Comment on Episode Discussion | Star Trek: Starfleet Academy | 1x10 "Rubincon"
frankPodmore@slrpnk.net 2 days ago
Only think that didn’t work for me was the Caleb/Tarima telepathy working like a psychic airtag for Anisha. Needed more explanation than ‘They have a connection,’ IMO.
I’m hoping we’ll get more later.
The Imzadi bond between Tarima and Caleb is an order of magnitude stronger than Troi and Riker’s. Likely more.
I’m willing to go with a head cannon for now that Caleb has to have some native psychic abilities, if latent, that sparked the attraction and connection even with Tarima’s inhibitor in place.
Something like finding the her pattern taking it from his memories. After all, there’s telepathy, warp jumps, … so why not.
Yeah, I can just about fill in the handwaving myself, but it still felt a bit too vague for me. I guess I’ve never really been sold on telepathy as part of the Star Trek universe, so the more they use it (and the more powerful and plot crucial it gets), the less I like it. Still, I can’t deny that it is part of the universe, so maybe I should get over it.
end0fline@piefed.social 2 days ago
It’s definitely a smaller distance, but there is precedent there with Tori honing in on Shinzon on his cloaked ship in Nemesis.