![]() Well, as one might guess, Discovery pulls a trick out of The Walking Dead‘s old playbook: if a character is spotlighted during an episode, it’s likely because something major is going to happen to that character. ![]() Mary Wiseman as Tilly and Sara Mitich as Lt. Now, “Die Trying” illuminates much of Nhan’s backstory, including how she regrets jumping into the future because she misses her family. Her sparse character development came when she became suspicious of Airiam in “ Project Daedalus.” Nhan ultimately ended up jettisoning Airiam into space, and it was this action that helped her make the decision to remain aboard the Discovery as they headed into the future. Since her introduction in season two as an engineer aboard the Enterprise, we have never really gotten to know her very well. Yes, Nhan is a major focus of this episode, and that’s a nice change. The most recent, ill-fated caretakers happen to be Barzans, the same species as Nhan ( Rachael Ancheril). As we see in this episode, the Tikhov utilizes a nifty storage system to house these countless seeds, and the care for the ship falls to a different species from time to time. It makes perfect sense, then, that the galaxy in Star Trek has its own version of a seed vault. The idea is if there is a global crisis, these seeds will ultimately survive such devastation. The idea of a seed vault ship is grounded in reality, as there are real-life seed vaults that house copies of plants found around the world. To earn the trust of the Federation, Discovery embarks on a mission to save a group of aliens refugees who are suffering from a sickness, the cure for which lies in the seed vault ship U.S.S. And to be honest, they have a wild story to tell. As Starfleet’s command in chief Charles Vance ( Oded Fehr) explains, time travel has been declared criminal, and because there are no historical records of Discovery‘s actions, their story can’t be corroborated. Sonequa Martin-Green as Burnham and Doug Jones as SaruĪfter the wonder of the “new” Federation subsides, the Discovery crew quickly realizes they are under suspicion. Yes, hidden inside the Federation HQ is the 11th ship to bear the name, the first, of course, being Captain Janeway’s ship in Voyager. One of the ships the Discovery passes by has a familiar name to Star Trek fans: the Voyager-J. ![]() As the ship approaches Federation headquarters, we learn that there are bio-organic and holographic ships, as well as other advanced technology in the Federation’s service. It’s entertaining seeing the child-like wonder on the bridge crew as they enter their new home base. Hidden inside a distortion field powered by the ships inside it, Federation technology is clearly far and away more advanced than anybody on Discovery imagined. On the surface, the Federation is wondrous. Thanks to the Tal symbiote inside Adira ( Blu del Barrio), Discovery is able to travel to the Federation headquarters – and of course, it isn’t totally what they expect. This week’s episode, “Die Trying,” finally shows us what we’ve all been itching to see: the Federation as it exists in the 3100s. Star Trek: Discovery – Season 3, Episode 5 “Die Trying”
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