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[–] [email protected] 6 points 8 months ago* (last edited 8 months ago)

This would be better suited c/startrek than risa.

[–] [email protected] 2 points 8 months ago* (last edited 8 months ago)

Purchase of a space with vessel counterfeit currency?

But we all know there isn't any money in the Federation!

spoilerYes, I know that was his list of crimes from "I, Mudd". What I'm saying is that the Federation does have money.

[–] [email protected] 26 points 8 months ago (5 children)

Yes, it’s from a season three episode, “Alter Ego”, where Kim and Tuvok both develop feelings for the same holodeck character (who, spoiler, may be more than she initially appears).

[–] [email protected] 31 points 8 months ago

My reading -- and what appears to be the interpretation of others who've commented as well -- is that the transphobe thinks biology agrees with them, while the biologist are explicitly saying they do not align with transphobes.

[–] [email protected] 39 points 8 months ago* (last edited 8 months ago) (4 children)

Right, but what is the image saying that's false?

[–] [email protected] 4 points 9 months ago

Yeah, right now the idea seems to begin and end with more Trek by Terry Matalas, and if that's all they're bringing to the table...I'm good.

Even though I do like Seven, Raffi, and Crash LaForge, the ongoing adventures of Jack Crusher does not appeal to me in the slightest.

[–] [email protected] 5 points 9 months ago

Who’s angry? I just don’t think he’s a particularly good showrunner, and if not for people being blinded by his over reliance on fan service and nostalgia, it wouldn’t even be a question.

[–] [email protected] 1 points 9 months ago

Yeah, what else would a “full night’s rest” mean?

[–] [email protected] 1 points 9 months ago (1 children)

What timeline do you want it set in?

[–] [email protected] 9 points 9 months ago (5 children)

I kinda hope that "Legacy" does get off the ground, if for no other reason than that all the folks champing at the bit for it will be confronted by the fact that once you take out the TNG cast, what you're left with is show created by the same dude who was showrunner for season two of PIC and who thinks owning a BttF DeLorean is a personality trait, featuring the Scrappy Doo of Star Trek.

 

Specifically Johnson talks about the episode's significant moments of character development, not getting all your players to sing. Presumably that will be another video down the line.

 
 
 

• “Under the Cloak of War”. The flashbacks in this episode are set during the Federation-Klingon War seen during DIS season one, and a large part of that conflict was the new Klingon cloaking devices that T’Kuvma, and then Kol installed on their various ships. Get it? Yeah, you get it.

• This episode was written by Davy Perez, who also wrote “All Those Who Wander” and co-wrote “Memento Mori” and “Among the Lotus Eaters”.

• Jeff Byrd directed the episode; he also directed the DIS episode, “Rosetta”.

• Pike gives us the stardate 1875.4 in his captain’s log. M’Benga’s CMO’s log records the stardate as 1875.8.

Episode Stardate
“The Broken Circle” 2369.2
“Ad Astra per Aspera” 2393.8
”Tomorrow and Tomorrow and Tomorrow” 1581.2
”Among the Lotus Eaters” 1630.1
”Among the Lotus Eaters” 1630.3
”Among the Lotus Eaters” 1632.2
”Charades 1789.3
”Lost in Translation” 2394.8
”Those Old Scientists” 2291.6

• We are introduced to the USS Kelcie Mae NCC which, based on its appearance, answers the question, ”If there is a Utopia Planitia Shipyard, does it not follow that there is likely also a Dystopia Planitia?”

     • It used to be that when you saw a ship like USS Buran (“Best of Both Worlds, Part II), or the USS Curry (“A Time to Stand”), or the USS Yeager (“Doctor Bashir, I Presume”) you knew that the design team was basically fishing for parts at the bottom of the box of leftover Federation starship bits, and hastily gluing them together so there could be something that resembled a Federation ship in the background of a shot for a fleeting half moment. But with the USS Kelcie Mae someone used the most powerful 3d design software available to create an entirely new ship to be front and centre on screen.

     • I will never again complain about the Sombra-class from “All Those Who Wander” being a Constitution-class ship with a bit of blue paint instead of read, and a slightly larger bridge window.

