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Star Trek: The Original Series — we're on TV this week and on our way to Sector Z-6 to breach the neutral zone and travel into the Romulan Star empire. But first we cruise… As we try not to think about someone possibly taking a dump on the other side of the view screen. (Whaaaat?)So as I was doing research for building the TOS Enterprise bridge (Photoshop and After Effects) — I ran across a blog that ponders whether the bridge itself is rotated 36 degrees. So the folks on the bridge face 36 degrees port. What, why? The blog includes a blueprint of the Enterprise bridge that shows not only is the bridge looking to the port side of the Enterprise, there is a toilet just to the right of the view screen. If you're sitting on the toilet you will be the only person facing the front of the ship. Just process that, presumably someone was relieving themselves as the Enterprise initiated first visual contact with the Romulans. And that dude or lady was seated facing the actual front of the ship. Presumably when the Enterprise fights General Chang in the Battle of Khitomer, someone could have been relieving themselves as the ship was pummeled with torpedoes and Shakespeare. As the crew looked for signs of a cloaked ship in the view screen, someone just to the right could have been dropping off a ****. Amazing.And I know the later example is a new Enterprise and maybe the powder room isn't in the same spot. Let me have this. CRYHAVOOOOC
Capítulo doble en medio de la temporada dedicado a Worf y la trama de su padre tras el ataque de Khitomer. En la primera parte, Worf descubre que su padre puede estar vivo en un campo de prisioneros, y lo aderezamos con Data consiguiendo la capacidad de soñar, en una trama donde le acompaña un entusiasmado Bashir. En la segunda parte, Worf encuentra el campo de prisioneros, aunque su padre no está porque realmente murió en el ataque a Khitomer. Worf queda también atrapado junto a los supervivientes del ataque y enseña el camino del guerrero a los jóvenes desarraigados. Nosotros, aderezamos ‘Birthright' con el boletín Sly, y por eso no entramos en el episodio hasta el minuto 52.
Michael Duxbury joins the show this week to discuss his new release "Alternative Truths" in conjunction with Michael Dismuke's "Khitomer Accords", a Star Trek Adventures module and mission briefs pack that delves into the aftermath of the explosion at Praxis and the signing of the truce between the Federation and Klingons. The tow Michaels and Jim Johnson hash out creative ways to use these great tools to create an epic story that explores the depths of the Klingon Empire and the politics of this momentous time in Trek history https://linktr.ee/studiotembo
Join Ehestri as she pairs up with other Khitomer Hosts for announcements around awards and the BRAND NEW Khitomer Partnership. *2024 Khitomer Partnership Application**Website with more information* https://www.khitomerconference.com/20...*Application Form* https://bit.ly/47KnP5y*Award Nomination**Website with more information* https://www.khitomerconference.com/aw...*Nomination Form* http://bit.ly/3uQytcr *Follow us:* Website: https://www.obsidianfleet.net/Insta: / obsidianfleetdotnet X formally known as Twitter: / obsidianfleet Facebook: / obsidian.ninth.fleet Threads: https://www.threads.net/@obsidianflee... Discord: / discord --- Send in a voice message: https://podcasters.spotify.com/pod/show/obsidian8/message
Hop aujourd'hui on va parler comics, le conflit Khitomer est une bd tirée de l'univers de la KTL et qui plaît à pas mal de monde, moi je trouve bof, mais y en a qui aiment, si si, z'allez voir y en a deux qui aiment.Puis avant et après on parle de vos questions. Pour lire le Conflit Khitomer en français c'est ici : http://www.star-trek.be/STGF/05/32/A/051.pdf Bonne écoute ! Rejoignez STPNL sur Discord : https://discord.gg/TQ7wzk9NVpRejoignez la Team Galaxie Pop sur Discord : https://discord.gg/ryvkUTM
On this episode of The AIE Podcast... Nomads of the Lost Ark WITT is going all Druid Lifeday fun in SWTOR MFNS are back in full swing for 2022 And, What we did on our end of year vacation All that and more coming up right now... Podcast Audio Raw Video http://youtu.be/IkU_khaRRkU Open Welcome to episode #378 of the podcast celebrating you, the Alea Iacta Est gaming community, the die has been podcast. This is Tetsemi: To my left is Mkallah: - (There is Porto's in the guild kitchen, please eat it before I do. But, leave the Giant MIckey Mouse Gingerbread for me). And to my right is Mewkow: (catch phrase here). This week we are talking to ourselves! Ok, we'll be digging into what we did on our winter break shortly, but first, let's cover this week's news... AIE News Community Mandatory Fun Nights Where the fun is mandatory but the attendance is not. Sunday - WoW Classic 2 pm Eastern Sunday - STO 8:30 pm Eastern Monday - GW2 9:30 pm Eastern Tuesday - SWTOR 9 pm Eastern Tuesday - FFXIV (Casual Raiding) 9:30 pm Eastern Wednesday - FFXIV (Fun Night) 9:00 pm Eastern Thursday - FFXIV (Progression Raiding) 9:30 pm Eastern Friday - ESO 9 pm Eastern Friday - FFXIV (Late Night Fun Night) 11:00 pm Eastern Saturday - LotRO 8:30 pm Eastern Saturday - FFXIV (Maps) 9:30 pm Eastern Saturday - Noob Raid (WoW) 11 pm Eastern Streaming and Guild Podcast News SWTOR Escape Pod Cast - https://www.newoverlords.com/ SWTOR Escape Pod Cast 410: Always In Motion https://www.newoverlords.com/swtor-escape-pod-cast-410-always-in-motion/ Always in motion is the future. With that in mind, we still try predicting what's coming in 2022 with our annual predictions and wishes. Working Class Nerds - https://workingclassnerdscom.wordpress.com/ Episode 136: The Bang Gang! https://www.buzzsprout.com/143519/9884625-episode-136-the-bang-gang Marcus and Nick are joined by SM Playboi!!! Playboi is a Twitch streamer, giant Star Wars and Anime Nerd, and a great friend of both the show and their streams. The three of them have RIDICULOUS conversations about all of the games they're playing and of course SM Playboi's streaming career. Enjoy! You can find more of SM Playboi at: https://www.twitch.tv/smplayboi Fleet Action Report - https://www.youtube.com/channel/UCqEKYJPKmiiYuj7eiHy6kOg F.A.R. Ep 79 Call to Arms TFO's: Assault on Terok Nor, Brotherhood of the Sword, Khitomer in Stasis https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=KCgGoZNYUsc Fleet Action Report, a Star Trek Online video podcast; Grebog and Nikodas are taking the fight to the enemies of the Khitomer Alliance (potentially on the Ground). The Ground TFOs have long been ignored, but here, now their time has come. Boards and Swords - https://boardsandswords.com/blog?category=Boards%20%26%20Swords A Much Delayed Pax Unplugged Recap (Feat. Jessica and Andrew from Gameosity) - Boards & Swords #187 https://boardsandswords.com/blog/bs187 Chris & Philip decided to take a break from the holidays, but its a new year and time to talk about Pax Unplugged! To help Chris out, Andrew & Jessica Fisher from Gameosity are on the show! NOMADS Lost Ark Lost Ark is a free-to-play game that pairs the best of ARPG combat and MMO depth to create a vast, vibrant world with thrilling fights, endless customization, and endless adventure. Launching on Feb 11, 2022, this "Diablo-esque" style action role playing game with an isometric/top-down view, it was originally released in South Korea in 2018, published by Smilegate. It will be published by Amazon Games for the NA release. Though it is free-to-play, founders' packs are available for purchases through Steam and Amazon. These packs confer the usual perks, including a 3 day head-start for players on Feb 8, 2022. https://store.steampowered.com/app/1599340/Lost_Ark/ AIE is currently gauging interest in the game. If you intend to play, please contact @Durus or leave a comment in the AIE discord's ...
This week on Episode 524 of Priority One: New York Comic Con is ready to Trek Out; the community rallies behind Wilson Cruz; Star Trek Online updates its minimum system requirements; mobile games cross to desktop; and we review Lower Decks' “Where Pleasant Fountains Lie”–but not before we chat with Cryptic Studios's Content Creator Ryon and Environment Artist Gianna! TREK IT OUT Edited by Thomas Reynolds Trekking Out the Big Apple By Elio Lleo Convention season is in full swing and New York Comic Con is next. Starting October 7th and ending October 10th, this four day event usually has stuff for everyone! Unique to this year's presentation is hybrid participation: not only are organizers reducing the total number of attendees, you can also purchase a virtual ticket that will give you access to some of the panels right from the comfort of your own home. But what's so special about NYCC? As of right now, Paramount+ is slated to present at least two panels: on Saturday, October 9th at 12:45pm the cast and producers of Star Trek: Discovery take the Empire Stage. Then on Sunday, October 10, Star Trek: Prodigy will premiere its first episode along with a panel. Image: ViacomCBS/Nickelodeon, via TrekCore. But that's not all–join the Roddenberry Podcast Network as we present a panel titled “Star Trek's Guide to Community.” I'll be there along with Kennedy and Sue from Women at Warp! That's happening Saturday, Oct 9th at 2:15pm. There's also a Hallmark presentation with new Trek ornaments, a virtual only panel with the folks behind the new Star Trek Magazine, and even Bill Shatner will be there on Thurs, October 7th. Wilson Cruz Harassed During Star Trek Day By Elio Lleo When it comes to communities, even Star Trek's can be incredibly divisive. The majority of the time, it's about NuTrek vs older Trek, who the better first officer is, or which ship is cooler. However, there are times when things can get dark and people start to show their true colors–like one fan who was offered the privilege of attending the Star Trek Day celebrations in person. Long story short, at one point during the event, while Wilson Cruz was on stage, someone in the audience yield out a homophobic slur. According to reports, no one did anything about it. The guest was not removed nor have they been identified (yet). With incredible grace and patience, Wilson continued on and later took to Twitter to address the matter. https://twitter.com/wcruz73/status/1436333680880934927 Although he may not have wanted to draw so much attention to the matter, we want to take a moment to remind you–our listeners–that tolerance for the bigoted has its limits. When you see something, say something. Learn ways on how to be the best ally you can be for people who are marginalized on a daily basis. If you're on social media and someone goes on a hate-filled rant, step up. It's the inaction of those with the means to stand up to injustices that empower those who want to watch the world burn. [If you don't think this belongs in Trek, then there's the airlock. Help yourself.–Ed.] Image: ViacomCBS, via StarTrek.com IP Theft, the Sincerest Form of Flattery By Cat Hough On Monday, we were treated to the big uniform reveal by General Jay Raymond, Chief of Space Operations for Space Force who tweeted, "Every winning team needs a uniform!.I'm excited to share the new look with you today." And to no one's surprise, the Twitterverse immediately noticed some striking similarities to some other uniforms that we are quite familiar with. They were described by one person as "a blend of the Star Trek Enterprise dress uniform, but with the Mirror Universe diagonal." https://twitter.com/SpaceForceCSO/status/1440323962697752590 [I am voluntarily putting this into my own shownotes for your edification, dear listener. You owe me.–Ed.] Josh Weinstein, a veteran writer for The Simpsons and Futurama, said the uniform reminded him of the ridiculously tight outfits worn by Zapp Brannigan; Movies in Focus hopped on the satirical bandwagon with the image of an Imperial Star Destroyer officer from the original Star Wars trilogy. "These new Space Force uniforms are looking great," jokes the caption. Quick News Roundup Here are a few headlines that we didn't discuss but might interest you. Reuben Klamer, the designer of the original Starfleet phaser rifle for the original series of Star Trek, passed away at the age of 99, according to the Toy Association. Klamer also designed props for other shows, including a gun for the hit 1960s series The Man From U.N.C.L.E. https://youtu.be/oWGNDoXG9R8 STAR TREK GAMING NEWS Edited by Thomas Reynolds PSA: She Canna Take Any More, Cap'ns! By Thomas Reynolds To every thing there is a season–and in Cryptic's opinion, the season for Windows 7 is long past. Starting February 15, 2022, anyone still using the 10-year-old OS (seriously, not even Microsoft supports it anymore) won't be able to patch or log into STO and Neverwinter. Only Windows 8 and 10 (with the superior 64-bit intellect) will have a home on the final frontier. DirectX 10 support is also getting ejected like a spent warp core on February 15th, with both games requiring Feature Level 11 or higher. That means your computer needs to have one of the following video card chipsets to play: NVidia GeForce GTX 400 or better ATI/AMD Radeon HD 5000 or better Intel HD Graphics 4000 or better Given all the fun and excitement of buying graphics cards these days, if your current card isn't up to the task...well, godspeed. [Pictured: my rig next February.–Ed.] Image: ViacomCBS, via KVNF Public Radio. Aux2Bat Gets Boimed Out By Thomas Reynolds The aqueduct, the magnetic compass, the Aux2Bat. All of these simple technologies have withstood the test of time, but the last may be the most miraculous. Needing only three Technician doffs and one boff ability at minimum, the Aux2Bat ship build is easy to assemble, trivial to fly, and still keeps your bridge officers ready for whatever space wizardry you demand of them. Sure, it hasn't been the meta in a sehlat's age, but you know what? Aux2Bat does the job, it does it pretty well, and that's pretty much all we ask...until now. Ever drop a Gravity Well, and notice your Tyken's Rift is now off-limits for 15 seconds? That's the Shared Category Cooldown kicking in, forcing you to pace yourself rather than let everything rip at once. When Cryptic first released the Boimler Effect trait, it provided a 2.5% percent chance of resetting every bridge officer ability to its Shared Category Cooldown, whenever you used a non-specialist boff ability. Great in theory, but one-in-forty odds just aren't worth a 200 Lobi investment. Yeah, that's was also our reaction. Image: ViacomCBS, via TrekZone.de So Cryptic did a little tweaking, like you do, and made it a 17.5% percent proc chance instead. As STO streamer @AugmentedDG declared on Twitter, “Boimler Effect is now as good as Aux2Bat...for cooldown reduction.” Bold words, to be sure, but there's also a fairly convincing clip of him keeping eight of his escort's twelve boff abilities concurrently running like an overambitious plate spinner. Trek out the tweet, scrape together that Lobi, and give your boffs more buffer time than they can handle. https://twitter.com/AugmentedDG/status/1438707179268284425 Is there in Screen Accuracy No Beauty? By Thomas Reynolds One of Trek cosplay's hallmarks is its hair-splitting fidelity to what's seen on screen, even when the creators themselves don't quite pull it off. Combine that tendency with STO's promise of personal immersion, and it's no surprise that some players want their captain's threads to look “correct.” To help make that a little easier, Cryptic released official in-game color guides for both the newly-available Lower Decks Starfleet jacket, and their original Khitomer uniform creation. However, rapturous Space Barbie enthusiasts should make sure they're using the second released Khitomer guide, as the first one had incorrect pant color codes. https://twitter.com/trekonlinegame/status/1439020385572245509 The Sally Ride, the Ross, and You By Shane Hoover If you were a fan of the Star Trek Adventures web series “Shield of Tomorrow” or “Clear Skies”, you're already familiar with the dangers and wonders of the Shackleton Expanse. If you weren't, then be prepared for deadly spatial phenomena, ancient alien technologies, first contact with new species and lots of boldly going. It's all there in Modiphius Entertainment's newest STA sourcebook, the Shackleton Expanse Campaign Guide. The new sourcebook is available for preorder at $60 now and is expected to ship in December 2021. This is your tabletop gaming crew's chance to follow in the warp trails of the U.S.S. Sally Ride and the U.S.S. Ross. Adventure into a nearly uncharted region of space beyond Federation, Klingon and Romulan borders. Image: Modiphius Entertainment. The new material includes five new playable alien species for STA including Orions. It also includes NPCs from Starbase 364 and around the Expanse, as well as stats for “hero” and NPC vessels. This sourcebook does require a copy of the Star Trek Adventures core rulebook, which is provided in PDF form with your order. The Ar-mod-a Returns By Thomas Reynolds Maybe 2000 feels like a long time ago to you, maybe it doesn't. Either way, the Star Trek: Armada and Armada II RTS games that came out then still hold a place in certain PC players' hearts. So much, in fact, that the Stellar Parallax modding group has finally released what Activision would not: Star Trek: Armada III. Starting as a one-person passion project back in 2012, Armada III is a full-conversion mod for 2012's Sins of a Solar Empire: Rebellion. Stellar Parallax's devoted faithful can now command the Federation, Klingons, Romulans, Borg, or Cardassian Union at the beginning of the Dominion War. See, Kurtzman? You can have more than one kind of ship in a fleet. Image: Stellar Parallax. But really, how much demand is there for a nine-year-old game mod, following up on a twenty-year-old series? After its September 10th release, Armada III is the 51st most-popular mod on the ModDB site, out of over 46,000 entries across hundreds of games–so we'd say “a lot.” [Update: #21 as of publication. Damn.–Ed.] Quick Star Trek Gaming News Roundup A few weeks back we mentioned that the mobile game Star Trek Fleet Command was beta testing a desktop client for Windows. Well, they're out of beta and it's now available for download, with special perks being offered when you log in via desktop! Game maker WizKids announced a new combo-building game titled “Star Trek Missions” –according to their announcement, “your goal is to assemble the highest-scoring combos possible by drawing cards from the Galaxy deck, the Mission deck, or the discard area.” It'll be available February 2022, but you can pre-order now.
