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diff --git a/content-org/blog.org b/content-org/blog.org index 7ecea57..6e448d3 100644 --- a/content-org/blog.org +++ b/content-org/blog.org @@ -64,6 +64,10 @@ Images are made to add additional value to the text, not to make it load slower. Love you, Drew! +** Archive and Wiki +** Timothy Cain on Capitalism + +https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=7OsWuFo2jp4 ** DONE Modern gaming on FreeBSD, first attempt CLOSED: [2024-10-03 Thu 21:04] :PROPERTIES: diff --git a/content-org/star-trek.org b/content-org/star-trek.org index 0c105fe..befd23c 100644 --- a/content-org/star-trek.org +++ b/content-org/star-trek.org @@ -98,13 +98,14 @@ Jenway, challenged * Voyager reviews :PROPERTIES: :EXPORT_HUGO_SECTION: voy -:EXPORT_HUGO_PAIRED_SHORTCODES: img-c +:EXPORT_HUGO_PAIRED_SHORTCODES: img-c image +:EXPORT_HUGO_CUSTOM_FRONT_MATTER+: :image_dir "images" :image_max_width 575 :END: ** Season 5 :PROPERTIES: :EXPORT_HUGO_CUSTOM_FRONT_MATTER+: :hasNavSection st-voy-episodes -:EXPORT_HUGO_MENU: :menu star-trek :parent voy-r-s5 +:EXPORT_HUGO_MENU: :menu star-trek :parent voyA :END: *** DONE Star Trek: Voyager 05x01 - Night CLOSED: [2023-02-12 wed 23:00] @@ -1344,3 +1345,117 @@ Meh. #+begin_img-c Looks like Alien, plays like Man Behind The Sun. #+end_img-c + +** Season 6 +:PROPERTIES: +:EXPORT_HUGO_CUSTOM_FRONT_MATTER+: :hasNavSection st-voy-episodes +:EXPORT_HUGO_MENU: :menu star-trek :parent voy +:END: +*** DONE Star Trek: Voyager 06x01 - Equinox (part 2) +CLOSED: [2024-10-04 Fri 20:17] +:PROPERTIES: +:EXPORT_FILE_NAME: 06x01-equinox-part-1 +:EXPORT_HUGO_CUSTOM_FRONT_MATTER+: :abstract My mini review +:EXPORT_HUGO_CUSTOM_FRONT_MATTER+: :episode_id 6x01 +:END: + +The conclusion to [[/voy/05x26-equinox-part-1/][last season's cliffhanger.]] + +**** Impression + +I truly hated the first part of this two-parter. +It represented everything I don't want on my Trek: humanity being what they are, not what they can be. +/Part II/ starts just as miserable. +Everyone is armed, and there are fights everywhere. +Yep, not a great outlook at that point. + +But with each passing scene we gain more and more of hope. +Jenway is, once again, put in a position no other Trek captain has ever seen. +She is, without a shroud of doubt, the toughest captain of all the Treks I've seen before. +Sisco may have committed a genocide, but it was much less personal. +Jenway is forced to make the hardest decisions about people she knows. +Lucky for her, Checkotay is here as her consciousness. +He may not add much more to the crew, but I'll be damned if this wasn't enough. +If it wasn't for him, Voyager would be as evil as the crew of Equinox. + +On the other side of the war, Doctor is torturing Seven. +I found this plot to be as exciting as the primary one, but much more interesting. +Doctor, who we all grew to love, who developed personality and, dare I say it? Humanity, is still a simulation. +Everything he /is/, can be removed within a blink of an eye by resetting his program. +And this is what we get here - after he is taken aboard Equinox, he is stripped of everything that made him /The/ Doctor. +His relation with Seven of Nine is thrown out the window when he is forced to extract information from her using a scalpel. +It ended well, but can we still treat the Doctor as a person? +I hope authors will revisit this problem. + +Lastly, we've got the redemption of the Equinox crew. +This is what I found the most important, as this is what keeps me watching Star Trek. +No