• Prospero is the protagonist of Shakespeare's “The Tempest”. Data once portrayed the character on the holodeck while studying humanity in “Emergence”.

     • Prospero’s lines from the play are also quoted by:

         • Miranda Jones - “Is There In Truth No Beauty?”

         • Chancellor Gorkon - “Star Trek: The Undiscovered Country”

         • General Chang - “Star Trek: The Undiscovered Country”

         • Jean-Luc Picard - “Et in Arcadia Ego, Part II”

         • Beckett Mariner - “Crisis Point”

         • The Emergency Janeway Hologram - “Kobayashi”

• Starbase 12 is has been mentioned mentioned in a number of episodes across multiple series, including SNW’s “The Serene Squall” but was first named in “Space Seed”.

• The H16 Starfleet boatswain’s whistle is slightly different from the C18 that appeared in “Star Trek: The Undiscovered Country” and the C19 from “The Next Generation”.

• Among Dak’Rah’s crimes Ortegas mentions the siege of Athos. Athos is apparently a colony on the J’Gal. However, there is also a planet named Athos IV in the Badlands where the Maquis had a hidden base, seen in “Blaze of Glory”.

     • Captain Archer’s dog, Porthos, had a littermate named Athos.

• Klingons call Dak’Rah ”The Butcher of J’Gal”. We learned in “The Broken Circle” that Doctor M’Benga was stationed at J’Gal during the Federation-Klingon War.

• Spock and lieutenant Mitchell attempt to synthesize raktajino, a Klingon coffee. The mug that’s produced appears similar to the ones frequently seen in DS9, though more ornate.

     • Mitchell states of their first attempt to create a raktajino that we see, this one’s cold.” According to “The Passenger”, Jadzia occasionally enjoyed her raktajino iced, with extra cream.

     • With the second attempt, we see a cartridge of some sort lower into the bar, as the raktajino is produced. In some TOS episodes, such as “Tomorrow is Yesterday” and “And the Children Shall Lead” we characters with flat, coloured disks into a slot on a food synthesizer to produce the desired meal.

• *”On a recent mission, Spock was able to parlay with a Klingon captain.” Number One is referring to Spock’s encounter with Captain D’Chok in “The Broken Circle”.

• Shuttlecraft 12648, is very different from the Class C shuttlecraft that were aboard the USS Discovery in this era, but it does have the same paint colours as those ships.

     • Shuttlecraft 12648 has a registry number, NCC-7901, presumably for the starship it is usually berthed on, which seems pretty high for this era.

• The Starfleet officers we see in the flashbacks to J’Gal are all wearing tactical vests that were introduced in SNW’s “Memento Mori”, not the ones worn through seasons one and two of DIS, introduced in “The Battle of the Binary Stars”.

     • The badges everyone is wearing are also the ones the introduced with the Enterprise crew in season two of DIS, not the split delta design of DIS which everyone other than the Enterprise crew wore..

     • The badge Trask is wearing when he shows up does not have a division logo on it. Chapel says that he is special forces.

     • Similarly, the black uniforms are new, but appear to be the same cut as Chapel’s white jumpsuit, rather than resembling the ones worn in DIS which would have been common during the Federation-Klingon War.

• Doctor Buck is played by Clint Howard who previously appeared as:

     • Balok - “The Corbomite Maneuver”

     • Grady - “Past Tense, Part II”

     • Muk - “Acquisition”

     • A character credited as Creepy Orion - “Will You Take My Hand”

• It cost Doctor Buck a case of Romulan ale to get Chapel assigned to J’Gal as head nurse. Romulan Ale is illegal in the Federation, and was first named in “Star Trek: The Wrath of Khan” but might have been the blue beverage the Romulan commander served Spock in “The Enterprise Incident”.

”Doctor, I need a doctor.” Chapel is a doctor, as established in “Strange New Worlds”, but presumably Alvarado would not benefit from epigenetic treatments.

     • By “Star Trek: The Motion Picture” Chapel will also be an MD.

