File talk:Beta Lyrae.jpg

This is not the star, it is the galaxy. "...a species that ruled most of this galaxy..." --Bp 10:03, 7 June 2006 (UTC)


 * First of all, this isn't a very good explanation the for supporting Memory_Alpha:Images_for_deletion. For that matter, your quote was not spoen about Beta Lyrae, it was spoken about the Slavers, who, as far as we know, had no connection with Beta Lyrae.


 * Here is a rundown of the events that lead to this image.
 * The slaver box begins to glow. Out the Copernicus' window a view similar to this appears, then this full screen shot appears. The following lines are then spoken:
 * Spock: Mr Sulu what is our position?
 * Sulu: Passing Beta Lyrae, sir. 142 degrees north-east of galactic plane.
 * Spock: Most peculiar. This indicates there is another stasis box circling Beta Lyrae.
 * Uhura: Another one?
 * Spock: It would be most illogical that a stasis box would remain here undiscovered for so long. Beta Lyrae is one of the rare spectacles of the galaxy. Almost every ship that passes stops to see it.
 * Uhura: Maybe no one else was carrying a stasis box detector.
 * Spock: Possible. The only known stasis box detector is another stasis box. Still. Mr. Sulu.
 * Sulu: Yes, sir?
 * Spock: Bring us about. We'll investigate the Beta Lyrae system.
 * Sulu: Aye, aye, sir.
 * The shuttle is then shown from a different angle and once again this full screen shot appears on the screen getting closer. The portion of Bp's line above is then spoken over the image while Spock narrates as the shuttle approaches the system, followed by this image.
 * This leaves me with two points. 1) how would they be capable of seeing an image of an entire galaxy out their shuttle craft screen? 2) how do we not know this is the animated interpretion of "one of the rare spectacles of the galaxy" that "almost every ship that passes stops to see..."? While this whole thing may not be conclusive, it certainly answers a lot more than a quote that was not spoken with regards to the shuttlecraft's situation at the time. --Alan del Beccio 18:25, 25 November 2006 (UTC)

Well, you're right. Before watching the DVD, I only had the episodes taped from syndicated TV. It appears every instance of that image except the one when Spock is giving an overview of the civilization which ruled this galaxy was cut from the syndicated episode. Anyway, it looks a lot more like a glaxy than a star. --Bp 22:21, 25 November 2006 (UTC)