This week on Episode 524 of Priority One: New York Comic Con is ready to Trek Out; the community rallies behind Wilson Cruz; Star Trek Online updates its minimum system requirements; mobile games cross to desktop; and we review Lower Decks' “Where Pleasant Fountains Lie”–but not before we chat with Cryptic Studios's Content Creator Ryon and Environment Artist Gianna! TREK IT OUT Edited by Thomas Reynolds Trekking Out the Big Apple By Elio Lleo Convention season is in full swing and New York Comic Con is next. Starting October 7th and ending October 10th, this four day event usually has stuff for everyone! Unique to this year's presentation is hybrid participation: not only are organizers reducing the total number of attendees, you can also purchase a virtual ticket that will give you access to some of the panels right from the comfort of your own home. But what's so special about NYCC? As of right now, Paramount+ is slated to present at least two panels: on Saturday, October 9th at 12:45pm the cast and producers of Star Trek: Discovery take the Empire Stage. Then on Sunday, October 10, Star Trek: Prodigy will premiere its first episode along with a panel. Image: ViacomCBS/Nickelodeon, via TrekCore. But that's not all–join the Roddenberry Podcast Network as we present a panel titled “Star Trek's Guide to Community.” I'll be there along with Kennedy and Sue from Women at Warp! That's happening Saturday, Oct 9th at 2:15pm. There's also a Hallmark presentation with new Trek ornaments, a virtual only panel with the folks behind the new Star Trek Magazine, and even Bill Shatner will be there on Thurs, October 7th. Wilson Cruz Harassed During Star Trek Day By Elio Lleo When it comes to communities, even Star Trek's can be incredibly divisive. The majority of the time, it's about NuTrek vs older Trek, who the better first officer is, or which ship is cooler. However, there are times when things can get dark and people start to show their true colors–like one fan who was offered the privilege of attending the Star Trek Day celebrations in person. Long story short, at one point during the event, while Wilson Cruz was on stage, someone in the audience yield out a homophobic slur. According to reports, no one did anything about it. The guest was not removed nor have they been identified (yet). With incredible grace and patience, Wilson continued on and later took to Twitter to address the matter. https://twitter.com/wcruz73/status/1436333680880934927 Although he may not have wanted to draw so much attention to the matter, we want to take a moment to remind you–our listeners–that tolerance for the bigoted has its limits. When you see something, say something. Learn ways on how to be the best ally you can be for people who are marginalized on a daily basis. If you're on social media and someone goes on a hate-filled rant, step up. It's the inaction of those with the means to stand up to injustices that empower those who want to watch the world burn. [If you don't think this belongs in Trek, then there's the airlock. Help yourself.–Ed.] Image: ViacomCBS, via StarTrek.com IP Theft, the Sincerest Form of Flattery By Cat Hough On Monday, we were treated to the big uniform reveal by General Jay Raymond, Chief of Space Operations for Space Force who tweeted, "Every winning team needs a uniform!.I'm excited to share the new look with you today." And to no one's surprise, the Twitterverse immediately noticed some striking similarities to some other uniforms that we are quite familiar with. They were described by one person as "a blend of the Star Trek Enterprise dress uniform, but with the Mirror Universe diagonal." https://twitter.com/SpaceForceCSO/status/1440323962697752590 [I am voluntarily putting this into my own shownotes for your edification, dear listener. You owe me.–Ed.] Josh Weinstein, a veteran writer for The Simpsons and Futurama, said the uniform reminded him of the ridiculously tight outfits worn by Zapp Brannigan; Movies in Focus hopped on the satirical bandwagon with the image of an Imperial Star Destroyer officer from the original Star Wars trilogy. "These new Space Force uniforms are looking great," jokes the caption. Quick News Roundup Here are a few headlines that we didn't discuss but might interest you. Reuben Klamer, the designer of the original Starfleet phaser rifle for the original series of Star Trek, passed away at the age of 99, according to the Toy Association. Klamer also designed props for other shows, including a gun for the hit 1960s series The Man From U.N.C.L.E. https://youtu.be/oWGNDoXG9R8 STAR TREK GAMING NEWS Edited by Thomas Reynolds PSA: She Canna Take Any More, Cap'ns! By Thomas Reynolds To every thing there is a season–and in Cryptic's opinion, the season for Windows 7 is long past. Starting February 15, 2022, anyone still using the 10-year-old OS (seriously, not even Microsoft supports it anymore) won't be able to patch or log into STO and Neverwinter. Only Windows 8 and 10 (with the superior 64-bit intellect) will have a home on the final frontier. DirectX 10 support is also getting ejected like a spent warp core on February 15th, with both games requiring Feature Level 11 or higher. That means your computer needs to have one of the following video card chipsets to play: NVidia GeForce GTX 400 or better ATI/AMD Radeon HD 5000 or better Intel HD Graphics 4000 or better Given all the fun and excitement of buying graphics cards these days, if your current card isn't up to the task...well, godspeed. [Pictured: my rig next February.–Ed.] Image: ViacomCBS, via KVNF Public Radio. Aux2Bat Gets Boimed Out By Thomas Reynolds The aqueduct, the magnetic compass, the Aux2Bat. All of these simple technologies have withstood the test of time, but the last may be the most miraculous. Needing only three Technician doffs and one boff ability at minimum, the Aux2Bat ship build is easy to assemble, trivial to fly, and still keeps your bridge officers ready for whatever space wizardry you demand of them. Sure, it hasn't been the meta in a sehlat's age, but you know what? Aux2Bat does the job, it does it pretty well, and that's pretty much all we ask...until now. Ever drop a Gravity Well, and notice your Tyken's Rift is now off-limits for 15 seconds? That's the Shared Category Cooldown kicking in, forcing you to pace yourself rather than let everything rip at once. When Cryptic first released the Boimler Effect trait, it provided a 2.5% percent chance of resetting every bridge officer ability to its Shared Category Cooldown, whenever you used a non-specialist boff ability. Great in theory, but one-in-forty odds just aren't worth a 200 Lobi investment. Yeah, that's was also our reaction. Image: ViacomCBS, via TrekZone.de So Cryptic did a little tweaking, like you do, and made it a 17.5% percent proc chance instead. As STO streamer @AugmentedDG declared on Twitter, “Boimler Effect is now as good as Aux2Bat...for cooldown reduction.” Bold words, to be sure, but there's also a fairly convincing clip of him keeping eight of his escort's twelve boff abilities concurrently running like an overambitious plate spinner. Trek out the tweet, scrape together that Lobi, and give your boffs more buffer time than they can handle. https://twitter.com/AugmentedDG/status/1438707179268284425 Is there in Screen Accuracy No Beauty? By Thomas Reynolds One of Trek cosplay's hallmarks is its hair-splitting fidelity to what's seen on screen, even when the creators themselves don't quite pull it off. Combine that tendency with STO's promise of personal immersion, and it's no surprise that some players want their captain's threads to look “correct.” To help make that a little easier, Cryptic released official in-game color guides for both the newly-available Lower Decks Starfleet jacket, and their original Khitomer uniform creation. However, rapturous Space Barbie enthusiasts should make sure they're using the second released Khitomer guide, as the first one had incorrect pant color codes. https://twitter.com/trekonlinegame/status/1439020385572245509 The Sally Ride, the Ross, and You By Shane Hoover If you were a fan of the Star Trek Adventures web series “Shield of Tomorrow” or “Clear Skies”, you're already familiar with the dangers and wonders of the Shackleton Expanse. If you weren't, then be prepared for deadly spatial phenomena, ancient alien technologies, first contact with new species and lots of boldly going. It's all there in Modiphius Entertainment's newest STA sourcebook, the Shackleton Expanse Campaign Guide. The new sourcebook is available for preorder at $60 now and is expected to ship in December 2021. This is your tabletop gaming crew's chance to follow in the warp trails of the U.S.S. Sally Ride and the U.S.S. Ross. Adventure into a nearly uncharted region of space beyond Federation, Klingon and Romulan borders. Image: Modiphius Entertainment. The new material includes five new playable alien species for STA including Orions. It also includes NPCs from Starbase 364 and around the Expanse, as well as stats for “hero” and NPC vessels. This sourcebook does require a copy of the Star Trek Adventures core rulebook, which is provided in PDF form with your order. The Ar-mod-a Returns By Thomas Reynolds Maybe 2000 feels like a long time ago to you, maybe it doesn't. Either way, the Star Trek: Armada and Armada II RTS games that came out then still hold a place in certain PC players' hearts. So much, in fact, that the Stellar Parallax modding group has finally released what Activision would not: Star Trek: Armada III. Starting as a one-person passion project back in 2012, Armada III is a full-conversion mod for 2012's Sins of a Solar Empire: Rebellion. Stellar Parallax's devoted faithful can now command the Federation, Klingons, Romulans, Borg, or Cardassian Union at the beginning of the Dominion War. See, Kurtzman? You can have more than one kind of ship in a fleet. Image: Stellar Parallax. But really, how much demand is there for a nine-year-old game mod, following up on a twenty-year-old series? After its September 10th release, Armada III is the 51st most-popular mod on the ModDB site, out of over 46,000 entries across hundreds of games–so we'd say “a lot.” [Update: #21 as of publication. Damn.–Ed.] Quick Star Trek Gaming News Roundup A few weeks back we mentioned that the mobile game Star Trek Fleet Command was beta testing a desktop client for Windows. Well, they're out of beta and it's now available for download, with special perks being offered when you log in via desktop! Game maker WizKids announced a new combo-building game titled “Star Trek Missions” –according to their announcement, “your goal is to assemble the highest-scoring combos possible by drawing cards from the Galaxy deck, the Mission deck, or the discard area.” It'll be available February 2022, but you can pre-order now.
