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To Boldly Go..ing going GONE! Welcome back for another Star Trek centric episode of The Galactic Driftwood Podcast! Look, we here on the fine ship, the U.S.S. Galactic Driftwood love us some Star Trek. I know, I know, shocking, but here we are. This week, we're going to talk about plenty of new Star Trek news and new projects ... but we're also going to be talking about an existential danger to everything we hold dear ... The Skydance Merger! What's going on? What's happening now (two weeks ago)? Will there be more Star Trek? Probably! But you should tune in to find out! Live long, and prosper!

To Boldly Go | Behind The Book | Calgary Business Welcome to Behind the Book! In this episode, host Heather Andrews welcomes Adam Kolozetti from Enta Solutions back to discuss the theme "To Boldly Go" in business, life, and relationships. Adam shares his journey of writing his chapter in the book "Culture Revolution," reflecting on the importance of workplace culture and the creative process behind his upcoming projects. They explore how writing can serve as a tool for personal and professional growth, the power of connection, and the impact of creating positive work environments for future generations. Tune in to hear Adam's insights on making a difference, empowering readers, and his vision for the future of business culture. Don't miss this inspiring conversation and learn where to find Adam and his work online. Keep turning those pages, and we'll see you next time! Don't miss out—tune in now! About our Guest: Adam's alternate title at ENTA Solutions is The Culture Ninja. His passion is helping small businesses excel by creating an engaging company culture. Adam's goal is to help your team achieve clarity of purpose and wholeheartedly commit to your company's values and vision. Connect with Adam on LinkedIn https://www.linkedin.com/in/adam-kolozetti #yycbusiness #BehindTheBook #EntaSolutions #Author #TheFinalFrontier Heather is a published author who brought her story of rediscovery and realization of a deeper, personal identity to readers in the ‘top ten' best seller “Obstacles Equal Opportunities”. She now runs her own publishing company applying her own experience to helping others bring their stories to the world via book writing. Connect with Heather on LinkedIn at: https://www.linkedin.com/in/andrewsheather Behind the Book is about the story that everyone has, and how you can share that story in writing. Heather interviews author's about how their experiences have inspired their readers. Bringing her understanding of what is relatable and relevant and a resource to someone else. While the authors talk about their expertise, and their story and voice. To be our Next Guest on scroll down to the sign-up form. | Behind the Book is also the ideal choice to showcase the life and business lessons that you have captured in your book. Promote your story on Behind the Book and: Reach a global audience via the YYC Business website and the MegaPixxMedia YouTube channel. Gain additional viewers of your Behind the Book episodes through free publication on YYC Calgary Business social media platforms. Download your Behind the Book episode to your personal and company social media pages. Filmed and edited by ENTA Solutions https://www.entasolutions.org

Anthony and Laurie start by remembering Discovery actor Ken Mitchell who passed away earlier this week. The podcasters then go over the latest news, including a Paramount business update, a deep dive into the new Discovery season 5 trailer, and Aaron Bossig’s Star Trek: The Cruise logs. Then it’s an extended interview with writer, producer, and podcaster Mark Altman, starting with the Inglorious Treksperts podcast celebrating its 300th episode this week where the Treksperts talk Star Trek III with special guests Picard showrunner Terry Matalas, Fox president Steve Asbell, and Marvel president Kevin Feige. We also cover Mark’s upcoming Star Trek locations documentary (To Boldly Go), his excitement about working with Jonathan Frakes on the new sci-fi show Deathlands, and his thoughts on the future of the Trek franchise. Things wrap up with our bits of the week: Trekkies saving democracy and an analysis of Trek’s horniest episodes. Here is a breakdown of this week’s pod: 00:36 Remembering Ken Mitchell 03:19 Star Trek news of the week 21:04 Mark Altman interview 1:28:34 Trek bits of the week visit HTTP://TREKMOVIE.COM for more details and links and to comment on this week’s episode

Anthony and Laurie start by remembering Discovery actor Ken Mitchell who passed away earlier this week. The podcasters then go over the latest news, including a Paramount business update, a deep dive into the new Discovery season 5 trailer, and Aaron Bossig’s Star Trek: The Cruise logs. Then it’s an extended interview with writer, producer, and podcaster Mark Altman, starting with the Inglorious Treksperts podcast celebrating its 300th episode this week where the Treksperts talk Star Trek III with special guests Picard showrunner Terry Matalas, Fox president Steve Asbell, and Marvel president Kevin Feige. We also cover Mark’s upcoming Star Trek locations documentary (To Boldly Go), his excitement about working with Jonathan Frakes on the new sci-fi show Deathlands, and his thoughts on the future of the Trek franchise. Things wrap up with our bits of the week: Trekkies saving democracy and an analysis of Trek’s horniest episodes. Here is a breakdown of this week’s pod: 00:36 Remembering Ken Mitchell 03:19 Star Trek news of the week 21:04 Mark Altman interview 1:28:34 Trek bits of the week visit HTTP://TREKMOVIE.COM for more details and links and to comment on this week’s episode

To Boldly Go to a Galaxy Far, Far Away. BigJ talks to Dan Madsen on running the fan clubs for the 2 Science Fiction juggernauts. --- Support this podcast: https://podcasters.spotify.com/pod/show/beyondtrekpodcast/support

Prepare to laugh y'all!!! "cause we be giggling with Black joy!! In this episode with Children's Author Angela Dalton, we delve into her impactful works, including "If You Look Up to the Stars," "Ruby's Reunion Day Dinner," "Show The World," and "To Boldly Go." Angela highlights the vital significance of representation in literature, emphasizing the value of culturally authentic narratives, especially in books that touch on themes like hair. She passionately discusses the power of having stories delivered by individuals who authentically embody the culture they're portraying. Angela recalls her own hair memories while growing up Black in predominantly white institutions, shedding light on the challenges and beauty of those experiences, including being a Black Debutante!! We discuss on the CROWN Act and the purpose behind it. To learn more about and support Angela Dalton's work, you can visit her website ⁠angeladalton.com⁠ and take action by signing the CROWN Act ⁠https://www.thecrownact.com/⁠ --- Send in a voice message: https://podcasters.spotify.com/pod/show/forallhairtypes/message Support this podcast: https://podcasters.spotify.com/pod/show/forallhairtypes/support

