Star Trek: PicardS prime minister introduce us in a country where the Federal feels more beaten and tired of its ideas than in years – and beyond than during the war. Its second episode reveals that fatigue has taken its toll the best of the best excessively, without purpose, for the benefit of the enemy and the enemy alike.
"Maps and Myths" is a nearly complete episode in recognition of the fact that the Federal has released returns from its highest prices after both. attacks made on its Mars drydocks and the destruction of domestic Romulan has given Starfleet a complete shell of its former pride. This backlash is not just adding a small amount of disk Star Trek: Picard it is now finding its title hero – Jean-Luc is trying to track down Soji Asha, sisters of Dahj's dead makeup now – but the size of the giant galaxy is also great.
The episode introduces us to the immediate effects, such as Starfleet's similarities and the decline of the Federation in the face of terror: the ashes of the Romulan Star Empire. Like the Federals, it also faces a change in the coming earthquake Picard: extremely difficult difficulties, because it is a real loss of their home base. But instead of stepping back and cutting themselves – the Romulans kind of do it anyway – and instead of getting into the existential crisis of what they do and are not independent of the other, the Romulans, as we and Jean-Luc read, have renewed their devastation with an open mind of purpose. In the Borg cube that Sjiji is working on, we see them making the most of the crisis, downloading its ruins and not only returning the drones now captured on it, but selling Borg salvage to support the remainder of its people and other subtle activities.
Those secret works, meanwhile, are only bold and go much deeper than before. Active in Laris' hunt as Tal Shiar's own lawyer, Jean-Luc investigates Dahj's place, finding that his sister is not only in the world but is also persecuted by the most dangerous and overpowered forces of Romulan secret police: Zhat Vash, that is, Thel Shiar 2: Thel Shiarder
But it's not just the rounds of Zhat Vash's death and their work with Narek (Harry Treadaway, making his right debut in this episode after the final episode of "Memory") on Borg Cube, approaching Soji not violently but cunningly. talk to the Romulan administration about their tragic situation. It is revealed, and the final proof in this episode, that they have focused on the high eccons of galactic rule, from the Federation to the Klingon Empire, the Gorn Hegemony, and beyond.
It is the first import of those things we see in full display here, when Picard returns to Starfleet HQ in the hope that, despite his public expulsion, he can temporarily file his order so he can form a team and investigate Zhat Vash's plans. She's not just paralyzed-skinned cruelly-But it is shown how Starfleet is now and what remains. This is not the Starfleet Picard you remember, but one that is willing to compromise at any cost in an effort to control it, to control it smoothly from its legs, and rise in a sense of "unity."
Having left the HQ vacant, still struggling to realize that Starfleet is no longer his home, the institution is so traumatized by Federal arguments that the mere thought of accepting the demands of the former Admiral, even as honored as Picard, is impossible and insulting. And even though he doesn't read it himself, we learn that Zhat Vash's entry into Starfleet reaches its center, when Admiral Jean-Luc is turned away from reports of his warnings by the Romulans to the current Starfleet security chief, Commodore Oh … agent of Zhat Vash Narissa (Peyton List, disguised here as Lt. Rizzo).
As blurry as this is all that paints the Federation and its place in the hot galaxy – is withdrawn and unsuccessful as both allies and enemies work to check their resilience – however, to a lesser degree Picard a very small glimmer of hope. Now that he's been devastated by his collapsed former home, Jean-Luc can work against Zhat Vash in the shadows – starting with another man left by the Federal after a genius attack, Doctor Jurati. His own research reminded of being banned by the anti-synth of the Federation puts him at a disadvantage and has the idea of quieting Dahj and Soji's secret in his big break. Not only does it lead him back to Picard's den, but it gives him another theory to think about:f Bruce Maddox gives birth to Dahj at the Daystrom Center to look after him, why is Soji sent to another place, apparently in the hands of people who want to kill him?
