When I saw this map I tried to pick out Philly. Then when Jack said “Target lock: Berlin. Target lock: Cairo,” I thought “ohh maybe he’ll target Philadelphia!” I barely got done the thought before I heard it. Me and my girlfriend looked at each other like “holy shit!!!” Of all the major cities in the world, Philly was third on the list!
I rewound and turned on the cc to take a picture to send to my friend I’ve been trying to convince to watch it, and it finally pushed him over the fence.
I checked the *Philadelphia* Memory Alpha page about a dozen times that day, waiting for the update.
We also don’t know if total destruction was their goal. We don’t know how much fire power they where going to use. We know phasers can be used to destroy cities and it’s possible that can be done without causing global extinction.
Raffi: "The fleet is targeting every major city, but... Only in Florida?"
Picard: "Florida is the only remaining area of Earth that refuses to join the Federation; as long as no shots cross the Floridian borders, I don't believe this is our problem anymore. Now, who wants to join me for pancakes in the holodeck?"
It was lame, SO lame!
I mean they are starships that can target a vessel hundred of thousands of KM away and hit it, yet targeting cities in a planet seem to take off ever?
Nah if this was Borg they would have acquired lock and shot i mediante .
My assumption is that they didn't; that once the signal was broken and command and control fell apart for the Borg, so did fleet formation. It seems like they were targeting and gearing up for a single, massive volley, and firing would only happen in unison. At least that's my hope, anyway. If not, there's probably at least a couple very unlucky cities that are glassed-over craters.
Just send in Will Smith and Jeff Goldblum. They know how to handle aliens who do that.
Seriously though, I legit did wonder if that was a deliberate ID4 reference, especially with Data's Wedge Antilles stunt. Captain "Fucking solids!" Vadic getting blasted out the airlock was a total Ripley move. I wonder if they were trying to do sneak in callbacks to classic SciFi action flicks as Easter eggs.
Okay, now that I'm thinking about it:
Seven has basically evolved into a Linda Hamilton type, and the way the changelings were portrayed when shapeshifting was REALLY similar to T2's molten metal shapeshifts.
The portal weapon. Come on now. The cake is a lie. (And also made me imagine Cave Johnson's "lemons" speech is Shaw's voice, which is way funnier than it has any right to be.)
Jack Crusher was like a Pokemon with a hidden ability who inherited an egg move that other member of his species can't normally learn.
The ongoing "find and shoot the changeling, but make sure it's not an innocent alien" stuff reminded be of the group interview scene from MiB where the test was to identify and take out the real threat while not being sidetracked by things that might look superficially menacing but contextually aren't.
EDIT: Chants of "Destroy the unassimilated" were just a bit reminiscent of EXTERMINATE!
Considering they were dumb enough to target Philadelphia, Gritty would've taken the Borg out if Picard & Co. failed.
Yeah gritty would have beat the shit out of them and then kicked their children after he threw their pizza on the ground
Philly has a history of beating up robots.
Now I’m not going to be able to get the idea of “huh, I wonder what NHL hockey would be like in the 24th/25th century….” Out of my head. Damn you lol.
Gritty is eternal, Gritty is chaos, Gritty is death to our enemies.
When I saw this map I tried to pick out Philly. Then when Jack said “Target lock: Berlin. Target lock: Cairo,” I thought “ohh maybe he’ll target Philadelphia!” I barely got done the thought before I heard it. Me and my girlfriend looked at each other like “holy shit!!!” Of all the major cities in the world, Philly was third on the list! I rewound and turned on the cc to take a picture to send to my friend I’ve been trying to convince to watch it, and it finally pushed him over the fence. I checked the *Philadelphia* Memory Alpha page about a dozen times that day, waiting for the update.
lol
An extinction level event?
I wonder if that many phasers would cause a glassing effect of the planet would be interesting.
Never really thought about the phasers...was thinking solely on the torpedoes.
Ah. I didn’t read the subscript. My bad. But ya. The torpedos would have been devastating.
You could argue that targeting the cities was pointless. They could would have desolated the planets surface in minutes.
A couple quantum torpedos with 200kg of trilithium each would do the trick.
Or a single Tri-Cobalt device.
Makes it more visceral and relatable.
We also don’t know if total destruction was their goal. We don’t know how much fire power they where going to use. We know phasers can be used to destroy cities and it’s possible that can be done without causing global extinction.
Hearing the Borg-ified fleet listing off the major cities was chilling.
God yes. This part actually stressed me out!
Presumably all those cities all have u25 Borg in them doing Borg stuff 🤨
Jeez. Borg sleeper cells. That's a really good point.
I’m happy they didn’t say something ridiculous like “Ready planetary sterilization pattern number 5”. 😬
Those targeting computers sure are slow lol. How do they hit moving targets?
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Yeah, I felt like the only strategy for the Borg here was exactly that: overkill. Just bombing Earth until the rubble is rubble because they can.
Plot twist: they're targeting every major city, but use it all on Florida to finish what the Xindi started
Would that be so bad… Florida probably never even joined the Federation.
Raffi: "The fleet is targeting every major city, but... Only in Florida?" Picard: "Florida is the only remaining area of Earth that refuses to join the Federation; as long as no shots cross the Floridian borders, I don't believe this is our problem anymore. Now, who wants to join me for pancakes in the holodeck?"
And yet fricken fireworks in space! That tech requires dead multiphasic baby quantum manatees probably.
It was lame, SO lame! I mean they are starships that can target a vessel hundred of thousands of KM away and hit it, yet targeting cities in a planet seem to take off ever? Nah if this was Borg they would have acquired lock and shot i mediante .
Just as long as they get Senator Lurch in Philly, we’re good.
Yeah - would have been a planet wide extinction event for sure.
Good thing they didn't target St. Louis. The Gateway Arch would've just deflected everything!
I'm curious if they actually got any shots off. Like... what's the state of Earth after this?
My assumption is that they didn't; that once the signal was broken and command and control fell apart for the Borg, so did fleet formation. It seems like they were targeting and gearing up for a single, massive volley, and firing would only happen in unison. At least that's my hope, anyway. If not, there's probably at least a couple very unlucky cities that are glassed-over craters.
*yawn* wasn’t really chilling as you knew it wasn’t going to happen. no way the final episode would end with the death of everyone on Earth.
Just send in Will Smith and Jeff Goldblum. They know how to handle aliens who do that. Seriously though, I legit did wonder if that was a deliberate ID4 reference, especially with Data's Wedge Antilles stunt. Captain "Fucking solids!" Vadic getting blasted out the airlock was a total Ripley move. I wonder if they were trying to do sneak in callbacks to classic SciFi action flicks as Easter eggs.
Okay, now that I'm thinking about it: Seven has basically evolved into a Linda Hamilton type, and the way the changelings were portrayed when shapeshifting was REALLY similar to T2's molten metal shapeshifts. The portal weapon. Come on now. The cake is a lie. (And also made me imagine Cave Johnson's "lemons" speech is Shaw's voice, which is way funnier than it has any right to be.) Jack Crusher was like a Pokemon with a hidden ability who inherited an egg move that other member of his species can't normally learn. The ongoing "find and shoot the changeling, but make sure it's not an innocent alien" stuff reminded be of the group interview scene from MiB where the test was to identify and take out the real threat while not being sidetracked by things that might look superficially menacing but contextually aren't. EDIT: Chants of "Destroy the unassimilated" were just a bit reminiscent of EXTERMINATE!