Today, we're looking at the final episode of Star Trek Continues. "To Boldly Go. Part 2." So how does this episode hold up against other series finales such as "All Good Things" and "What You Leave Behind". And how well does this episode tie together Star Trek: The Original Series and Star Trek: The Motion Picture. There's a lot to talk about, including some cool stories shared with me by director James Kerwin. Audio Player control at bottom of page. ----more---- Transcript Welcome to Nerd Heaven. I'm Adam David Collings, the author of Jewel of The Stars. And I am a Nerd. This is episode 107 of the podcast. Today, we're talking about the final episode of Star Trek Continues. “To Boldly Go, Part 2.” bringing our coverage of this show to a close.   The description on IMDB reads The iconic mission of the U.S.S. Enterprise comes to an end, as Kirk and his crew battle the ultimate adversary.   This teleplay was written by Robert J. Sawyer and James Kerwin. With story by Vic Mignogna, Robert J. Sawyer and James Kerwin. It was directed by James Kerwin And it first aired on the 13th of November 2017.   We pick up in a very tense situation from last episode's great cliffhanger. Kirk is unwilling to relinquish his bridge. He, Spock, and Uhura all try to fight back. To no avail. Even the security officer's phasers are useless against Lana's powers.   And then the big surprise twist happens. Smith's eyes go silver. She is uplifted as well. This was nicely foreshadowed in the last episode where they mentioned that she was holding Garry's hand when they passed through the barrier. I felt then, that she was holding something back. She uses the same lightning force powers that Lana was using. We saw Gary Mitchel and Elizabeth Denher use them in “Where No Man Has Gone Before”. She forces Lana and Sentek to retreat to the Kongo.   So … it seems Smith wasn't quite so unaffected as she claimed. I think this is a very cool development. But it raises a lot of questions. Where does Smith sit in the esper scale? Has she always been affected, but has been hiding it, or have her powers only just now manifested. And if so, why?   Kirk asks security to escort her to sickbay. At first, she's taken aback. After all, she's one of the good guys right. She helped them against Lana. But after a moment of thought, she relents. It's probably a good idea. She understands the potential threat she represents. She sees things from Kirk's point of view. Maybe she'd even do the same thing in his place. She voluntarily goes with security.   The big question is, why are they just sitting there. Why have they not destroyed the Enterprise and her crew? McCoy has the answer. It takes time for uplifted  espers to grow in their powers. Perhaps they're biding their time until they all reach full strength.   Bones has a medical defence that might help with the illusions. Scotty recommends keeping their distance as the espers don't have unlimited range with their powers. The Kongo's engines are offline. The crew must have shut it off before they were overpowered. Maybe the espers don't know how to get them going again.   Kirk hasn't slept for two days. McCoy doesn't argue. Usually Kirk would be wrong, but not this time. He needs to keep going. I'm not sure McCoy is right, actually. As Riker says in Best of Both Worlds, you can't fight the enemy at the same time you're fighting your own fatigue. Lack of sleep impairs human decision making. I know my mind is absolutely useless after putting in a day of work, and Kirk has been going much longer than that. Yes, the situation is critical, but for the moment, it's quiet, This might be the perfect time for Kirk to catch 30 minutes of sleep while the enemy regroups. Of course, there's a lot to accomplish while they have this time. Coming up with defences, a plan of some sort. There are no good or easy answers, which is probably why McCoy is not arguing with him.   In five years, 73 people have died under Kirk's command. He remembers the exact number. Of course he would.   McCoy says “we'll stop them” but that's not the point. “At what cost, Doctor?” Kirk asks. That's what's really on his mind. It's fitting for Kirk to reflect back on the cost of his five year mission as it's nearing its end. Especially at a moment like this, when it looks like that cost is about to skyrocket. But there's more to it, as we'll soon discover.   McKenna goes to see Smith. Everyone is afraid of her. Understandably. Contact with Gary, at the time of his uplifting left some residual energy in her. She didn't uplift at the time, probably because she doesn't have the psi rating necessary. But her proximity to the barrier now has reactivated that residual energy enough to uplift her.   Smith has developed telepathy. She can read McKenna's mind. She can feel the power flowing through her, but she claims to not be dangerous. She would never hurt anybody.   But McKenna can't know that for sure. Gary shows early signs of megalomania quite quickly. Denher much less so. She still retained her humanity despite temptation to the contrary. Why?   Was it that Denher was intrinsically a better person? What is because Denher had a lower psi rating than Gary? If that's the case, it looks good for Smith as she seems to have a lower rating still.   So far, it's looking like Smith has a good chance of keeping her humanity long term. But there are no guarantees here. We just just don't know.   Charvanek comes to see Spock. It seems she is still trying to pursue a relationship with him. A relationship he was tempted to enter into in the past, but resisted.   She asks Spock to come with her when her ship departs. The mission of the Enterprise is almost over. His job is complete. It's a logical time to make a change in his life. She tempts him with the promise of unification between Romulans and Vulcans. A promise that will consume him a century from now. But why would a Romulan commander want reunification? She is as he would want her to be, not as she truly is. This is not Charvanek. When Spock resists the illusion, it disappears.   Other illusions are being used against the crew. An order to Checkov to lower shields and head into the barrier. Even Kirk's preoccupation with the deaths of crew under his command.   I'm glad these moments were included. The greatest weapon Lana's espers have is their mental abilities. Their ability to confuse and manipulate the crew of the Enterprise. They should be using it every change they get. Probably a lot more than we see on screen. With that many espers, and so many on board the Enterprise susceptible to them, it's actually a miracle they don't blow up their own ship.   This is one weakness I see in Deep Space Nine, actually. Now DS9 is my favourite of all the Star Trek shows, and I love everything to do with the Dominion War and the changelings. But their greatest strength was not the military might of their ships, or the fighting acumen of the Jem Hadar. Their greatest weapon was the ability to infiltrate the Federation. We saw a little hint of the potential they possessed in Homefront and Paradise Lost. And that was only 4 changelings. They should have used these infiltration tactics a lot more during the war. We know the blood screenings were not entirely effective. The Federation wouldn't have stood a chance.   The reason I bring all this up is just to praise this episode for including these scenes.   The battle begins. The Kongo fires on the Enterprise. The starboard nacelle is damaged. The Romulans join the fight but then move off.   The espers might need a minute to recharge their powers.   The nacelle needs 30 minutes to repair. Kirk orders a risky cold restart. The esper's powers cannot deflect multiple simultaneous strikes. But two vectors will not be enough. Three would do the job, but they don't have a third ship….or do they?   Kirk orders the crew to prepare for a risky procedure. One they have never before attempted. Scotty will re-start the engines. They will separate the saucer from the Stardrive. Spock will command the saucer. Kirk, the secondary hull.   Obviously, this is something that TNG did, but TOS never did.  I was already aware that Gene Roddenberry had intended that the TOS Enterprise be able to separate. They didn't really have the budget to make it a reality until Encounter at Farpoint. What I didn't realise, until it was pointed out by James Kerwin, is that Kirk referred to the process, which they called “Jettisoning”, not “Separating” in two different TOS episodes. “The Apple” and “Savage Curtain”.   Spock points out that it will be very difficult to re-integrate the ship after this. But not impossible I like this approach. It shows that while yes, the original Enterprise COULD separate the two sections, it wasn't a routine operation like on the Enterprise D. It's a last resort. Not necessarily indeed to be undone. Kirk describes it as “jettisoning the stardrive section.” So it's not the same as in TNG.  I like this a lot.   This gives the final episode of Star Trek Continues quite an epic feel. Now they can conduct a three-pronged attack on the Kingo.   And it's working. The Kongo's power is decreasing.   Kirk is commanding the stardrive section from Auxilary control, which was seen from time to time in the original series. The set was built for episode 3 “Fairest of Them All”.  Director James Kerwin shared a story with me. The Auxilary control set was re-assembled for the finale, not having been used in a couple of years. But the buttons and lights on the helm console had deteriorated due to humidity and dust. They no longer worked, and they had to film in two days.   Kermin checked the travel manifest and realised that Grant Imahara, who played Sulu, was flying in that day. Grant was an electrical engineer by trade. Kermin called him on his mobile phone and said “Grant, I'm so sorry, I know you have a day off before you need to film, but could you please come to set now and try to repair the auxiliary control helm console? He gladly did so and made it work beautifully. So when we see Sulu pressing the aux control helm buttons, and the lights on the console flashing, that was Grant's work.   The Kongo hails the Enterprise. We hear some ominous music. Music that is very reminiscent of the score from Star Trek The Motion Picture. A very nice touch.   This episode was the third time Andy Farber wrote and recorded original music for the show. Starting to integrate some themes from The Motion Picture was a deliberate charge from Mignongna to Farber. This episode is, afterall, the missing gap between TOS and TMP. A handing of the torch. What he did was incredible. He weaved these different styles of music together in an impressive and wonderful way. You hear it clearly during the saucer separation.   What made this extra special was the inclusion of Craig Huxley. This man has deep connections to Star Trek. He played Peter James Kirk - the nephew of James Kirk, and also appeared in the episode “and the children shall lead.” He invented a very unique musical instrument that featured heavily in the score of Star Trek The Motion Picture. The blaster beam. The longest stringed instrument ever. You probably know what I'm talking about. The score for TMP had these deep resonant sounds like nothing you've heard before or since. Those sounds came from this unique instrument. Jerry Goldsmith discovered this instrument and wanted to use it in his score. It was also used in Star Trek 2 and 3, and even Back to The future and Alien. I was surprised to hear that, because to me, those sounds are uniquely synonymous with The Motion Picture.   They brought Huxley back to perform some blaster box for the score of this episode, and man does it make a difference. It impacts me on such an emotional level, because of the link to The Motion Picture.   The Kongo's original crew, including their captain, are alive in the cargo bay. Lana is going to use them as leverage to negotiate.   They want McKenna to beam aboard the Kongo, in exchange for the Kongo's captain. If she doesn't they'll decompress the hanger deck. It's a classic prisoner exchange, like in Generations. But who will it benefit most? McKenna is willing to go. Sentek gives only one minute. Spock tries to contact Kirk but Uhura can't get through the interference.   McKenna is trained in mediation. She can find a way to a win-win situation.   Spock is in command. He has to make a decision. This could be a deception. The Kongo crew may not even be there. McKenna urges Spock to listen to his feelings, rather than his logic. Interestingly, I would have thought that his emotions would want him to protect McKenna, his friend. But he relents and agrees to the exchange. Mckenna for Captain Azmi.   This raises the important question of why they want McKenna so much.   As soon as McKenna beams away, it is revealed that the lifesigns were an illusion. There are no crew to be saved. Sentek lied. When Spock confronts him about this, saying Vulcans never lie, Sentek says they both know that is not true. And I can't argue with that. They now have a valuable hostage. One for whom Spock has affection. And that may be motivation enough for the espers wanting the exchange.   Lana orders Spock to stand down or McKenna will die. Spock agrees.   The Kongo warps out of the system.   Can things possibly get any worse?   Lana brings food to McKenna, which gives her the opportunity to try to reason with her. McKenna says there is room for everyone in the Federation. She'll do all she can to help them find acceptance. Lana points out that time after time, humanity has turned its back on self-improvement. After all they've done, Lana knows there is no place for her and her people in the Federation. She may be right. I can't imagine many in the Federation would be keen to welcome these people, given the danger they possess.   Lana sees her and her people as humanity's successors. She doesn't want to assimilate into the Federation. She wants to replace it.   With help from the Romulans, the Enterprise has been re-attached into one piece. They're now in pursuit, but they're a long way behind.   Starfleet has requested help from both the Klingons and the Romulans. Both have said no. McCoy's medical defence is ready to help them focus. This is important for the story, because otherwise, sooner or later, someone on the ship would succumb to an illusion. The good guys have to have a chance to succeed at some point. Uhura has a way to circumvent the esper's subspace disruption, so they'll be able to communicate and coordinate.   The Enterprise will be working with the Exeter and the Potempkin. The only other two constitution class ships in service.   Spock apologises for his recent decision. Kirk confirms he would have done the same thing in his place. Smith wants to help. Kirk isn't convinced it's a good idea. Her power is growing quickly. But is her ego growing with the power? There seems to be no evidence of that so far.   Five years ago, Smith watched Kirk make impossible choices to protect his crew. That set something in motion in her.  