• Doctor M’Benga suggests keeping Alvarado in suspended animation in the transporter buffer, a technique he will later use on his own daughter aboard the Enterprise as seen in “Ghosts of Illyria”. The first time we saw it used in Trek was in “Relics” where Scotty’s pattern was able to remain stable for 75 years aboard the USS Jenolan, but not ensign Franklin’s. ”He was a good lad.”

”The Gorn attack as Finibus III,” Doctor M’Benga mentions in his log was seen in “Memento Mori”.

• Pike shows up in sick bay looking for Deltan parsley. In “The Enemy Within” the aggressive Kirk went to sick bay demanding Saurian brandy from Bones.

• Due to protests at Dak’Rah’s previous transport, Starfleet command has decided that veterans of the Federation-Klingon War are required to interact with him and make him feel welcome. For other ridiculous command decisions by the Starfleet admiralty, see: all of Star Trek.

• In flashback we see Doctor M’Benga tell Chapel to use her hand to manually pump their patient’s heart as part of their efforts to save him. In “Second Contact” Tendi had to manually pump Stevens’ heart to keep him alive.

”Convincing Propero Alpha to agree to an armistice was like getting a Tellarite to give a compliment.” The contentious nature of Tellarites was established in “Journey to Babel” when Sarek generalized the entire people.

“We all just call it the Moon.” In “Valiant” Collins tells Jake Sisko that ”nobody who’s ever lived on the Moon calls it Luna, either. That’s just something they say on Earth.”

• We learn that Doctor M’Benga has ”The most hand-to-hand kills confirmed.”

• Doctor M’Benga’s wheatgrass shot seen in “The Broken Circle” is called protocol 12, and he’s the one who designed it.

     • Doctor M’Benga says that protocol 12 is, ”adrenaline and pain killers,” and not just the ”green juice, extra green” that Tilly ordered from the food synthesizer in “Lethe”. It’s not canon, but the current storyline in the ongoing comics, “Star Trek” and “Star Trek: Defiant” involve the followers of Clone Emperor Kahless injecting the Red Path sacrament, a mixture of Klingon adrenaline and some chemical found in ketracel white.

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Star Trek: Deep Space Nine - The Dog of War #5
Written by : Mike Chen
Art by: Angel Hernandez
Cover Art : Angel Hernandez

With stolen Starfleet data on its way to the Dominion, Captain Sisko dons the mysterious Borg headset in an attempt to stop the transmission! Meanwhile, Major Kira and Lieutenant Commander Dax race to keep their new crewmember and prized corgi off the black market.  
 

Star Trek: Defiant #6
Written by : Christopher Cantwell
Art by: Angel Unzueta
Cover Art : Malachi Ward

The crossover event between Star Trek and Star Trek: Defiant continues here in part two of Day of Blood! Worf and Sisko begin their trek to Kahless' spire to stop the false prophet's siege of Qo'noS with each other being the last man either wants to rely on. Meanwhile, Spock takes the bridge of the Theseus, reuniting with his old friend Captain Montgomery Scott and desperately attempting to keep the Red Path's Bloodwings at bay.

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• In the episode “No Small Parts” Ransom explains to Captain Freeman that he calls the 2260s the ”TOS Era” in honour of ”Those Old Scientists” like Spock and and Scotty. Of course, this episode takes place in 2259, so clearly it’s time for a shake-up among the SNW production team.

• This episode was co-written by Kathryn Lyn, who also wrote “wej Duj” and co-wrote “Charades”. She was initially hired to be a canon consultant for LDS, before becoming an executive story editor for that series in season two, and is currently the supervising producer for SNW season two.

• Johnathan Frakes directed this episode. Trekkies will recognize him as the director of several episodes and movies, including:

     • “Sub Rosa”

     • “Meridian”

     • “Parturition”

     • “Project Daedalus”

     • “Two of One”

     • “Star Trek: Insurrection”

• It’s Bradward Boimler! From Star Trek! Boimler is voiced, and performed in live action for the first time, by Jack Quaid.

• Boimler records the stardate as 58460.1, which, because LDS has a functioning stardate system, would put this adventure between “Hear All, Trust Nothing” (58456.2), and “Trusted Sources” (58496.1).

• It’s Beckett Mariner! From Star Trek! Mariner is voiced, and performed in live action for the first time, by Tawny Newsome.