Jurati's research on synths leads Picard to another busy view of the episode, though perhaps more sadly personal than his academic – he can't investigate Dahj's death on his own, he can't do it under the constraints Starfleet now disappoints, and most of all, it can't do with his old friends , as determined as they would like to make one more goal. The pain is probably so great that Jean-Luc can put up with it, he's still frustrated with the Data Sacrifice to save him, considering asking people like Riker, Crosher, Troi, LaForge, and Worf to go for a ride, which he could. , rub their name in the eyes of Starfleet who say they might still like it somehow, even if they did Picard.
And so, Picard begins to assemble a new party: a people-centered cast that is abandoned by the general state of the Federation. Jurati hasn't joined him yet, much PicardThe trailers have shown that you will eventually be able to. It starts with a familiar face on Jean-Luc if not for us (unless you've been reading IDW & # 39; s Picard prequel comics, Calculation) Michelle Hurd & # 39; s Raffi Musiker, the chief executive of Starfleet is clearly, like Jean-Luc, very sorry for the current organizational situation. But, of course, unlike employees of Business, Raffi's contempt descends to Jean-Luc himself – the anger that Picard (and the bottle of & # 39; 86) will have to overcome to bring him to his new opportunity, a challenge not to be as strong as it did for Starfleet, but his ability to successfully transmit his latest sense of duty to someone else. . If he appears at the door of Riker or Worf, they will follow him to hell under the helmet. Turning to Raffi not only shows how much he wishes, but the lengths they are willing to go to show people what he is good at.
Believe it is a tired giraffe, too Picard personally, it requires. With the Federal in this seemingly insurmountable state of affairs, the hope Jean-Luc Picard offers – that there are still good people who believe in its mission, that he assures those like Doctor Jurati or doubting and bitter like Raffi for its power – it will be important to fight this disappointment.
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- The flashback to the Mars attack allows us to look at the androids that have unlocked Earth Defense Forces … but before things get worse and worse, it gives us a weird window of empathy and Android rights for the current Federation. Given all the data the previous Data gains for its rights as citizens, it is shocking to see, even if it is less polite than the Longong-Androids, these workers are kept in dear shipping containers, publicly mocked by their human colleagues. Were these Daystrom-shaped compositions replaced the Holographic work we saw in them Voyager& # 39; "Writer, Writer?" Does that mean that Holograms such as EMH have finally acquired patents that are treated as tools, butdid the androids not exist because they were not at Data level completely? Why does this show make me think so much about the right of the nervous system? Oops. Right. Star Trek.
- Now why there is Zhat Vash, in Narek with his sister Narissa, trying different ways of hunting for synth? There is something bizarre that, among his people, Nareki's clothing and dagga are effective in getting Soji, while the backdrop of Starfleet allows Narissa to become a traveling hero and death knights by seeing and modifying assets like Developers O.
- Jean-Luc's quest was afforded the opportunity to interrupt this episode, with a revelation from his doctor (and his colleague during his first prescription, Stargazer) that potential damage to the parietal lobe and his or her recovery from the Borg shows signs of being diagnosed with cerebral palsy, regardless of how healthy he is now. It's a … exciting development, given how much actors and practitioners have talked about their long-term plans Picard, and yet it brings us a surprise for both "Best of Both Worlds" and "All Good Things," in which Crosher's own examination of the pardetal lobe indicates potential problems with the measurements.
- Yes, today's style in our world has changed dramatically in our world during the period between the making Deep Space Nine and Picard. But I find it interesting that, in 2399, it is carefully the pattern of reprints very thin textiles give the colors a muted color and some of the brightest (no doubt bright) as the hottest trends in Federal fashion. Every citizen on this show looks fun as hell, and I love it.
- Among Zhat Vash, their Borg tech endeavors, and the Romulans are more likely than ever in their quest for a life of adventure, PicardI'm starting to draw interesting parallels Star Trek Online. MMO, started inside its kind at the beginning of the 24th century, it has a table of stories that delve into what remains of the Romulan Star Empire, and especially Tal Shiar, which rises to a ceasefire. It even involves the Borg, too! It's fun to see a captivating sight on screen.
- So, hear me, CBS: You have the ones being made live Trek exhibitions at work? CSI: Romulus, and Laris and Zhaban. Please. I beg you.
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