He showed her what it means to serve.   Originally a yeoman, Smith left and got her commission so she could return to the Enterprise and serve her crew. This is what she's meant to do - help. Either Smith is a very good actor, or she is still herself. Still a good person. It's a great speech and a very nice character moment for Smith.   If things weren't already bad enough, it seems the Exeter and Potempkin have both been destroyed. They fired on each other. The espers powers of illusion have grown significantly. Probably greater even than what Gary's were before he died.   This episode is doing a fantastic job of taking the tension and ramping it up further and then further.   Uhura and Spock have come up with another way to shield the Enterprise from the illusory power of the espers. It will be limited, but might buy them some time.   But without the other two ships, time to do what?   When they see the Kongo on screen, we hear another booming note from the blaster beam. So effective.   Smith is going to try to use her powers to force her way through the Kongo's shields in order to beam over there.   Kongo has started firing. Spock has located McKenna. Smith is on it. The scene where she storms into the Kongo engine room and throws the espers aside is awesome. She has become a powerful superhero and I love it. Who would have thought, looking at the character in Star Trek's second pilot, that she would end up here. But now it's two against one, and their powers have had a lot more time to grow than hers. As they zap her, her eyes seem to dim. So she starts to fire all her power into the ship's engines. The espers run. Her eyes fade to normal. Her lifesigns are gone. She used the last of her energy to burn out the Kongo's systems.   And this brings the story of Smith to an end. She dies a hero. She fulfils her dreams. She is able to serve in the most powerful way, doing what nobody else could have done.   When I think back on this episode, I always remember another death, that we'll talk about shortly. But after this time through, Smith's death will stick with me just as much, maybe even more. This death is just as emotionally impactful. This is the moment when the good guys win.   James Kerwin really enjoyed shooting Smith's sacrifice. He and actress Kipleigh Brown had been working together on film projects for many years, and both started working on Star Trek Continues at the same time, episode 3. He was glad to give the character an honourable send-off.   Not only did Kipleigh Brown write the previous episode, “What Ships are For”, she also wrote Smith's farwell speech to Kirk.   The Romulans are firing killing shots at the Kongo. But they still have someone over there. The Romulans, like their Vulcan cousins, it seems, are very pragmatic in this situation. They're not willing to risk the galaxy just for McKenna.   The visuals of the damages Kongo with it's decks exposed looks awesome. Reminds me of the remastered effects in The Doomsday Machine.   Even Charvanek,who is still aboard the Enterprise, doesn't approve of Tal's actions. Now the Romulan ship is firing at the Enterprise too.   The Enterprise takes some very significant damage. Casualty reports coming from all over the ship. As the saucer is mangled, and sparks flare all over the bridge, we get an epic sense of disaster you wouldn't see in any other episode of TOS. This is the finale. It all ends here. This nicely gives an added reason for the ship to undergo a major refit prior to TMP.   Charvanek disables the weapons on her ship, relieving Tal of his position.   The Kongo hails. They're in bad shape. Even Lana has lost the silver from her eyes. “Well fought, Kirk,” she says. “For a moment we knew the freedom of infinity.”   Their reactor is building up. Scotty needs a minute to beam McKenna out. He doesn't get it. He's half got her, but having  trouble re materialising her. It looks like Spock has done it, but it still doesn't work. Spock's emotions come out as he hits the console.   McKenna is still standing there, shimmering, allowing them to have a tearful goodbye.   Kirk apologises and thanks her.   Spock approaches. It's a painful moment for him. She says something to him, although it isn't overly apparent to me in this scene. We get hints of music from Star Trek 2. Fitting. This scene really tears me apart. McKenna herself seems to have a quiet acceptance of her death. She has a smile that seems to say “Thanks for trying.” She is remarkably brave in the face of her imminent death. Were I in her situation. I'd probably be horrified. McKenna fades away. Dead. It makes narrative sense that McKenna would die in this episode. Over the course of this fourth season, she has become an important part of the show. Part of this family. It makes no sense that she wouldn't be around in the movies. It's logical that she would die. I guess the same is true for Smith. And in a story of this magnitude, there needs to be loss. There has to be a price for victory.   In the end, McKennma's death was kind of senseless. She wasn't able to make a difference, although it does serve an important story purpose as we'll see in a minute. But Smith's death was critical to their victory. They never would have won without her. In a very real sense, she is the hero of this story.   The Enterprise crawls home on its hands and knees. She has come home. But it's not the triumphant moment they had anticipated. Their recent losses, how close they came to disaster, it all weighs heavily on them. Kirk's log is spoken with a very sombre voice. We see the spacedock in orbit, where she'll stay until her refit is complete and Kirk takes her out to confront V'ger.   We see a TOS shuttle fly over the golden Gate Bridge in a scene that otherwise could have come from the motion picture.   Admiral Nogura, who we hear about in the motion picture, but never see, congratulates Kirk on completing his five year mission, and on saving the galaxy. It's cool to have that character appear in this episode.   In the show, we didn't see the Enterprise crew saving the entire galaxy. They tended to deal with smaller scale issues most of the time. But it's very fitting that they have faced and overcome such a threat in their final story.   Kirk still feels the cost acutely. Based on Kirk's experiences with McKenna, Kirk calls the experimental counsellor program a success. It should continue. Starfleet ships from now on will have counsellors on board.   Kirk looks at a series of models, from Cochrane's Phoenix, to the NX-01, We see the USS Discovery, the constitution class, and finally, the constitution refit, as the TMP theme starts to play.   I get goosebumps.   Now, potentially, Discovery shouldn't be seen here, as that ship was classified when it travelled into the future. Of course, Discovery season 1 was brand new when this episode was made, so that canon hadn't been established yet. Personally, I think it's not out of the question for an admiral to still have a crossfield class model in his office. It was still a part of Starfleet history. Nogura would have been active in Starfleet during the time of Discovery. And I think it's worth it for the emotional resonance of seeing it in the lineup. It's nicely ties old and new Trek together.   The Enterprise will be refit from the keel up. The crew will be given promotions. And the Federation council has voted to reinstate the enterprise Delta as the official insignia of Starfleet.   Kirk says Scotty always thought it reminded him of the port and starboard warp signatures of Cochrane deceleration. I can't help but wonder if this is a nod to the novel Star Trek Federation. To Kirk, it's an arrow. Rising upward and outward.   I was never a fan of the alternate insignias for other ships, and I believe, neither was Rodennberry. I remember reading somewhere, and I don't remember where, so take this with a grain of salt, but I seem to remember Roddenberry wanted the crew of other ships to have the familiar delta, but the costume designer kept making new insignias, probably because he wanted to express his creativity.   For me, this is a part of canon I tend to try to ignore. It's clear that in most of Star Trek, the delta is intended to be the logo for all of Starfleet, and always has been. But, those alternate insignias are part of canon. And they were further canonised by both Enterprise and Strange New Worlds. Later Star Trek established the delta was used as the general Starfleet logo both prior to Kirk's five year mission, and again afterwards.   James Kerwin resolved this by having Nogura say that in honour of the Enterprise, they were RE-establishing the delta as the official starfleet logo.   This episode makes it all work here in a fitting way.   Kirk is questioning whether his time has ended. He is not the same person he was. He's suffered a lot of loss. His preoccupation with the loss of people under his command may have been brought on by the espers, but these feelings are real. He expects more of himself than he's able to give any longer. He could never be happy with that.   This makes him more receptive to what Nogura is about to offer him.   We see the Enterprise crew assembled in the same room where Kirk briefs them in TMP. It's fascinating seeing those colourful TOS uniforms in a background plate that looks like it's taken directly from TMP. I do love the transitional moments like this.   Kirk emerges in his motion picture admiral uniform. Like most people, I'm not a big fan of the TMP uniforms, but the one exception is Kirk's admiral uniform. I like that a lot. I kinda wish the movie had just used that uniform for everyone.   Kirks makes a speech. He has been promoted to admiral and chief of Starfleet operations. That's the bad news. The good news is that they will continue to reach deeper into the stars. Explore more new worlds. Venturing further into the final frontier.   Our greatest adversaries, he says, are ourselves. We have much to learn about what's out there, but also about what's in here. The experience with the espers has cemented that lesson.   Now the music goes full TMP.   The next thing the episode needs to do is set up where McCoy and Spock will be at the start of the movie.   McCoy says he's done. He's seen enough death. What he hasn't seen is his daughter in five years. He's leaving Starfleet and going home. I feel that McCoy's departure hasn't been as well set up as Spocks, which we'll get to in a minute. But his reasons are sound. Particularly the family thing 5 years is a very long time to not see your child. We don't know the exact details of his family in the prime universe canon, but it has been established through the years, particularly in books, that McCoy had a family. The Kelvin movies made his marriage and divorce canon. I can't begin to imagine not seeing your child for five years, but I applaud him for doing something about it now. This works really quite well for me, but I think it would work even better had there been a little more foreshadowing through the season. Seeing McCoy start to lament the lost time with his daughter. Realising how great that cost had become.   Of course, this isn't the end of their friendship. And there's a nice little nod to Drake. There's an acknowledgement of the awkward but strong friendship that exists between Spock and Bones when he invites Spock to join them.   Spock tells Jim what McKenna said to him before she was lost in the transporter beam. “Forgive yourself.”   A difficult thing. McKenna encouraged Spock to pay attention to his emotions. He did so. He made an emotional decision, ignored his logic and allowed her to beam over.   That decision cost many lives, including hers.   Spock doesn't know how to deal with the guilt and regret he's feeling. All he knows how to do with emotions is suppress them. And that leads him to make the decision to undergo the Kholinar. He will purge all his remaining emotions.   This whole Kholinar thing seemed to come from nowhere in The Motion Picture. So Spock's arc in this episode makes a whole lot of sense. It retroactively makes Spock's arc in TMP even better. I absolutely love what the episode does here. It's brilliant character work.   Kirk will see his two friends at dinner. But there's one last thing he has to do. He goes to the bridge of the Enterprise. Now shut down and empty. And he looks at it. Says goodbye. While Kirk says goodbye to his command, we say goodbye to a bridge that we will never see again - not in this form.   It's a powerful scene. It holds similar emotional resonance as the poker scene at the end of “All Good Things.”   The episode hangs there. Gives Vic the time just to look and react.   We finish with a captain's log. Kirk's last. At least for now.   Then we pull back on a shot of the Enterprise in spacedock, as the music becomes very TMP sounding.   There is no music over the ending credits, just the ambient sound of the bridge.   This episode does everything a series finale should do, and it does it in style. We had a huge story with epic stakes. Powerful impacts for our characters. A sense of full-circle as we link back to the beginning, and a setting up for what will come after.   I'd put this one right up there with the best of the Star Trek Finales, “All Good Things” and “What you Leave Behind.” This is certainly orders of magnitude better than “Endgame.”   I've loved Star Trek Continues as a whole, but this final two-parter epitomises the reasons I love this show so much.   I have to give a huge congratulations to the cast and crew. To everyone who made this labour of love a reality. This show has a special place in my heart, and I'm deeply grateful to those who created it.   I would like to acknowledge the tragic passing of actor Grant Imahara who played Sulu. He passed away on the 13th of July 2020 at just 49 years of age   I'd like to say a huge thankyou once again, to James Kerwin for reaching out to me, and generously answering my questions and sharing some cool stories. Thanks, James.   Here ends my coverage of Star Trek Continues.   So what next? Well it seems crazy not to jump right into Star Trek The Motion Picture after this. I've covered all the TNG movies on the podcast, but I haven't covered the TOS movies. So I'll make my way through them.   I also have some ideas of things I can do along the way. I've been thinking of revisiting the original Transformers cartoon from the 80s, which I have powerful childhood memories of. See if there's anything in them worthy to discuss as an adult. I'd likely cover more than one episode in a podcast, and probably not go into as much recap detail as I've been doing with Star Trek. The idea is something I can do a little more off-the-cuff. Something that will take less time as I try to focus more on the fiction writing.   I'm also thinking of giving periodic updates on my reading of DC Comics, using the DC Universe Infinite app.    Anyway, there's plenty more to come, so I hope you'll find something of interest in the future of Nerd Heaven.   Until next time, Live Long and Prosper. Make it so.  

