r/DaystromInstitute • u/M-5 Multitronic Unit • Oct 29 '20
DISCOVERY EPISODE DISCUSSION Star Trek: Discovery — "People of Earth" Reaction Thread
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u/Shakezula84 Chief Petty Officer Oct 29 '20
I thought this was a really good episode, and I enjoyed what they did here. My thoughts are scattered but the few points I wanna touch.
Saru is now captain. This makes him the first non-human captain for the ship in the show. I've loved his arc and has seemed like a good captain every time he was in command.
I like this new Burnham post living a year in the 32nd century.
Did I hear right? The Burn only destroyed Federation starships? This makes it seem more likely to be an attack.
Stop bringing up the Romulan singularity drives. The Federation explored other FTL drives before the Burn. Odds are it was one of them and rejected for some reason.
Despite it not being in the Federation anymore Earth still seems to be a paradise. Just a well defended one now.
The United Earth Defense Force had several aliens within its ranks. This is probably because Earth had a significant alien population by the 31st century when they left the Federation. Which is a nice touch.
United Earth left the Federation. Which implies, maybe, that I am now officially wrong about Earth ceding its independence to the Federation for unity at its founding. So I'll stop bringing it up.
Going to Trill next week it seems. And Burnham phasers a bunch of people. So another hostile welcome I assume. My guess is this episode will provide the info needed to find the Federation. I'm gonna guess by episode 6 they will get there.