpedo

[@darkhighwayman1757]

That looked bad

[@donaldstinnett5630]

Photon torpedo?

[@kevinfogle7929]

@@donaldstinnett5630 federation (and lazily Klingon) have photon torpedoes. The Romulans have plasma torpedoes

[@mung01re]

That big sparkling ball of green shit was a torpedo? 'Kay...

[@evilmiera]

@@mung01re It was red. Did we watch the same scene?

[@stevenhaff3332]

I’ve been impressed with this series. I hope they continue it.

[@1985slipstream]

That little exchange about risk is the same as commander Shelby vs Commander Riker in the best of both worlds. Experience vs youth

[@tonyc.4392]

Between SNW and Lower Decks, we've accidentally stumbled into some legitimately great Trek. I hope they keep it up.

[@Zeithri]

I recommend Prodigy to that list. Lower Decks is awful in Season 1 but, as I've come to understand, a lot of the Rick & Morty bs gets less as the seasons go on. Legitimate laughs have been had. Caitian Doc is best character.

[@tonyc.4392]

@@Zeithri yes! They moved away from the dumb repetitive stuff and started showing us the world and characters and it really came into its own. I'm glad I gave Lower Decks a second try after the first few episodes.

[@tetravega567]

Love how they recreated the old school effects. The wall reflections of comet dust/fragments on the bridge & crew is just a light reflected off spinning disco ball.

[@ericmadsen7470]

Balance of Terror if Pike was Captain of the Enterprise.

[@CZ350tuner]

The Farragut looks almost exactly the same as the Ardleigh Burke class fast frigates (NCC-300 to NCC-349) from the table top wargame, Star Fleet Battles. The chances are that the Farragut model is inspired by the Task Force Games / Armarilo Design Bureau's 1981 fast frigate design, due to the modeller having played the game.

[@Name-ps9fx]

Yay! Another SFB fan!! Good times, good times...!

[@auzrael]

Romulan bird of prey in proper design, firing plasma torpedoes, and using cloaking tactics, indeed, this whole thing screams SFB universe.

[@chrissonofpear1384]

Although we're so used to the Farragut being a Connie, that it is a bit disconcerting. Also, how long has Kirk been it's captain, in this timeline?

[@mikesacklyn2372]

Wow....hitting the waaay back time machine with Task Force Games....still believe I have a few of their pocket games stashed somewhere.

[@BaconSpaceProgram]

First time I've seen SFB style plasma torpedo with range dissipation as well. Awesome.

[@hawkstringfellow]

Kirk is a badass on any ship

[@barriewright2857]

I almost thought captain Kirk and captain Pick was about to have a punch up . Typical captain Kirk mentality always to win at any cost he doesn't like to lose . He's the kind of officer you want in a war or battle because you now he will do what's necessary to forfill his mission.

[@TheBooban]

I think I may watch Star Trek again.

[@vercoda9997]

Someone determined to win at any cost is a fool - sacrifice may be needed sometimes, but you also need to know how and when to retreat/lose at times, so as to fight and win a potentially bigger or more important battle another time. The wisdom to know when and how to lose is also a necessary leadership skill, rather than a gung-ho victory-at-all-costs blinkered mentality, which shows someone who's unable to game out alternative strategies, and how to retreat to come back for a more decisive victory.

[@barriewright2857]

@@vercoda9997 Brilliant and yes in total agreement with your comment and a example of that comment, argument the "Battle of Kursk " the greatest or the battle that broke vimark and the other battles in ww2 that brought the third Reich to distruction and end and the rest is history . Never underestimate nothing and no one everything and every one is your potential enemy. Kirk is a battle specific officer he to me is the point to anchor a specific point or to hold a place until relieved or too take a specific point in the battle field that allows the execution of movement to the battle at hand, that too me from my view of him and his personality is what I would propose him for ! , Kirk is a attack dog . He's that part of a combat division you hold back until the time and place is right, then you let him go and do what he's good at.

[@jos.1839]

This was the best ST episode from all the new ST series so far (disco, picard, snw). SNW is overall the best.

[@beyerch]

A recent Star Trek series that looks worth watching!

[@AndrasMihalyi]

*only

[@beyerch]

@@AndrasMihalyi Yes, all that other stuff is shiiiiite, though *some* of Picard seemed watchable. Discovery is a train wreck. I can't even watch a clip on KZbin w/o wanting to throw up in my mouth.