• It’s Samanthan Rutherford, and D’Vana Tendi! From Star Trek! Rutherford and Tendi are voiced by Eugene Cordero, and Noël Wells respectively.

• Rutherford has a holo-imager identical to the one introduced in the VOY season five episode, “Drone” when photography became one of the Doctor’s hobbies.

     • The viewfinder display on the holo-imager is also accurate to what we see in VOY, starting with “Infinite Regress”.

• Tendi has previously demonstrated being sensitive about the common association between Orions and piracy in the minds of her fellow Starfleet officers, going back to “Crisis Point”.

• As he’s being portaled by the portal, Boimler cries out, ”Remember me!” which is also the title of a TNG episode in which a swirling energy vortex repeatedly tries to pull Doctor Crusher into itself.

• The portal dumps Boimler 122 years in the past.

• The SNW opening credits are recreated in the animation style of LDS, with some slight adjustments to the angles at which things are seen. Fortunately they kept in all the usual elements, such as the glowing space leach attempting to digest the nacelle, and the Koala.

• Pike’s gives the stardate as 2291.6 in his captain’s log.

Episode Stardate
“The Broken Circle” 2369.2
“Ad Astra per Aspera” 2393.8
”Tomorrow and Tomorrow and Tomorrow” 1581.2
”Among the Lotus Eaters” 1630.1
”Among the Lotus Eaters” 1630.3
”Among the Lotus Eaters” 1632.2
”Charades 1789.3
”Lost in Translation” 2394.8

• The USS Enterprise is en route to Setlik II to deliver a shipment of grain. This is the first direct mention of the planet, but Setlik III was established in “The Wounded” as the site of the Setlik III massacre during the Federation-Cardasssian War.

     • The grain is tritriticale. In “The Trouble With Tribbles” there was a large amount of quadrotritricale grain being stored at Deep Space K-7 with the intent of transporting it to Sherman’s Planet, and in “More Tribbles, More Troubles” the Enterprise was escorting too transport ships loaded with quintotriticale grain, again to Sherman’s Planet.

• Number One explains to Pike that Boimler’s badge is also a communicator. Pike first saw such a device when Section 31 agent Ash Tyler used his badge as a communicator in “The Saints of Imperfection”.

     • ”But flipping it open’s the best part.” Pike is objectively correct.

“Computer end program.” Boimler attempts to shut down the past like a holodeck simulation.

     • In “The Inner Light” Picard gives the same command after awaking as Kamin in the memories imparted to him by the Kataan probe.

     • In “Ship in a Bottle” Barclay tests to see if using that command will shut off a simulation of the USS Enterprise D after encountering Moriarty, and his being trapped in a simulation.

• The soles on Boimler’s boots have the delta and star print on them that they do in animation on LDS.

• In “Cupid’s Errant Arrow” Boimler gets the computer to replicate him the coolest outfit ever in a ”Boy’s size small,” and in ”The Least Dangerous Game” transporter chief Lundy accurately guesses Boimler’s weight to be 61.2 kilograms, and asks him to volunteer for his afternoon life drawing class because they need ”a skeletal boy.” However, Boimler is taller than every every member of the bridge crew, and thus we can only conclude that everyone serving aboard the Enterprise is tiny.

”It’s a classic S/COMS operating system.” ”Spacecraft Operations and Management System” was seen on screen in “First Flight” and the ENT showrunners consciously adapted the displays to feature more familiar elements from the TOS computers as the series continued.

     • S/COMS would be considered a classic by Boimler, because by the time of “Encounter at Farpoint”, Starfleet has adopted LCARS as their operating system.

”Definitely won’t happen again, Worf’s honour.” Worf suffered discommendation and was stripped of his honour in “Sins of the Father”.

“And, perhaps most important, don’t make any attachments.” La’an became attached to an alternate version of Sam Kirk’s brother James when they travelled to the past together, and she watched him get killed by a Romulan agent.

”Riker!” Boimler swings his leg over the saddle in an imitation of the Riker maneuver, a practice he would have no doubt been witness to during his brief time serving aboard the USS Titan.