Today, we're looking at "To Boldly Go Part 1", the first half of the Star Trek Continues grant finale. See how this episode ties back to the Star Trek pilot "Where No Man Has Gone Before", how it sets up everything for the exciting conclusion, and hear some fascinating new insights into the episode from director James Kerwin. Player at bottom of page http://AdamDavidCollings.com/books ----more---- Transcript Welcome to Nerd Heaven. I'm Adam David Collings, the author of Jewel of The Stars. And I am a nerd   This is episode 106 of the podcast. Today, we're talking about the first part of the Star Trek Continues grand finale, “To Boldly Go, Part 1”.   I got an email a few weeks ago. It was from James Kerwin. Yes, that James Kerin. Writer, producer and director for Star Trek Continues, including director of today's episode.   He reached out to me to say he'd been listening to the podcast and enjoying it. This was a huge thrill. It's very humbling to find that one of the creators of the show has been listening to the podcast, so I want to give a big shout out and thank you to him, not only for his work on the show, but for his encouragement.   And he pointed out a few fascinating things that I'd missed. Remember in episode three, I talked about how good the shuttlecraft exterior looked. It turns out, they didn't build that from scratch that was the real shuttlecraft Galileo from Star Trek The Original Series. How awesome is that?   I've made mention of Nurse Chapel a couple of times, but that wasn't actually Chapel. They made a conscious decision not to have Chapel appear on screen in this show because she should be off at Starfleet Medical getting her doctorate at this point in time, which makes a lot of sense. So it was always Nurse Burke, a character who had appeared in Star Trek comics and novels.   And Lieutenant Smith has not actually been on the Enterprise the whole time. But we'll learn more about that in the next episode.   But here's a big one I missed. The actress who plays her, Kipleigh Brown, was the writer of episode 9 “What Ships are For” I didn't put that together, but I think that's really cool.   The description on IMDB for today's episode reads To solve the utmost mystery, the Enterprise must return to where Kirk's five-year mission began. The teleplay was by Roberty J. Sawyer based on a story by Vic Mignongna, James Kerwin, and Robert J. Sawyer. It was directed by James Kerwin, And it first aired on the 18th of October 2017.   Robert J. Sawyer was the primary writer of this two-parter. He is a very famous Canadian author who wrote FlashForward, which was adapted for TV by Star Trek's Branon Braga, and Man of Steel's David S. Goyer.   When Star Trek The Next Generation was preparing to wrap and move to the big screen, they gave it a two-hour finale. This idea was pretty unheard of at the time. Lots of shows in the 90s had movie-length pilots, but not finales. TV shows tended to pitter out and end with a bit of a whimper. TNG changed all that.   But the original Star Trek never got a proper finale, like TNG, DS9, and Voyager.  Even Enterprise got a finale of sorts, which I will partially defend, though not the feature length extravaganza that others got. But things were different in the 60s. TOS had no ending. It was cancelled. Turnabout Intruder wasn't intended to be the end of the story, it was just an episode.   One of the greatest things about Star Trek Continues is that it rectifies this. It gives TOS the ending it always deserved. And it's done so well.   Much like “All Good Things”, it calls back to a lot of things from the past, but it specifically links us back to the very first episode, “Where No Man Has Gone Before.” Even the titles relate, each is part of Kirk's iconic phrase. The symmetry is beautiful.   But hold on, I hear you say. “What about the Cage? Isn't that the pilot of TOS?” Well, yes it is. Star Trek had an unprecedented  two pilots. But The Cage never actually aired in its original form during the run of the show. These days, I tend to think of The Cage as the pilot for Strange New Worlds. So in my mind, it makes a lot of sense for this episode to tie in with “Where No Man has Gone Before.”   Director James Kerwin gave me some interesting insight into the production of these episodes. They actually filmed this two-parter before they filmed the last episode “What Ships are For.” CBS/Paramount had implemented their fan-film guidelines, guidelines.    Now a show like this would have needed some substantial changes to fit with these guidelines. They were required to be less than 15 minutes or no more than 2 30 minute parts in total with no additional seasons, episodes or sequels.   CBS didn't require the show to shut down, but with these guidelines in place, and Discovery about to release, out of respect, they decided to wind down Star Trek Continues. They did a final fundraiser to complete episodes 8, 10 and 11, but there was no money to make episode 9.   But at the last minute, a generous donor gave them the money for episode 9. They shot the finale first to get it out of the way, and went back several months later to film “What Ships are For.” I'm glad that generous donor made it possible, because that last episode was pretty amazing.   The episode opens with Spock & McKenna meditating together. This is normally a very private affair, but Spock considers it an honour to teach a willing student.    Meditation is the one time that Vulcans truly acknowledge their emotions. You can see why it's so private.   McKenna's inclusion in this moment shows the level of intimacy that has grown between these two.   They will both miss these sessions when the mission is over.   We learn here about a vulcan discipline, the Dulhutnar, an alternative to the Kolinahr.  Rather than the purging of emotions, the Dulhutna is about accepting the wisdom of vestigial emotions. Spock considers there to be No chance of him pursuing either. Of course, we know that shortly after this finale, he will return to Vulcan and pursue the Kolinahr.   Spock and McKenna's relationship is special. They share private things they wouldn't share with others. Time with humans has taught Spock to value his human side. And then they hold hands. That's a huge deal. Vulcans are not comfortable with physical contact. And even for humans, holding hands is a sign of affection and physical intimacy.   The Enterprise is scheduled to return home soon. Their 5 year mission is coming to an end. The loss of The Hood crew still weighs on him. You'll remember that back in “Embracing the Winds” a mysterious life support failure cost the lives of the entire crew. A failure that Scotty was unable to explain.    I remember commenting at the time that I hoped the show would follow up on that. I couldn't remember if it did. We'll see in this episode that it is definitely followed up.   The Yorktown and the Republic were both damaged while investigating The Hood's loss. The Enterprise is being sent to the Federation colony on Aldebran III which went completely silent shortly afterward.   Admiral Thesp, a very cool looking Andorian, admits that the Federation had a secret laboratory on the planet. A supply vessel sent to investigate never returned. They detected anti-proton residue. That means Romulans.   The colony has been destroyed. The central reactor suffered a containment failure. Scotty thinks that should be impossible. He installed the safeguards himself 5 years ago, which, I suppose, gives us a glimpse of what Scotty's job was before the Enterprise's 5 year mission began.   Interestingly, Vic pronounces the word Sabotage the same way Shatner does. Sabotage. I don't know how common that is in America, or Canada for that matter, but here in Australia, we definitely say Sabotage. Anyway, I love these little bits of attention to detail. It's really cool.   The underground pandora research lab is intact but it has a scattering field so Scotty will have to beam them down outside.   The set for the planet looks very reminiscent of what we might have seen on The Original Series, and yet, kind of better, in my opinion. It's a real work of art.   I like the little elevator shaft to gain entrance to the lab. The only sign of habitation nearby. Presumably, the colony was elsewhere on the planet.   A drone appears and attacks them. The effects here are a good match for the original series. Again, better quality, but recognisable.   There's a good sense of danger to this action scene.   After they've dealt with it, a human woman, Lana, appears out of the turbolift. She's surprised to see a Vulcan. The sensors detected him as Romulan.   Lana is played by actress Nichola Bryant who famously portrayed the Doctor Who companion Peri, a character I've been known to refer to as “the whinging yank”. But in fairness to her, Colin Baker's Sixth Doctor was a bit of a prickly guy to be around.   James Kerwin was a big Doctor Who fan growing up. Colin Baker and Nichola Bryant were the doctor/companion pairing that he most remembered as a child. It was a big honour for him to work with both of them on Star Trek Continues. Colin Baker appeared in Episode 4, The White Iris, as Amphidamas. And Nichola Bryant appeared in this two-parter.  How cool is it that he got to work with them both on this show?    Lana is wearing a visor. To me, it looks similar to the one that Spock and Miranda Jones had to wear when viewing the Medusans back in “Is There No Truth in Beauty.”   But as she removes the visor, we see her eyes. The same metallic colour we saw in Gary Mitchell after he was uplifted by passage through the galactic barrier, back in the pilot episode.   Ever since this phenomenon was discovered, after “Where No Man Has Gone Before”, Starfleet have been gathering people with high psi-quotients and experimenting with them. Trying to uplift them. There are 25 of them.   This sounds like a REALLY BAD IDEA   My first thought is, are section 31 involved? This woman is part of a first trial. They have already gone through the barrier. They are weaponised humans - to serve as a last resort in case the Federation is invaded by a superior force.   When Kirk questions the legitimacy of such an action, she refers to the starfleet charter. Article 14 Section 31. And there it is.   Lana makes the statement “Absolute power does not corrupt absolutely. It corrupts selectively.”   I don't believe that all power will always corrupt. I don't buy into the old adage. Lana makes a fair point - of the two espers that were uplifted in the pilot, one became a megalomaniac. The other retained her humanity. We don't really know why. Did Gary already have elements of megalomania in his personality? Was he somehow more susceptible to it than Denher was? There could have been all sorts of factors.   And that uncertainty makes this whole thing a very risky endeavour. Lana claims that psychologically unstable espers were excluded from the operation.   But they can't know for certain what might cause another Gary Mitchell. That, in my opinion, makes what they're doing too dangerous.   Kirk asks which she is, and she answers by saying she follows “Sas-tar-po-harn” This is a human spiritual movement that follows the pacifict teachings of Surak and T'Mord of Vulcan. I think this is a very interesting idea. And a logical one. In Babylon 5, when humans made first contact, there was a growing interest in alien religions among humans, the theory being that races that are more technologically advanced than we are, must be closer to God.   I can see some people thinking that way. It seems a similar thing may have happened in the Star Trek universe. After first contact with Vulcans, it's only logical that some humans may have chosen to adopt Vulcan philosophy. So this is a nice touch.   Lana explains that a cloaked ship came here and attacked the lab. It destroyed the Hallifax. The other espers have been kidnapped by the Romulans. Lana played dead with her powers so they didn't find her.   