[@AndrasMihalyi]

@@beyerch I watched Picard but yeah, it was mediocre, pushed the "message" too hard. Discovery: I haven't seen a minute of it and I'm not planning to. Strange new worlds is an unexpected surprise. I haven't had this feeling towards a Star Trek show since DS9.

[@hydracommander4129]

@@beyerch I have watched Star Trek Discovery and I will say the show is alright. I thoroughly enjoy Star Trek TNG, Star Trek Enterprise, and couple other but I dont remember them all.

[@evilmiera]

As someone who has watched every series of Trek, for better or worse, this one is quite a bit of fun.

[@95DarkFire]

Finally, a good-looking space battle scene, with appealing ships and some DISTANCE. However, Kirk is seem totally unbothered after loosing his ship. That is weird.

[@waggoneer]

In the Kelvin timeline don't they remark that they can make ships easily, but it is making Captains that is hard?

[@regina8710]

He’s a professional and a captain, he wouldn’t have been in this position if he were prone to throw tantrums. He is upset and angry, but he controls himself

[@SophiaAphrodite]

He never really cared about losing ships.

[@Anagh1701]

​@@SophiaAphroditeunless it's his enterprise

[@elsbaby6]

I'm probably not the first to notice, but when Pike asks La'an about Una, and La'an replies that "Una isn't allowed contact, you know that...", Pike should have realized that something is wrong in their past. Then, when Una is arrested (by Pike's GF, it may not have come as a complete surprise to him. I can't wait for Season two!

[@thisistheway3812]

Wow this episode was fantastic! Great clips right here

[@Ragefor3Dayz]

Glad they let the Romulan beat the Farragut easily, Kirk telegraphed his move so clearly it was sad. Romulan just watched him flip over right in front of him, then blasted him once he straightened out. Never use maneuver Tiberius 4 apparently.

[@Sephiroth144]

Shoulda kept sliding down and around, forcing the Romulan to continue pursuit while the Enterprise could maneuver to an advantageous position, or force a break in contact- but pulling out of the dive just gave the Romulans a beautiful shot, which they took.

[@patrickradcliffe3837]

Farragut punching above its weight class. In the original Kirk does a similar maneuver, but the romulan stayed cloaked until the phaser control fried and left them open for the plasma torpedo attack.

[@WalkMrJ]

Oh yeah. I remember those R class torps. Starfleet Command was so much fun.

[@AndersonNeo12]

Balance of Terror in HD, nice :D

[@SirButterlegs]

We definetely need more ship combat like this in Season 3, this is excellent.

[@demarcusfaulkner7411]

Great episodes this is shaping up to be pretty good trek

[@williammitchell4417]

As Spock would say "There are always possibilities"

[@SkinPeeleR]

Neh.. Made for millenials..

[@Knightfall182]

Laan looks much better in gold

[@joeswanson733]

also better with hair down.

[@danieldickson8591]

@@joeswanson733 Absolutely. Lieutenant Noonien-Singh's style looks like her hair is tightly wrapped around that stick up her butt. Commander Noonien-Singh looks and acts like a more balanced person.

[@nathanpartridge3565]

I miss the braids....

[@letsexchangecansandbadadvi4245]

I am really loving this show!!!!

[@SimonLeicester]

Really enjoying this new Trek

[@hambone5718]

In this show, since it is "early" Star Trek", Shouldn't the emblems be an applique sewn into the shirt, and NOT a pinned-on communicator looking thing? Just a thought.

[@sarcasticguy4311]

Oh, you're the one.

[@originalmin]

@@hambone5718 the uniforms must’ve changed between the SNW era and the TOS era.

[@DocD173]

Goddamn Celia Rose Gooding is gorgeous. Love her as Uhura. Paul Wesley, does a fine Kirk, but he’s just too skinny, especially when standing next to Anson Mount. Hope he’s able to bulk up a bit and put on some muscle for next season

[@Shadowkey392]

He could stand to act more like Shatner.

[@anonagain]

@@Shadowkey392 There's a spot in this episode where he does a perfect impish Kirk grin - it looked just like Shatner. And in this clip around 3:37 he talks with Kirk's weird pauses. But if he did a full-on Shatner it would turn into parody.

