The TZENKETHI's Tale | Star Trek Online Story Series E111

[@salenstormwing]

Mark Hale: "You blew up a whole planet? And that's why you decided to switch sides? If I did that every time I blew up something important, I'd have so many titles from so many factions..."

[@margotrosendorn6371]

Neth Parr is an interesting character, I hope we see more of her

[@theborgcaptain1522]

Yay the best part of Tuesday’s is here

[@isleapyhunter930]

you are the first one to comment

[@heypeopleitsmatt]

Indeed

[@flythrone9995]

Yessir

[@LeahBouley]

Your name embodies why I love trek, kudos 💜 keep rocking on

[@sagesheahan6732]

AYE!

[@Peregrine57]

A mission like this, you really get the sense of powerlessness. The 'enemies' do practically no damage and you can easily wipe them out. But you're bound to the narrative arc, unable to do anything but what you're ordered to do by the admiral and the Autarch, and what you're compelled to do by the script. Most other missions in the game are no less linear, and you know you're just moving form one story beat to another. But you're the hero, and the reasoning behind the choices the game makes for you make in-universe sense from the perspective of the righteous good guy, so they're easier to go along with. But here, I don't know if it was intentional, or just convenient, but the linear narrative restrictions really make you feel Neth Parr's powerlessness in her complicity to genocide.

[@vine01]

so it'll be a change for a bit then, as opposed to the whooping i'm getting as f2p newbie :D

[@occultatumquaestio5226]

14:20 ; It appears by the 2400s, Starfleet's time travel ventures have become widely known across these quadrants. I find it somewhat comedic that if it was anyone else but the UFP with such abilities, the reaction would be met more with terror rather than indifference. 14:40 ; _"You know they probably say the same thing about us right, right? ..."_ That joke works both in and out of universe.

[@Janoha17]

In this case, the time travel was accidental.

[@occultatumquaestio5226]

@@Janoha17 ; I know. I watched the prior episode where this came up and played the mission myself. Though your reminder is noted.

[@thomasjoychild4962]

I love that the stereotype of starfleet held by other factions is "They keep time travelling and their solution to everything is to do something bizarre with their deflector dish. Somehow, this seems to work for them."

[@Kitsula]

Ohh some really cool shots in the intro - really love the shot of Armiger under the Farpoint Cnidarian. __ "More Federation Time Travel Nonsese" From the tone and phasing it sounds like the Tzenkethi have run into the results of Federation Time Travel shenanagans a good number of times. No wonder time travel has gone from ok for research to outright banned by the 32nd century.

[@antcow1239]

We are a ship full of orphans and teddy bears...AAAARRGGHhh!!! - helpless victims

[@cmdrtianyilin8107]

Isn't it wonderful that your story arc narration is better than modern Post-Enterprise Trek?

[@quox3987]

Th Tzenkethi banter reminds me of Halo for some reason, like the banter you!d get between the Grunts or if you turn on the IWHBYD skull.

[@margotrosendorn6371]

*WORT WORT WORT*

[@barrybend7189]

Or the seekers from the Transformers War for Cybertron game.

[@aiosquadron]

"Do what must be done, Captain. Do not hesitate, show no mercy. Only then will you be strong enough to vanquish the Dranzuli."

[@geofftottenperthcoys9944]

Love the byplay between the troops at around the 15 min mark!

[@defies4626]

Wait, you didn't close out with an appropriate 'And Remember, Victory... is Life'?

[@nexy12]

I'm soooo excited. I have spent the last month binging the series to get caught up and now I am! I can finally comment what I've been thinking. One, love the theme for this chapter, it has a close first with the "season" 5 theme. Two, I want to show my support and thanks for such an immersive and high quality series.

[@darthdragonborn1076]

With the last episode coming to a close, thus begins.....the gamma arc. Oh this is gonna be good

[@SomeKindaSpy]

Oh this voice actress also played the Khan Maykr in Doom Eternal

[@Neteruk]

Wonderful. Paramount needs to hire this guy to run a three episode story arc.