This week on Episode 493 of Priority One: We Trek Out several interviews happening around the Trek-verse, Star Trek Online gears up for it’s 11th Anniversary celebrations, while other mobile games spin up their own Trek-themed celebrations, and Dr. Robert Hurt explains why space is darker than we thought… much darker. Of course, as always, before we wrap up the show, we’ll open hailing frequencies for your incoming messages Let us know on social media like Facebook, Twitter, or by visiting our website! TREK IT OUT Michael Dorn May Play Worf Again By Elio LLeo With Picard now starting to film its second season in just a few weeks, many of us are eager to learn about who - of the OG TNG cast - might make an appearance. We’ve already seen Brent Spiner reprise his role as Data… Our hearts were warmed by Jonathan Frakes and Marina Sirtis reprising their roles… What about Gates McFadden? LeVar Burton?.... Michael Dorn?? Well, we’ve got an update from Mr. Dorn via an interview with the podcast Literary Joe’s Inner Child. In the short segment of the podcast - which is under 7 minutes - Dorn pulls no punches when expressing his disdain for the makeup process. Patrick Stewart on Picard S2 By Cat Hough So how far along is Season Two of Picard? Well, Sir Patrick Stewart tells us in an interview posted on January 11, 2021, by goldderby.com that, “I’ve got the first five scripts of the show and different drafts of those scripts. I spend hours every day with them." So even though getting a production rolling during a pandemic is a whole new experience, Stewart has been keeping himself busy writing his memoirs, reciting Shakespeare’s sonnets, watching “Schitt’s Creek, and putting together jigsaw puzzles.” He says of jigsaw puzzles,"That’s one of my passions. I finished the Last Supper two nights ago and it was one of the best moments of my life!” He chuckles, but then gets serious. “But all the while inside, I know I have to work. That’s what I’m here for. That’s my job. I want a script in my hand. I want actors in front of me.” Interview with Mary Wiseman By Cat Hough Now that Discovery Season 3 has wrapped, StarTrek.com recapped some recent in-depth conversations with some of our favorite Discovery characters. The first was Mary Wiseman, and although the audio glitched during her interview, thanks to an enterprising YouTuber who can read lips, it was later confirmed that Wiseman said she was not straight. When asked for confirmation, she said “I did say this! It’s not a big deal at all. I just didn’t want to say I’m straight when I’m not! Before Noah [Averbach-Katz, Wiseman’s husband who played Ryn the Andorian], I dated and loved people of all genders. I never liked it when straight-presenting women dominated conversations about bisexuality/pansexuality when I was with women, so I try not to do it now, but I also don’t want it to feel like I’m hiding anything because I’m queer and proud!” Wiseman goes on to deliver a personal message to fans who defended her on social media when she fell victim to online bullying and body-shaming, saying “I just want to say that all the people who step in, to back me up like that, your presence is like little angels, blocking out these little trolls. It means something to me. I see those things and they hurt me because I'm a person. I'm a human being, you know? And to have somebody step in and defend you is really meaningful.” The close relationship between Rapp and del Barrio definitely comes across on-screen with Stamets taking a fatherly role towards Adira. Also helping to build bonds in real-life between cast mates, many of the actors, including new-comer, Ian Alexander who plays Gray, have been playing Dungeons & Dragons via Zoom. Production is underway for Season 4 of Discovery. Galaxy Quest Sequel By Elio Lleo Our last interview -- although not specifically Star Trek related -- does touch on one of Star Trek’s greatest films… Galaxy Quest!!! Now, for several years, there have been rumblings and rumors about a potential sequel to the film or perhaps a small screen adaptation. In an interview with Entertainment Weekly, Tim Allen was asked about the status of the film replying “I haven't reached out to anybody in the last week, but we talk about it all the time. There is constantly a little flicker of a butane torch that we could reboot it with. Without giving too much away, a member of Alan's Galaxy Quest family could step in and the idea would still work.” James Cawley On Phase II By Tony Hunter Long time listeners of the show may remember the glory days of the early-to-mid-teens, when there were literally dozens of fan-film productions of star trek stories. Spanning the timelines from post-Enterprise pre-Federation, all the way to post-Nemesis pre-JJ-Verse, the quality bar that each show cleared was as varied as the eras they were set in. I’ll give you a minute on that one. But some of the highest quality efforts belonged to James Cawley’s New Voyages and Phase II productions. And until certain lawsuits were filed, they were busy filming and editing new episodes. Unfortunately, CBS’s fan production guidelines, which were released in 2016, basically killed productions like Cawley’s. Origins: The Protracted Man However, one of those productions, a TOS prequel named, appropriately, Origins: The Protracted Man, just escaped into the wild. I say escaped, because to say it was released would be a gross overstatement. There are effects shots missing, and we know this because there are little cards telling you what you should be seeing. Sound is sometimes iffy, and the whole thing is squashed horizontally. It’s very clearly not a finished product. According to the article at fanfilmfactor.com, the two files containing the rough cut were up on YouTube temporarily, and then taken down. However, while it was online, the movies were downloaded and then reposted anonymously. Even short-time listeners of the show will know that Cat is now rolling to a slow boil on the intellectual property problems all this implies – and we’ll certainly get to those – but there’s more to the story. https://www.dailymotion.com/video/x7yp2fh One of the screenwriters, Trek novelist Dave Gallanter, recently died of cancer. Mr. Gallanter had worked on several of the Phase II projects, and this one – co-written with Tribble creator David Gerrold – may have been release… uh “liberated”… as a final farewell to a cherished member of the old crew. So, as we are about to discuss – why, listeners, you know this is illegal – maybe the proper answer is “now, don’t be a prig.” https://www.dailymotion.com/video/x7yp2fk Star Trek Gaming News by Thomas Reynolds & Shane Hoover STO Outlines the 11th Anniversary Event By Shane Hoover Finally putting an end to our breathless antici... pation, Cryptic released a new blog to announce some details of the upcoming 11th Anniversary Event. This year’s event is scheduled to kick off for PC players on January 26th and it will wrap up on February 25th. As with other recent events, players will collect daily progress points through missions, TFOs, and patrols. Upon collection of 40 progress points, players will receive the brand new account-unlocked Temer Class Alliance Raider. No stats are available for the new ship yet, but it’s a Klingon/Romulan hybrid raider carrying on the spirit of the recent Khitomer class. And, as always, the anniversary event brings us those sweet sweet Omega Tech Upgrades! So get ready to get busy collecting Omega Traces, captains Sam Witwer Plays Kenneth Mitchell Playing Tenavik By Shane Hoover The Anniversary Event also means that if you’re like us, you’re probably most excited by the imminent arrival of brand new story content! In another blog released this week, Ambassador Kael announced two forthcoming new missions with contributions from two new stars. The new missions are called “Knowledge is Power” and “Leap of Faith”, and they’ll take us back to the Klingon monastery on the planet Boreth. Visited by Captain Pike on Star Trek: Discovery, the monastery is home to the mysterious and powerful Time Crystals. Kael’s blog has teased that Boreth’s secrets will bring about a “new era” for STO’s Klingons, and it will be up to players to pursue them. That means meeting with Tenavik, the guardian of the Time Crystals. On Discovery, Tenavik was played by Kenneth Mitchell. He was originally going to reprise the role for STO, but circumstances prevented him from that. Instead, he’s personally chosen friend, veteran actor, and STO super-fan Sam Witwer to lend his voice to Tenavik. With Mitchells’ coaching and Witwer’s talents, it should be exciting to see what surprises Tenavik has in store for us. Five-Year Missions, Five Years of Timelines By Thomas Reynolds Elsewhere in the gaming world, Star Trek Timelines passed its fifth anniversary with no signs of slowing down. Associate product manager WRGBen took to the Wicked Realms official forum on the 14th, saying they’re "proud of what we’ve built throughout the years, and of what the game means to so many of our players. With that in mind we’re looking forward to the years ahead". Looking to the future, WRGBen also promised a “big new feature” in the game later this year. Timelines’ longevity is nothing to dismiss: mobile gaming has been fickle and unrewarding to the Trek franchise before. Of the nine games released for mobile platforms, only Timelines and Fleet Command remain in business (Trexels II launched in 2018 and shut its doors to new players only last August). https://twitter.com/STTimelines/status/1349753985368993794 Jetpack Joyride Star Trek Event If you’ve spent even a nano-second browsing through your phone’s app store you’ve probably noticed the popular fast-paced, endless running, side-scrolling mobile game, Jetpack Joyride. In it you play as Barry Steakfries, a down-on-his-luck gramophone salesman who has snuck into a jetpack lab, stolen the machine gun jetpack, and now needs to escape. Why does any of this matter in a Star Trek podcast? Because just like the Borg, the mega marketing machine at CBS assimilates everything in its path. From now until February 3rd, Jetpack Joyride is running a Star Trek event. By playing the event you can earn Star Trek themed items for the game including, but not limited to, Starship jetpacks, Uniform jumpsuits from Discovery, Voyager, Enterprise, and more. Character replacements like Michael Burnham, Janeway, Picard, and Kirk. And much more. And what free to play mobile game wouldn’t be complete without a way to buy everything. You can also purchase the items from the event singly or in bundles from $2.99 to $29.99. TOS Event in Star Trek Fleet Command Staying on the mobile device, Star Trek Fleet Command is continuing its Prime Timeline content rollout with a TOS event which started this month. During the first part of the event players can earn recruit tokens for Original Series crew. Epic Kirk, Epic Spock, and Rare Uhura. Part one of the event runs from now until January 29th
This week on Episode 493 of Priority One: We Trek Out several interviews happening around the Trek-verse, Star Trek Online gears up for it's 11th Anniversary celebrations, while other mobile games spin up their own Trek-themed celebrations, and Dr. Robert Hurt explains why space is darker than we thought… much darker. Of course, as always, before we wrap up the show, we'll open hailing frequencies for your incoming messages Let us know on social media like Facebook, Twitter, or by visiting our website! TREK IT OUT Michael Dorn May Play Worf Again By Elio LLeo With Picard now starting to film its second season in just a few weeks, many of us are eager to learn about who - of the OG TNG cast - might make an appearance. We've already seen Brent Spiner reprise his role as Data… Our hearts were warmed by Jonathan Frakes and Marina Sirtis reprising their roles… What about Gates McFadden? LeVar Burton?.... Michael Dorn?? Well, we've got an update from Mr. Dorn via an interview with the podcast Literary Joe's Inner Child. In the short segment of the podcast - which is under 7 minutes - Dorn pulls no punches when expressing his disdain for the makeup process. Patrick Stewart on Picard S2 By Cat Hough So how far along is Season Two of Picard? Well, Sir Patrick Stewart tells us in an interview posted on January 11, 2021, by goldderby.com that, “I've got the first five scripts of the show and different drafts of those scripts. I spend hours every day with them." So even though getting a production rolling during a pandemic is a whole new experience, Stewart has been keeping himself busy writing his memoirs, reciting Shakespeare's sonnets, watching “Schitt's Creek, and putting together jigsaw puzzles.” He says of jigsaw puzzles,"That's one of my passions. I finished the Last Supper two nights ago and it was one of the best moments of my life!” He chuckles, but then gets serious. “But all the while inside, I know I have to work. That's what I'm here for. That's my job. I want a script in my hand. I want actors in front of me.” Interview with Mary Wiseman By Cat Hough Now that Discovery Season 3 has wrapped, StarTrek.com recapped some recent in-depth conversations with some of our favorite Discovery characters. The first was Mary Wiseman, and although the audio glitched during her interview, thanks to an enterprising YouTuber who can read lips, it was later confirmed that Wiseman said she was not straight. When asked for confirmation, she said “I did say this! It's not a big deal at all. I just didn't want to say I'm straight when I'm not! Before Noah [Averbach-Katz, Wiseman's husband who played Ryn the Andorian], I dated and loved people of all genders. I never liked it when straight-presenting women dominated conversations about bisexuality/pansexuality when I was with women, so I try not to do it now, but I also don't want it to feel like I'm hiding anything because I'm queer and proud!” Wiseman goes on to deliver a personal message to fans who defended her on social media when she fell victim to online bullying and body-shaming, saying “I just want to say that all the people who step in, to back me up like that, your presence is like little angels, blocking out these little trolls. It means something to me. I see those things and they hurt me because I'm a person. I'm a human being, you know? And to have somebody step in and defend you is really meaningful.” The close relationship between Rapp and del Barrio definitely comes across on-screen with Stamets taking a fatherly role towards Adira. Also helping to build bonds in real-life between cast mates, many of the actors, including new-comer, Ian Alexander who plays Gray, have been playing Dungeons & Dragons via Zoom. Production is underway for Season 4 of Discovery. Galaxy Quest Sequel By Elio Lleo Our last interview -- although not specifically Star Trek related -- does touch on one of Star Trek's greatest films… Galaxy Quest!!! Now, for several years, there have been rumblings and rumors about a potential sequel to the film or perhaps a small screen adaptation. In an interview with Entertainment Weekly, Tim Allen was asked about the status of the film replying “I haven't reached out to anybody in the last week, but we talk about it all the time. There is constantly a little flicker of a butane torch that we could reboot it with. Without giving too much away, a member of Alan's Galaxy Quest family could step in and the idea would still work.” James Cawley On Phase II By Tony Hunter Long time listeners of the show may remember the glory days of the early-to-mid-teens, when there were literally dozens of fan-film productions of star trek stories. Spanning the timelines from post-Enterprise pre-Federation, all the way to post-Nemesis pre-JJ-Verse, the quality bar that each show cleared was as varied as the eras they were set in. I'll give you a minute on that one. But some of the highest quality efforts belonged to James Cawley's New Voyages and Phase II productions. And until certain lawsuits were filed, they were busy filming and editing new episodes. Unfortunately, CBS's fan production guidelines, which were released in 2016, basically killed productions like Cawley's. Origins: The Protracted Man However, one of those productions, a TOS prequel named, appropriately, Origins: The Protracted Man, just escaped into the wild. I say escaped, because to say it was released would be a gross overstatement. There are effects shots missing, and we know this because there are little cards telling you what you should be seeing. Sound is sometimes iffy, and the whole thing is squashed horizontally. It's very clearly not a finished product. According to the article at fanfilmfactor.com, the two files containing the rough cut were up on YouTube temporarily, and then taken down. However, while it was online, the movies were downloaded and then reposted anonymously. Even short-time listeners of the show will know that Cat is now rolling to a slow boil on the intellectual property problems all this implies – and we'll certainly get to those – but there's more to the story. https://www.dailymotion.com/video/x7yp2fh One of the screenwriters, Trek novelist Dave Gallanter, recently died of cancer. Mr. Gallanter had worked on several of the Phase II projects, and this one – co-written with Tribble creator David Gerrold – may have been release… uh “liberated”… as a final farewell to a cherished member of the old crew. So, as we are about to discuss – why, listeners, you know this is illegal – maybe the proper answer is “now, don't be a prig.” https://www.dailymotion.com/video/x7yp2fk Star Trek Gaming News by Thomas Reynolds & Shane Hoover STO Outlines the 11th Anniversary Event By Shane Hoover Finally putting an end to our breathless antici... pation, Cryptic released a new blog to announce some details of the upcoming 11th Anniversary Event. This year's event is scheduled to kick off for PC players on January 26th and it will wrap up on February 25th. As with other recent events, players will collect daily progress points through missions, TFOs, and patrols. Upon collection of 40 progress points, players will receive the brand new account-unlocked Temer Class Alliance Raider. No stats are available for the new ship yet, but it's a Klingon/Romulan hybrid raider carrying on the spirit of the recent Khitomer class. And, as always, the anniversary event brings us those sweet sweet Omega Tech Upgrades! So get ready to get busy collecting Omega Traces, captains Sam Witwer Plays Kenneth Mitchell Playing Tenavik By Shane Hoover The Anniversary Event also means that if you're like us, you're probably most excited by the imminent arrival of brand new story content! In another blog released this week, Ambassador Kael announced two forthcoming new missions with contributions from two new stars. The new missions are called “Knowledge is Power” and “Leap of Faith”, and they'll take us back to the Klingon monastery on the planet Boreth. Visited by Captain Pike on Star Trek: Discovery, the monastery is home to the mysterious and powerful Time Crystals. Kael's blog has teased that Boreth's secrets will bring about a “new era” for STO's Klingons, and it will be up to players to pursue them. That means meeting with Tenavik, the guardian of the Time Crystals. On Discovery, Tenavik was played by Kenneth Mitchell. He was originally going to reprise the role for STO, but circumstances prevented him from that. Instead, he's personally chosen friend, veteran actor, and STO super-fan Sam Witwer to lend his voice to Tenavik. With Mitchells' coaching and Witwer's talents, it should be exciting to see what surprises Tenavik has in store for us. Five-Year Missions, Five Years of Timelines By Thomas Reynolds Elsewhere in the gaming world, Star Trek Timelines passed its fifth anniversary with no signs of slowing down. Associate product manager WRGBen took to the Wicked Realms official forum on the 14th, saying they're "proud of what we've built throughout the years, and of what the game means to so many of our players. With that in mind we're looking forward to the years ahead". Looking to the future, WRGBen also promised a “big new feature” in the game later this year. Timelines' longevity is nothing to dismiss: mobile gaming has been fickle and unrewarding to the Trek franchise before. Of the nine games released for mobile platforms, only Timelines and Fleet Command remain in business (Trexels II launched in 2018 and shut its doors to new players only last August). https://twitter.com/STTimelines/status/1349753985368993794 Jetpack Joyride Star Trek Event If you've spent even a nano-second browsing through your phone's app store you've probably noticed the popular fast-paced, endless running, side-scrolling mobile game, Jetpack Joyride. In it you play as Barry Steakfries, a down-on-his-luck gramophone salesman who has snuck into a jetpack lab, stolen the machine gun jetpack, and now needs to escape. Why does any of this matter in a Star Trek podcast? Because just like the Borg, the mega marketing machine at CBS assimilates everything in its path. From now until February 3rd, Jetpack Joyride is running a Star Trek event. By playing the event you can earn Star Trek themed items for the game including, but not limited to, Starship jetpacks, Uniform jumpsuits from Discovery, Voyager, Enterprise, and more. Character replacements like Michael Burnham, Janeway, Picard, and Kirk. And much more. And what free to play mobile game wouldn't be complete without a way to buy everything. You can also purchase the items from the event singly or in bundles from $2.99 to $29.99. TOS Event in Star Trek Fleet Command Staying on the mobile device, Star Trek Fleet Command is continuing its Prime Timeline content rollout with a TOS event which started this month. During the first part of the event players can earn recruit tokens for Original Series crew. Epic Kirk, Epic Spock, and Rare Uhura. Part one of the event runs from now until January 29th
On a bloody day, at a delicate time after the destruction of Praxis, these motives would converge to create a pivot point in history, one that would change the course of the galaxy.
