I just clued in that you’re visiting from a Mastodon server. In that case, it’s unfortunately two clicks - first the startrek.website link, then the Gizmodo link that goes to the actual article.

Federation is an imperfect beast sometimes.

If you’re interested in the article, you could try, y’know, reading it.

Edit: I was being a bit of a dumb-dumb.

Like the article says, the early seasons are often given short shrift due to what comes later, but there’s some great stuff in there.

Oh, absolutely.

I mean, I think the Kurtzman era has been quite successful, but he’s had the job for quite a while now. It’s possible he’ll choose to move on once his contract is up.

But yeah, with Paramount in such a state of upheaval…nothing surprises me any more.

Paramount+ today announced that the fan-favorite original series Star Trek: Strange New Worlds has been renewed for a fifth and final six-episode season ahead of the third season premiere this summer.

Huh…

But just imagine the “Doug Jones walks into things” gag reel…

In “The menagerie”, pt 1, Kirk explicitly states he only met Pike the once when he was made Fleet Captain.

I actually think this one is a fun way of playing with that established dialogue in an unexpected way. The actual exchange goes like this:

MENDEZ: You ever met Chris Pike?

KIRK: When he was promoted to Fleet Captain.

MENDEZ: About your age. Big, handsome man, vital, active.

KIRK: I took over the Enterprise from him. Spock served with him for several years.

It’s entirely possible that “when he was promoted to Fleet Captain” and “I took over the Enterprise from him” are two separate events. And if that’s the case, then you might as well sprinkle in some additional meetings in between. I don’t think it’s the original intent of the scene in “The Menagerie”, but it’s a valid alternative interpretation.

The Gorn thing is admittedly a bit tougher to explain, but I think it’s mostly a Kirk problem - Spock doesn’t really say anything to indicate whether the Gorn are familiar to him or not. And I don’t think Kirk has me the Gorn (yet) in SNW?

Batel Watch 2025: maybe she survived the Gorn?

If we were to assign each poster to an episode - and I don’t know if we should, or if it’s more about vibes - here are my guesses.

“Through the Lens of Time”

“Wedding Bell Blues”

“A Space Adventure Hour”

“Terrarium”

“Shuttle to Kenfori”

”Pew, pew, pew, pew, pew.” The middle of the battle against the Rev-1 seems like an odd time for Murf to imitate someone complaining about “Star Trek: Discovery”, but he does seem to have things handled.

I couldn’t understand him because he was whispering, and I couldn’t see him because it was too dark, and also he was too woke. Is that a Bingo?

The Nova Squadron cadets are practicing a maneuver called the Boothby Supernova, named for the venerable Starfleet Academy groundskeeper, who perished in such a maneuver, as per “In the Flesh”.

To shreds, you say.

I think the word “shuttle” could plausibly be applied to long-range, low-capacity transports - maybe even something as large as the USS Raven.

Is the Federation even adhering to the warp five speed limit anymore?

I just assume they’ve fixed that issue.

According to most calculators I can see online, we’re looking at about a month at warp 5, or around 15 days at warp 6. I think a traditional “shuttle” wouldn’t be up to the task - you’d want a vessel with bunks and space to walk around, at the very least.

“Young Adult”

Perhaps “urban” is the wrong word, but it ain’t exactly Cestus III, y’know?

As someone who’s not familiar with the LA area, it blows my mind that those things are basically in the middle of an urban area.

Thank you for sharing - we appreciate any and all first-person accounts of events!

I have to admit, when they first announced the Fan Fest Nights, my initial reaction was that it sounded like it would be kind of cheap and disappointing. But it seems like they did a really nice job of the Trek event, along with some of the others that I’ve read about (especially Back to the Future).

So is the protowarp merely a more powerful version of the warp drive?

That was my takeaway - it’s got the power to propel the ship (much) higher into the warp 9.9XXXXX range.

In fairness, they brought him back twice in season two - once as a dancing Klingon, no less.