Q; When trying to intercept the Phoenix, Picard orders that speed be set to warp 6. Later, in reply to a query about how long it will take to intercept, Data replies that, as they are travelling at warp 4, etc. How come it got changed from warp 6 to 4?
A; Ain't got the foggiest. What baffles me is why Picard didn't order warp 9 until after Maxwell had blown up two more ships before his (Picard's) very eyes.
I thought it a trifle strange that, when the Enterprise is under attack from the Cardassian vessel, Picard orders more power to the forward shields. A few frames later, we have a shot of the exterior view of the ship, and the Cardassians are approaching from behind them. So why order more power to the forward shields?
Isn't it strange that affairs of the galaxy are all conducted in earth-time units? Picard requests of the Cardassian Captain that he be allowed one hour to contact Starfleet and consult with his superiors about Maxwell's behaviour. One hour is a unit of time which I imagine would be unique to Earth, as it's derived from dividing the time that our planet, on average, takes to orbit our sun. I can only assume that the Universal Translator, when communicating units of time, translates them into units appropriate to the other party, so that in this instance when Picard says "one hour" the Cardassian Captain actually hears something along the lines of "1172.440328976 quargs" or whatever time units they use on Cardassia. That would mean that, when he replies to Picard in the affirmative, he actually replies along the lines of, "Very well, you have 72.440328976 quargs" but what we hear is "Very well, you have one hour". Also it looks to us as though his mouth is actually saying the words "one hour" but as I've pointed out before, my assumption here is that the Universal Translator messes with your head to achieve this.
Wouldn't Keiko and O'Brien have known a little more about what they both liked to eat before they decided to get married?
This episode is the first time, if I recall correctly, that we've seen a Nebula class Starship. Isn't it lovely and aerodynamic in appearance? Whatever is the point of that in a starship?
When Picard is receiving instructions from the black dude from Starfleet, said dude points out that the Federation is not prepared for sustained conflict. See? I said Shelby was talking nonsense a few episodes ago when she breezily announced that the fleet would be up and about again in no time.
What were Maxwell's crew doing while he was destroying Cardassian ships? We know that there are established procedures for defranchising captains when they've gone a bit loopy, so why didn't his crew use this against him?
After they sing their little song together and are all relaxed, Maxwell calls O'Brien "Chief", as if it were the most natural thing in the world. For us it is, because we've always known him as Chief O'Brien, but since he served with Maxwell as Tactical Officer, would he not have held a different rank, and wouldn't Maxwell, in an unguarded moment, have referred to him by that rank?
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