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I will go first. Enterprise episode 3.1. Archer is berating his crew for not finding the Xindi becaue they have a new “state of the art” lab that Starfleet installed on board.

Camera pans around the room. It looks like a computer lab…in an elementary school…in an impoverished country. And none of the computers are working because they all are at blue screens of death or some sort of pong game.

Had to pause to 🤣🤣😆😜😂

If you could pitch a plot for a new Star Trek series, what would it be? The possibilities are essentially infinite. Please, do share.

I would lean toward a Star Trek anthology series, with each episode featuring different stories, characters, and locations. One episode could follow a Federation news crew caught behind enemy lines during the Dominion War. Another might center on a Tal Shiar operative disguised as a high ranking Klingon stationed on Qo'noS during the TOS era. There could even be an episode depicting the birth and exile of Armus.

*BTW, mods, why have you elected to not allow images to be included with posts in your community?

I order up an Earl Gray tea...what are the raw ingredients for replicators and where do they come from?

The man who gave us Sulu and became a real-life icon beyond Star Trek.

Legend on and off screen

Everyone has their preferred era, their preferred captain, their preferred bridge crew, but what if you could put together a crew from every era regardless of timeline?

Who, across all eras, timelines, shows, and movies, would you have fulfill the main roles on your ideal, perfect Starship?

The roles:

Captain

First Officer

Operations/Science Officer

Doctor

Engineer

Security

Helmsman

Other/Miscellaneous Personnel (any role not covered by the above)

You can have 1 character from any version of Star Trek (specify Kelvin, TOS, or SNW variants if applicable) fulfill each role. No repeats, try to build the best crew possible in your opinion.

Mine?

Captain - Picard

First Officer - Una (SNW)

Operations Officer - Data

Doctor - Beverly Crusher

Engineer - Scotty (Kelvin)

Security - Odo

Helmsman - Sulu (TOS)

Other/Miscellaneous - Guinan

Think you can build a better crew?

I am reading the post Nemesis books and I am up to the third Typhon Pact book at the start of which Sisko is captain of the New York. There seems to be no mention as of yet as to how Sisko returned from his time in the Bajoran Wormhole.

I'm reluctant to take to the wiki and start researching it myself in case I discover spoilers for further in the post nemesis timeline. Have I missed any media that would answer this question or did he return "off screen"?

Suppose Paramount announce a new show for Star Trek 60, what do we want to see? Personally I want a show about Gary Mitchell. Or Gary 7. Or an anthology show about any kind of trek Gary. And called "Star Trek: Gary". Maybe.

Kicking off with -

1. A new Disco / Academy era show

2. The Star Trek "Year One" Kirk show

3. The Star Trek Legends show

4. An older Jonathan Archer & Friends show

5. A new Rick Berman style show

6. A Mars Defense Perimeter show (about those three-brave-but-really-shitty-ships)

7. A What-Happened-To-Will-Decker-&-Ilea-After-The-Blue-Sex-Light-Show show

8. You P'tahk! I want something else and here's my idea. And frankly it's way better than Star Trek F****** Gary.

Was Captain Picard more upset that his extended family died in the fire, or that he looks back on his choices and the time not spent with them?

It seems like a decent response to the humans/androids that have pet kittens and cats.

Plus the domestication should actually work as “age enough into going for face ripping” will be eventually bred out of the chimps, as the Caitians would just rip their faces/throats instead.

I’m sorry to ask such a silly question but what episode was it that Picard and Riker got into an argument on the bridge where Data had to intervene? Thank you for the help.

I have a toddler with an exploding interest in reading, which is thoroughly awesome! But he was gifted a bunch of Star Wars kids’ books that, upon examination, I’m not a huge fan of. I think Star Wars is a franchise best for older ages, given that it’s pretty much all violence and portraying it as fun (and Star Wars at its best—Andor—is *very* adult).

But Star Trek, my preferred franchise anyway, seems way more appropriate for early-age exposure. Most problems are solved through mutual understanding or science! So I wanted to figure out the world of Star Trek children’s literature, or mayyyybe other appropriate toys for young children. Does anyone have any recommendations for Trek picture books for their kids? Bonus points for the unlikely unicorn of DS9 kids’ books (I know that’s a stretch, but maybe there’s a Jake/Nog adventure somewhere?), but of course any Trek kids’ books would be great, especially if you’ve vetted them. Thank you!

I’ll start.

