What was the point of the shuttle stuff?

[smart]

The reason for this was for the audience to see how the storyline developed - by having Scott, Greer and Brody trying to get back from the shuttle, Young ensures that they do not jump to FTL until they return. This develops the storyline as by the time they returned, the FTL capabilities had sustained damage. Since they were not able to jump to FTL, they were able to encounter and be rescued by Telford, after which they would develop the deal with the Urinis.

Had they not gone to explore the damaged ship, there would be no basis for why they would not jump out of FTL and thus they would not have encountered Telford.

It also provided for exciting drama in terms of the fate of the characters as they tried to return to Destiny in the shuttle, which surrounded by the unknown and violent Drones.

[J-Whitt Remastered]

They made it seem like the bulky suits were slowing them down. But how can that be in a zero gravity environment?

Just because they are in zero gravity doesn't mean that a bulky suit isn't still bulky.

[dgh64]

The joints are pretty stiff, after 50 million years in the closet.

[Buck32]

In the sense of the actual story, yes it was to cripple Destiny when the drones attack like jelgate said.

In terms of being viewed from the crew's perspective, it was a chance to investigate an intact ship.They didn't realize the threat surrounding it until the drones were spotted.

In Star Trek, should the Enterprise never investigate because there is a chance it's a trap? It's obviously for story progression. Do you want the episode to be mindless and have Destiny just fly around and pewpew aliens and not actually gain some form of information or technology from the situations that present themselves?

Something that may actually help you enjoy this series is to not watch it as a viewer from your television set. Watch as if you're a member on the ship or perhaps someone watching Kino footage.

Mate if i did that i would have killed at least half the crew by now, they're so annoying!!!!

[pipi]

The reason for this was for the audience to see how the storyline developed - by having Scott, Greer and Brody trying to get back from the shuttle, Young ensures that they do not jump to FTL until they return.

They could still explored the debris field without a shuttle just by jumping over in their suits like the time Young and Rush had their little biff. If they used a bunch of kinos like a surf board that would have been more awesome to watch than a brand new shuttle.

[J-Whitt Remastered]

They could still explored the debris field without a shuttle just by jumping over in their suits like the time Young and Rush had their little biff. If they used a bunch of kinos like a surf board that would have been more awesome to watch than a brand new shuttle.

And if they had done that how would they have made it back to Destiny in time for the ship to have not been destroyed? That would be a bad idea, bad guys or no.

[pipi]

And if they had done that how would they have made it back to Destiny in time for the ship to have not been destroyed? That would be a bad idea, bad guys or no.

Destiny would have to park closer to the debris they want to explore.

[J-Whitt Remastered]

There didn't seem to be much room to maneuver in the debris field.

[Aewon]

If they were lucky while waiting for the shuttle, they could have been equally lucky while not waiting for the shuttle.

If you shoot at a man ten times from a distance of, say, a hundred feet you're likely to hit a vital organ than if you shoot only twice.

Anyway, as an author I find this topic rather offensive. Sure they could have had the Drones damage the FTL immediately (in which case a lot more people would have complained), but would it be more exciting? If that had happened they would have all been aboard the Destiny. There would be no tension because they wouldn't have to wait for the shuttle to get back before trying to jump to FTL. There would be no build-up to the attack. It would just have been a boring action scene.

[Skiznot]

It also provided for exciting drama in terms of the fate of the characters as they tried to return to Destiny in the shuttle, which surrounded by the unknown and violent Drones.

For me too. It added the suspense you get in a story where people go scuba away from the boat and then someone on the boat sees sharks in the water. We have become so blase with beaming people everywhere that we don't always apreciate how dangerous space travel is and how vulnerable you are when you step outside the ship. I do, however, that one little bit of info about the ship would have made it a little more interesting but that doesn't change the suspense of those moments.

[pipi]

Would have been more interesting if the shuttle crew actually discovered something of value but were faced with retrieving it or fleeing back to Destiny.

The third space suit added a bit of comedy relief, so thumbs up for that.

[sgc]

Would have been more interesting if the shuttle crew actually discovered something of value but were faced with retrieving it or fleeing back to Destiny.

The third space suit added a bit of comedy relief, so thumbs up for that.

Exactly on both parts.

[garhkal]

That would have been interesting, to see them if nothing else, talk over the radio WHILE they fled.

[J-Whitt Remastered]

That would have been interesting, to see them if nothing else, talk over the radio WHILE they fled.

Doing that would have winded them more than was necessary. When you're running for your life talking isn't usually the best idea. What would you have them say? "We're making a left running for the door! Opening the door! Just three more doors to go!"? Or something like that?

[garhkal]

No.. more of a

What... we found X.. WHY do you want us to leave now?>