one is /evil/ for the sake of being evil, but the conditions we find ourselves in force us to act, not how we would like. +But, deep inside, we are /good/ creatures. + +As much as I hated /Part 1/, the complete /Equinox/ is nothing short of amazing. +It is saved by the latter half, as without it, we would have some Expanse (which I found to be a disgusting series). +I was afraid that /Voyager/ may have reached the point, where authors would abandon everything they've built since the 1960s. +I am happy to report that this was not the case. + +**** Doctor factor + +Well, I didn't like Doctor in this episode, but it made it so much more interesting. +One of the greatest Doctor factors yet! + +#+attr_shortcode: :file voy6x01a.jpg +#+attr_shortcode: :alt Jewnway looking angrily at an officer +#+attr_shortcode: :class centered +#+attr_shortcode: :source https://voy.trekcore.com/ +#+begin_image +Seconds before a bad decision +#+end_image + +*** DONE Star Trek: Voyager 06x02 Survival Instinct +CLOSED: [2024-10-05 Sat 09:27] +:PROPERTIES: +:EXPORT_FILE_NAME: 06x02-survival-instinct +:EXPORT_HUGO_CUSTOM_FRONT_MATTER+: :abstract My mini review +:EXPORT_HUGO_CUSTOM_FRONT_MATTER+: :episode_id 6x02 +:END: + +Voyager docks at Markonian Outpost Space Station, a place welcoming everyone and every idea. +Seven finds, among those people, three of her old acquaintances. + +**** Impressions + +At first, I was expecting /Star Trek/ to continue ripping of /Babylon 5/, since they haven't finished the job with /DS9/. +Luckily, the episode quickly went its own way. + +Seven's relation to Borg is one of the main returning plots, but very rarely we hear about the experiences of other ex-drones. +It's even rarer to see it done well. +/TNG/ tried it with Third of Nine, but let's face it - authors were still learning how to handle such subjects. +Their skills had yet to reach the level of their ambition. + +We meet three other ex-drones from Seven's Unimatrix. +Their disconnect from the Collective was done much less effectively than what the Doctor has done to Seven. +They were disconnected from other drones, but not from themselves. +It's an interesting idea. +We've got three individuals who are forced to live like Drones, since all their thoughts are transmitted between them. + +What I didn't like was the other aspect of their story. +We are learning about a mission of this Unimatrix, where most of the drones started developing individuality. +There is a mystery, as all they remember is waking on the Borg Ship after being /individuals/ for a brief moment, but no one knows why. +Finally, we learn it was Seven acting in the best interest of the Collective. +She acted against their Unimatrix, but this is not developed enough. +We learn it, everyone is angry at her, but that's all. +What *is* interesting is the stark contrast with last episode: she forgives Doctor for torturing her, they never forgive her. +They are far more developed as individual persons (despite the link), and this is what allowed them to feel hate. + +All in all, another good episode but it lacks something /extra/, to make it great. +And Naomi is always welcome! + +#+begin_quote +Survival is insufficient + +--- Seven of Nine +#+end_quote + +**** Doctor Factor + +Unsatisfactory. + diff --git a/content/star-trek/voy/05x01-night.md b/content/star-trek/voy/05x01-night.md index ab5156a..f5fac72 100644 --- a/content/star-trek/voy/05x01-night.md +++ b/content/star-trek/voy/05x01-night.md @@ -4,7 +4,6 @@ author = ["Michał Sapka"] date = 2023-02-12T23:00:00+01:00 