[@williammitchell4417]

This is supposed to be a younger Jim Kirk

[@williammitchell4417]

@@anonagain Very true. I did like how either Chris Pine or Vic did Kirk in Star Trek continues

[@katherineberger6329]

@@williammitchell4417 Since this is an "It's a Wonderful Life" episode, this is Kirk at age 34 in 2267. But he's in command of the Farragut, because Pike never gave up the command chair on Enterprise.

[@renanfeitosa101]

the pew pew phasers in this series seens to be like in the star trek bridge crew, pew pew to inflict random damage and the phaser beam is to subsystem target

[@dracul4u]

The other thing is that, these are supposedly particle-based weapons, they should act like long strings of energy, instantly reaching the horizon, then you can firehose them around. But in this depiction, the ships are WW2 fighter planes (and somehow they maneouver as if they are affected by gravity, with long 'pull-ups' and barell rolls) - and their weaponry behaves exactly like machine gun fire, but with tracers

[@channelwalk7286]

Its not as ridiculously funny as hearing both the *Enterprises' tactical officer* speak after hitting one of the enemy ships; [a sound effect] like a baseball striking an aluminum garbage can. 1:47 ===⚾💥

[@MissesWitch]

This was definitely the most exciting moment in the series.. and very sad with how it came to end!

[@Alkelly-hh6rv]

That plasma fire could have been avoided. More than enough time.😮

[@dileog395]

So, when are we going to get the Enterprise outfitted with those familiar TOS phaser beams with the classic sound effects instead of the red X-Wing bursts they're currently using?

[@shawndashno6022]

The "X-wing" bursts, actually allow for the chance to miss, increasing battle tension, and from an energy weapon perspective, it would be wiser to use smaller contained bursts than long draining "concentrated" fire, but they have shown that they are capable of the sustained burst, it was actually in episode 2, good ol sound effect and all, in this case, their probably just conserving energy resources. (Had to edit in the episode 2 bit, cheers)

[@jackvearncombe9892]

In disco s2 they had blue dual beams coming from each emitter. In snw season 1 they've had red single beams from each emitter. It's only in this they've had the red pulse weapons, kinda like the weapons from kelvin timeline.

[@Ithinkiwill66]

Dammit Jim! The other Trek shows, and movies, NEVER were in great details, like THIS one!!

[@mbierranger1379]

In this Star Trek the Red Alert seems to be the new normal mode 😉

[@Sage2000]

I love how Kirk, as awesome as he is portrayed in this show, made a tactical error: instead of evading and buying time, he went all aggressive and ate a plasma torpedo point blank. This episode is exquisite. An homage to the original combined with much depth storyline.

[@Deliciousfoodofficer]

Well if he were in command of the Enterprise if would be a other thing :D

[@Sage2000]

@@Deliciousfoodofficer indeed. But like I said... I like how they played this episode

[@Deliciousfoodofficer]

@@Sage2000 yes :) youre right

[@288theabe]

This was such a badass episode.

[@JaredJanhsen]

This is the best "What if" take Star Trek has ever done with its own timeline. Showing Pike that he's the wrong man for "Balance of Terror" took guts.

[@hammond1994]

Captain leaves the bridge while in combat, to see who arrives by transporter? Looks like dereliction of duty.

[@rotyler2177]

I thought that too. I think the Romulans had left area.

[@turbopokey]

Pike didn’t even ask what the romulans were doing before he stomped off the bridge. A simple throwaway line like “The Romulans are moving off, sir.” would’ve fixed that. Just plain lazy writing there…

[@greganderson3263]

Makes me think of the old Star Trek computer game. Those plasma weapons were best kept faaaaaar away.

[@frankhernandez6883]

Gotta LOVE those plasma torps!!!

[@Mantikal]

I've got this queasy feeling in my gut that I'm never going to see this version of Kirk getting out of bed with an Orion slave girl - or any girl.

[@puzer1]

...yup, this guy looks more like he's pining for Pike...

[@vezner]

I miss the phasers from TNG, DS9, and Voyager. They weren’t “pew pew” back then. lol

[@pumelo1]

You 100% right this "PIF PIF" Starwars sh........

[@sarcasticguy4311]

@@pumelo1 Agreed. If I want to watch Star Wars blasters then I'll go watch Star Wars. I watch Star Trek to watch them carve their names on each other's hulls in combat.

