Drive

Hmm, those Colegium fellas don't seem quite as smart as they used to.

Well this is an unpleasant development for everyone considering the significance of that ship.

The way I see it, this is the effect on the mind and culture of a species that has adopted a Technocratic model so completely that if you don't have an expertise, you are treated as an object instead of a person. My guess would be that violence from a "tool" race like the Tesskans, regardless of their history, was simply something the Collegiate hadn't considered as a possibility without a "user" race/class like the Humans or even the Fillipods in the room.

I gasped when I saw it, and the first thought after that was "Crap, I hope the Tesskans don't get the Spark!"

Hubris, meet the Claw. Claw... that wasn't very nice.

Hmmm: I wonder how many Makers are aboard the Spark.

And how many Tesskans? And how long it would take a bunch of rampaging Tesskans to correct that problem?

Something tells me the Tesskans would have some problems flying the Spark.

Something tells me the Tesskans would have some problems flying their own ships -- without Fillipods. The Fillipods are likely already aboard the Spark. And the Fillipods ain't ig'nant. :^)'

Things are about to get really interesting....

Some questions: assuming the Filipods are as smart as they seem [drivecomic.com], did the Federation really beat the Tesskans? Or were the Filipods playing a deeper game?

I think the answers to those questions are no and yes.

Now, assuming there are Filipods aboard the Spark, would the Tesskans be able to take the Spark?

I think that's an unqualified maybe.

I feel like this has a very low chance of improving race relations.

Are those letters an actual language?