Are there gonna be 3 levels now? (Real time battle, planetary overworld, space over-overworld)?

Presumably? There might even be a fourth layer if they go battle/planet/system/interstellar.

Are the space marines gonna march in a phalanx formation?

I doubt it. Round bases man, squares are for fantasy!
But really, I assume they’ll be in a skirmish formation.
Facing is only supposed to matter to vehicles and armour, IIRC.

Which space marine is gonna be the princess?

I am! (Actually I love my 'nids so really I’d be a queen.)

My body is ready, my laptop isn’t.

I started a Let’s Play of that and liked it so much I quit early on and now it’s on a (lengthy) backlist of games I want to actually play. It looks really fun and I love the aesthetic.

Watched it near release, loved it. +1

“Defend” is a strong word for it but I believe they’re talking about distancing themselves from Carol by moving the entire town away from her and only maintaining contact via phone/indirect means.

PS: Dexter: Resurrection was surprisingly good.

Best New Seasons:

• Andor S2
• Severance S2
• Foundation S3
• Invincible S3

Best New Shows:

• Murderbot

(I may or may not be a sucker for sci-fi…)

No clue how voting should work but from what I’ve seen in comments thus far making a post, locking it, and tallying upvotes after a set duration seems like the best of available options.

Lots of imaginative reasons:

• Firstly a realistic one, 100% mortality in a virus designed to kill is actually really difficult. Whereas a spreader with a near 0 mortality has the chance to actually spread. (The game Plague INC. does this well.)

• The population is (relatively) intact, and they could have “uses” for said population after the fact. (Slaves, food, experiments, etc etc etc.)

• The aliens that spread it could themselves be hive, and they themselves could have been targeted by yet another species, and spreading it as part of their newfound need to procreate as a hive. It may not have originated where the signal was sent from.

Also highlights that the hive could simply be a weapon used as an opening salvo. A first strike, by an alien species.

They send a repeating code to a planet that converts virtually the entire population into extreme pacifism. And it makes them utterly complaint?

Could be they were worried humanity would become a threat to them eventually so figured out a way to eliminate the threat, and/or they’ve cleared a wide open path to taking over Earth at their time of choosing.

One way or another, as a hive, Humanity isn’t a problem like it would be with individuality.

Pluribus: Recommend with the caveat that it’s slooooow going. Has an interesting sci-fi premise that it’s stretching out. I am unconvinced there will be a satisfactory conclusion at the end of this season. So far though it’s the best weekly sci-fi on right now. (Take that as you will.) But it really is bloody slow.

House of Ashur: So far would not recommend. Lacks the passionate acting Andy Whitfield brought to the first season (RIP). And lacks the charisma Dustin Clare brought to the prequel series. Still watching though, but we’ll see…

Stranger Things S5 Part 1: It is what it is. That said, the last episode of this part upped the pacing and I found it to be entertaining watching and would recommend based solely off this episode.

Starting The Mighty Nein. Critical Role stuff generally lacks a certain complexity I prefer, being adaptations of tabletop. But it’s sometimes a fun ride. Vox Machina fell headfirst into that description for me and I still haven’t finished it. It’s more an emotional joyride of fantasy than it is a real story with arcs, plot, and most importantly (for me again), foreshadowing. But we’ll see how this one runs. I am a sucker for epic or low fantasy.

Looking forward to Fallout S2.

PS: Not a series, but I watched Frankenstein with Oscar Isaac and while it’s not going to change the world I enjoyed it for what it was worth and would recommend. I am biased towards Isaac’s acting though.