     • According to an interview, the line was ad libbed by Jack Quaid and, of course, Jonathan Frakes was in the room directing when he did it.

“I’m sorry, my friend Mariner, would be freaking out right now.” Though Tawny Newsome has stated in interviews what an important character Uhura is to her, Mariner has never mentioned Uhura in LDS. The only direct mention was actually by Boimler, when he was dehydrated talking to a hallucination of Sulu in “Crisis Point 2: Paradoxus”.

• “‘Explode,’ you said?” In “Arena” the Gorn were able to cause Spock’s tricorder to explode during their attack on the Cestus III outpost.

• An Orion scout ship arrives in orbit of Krulmuth-B. It’s design is inspired by the Orion vessel seen in the remastered version of “Journey to Babel”; in the original episode, the ship was merely a blip of spinning light.

     • ”Some Orion vessels are specifically designed to fool sensors.” Spock surmised that the Orion ship in “Journey to Babel” either had a dense enough hull, or was cloaked in some other way to prevent sensors from being able to get specific readings.

”What would come after the dash?” A bloody A, B, C, or D. Or E. Or F. Or…G unfortunately. Or J.

     • La’an’s statement implies that Starfleet has not yet adopted the custom of maintaining a Starship’s legacy by preserving its designation and registry number.

     • The Federation survey ship the Enterprise learned crashed on Talos IV in “The Menagerie, Part I”, the SS Columbia, had a registry of NC-5940-1, as seen on the printout of their distress call.

• Boimler built a model of an Orion scout ship in a bottle. Building ships in bottles is a hobby he shares with Captain Jean-Luc Picard and Miles O’Brien, as per “Booby Trap”. Lieutenant Carey also spent all his time aboard the USS Voyager between seasons one and seven building model of the Voyager in a bottle, which we see in “Friendship One” after his death. ”Ships in bottles. Great fun.

     • The episode “Ship in a Bottle” does not feature any ships in bottles.

”He was so excited to see me, that for a second it felt like maybe my future wasn’t so bad.” Pike’s future, so far as he’s aware, is ending up in a disfigured and living in a life support chair, able to communicate only through beeps after being exposed to delta radiation, which we see in “The Menagerie, Part I” and he sees in “Through the Valley of Shadows”.

”I know, but like smaller jetpacks.” In “A Moral Star, Part I” we see the Protogies using significantly smaller thruster packs than the ones seen in “The Vulcan Hello” or “Star Trek: The Motion Picture”.

• Ortegas tells Boimler she’s going to give him all the credit for the birthday party they’re going to throw for Pike. In “Temporal Edict” captain Freeman instituted the Boimler Effect, encouraging officers to add buffer time as needed into their scheduled tasks, something which Boimler also did not want credit for, but we see is his legacy far into the future in that same episode.

• Chapel assures Boimler he is not responsible for Spock’s recent exploration of his emotions. Spock broke his Vulcan mental conditioning in order to fight the Gorn in “All Those Who Wander”.

     • “I’ve read literally every book about Spock and they mention his upbringing on Vulcan, his pet sehlat, his relationship with his mom and his dad--” The books on Spock are apparently far more forthcoming about his life than he is; in “Journey to Babel” Kirk was unaware of the fact that Spock’s father was one of the most respected Federation ambassadors, and in “Yesteryear” after watching I-Chaya die while in the past, Spock only told Kirk that a pet died, not his own childhood pet.

”For all I knew you were dead, or stuck in a dystopian San Francisco in the middle of a riot.” Mariner is referring to the Bell Riots, as seen in “Past Tense, Part II”.

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Artwork from the Star Trek Adventures: Klingon Core Rulebook pg. 147

 

• The episode title, “Lost in Translation” is a reference to the end of the episode when Kirk whispers something in Uhura’s ear before leaving the USS Enterprise and we, the audience, aren’t privy to what he says.

• We start with Uhura’s communications officer’s log, in which we learn it is stardate 2394.8.

