Star Trek: Discovery
The USS Discovery ’s saucer separation inStar Trek : Discovery ’s serial publication finish made Captain Michael Burnham ’s ( Sonequa Martin - Green ) spaceship even cooler . I was an other adoptive parent ofStar Trek : Discovery , and one reason why is that I was dazzle by the show ’s production value , especially the arresting USS Discovery itself . Star Trek : Discovery ’s eponymous Crossfield Class starshipis a flowing and spacious skill vas that also housed the show ’s greatest ( and most controversial ) initiation : the displacement - activate spore hub drive .
Star Trek : Discoveryseason 5 was a sequel to theStar Trek : The Next Generationepisode , " The Chase . “Discoveryfollowed up onTNG ’s reveal that a race dubbed the Progenitors seeded the extragalactic nebula with humanoid life . Captain Burnham and the USS Discovery ’s interstellar hunting for theclues to the Progenitors ' treasuretook Michael into an interdimensional space where the ancient technology was enshroud . Meanwhile , the USS Discovery led by Commander Rayner ( Callum Keith Rennie ) was outmatched by a Breen dreadnought , with even more Breen on the way . But Discovery beat the Breen bytaking a page fromStar Trek : The Next Generation ’s playbook .
USS Discovery’s Saucer Separation Made Captain Burnham’s Ship Even Cooler
One last TNG tribute by Discovery season 5
I eff that theUSS Discovery did a saucer separationinStar Trek : Discoveryseason 5 ’s finale . It was a perfect respectful , terminal ode toStar Trek : The Next Generation , which insert the USS Enterprise - D ’s ability to break its saucer and stardrive sections . Even better , Disco ’s dish separation was the key to get the better of the might of the Breen . With the Breen dreadnaught catch between Discovery ’s disk and stardrive sections , Commander Rayner ordering a spore drive leap forthwith station the Breen to the Galactic Barrier . It was as ifStar Trek : DiscoveryandStar Trek : The Next Generationteamed up , and I adore that symbolism .
Star Trek : Discovery comes to an end with season 5 ’s conclusion wrapping up the Progenitors treasure hunt and an epilogue concluding the entire serial .
The USS Discovery ’s discus detachment was a fantastic surprise because it was never previously show that Discovery could be split in two . Even better was that Discovery ’s saucer separation was used tactically to achieve victory . OnStar Trek : The Next Generation , theUSS Enterprise - D ’s saucer separationwas ordinarily a defensive or emergency measuring rod to safeguard the population in the saucer section . ButDiscovery used saucer separation for offense . It ’s the coolest saucer breakup inStar Trek , and only the USS Discovery could have done it .
Why Didn’t USS Discovery Do A Saucer Separation Before?
There was no need to separate Discovery’s saucer
It ’s possible the USS Discovery was n’t earlier contrive to break up its saucer from its stardrive plane section . Although the USS Enterprise inStar Trek : The Original Serieswas supposedly able to fulfill a saucer legal separation , it never occur due to budget payoff , the limited special effects of the 1960s , and want of history aim . If Captain James T. Kirk ’s ( William Shatner ) enterprisingness could have branch its saucer , peradventure the USS Discovery could have too . But it was n’t necessary inStar Trek : Discovery ’s first two seasons for Disco to separate its disc .
Star Trek Beyondsaw the USS Enterprise execute an hand brake saucer separation in the alternating Kelvin timeline .
It ’s hard to see how a saucer separation would have benefited the USS Discovery inStar Trek : Discoveryseason 1 ’s Klingon War or the multi - ship battle against Control thatendedStar Trek : Discoveryseason 2 . It ’s alsopossible that disc separation is a new featurethat came with the USS Discovery ’s refit with 32nd - century programmable topic technology inStar Trek : Discoveryseason 3 . Between saucer breakup and its spore drive , there is n’t another ship in Star Trek that sport the level of nerveless factor as Captain Michael Burnham ’s USS Discovery .
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