During the Wolf-359 incident, 39 starships were destroyed, and 11,000 people were killed or assimilated. Why didn’t one of the smaller ships warp into that one Borg cube? Doesn’t warping into it destroy anything? Even if it just warps through without touching, one could program the navicom to self destruct while the ship is in the middle of Borg cube. Answer Trivial, really: The Federation is simply not in the business of Kamikaze suicide runs. And since we haven't seen an entire space-ship piloted per remote in a very reliable manner (not even shuttles), that's exactly what it would have to be. If they dispatch a fleet of 39 ships to apprehend the Borg, they might not be surprised of casualties, but having a ship's crew sacrifice themselves is so horribly incompatible with the spirit of Star Trek (i.e. out-of-universe) and the Federation (in-universe) that Roddenberry'd be spinning like a drill in his grave for the mere suggestion. Having said that, a similar tact...

Some of the remaining notable and named Elves' birthdates are either known, or through association can be reasonably guessed at. They are: Galadriel - birthdate YT 1362, Elrond - birthdate FA 532, Glorfindel - birthdate unknown (sometime YT, killed FA 510 then re-embodied), Celeborn - birthdate unknown (sometime YT?), Haldir - birthdate unknown (late FA-early SA?), Legolas - birthdate unknown (early TA?) Within Tolkien's work, is there another Elf remaining in Middle Earth that is older than those noted? Answer Of the named Elves it's almost certainly Cirdan, who was on the Great Journey and possibly even dates back to Cuivienen. Note 29 to the Cirdan essay in HoME 12 confirms the former: Before ever they came to Beleriand the Teleri had developed a craft of boat-making; first as rafts, and soon as light boats with paddles made in imitation of the water-birds upon the lakes near their first homes, and later on the Great Journey in crossing rivers, or especially duri...

What I remember is that in the same movie every time the villains were defeated they came back in a new machine, I think they were all animal based but robots. They always had the same symbol somewhere on the robot. The good guys had robots too. I'm sure it was anime but it was in English. Answer Your description reminds me of the Time Bokan Series , a group of anime series by Tatsunoko Production. In all these anime series, there are similar characters: the main good guys are typically a boy, a girl and a talking animal/robot. the bad guys are typically a leading woman and two minions (a slim "tech" guy and a fat strong guy) (there may be other supporting characters, e.g. a mentor for the good guys or an extra sidekick for the baddies, but they are not "mandatory"). Usually, both sides fight with mechas, often (but not always) animal-shaped and sentient: the good guys have typically a single robot or a limited choice of robots (e.g. they choose according to t...

During Avengers , Dr. Selvig constructs a device that uses the Tesseract to create a portal. He built in a fail safe, which Black Widow uses to close the portal; he refers to it as, "you can't protect against yourself." Here, 'yourself' refers to the Tesseract and Loki's staff, as they have matching energy signatures. However, in Captain America: The Winter Soldier , Baron Strucker says of Loki's scepter, "[it] is worth more than any of them ever knew," which to me implies that the scepter wasn't just tapping the Tesseract's power (like the Phase 2 weapons would have). This makes me think the gem in the scepter could be another Infinity Stone. This would make a certain amount of sense, given the similar energy signatures, and that Loki received it from Thanos. Is the gem in Loki's scepter an Infinity Stone? If so, do we know (or have an educated guess) which one? Answer It hasn't been revealed in MCU that gem in Loki's scept...

So, after watching S4E08 - The Mountain and the Viper - I got to wondering. Is there any episode of Game of Thrones where nobody dies? I've watched every episode so far (and read all the books), but I can't think of one, and I wasn't able to find an episode-by-episode death count. I'd like to be able to rewatch an episode and, after watching, feel like: In case it wasn't clear, I'm discussing the TV series, not the books. Please be respectful and use spoiler tags when talking about key events. Answer tl;dr: There are at least 6, up to 9 depending how you count: 1x03 "Lord Snow" 2x08 "The Prince of Winterfell" 3x01 "Valar Dohaeris" 3x02 "Dark Wings, Dark Words" 3x07 "The Bear and the Maiden Fair" 8x02 "A Knight of the Seven Kingdoms" Barely off-screen: 6x07 "The Broken Man" (nothing fitting my arbitrary rules below, see description further on.) Non-human deaths/transformations: 6x05 ...

Cant remember if it was a book or a tv show (like Outer Limits/Twilight Zone) or movie. (I don't think it was a movie) At least 20 years old. Whatever format it would have been in English in the USA. A young man is a lone prisoner on a spaceship controlled by a computer. The ship seems old and in bad shape (wearing out). The computer continually directs him to repair equipment/replace parts/replenish resources. They have an antagonistic relationship. Anytime the man makes a mistake, is to slow, or breaks something the computer punished him. (Withholds food? Electric shocks? changes temperature or pressure?) I think something major breaks, and the computer contacts another ship to try and get what it needs from it. The ships rendezvous and the other ship also has a prisoner on board, who is a young woman. The man and woman start talking while making repairs and they realize there are many ships out there each with a single human on them to maintain them. Eventually they are directed...

After the destruction the second Death Star the Rebel Alliance assumes a victory over the Empire at Endor; we see a big celebration on Endor (and across the galaxy in the "special" editions). But how is it they weren't crushed, Death Star or no Death Star? After it is revealed that the Death Star II is operational, or at the very least can fire it's main gun, Lando suggests engaging the Star Destroyers at close range and Admiral Akbar states that they won't last long. This implies that the Rebel Fleet is significantly out matched. While the loss of the Death Star would probably impose a large morale penalty on the Imperials, they still should have had the upper hand over the Rebel fleet. What then happened after the Death Star blew up that caused the Imperial forces, both at Endor and across the galaxy , to effectively give up all at once and allow the Empire to practically collapse in one big party? Answer The loss of the Death Star wasn't what brought the ...