Episode Stardate
“The Broken Circle” 2369.2
“Ad Astra per Aspera” 2393.8
”Tomorrow and Tomorrow and Tomorrow” 1581.2
”Among the Lotus Eaters” 1630.1
”Among the Lotus Eaters” 1630.3
”Among the Lotus Eaters” 1632.2
”Charades 1789.3

• Bannon’s nebula is named for Brian Bannon, Melissa Navia’s partner who passed away in 2021 a few days after being diagnosed with leukaemia.

• We’ve previously seen stellar nurseries in “Fight or Flight”, “Cold Front”, and “The Good Shepherd”.

• Pike’s wearing a new fleet captain’s badge, which is based on the flag officer’s badge of this era that we’ve previously seen in this show and DIS.

     • Pike’s badge has only has one gold laurel on each side beneath the delta. We’ve previously seen admirals with four, five, and the full six laurels on each side.

     • Spock sounds surprised to learn that Pike has been given the rank of fleet captain, despite the fact that he was wearing the badge on the bridge.

”Have chief Kyle stand by to initiate transport.” André Dae Kim has confirmed on social media that he will not be appearing in the role of chief Kyle in season two as he was filming “Vampire Academy” at the time of shooting, and was not available.

• In addition to the Enterprise, Pike has been given command of the USS Farragut, which was first mentioned in “Obsession”.

• To aid in her performing a diagnostic on the communications equipment, Uhura watches a video she made with deceased chief engineer Hemmer [Bruce Horak]. Hemmer choose to die rather than allow the parasitic Gorn infants gestating inside him loose to threaten his crewmates in “All Those Who Wander”.

     • In “Who Mourns for Adonis” Spock praised Uhura, saying, “I can think of no one better equipped to handle it,” regarding repairs of the communications station, despite her claim that she hadn’t done anything like that in years.

• We learn that Hemmer studied under Pelia at Starfleet Academy, and was merely a ”just okay” student.

• Throughout the episode Uhura is plagued by horrific visions, which we will eventually learn are the result of alien beings living in the nebula attempting to communicate with her.

     • In “Night Terrors”, telepathic communication from an alien species caused the crew of the USS Enterprise D to be unable to access REM sleep, resulting in their having waking hallucinations.

     • In “The Fight”, beings that live in chaotic space are able to communicate with Chakotay by altering his senses, causing him to hallucinate.

• Uhura’s visions are:

     • Hemmer as a zombie.

     • Smoke rising above a treeline.

     • A number of dead Enterprise crew people, and her doppelganger attacking her.

         • Characters have had to fight their doppelgangers in: Kirk in “The Enemy Within”; Kirk in “What Are Little Girls Made Of?”; Kirk in “Whom Gods Destroy”; Kirk in “Star Trek: The Undiscovered Country”

     • An enemy attack that triggers the bridge evacuation hatch, spilling the crew out into space.

     • A corridor closing in on her.

     • The same smoke as previous, but this time we see it is emanating from the shuttle crash that killed Uhura’s family.

     • Hemmer, whole and healthy.

• Uhura has her own room. When she was a cadet, we saw that she bunked with at least two other crew people in “Ghosts of Illyria”.

• The Scotch Whisky label on the bottle is very similar, if not identical, to the one Scotty used to get an eldritch horror from another galaxy plastered in “By Any Other Name”.

• We learn that Jim Kirk is set to become the youngest first officer in Starfleet history in a few months. He should be 26 at this time. In the alternate reality of the Kelvin universe, Kirk becomes first officer of the Kelvinverse USS Enterprise at 25, and then captain a few days later.

     • Apparently George Kirk Sr. held the record before Kirk.

• George Kirk Sr. is still alive. In 2009’s “Star Trek” he was killed by Nero and the Narada the day Jim Kirk was born.

• Three-dimensional chess was introduced in “Where No Man Has Gone Before” but would have been seen first in “Charlie X” which aired the week before despite the order in which the episodes were produced.

     • The specific set that Spock and Chapel are playing appears to use the pieces and boards produced by The Noble Collection in 2021, but with a custom stand.

• Saurian brandy goes back to the very first aired episode of TOS, “The Man Trap”, and originated in the fourth episode produced, “The Enemy Within”.

     • According to “Star Trek Beyond”, Saurian brandy is outlawed in the Federation of the Kelvin timeline.