draft = false weight = 3001 -primary_menu = "star-trek" hasNavSection = "st-voy-episodes" abstract = "my opinion on star trek voyager 05x01 - night" episode_id = "5x01" diff --git a/content/star-trek/voy/05x02-drone.md b/content/star-trek/voy/05x02-drone.md index 8b5729a..54f0d86 100644 --- a/content/star-trek/voy/05x02-drone.md +++ b/content/star-trek/voy/05x02-drone.md @@ -4,7 +4,6 @@ author = ["Michał Sapka"] date = 2023-02-22T23:00:00+01:00 draft = false weight = 3002 -primary_menu = "star-trek" hasNavSection = "st-voy-episodes" abstract = "my opinion on Star Trek Voyager 05x02 - Drone" menu_item_override = 2 diff --git a/content/star-trek/voy/05x03-extreme-risk.md b/content/star-trek/voy/05x03-extreme-risk.md index 7c537d4..147a379 100644 --- a/content/star-trek/voy/05x03-extreme-risk.md +++ b/content/star-trek/voy/05x03-extreme-risk.md @@ -4,7 +4,6 @@ author = ["Michał Sapka"] date = 2023-02-28T23:00:00+01:00 draft = false weight = 3003 -primary_menu = "star-trek" hasNavSection = "st-voy-episodes" abstract = "my opinion on Star Trek Voyager 05x03 - Extreme Risk" menu_item_override = 3 diff --git a/content/star-trek/voy/05x04-in-the-flesh.md b/content/star-trek/voy/05x04-in-the-flesh.md index 1308bc3..2a69322 100644 --- a/content/star-trek/voy/05x04-in-the-flesh.md +++ b/content/star-trek/voy/05x04-in-the-flesh.md @@ -4,7 +4,6 @@ author = ["Michał Sapka"] date = 2023-05-23T23:00:00+02:00 draft = false weight = 3004 -primary_menu = "star-trek" hasNavSection = "st-voy-episodes" abstract = "my opinion on Star Trek Voyager 05x04 - In The Flesh" menu_item_override = 4 diff --git a/content/star-trek/voy/05x05-once-upon-a-time.md b/content/star-trek/voy/05x05-once-upon-a-time.md index e9a0fad..6fd792b 100644 --- a/content/star-trek/voy/05x05-once-upon-a-time.md +++ b/content/star-trek/voy/05x05-once-upon-a-time.md @@ -4,7 +4,6 @@ author = ["Michał Sapka"] date = 2023-05-25T23:00:00+02:00 draft = false weight = 3005 -primary_menu = "star-trek" hasNavSection = "st-voy-episodes" abstract = "my opinion on Star Trek Voyager 05x05 - Once Upon a Time. Worst episode yet?" menu_item_override = 5 @@ -13,7 +12,7 @@ episode_id = "5x05" [menu.star-trek] weight = 3005 identifier = "star-trek-voyager-05x05-once-upon-a-time" - parent = "voy-r-s5" + parent = "voyA" +++ Delta Flyer, with Paris, Tuvok, and Samantha Wildman on board, crashes on a planetoid and is buried under kilometers of rock. Wildman's daughter, Naomi, is taken care of by Neelix. diff --git a/content/star-trek/voy/05x06-timeless.md b/content/star-trek/voy/05x06-timeless.md index 4a528b8..285e94c 100644 --- a/content/star-trek/voy/05x06-timeless.md +++ b/content/star-trek/voy/05x06-timeless.md @@ -4,7 +4,6 @@ author = ["Michał Sapka"] date = 2023-05-31T23:00:00+02:00 draft = false weight = 3006 -primary_menu = "star-trek" hasNavSection = "st-voy-episodes" abstract = "my opinion on Star Trek Voyager 05x06. A good time travel episode." menu_item_override = 6 diff --git a/content/star-trek/voy/05x07-infinite-regress.md b/content/star-trek/voy/05x07-infinite-regress.md index 8e2584b..2b7fd76 100644 --- a/content/star-trek/voy/05x07-infinite-regress.md +++ b/content/star-trek/voy/05x07-infinite-regress.md @@ -5,7 +5,6 @@ date = 2023-12-02T23:00:00+01:00 categories = ["update", "st-update"] draft = false weight = 3007 -primary_menu = "star-trek" hasNavSection = "st-voy-episodes" abstract = "a shining Seven episode" menu_item_override = 7 diff --git a/content/star-trek/voy/05x08-nothing-human.md b/content/star-trek/voy/05x08-nothing-human.md