Captain James T. Kirk and the USS Enterprise-A, escorted Gorkon and Kronos One from Klingon space on the journey to Earth. Little did they know that an unseen force shadowed their journey, waiting, biding time for its chance to make history.
Captain James T. Kirk and the USS Enterprise-A, escorted Gorkon and Kronos One from Klingon space on the journey to Earth. Little did they know that an unseen force shadowed their journey, waiting, biding time for its chance to make history.
This episode of Priority One is brought to you by Eaglemoss Hero Collector and the brand new Official Star Trek Online Starship Collection. Check out all the exclusive ship models – including the U.S.S. Gagarin and the U.S.S. Chimera – at priorityonepodcast.com/ships and use code PRIORITY10 at checkout to get 10% off your purchase with FREE SHIPPING. This week on Episode 484 of Priority One --- We ‘Trek Out' Janeway's monumental day, a ProDigy Composer, Michelle Hurd's reference to Medea, and an itsy-bitsy-teeny-weenie-grayish-printed-ship-in-3D! In Star Trek gaming, we dive even deeper into Star Trek Online's “Partisans” before heading “On Screen” to trek out - “Far From Home” Of course, as always, before we wrap up the show, we'll open hailing frequencies for your incoming messages Let us know on social media like Facebook, Twitter, or by visiting our website! This Week's Community Questions are: CQ: What did you think of Star Trek Online's new episode “Partisans”? AND CQ: What has been the highlight of the Year of Klingon content revamps for you? TREK IT OUT by Jake Morgan Janeway's Monumental Unveiling! It was a cool, cloudy Saturday morning in Bloomington, Indiana. The spectators would have huddled closer, were it not for the virus - the Pandemic. But they gathered nonetheless, mindfully social distancing and donning the standard facial accoutrements. What kept them warm that brisk morning wasn't coats, or capes, or coffee - it was hope. Though to be fair, the coats, capes and coffee probably helped! On Saturday October 24th, the Captain Janeway Bloomington Collective unveiled the reason for the gathering - the Captain Kathryn Janeway Monument and Statue. We told you about the fundraiser back in January, but here's a quick recap. The Captain Janeway Bloomington Collective fundraised for a proposed Captain Janeway Statue and Plaque to be erected at her fictional-birthplace, Bloomington, Indiana. The unveiling featured ”A bronze sculpture atop a limestone base, plated in steel, as well as an accompanying educational display was designed to serve as a monument to Captain Janeway.” But what would the party be without the woman of honor? It'd be like a nebula without coffee. So, it was good that Captain Janeway herself - Kate Mulgrew - joined the unveiling via the magic of the internet. She shared that she is a first-time grandmother, thanked the attendees, and then she dished a bit about what brought her to the upcoming “Star Trek: Prodigy”. Photo Courtesy of janewaystatue.com Star Trek Prodigy's Composer Announced Speaking of Prodigy, Star Trek's newest animated series is looking - or sounding - like it is coming together. This week, another piece of the proverbial puzzle has been added - the series theme has a composer! The Film Music Reporter announced on Tuesday October 20th that Israeli-Dutch composer Nami Melumad would Compose for the anticipated new series, Star Trek: Prodigy. The 31-year-old Melumad's recent work includes composing for Seth Rogen's “American Pickle”, The Amazon series “Absentia”, and Star Trek: Short Trek's “Q&A” - The one with Spock and Number One rocking “The Pirates of Penzance”. According to the article, “Q&A” isn't Melumad's only Star Trek association. ”Melumad has also recently collaborated with Michael Giacchino on the score for the upcoming video game Medal of Honor: Above and Beyond, which is set to be released on December 11, 2020.”. Giacchino, of course, is the composer of the Kelvin-Timeline films and Director of the Short Trek “Ephraim and Dot” - the one with a tardigrade and a robot rocking the history of the Enterprise. Trek nuggets. Photo Courtesy of IMDB Michelle Hurd Talks With Inverse Lower Decks wrapped, Discovery is airing, Prodigy has a new composer - but what about Picard? This week, “Star Trek: Picard” star Michelle Hurd sat down with Inverse, and she shed some light on Picard's production timetable and - more importantly - on her character, Raffi. In regards to when she plans on getting back on set, Hurd told Inverse's Jen Glennon ”I believe we are going to be going back in January. That's the last thing I heard. So we're really excited about that. We just want to make sure that everybody's safe, and the protocols are in place so that we can keep our our captain as safe as we possibly can.” Raffi and Jean-Luc, before they both parted ways with Starfleet.Trae Patton/CBS Hurd Talks More About Raffi Hurd compared her character Raffi's journey - and rejections - to that of the tragic Greek character, Medea. ”when Raffi makes that call to Starfleet, the last line of her friend saying, “Do me a favor, lose my number,” that's another door that's closed. This comes right after her son — rightly! — tells her, "you don't get to be absent from the majority of my life, then jump in saying you're better."”. Hurd went on to say ”The truth is that everybody's story may not be as happy as we assume. People struggle, and we should take the time to have more patience and empathy for people who are hiding their pain. I loved that juxtaposition, of Raffi being very blunt, clever, dramatic and fun, when the reality was it was just a facade.” Hurd later discussed the budding relationship of Raffi and Seven, telling Inverse ”I'd love to see a fluidity to their relationship. It's about connection — seeing someone, hearing someone, allowing those people to affect us — and acting upon that without judgment, without labels, without stigma. I have no idea exactly what will be happening in the future for Raffi and Seven. But I really have faith in the in the writers and their vision. I would really love to see that relationship taken to a place where that love is explored and embraced and celebrated.” Rios (Santiago Cabrera) comforts Raffi after a double-whammy rejection from her estranged son and an old friend sends her reeling.Trae Patton/CBS Tiny Voyager Flies! Okay, Voyagers cool, but have you ever seen a self-propelled micro-Intrepid class ship? That's exactly what PC Gamer brought us this week, and it's just too damned cute not to share. But also SCIENCE! When we say tiny, we mean TINY. This 3d printed Intrepid class vessel measures a mere 15 micrometers - that's about 0.0006 inches for our stubborn non-metric users. TEENY TINY. But, why would anyone want to 3d print such a itsy-bitsy-teeny-tiny starship? Artificial Microswimmering! From the PC Gamer article, artificial microswimmers are ”3D printed, synthetic "colloidal particles" (solid objects suspended in liquid) [that] have no moving parts, [but] instead [...] propel themselves through liquid by way of chemical reaction—platinum that reacts with hydrogen peroxide.” So now we know what a microswimmer is, but why bother making them? Researcher Daniella Kraft explains that research with ARTIFICIAL microswimmers could help understand BIOLOGICAL microswimmers. That includes white blood cells, sperm, and bacteria. (Image credit: Soft Matter Journal) Star Trek Gaming News by Shane Hoover and Thomas Reynolds Priority One Review: “Partisans” By Thomas Reynolds The latest episode in the Klingon Civil War arc, “Partisans” picks up sometime after the disastrous Khitomer conference. Adet'pa works her Witchy ways on J'Ula's behalf, digging up a ragtag team of scoundrels with hearts of latinum and very particular sets of skills. Together you venture deep into J'mpok's web of conspiracies to clear your name, and discover some fascinating new opportunities in pet ownership along the way. But the fight for truth, justice, and to remain Klingon goes disastrously well–and what you break might never be restored. Mission Structure In terms of mission structure, “Partisans” is familiar and unfortunately repetitive. Ground combat is favored over space, which makes sense for character-centric stories that take place in a few locations. However the fights in both environments get tiresome, as you protect NPC X from infinite waves of Enemy Y while they do Plot Thing Z. The bar fight on Nimbus feels even longer, as it lacks a clear endpoint, and then suddenly it's Oops! All Nausicans! Consider playing this mission in a team with AoE and control powers, so you can quicker pick off enemies that won't acknowledge your aggro. Production Value Production values are likewise familiar, following the overall improvement we've seen since Victory is Life. The voice acting quality varies between decent and excellent, with show characters turning in professional work and others sincerely trying their best. Whether Wilkins' heavy Southern drawl works for you or not depends more on personal taste than strength of performance. And we have to call out the impact of Westin's animation work in making collections of polygons look alive. Storytelling But what of the story itself? Star Trek Online's writing has always been one of its strengths, and “Partisans” is bookended with particular excellence. Opening the mission in Shangdu reinforces the permanence of this world, with all its minigun-wielding dancers and pet Vibriosaurs. These locations exist with their own positions and trajectories, even when we're not there to observe them. Besides, everyone loves a good bar fight. On the other end, the narrative swerve into an Imperial free-for-all is intriguing and devastating. You might have expected J'Ula's broadcast to draw the final battlelines, as the Great Houses finally choose sides in the fight for the Empire's soul. Instead it precipitates a rush for the exits, with every House for themselves and J'mpok's ambitions vaulting ever higher. That's not the outcome we're expecting but, as contentiously fractured as Klingon society is, could it have gone any other way? Conclusion Just as much a surprise is J'Ula's transformation from a menacing figure to a tragic one. She's a violent anachronism, fighting for a worldview centuries behind us. Yet we pity her for her success, as her good intentions destroy the unity her brother died to create. Whether you yourself are Klingon or just an interested observer, the disintegrated Empire has no safe harbors–only knives wherever you turn. “Partisans” gives us no rock, no hiding place, and nowhere to stand in the coming storm. It is profound and staggering, and we can't wait to see what happens next. https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=BVYq5Bidieg&feature=youtu.be Star Trek Online Year of Klingon Recap and Impressions By Shane Hoover At this point, we're well into Star Trek Online's “Year of Klingon”. So let's take a quick look at the work Cryptic have done so far to freshen up some of the oldest Klingon content in the game. For starters, the art teams have brought their usual “A” games to this Year of Klingon party. This is one of the first things you'll notice if you haven't created or played a Klingon character in a long time. Right from the character creation wizards, you see all new, more detailed costume and character models. It may not seem like a big deal, but as you play through mission after mission you really appreciate it. Year of Klingon - Star Trek Online Art Updates It's especially noticeable when you start encountering NPCs that have been around the game a long time. J'mpok has never looked so unlikable! Worf has never looked so… WORF! Then there are the old generic NPCs like Aakar, Sirella, and Adet'pa who are now modeled in amazing detail after their real voice actors. The art updates certainly don't stop there, either. The environment art team have updated a lot of old maps for the Year of Klingon. Some parts of the Qo'nos social zone have been updated, like the sky and the lighting. There's even a new Great Hall map, but you only see that inside episode missions for now. The mission maps used in the Tutorial and the Empire and Warzone story arcs have been remastered, too. These new maps really go a long way toward improving the sense that you're playing a 10 year old game. Reworked Mission Arcs The other revamps they've made to improve that “really old game” feel are the reworked Klingon Mission Arcs “Empire” and “Warzone”. In the “Empire” arc, the mission progressions aren't changed too drastically. But all of the new art, new voiceover work, and the amazing new cinematic cutscenes really stand out. The Khitomer and Rura Penthe ground maps are especially nicely redone. Then you hit the “Warzone” arc, and there's some real change in progression. Where the old content often laid out mission objectives to leave you feel like you're covering as much of the map mileage as possible, the revamps give a much more streamlined progress. To that end, what used to be 3 different missions are now merged into one, “Mars, the Bringer of War”. Instead of feeling like you're wasting time covering ground all the time, you're definitely moving the story ahead. And the story has some great improvements, too. https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=fgY90JEbVi4&feature=youtu.be Klingon Culture For one thing, it's clear that the writers wanted to deep dive more into Klingon Culture with the new revamps. As an example, they devoted an entirely new cutscene to the Klingon Ak'Voh funeral rituals. Which brings us back to those new cutscenes. This has to be one of the biggest improvements in the Year of Klingon. With the much more expressive facial animations and motion capture of STO's new generation of cutscenes, the drama factor gets kicked way up. Whether the High Council is arguing and slinging insults, or Torg is betraying the Empire with a knife in the back, or Worf is gripped with mourning, these new Klingon story beats feel a lot more invested than they used to. There's still quite a bit to come from the rest of the Year of Klingon, too. So we're definitely excited to see what comes next! https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=FROsc3l0hsA&feature=youtu.be
This episode of Priority One is brought to you by Eaglemoss Hero Collector and the brand new Official Star Trek Online Starship Collection. Check out all the exclusive ship models – including the U.S.S. Gagarin and the U.S.S. Chimera – at priorityonepodcast.com/ships and use code PRIORITY10 at checkout to get 10% off your purchase with FREE SHIPPING. This week on Episode 484 of Priority One --- We ‘Trek Out’ Janeway’s monumental day, a ProDigy Composer, Michelle Hurd’s reference to Medea, and an itsy-bitsy-teeny-weenie-grayish-printed-ship-in-3D! In Star Trek gaming, we dive even deeper into Star Trek Online’s “Partisans” before heading “On Screen” to trek out - “Far From Home” Of course, as always, before we wrap up the show, we’ll open hailing frequencies for your incoming messages Let us know on social media like Facebook, Twitter, or by visiting our website! This Week’s Community Questions are: CQ: What did you think of Star Trek Online’s new episode “Partisans”? AND CQ: What has been the highlight of the Year of Klingon content revamps for you? TREK IT OUT by Jake Morgan Janeway’s Monumental Unveiling! It was a cool, cloudy Saturday morning in Bloomington, Indiana. The spectators would have huddled closer, were it not for the virus - the Pandemic. But they gathered nonetheless, mindfully social distancing and donning the standard facial accoutrements. What kept them warm that brisk morning wasn’t coats, or capes, or coffee - it was hope. Though to be fair, the coats, capes and coffee probably helped! On Saturday October 24th, the Captain Janeway Bloomington Collective unveiled the reason for the gathering - the Captain Kathryn Janeway Monument and Statue. We told you about the fundraiser back in January, but here’s a quick recap. The Captain Janeway Bloomington Collective fundraised for a proposed Captain Janeway Statue and Plaque to be erected at her fictional-birthplace, Bloomington, Indiana. The unveiling featured ”A bronze sculpture atop a limestone base, plated in steel, as well as an accompanying educational display was designed to serve as a monument to Captain Janeway.” But what would the party be without the woman of honor? It’d be like a nebula without coffee. So, it was good that Captain Janeway herself - Kate Mulgrew - joined the unveiling via the magic of the internet. She shared that she is a first-time grandmother, thanked the attendees, and then she dished a bit about what brought her to the upcoming “Star Trek: Prodigy”. Photo Courtesy of janewaystatue.com Star Trek Prodigy’s Composer Announced Speaking of Prodigy, Star Trek’s newest animated series is looking - or sounding - like it is coming together. This week, another piece of the proverbial puzzle has been added - the series theme has a composer! The Film Music Reporter announced on Tuesday October 20th that Israeli-Dutch composer Nami Melumad would Compose for the anticipated new series, Star Trek: Prodigy. The 31-year-old Melumad’s recent work includes composing for Seth Rogen’s “American Pickle”, The Amazon series “Absentia”, and Star Trek: Short Trek’s “Q&A” - The one with Spock and Number One rocking “The Pirates of Penzance”. According to the article, “Q&A” isn’t Melumad’s only Star Trek association. ”Melumad has also recently collaborated with Michael Giacchino on the score for the upcoming video game Medal of Honor: Above and Beyond, which is set to be released on December 11, 2020.”