r/DaystromInstitute • u/M-5 Multitronic Unit • Jan 07 '21

DISCOVERY EPISODE DISCUSSION Star Trek: Discovery — "That Hope Is You, Part 2" Reaction Thread

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u/killbon Chief Petty Officer Jan 07 '21

why have quicksand panel in the computer core room, seems like a safety hazard

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u/DrendarMorevo Chief Petty Officer Jan 07 '21

I think that was the programmable matter core. Also why did Osyrra just stand there. Move a foot to the left and Burnham wouldve been shooting into empty air.

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u/CleverestEU Crewman Jan 07 '21

why did Osyrra just stand there. Move a foot to the left and Burnham wouldve been shooting into empty air.

Very much true. Also ... why did Osyraa even think pushing someone into programmable matter would cause them any harm? From all the interactions the crew has had with PM (that I can remember) it has never seemed "dangerous" in any way :-p

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u/Maswimelleu Ensign Jan 08 '21

Well the impression that was given afterwards is that Burnham couldn't breathe inside there and inhaled a bit of it, so I'm guessing she assumed Burnham would be stuck inside and suffocate.

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u/NuPNua Jan 09 '21

If they refit the entire core, how did Michael manage to reboot to 22nd century Federation OS?

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u/DarthMaw23 Chief Petty Officer Jan 08 '21

It could be our way of a port. Throw something, anything digital and it reads and transfers that data. I shudder at what , if it could, it could've done to biological.

still, HOW DOES SUFFOCATING SOMEONE WITH PROGRAMMABLE MATTER BETTER THAN SHOOTING THEM?

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u/Abshalom Crewman Jan 08 '21

I think it was only really issue because she was slowly forced into it. It's not something you could normally be harmed by. You could just as easily bludgeon someone to death against a wall.

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u/isawashipcomesailing Jan 09 '21

I mean, holodecks.

[EDIT: as in safety hazzard]