index b19c9fb..29b4656 100644 --- a/content/star-trek/voy/05x08-nothing-human.md +++ b/content/star-trek/voy/05x08-nothing-human.md @@ -5,7 +5,6 @@ date = 2023-12-06T23:00:00+01:00 categories = ["update", "st-update"] draft = false weight = 3008 -primary_menu = "star-trek" hasNavSection = "st-voy-episodes" abstract = "what an episode!" menu_item_override = 8 diff --git a/content/star-trek/voy/05x09-thirty-days.md b/content/star-trek/voy/05x09-thirty-days.md index a9c8f25..8b7318d 100644 --- a/content/star-trek/voy/05x09-thirty-days.md +++ b/content/star-trek/voy/05x09-thirty-days.md @@ -5,7 +5,6 @@ date = 2023-12-22T23:19:00+01:00 categories = ["update", "st-update"] draft = false weight = 3009 -primary_menu = "star-trek" hasNavSection = "st-voy-episodes" abstract = "A good Paris episode" menu_item_override = 9 diff --git a/content/star-trek/voy/05x11-latent-image.md b/content/star-trek/voy/05x11-latent-image.md index 64ae234..79b7c67 100644 --- a/content/star-trek/voy/05x11-latent-image.md +++ b/content/star-trek/voy/05x11-latent-image.md @@ -4,7 +4,6 @@ author = ["Michał Sapka"] date = 2024-03-08T22:07:00+01:00 draft = false weight = 3010 -primary_menu = "star-trek" hasNavSection = "st-voy-episodes" menu_item_override = 11 episode_id = "5x11" diff --git a/content/star-trek/voy/05x12-bride-of-chaotica.md b/content/star-trek/voy/05x12-bride-of-chaotica.md index b3636bc..3f07c6b 100644 --- a/content/star-trek/voy/05x12-bride-of-chaotica.md +++ b/content/star-trek/voy/05x12-bride-of-chaotica.md @@ -4,7 +4,6 @@ author = ["Michał Sapka"] date = 2024-03-13T16:06:00+01:00 draft = false weight = 3011 -primary_menu = "star-trek" hasNavSection = "st-voy-episodes" abstract = "A fun Capitan Proton episode" menu_item_override = 12 diff --git a/content/star-trek/voy/05x13-gravity.md b/content/star-trek/voy/05x13-gravity.md index 9d6b8ac..d42a163 100644 --- a/content/star-trek/voy/05x13-gravity.md +++ b/content/star-trek/voy/05x13-gravity.md @@ -4,7 +4,6 @@ author = ["Michał Sapka"] date = 2024-03-16T10:06:00+01:00 draft = false weight = 3012 -primary_menu = "star-trek" hasNavSection = "st-voy-episodes" abstract = "A *great* Tuvok episode" menu_item_override = 13 diff --git a/content/star-trek/voy/05x14-bliss.md b/content/star-trek/voy/05x14-bliss.md index 970bf59..d6fcbad 100644 --- a/content/star-trek/voy/05x14-bliss.md +++ b/content/star-trek/voy/05x14-bliss.md @@ -4,7 +4,6 @@ author = ["Michał Sapka"] date = 2024-03-17T21:36:00+01:00 draft = false weight = 3013 -primary_menu = "star-trek" hasNavSection = "st-voy-episodes" abstract = "A monster a week type of trek" menu_item_override = 14 diff --git a/content/star-trek/voy/05x15-15-dark-frontier.md b/content/star-trek/voy/05x15-15-dark-frontier.md index ace6fb2..67d12a7 100644 --- a/content/star-trek/voy/05x15-15-dark-frontier.md +++ b/content/star-trek/voy/05x15-15-dark-frontier.md @@ -4,7 +4,6 @@ author = ["Michał Sapka"] date = 2024-03-22T22:45:00+01:00 draft = false weight = 3014 -primary_menu = "star-trek" hasNavSection = "st-voy-episodes" abstract = "A Borg themed two-parter" menu_item_override = "15&16" diff --git a/content/star-trek/voy/05x16-the-disease.md b/content/star-trek/voy/05x16-the-disease.md index 24097d8..6e4a76f 100644 --- a/content/star-trek/voy/05x16-the-disease.md +++ b/content/star-trek/voy/05x16-the-disease.md @@ -4,7 +4,6 @@ author = ["Michał Sapka"] date = 2024-03-22T23:27:00+01:00 draft = false weight = 3015 -primary_menu = "star-trek" hasNavSection = "st-voy-episodes" abstract = "Space STD and rebelion?" menu_item_override = 17 diff --git a/content/star-trek/voy/05x18-course-oblivion.md b/content/star-trek/voy/05x18-course-oblivion.md index 7e01142..61ca912 100644 --- a/content/star-trek/voy/05x18-course-oblivion.md +++ b/content/star-trek/voy/05x18-course-oblivion.md @@ -4,7 +4,6 @@ author = ["Michał Sapka"] date = 2024-04-03T21:14:00+02:00 draft = false weight = 3016 -primary_menu = "star-trek" hasNavSection = "st-voy-episodes" abstract = "One of the best episodes I've seen" menu_item_override = 18 diff --git a/content/star-trek/voy/05x19-fight.md b/content/star-trek/voy/05x19-fight.md index 683110f..37bd16e 100644 --- a/content/star-trek/voy/05x19-fight.md +++ b/content/star-trek/voy/05x19-fight.md @@ -4,7 +4,6 @@ author = ["Michał Sapka"] date = 2024-04-03T21:38:00+02:00 draft = false weight = 3017 -primary_menu = "star-trek" hasNavSection = "st-voy-episodes" abstract = "Voyager, you are not Northern Exposure!" menu_item_override = 19 diff --git a/content/star-trek/voy/05x20-think-tank.md b/content/star-trek/voy/05x20-think-tank.md index 0d9bb5a..dc2f8c8 100644 --- a/content/star-trek/voy/05x20-think-tank.md +++ b/content/star-trek/voy/05x20-think-tank.md @@ -4,7 +4,6 @@ author = ["Michał Sapka"] date = 2024-04-08T19:30:00+02:00 draft = false weight = 3018 -primary_menu = "star-trek" hasNavSection = "st-voy-episodes" abstract = "The episode about nothing" menu_item_override = 20 diff --git a/content/star-trek/voy/05x21-juggernaut.md b/content/star-trek/voy/05x21-juggernaut.md index eda189a..b936cb1 100644 --- a/content/star-trek/voy/05x21-juggernaut.md +++ b/content/star-trek/voy/05x21-juggernaut.md @@ -4,7 +4,6 @@ author = ["Michał Sapka"] date = 2024-04-20T18:51:00+02:00 draft = false weight = 3019 -primary_menu = "star-trek" hasNavSection = "st-voy-episodes" abstract = "My mini review" aliases = ["//star-trek/stv/05x21-juggernut/"] diff --git a/content/star-trek/voy/05x22-someone-to-watch-over-me.md b/content/star-trek/voy/05x22-someone-to-watch-over-me.md index 8ae090d..83ae207 100644 --- a/content/star-trek/voy/05x22-someone-to-watch-over-me.md +++ b/content/star-trek/voy/05x22-someone-to-watch-over-me.md @@ -4,7 +4,6 @@ author = ["Michał Sapka"] date = 2024-05-05T00:10:00+02:00 draft = false weight = 3020 -primary_menu = "star-trek" hasNavSection = "st-voy-episodes" abstract = "My mini review" menu_item_override = 22 diff --git a/content/star-trek/voy/05x23-11-59.md b/content/star-trek/voy/05x23-11-59.md index 8a66e17..48ccaf9 100644 --- a/content/star-trek/voy/05x23-11-59.md +++ b/content/star-trek/voy/05x23-11-59.md @@ -4,7 +4,6 @@ author = ["Michał Sapka"] date = 2024-05-09T23:17:00+02:00 draft = false weight = 3021 -primary_menu = "star-trek" hasNavSection = "st-voy-episodes" abstract = "My mini review" menu_item_override = 23 diff --git a/content/star-trek/voy/05x24-relativity.md b/content/star-trek/voy/05x24-relativity.md index 25bdf6b..bc5fc20 100644 --- a/content/star-trek/voy/05x24-relativity.md +++ b/content/star-trek/voy/05x24-relativity.md @@ -4,7 +4,6 @@ author = ["Michał Sapka"] date = 2024-05-14T22:51:00+02:00 draft = false weight = 3022 -primary_menu = "star-trek" hasNavSection = "st-voy-episodes" abstract = "My mini review" menu_item_override = 24 diff --git a/content/star-trek/voy/05x25-warhead.md b/content/star-trek/voy/05x25-warhead.md index efbe698..5f30525 100644 --- a/content/star-trek/voy/05x25-warhead.md +++ b/content/star-trek/voy/05x25-warhead.md @@ -4,7 +4,6 @@ author = ["Michał Sapka"] date = 2024-05-14T23:02:00+02:00 draft = false weight = 3023 -primary_menu = "star-trek" hasNavSection = "st-voy-episodes" abstract = "My mini review" menu_item_override = 25 diff --git a/content/star-trek/voy/05x26-equinox-part-1.md b/content/star-trek/voy/05x26-equinox-part-1.md index 2f3ea88..0c30aa3 100644 --- a/content/star-trek/voy/05x26-equinox-part-1.md +++ b/content/star-trek/voy/05x26-equinox-part-1.md @@ -4,7 +4,6 @@ author = ["Michał Sapka"] date = 2024-05-19T18:10:00+02:00 draft = false weight = 3024 -primary_menu = "star-trek" hasNavSection = "st-voy-episodes" abstract = "My mini review" menu_item_override = 26 diff --git a/content/star-trek/voy/06x01-equinox-part-1.md b/content/star-trek/voy/06x01-equinox-part-1.md new file mode 100644 index 0000000..d5ae952 --- /dev/null +++ b/content/star-trek/voy/06x01-equinox-part-1.md @@ -0,0 +1,66 @@ ++++ +title = "Star Trek: Voyager 06x01 - Equinox (part 2)" +author = ["Michał Sapka"] +date = 2024-10-04T20:17:00+02:00 +draft = false +weight = 3001 +image_dir = "images" +image_max_width = 575 +hasNavSection = "st-voy-episodes" +abstract = "My mini review" +episode_id = "6x01" +[menu] + [menu.star-trek] + weight = 3001 + identifier = "star-trek-voyager-06x01-equinox-part-2" + parent = "voy" ++++ + +The conclusion to [last season's cliffhanger.](/voy/05x26-equinox-part-1/) + + +## Impression {#impression} + +I truly hated the first part of this two-parter. +It represented everything I don't want on my Trek: humanity being what they are, not what they can be. +_Part II_ starts just as miserable. +Everyone is armed, and there are fights everywhere. +Yep, not a great outlook at that point. + +But with each passing scene we gain more and more of hope. +Jenway is, once again, put in a position no other Trek captain has ever seen. +She is, without a shroud of doubt, the toughest captain of all the Treks I've seen before. +Sisco may have committed a genocide, but it was much less personal. +Jenway is forced to make the hardest decisions about people she knows. +Lucky for her, Checkotay is here as her consciousness. +He may not add much more to the crew, but I'll be damned if this wasn't enough. +If it wasn't for him, Voyager would be as evil as the crew of Equinox. + +On the other side of the war, Doctor is torturing Seven. +I found this plot to be as exciting as the primary one, but much more interesting. +Doctor, who we all grew to love, who developed personality and, dare I say it? Humanity, is still a simulation. +Everything he _is_, can be removed within a blink of an eye by resetting his program. +And this is what we get here - after he is taken aboard Equinox, he is stripped of everything that made him _The_ Doctor. +His relation with Seven of Nine is thrown out the window when he is forced to extract information from her using a scalpel. +It ended well, but can we still treat the Doctor as a person? +I hope authors will revisit this problem. + +Lastly, we've got the redemption of the Equinox crew. +This is what I found the most important, as this is what keeps me watching Star Trek. +No one is _evil_ for the sake of being evil, but the conditions we find ourselves in force us to act, not how we would like. +But, deep inside, we are _good_ creatures. + +As much as I hated _Part 1_, the complete _Equinox_ is nothing short of amazing. +It is saved by the latter half, as without it, we would have some Expanse (which I found to be a disgusting series). +I was afraid that _Voyager_ may have reached the point, where authors would abandon everything they've built since the 1960s. +I am happy to report that this was not