Spock surmises that Vulcans cannot be uplifted, based on his prior experience at the barrier. He was not uplifted despite his psi-abilities. If Vulcans cannot be uplifted, then neither can Romulans. But this raises a question. Do Romulans have the same telepathic abilities as Vulcans? I've never heard of a Romulan conducting a mind meld. The Romulan ancestors left Vulcan during a time of barbarism. The TNG episode “Gambit” suggests that ancient Vulcans had telepathic abilities because they constructed a telepathic weapon called The Stone of Gol. That suggests the Romulans may indeed have similar telepathic abilities to Vulcans, even though we've never really seen it. Unless there's some example I'm forgetting.   The Romulans want to use the kidnapped human espers because they can't create their own. Seems logical. The interesting thing is, they don't want to use the force against the Federation, but to overthrow their own Praetor. Apparently, the Romulan Klingon alliance has ended, and this group of Romulans oppose the end of the alliance.   Spock raises concern over taking Lana with them. Better to leave her here. Stranded. As they had intended for Mitchell.   A Romulan appears. Sentek. He is played by Cas Anvar, who played Alex Kamal on The Expanse. The Expanse had already aired a season or two by this point. I continue to be impressed with the actors that Star Trek Continues is able to get. Lana disarms Sentek. They beam out (with the prisoner) just before the explosion.   They're pursuing the Romulan ship but it'll enter the neutral zone before they catch up. Admiral Thesp orders him to enter the zone and pursue all the way to Romulus if necessary. Just get the espers back.   Kirk doesn't look too impressed with this. Among other reasons that he probably realises, this is a suicide mission, but in addition to that, it could provoke a war.   Spock asks Uhura to transmit an encrypted message. It's all a bit mysterious.   Kirk has some hard questions for Lana. Why was that one romulan left on the planet? Why didn't she use her powers to overcome him? She theorises that he is a praetorian spy hidden among the dissidents. He fled to the hills. None of her answers sound particularly convincing.   The Enterprise officially crosses the border. They are now in violation of treaty. Of course, so were the Romulans, but it seems they didn't represent the Romulan government so that will be a very weak excuse as far as they are concerned.   A bird of prey decloaks. It's not the marauder. When Spock identifies the ship, Kirk shakes his head. He knows what Spock is up to.   They are hailed by the Romulan commander from The Enterprise Incident. Played wonderfully by Amy Rydell, the daughter of the original actor to play the part in the TOS episode. She does a fantastic job, and almost convinces me she's the time-travelling original actor.   She is referred to Charvanek in this episode but was never named on screen in The Enterprise Incident. She does whisper her name to Spock but we never learn what it is. The Name Charvanek was used in a number of non-canon sources. But she's also given other names in various novels and games. She doesn't attack but her words make it clear she considers a formal declaration of war is all but inevitable due to the Enterprise's entry into the zone.   Kirk isn't impressed that Spock contacted her of his own volition. Spock admits the reason he didn't ask is because he knew Kirk wouldn't agree. How human you are becoming, Mister Spock.   Spock believes he can convince her to assist them in pursuing the dissidents, due to their previous rapport. Kirk gives him 30 minutes.   At the end of The Enterprise Incident, Charvanek was taken into Federation space and released on a world on our side of the border. It seems that Sarak was the one who negotiated the treaty that led to her return to Romulan space. It seems she was able to get her old command back. That must have taken some convincing on her part.   Spock appeals to her loyalty to the Praetor. It doesn't take much to convince her to help stop the dissidents.   The twist happens when she meets the prisoner. He is no Romulan commander that she knows, and she knows her fleet. She knows her fellow commanders. As he is discovered, Sentek beams out, apparently at Kirk's command, according to the transporter chief.   Sentek tries to sabotage engineering. In the battle, Charvanek  is rendered unconscious by something similar to a Vulcan nerve pinch.   It's nice to see Doctor M'Benga again.   McCoy has found that Sentek is actually a Vulcan who lived on the colony, and he's married to Lana. He had unusually high natural psionic ability, even for a Vulcan. They speculate that he wanted an equal for a mate. A human who could be uplifted to be his equal. They also speculate that Lana's trip through the barrier may not have been approved by Starfleet.   When Kirk confronts Lana, she explains that she sees her uplifting as a way to accelerate human evolution, which she considers to have stalled.   We get some very interesting worldbuilding. Apparently the barrier around our galaxy was artificially constructed and placed there by the preservers. I love this. It makes sense of what was a bit of a silly idea in TOS, and adds to the mystique and mythology of the Star Trek universe. It's a shame that Star Trek never explored the preservers more than it did.   When she asks why the preservers did it, McCoy speculates that “it was probably to keep us in, to prevent our violence from spreading”. This reminds me somewhat of C.S Lewis's space trilogy, which suggests that the vast interstellar distances between stars are God's natural quarantine to keep sinful humanity confined.   Lana has a different theory, that it was so that naturally superior lifeforms could be uplifted when they devised the technology to leave the galaxy. McCoy pushes back “you don't know what gods think.” It's very chilling when she replies “Yes. I do.”   The implication, of course, being that she is a god. When humans start thinking of themselves as gods, you're probably in for trouble.   It turns out, the ship the Enterprise has been following was just an illusion. Created, presumably, by Lana. But why does she want to start a war between the Romulans and the Federation? Uplifted espers seem to have very similar powers of illusion to the Talosians.   It's nice to see Sulu taking command on the bridge. He's showing a good aptitude for the job he'll eventually have.   Charvanek is still working with her old first officer, Tal. He doesn't seem interested in apologies. He's planning to destroy the Enterprise. This raises the question of where Charvanek is. If she's still on the Enterprise, he'll be killing her. More likely, she's on her ship, but left the bridge in the hands of her first office, much like Kirk has with Sulu.   We get some interesting insight into Romulan religion when the commander says he hopes that Spock's katra finds its way to Vol-to-vor. We know from Star Trek 5, that vol-to-vor is the romulan's equivalent of Eden. So it seems in their religion, it is both a place of origin as well as a destination. This is somewhat different to Christianity, where Eden and heaven are distinct.   The Romulans can't fire. They think they're pressing the button, but they're not. Lana's influence, no doubt.   When Charvanek returns to the bridge we see that Tal has been overstepping his authority. She orders that they will assist the Enterprise with their mission. I smell a potential mutiny in their future.   Kirk figures out the truth behind Lana's deception. There never were any dissidents. The espers weren't kidnapped by Romulans. There never were any Romulans on the planet. The espers stole the Halifax. The deception was to buy time for the espers to make it to the galactic barrier.   This is what happened to the Hood. The espers convinced the crew to shut off their own life support. Just to see if they could. That's horrifically cold. These people truly see themselves as above humankind. Of more value. They have no regard for human life. Given that, it seems believable that Lana would be willing to start this war just as a distraction.   There is no doubt now. Lana is a full villain   Kirk is now questioning his judgement   He calls those who were present at the events of “Where no man has gone before” which includes Smith, who is back on the ship now.   Plus others who were not there.   Spock asks Smith if there's anything she can share of her experience. She was holding Mitchell's hand when they crossed. She has nothing to add that wasn't in her report. But her demeanour suggests maybe she's holding something back.   Scotty is keenly aware of what they're up against. Gary was difficult enough to defeat on his own. They're going to face an entire ship full of uplifted espers.  Kirk takes solace in the fact that despite his powers, Gary was still just as susceptible to human frailty. Then he adds “he couldn't even remember my middle name” which is an amusing little nod to the “James R Kirk” tombstone in that episode. Canon fixed.   Charvanek's  takes the practical approach. Strike first, before they have the ability to grow in their power. Similar to Spock's recommendation all those years ago.   Kirk won't have that. These are still Federation citizens. This is a rescue mission.   I get it. I'm all for idealism, and I'd side with Kirk on this. You can't just shoot to kill while they're still human. But calling it a rescue mission? I believe that's a little naive. These people know what they're doing. They're actively trying to undergo this transformation. I guess the difference is that their egoes, their ambitions, will be increased along with their powers. (much like Khan with his genetically engineered nature)   Sulu comes up with an ingenious way to catch up with the espers. Combine a traditional warp field with the space-folding singularity used by the Romulan ship, reminding us of his background in natural sciences, back in Where No Man Has Gone before. There's a lot of physics to flying a starship so it makes a lot of sense to me that a good helmsman would have a background in science.   Lana decides it's time to escape captivity. She flings the forcefield away and then forces Drake to kill the other guard, and then slowly commit suicide. This is a very chilling scene, and again demonstrates how little regard she has for human life. Can you imagine the horror of that moment, feeling your arm moving, knowing you're about to disintegrate your body, and having no power to prevent it. It's horrifying.   This moment is better than any other redshirt death that has ever happened in TOS, and possibly Star Trek in general.  Firstly because we've gotten to know this character. He's been developed of a number of episodes. He's not just a nameless face. We know he's a person with a life, people who love him. In addition to that, it treats the moment with the gravity it deserves.   I'm left feeling something very deeply, and that would probably even be the case even if we hadn't been introduced to him earlier in the season. Farewell, Drake. You will be missed.   The Enterprise and the Romulan ship have made it to the galactic barrier. The Hallifax is at the border. But have they gone through yet or not?   Kirk hails them. He offers aid, to be a go-between for them with Starfleet Command. He doesn't give the impression of a neutral party, though. They do, after all, work for Starfleet Command.   But it's a trap. The Halifax is empty. Another ship appears behind them. A constitution class ship, The USS Kongo emerges from the barrier. It's too late. There are only around 12 people on board. We get a view of their bridge, and they all have silver eyes. If that wasn't bad enough, Lana and Sentek enter the Enterprise bridge. “Relinquish command or the Enterprise will suffer the same fate as the Hood.”   To be concluded.   This is a fantastic cliffhanger. Not quite up there with Best of Both Worlds, but better than most.   This episode was a great set-up for the finale. I love how it pulled together so many threads, both from TOS and from Star Trek Continues itself.   Only one left to go. It's been a wild ride.   Don't forget to check out my original science fiction at AdamDavidCollings.com/books   And I'll see you next time to discuss To Boldly Go, Part 2. Until then,  Live Long and Prosper Make it so.