[@vezner]

@@sarcasticguy4311 lol!

[@FedoReds88]

Well, this phaser resembles the one used in the original episode (mistaken to be torpedoes) and the phaser see in the "wrath of Khan" movie

[@sarcasticguy4311]

@@FedoReds88 I know what you're talking about and it certainly resembles it but that always looked more like a "phasing" and "oscillating" beam more than what it looks like here. It's really become the "pew pew" as the OP states.

[@q-m-q1362]

Vulcan are always cool headed, calm and collected

[@channelwalk7286]

0:00 *Pike's* thought bubble.. during a [captain's Log] looks like a *Madame Tussaud's* wax bust !!

[@fryfry377]

Kirk's actor looks a little like a young Bruce Campbell. I love it.

[@scottbatty1356]

Hes the guy who plays one of the brother vamps in vampire dairys

[@marygross6874]

@@scottbatty1356 His character name was Stephen Salvatore from The Vampire Diaries

[@scottbatty1356]

Lol yeah I dont watch it but iv watched the originals that's how I know it was him and I seen a few clips when they pop up of youtube

[@thenix8881]

More like Jim Carrey.

[@J.Giovanni]

*Chuck Finlay

[@DangerousParent]

Damn those Romulans🤨😘 The guys sure look nice in their uniforms😉

[@nickbarnett5004]

"Brace for impact!"(proceeds to fail to brace for impact)

[@CollectorChronicles]

This is actually pretty appealing. The lasers sounded awesome.

[@dileog395]

Exactly, they're "lasers," not "phasers." It's time to replace those red X-Wing blasters with TOS era blue phaser beams with that iconic sound effect.

[@AlternicityBlogspot]

Maybe they will. Maybe they already do, just didn't have them set that way in this battle.

[@whenyoucometonegown]

Pike talking shit to Kirk about Farragut being destroyed doesnt seem fair. The warbird could have easily been parked behind the Enterprise. They were both taking a risk, not just Kirk. If I was Kirk I would have been like wtf man that could have just as easily been you.

[@channelwalk7286]

LoL I think *Kirk* learned a tactical lesson using that offense/attack sequence 0:57 and getting the bow of a federation ship gutted. What if a *maximum yield full spread* torpedoes ? the look of surprise..1:33

[@WaveForceful]

Kirk Simply underestimated the effectiveness of the plasma torpedo.

[@joshsmith6043]

Surprisingly good writing

[@georgecrawford4715]

Love this episode and Strange New Worlds. My only gripe with this episode is that it seems that the Romulans had warp drive in this episode. In the TOS episode that this episode is based on, the Romulans didn't have warp drive yet. Just impulse drive. A minor technicality but Strange New Worlds is the best new Trek in years! This from someone who is as old as the original series!

[@JcBravo8]

That line has been ignored for decades. It makes no sense for an interstellar empire to fight interstellar wars at sunlight speeds.

[@agamemnonn1]

Their power was impulse. not necessarily that their propulsion was impulse.

[@jkleylein]

The contents in a comet's tail is vapor and dust, not rocks the size of a bus. The ships would have been pretty wrecked drifting through that kind of debris.

[@billem3085]

Not rocks but ice shards also, these ships have deflectors which deflect such debris

[@joshuaplotkin8826]

That is what the deflector is for

[@reidoha1066]

It’s so weird seeing Paul Wesley as Kirk after seeing him as Stefan on Vampire Diaries. 😅

[@hawkstringfellow]

Kirk is always the man they have the writing down for kirk

[@Sliferzero]

Damn that are Tough Bastards my friends. Thanks.

[@MrMoses1300]

Am I in an alternate reality? Klingon" Bird of Prey". Romulan "War Bird".

[@borg111]

This ship was always called a Romulan bird of prey even in the original series.

[@DokturProfesur]

You may be surprised to know that the Romulans coined the bird of prey term. Also the Klingon bird of prey was originally intended to be a Romulan ship, but was changed to Klingons since they were more marketable. Industrial Light & Magic did not get the memo in time so what they sent was still intended to be a Romulan ship, but they just used the design anyway. So ultimately the Klingons ripped off the Romulan ship and the Romulan name.

