I played Star Trek Armada and I barely remember any plot at this point (you control ships. distinct feeling of Warcraft II in gameplay).

Locutus seems to be the popular contender at this point, we briefly explored the trauma to Picard in S1 and we’ve been dropping a lot of Shaw-related hints this season, and also retconned a Borg virus for BoBW. I can’t think what else the body would be useful for. Unless the Ressikan Flute holds the key to unlocking The Big Secret….

We’re due a special guest star next ep and it could be the Borg Queen again (the non Agnes version, and this season was filmed back-to-back with s2 so Annie Wersching could still cameo).

I’m racking my brain as to who else would want Picard’s body. Remans? they seemed to be an ongoing concern post-Nemesis. The Vorgons and the Tox Uthat? DaiMon Bok?

GYAAAAAAAAAH

We’re due a special guest star next ep and it could be the Borg Queen again (the non Agnes version, and this season was filmed back-to-back with s2 so Amy Wersching could still cameo).

I wanna go back to that body, did Picard bury it? Did Soong?? Did Starfleet send in Agents Burke and Hare???

Oh here I’ll give you a theory. The one Vadic’s been communicating with is Armus. his texture is just right for whatever is coming thru vadic’s hand.

(he got tired of the prank calls from Cerritos)

I also imagine that’s what these renegade changelings feel like to the touch now.

part of the episode is a gaggle of cadets interrupting Picard’s dinner five years ago (I thought he was a recluse back then?).

It’s the clunkiest of writing!

Oh here’s our all-powerful enemy from the Dominion War, that be anyone or anything….but they need a bucket. And not just any bucket but the exact same design Odo used! Look at us, we’re clever we watched the show!

Did you, did you really now?

Especially since after Odo’s first meeting with other changelings he stopped using the bucket, rather he began experimenting with just being goo anywhere! no bucket required, we got shapes to try!

I was sent into increasingly hysterical laughter this morning I thought, surely, surely they wouldn’t be this dumb in writing, surely….

…Picard writers strike again!

And really, what did the bucket give us? Vindication that there was a Changeling infiltrator aboard? It was a waste of everyone’s time. (Now, imagine a deadly serious Starfleet crew doing Bucket Search every few days during the Dominion War. Hell start pranking starfleet and leave a bucket in every room on a ship you’re not on)

Now, I don’t disagree with the advancements in thirty years that might allow them to track changelings, but the dismissive “Ah they’re easy to detect” uhuh, uhuh, sure, that’s why we had Changeling paranoia and fear episodes back on DS9, and just asks Doctor Bashir’s colleagues how easy it was to spot the differences….

In conclusion, bad writing, based on poorly understood Changeling mechanics.

yeah I do believe I have acquired all the vehicles.

yep, also fun, overpowered.

There she is along with Jean Rowley and Bulleat

she’s a good car and a fun ride. Also love the Outlaw (great handling and breaking, that mix of modern and atom age design), Mackinaw Saguaro/Beast and of course Johnny’s Porsche.

Sean Tourangeau, designer of the Luna-class, states explicitly it’s a refit of the Luna-class

ALT

But thank you for reminding me of the name of the Shangri-La, I could not remember that.

So yeah it’s a TMP-style breakdown and refit…..

Yeah, here it ran on Space (now CTV Sci-Fi). I used this chart from wikipedia to suss out original programming.

I got bad news for you. The groundhog saw his reflection in the LCARS panel and we got 9 more weeks of suffering.