• Just as in 2009’s “Star Trek” prime universe Uhura and Jim Kirk first meet in a bar.

     • Just as in 2009’s “Star Trek”, shortly after their first meeting, prime universe Jim Kirk ends up with a broken nose.

• Jim Kirk and Pike meet for the first time. It was established in “The Menagerie, Part I” that Pike and Kirk met, ”When he was promoted to fleet captain.”

     • Pike’s rank in “The Menagerie, Part I” is established as still being fleet captain, but in this episode we’re told it’s only a temporary promotion.

• La’an and Jim Kirk met briefly in “Tomorrow and Tomorrow and Tomorrow” when she called him under false pretenses because she missed the alternate version of him that was killed by a Romulan agent in the early 21st century.

”You’re like…a space hippie.” Number One is being a Herbert.

You’ve been in Starfleet since before I was born, but I outrank you.” Number One is a lieutenant commander, and Pelia has only ever been referred to as a commander. It is common for lieutenant commanders in Starfleet to have their rank shortened to just commander, but that would still put both officers at the same rank, though as first officer, Number One would still obviously be first in the chain of command.

• We learned that Uhura’s family died in a shuttle crash in “Children of the Comet”.

”There are similarities in the ways different species process thoughts, ideas. That’s how the universal translator works: by recognizing those similarities.” In “Metamorphosis” Kirk explained to Zefram Cochrane that ”There are certain universal ideas and concepts common to all intelligent life. This device instantaneously compares the frequency of brainwave patterns, selects those ideas and concepts it recognises, and then provides the necessary grammar.”

• Uhura and the Kirks reason out that the deuterium in the nebula is part of extra-dimensional beings who’ve integrated themselves into the atomic structure of the gases. I would list all the times a nebula turned out to be alive, but the Lemmy posts do have a character limit.

• During the evacuation procedure, we see there are number of ships with saucer sections and underslung nacelles docked at or orbiting the deuterium refinery station. It is difficult to be certain of their relative size, but the may be small tugs, and if so this might be the Ptolemy-class shown on bridge displays in “Star Trek: The Wrath of Khan” and “Star Trek: The Search for Spock”.

• There are also a number of shuttles with vertical wings which we have not seen before.

• We learn that Number One was also a student of Pelia’s at the Academy, and that she only rated a C in starship maintenance.

• I was informed by the admin that I need to include the fact that the cymbals the drummer is playing are ”translucent space cymbals” like the ones in *Star Trek Nemesis” at the Riker-Troi wedding. Of course, those ones were green and transparent, where as these are perforated, but I’ll allow it.

• Spock cleans up Sam Kirk’s discarded glass, just as we saw him picking up after Sam in the previous episode, “Charades”.

• It is the first meeting between Jim Kirk and Spock. Personally I was not expecting them to immediately start making out, but I suppose Spock is exploring his more emotional side. Just surprised the show runners actually went there, but good for them.

     • For more sexual tension between Kirk and Spock, see all of TOS.

 
 

The linked video is part four, where Jim gets into the first scene of the game. Thought anyone else who's anticipating this solo expansion for STA might find it interesting.

I'm pretty confident the game must be a bit quicker to get into if you're not trying to explain everything step by step while recording yourself.

Previous videos:
Character creation
Starship creation
Mission building

 

Star Trek: Day of Blood #1
Written by : Christopher Cantwell, Collin Kelly, Jackson Lanzing Art by: Ramon Rosanas
Cover Art: Malachi Ward

Day of Blood Starts Here! Immortal emperor of the Klingon Empire, Kahless II has consolidated power, raided ancient tombs and secret bunkers, taken the power of gods for himself, stolen the Bajoran Orb of Destruction, and commenced a slaughter across the stars. But this genocide of gods was just the beginning. For with the power he has stolen, Kahless is about to declare war on all those who do not follow the Red Path. To prevent genocide unlike any since the ancient days of Qo'noS, the crew of icons led by the emissary known as Benjamin Sisko (Star Trek) and the renegades who follow a desperate and violent Worf (Star Trek: Defiant) must unite for a common cause. Only they can hope to stop the Day of Blood.

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