[@kimberlainodriscoll4781]

Soooo....in the middle of battle, the captain leaves the bridge to hug people and talk.

[@channelwalk7286]

that's a serious question I like ! so funny at the wrong moment 🤣

[@bassandtrebleclef]

@@channelwalk7286 Yeah, this kind of nonsense hurts the story, character development and respect for viewers. Whoever is writing this into the story needs to be shuffled off to late night tv.

[@larrycanupp411]

Then stop watching the show.

[@kimberlainodriscoll4781]

@@larrycanupp411 I don't watch the show. I just caught this clip, which confirms for me to not start watching it.

[@larrycanupp411]

@@kimberlainodriscoll4781 Yea, I understand. I remember walking into a book store back in the day and seeing a novel by some old guy named, "Hemingway". As soon as I saw the front cover, I knew in the bottom of heart that it would be a boring story about an even older man trying to catch a big fish whilst dreaming of lions playing on the beach off the coast of Africa.

[@nickbutter9270]

Kirk Has An Attack Pattern named after him. Cool.... Never seen it used on the Original Series Episodes

[@jonathanroberts727]

We saw a Romulan bird of prey in Picard.

[@creative3872]

With the plasma attack I would have ordered "Hard to port"!😅

[@Planetdune]

Pretty sure it tracks.

[@Optimusx1]

I hate the part where the camera goes upside down in the bridge.

[@DarthVader-1701]

The SNW Farragut is loosely based on the Ptolemy class tug from the Franz Joseph technical manual. The TOS Farragut is a Constitution class.

[@lizkoppert5196]

If that's the case, why is it not mentioned alongside NCC1701 in my Haynes manual for the Enterprise? If the Farragut is a Constitution class starship, it would mention both the Farragut and her registry as a sister ship

[@ronwade2206]

I like these!

[@jimmyjuju]

All the SNW clips I have seen look fabulous. I'm going to give it a try. After the steaming piles of Discovery and Picard, I had pretty much given up on Star Trek.

[@StoneCoolds]

Same, my expectations were so lo afther STD and STP... but lots of people seem to like this one, so i may subscribe for the solely porpoise of watching this show 😆

[@matthewlaprade9232]

It’s awesome as a long time trek fan it’s totally worth it! It really feels like the spirit of the og series. only issue I had with the entire season was the casting of Kirk - but can move past that because the writing is great

[@ricardioscarbonara102]

Yep, seriously do it.

[@GORT70]

I saw enough of these clips to sign up for the subscription. They’re getting it right on this one. I’ll cancel my subscription because paramount is still woke, but I’ll come back for season 2 of this. One episode is definitely don’t watch if you’re easily scared. They got it right with only a fingerprint of wokeness. Binge this one, it’s worth it.

[@jimmyjuju]

Ok, you guys convinced me. I just finished E2 (with the Shepherds) and SNW definitely has legs. There's no doubt Capt. Christopher Pike has the finest coif in all of Starfleet 😆

[@joz6683]

After my wife and I watched this, we watched the TOS, episode this is based upon, great retelling. My wife is a TNG & Voyager fan, whereas I am TOS, DS9 & Enterprise. She really enjoyed it so now we are going to watch TOS together. I have to watch Disco with her after TOS.

[@danmacneil1895]

We'll see if a new interpretation of the planet killer will be touched on later! Maybe hope for the constellation?

[@kaidenshepard8446]

back to the phut phut weapons on Starfleet vessels instead of actual beams (like we saw in the season 2 finale of Discovery)

[@Starfang9922]

If memory serves, ships with beam weapons could fire them in short bursts kind of like cannons. I may be a bit off in my memory. Plus, the enterprise fired beams multiple times during the season as well.

[@DangerousDavies2008]

The opening battle of ST: First Contact is still better than any space battle in a NuTrek show.

[@MrMikellsof88]

@@DangerousDavies2008 Still better than most battles in Trek history, in fact.

[@MrMikellsof88]

@@MysticalCyan Um ... yes it is.

[@logansorenssen]

@@Starfang9922 We saw the spear-like effect in one TNG episode too, where Enterprise shoots down a Ferengi missile. (Which they actually call a missile, not a torpedo.)

[@harryc1971]

I would imagine the plan would be to walk this series up to Kirk actually taking over the Enterprise?