Happy Mother's Day! In this week's episode of Church to Go, Pastor Adam leads Grace Bible Church in the start of a new series in the book of Ephesians, "Therefore". This first week will be covering 3:1-13,  entitled, "To Boldly Go".  Church to Go is a product of Grace Bible Church in Elmhurst, IL., and a part of their Authentic Grace podcasting network. All inquiries to Church to Go should be directed toward the church office directly. 

We're taking a brief side-quest from our regular coverage of Star Trek Continues, to look at an episode of Star Trek New Voyages, because it sets up the back-story of Kirk and Carol Marcus's relationship, and I just like to throw it in there when I'm doing a re-watch of Star Trek Continues. ----more---- Transcript Welcome to Nerd Heaven. I'm Adam David Collings, the author of Jewel of The Stars And I am a nerd.   This is episode 105 of the podcast.   Today, we're talking about an episode of a different fan series - Star Trek New Voyages. “The Holiest Thing”   Why? I just like to throw this one in when I do a re-watch of Star Trek Continues, because it does a similar thing to Continues, that is, to help develop the story filling in the gaps between TOS and the Star Trek movies. This one introduces Kirk to a much younger Carol Marcus, for the very first time. So I figured, let's have a look at this one. Next time, we'll be back with part 1 of the finale of Star Trek Continues.   The description on IMDB reads Captain Kirk and the Enterprise investigate the devastation of Lappa III, apparently by the terraforming efforts of Dr. Carol Marcus.   This episode was written by Rick Chambers It was directed by Daren Dochterman   And it first aired on the 15th of January 2016   We start this episode in a very unexpected place. A shuttle flies past the camera. But it's not a TOS shuttle. It's an Enterprise D shuttle. We cut to the inside where we see a woman in TNG era uniform and an older Scotty. So, clearly this is set some time after the TNG episode “Relics” where a retired Scotty finds himself in the 24th century. I have to say, they cast a pretty decent look-alike for older scotty. A guy named Carl Sheldon. He hasn't done a lot of acting.   Watching this scene, I'm again reminded just how professional the acting and writing are in Star Trek Continues. Now, don't get me wrong. I love Star Trek New Voyages. They did some amazing stuff long before Star Trek Continues was a thing. But the acting, and the dialog here just isn't at the same standard as Continues.   But I want to give this show credit for set design and visual effects. What we see in this episode is great. And not all the acting feels as amateur as this first scene.   The ensign has been doing some training with Captain Scott. They're approaching the Lappa system. She asks Scotty if he's ever been there. He recalls a time in his past, when the world was still very much on the frontier. It was un-inhabited back then. At least, that's what they thought.   We then cut to the TOS present day. A scientist, who we'll shortly learn is Dr. Carol Marcus, is working to terraform this planet. Scotty is there, and in this show, he has a moustache. Another little nod to closing the gap between TOS and TMP.   Marcus says “we have Enterprise and her chief Engineer watching over our shoulder.” This is something that bugs me. That she says “Enterprise” rather than “The Enterprise.” Voyager was the first Star Trek show to drop the word “The” when referring to the ship. And I was okay with that because “The Voyager” somehow sounded wrong. In contrast to “The Enterprise” and “The Defant” which both sounded completely natural and right.   Then we got Enterprise, and on that show, they did the same thing. They called the ship “Enterprise”, not “The Enterprise” That annoyed me a little, but I got over it.   But nowadays, in Strange New Worlds, they are referring to the original starship Enterprise, the one commanded by Pike and eventually Kirk, as “Enterprise.” I'm sorry, but that's just wrong. That ship was always “The Enterprise” so that annoys me quite a bit. I don't like it. I don't like it at all. Here, in New Voyages, we have the same problem. Carol is referring to Kirk's ship. It should be “The Enterprise”   Marcus told the science council she could terraform Lappa III in less than a decade. But with recent problems with the equipment, it's going to take twice that long. Both Marcus AND the council seem to be very inpatient about that, even though, as Scotty points out, it's a whole century faster than anybody else has done it before. It amuses me to see her pacing impatiently when we're talking timeframes of decades and centuries.    And centuries sounds about right for terraforming, something that, if it is actually possible, is not going to be quick.   Apparently, they're using transporter technology in a whole new way. Scotty wants to see what it's all about. Something goes terribly wrong and the lab explodes. Scotty and Marcus barely escape in their shuttle. But they crash. This was a pretty spectacular sequence.   The Enterprise crew have recovered Scotty and Marcus. Scotty is pretty banged up. Marcus is unconscious but should be out of here soon. But Kirk is very impatient to speak with her. He needs to know what happened on the outpost.   Jacy King plays Carol Marcus. Married to Brian Gross who plays Kirk. She's a good choice. She definitely looks the part, a lot more than Alice Eve did in Star Trek Into Darkness. And, of course, she doesn't have the inexplicable British accent.   I didn't see Star Trek 2: The Wrath of Kahn at the cinema. I don't know if it even showed here in Tasmania. But I was only 4 years old. I saw the first half of it on TV, and then watched the whole thing on VHS many years later. When I watched it, it had been quite some time since I'd seen the original TV series. So I had assumed, from the way she was introduced, that we'd seen the character of Carol Marcus at some point in the past. Of course, that wasn't the case. The back-story of Kirk and Carol Marcus always seemed like this big glaring hole that demanded to be filled. So I liked that Star Trek New Voyages chose to fill that hole.   Carol is shocked and horrified to learn all her team is dead. There's no evidence of alien contact. Kirk is going to begin the investigation assuming it was an accident. Carol wants to be a part of it. She will work with Spock.   But McCoy thinks she needs to work with someone more sensitive to her current emotional needs, given her great loss. So Kirk volunteers.   Carol's terraforming technology uses transporters to re-arrange matter. Seems like a pre-cursor to the Genesis device she'll eventually create.   Scotty thought he saw a ship on sensors, but now they can't detect anything.   Spock wants to run background checks on Carol's staff, considering the possibility of sabotage. She doesn't react to this well. There is now clear tension between her and Spock. He's not sure she should accompany him to the surface, given her “emotional outbursts.”   This episode actually gives a character arc to both Marcus and Spock. Marcus, of course, is trying to figure out how to deal with the painful emotions of having lost her crew, and feeling responsible. Spock, on the other hand, has to learn how to relate to a human who is experiencing very understandable strong emotions. It's a learning experience for both.   A quick zoom out shows us that there is indeed a ship hiding in the system. It's not cloaked. It seems to be hiding in a gas cloud. It's not a familiar design. At least, it wasn't to me, in this shot, but we'll come back to that.   Kirk goes to see Marcus. He apologises for Spock. Marcus has come to agree that Spock asked the right question, she just didn't like it.   We get some insight into why Marcus is so passionate about terraforming. She talks of a famine that happened on a world. People suffered. She wanted to help. Terraforming dead worlds is an answer, but it's far too slow to be of any practical help. She is driven by compassion for people.   She sees herself becoming a mother of worlds   It's a good conversation. There's no flirting or inappropriate behaviour, as you often get from Kirk the minute he meets a pretty girl, Just 2 people getting to know each other.  They're both people with authority. They understand each other   Kir acts s little sheepish as he starts to realise his attraction to her. Maybe he's sensing that he feels more than just sexual attraction. Something deeper.   She's feeling it too   Spock and Carol beam down to investigate destruction site. We see Xon at transporter console. He is the Vulcan character created to replace Spock in the original Star Trek Phase 2 series that was cancelled in favour of Star Trek the Motion picture, because Nimoy wasn't going to be involved in that show. When it became a movie instead of a series, Nimoy agreed to return.   Star Trek New Voyages chose to bring Xon onto the Enterprise as a new character alongside Spock.   Spock and Marcus are learning to appreciate each other. Marcus seems to be a little envious of Spock's ability to suppress emotion as a Vulcan. They've found something on the planet. Not something belonging to the team. It doesn't belong there. They're bringing it aboard for analysis.   Kirk is seeking counsel from bones on how to help Dr. Marcus through what she's going through. He claims he has no romantic interest in her. That would be wrong. Interesting to see Kirk say that when nothing usually stops him. But Carol is going through a great deal of emotional pain at the loss of her friends.   Sometimes in older fiction, like Star Trek, you'll see characters who are trying to comfort someone through grief, and suddenly it becomes romantic. Like they're taking advantage of the other person. Even Star Trek 2009 did this with Uhura and Spock, but reversing the expected gender roles. It felt really odd. I'm glad to see Kirk not doing that here. His relationship with Carol Marcus is one that is important to us as fans, so it's nice to see them doing it right.   When the mysterious object causes problems with their respirators, and even Scotty can't get a lock on Carol, Kirk has a very reckless plan to rescue her. Beaming down without a respirator of his own to give Scotty something to lock onto. It's a plan that could work, but probably not something the captain of the ships should be doing.   We're clearly seeing here how much Kirk cares about her.   Fortunately, it works.   The energy reading of the debris they found looks kinda like the graphic depicting the genesis wave in Star Trek 2. But this doesn't really go anywhere.   Kirk takes carol to the arboretum She's changed into a revealing outfit. Makes me think it's a deliberate date.   Carol is thinking of giving up. Kirk doesn't think she will. She cares too much   Kirk has been there too. At what point do you say, this is enough. Kirk says he'll tell her when he gets there. He's not there yet and neither is she   The way this is written it feels much more real than most of Kirk's many romances, of which there have been many. He's not being creepy. He's not overly flirty. It's just two people getting to know each other, going deep, and forming a genuine bond. Basically it feels like a real relationship.   It's condensed for time so it'll fit into a 1 hour episode maybe, but real nonetheless.   Carol and Spock are also growing in their relationship. A professional one. We get the impression from Star Trek II that Spock knew Carol.   Here's a question. Why does Kirk think it's appropriate to talk to the admiral with his shirt off and slung over his shoulder? I wouldn't dream of talking to my boss half dressed. If I got a surprise zoom call from him, even if I was in an unprepared state, I'd throw on a shirt before I clicked accept.   Anyway, Starfleet are itching to assemble a warfleet to engage the alien ship that might not might not be there. The admiral needs Kirk to get him some real answers. Fast.   And then, of course, we get another scene where a woman walks in on Kirk shirtless in his quarters and gets embarrassed. Seems I only just talked about this an episode or two ago, so I don't have any further comments, other than to notice it happening yet again, in another fan production.   Carol has been working very hard on her investigation and hasn't eaten for 9 hours. Kirk invites her to dinner, which she readily accepts. But it very quickly becomes apparent they're not going to dinner. They have …. Other plans.   It's really not surprising to me that the actors playing Kirk and Marcus are married. You can see the genuine affection between them. I guess that's the elusive thing that people call chemistry. Whatever that is, these two seem to have it, as you'd expect from a real couple.   The next morning, Kirk is finding himself in a bit of a melancholy place, thinking about how the Captain's chair is a lonely one. It was pretty rare for ships captains in Kirk's time to marry. It was a more wild frontier. Gone from earth for years at a time. They didn't really have families on board like they did in the 24th century. That hasn't rarely bothered him with his past conquests. Perhaps because he sees a potential future with Carol.   They're heading for the dust cloud, to try to find that evidence for Starfleet. After going to warp, Sulu says “like a leap on the solar wind” which is, of course, a reference to Firefly. Not sure exactly why they added that.   Spock has found the cause of the explosion. Protomatter. This is something that is mentioned in Star Trek 3. Apparently, David Marcus, Carol's son, used protomatter in the matrix for the Genesis device. It was the only way to solve certain problems. We're told it's use is unethical because it's “dangerously unstable”   Here, in this episode, we get a bit more of an explanation of what protomatter is. It's a remnant from the creation of the universe. It can fluctuate between matter and anti-matter states. If both appeared at the same time, an explosion would occur. It seems the matrix from Carol's experiment was contaminated with protomatter. Something she acknowledged as a very minute possibility, but so unlikely as to be statistically insignificant.  Sadly, it happened.   They've found the alien ship in the dust cloud. My first thought when seeing it this time was “that looks kinda like a Ferengi ship.” The alien's weapons are no match for the Enterprise's shields. They're refusing to respond to Kirk's hails.   When we see a camera point of view from within the alien ship, we catch a glimpse of the side of their heads. It's pretty clearly Ferengi. They claim that the transformation of the planet is a hostile act. When Kirk says they weren't aware of anyone have a claim on the planet, the response is “You didn't ask,” and Spock says they have a point. But ask who? It was an empty planet. Nobody there. It was claimed by no government that the Federation is aware of. Remember, they won't make official contact with the Ferengi until TNG season 1. So it seems to me the Federation acted in good faith with all the information they had available. I don't think they could have asked anyone else.   The alien voice makes it clear they're not interested in discovery or friendship. Only profit. And then, the episode breaks continuity by having the alien not only show his face, but identify his species as Ferengi. This is a really odd move from my point of view. They already had the Ferengi communicating by voice only. And if they wanted to show the Ferengi on screen, they could have done so purely on the alien bridge Point of View. No need for Kirk to actually see them. Why they started this way and then flipped is beyond me. They'd set it up the perfect way to include the Ferengi without breaking continuity, and then they did it anyway.   Enterprise did, of course, have an episode with Ferengi, not at no point during that episode did they mention their name to Archer and his crew.   But it occurs to me now that in Encounter at Farpoint, before that official contact, Picard had at least heard the name Ferengi. So I guess they could have heard that name this early. But it always felt to me like a more recent thing. That they'd heard of this race, The Ferengi, but just hadn't met them yet.   Anyway, the Ferengi claim to have a prior commercial arrangement with the Federation. Something that is news to Kirk. And then he say a very interesting line “The only thing more expensive than a question, is the answer.” I wonder if that's a rule of acquisition. If it isn't, then it should be.   The only logical possibility is that a member of the team on the planet had made an arrangement with the Ferengi. The question is, did Dr. Marcus know about it? Kirk is quick to come to her defence, based on his knowledge of her character. But can he offer any evidence?   Carol is really struggling with having lost crewmembers. It's somewhat compromising her ability to think clearly. This is understandable. Kirk has left people under his command before. He sadly has to let her know that it never stops hurting. I like what they're doing with Carol's character in this story.   That protomatter came from somewhere. Maybe there was a black market going on behind her back she wasn't aware of.   They've detected protomatter in the Ferengi's cargo hold. Sabotage is not a logical possibility. It makes no financial sense to kill your trading partners.  The project was behind schedule. Someone could have purchased the protomatter to speed things up, and it went badly.   Kirk is going to try to bluff the Ferengi poker style to get information. Of course, it would be good for him to be aware of the Ferengi love of Tongo. It was the project director, Dr. Robert Dewhitt, who purchased the protomatter. He was as passionate about the project as Carol was. He must have been desperate.   Carol is going to start over. She's learned a lot from this experience. She knows how to make it work now. She's going to start inventing the Genesis device.   Three days later, they arrive at the nearest starbase to drop off Dr. Marcus. But first, she goes to see Kirk.   Kirk is hoping they can have dinner before parting ways, but she says no. Then Kirk proposes.   It seems pretty sudden after only a few days. But … Carol Marcus is his soul mate.   But she says no. For the reasons she gave in Star Trek 2. For them to be together, one of them would have to abandon their dream. Carol claims she can't do her research on The Enterprise. A lot of her work would require her to be on planets, but surely much of it, especially in the early days, would be lab work. Hard to see why that couldn't be done on the Enterprise. A ship of scientific exploration. Kirk offers to leave the Enterprise, leave Starfleet. But she won't let him do that. Over time, he would resent her for it. Which is possibly true.   She admits she loves him, but, but asks him to stay away. For all their sakes - all three.   And this is where it gets really unfair. She tells him she's pregnant with David, and asks him to stay away. To have absolutely no contact with his son. Ever. This is how it has to be, because this is what Star Trek 2 set up. But I believe Carol is wrong here. I believe she is hurting not only Jim, but David as well. Robbing them both of the relationship they both deserve to have.   This is heart-breaking stuff. Kirk gallantly does as Carol wishes. Honestly, I don't know how he has the strength.   This must haunt him every day for the rest of his life. It would me.   This episode relies on accepting a lot of truncated time regarding Kirk and Carol's relationship. There's no way around that when you're telling the story of the entire relationship in one episode. But I forgive it because it's a great story. A very fitting prequel to Star Trek 2.   As fun as it was, I'm not sure what the point of the framing device with TNG Scotty was, other than maybe to show that the terraforming efforts eventually succeeded and people are living there now. I would argue that it wasn't necessary, and might even distract from the episode. But It was cool either way.   But another little thing. At the beginning, Scotty says that Lappa III was uninhabited - or so we thought. I don't think they paid off that statement. We learn of no indigenous life on the planet. The closest we get to a payoff is the Ferengi, but they're not living on the planet, just trading with one of the crew. So I'm not sure what happened there.   Next time, we're going to look at the first part of Star Trek Coninue's two-part finale. “To Boldly Go.”   I'm looking forward to talking about it.   Don't forget the first three books in my Jewel of The Stars sci-fi series are available on Amazon, Kobok, Google Play, Apple, all the usual places.   Until next time Live long and prosper Make it so.    

