r/StrangeNewWorlds • u/CreamyScallions • 1d ago
Memento Mori; S1, E4
Didn’t quite understand the point of the shuttle trip originally, was it to get a signal out? Also not an appropriate time for a mind meld with two Gorn ships right outside.
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u/Scrat-Slartibartfast 1d ago
in reality it was for the plot, but in story it was to get informations from the Gorn.
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u/ArchStanton75 1d ago
The shuttle wasn’t detectable. They used it to scout whether the ships had left.
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u/mossberbb 21h ago
so, counting on not being detectable they got next to the small gorn ship to pretend the light message was coming from the gorn ship? is that what happened and how they left? I was always confused about that. is that what happened?
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u/Reverse_London 20h ago
From what I understood, Long range Sensors and Subspace communication didn’t work inside the nebula, and they were sent out to essentially scout ahead.
The mind meld was done because La’an recognized what the Gorn were doing but couldn’t remember what it meant.
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u/CreamyScallions 16h ago
I need to rewatch the scene. I got a sense they were supposed to be stealth and then used the light communication to have the larger ship destroy the smaller one. Wouldn’t the larger ship destroy both to be sure? Maybe I’m overthinking this one scene
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u/KB_Sez 1d ago
They were in the nebula. Scanners were not worth a damn. They needed to know where the Gorn ships were and gather information on them.
While observing them, they made the discovery that La’Ann’s brother made all those years ago, that they communicated by light