the case. + + +## Doctor factor {#doctor-factor} + +Well, I didn't like Doctor in this episode, but it made it so much more interesting. +One of the greatest Doctor factors yet! + +{{< image source="https://voy.trekcore.com/" class="centered" alt="Jewnway looking angrily at an officer" file="voy6x01a.jpg" >}} +Seconds before a bad decision +{{< /image >}} diff --git a/content/star-trek/voy/06x02-survival-instinct.md b/content/star-trek/voy/06x02-survival-instinct.md new file mode 100644 index 0000000..13705de --- /dev/null +++ b/content/star-trek/voy/06x02-survival-instinct.md @@ -0,0 +1,58 @@ ++++ +title = "Star Trek: Voyager 06x02 Survival Instinct" +author = ["Michał Sapka"] +date = 2024-10-05T09:27:00+02:00 +draft = false +weight = 3002 +image_dir = "images" +image_max_width = 575 +hasNavSection = "st-voy-episodes" +abstract = "My mini review" +episode_id = "6x02" +[menu] + [menu.star-trek] + weight = 3002 + identifier = "star-trek-voyager-06x02-survival-instinct" + parent = "voy" ++++ + +Voyager docks at Markonian Outpost Space Station, a place welcoming everyone and every idea. +Seven finds, among those people, three of her old acquaintances. + + +## Impressions {#impressions} + +At first, I was expecting _Star Trek_ to continue ripping of _Babylon 5_, since they haven't finished the job with _DS9_. +Luckily, the episode quickly went its own way. + +Seven's relation to Borg is one of the main returning plots, but very rarely we hear about the experiences of other ex-drones. +It's even rarer to see it done well. +_TNG_ tried it with Third of Nine, but let's face it - authors were still learning how to handle such subjects. +Their skills had yet to reach the level of their ambition. + +We meet three other ex-drones from Seven's Unimatrix. +Their disconnect from the Collective was done much less effectively than what the Doctor has done to Seven. +They were disconnected from other drones, but not from themselves. +It's an interesting idea. +We've got three individuals who are forced to live like Drones, since all their thoughts are transmitted between them. + +What I didn't like was the other aspect of their story. +We are learning about a mission of this Unimatrix, where most of the drones started developing individuality. +There is a mystery, as all they remember is waking on the Borg Ship after being _individuals_ for a brief moment, but no one knows why. +Finally, we learn it was Seven acting in the best interest of the Collective. +She acted against their Unimatrix, but this is not developed enough. +We learn it, everyone is angry at her, but that's all. +What **is** interesting is the stark contrast with last episode: she forgives Doctor for torturing her, they never forgive her. +They are far more developed as individual persons (despite the link), and this is what allowed them to feel hate. + +All in all, another good episode but it lacks something _extra_, to make it great. +And Naomi is always welcome! + +> Survival is insufficient +> +> --- Seven of Nine + + +## Doctor Factor {#doctor-factor} + +Unsatisfactory. diff --git a/layouts/partials/external_link.html b/layouts/partials/external_link.html index 5b3277f..3eee5d1 100644 --- a/layouts/partials/external_link.html +++ b/layouts/partials/external_link.html @@ -7,7 +7,7 @@ {{ else if eq .Section "unix-history" }} {{ $section = "Unix History" }} {{ else if eq .Section "star-trek" }} - {{ $section = "Star Trek" }} + {{ $section = "Notes on Star Trek" }} {{ else if eq .Section "bsd" }} {{ $section = "Guide to BSD" }} {{ end }} |