In this episode's issue: 1. Editor's Column, "The Best of Times" by Rod Ryle, Editor-in-Chief 2. "To Boldly Go? It's Time to Elevate Public Awareness About Space Exploration and Development" by Rod Pyle 3. "Destination Moon: Building a Sustainable Architecture for Artemis" by John F. Kross 4. "​​Greener Pastures Beyond Earth: How Much of the Solar System Should we Utilize?" by Dale Skran 5. "Women Take Flight: Moving Toward Gender Equality in Aerospace" by Melissa Silva   Find out more about the National Space Society at: space.nss.org Find out more about Multiverse Media at: multiverse.media Follow the National Space Society on Twitter: @nss Follow Multiverse Media on Twitter: @Multiverse_Grp

126 - To Boldly Go with Leadership Learn how Star Trek can teach us about leadership. https://www.goodreads.com/en/book/show/57414333 https://smallstepspod.com/126-to-boldly-go-with-leadership/  https://www.buymeacoffee.com/smallstepspod

Host Nadia Salomon chats with author Angela Dalton about the picture book TO BOLDLY GO, illustrated by Lauren Semmer. When you think of Star Trek, do you think about civil rights? After reading today's featured book, you will. Plus how a fictional character can have a real-world impact. And then a frank conversation about what it means to launch your Harper Collins published book during the Union Workers' strike.

Guest Speaker Syd Page continues in our series, covering Paul's first missionary journey.

To Boldy Go, edited by COL Jonathan Klug and Steven Leonard, and published by Casemate Publishers in 2021, is subtitled “Leadership, Strategy, and Conflict in the 21st Century and Beyond.” Army Mad Scientist’s The Convergence podcasters Luke Shabro and Matthew Santaspirt explore how science fiction can inform the Army about the Operational Environment and the changing character of warfare with the books co-editors and contributors:COL Jonathan Klug is a U.S. Army Strategist serving as an Assistant Professor in the Department of Strategy, Planning, and Operations at the U.S. Army War College. Commissioned as an Armor officer, he served in Haiti, Bosnia, South Korea, Egypt, and Iraq. His strategy assignments included writing U.S. Army, U.S. Joint, and NATO Joint counter-insurgency doctrine; teaching at the U.S. Air Force Academy and the U.S. Naval Academy; serving as V Corps Deputy Plans and Strategy Officer; and strategic planning in the NATO Training Mission-Afghanistan, International Security Assistance Force Joint Command, and Operation Resolute Support Headquarters. He holds degrees from the U.S. Military Academy, Louisiana State University, and the U.S. Army School of Advanced Military Studies. He is a PhD candidate in Military and Naval History at the University of New Brunswick. COL Klug co-edited To Boldly Go and co-authored “Yours is the Superior” with Steven Leonard (below), and contributed “You Rebel Scum!” and “To Live and Die at My Command.” Steven Leonard is an award-winning faculty member at the University of Kansas, where he chairs graduate programs in Organizational Leadership and Supply Chain Management. As a former military strategist and the creative force behind the defense microblog Doctrine Man, he is a career writer and speaker with a passion for developing and mentoring the next generation of thought leaders. He is a senior fellow at the Modern War Institute at West Point; the co-founder of the national security blog Divergent Options; co-founder and board member of the Military Writers Guild; and a member of the editorial review board of the Arthur D. Simons Center‘s Interagency Journal. He is the author, co-author, or editor of five books, numerous professional articles, countless blog posts, and is a prolific military cartoonist. Mr. Leonard co-edited To Boldly Go and co-authored “Yours is the Superior” with COL Klug (above), and contributed “Beware the Beast Man” and “The Mirror Crack’d.”

To Boldy Go, edited by COL Jonathan Klug and Steven Leonard, and published by Casemate Publishers in 2021, is subtitled “Leadership, Strategy, and Conflict in the 21st Century and Beyond.” Army Mad Scientist’s The Convergence podcasters Luke Shabro and Matthew Santaspirt explore how science fiction can inform the Army about the Operational Environment and the changing character of warfare with the books co-editors and contributors:COL Jonathan Klug is a U.S. Army Strategist serving as an Assistant Professor in the Department of Strategy, Planning, and Operations at the U.S. Army War College. Commissioned as an Armor officer, he served in Haiti, Bosnia, South Korea, Egypt, and Iraq. His strategy assignments included writing U.S. Army, U.S. Joint, and NATO Joint counter-insurgency doctrine; teaching at the U.S. Air Force Academy and the U.S. Naval Academy; serving as V Corps Deputy Plans and Strategy Officer; and strategic planning in the NATO Training Mission-Afghanistan, International Security Assistance Force Joint Command, and Operation Resolute Support Headquarters. He holds degrees from the U.S. Military Academy, Louisiana State University, and the U.S. Army School of Advanced Military Studies. He is a PhD candidate in Military and Naval History at the University of New Brunswick. COL Klug co-edited To Boldly Go and co-authored “Yours is the Superior” with Steven Leonard (below), and contributed “You Rebel Scum!” and “To Live and Die at My Command.” Steven Leonard is an award-winning faculty member at the University of Kansas, where he chairs graduate programs in Organizational Leadership and Supply Chain Management. As a former military strategist and the creative force behind the defense microblog Doctrine Man, he is a career writer and speaker with a passion for developing and mentoring the next generation of thought leaders. He is a senior fellow at the Modern War Institute at West Point; the co-founder of the national security blog Divergent Options; co-founder and board member of the Military Writers Guild; and a member of the editorial review board of the Arthur D. Simons Center‘s Interagency Journal. He is the author, co-author, or editor of five books, numerous professional articles, countless blog posts, and is a prolific military cartoonist. Mr. Leonard co-edited To Boldly Go and co-authored “Yours is the Superior” with COL Klug (above), and contributed “Beware the Beast Man” and “The Mirror Crack’d.”

This episode continues our special focus on #Russia and #Ukraine, and we were very pleased to be able to host this guest because he's been providing lots of very good real-time assessment. On February 15, 2022, Maj Gen Mick Ryan published his book War Transformed: The Future of Twenty-First-Century Great Power Competition and Conflict with the Naval Institute Press. Less than 2 weeks later, the world was given a brutal introduction to 21st-century great power warfare, when Vladimir Putin's Russia invaded neighboring Ukraine. Since then, Maj Gen Ryan has been sharing his insights and analysis of this ugly new face of modern war across social media, and he brought them to this episode of the #BruteCast. Gen Ryan has commanded soldiers at the troop, squadron, regiment, task force and brigade levels over the past 35 years. His operational service includes deployments to East Timor, Iraq, and southern Afghanistan. He has also served as a strategist on the United States Joint Staff in the Pentagon. He holds a bachelor's degree in Asian Studies from the University of New England and is a graduate of the Australian Defence Force School of Languages. He is a Distinguished Graduate of the United States Marine Corps Command and Staff College, and a graduate of the USMC School of Advanced Warfighting. In 2012, he graduated with distinction from the Johns Hopkins University, School of Advanced International Studies. Gen Ryan has a long-standing interest in military history and strategy, advanced technologies, organizational innovation, and adaptation theory. He was inaugural President of the Defence Entrepreneurs Forum (Australia) and is a member of the Military Writers Guild. He is a keen author on the interface of military strategy, innovation, and advanced technologies, as well as how institutions can develop their intellectual edge. He has contributed to several books, including Strategy Strikes Back (2018), Why We Write (2019), On Strategy(2020) and To Boldly Go (2021). Mick has also authored major reports that include the Ryan Review (2016) and Thinking About Strategic Thinking (2021). The Krulak Center was also excited to include a contribution from Gen Ryan and his team at the Australian Defence College in volume 2 of their award-winning PME graphic novel series Destination Unknown. Over the past four years, Mick has led a series of reforms at the Australian Defence College to adapt curriculum, academic service contracts, teacher training, international engagement, infrastructure and learning culture for the rigors of the 21st century security environment. On 27 February 2022, Mick retired from the Australia Army after 35 years continuous service. Intro/outro music is "Evolution" from BenSound.com (https://www.bensound.com) Follow the Krulak Center: Facebook: https://www.facebook.com/thekrulakcenter Instagram: https://www.instagram.com/thekrulakcenter/ Twitter: @TheKrulakCenter YouTube: https://www.youtube.com/channel/UCcIYZ84VMuP8bDw0T9K8S3g LinkedIn: https://www.linkedin.com/company/brute-krulak-center-for-innovation-and-future-warfare Krulak Center homepage on The Landing: https://unum.nsin.us/kcic