. Giacchino, of course, is the composer of the Kelvin-Timeline films and Director of the Short Trek “Ephraim and Dot” - the one with a tardigrade and a robot rocking the history of the Enterprise. Trek nuggets. Photo Courtesy of IMDB Michelle Hurd Talks With Inverse Lower Decks wrapped, Discovery is airing, Prodigy has a new composer - but what about Picard? This week, “Star Trek: Picard” star Michelle Hurd sat down with Inverse, and she shed some light on Picard’s production timetable and - more importantly - on her character, Raffi. In regards to when she plans on getting back on set, Hurd told Inverse’s Jen Glennon ”I believe we are going to be going back in January. That's the last thing I heard. So we're really excited about that. We just want to make sure that everybody's safe, and the protocols are in place so that we can keep our our captain as safe as we possibly can.” Raffi and Jean-Luc, before they both parted ways with Starfleet.Trae Patton/CBS Hurd Talks More About Raffi Hurd compared her character Raffi’s journey - and rejections - to that of the tragic Greek character, Medea. ”when Raffi makes that call to Starfleet, the last line of her friend saying, “Do me a favor, lose my number,” that’s another door that’s closed. This comes right after her son — rightly! — tells her, "you don't get to be absent from the majority of my life, then jump in saying you're better."”. Hurd went on to say ”The truth is that everybody's story may not be as happy as we assume. People struggle, and we should take the time to have more patience and empathy for people who are hiding their pain. I loved that juxtaposition, of Raffi being very blunt, clever, dramatic and fun, when the reality was it was just a facade.” Hurd later discussed the budding relationship of Raffi and Seven, telling Inverse ”I’d love to see a fluidity to their relationship. It's about connection — seeing someone, hearing someone, allowing those people to affect us — and acting upon that without judgment, without labels, without stigma. I have no idea exactly what will be happening in the future for Raffi and Seven. But I really have faith in the in the writers and their vision. I would really love to see that relationship taken to a place where that love is explored and embraced and celebrated.” Rios (Santiago Cabrera) comforts Raffi after a double-whammy rejection from her estranged son and an old friend sends her reeling.Trae Patton/CBS Tiny Voyager Flies! Okay, Voyagers cool, but have you ever seen a self-propelled micro-Intrepid class ship? That’s exactly what PC Gamer brought us this week, and it’s just too damned cute not to share. But also SCIENCE! When we say tiny, we mean TINY. This 3d printed Intrepid class vessel measures a mere 15 micrometers - that’s about 0.0006 inches for our stubborn non-metric users. TEENY TINY. But, why would anyone want to 3d print such a itsy-bitsy-teeny-tiny starship? Artificial Microswimmering! From the PC Gamer article, artificial microswimmers are ”3D printed, synthetic "colloidal particles" (solid objects suspended in liquid) [that] have no moving parts, [but] instead [...] propel themselves through liquid by way of chemical reaction—platinum that reacts with hydrogen peroxide.” So now we know what a microswimmer is, but why bother making them? Researcher Daniella Kraft explains that research with ARTIFICIAL microswimmers could help understand BIOLOGICAL microswimmers. That includes white blood cells, sperm, and bacteria. (Image credit: Soft Matter Journal) Star Trek Gaming News by Shane Hoover and Thomas Reynolds Priority One Review: “Partisans” By Thomas Reynolds The latest episode in the Klingon Civil War arc, “Partisans” picks up sometime after the disastrous Khitomer conference. Adet’pa works her Witchy ways on J’Ula’s behalf, digging up a ragtag team of scoundrels with hearts of latinum and very particular sets of skills. Together you venture deep into J’mpok’s web of conspiracies to clear your name, and discover some fascinating new opportunities in pet ownership along the way. But the fight for truth, justice, and to remain Klingon goes disastrously well–and what you break might never be restored. Mission Structure In terms of mission structure, “Partisans” is familiar and unfortunately repetitive. Ground combat is favored over space, which makes sense for character-centric stories that take place in a few locations. However the fights in both environments get tiresome, as you protect NPC X from infinite waves of Enemy Y while they do Plot Thing Z. The bar fight on Nimbus feels even longer, as it lacks a clear endpoint, and then suddenly it’s Oops! All Nausicans! Consider playing this mission in a team with AoE and control powers, so you can quicker pick off enemies that won’t acknowledge your aggro. Production Value Production values are likewise familiar, following the overall improvement we’ve seen since Victory is Life. The voice acting quality varies between decent and excellent, with show characters turning in professional work and others sincerely trying their best. Whether Wilkins’ heavy Southern drawl works for you or not depends more on personal taste than strength of performance. And we have to call out the impact of Westin’s animation work in making collections of polygons look alive. Storytelling But what of the story itself? Star Trek Online’s writing has always been one of its strengths, and “Partisans” is bookended with particular excellence. Opening the mission in Shangdu reinforces the permanence of this world, with all its minigun-wielding dancers and pet Vibriosaurs. These locations exist with their own positions and trajectories, even when we’re not there to observe them. Besides, everyone loves a good bar fight. On the other end, the narrative swerve into an Imperial free-for-all is intriguing and devastating. You might have expected J’Ula’s broadcast to draw the final battlelines, as the Great Houses finally choose sides in the fight for the Empire’s soul. Instead it precipitates a rush for the exits, with every House for themselves and J’mpok’s ambitions vaulting ever higher. That’s not the outcome we’re expecting but, as contentiously fractured as Klingon society is, could it have gone any other way? Conclusion Just as much a surprise is J’Ula’s transformation from a menacing figure to a tragic one. She’s a violent anachronism, fighting for a worldview centuries behind us. Yet we pity her for her success, as her good intentions destroy the unity her brother died to create. Whether you yourself are Klingon or just an interested observer, the disintegrated Empire has no safe harbors–only knives wherever you turn. “Partisans” gives us no rock, no hiding place, and nowhere to stand in the coming storm. It is profound and staggering, and we can’t wait to see what happens next. https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=BVYq5Bidieg&feature=youtu.be Star Trek Online Year of Klingon Recap and Impressions By Shane Hoover At this point, we’re well into Star Trek Online’s “Year of Klingon”. So let’s take a quick look at the work Cryptic have done so far to freshen up some of the oldest Klingon content in the game. For starters, the art teams have brought their usual “A” games to this Year of Klingon party. This is one of the first things you’ll notice if you haven’t created or played a Klingon character in a long time. Right from the character creation wizards, you see all new, more detailed costume and character models. It may not seem like a big deal, but as you play through mission after mission you really appreciate it. Year of Klingon - Star Trek Online Art Updates It’s especially noticeable when you start encountering NPCs that have been around the game a long time. J’mpok has never looked so unlikable! Worf has never looked so… WORF! Then there are the old generic NPCs like Aakar, Sirella, and Adet’pa who are now modeled in amazing detail after their real voice actors. The art updates certainly don’t stop there, either. The environment art team have updated a lot of old maps for the Year of Klingon. Some parts of the Qo’nos social zone have been updated, like the sky and the lighting. There’s even a new Great Hall map, but you only see that inside episode missions for now. The mission maps used in the Tutorial and the Empire and Warzone story arcs have been remastered, too. These new maps really go a long way toward improving the sense that you’re playing a 10 year old game. Reworked Mission Arcs The other revamps they’ve made to improve that “really old game” feel are the reworked Klingon Mission Arcs “Empire” and “Warzone”. In the “Empire” arc, the mission progressions aren’t changed too drastically. But all of the new art, new voiceover work, and the amazing new cinematic cutscenes really stand out. The Khitomer and Rura Penthe ground maps are especially nicely redone. Then you hit the “Warzone” arc, and there’s some real change in progression. Where the old content often laid out mission objectives to leave you feel like you’re covering as much of the map mileage as possible, the revamps give a much more streamlined progress. To that end, what used to be 3 different missions are now merged into one, “Mars, the Bringer of War”. Instead of feeling like you’re wasting time covering ground all the time, you’re definitely moving the story ahead. And the story has some great improvements, too. https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=fgY90JEbVi4&feature=youtu.be Klingon Culture For one thing, it’s clear that the writers wanted to deep dive more into Klingon Culture with the new revamps. As an example, they devoted an entirely new cutscene to the Klingon Ak’Voh funeral rituals. Which brings us back to those new cutscenes. This has to be one of the biggest improvements in the Year of Klingon. With the much more expressive facial animations and motion capture of STO’s new generation of cutscenes, the drama factor gets kicked way up. Whether the High Council is arguing and slinging insults, or Torg is betraying the Empire with a knife in the back, or Worf is gripped with mourning, these new Klingon story beats feel a lot more invested than they used to. There’s still quite a bit to come from the rest of the Year of Klingon, too. So we’re definitely excited to see what comes next! https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=FROsc3l0hsA&feature=youtu.be
This week on Priority One --- We trek out Star Trek: Picard’s possible series longevity, Sir Patrick’s history with Star Trek, Mike McMahon’s vision for Lower Decks, and what Simon Pegg knows about the next Trek film - spoiler: it isn’t much! In Star Trek Gaming, Star Trek Online goes to Red Alert, takes on rubberbanding, and Star Trek Timelines announces its newest event! Of course, as always, before we wrap up the show, we’ll open hailing frequencies for your incoming messages Let us know on social media like Facebook, Twitter, or by visiting our website! This Weeks Community Questions Are: CQ: Do you think Star Trek is better suited for Television, Movies, or is there a place for Trek on both? AND CQ: What’s your Star Trek Online Red Alert of choice? Why? TREK IT OUT by Jake Morgan Akiva Goldsman Talks Picard Delays are an inevitability - even more so now, during the pandemic. But with those delays comes anticipation, and sometimes opportunity. At least that’s what Star Trek Executive Producer and Oscar winning writer Akiva Goldsman thinks. Last week, Goldsman sat down with Collider to discuss Star Trek: Picard season 2, how quarantine has changed the timetable, and how the delays may be a blessing in disguise. Goldsman discussed those inevitable delays we just discussed, telling Collider ”We were to start shooting in June, which I guarantee you we will not unless the world opens tomorrow. We had broken the season, we were about halfway through the writing of it. You know, we will start as soon as we can once the world opens, you know? Prep will have to resume, and then we’ll start. We know what it is, and it’s cool.” In regards to Picard’s early “dark tone”, as well as Covid-19’s silver-lining, Goldsman explained ”I kept saying, ‘They’re reviewing the first act of a movie.’ The first act of a movie is always dark. If you stopped It’s a Wonderful Life at the bridge, it’s a really dark movie! Because fundamentally in a longform narrative, it’s a redemption story, it’s a healing story, it has to be bad at the beginning so it gets good at the end, otherwise there’s nothing to fix. So we’re in this weird world now where we create one narrative object but we dole it out bit by bit, which is fascinating. And can be kind of fun. But what you really want is to be able to refine your setups once you’ve written your payoffs… if in fact you could have the time to write 10 hours first, that would be amazing. And maybe we will.” When asked how many seasons Goldsman foresaw in Picard’s future, he responded ”I mean, I think we have discussed it as both a 3 season show, a 5 season show, a “let’s just keep going forever” show[...]Star Trek: Picard in my view will go as long as Patrick Stewart wants to do it… As I’m sure you know, he was not interested in coming back. And we did a lot of… really good collaborative story breaking and talking and you know and I think he’s particularly delighted in a good way about having come back. And we will rely on that good will until he feels he’s done.” Sir Patrick Lets Loose With CBS This Morning Speaking of Sir Patrick, the “Picard” star had a candid interview with CBS This Morning about his history with Star Trek, Picard, and his daily sonnets. When asked by "CBS This Morning" co-host Tony Dokoupil whether he always aspired to Produce a series, Stewart said ”No. I was too naïve, too new at the game of series television. And I had so much work to do. I mean[...]the first couple of years, I didn't have a life or a social life at all. We'd work a five-day week; 13-, 14-, sometimes 15-hour days, especially towards the end of the week. And Saturday morning, I would allow myself a little sleep in. And then I would do my own laundry, which by the way, I still do. It's an obsession with me.” Stewart was frank about his early days on the TNG set, saying /”I lectured my fellow cast members about some of the fooling around that was going on on the set, and the games that they were playing and the singing and the jokes and the ruining shots. And there was this horrible silence. And it was Denise Crosby who said to me, 'Trick, come on, we gotta have some fun!' And I said, 'We are not here to have fun.' I said that! And that became, you know, a legendary quote, as I progressively got sillier and sillier as the series wore on.” Finally, in regards to Stewart’s charming daily sonnets, Sir Patrick said ”I had no idea what I was saying or what it meant. But there was something in the language” Mike McMahon Tells Us Something About Lower Decks Star Trek’s first animated series since the 70’s is set to air this year, and the buzz is starting to form around the upcoming “Lower Decks”. In the interview from our first story, Akiva Goldsman said ”Lower Decks] literally couldn’t seem funnier to me”. But what does series showrunner and Star Trek super-fan Mike McMahon think? We’re glad you asked! McMahon discussed the series with Slashfilm this week, explaining the premise and structure of the show ”If you’re watching Lower Decks, you’re getting a full Star Trek episode from the perspective of people who are having their own social and emotional stories and their own sci-fi stories, but they just aren’t on the bridge. They don’t have the information the bridge is getting, and they don’t have the responsibility.” McMahon, who was the showrunner on the popular “Rick and Morty”, explained how Lower Decks isn’t a Star Trek skinned version of his previous show ”A big thing that was important to me was figuring out how do we comedically access these characters. How can these characters be funny and not break Star Trek? You can’t have a Morty [from Rick and Morty] in Star Trek. You can’t just have a stupid person in Starfleet, otherwise it breaks the aspirational paradigm of what humanity is like in Starfleet. So our leads are foils for each other, but they’re very much ingrained in Star Trek.” McMahon gave a little flavor to the series main characters, explaining Ensign Beckett Mariner as ”kind of like Captain Kirk if Kirk wasn’t a captain and didn’t have the power. Kirk would follow his gut, and she followers her gut.” and Ensign Brad Boimler as /”so by-the-book and so burdened by following the rules that he can’t follow his gut.” Simon Pegg Tells Us Nothing About Star Trek IV Oh Simon Pegg. How sick you must be of answering questions about Star Trek. But bless your heart - you keep doing it. This week, Collider had the honor of asking Pegg about a possible upcoming movie that he knows very little about. Pegg was asked what he and his castmates knew about an upcoming film, to which he replied ”If [Paramount says], ‘We’d like to do another movie,’ I’m sure we’ll all jump at the chance. I miss those guys, and I love making those films. But I just don’t know. Noah Hawley’s project has been mentioned, and maybe that will happen. I don’t know anything about that. So yeah, I’m as in the dark as everyone else, I’m in the same boat as you guys.” Pegg discussed the more “niche” audience of Trek, when compared to - say - the Marvel Universe, and offered ”the obvious thing to do would be to not go for that massive spectacle, go for something a little bit more restrained in the vein of the original series. Yes, that would be a brilliant thing to do, and I’m sure it probably has been discussed… You specialize a little bit more.” Finally, Pegg may have talked himself out of future Star Trek work, telling Collider ”Maybe TV is a better place for [Star Trek] now. Television has evolved so much. It’s become something which is very much a contemporary, a peer of cinema. It’s simply viewed in a different way. It isn’t a reduced scope anymore. You can still do masses of interesting things, and it can still look modern and not