(But I’m most curious to see how Eaglemoss will build their sure-to-come Discovery-A model!) Good luck, Eaglemoss model design team! (CBS All Access) We don’t get a chance to see the ship in action this week, which is a little disappointing, but I’m curious how it looks with detached nacelles in motion. …and the biggest change of all, brand-new warp nacelles that are physically separated from the Discovery, like some of the other wild new 32nd century starship designs we saw in last week’s episode. (CBS All Access)Īlong with the new registry number comes all-new hull armor and external lighting, new deflector plating, minor changes to the hull configuration itself (removing the support struts between the outer rings in the saucer, angling and cutting large gaps into the secondary hull’s ‘wings’), new impulse engine assemblies… A look underneath the DISCOVERY-A reveals even more changes. A dorsal view of the new-and-improved USS DISCOVERY (NCC-1031-A). “Scavengers,” written by Anne Cofell Saunders and directed by Doug Aarniokoski, opens with the most notable change yet: Discovery has had a massive overhaul to bring the Crossfield-class starship up to 32nd century specs, so much that the ship’s been given a new registry number (NCC-1031-A!) to signify just how significant these upgrades are to the original design - as well as to potentially hide the ship’s time-travel history (banned by the Temporal Accords), making it a “new” Discovery for the 32nd century. Instead of a ship alone searching for a specific destination, “Scavengers” establishes that Discovery is now about building something new, much like Captain Archer and the crew of the Enterprise NX-01 - only now, Discovery is not creating but helping to resurrect the Federation out of the chaos and bloodshed caused by The Burn, supporting Starfleet in its missions, and finding its place within the chain of command.
Saru stands in line with his fellow Starfleet captains. But with contact established with Starfleet, and Saru joining Admiral Vance’s staff meetings, I no longer believe the show Discovery is looking to echo is Voyager….
The USS Discovery was a ship alone, in a new time that had made the familiar locales of the Alpha Quadrant as alien as the Delta Quadrant was to Voyager. Based on this week’s episode, Discovery is potentially setting the remainder of this season - and the show itself - as a whole different story than perhaps we may have been expecting.ĭuring the first few episodes of Discovery’s third season, the show echoed Star Trek: Voyager more than any of its counterparts.
With this week’s action-packed “Scavengers,” Star Trek: Discovery appears to be beginning to settle into its new groove, now the ship and crew have joined up with 32nd century Starfleet.
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