A captain starts a mutiny through really good cooking.

So I wanted to bring him up specifically because even though I am up to the first season of Star Trek: TNG, I kept hearing how his character made him quite infamous.

Basically what I am getting at is that I wanted to see if his character was that bad on the show since I was looking for some positive aspects to his character early on in TNG.

For me personally, based on what I have seen so far is that he has charisma in that early on, he steps into a bed of flowers, which while it causes the inhabitants to order an execution, it is thanks to that discovery that makes it clear the planet is not a utopia.

Ive just really started reading some of the various novels from the different series. Im looking for suggestions of the must read books from the vast collection of novels out there.

They had Harry Mudd and his Cyborg Androids on the original star trek series, why didn't Bruce Maddox or Data just use those?

In The Measure Of A Man they don't have Riker bring up Mudd's Androids or mention them at, only Lore the prototype Android, too bad nobody mentioned them to Data, it would have been bad if they mentioned where Lore was left and Starfleet just got him, that would be bad news but Mudd's Androids could be reprogrammed or updated by Data and Maddox easily unless it would be like someone using 1980s green screen computer's to surf the internet wouldn't work well.

I have been watching the shows in order that they come out, so I have seen TOS, TNG and DS9. I took a bit of a break so its been over a year since I finished DS9. There seems to be a bit of the political plot setup that seems like it comes off of what happens in DS9 but I can't fully put it together (I don't have a great memory). I know I could look it up, but I really don't want to be spoiled as I don't know anything about Voyager yet, and spoilers are impossible to avoid on a fan wiki lol, so I hope someone can help me while avoiding any post DS9 spoilers.

My questions are basically this:

1. The intro text scroll implies Cardassia and the Federation are allies, did this happen at some point in DS9 or is implied to be off screen? Or did I totally misread the original plot setting and they were allies the whole time?

2. I have heard Tom Paris was based on a DS9 character, which episode was this, so I can rewatch?

From Jerry Goldsmith's extraordinary theme introduced in The Motion Picture - operating at levels of Stravinsky in "The Enterprise" track - inventing instruments to incite a scale and grandeur not yet heard in film music, and creating the Klingon theme, all in one film. Not to mention his beautiful overture setting the stage for all of Star Trek to follow. RIP Jerry Goldsmith.

James Horner absolutely knocked it out of the park with some of the best Star Trek music we've ever gotten, deftly weaving Jerry Goldsmith's work into his own themes for The Wrath of Khan. Some of the best film music I have ever heard - nay, some of the best music period that can be heard on this earth - is at roughly 5:30 of "Genesis Countdown," inciting intense feelings of beauty and bittersweetness. I'm not a professional musician and I lack the vernacular to describe it, but the dissonance of hope and desperate need in that musical moment is truly special.

Don't forget Cliff Eidelman's amazing score for Star Trek VI - the opening track intentionally echoes Stravinsky's The Firebird, and when he opens up the orchestra in "Escape from Rura Penthe," it's some of the most beautiful music we've heard in any sci-fi film.

Jerry Goldsmith brought it home for the rest of the film franchise, along with contributions from his son Joel (you can hear this in the opening track to First Contact), who later went on to score Stargate SG-1 before his own untimely death - even before his father's.

Michael Giacchino also brought a fresh sense of adventure and boldness to his own new Star Trek theme. "Enterprising Young Men" is a standout favorite and has earned its own place in the musical legacy of Star Trek.

And the modern Trek era has its own musical riches. Jeff Russo - an Emmy winner for Fargo and co-founder of the rock band Tonic - has become the musical backbone of new Trek, composing the scores and themes for Discovery, Picard, Strange New Worlds, and Starfleet Academy (the latter also featuring additional music from hip-hop legend Dan the Automator). Nami Melumad, the first woman to compose for a Star Trek series, delivered a beautiful score for Prodigy and contributed to Strange New Worlds. Stephen Barton and Frederik Wiedmann brought gorgeous orchestral callbacks to the film scores in Picard Season 3. And Chris Westlake brought real heart to Lower Decks, even at its most absurd.

We are so, so lucky to have such incredible music. Nothing comes close outside of a few key franchises from Mr. Williams - Star Wars, Harry Potter ("Mischief Managed" is probably one of the best all-encompassing tracks for any franchise, by the way).

Let's all take a moment to come together and appreciate this - regardless of your take on old or new Trek. We have the best music.