inexpensive. Maybe television is a better format for Star Trek. That’s where it started, you know.” Star Trek Online and Gaming News by Shane Hoover PC: All the Red Alerts All the Red Alerts, all the Red Alerts All the Red Alerts, all the Red Alerts All the Red Alerts, all the Red Alerts All the Red Alerts, now put your shields up If Operation Delta Rising, the Draanuur colony, and the Khitomer-class battlecruiser have taught us anything, it’s the value of collaboration across different cultures towards our common goals. However our less-pleasant galactic neighbors have taken the hint, and are launching a coordinated multi-front offensive across the galaxy. It’s teamwork that makes the existential threat work, I guess. From May 28th at 8 AM Pacific to June 4th at 10 AM Pacific, PC captains will be able to play all five Red Alert Task Force Operations: Borg Red Alert Elachi Red Alert Tholian Red Alert Tzenkethi Red Alert Nakuhl Red Alert Players will receive the normal rewards for each playthrough, and each day’s first completed Red Alert will also grant Daily Event Progress on their account. After receiving five daily progress token players will be able to claim either a Universal Tech Upgrade or Specialization Point grand prize for their account. The grand prize can also be purchased outright on a prorated scale, relative to daily progress made in the event. Players who complete a Red Alert TFO each day after getting the grand prize will receive a dilithium ore bonus, starting at 8,000 and increasing by 1,000 each day. So that there’s no confusion, captains, I want to stress: THERE. ARE. FIVE. ALERTS. Console: Eyyyy, La Sirena From June 2nd at 8 AM Pacific to June 23rd at 10 Pacific, captains on console will have another crack at simultaneous Infinity R&D and Duty Officer Promotions. As usual, during the promotion R&D Packs and Duty Officer Packs purchased from the C-Store and opened will grant either an additional 10 Lobi Crystals or a Special Requisition Choice Pack - Tier 6 Promotional Ship Choice Pack. And this time a new ship is making its console debut in the Ship Choice Pack—the contentiously-named La Sirena T6 Heavy Raider, as seen in Star Trek: Picard. Console: To Hell With Honor Also coming to consoles, from June 2nd through June 23rd, players can assault J’Ula’s moon based shipyards in the “To Hell With Honor” Featured TFO Event. Just like it was on PC, this is a unique TFO featuring space combat over a moon surface map. Destroy J’Ula’s ships before they can join her fleet, and deal with unexpected guests provoked by J’Ula’s Mycelial weapon technology. This featured TFO is part two of the four part Event Campaign on consoles, with each day’s completion rewarding 50 Event Campaign progress points. To see the event rewards, like the DOT-7 Drones last seen on Short Treks, follow the link to STO’s blog in our show notes. Rubberbanding Survey Picture this: you’re tearing across the Park in the Dyson Ground Battlezone like, or because, there won’t be a tomorrow. The Voth are almost done collecting Omega particles, and you’re the only one who can stop them. The V-Rex is in sight, you ready your Orbital Strike—and suddenly you’re 50 meters away, running over the same patch of grass again. And again. And again. And scene. You, mon capitan, have been rubberbanded. Player complaints about lagging in MMOs are as old as MMOs themselves. However Star Trek Online has *allegedly* been more badly-affected than usual recently. On Monday the 25th, the official Star Trek Online Twitter account shared a link to a SurveyMonkey poll, asking players to describe their recent experiences. The poll includes your general geographic location, proxy usage, ISP, and in-game locations you find particularly troublesome. Link in the show notes. PRIORITY ONE ARMADA NEWS Join us for TFO Thursday - each Thursday we team up with other Armada members to earn marks and dilithium. Epsilon Fleet - another Tier V upgrade almost ready to go on cooldown. OTHER GAMING NEWS Star Trek Timelines Events From Thursday May 28 at noon ET to June 1 at noon ET, Star Trek Timelines will feature the Blundering Terror Galaxy Event for the Federation, Ferengi Alliance, and Borg factions. No details for the event narrative have been released but we do have the following key details. The 4-star Professor Scott--Great Scott! [throw toilet paper roll]--will be returning as a featured crew member, joined by the new 5-star crew member Determined Paris and 4-star Grebnedlog. Grebnedlog, for those whose rubber bands may be broken, is the captain of the Pakled ship in the TNG episode "Samaritan Snare." As always, event crew members grant the highest bonuses. However variants of Tom Paris, Montgomery Scott, and crew members with the Thief trait will also make you strong and make your Faction go. The winning Faction may not attain the 24th level of awareness, but they will receive a new 5-star Kira-variant crew member. 20th century science fiction author Kay Eaton, seen in the DS9 episode "Far Beyond the Stars," will be a featured crew member in the next event starting on 06/04.
This week on Priority One --- We trek out Star Trek: Picard's possible series longevity, Sir Patrick's history with Star Trek, Mike McMahon's vision for Lower Decks, and what Simon Pegg knows about the next Trek film - spoiler: it isn't much! In Star Trek Gaming, Star Trek Online goes to Red Alert, takes on rubberbanding, and Star Trek Timelines announces its newest event! Of course, as always, before we wrap up the show, we'll open hailing frequencies for your incoming messages Let us know on social media like Facebook, Twitter, or by visiting our website! This Weeks Community Questions Are: CQ: Do you think Star Trek is better suited for Television, Movies, or is there a place for Trek on both? AND CQ: What's your Star Trek Online Red Alert of choice? Why? TREK IT OUT by Jake Morgan Akiva Goldsman Talks Picard Delays are an inevitability - even more so now, during the pandemic. But with those delays comes anticipation, and sometimes opportunity. At least that's what Star Trek Executive Producer and Oscar winning writer Akiva Goldsman thinks. Last week, Goldsman sat down with Collider to discuss Star Trek: Picard season 2, how quarantine has changed the timetable, and how the delays may be a blessing in disguise. Goldsman discussed those inevitable delays we just discussed, telling Collider ”We were to start shooting in June, which I guarantee you we will not unless the world opens tomorrow. We had broken the season, we were about halfway through the writing of it. You know, we will start as soon as we can once the world opens, you know? Prep will have to resume, and then we'll start. We know what it is, and it's cool.” In regards to Picard's early “dark tone”, as well as Covid-19's silver-lining, Goldsman explained ”I kept saying, ‘They're reviewing the first act of a movie.' The first act of a movie is always dark. If you stopped It's a Wonderful Life at the bridge, it's a really dark movie! Because fundamentally in a longform narrative, it's a redemption story, it's a healing story, it has to be bad at the beginning so it gets good at the end, otherwise there's nothing to fix. So we're in this weird world now where we create one narrative object but we dole it out bit by bit, which is fascinating. And can be kind of fun. But what you really want is to be able to refine your setups once you've written your payoffs… if in fact you could have the time to write 10 hours first, that would be amazing. And maybe we will.” When asked how many seasons Goldsman foresaw in Picard's future, he responded ”I mean, I think we have discussed it as both a 3 season show, a 5 season show, a “let's just keep going forever” show[...]Star Trek: Picard in my view will go as long as Patrick Stewart wants to do it… As I'm sure you know, he was not interested in coming back. And we did a lot of… really good collaborative story breaking and talking and you know and I think he's particularly delighted in a good way about having come back. And we will rely on that good will until he feels he's done.” Sir Patrick Lets Loose With CBS This Morning Speaking of Sir Patrick, the “Picard” star had a candid interview with CBS This Morning about his history with Star Trek, Picard, and his daily sonnets. When asked by "CBS This Morning" co-host Tony Dokoupil whether he always aspired to Produce a series, Stewart said ”No. I was too naïve, too new at the game of series television. And I had so much work to do. I mean[...]the first couple of years, I didn't have a life or a social life at all. We'd work a five-day week; 13-, 14-, sometimes 15-hour days, especially towards the end of the week. And Saturday morning, I would allow myself a little sleep in. And then I would do my own laundry, which by the way, I still do. It's an obsession with me.” Stewart was frank about his early days on the TNG set, saying /”I lectured my fellow cast members about some of the fooling around that was going on on the set, and the games that they were playing and the singing and the jokes and the ruining shots. And there was this horrible silence. And it was Denise Crosby who said to me, 'Trick, come on, we gotta have some fun!' And I said, 'We are not here to have fun.' I said that! And that became, you know, a legendary quote, as I progressively got sillier and sillier as the series wore on.” Finally, in regards to Stewart's charming daily sonnets, Sir Patrick said ”I had no idea what I was saying or what it meant. But there was something in the language” Mike McMahon Tells Us Something About Lower Decks Star Trek's first animated series since the 70's is set to air this year, and the buzz is starting to form around the upcoming “Lower Decks”. In the interview from our first story, Akiva Goldsman said ”Lower Decks] literally couldn't seem funnier to me”. But what does series showrunner and Star Trek super-fan Mike McMahon think? We're glad you asked! McMahon discussed the series with Slashfilm this week, explaining the premise and structure of the show ”If you're watching Lower Decks, you're getting a full Star Trek episode from the perspective of people who are having their own social and emotional stories and their own sci-fi stories, but they just aren't on the bridge. They don't have the information the bridge is getting, and they don't have the responsibility.” McMahon, who was the showrunner on the popular “Rick and Morty”, explained how Lower Decks isn't a Star Trek skinned version of his previous show ”A big thing that was important to me was figuring out how do we comedically access these characters. How can these characters be funny and not break Star Trek? You can't have a Morty [from Rick and Morty] in Star Trek. You can't just have a stupid person in Starfleet, otherwise it breaks the aspirational paradigm of what humanity is like in Starfleet. So our leads are foils for each other, but they're very much ingrained in Star Trek.” McMahon gave a little flavor to the series main characters, explaining Ensign Beckett Mariner as ”kind of like Captain Kirk if Kirk wasn't a captain and didn't have the power. Kirk would follow his gut, and she followers her gut.” and Ensign Brad Boimler as /”so by-the-book and so burdened by following the rules that he can't follow his gut.” Simon Pegg Tells Us Nothing About Star Trek IV Oh Simon Pegg. How sick you must be of answering questions about Star Trek. But bless your heart - you keep doing it. This week, Collider had the honor of asking Pegg about a possible upcoming movie that he knows very little about. Pegg was asked what he and his castmates knew about an upcoming film, to which he replied ”If [Paramount says], ‘We'd like to do another movie,' I'm sure we'll all jump at the chance. I miss those guys, and I love making those films. But I just don't know. Noah Hawley's project has been mentioned, and maybe that will happen. I don't know anything about that. So yeah, I'm as in the dark as everyone else, I'm in the same boat as you guys.” Pegg discussed the more “niche” audience of Trek, when compared to - say - the Marvel Universe, and offered ”the obvious thing to do would be to not go for that massive spectacle, go for something a little bit more restrained in the vein of the original series. Yes, that would be a brilliant thing to do, and I'm sure it probably has been discussed… You specialize a little bit more.” Finally, Pegg may have talked himself out of future Star Trek work, telling Collider ”Maybe TV is a better place for [Star Trek] now. Television has evolved so much. It's become something which is very much a contemporary, a peer of cinema. It's simply viewed in a different way. It isn't a reduced scope anymore. You can still do masses of interesting things, and it can still look modern and not inexpensive. Maybe television is a better format for Star Trek. That's where it started, you know.” Star Trek Online and Gaming News by Shane Hoover PC: All the Red Alerts All the Red Alerts, all the Red Alerts All the Red Alerts, all the Red Alerts All the Red Alerts, all the Red Alerts All the Red Alerts, now put your shields up If Operation Delta Rising, the Draanuur colony, and the Khitomer-class battlecruiser have taught us anything, it's the value of collaboration across different cultures towards our common goals. However our less-pleasant galactic neighbors have taken the hint, and are launching a coordinated multi-front offensive across the galaxy. It's teamwork that makes the existential threat work, I guess. From May 28th at 8 AM Pacific to June 4th at 10 AM Pacific, PC captains will be able to play all five Red Alert Task Force Operations: Borg Red Alert Elachi Red Alert Tholian Red Alert Tzenkethi Red Alert Nakuhl Red Alert Players will receive the normal rewards for each playthrough, and each day's first completed Red Alert will also grant Daily Event Progress on their account. After receiving five daily progress token players will be able to claim either a Universal Tech Upgrade or Specialization Point grand prize for their account. The grand prize can also be purchased outright on a prorated scale, relative to daily progress made in the event. Players who complete a Red Alert TFO each day after getting the grand prize will receive a dilithium ore bonus, starting at 8,000 and increasing by 1,000 each day. So that there's no confusion, captains, I want to stress: THERE. ARE. FIVE. ALERTS. Console: Eyyyy, La Sirena From June 2nd at 8 AM Pacific to June 23rd at 10 Pacific, captains on console will have another crack at simultaneous Infinity R&D and Duty Officer Promotions. As usual, during the promotion R&D Packs and Duty Officer Packs purchased from the C-Store and opened will grant either an additional 10 Lobi Crystals or a Special Requisition Choice Pack - Tier 6 Promotional Ship Choice Pack. And this time a new ship is making its console debut in the Ship Choice Pack—the contentiously-named La Sirena T6 Heavy Raider, as seen in Star Trek: Picard. Console: To Hell With Honor Also coming to consoles, from June 2nd through June 23rd, players can assault J'Ula's moon based shipyards in the “To Hell With Honor” Featured TFO Event. Just like it was on PC, this is a unique TFO featuring space combat over a moon surface map. Destroy J'Ula's ships before they can join her fleet, and deal with unexpected guests provoked by J'Ula's Mycelial weapon technology. This featured TFO is part two of the four part Event Campaign on consoles, with each day's completion rewarding 50 Event Campaign progress points. To see the event rewards, like the DOT-7 Drones last seen on Short Treks, follow the link to STO's blog in our show notes. Rubberbanding Survey Picture this: you're tearing across the Park in the Dyson Ground Battlezone like, or because, there won't be a tomorrow. The Voth are almost done collecting Omega particles, and you're the only one who can stop them. The V-Rex is in sight, you ready your Orbital Strike—and suddenly you're 50 meters away, running over the same patch of grass again. And again. And again. And scene. You, mon capitan, have been rubberbanded. Player complaints about lagging in MMOs are as old as MMOs themselves. However Star Trek Online has *allegedly* been more badly-affected than usual recently. On Monday the 25th, the official Star Trek Online Twitter account shared a link to a SurveyMonkey poll, asking players to describe their recent experiences. The poll includes your general geographic location, proxy usage, ISP, and in-game locations you find particularly troublesome. Link in the show notes. PRIORITY ONE ARMADA NEWS Join us for TFO Thursday - each Thursday we team up with other Armada members to earn marks and dilithium. Epsilon Fleet - another Tier V upgrade almost ready to go on cooldown. OTHER GAMING NEWS Star Trek Timelines Events From Thursday May 28 at noon ET to June 1 at noon ET, Star Trek Timelines will feature the Blundering Terror Galaxy Event for the Federation, Ferengi Alliance, and Borg factions. No details for the event narrative have been released but we do have the following key details. The 4-star Professor Scott--Great Scott! [throw toilet paper roll]--will be returning as a featured crew member, joined by the new 5-star crew member Determined Paris and 4-star Grebnedlog. Grebnedlog, for those whose rubber bands may be broken, is the captain of the Pakled ship in the TNG episode "Samaritan Snare." As always, event crew members grant the highest bonuses. However variants of Tom Paris, Montgomery Scott, and crew members with the Thief trait will also make you strong and make your Faction go. The winning Faction may not attain the 24th level of awareness, but they will receive a new 5-star Kira-variant crew member. 20th century science fiction author Kay Eaton, seen in the DS9 episode "Far Beyond the Stars," will be a featured crew member in the next event starting on 06/04.