[@traviswatts9082]

Kirk looks like Jim Carrey

[@tylermills79]

Pretty cool what if episode although the guy they got to play Kirk while doing a decent job looks like Jim carry playing Captain Kirk on in living color.

[@WannabeCanadianDev]

Holy shit he does looks like Jim Carry.

[@MikMoen]

2:05 What he should have said: "Ventral maneuvering thrusters, get us out of the way." What he chose to say: "Brace for impact!!" The weapon is unguided, Enterprise could easily dodge it.

[@nitroxide17]

The Enterprise is a superior ship right?

[@helisoma]

in this episode Kirk looks like a young Pike and Pike like an older Kirk ...i'm seeing these actors for the first time btw

[@Peter-vg4sx]

The episode just proved that Kirk was right and he is a better Captain.

[@contessa.adella]

No no no…..Spacecraft are not Redbull aerobatic team machines. Performing immelmans, reversals or half loops…even if technically possible is not how a huge starship would manoeuvre. But..if so…..Why not do that when the Romulan’s launched a plasma bolt?

[@Daehawk]

AMAZING

[@glenbolderson9279]

Im not surprised that it took Capt Kirk to say the day.

[@adrianedwards7161]

So cool captain thufship.phaserdown all.talk.

[@bluesteel1199]

1:14 Yk, you won't feel being upside down in artificial gravity. Upside down perception is due to high blood flow to the brain because the blood down to wards the gravity as opposed to the natural against. Since artificial gravity moves with platform. It will be equal to standing at the South pole, you are technically upside down, but your body does sence it.

[@ces4399]

“They must have guessed our move.”

[@Fancypants117]

yes we're in the middle of an intense combat situation "hey how are you, what's going on let's just catch up a bit"

[@sandyfallout1020]

Fiiiiiiire phasers CAPTAIN!

[@AlternicityBlogspot]

Not in this period, but I would love to see the Wrath of Khan phasers used again on screen. Vs Klingons perhaps

[@Woody-nc1ru]

Their getting ready to shoot their plasma weapon!! OK, move out of the way!! No brace for impact!!😂

[@mreboric8406]

Pike is a diplomatic captain and arguably the best foot forward for starfleet as far as representing thier ideals but when battle is an absolute he should have known to step back and let the man known for being a literal tactical genius handle things. This kind of stuff is Kirk's 🍞 and 🧈. I love Pike but he was just out of his league here.

[@JCMills55]

I like this Kirk MUCH better than "The Shat".

[@Cyber_Horse_Studios87]

As someone who is a fan of the Miranda class and the USS Mayflower, I was pretty happy when this version of the Farragut was introduced. Something about the simple design of a saucer with the engines slapped onto it just tickles my fancy. Aaaaand just like the mayflower and the Miranda, this style of ship got absolutely trashed. XD

[@SamanthaMunitz]

It's interesting how Pike and the bridge crew didn't make the connection that Romulans and Vulcans are similar, as shown in 'Balance of Terror'.

[@manuelsoliscastillo787]

Que buena película para el final de una saga

[@Brian-pz3wh]

"brace for impact" or...you could get out of the way. Just saying.

[@voiceofsilence1169]

"Captain, a highly destructive weapon with linear trajectory will hit our undamaged and fully maneuverable spaceship in 10 seconds" "Fuck it, we'll tank that"

[@seawolf4846]

@@voiceofsilence1169 Inertia is a harsh mistress. Enterprise weighs at least a million metric tons, Pike probably realized that they couldn't maneuver in time to evade the plasma ball. Remember she's a Cruiser, Farragut appears to be a frigate of some kind so she's lighter on her feet.

[@voiceofsilence1169]

@@seawolf4846 I'd absolutely agree, in any Sci-Fi that ever gave a crap about inertia, yet Trek ships never cared about this no matter how fast they were going, or whatever maneuvers they pulled except when the crew gets shaken by shots or a space storm. Can't really talk inertia in a rule system where ships fly like airplanes in space with only forward thrusting engines. If their lore explanation "inertia dampening system" that prevents the crew from turning into minced meat when flying a sharp turn with thousands kilometers per hour is there, they could evade that shot. In the end it doesn't really matter though, because entertainment. Or, I'd say, reduce the windup time, make the plasma ball a tad faster, or show the thing being guided like the later age torpedos, and it's all fine.