[@occultatumquaestio5226]

I have found these missions where one plays as a different character to be quite intriguing story-wise. My only issue is why can't the main weapons on my main flagship do that much damage as these mission-specific ships even after max upgrades. Also I am indeed curious as to how your playstyle will be with the Jem'hadar character. _"Victory is Life!"_

[@TheAgent0060]

I wondered the same thing Especially how they crit so often. I copied the exact loadout but it was found lacking the punch and crit ability. Frustrating

[@Ashendal]

The enemies in this mission are much lower level so even basic weapons scaled to your level will do stupid amounts of damage. There's also the chance they simply gave the ship passive crit chance to make sure you constantly crit.

[@mbierranger1379]

The Tzenkethi reminds me of the aliens in the movie "The 5th Element"

[@barrybend7189]

mondoshewans?

[@mittensfastpaw]

I like the Tzenkethi and would hug one.

[@youtubeviewer4472]

I'm looking forward to Rick playing a Jem'Hadar

[@AIConstantine]

If you need Jem’Hadar name ideas, I found ancient Mesoamerican cities to fit nicely with the naming scheme.

[@futurerandomness1620]

We need a "victory is life " counter for the next video. We can turn it into a drinking game! Every time they say it take a swig of Romulan ale

[@masterhypnos6783]

Or bloodwine!

[@Werezilla]

Tzenkethi Soldier: I don't look anything like you. I'm actually good looking. Neth Parr: (Stares at trio of identical troops) Just say nothing....

[@sproge2142]

What a minute, did I miss something? Was it never resolved why the stranded starfleet crewmen were associated with the collection of the eggs? I thought it were them whom started the egg collecting. Feels very much like a loose end, or a red herring.

[@Janoha17]

The Lore Blogs Tales of K-13 explain what happened with the crew of K-13. Most of the crew and the Klingon prisoners went into stasis, while the remaining crew settled on Draconis, where they made contact with the locals after driving off another group of aliens who had invaded. The crew lived the rest of their lives on the planet, much like what happened to the survivors of the Enterprise C. (And after the crew was awoken from stasis, the Klingons used the station's remaining shuttle to stop an asteroid collision, which coincided with a Klingon Promotion to keep the captain from trying to take over K-13. Starfleet then sent Captain Ezri Dax to help smooth things over with the Klingons, since she has both the memories of Curzon and Jadzia, and is a counselor.)

[@sproge2142]

@@Janoha17 thanks dude, that's awesome! No word on the question in my original post about the connection between the eggs and the time travelers, or why they started collecting eggs? Thanks!

[@Janoha17]

@@sproge2142 The Draconians worshiped the crystals, and the invaders used pieces of crystal as a power source while having the Draconians mine them. Those are the only mentions of the crystals/eggs. The Draconians also had psionic healing abilities among some of their population, which could cure poisons.

[@sproge2142]

@@Janoha17 awesome, that's exactly what I was wondering, so the collection predates starfleet. There's nothing about starfleet helping collect them or anything? When I saw the pictures of the starfleet men collecting then I was sure it was going to end up being that the crystals could help them get back to their time or something like that. Thank yuu very much!

[@nonamegiven202]

And that's the closest we'll get to a evil faction like the Terran empire or Borg. Still hoping for a Cooperative faction at some point tho.

[@Ashendal]

Not likely when lib borg are tied to the LTS.

[@thomasjoychild4962]

Well, with the latest bit of story, now all captains have the fun of a borg experience... yay? :P

[@BlueSatoshi]

20:22 They didn't pick up signs of a Hur'q infestation... (spoilers below) ...just a Solid infestation.

[@thomasjoychild4962]

I can understand not wanting to take ANY risk that the Atosi missed even one, also. Since the individual giving orders there... has no regard for life outside their own species.

[@808INFantry11X]

Hell yeah he's back

[@SomeKindaSpy]

I genuinely love the fact that you can play as an alien in their ship during a flashback. That should happen more often.

[@kylebrooks3683]

I love the opening music. I could see it used for an optimistic, exploration Trek show. Like the upcoming Prodigy.

[@philly83]

I enjoy the different perspective.