This week on Priority One --- We trek out the end of CBS ALL ACCESS, Lower Decks place in the Trek mythos, another possible Kirk recasting, and Intakes! In Star Trek Gaming, Star Trek Online once again teams with Groupees to support the Pop Culture Hero Coalition, more updates to the “Year of Klingon”, and we protect Pahvo in our newest event. Of course, as always, before we wrap up the show, we’ll open hailing frequencies for your incoming messages Let us know on social media like Facebook, Twitter, or by visiting our website! This Weeks Community Questions Are: CQ: CQ: Do you believe the rumor that James Cannavale will be the next Kirk? Do you like the casting, or is there someone else you’d prefer? AND CQ: What did you think of the Khitomer map updates shared by Star Trek Online? TREK IT OUT by Jake Morgan ViacomCBS Rebranding The end of CBS ALL ACCESS is near! But not really. But kind of. But...let’s get to the story! On Thursday, ViacomCBS CEO Bob Bakish told investors there would be big changes to the companies Over the Top VOD service - CBS ALL ACCESS - starting with a rebranding of the subscription based service. So see, it’s sort of the end. But not really - Anyway. Bakish said “major changes coming this summer as we track toward the rebrand and relaunch of a transformed product.”. In addition to the 100 plus movie titles added to the service on Thursday - including Star Trek IV, Generations, First Contact, and Nemesis - All Access programming chief Julie McNamara said in a press release “Expanding CBS All Access’ library of films with these iconic titles from Paramount Pictures is just one of the many ways we’re integrating the phenomenal catalog of IP available to us within the ViacomCBS family” But movies aren’t the only changes coming to the soon-to-be-artist-formally-known-as-CBS ALL ACCESS. ViacomCBS promises to leverage several of its broadcast properties on the service as well, including Nickelodeon, MTV, Comedy Central, BET, Smithsonian, and Paramount Network. Bar Rescue 24-7! No firm details were given about release date or price changes, but we’ll be keeping our sensors set to full. Stay tuned! Lower Decks is On-Track For it’s Unannounced Premiere Mike McMahon is a busy man. This week, the former Rick and Morty showrunner launched a new animated series on Hulu - Solar Opposites - and sat down with Inverse to promote the show. During the interview, McMahon spoke a bit about his next project, Star Trek: Lower Decks. McMahon gave the vaguest of vague answers when talking about the shows release, saying “I can't give you a specific answer on when that's coming out, but we’re still working on it and we're on track for when we have planned, which is this year”.. The TNG Season 8 creator did open up a bit about where the show fits in the mythos, though, saying “It was important to me that if you know everything about Star Trek and you watch this show then it fits into Canon and doesn't break Star Trek. In fact, it grows it. And if you know nothing about Star Trek, then all of the canon in Lower Decks feels like mythological, broad understandable sci-fi stuff. So you can still enjoy Lower Decks even if it's your first Star Trek show.” Kirk in the Rumored Star Trek: Pike? Any and every entertainment gossip site has claimed to “break the story” of an upcoming Star Trek: Pike series, but this week a new - and interesting - rumor has expanded on this story. So… like last week’s discussion about potential acquisitions… this is another headline to take with a grain of salt! Gossip cinema site - The Cinema Spot - claims to have exclusive insider information that the unannounced upcoming Pike series has started casting - wait for it - James Tiberius Kirk. According to the site “CBS All Access is eyeing multiple actors, but sources close to CBS have informed us that the streaming service is very keen on casting Jake Cannavale for the role. He recently held a screentest with Star Trek: Discovery Spock actor Ethan Peck, through Skype”. Through Skype? Really? Skype? Not to be outdone, “We Got This Covered” - which has a long and spotty scoop history - claimed another TOS character was also being recast “we’ve now heard from our sources – the same ones who told us about the Pike spinoff initially and that Discovery has been renewed for five seasons, which has also been confirmed – that Uhura will also feature in the series. We don’t know whether the producers have any actresses in mind for the role yet, but the character will definitely appear on the show.” Star Trek’s Intakes Star Trek fans are a creative bunch. From fanfic to podcast - and everything in between - we sure put our passion to good use. One of those industrious fans, youtube Ryan’s Edits, has taken Star Trek outtakes and put them back into the episode - and it’s even better than it sounds. From Future Imperfect’s high-fives to Guinan’s...unique advice about the holodeck, these bite-sized trek nuggets are a fun distraction. Trekmovie.com has the newest videos imbedded, so follow our link for easy viewing! Star Trek Online and Gaming News by Shane Hoover Groupees Fundraiser Star Trek Online has once again invited players to join in their effort to raise funds for two worthy causes. Along with fellow Cryptic games property Neverwinter, STO has announced several new Groupees bundles for purchase. At the first tier, for just $2.00, players can claim a Heroic Risian Caracal Pet, a Heroic Tribble, and a new player title, Heroic. At the $10 tier, players can claim two T6 ships, the Federation’s Somerville Intel Science Vessel and the KDF’s Batlh Intel Science Vessel, along with 1 Fleet Module. Buyers of the higher tier will also automatically receive the items from Tier 1. Proceeds from the fundraising will be evenly divided between the United Way Bay Area and Chase Masterson’s Pop Culture Hero Coalition. Latest Year of Klingon Updates This week brought us several new insights into the upcoming Klingon content refresh. On the weekly #StovokorSaturday social media post, Ambassador Kael shared a peek at two updated Klingon ship models. One was the B’rel Bird of Prey we were already expecting, and the other was a new model for the K’Tinga battlecruiser. Star Trek Online’s YouTube channel also posted a recording of last week’s Ten Forward Weekly stream. In the 38 minute video, Lead Environment Artist Scot Boyd and Senior Environment Artist Nick Duguid sat down to give players a sneak peek of their updated Klingon ground environments. The discussion focused on the Khitomer map used in the Romulan faction mission “Turning Point”, but the updated resources and textures show the kind of improvements to be expected in other Klingon refreshed environments. To see the video yourself, head over to Star Trek Online’s youtube channel. EVENTS The Infinity Lock Box Returns With The Quark-class Marauder The Infinity Lock Box has returned to Star Trek Online for console players, and brings with it new prizes. The box now includes all prizes previously available in the Kelvin Divergence lock box, such as the T6 Kelvin Heavy Destroyer and the T6 Klingon D7 Heavy Destroyer. There’s also a brand new Tier 6 ship appearing in this Infinity Lock Box rotation, the Tier 6 Ferengi Quark Marauder. We’ve covered the release of this ship back when it arrived on the PC platform, and you can find the link to its full stats in our notes for today’s show. PRIORITY ONE ARMADA NEWS Join us for TFO Thursday - each Thursday we team up with other Armada members to earn marks and dilithium. Epsilon Fleet - another Tier V upgrade almost ready to go on cooldown. OTHER GAMING NEWS Star Trek Timelines Events For those of you who play Star Trek Timelines, you have two events to participate in as of May 14th. The “Caregivers” event features special crew members Amanda Grayson and The Bashirs. There’s also a hybrid event whose first phase is a Faction event featuring Displaced Gabrielle Burnham, Delta Flyer Kim, and Tuskegee Mayweather, along with Pilot crew. Phase 2 will be a Galaxy event following phase 1.
This week on Priority One --- We trek out the end of CBS ALL ACCESS, Lower Decks place in the Trek mythos, another possible Kirk recasting, and Intakes! In Star Trek Gaming, Star Trek Online once again teams with Groupees to support the Pop Culture Hero Coalition, more updates to the “Year of Klingon”, and we protect Pahvo in our newest event. Of course, as always, before we wrap up the show, we'll open hailing frequencies for your incoming messages Let us know on social media like Facebook, Twitter, or by visiting our website! This Weeks Community Questions Are: CQ: CQ: Do you believe the rumor that James Cannavale will be the next Kirk? Do you like the casting, or is there someone else you'd prefer? AND CQ: What did you think of the Khitomer map updates shared by Star Trek Online? TREK IT OUT by Jake Morgan ViacomCBS Rebranding The end of CBS ALL ACCESS is near! But not really. But kind of. But...let's get to the story! On Thursday, ViacomCBS CEO Bob Bakish told investors there would be big changes to the companies Over the Top VOD service - CBS ALL ACCESS - starting with a rebranding of the subscription based service. So see, it's sort of the end. But not really - Anyway. Bakish said “major changes coming this summer as we track toward the rebrand and relaunch of a transformed product.”. In addition to the 100 plus movie titles added to the service on Thursday - including Star Trek IV, Generations, First Contact, and Nemesis - All Access programming chief Julie McNamara said in a press release “Expanding CBS All Access' library of films with these iconic titles from Paramount Pictures is just one of the many ways we're integrating the phenomenal catalog of IP available to us within the ViacomCBS family” But movies aren't the only changes coming to the soon-to-be-artist-formally-known-as-CBS ALL ACCESS. ViacomCBS promises to leverage several of its broadcast properties on the service as well, including Nickelodeon, MTV, Comedy Central, BET, Smithsonian, and Paramount Network. Bar Rescue 24-7! No firm details were given about release date or price changes, but we'll be keeping our sensors set to full. Stay tuned! Lower Decks is On-Track For it's Unannounced Premiere Mike McMahon is a busy man. This week, the former Rick and Morty showrunner launched a new animated series on Hulu - Solar Opposites - and sat down with Inverse to promote the show. During the interview, McMahon spoke a bit about his next project, Star Trek: Lower Decks. McMahon gave the vaguest of vague answers when talking about the shows release, saying “I can't give you a specific answer on when that's coming out, but we're still working on it and we're on track for when we have planned, which is this year”.. The TNG Season 8 creator did open up a bit about where the show fits in the mythos, though, saying “It was important to me that if you know everything about Star Trek and you watch this show then it fits into Canon and doesn't break Star Trek. In fact, it grows it. And if you know nothing about Star Trek, then all of the canon in Lower Decks feels like mythological, broad understandable sci-fi stuff. So you can still enjoy Lower Decks even if it's your first Star Trek show.” Kirk in the Rumored Star Trek: Pike? Any and every entertainment gossip site has claimed to “break the story” of an upcoming Star Trek: Pike series, but this week a new - and interesting - rumor has expanded on this story. So… like last week's discussion about potential acquisitions… this is another headline to take with a grain of salt! Gossip cinema site - The Cinema Spot - claims to have exclusive insider information that the unannounced upcoming Pike series has started casting - wait for it - James Tiberius Kirk. According to the site “CBS All Access is eyeing multiple actors, but sources close to CBS have informed us that the streaming service is very keen on casting Jake Cannavale for the role. He recently held a screentest with Star Trek: Discovery Spock actor Ethan Peck, through Skype”. Through Skype? Really? Skype? Not to be outdone, “We Got This Covered” - which has a long and spotty scoop history - claimed another TOS character was also being recast “we've now heard from our sources – the same ones who told us about the Pike spinoff initially and that Discovery has been renewed for five seasons, which has also been confirmed – that Uhura will also feature in the series. We don't know whether the producers have any actresses in mind for the role yet, but the character will definitely appear on the show.” Star Trek's Intakes Star Trek fans are a creative bunch. From fanfic to podcast - and everything in between - we sure put our passion to good use. One of those industrious fans, youtube Ryan's Edits, has taken Star Trek outtakes and put them back into the episode - and it's even better than it sounds. From Future Imperfect's high-fives to Guinan's...unique advice about the holodeck, these bite-sized trek nuggets are a fun distraction. Trekmovie.com has the newest videos imbedded, so follow our link for easy viewing! Star Trek Online and Gaming News by Shane Hoover Groupees Fundraiser Star Trek Online has once again invited players to join in their effort to raise funds for two worthy causes. Along with fellow Cryptic games property Neverwinter, STO has announced several new Groupees bundles for purchase. At the first tier, for just $2.00, players can claim a Heroic Risian Caracal Pet, a Heroic Tribble, and a new player title, Heroic. At the $10 tier, players can claim two T6 ships, the Federation's Somerville Intel Science Vessel and the KDF's Batlh Intel Science Vessel, along with 1 Fleet Module. Buyers of the higher tier will also automatically receive the items from Tier 1. Proceeds from the fundraising will be evenly divided between the United Way Bay Area and Chase Masterson's Pop Culture Hero Coalition. Latest Year of Klingon Updates This week brought us several new insights into the upcoming Klingon content refresh. On the weekly #StovokorSaturday social media post, Ambassador Kael shared a peek at two updated Klingon ship models. One was the B'rel Bird of Prey we were already expecting, and the other was a new model for the K'Tinga battlecruiser. Star Trek Online's YouTube channel also posted a recording of last week's Ten Forward Weekly stream. In the 38 minute video, Lead Environment Artist Scot Boyd and Senior Environment Artist Nick Duguid sat down to give players a sneak peek of their updated Klingon ground environments. The discussion focused on the Khitomer map used in the Romulan faction mission “Turning Point”, but the updated resources and textures show the kind of improvements to be expected in other Klingon refreshed environments. To see the video yourself, head over to Star Trek Online's youtube channel. EVENTS The Infinity Lock Box Returns With The Quark-class Marauder The Infinity Lock Box has returned to Star Trek Online for console players, and brings with it new prizes. The box now includes all prizes previously available in the Kelvin Divergence lock box, such as the T6 Kelvin Heavy Destroyer and the T6 Klingon D7 Heavy Destroyer. There's also a brand new Tier 6 ship appearing in this Infinity Lock Box rotation, the Tier 6 Ferengi Quark Marauder. We've covered the release of this ship back when it arrived on the PC platform, and you can find the link to its full stats in our notes for today's show. PRIORITY ONE ARMADA NEWS Join us for TFO Thursday - each Thursday we team up with other Armada members to earn marks and dilithium. Epsilon Fleet - another Tier V upgrade almost ready to go on cooldown. OTHER GAMING NEWS Star Trek Timelines Events For those of you who play Star Trek Timelines, you have two events to participate in as of May 14th. The “Caregivers” event features special crew members Amanda Grayson and The Bashirs. There's also a hybrid event whose first phase is a Faction event featuring Displaced Gabrielle Burnham, Delta Flyer Kim, and Tuskegee Mayweather, along with Pilot crew. Phase 2 will be a Galaxy event following phase 1.