[@CorvoFG]

My reason to love the worst day of the week.

[@masterhypnos6783]

The Tzenkethi walk cycles remind me of the Mondoshawan from 5th Element.

[@michaelgreenwood3413]

"Time not important. Only Life important."

[@masterhypnos6783]

@@michaelgreenwood3413 “I will fulfill my mission! You can count on me! I will pass the knowledge until your return!”

[@michaelgreenwood3413]

@@masterhypnos6783 *Ominous chanting as ship takes off*

[@thomasjoychild4962]

I adore how their anatomy makes all of their walking into power walking.

[@zooropa04]

Ro was my favorite character in all of TNG. I would have loved to see her here, but her having a daughter in that role almost meant more.

[@matthewlloyd9752]

The man the myth returns

[@feralcrafter7043]

Just lovely

[@elijahogden4502]

Incredible video. I wonder, have you ever heard of the KZbin channel, Spacedock. It's a really interesting youtube channel that creates ship breakdowns for, not only ships from Star Trek, but ships from other sci-fi franchises as well. The names of the manager's are Daniels and Alistar, and I think you would like them. Maybe, you should go and talk to them. I think they would be more than happy to do a collaboration video with you. With luck, both your channel and theirs will benefit.

[@WhitzWolf92]

A Certifiably Ingame/Spacedock co-lab on something Mass Effect-related (or Star Trek, but I know both Ric and Daniel are big fans of ME) could be amazing.

[@mastertadakatsu]

Can't wait the the next part. Victory is life.

[@KalRandom]

Rick, I really like your soap opera.

[@BNuts]

Jemmy chapters incoming? I wonder if we'll see a new ship when we return to 'Victory is Life.'

[@overseer5660]

With missions like this, you can feel a sickness while doing what you do.

[@saqwana25]

I wonder if he will start a kdf toon for the next arc after vil.

[@Ashendal]

I'd like to see a romulan as they have a really cool main story.

[@saqwana25]

@@Ashendal he did that already.

[@Ashendal]

@@saqwana25 all of it? The only part I remember he did was the first few missions and then went back to the tos character.

[@saqwana25]

@@Ashendal i think he did the full story. at least up until the point where the romulan republic story merges with main one.

[@Centurian128]

Jem'Hadar here we come!

[@gallendugall8913]

Eggstreamly eggcellent eggsploits although the eggsercise in eggsecuting these ovum can clearly eggsasperate the eggsuberant but ineggspert

[@goldenknight578]

Anyone else read that in Vincent Price's voice?

[@aiosquadron]

Get to the transporter room. Get out.

[@thomasjoychild4962]

I actually found the ground bit quite frustrating, Neth Parr's attacks are all slow to deploy and hard to aim, I kept getting whittled down.

[@SomeKindaSpy]

My cap would see Neth Parr and say wassup lmao

[@Redrally]

:( The poor hospital ship

[@michaelgreenwood3413]

They were at least Warp-capable, hopefully some Eokhi survived.

[@dreenigma90]

Would anyone reply with the details of the theme song?

[@stueymon]

Is it me or does the intro music sound suspiciously like Sweet Child O' Mine?

[@thatrealba]

To me it sounds like the Title music to the Mutual of Omaha weekly nature documentaries I watched as a kid. Strikingly similar.

[@vincentwhitehead]

Did tzen’terrak know neth personally?..

[@Noms_Chompsky]

I've been waiting for this one, I've never played this episode. I've skipped it on all of my alts, when I first started it and realized I was about to play pretend doing a genocide and it was entirely on rails where I couldn't target the Tzenkethi instead or just timer out without participating I was all: abort mission, not gonna. So this will be my first time seeing this particular part of the story, I'll just sit here and watch you get forced to do a genocide as a funtime entertainment, find out the story bits, and still not have to personally participate in atrocity for pretend. Snoogans.

[@Max_Flashheart]

All these mammals look the same to me...lol

[@Glitch_Online]

Comment for the Tzenkethi Gods!!!

[@SnifyWisper]

Hey look an Arbiter mission.

[@dominicsaint-victor3905]

The Prophets' will be done