"Birthright Part I and II" Worf and Data are both in search of their father in the season six episode "Birthright Part I and Part II". Data learns that his father created a dreaming program in hopes that he will learn more about humanity. Worf learns how to be a teacher of Klingon culture to a new generation of Klingons captured by Romulans from the Khitomer attack. In this episode of Earl Grey, hosts Joe Keegan and Amy Nelson are joined by special guest Pierre LaRocco to discuss the parallel storylines of Worf and Data in search of their fathers. Both characters must learn about themselves in order to bring closure to their own father's life. We discuss the importance of dreams and our own personal family histories. Chapters Intro (00:00:00) Listener Feedback (00:05:46) Welcome, Pierre! (00:09:43) "Birthright" (00:10:55) Data's Experience (00:12:04) Worf's News (00:19:40) Worf & Data's Interaction (00:24:22) Final Thoughts (00:50:27) Closing (00:54:52) Running Time 1 hour 0 minutes 2 seconds Hosts Joe Keegan. Amy Nelson Guests Pierre LaRocco Production Joe Keegan (Editor and Producer) Amy Nelson (Producer) Tony Robinson (Producer) C Bryan Jones (Executive Producer) Matthew Rushing (Executive Producer) Ken Tripp (Executive Producer) Norman C. Lao (Associate Producer) Michael E Hueter (Associate Producer) Thomas Appel (Associate Producer) Justin Oser (Associate Producer) Chris Tribuzio (Associate Producer) Joe Keegan (Associate Producer) Jim McMahon (Associate Producer) Richard Marquez (Production Manager) Tony Robinson (Show Art)
"Birthright Part I and II" Worf and Data are both in search of their father in the season six episode "Birthright Part I and Part II". Data learns that his father created a dreaming program in hopes that he will learn more about humanity. Worf learns how to be a teacher of Klingon culture to a new generation of Klingons captured by Romulans from the Khitomer attack. In this episode of Earl Grey, hosts Joe Keegan and Amy Nelson are joined by special guest Pierre LaRocco to discuss the parallel storylines of Worf and Data in search of their fathers. Both characters must learn about themselves in order to bring closure to their own father's life. We discuss the importance of dreams and our own personal family histories. Chapters Intro (00:00:00) Listener Feedback (00:05:46) Welcome, Pierre! (00:09:43) "Birthright" (00:10:55) Data's Experience (00:12:04) Worf's News (00:19:40) Worf & Data's Interaction (00:24:22) Final Thoughts (00:50:27) Closing (00:54:52) Running Time 1 hour 0 minutes 2 seconds Hosts Joe Keegan. Amy Nelson Guests Pierre LaRocco Production Joe Keegan (Editor and Producer) Amy Nelson (Producer) Tony Robinson (Producer) C Bryan Jones (Executive Producer) Matthew Rushing (Executive Producer) Ken Tripp (Executive Producer) Norman C. Lao (Associate Producer) Michael E Hueter (Associate Producer) Thomas Appel (Associate Producer) Justin Oser (Associate Producer) Chris Tribuzio (Associate Producer) Joe Keegan (Associate Producer) Jim McMahon (Associate Producer) Richard Marquez (Production Manager) Tony Robinson (Show Art)
News Picard is not age appropriate Lower Decks is canon Characters are fans of Data and Janeway Not good for 5 year olds Room for 90s cameos 10 episodes, 30m each Autobiography of Janeway coming out Art of Discovery coming out Ten Forward: Chris on Twitter: Do u think the viewing audience could have related better to how far TOS was in the future if the Gregorian calendar was used instead of Stardates (which to me was confusing and inconsistent)? Star Trek in pop culture: Who invented the Klingon language? Mark Okrand tells us. Last week in Trek Episode insight: TNG: Sins of the Father Character insight - Rebecca Romjin
When changelings bomb a diplomatic conference, Ben Sisko heads to Earth to try to prevent a war. But when it turns out his own father looks like Admiral Cartwright, the Khitomer vibes really get out of control. Is Dax prank-flirting with Odo? Is religion a good topic of conversation for the workplace? How did they convince the assholes to leave Earth? It's the episode that can't decide whether it's grieving or doing bits. Follow The Game of Buttholes: The Will of the Prophets! Support the production of The Greatest Generation.
Brrrrrr! The Winter of Star Trek & Our Discontent is COLD!!!!! But the fires of a fantastic original series movie will keep us warm! The guys are joined by Barm to talk about Bones & Kirk being enslaved, Thanksgiving dinner on the Enterprise, racism in the Federation, the Khitomer accords, and the confusing different versions of this movie. The excitement is palpable for this Country, and Jack, Sam, Kevin, and Barm go on an epic trek to Discover it. Be on the lookout for a couple old favorites and new classic songs, including yet ANOTHER new song based on an Odo pun (strangely enough). You won’t want to miss our long Trek-based discussions that are as ridiculous as they are insightful. Is this our favorite Star Trek movie? Tune in to see!
A trio of the shuttle pod crew (Kayla, Brian, and Matt) beamed in to discuss the newest episode of Star Trek: Discovery, “Choose Your Pain.” Star Trek: Discovery Season 1, Episode 5 – Debuted Sunday October 15th Written by Kemp Powers Directed by Lee Rose The Shuttle Pod crew all felt like the the fifth episode was a strong entry, and one of the most satisfying as far as plot structure goes. We learn the fate of our new pal Ripper the tardigrade, follow Burnham as she fights the good fight on Ripper’s behalf, butts heads with acting captain Saru, and in the second plot line, we learn new facts about Lorca, and we get to meet Harry Mudd as brought to life by Rainn Wilson, who the Shuttle Pod crew all really liked. Also we speculate on what that creepy second Stamets in the mirror means. Listen in to hear our thoughts on the latest installment of the Star Trek franchise! That’s Some Good Fan Service We agreed that the fan service this week was nicely done, with an excellent look at the Klingon/Federation bordering areas on a map filled with goodies like Space Station K-7, Rura Penthe and even Khitomer (hiding at the top, partially cut off). The list of decorated Starfleet captains including not just the obvious captains who had their own shows, but also Matthew Decker (who would soon become Commodore, and we’ll see in TOS “The Doomsday Machine”), and it pulled Robert April out of the grey-area of canon to make him totally official.
Standard Orbit 174: Battle of the Battles Battle of the Mutara Nebula Vs. Battle of Khitomer Star Trek was never about big space battles but the movies, as well as the series, had some pretty intense skirmishes. In this week's Standard Orbit: we look at two big battles from the TOS movie timeline: TWOK's Battle of the Mutara Nebula and TUC's Battle of Khitomer. Zach Moore is still off filming in an undisclosed location. Earl Grey's Richard Marquez joins me to discuss these two exciting scenes and compare the differences in approach, scale, tactics, and outcome. We talk about a possible different scenario for the Battle of Khitomer as well. We hope you enjoy this week's episode of Standard Orbit and share your insights and opinions on the Babel Conference. Hosts Ken Tripp and Richard Marquez Feature Welcome to Standard Orbit! (00:01:08) The "Star" of Earl Grey (00:01:56) Letter from Brad (00:03:02) Battle of the battles (00:07:15) Mutara Nebula (00:08:56) A take on the fight (00:18:00) Reliant vs. Enterprise (00:21:10) The Undiscovered Country (00:25:05) The Flaws (00:29:20) Sulu takes one for the team (00:37:00) Previously on Trek.fm (00:50:20) Thank You for Listening to Standard Orbit (00:57:00) Production Zach Moore (Producer) Ken Tripp (Editor and Producer) C Bryan Jones (Executive Producer) Matthew Rushing (Executive Producer) Ken Tripp (Executive Producer) Renee Roberts (Associate Producer) Norman C. Lao (Associate Producer) Aaron Harvey (Associate Producer) Nicolas Anastassiou (Associate Producer) Tim Robertson (Associate Producer) Richard Marquez (Associate Producer) Corey Elrod (Associate Producer) Richard Marquez (Production Manager) Brandon-Shea Mutala (Patreon Manager) Send us your feedback! Twitter: @trekfm Facebook: http://facebook.com/trekfm Voicemail: http://www.speakpipe.com/trekfm Contact Form: http://www.trek.fm/contact Visit the Trek.fm website at http://trek.fm/ Subscribe in iTunes: http://itunes.com/trekfm Support the Network! Become a Trek.fm Patron on Patreon and help us keep our shows coming to you every week. We have great perks for you at http://patreon.com/trekfm Sponsor Audible is the premiere source for audiobooks with more than 150,000 titles to choose from, and new titles coming every week. From classics to current bestsellers, and even some of the most famous Star Trek books like Prime Directive, Federation, and Spock’s World, Audible has something for everyone. As a Trek.fm listener you can get a free audiobook of your choice along with a 30-day trial to see just how great Audible is. So give it a try today, catch up on all those classic Star Trek books you’ve yet to read or that latest novel from you favorite author and support the network and our programming at the same time! Release Date Monday, May 22, 2017 Duration 58 Minutes 18 Seconds File Size 40.0 MB 42,014,117bytes
Worf hears the worst news he could imagine: that his father is alive and well on a Romulan prison planet. He sets off to investigate what became of the Klingons who survived the Khitomer massacre and discovers those prisoners may not want to be freed. Meanwhile, Data is having daddy issues of his own. A power surge causes his positronic brain to start vividly dreaming about the late Dr. Soong, and it seems that where theres smoke, there's a bird! Birthright Parts I and II on this week's Mission Log. Tell us about your dreams! On Facebook: On Twitter: On Skype: missionlogpod On the phone: (323) 522-5641 Online: We may use your comments on a future episode of Mission Log.
Worf hears the worst news he could imagine: that his father is alive and well on a Romulan prison planet. He sets off to investigate what became of the Klingons who survived the Khitomer massacre and discovers those prisoners may not want to be freed. Meanwhile, Data is having daddy issues of his own. A power surge causes his positronic brain to start vividly dreaming about the late Dr. Soong, and it seems that where theres smoke, there's a bird! Birthright Parts I and II on this week's Mission Log. Tell us about your dreams! On Facebook: On Twitter: On Skype: missionlogpod On the phone: (323) 522-5641 Online: We may use your comments on a future episode of Mission Log.
Worf hears the worst news he could imagine: that his father is alive and well on a Romulan prison planet. He sets off to investigate what became of the Klingons who survived the Khitomer massacre and discovers those prisoners may not want to be freed. Meanwhile, Data is having daddy issues of his own. A power surge causes his positronic brain to start vividly dreaming about the late Dr. Soong, and it seems that where theres smoke, there's a bird! Birthright Parts I and II on this week's Mission Log. Tell us about your dreams! On Facebook: On Twitter: On Skype: missionlogpod On the phone: (323) 522-5641 Online: We may use your comments on a future episode of Mission Log.
Kicking off Jackercon 2016, the most wacky crew of the Enterprise has ever had is called to Khitomer to settle a dispute... and promptly makes things worse.
Megan and Charlie tackle the galaxy's only known knife-fight based culture, The Klingon Empire. K'Ehleyr sings us songs of Klingon and Earthly love, Worf's life choices are examined, and Gowron's eyeballs are celebrated. All this and more when you Set Phasers to Fun!You learn all about K'Ehleyr herself, Suzie Plakson, on her website, SuziePlakson.com, and you can get her album hereK'plah! --- Support this podcast: https://anchor.fm/set-phasers-to-fun/support
Die sechste Staffel von Star Trek: The Next Generation hinterlässt bei den drei Trekcastern gemischte Gefühle. In dieser Folge sprechen wir exemplarisch über den Besuch von Scotty auf der Enterprise-D, über ein besonderes Wiedersehen mit Q und die Suche Worfs nach möglichen Überlebenden von Khitomer. Wie finden wir das einzige Crossover von TNG mit DS9? […] Der Beitrag Trekcast #031 – Die sechste TNG-Staffel auf Blu-ray erschien zuerst auf Trekcast - Der Star Trek Podcast.
Prophecy. It took Voyager seven seasons to make her way across the Delta Quadrant, and during that time we were teased with Klingons on occasion. There were holographic Klingons, Klingon Borg, a vivid dream about Klingons, and even a photograph of a Klingon. But for the real thing we had to wait until near the end of the seven-year journey. Finally, Janeway and her crew crossed paths with real warriors—three generations removed—and a little old-school pre-Khitomer action was served up. Oh… and Neelix got lucky, too. In this episode of The Ready Room we're joined by Larry Nemecek, who penned the original story, to talk about “Prophecy” and the long and winding road that finally led to the story of B'Elanna and Tom's magical baby. In news we cover Levar Burton and J.J. Abrams at Apple's WWDC 2012, Television Critics Association Awards nominations for William Shatner and Star Trek: The Original Series, a Gorn appearance in the upcoming Star Trek console game, Mary Czerwinski and Brandi Clark's Glue Guns and Phasers, and lots of news and rumors about the next Star Trek film. Plus we grow enormous mustaches, redesign Starfleet uniforms (for the better), and Greg gets really serious.
It took Voyager seven seasons to make her way across the Delta Quadrant, and during that time we were teased with Klingons on occasion. There were holographic Klingons, Klingon Borg, a vivid dream about Klingons, and even a photograph of a Klingon. But for the real thing we had to wait until near the end of the seven-year journey. Finally, Janeway and her crew crossed paths with real warriors—three generations removed—and a little old-school pre-Khitomer action was served up. Oh… and Neelix got lucky, too. In this episode of The Ready Room we’re joined by Larry Nemecek, who penned the original story, to talk about “Prophecy” and the long and winding road that finally led to the story of B’Elanna and Tom’s magical baby. In news we cover Levar Burton and J.J. Abrams at Apple’s WWDC 2012, Television Critics Association Awards nominations for William Shatner and Star Trek: The Original Series, a Gorn appearance in the upcoming Star Trek console game, Mary Czerwinski and Brandi Clark’s Glue Guns and Phasers, and lots of news and rumors about the next Star Trek film. Plus we grow enormous mustaches, redesign Starfleet uniforms (for the better), and Greg gets really serious. Originally published as The Ready Room 52: Klingon Love Machine God.
It’s our quick guide to Star Trek Online Khitomer Accord special task force. Plus, we welcome Season 5 aboard and sum up the major points of this game update, and cover some of the big community changes in the past week. And a special look ahead and next week’s special episode!
It’s our quick guide to Star Trek Online Khitomer Accord special task force. Plus, we welcome Season 5 aboard and sum up the major points of this game update, and cover some of the big community changes in the past week. And a special look ahead and next week’s special episode!
We’re back with part three of our STF guide, this time we arm you with our tips and tricks to beat STO’s Khitomer Accord Special Task Force! Plus we’ll cover the latest changes in Season 4, the latest with the Enterprise F, and spend some love coins on the Klingons this week! And much, much more!
We’re back with part three of our STF guide, this time we arm you with our tips and tricks to beat STO’s Khitomer Accord Special Task Force! Plus we’ll cover the latest changes in Season 4, the latest with the Enterprise F, and spend some love coins on the Klingons this week! And much, much more!
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