“I've never competed with anybody else, I compete with myself. And it's because if I set the bar against somebody else's performance, it's not gonna be high enough and I'm gonna sell myself short.” - Steve Leonard 6ers, this episode focuses on the importance of emotional intelligence, measuring goals, and managing personalities. It will make you realize why micromanaging has no space in your team. Tony Nash is joined by Steve Leonard, the creative force behind the mostly satirical defense and national security blog https://www.facebook.com/DoctrineMan/ (Doctrine Man). You are going to learn how to manage personalities (especially that of your boss!) and how giving people the space to be themselves will result in their best personal and professional results. In the end, this episode will empower you to feel more confident as a leader, manager, and dreamer. ----- https://www.amazon.com/Strategy-Strikes-Back-Explains-Military/dp/1640123601/ref=sr_1_1?keywords=strategy+strikes+back&qid=1636981779&qsid=139-9306691-3661320&s=books&sr=1-1&sres=1640123601%2CB08N97D7PS%2C1484265181%2CB091DP1TNB%2C0881327379%2CB09CR7TFDT%2CB01N0SMIHR%2C1595621113%2C1072211602%2C1507723172%2CB0071MIA70%2C0988336499%2C1472836561%2C159463291X%2C1444784129%2C1473892449&srpt=ABIS_BOOK (Strategy Strikes Back: How Star Wars Explains Modern Military Conflict) https://www.amazon.com/Winning-Westeros-Explains-Military-Conflict/dp/1640122214/ref=pd_bxgy_img_1/139-9306691-3661320?pd_rd_w=mtV4e&pf_rd_p=c64372fa-c41c-422e-990d-9e034f73989b&pf_rd_r=7W68BAFSNB0E9BY8EM7Q&pd_rd_r=97373bcf-4af6-4f98-bcca-ecdaac557c63&pd_rd_wg=J18qu&pd_rd_i=1640122214&psc=1 (Winning Westeros: How Game of Thrones Explains Modern Military Conflict) https://www.amazon.com/Boldly-Go-Leadership-Strategy-Conflict/dp/1636240623/ref=sr_1_1?keywords=to+boldly+go&qid=1636981705&qsid=139-9306691-3661320&sr=8-1&sres=1636240623%2C069275671X%2C0692643850%2C0692865462%2CB07DM7NX62%2C1787110028%2C096614080X%2CB072JNQZJQ%2CB07QB5W439%2C1476779058%2C303059954X%2CB08JJSXH6R%2C1845760840%2CB09LGW5DWH%2CB09LDDY39K%2C195160038X&srpt=ABIS_BOOK (To Boldly Go: Leadership, Strategy, and Conflict in the 21st Century and Beyond) ----- https://jamesclear.com/atomic-habits (Atomic Habits) by James Clear ----- 00:42 - Introduction 01:22 - How the science fiction book he co-authored, To Boldly Go, was conceptualized. 05:02 - Why micromanaging doesn't work 07:28 - Doctrine Man and being called out for basing a character on the late General Raymond Odierno 12:13 - Lessons learned from his previous books, Strategy Strikes Back and Why We Write 17:38 - One key lesson he learned from the failure: The importance of managing personalities 22:18 - How is he better than yesterday? Having goals and performance metrics ----- Here is how to connect with Steve Leonard: https://www.facebook.com/DoctrineMan/ (Facebook) https://twitter.com/doctrine_man (Twitter) https://www.linkedin.com/in/stevenleonard1/ (LinkedIn) ----- Connect with Got Your 6 podcast: https://www.thetonynash.com/podcast (Website) https://www.instagram.com/gotyour6pod/ (Instagram) https://discord.gg/KPPzmevp (Discord) https://www.linkedin.com/company/gotyour6pod/ (LinkedIn) https://twitter.com/gotyour6pod (Twitter) https://www.tiktok.com/@gotyour6pod? (TikTok) ----- Connect with Tony: https://www.thetonynash.com/ (Website) https://www.linkedin.com/in/the-tony-nash/ (LinkedIn) https://www.instagram.com/thetonynash/ (Instagram) https://twitter.com/theTonyNash (Twitter)

“I've never competed with anybody else, I compete with myself. And it's because if I set the bar against somebody else's performance, it's not gonna be high enough and I'm gonna sell myself short.” - Steve Leonard 6ers, this episode focuses on the importance of emotional intelligence, measuring goals, and managing personalities. It will make you realize why micromanaging has no space in your team. Tony Nash is joined by Steve Leonard, the creative force behind the mostly satirical defense and national security blog https://www.facebook.com/DoctrineMan/ (Doctrine Man). You are going to learn how to manage personalities (especially that of your boss!) and how giving people the space to be themselves will result in their best personal and professional results. In the end, this episode will empower you to feel more confident as a leader, manager, and dreamer. ----- https://www.amazon.com/Strategy-Strikes-Back-Explains-Military/dp/1640123601/ref=sr_1_1?keywords=strategy+strikes+back&qid=1636981779&qsid=139-9306691-3661320&s=books&sr=1-1&sres=1640123601%2CB08N97D7PS%2C1484265181%2CB091DP1TNB%2C0881327379%2CB09CR7TFDT%2CB01N0SMIHR%2C1595621113%2C1072211602%2C1507723172%2CB0071MIA70%2C0988336499%2C1472836561%2C159463291X%2C1444784129%2C1473892449&srpt=ABIS_BOOK (Strategy Strikes Back: How Star Wars Explains Modern Military Conflict) https://www.amazon.com/Winning-Westeros-Explains-Military-Conflict/dp/1640122214/ref=pd_bxgy_img_1/139-9306691-3661320?pd_rd_w=mtV4e&pf_rd_p=c64372fa-c41c-422e-990d-9e034f73989b&pf_rd_r=7W68BAFSNB0E9BY8EM7Q&pd_rd_r=97373bcf-4af6-4f98-bcca-ecdaac557c63&pd_rd_wg=J18qu&pd_rd_i=1640122214&psc=1 (Winning Westeros: How Game of Thrones Explains Modern Military Conflict) https://www.amazon.com/Boldly-Go-Leadership-Strategy-Conflict/dp/1636240623/ref=sr_1_1?keywords=to+boldly+go&qid=1636981705&qsid=139-9306691-3661320&sr=8-1&sres=1636240623%2C069275671X%2C0692643850%2C0692865462%2CB07DM7NX62%2C1787110028%2C096614080X%2CB072JNQZJQ%2CB07QB5W439%2C1476779058%2C303059954X%2CB08JJSXH6R%2C1845760840%2CB09LGW5DWH%2CB09LDDY39K%2C195160038X&srpt=ABIS_BOOK (To Boldly Go: Leadership, Strategy, and Conflict in the 21st Century and Beyond) ----- https://jamesclear.com/atomic-habits (Atomic Habits) by James Clear ----- 00:42 - Introduction 01:22 - How the science fiction book he co-authored, To Boldly Go, was conceptualized. 05:02 - Why micromanaging doesn't work 07:28 - Doctrine Man and being called out for basing a character on the late General Raymond Odierno 12:13 - Lessons learned from his previous books, Strategy Strikes Back and Why We Write 17:38 - One key lesson he learned from the failure: The importance of managing personalities 22:18 - How is he better than yesterday? Having goals and performance metrics ----- Here is how to connect with Steve Leonard: https://www.facebook.com/DoctrineMan/ (Facebook) https://twitter.com/doctrine_man (Twitter) https://www.linkedin.com/in/stevenleonard1/ (LinkedIn) ----- Connect with Got Your 6 podcast: https://www.thetonynash.com/podcast (Website) https://www.instagram.com/gotyour6pod/ (Instagram) https://discord.gg/KPPzmevp (Discord) https://www.linkedin.com/company/gotyour6pod/ (LinkedIn) https://twitter.com/gotyour6pod (Twitter) https://www.tiktok.com/@gotyour6pod? (TikTok) ----- Connect with Tony: https://www.thetonynash.com/ (Website) https://www.linkedin.com/in/the-tony-nash/ (LinkedIn) https://www.instagram.com/thetonynash/ (Instagram) https://twitter.com/theTonyNash (Twitter)

In this episode, Senior Fellow in Defense Studies Peter Garretson interviews Theresa Hitchens, space pundit, NATO and nuclear war expert, former UN diplomat, and now space reporter for Breaking Defense. They discuss her essay, "How ‘The Expanse' Is A Cautionary Tale For Real World Space Commercialization," exploring its parallels to current commercial space development and regulation, and parallels to history. Next, they address the utility of science fiction to strategy, and why strategists should read scifi. They cover the benefits space brings to understanding our reality, to economic benefits today, to future economic benefits from space resources, the human need as a migratory species to expand and explore and to ensure survival. They outline the importance of sustaining space as a resource for human betterment; avoiding conflict that may be unnecessary over resources, dampening tensions and misunderstandings among nation states. Additionally, they detail the PRC's space weapons program and the utility of norms. They also discuss Space Force, 'warfighting,' military space doctrine, nuclear deterrence, SDI, norms and commercial regulation. Finally, they close by talking about opportunities before the National Space Council and Space Force / USSPACECOM leadership to address current problems as well as shape the far future. Theresa: https://breakingdefense.com/2019/04/theresa-hitchens-joins-breaking-d-just-in-time-for-space-symposium/ https://www.linkedin.com/in/theresa-hitchens-2b0883107/ Theresa's Journalism at Breaking Defense: https://breakingdefense.com/author/thitchens/ To Boldly Go: https://www.casematepublishers.com/to-boldly-go.html#.YXbEmtnMLX0 Strategy Strikes Back https://www.amazon.com/Strategy-Strikes-Back-Explains-Military/dp/1640120335 Winning Westeros https://www.amazon.com/Winning-Westeros-Explains-Military-Conflict/dp/1640124810 UNIDIR https://unidir.org/ Forwarding Multilateral Space Governance: Next Steps https://cissm.umd.edu/research-impact/publications/forwarding-multilateral-space-governance-next-steps-international CISSM: https://cissm.umd.edu/ OST: https://www.unoosa.org/pdf/gares/ARES_21_2222E.pdf Chinese test of a FOB?: https://breakingdefense.com/2021/10/questions-linger-over-chinas-reported-hypersonic-space-weapon-test/

To Boldly Go

Welcome back to the Great Derelict This week Andy is joined by Theresa Hitchens to talk about the new book ‘To Boldly Go' a collection of essays about leadership through the lens of Sci-Fi and specifically about Trade in Sci-fi and the parallels between Jules Pierre Mao, the East India Company, and the race for private space with companies like SpaceX and Blue Origin You can find Theresa on Twitter here: https://twitter.com/Genevaexpat And more about 'To Boldly Go' here: https://www.casematepublishing.co.uk/subject-categories/leadership/to-boldly-go.html And you can find more of Andy and his other casts over at Rogue Two Media - http://www.roguetwomedia.com/ - https://twitter.com/GreatDerelict - https://www.facebook.com/groups/GreatDerelict/

To boldly go... William Shatner, at the age of 90, reached the final frontier. Himself, along with Jeff Bezos, took the plunge into space. We discuss this monumental chapter in his life, and listen in live when they returned to earth. See omnystudio.com/listener for privacy information.

By Jon Frerichs Jon Klug and Steve Leonard, aka Doctrine Man, join the program to discuss their new work, To Boldly Go: Leadership, Strategy and Conflict in the 21st century and Beyond. Sea Control 280 – To Boldly Go with Doctrine Man and Jon Klug Links 1. To Boldly Go: Leadership, Strategy and Conflict in … Continue reading Sea Control 280 – To Boldly Go with Doctrine Man and Jon Klug →

Recorded on 10 September, 2021. In this episode, Eric Muirhead(@StarfleetHIST), Ian Boley(@IBBoley), and Andy Poulastides (@Andy3E) discuss military life as portrayed by the new animated series Star Trek: Lower Decks. The team tackles neglectful field grade officers, boring military schools, what makes good mentorship, and--naturally--chain-smoking house cats. Finally, Ian finally reveals how he truly feels about co-host Cory Hollon (but don't tell Cory). Check out Andy's Podcast The Great Derelict at https://podcasts.apple.com/gb/podcast/the-great-derelict/id1080222616 or where you get your podcasts. Looking for amazing sci-fi reproductions and props? Check out the work of “Orbital Workshop” available at https://cosmicworkshop.co.uk/.   To Boldly Go is available for pre-order here:  https://www.amazon.com/Boldly-Go-Leadership-Strategy-Conflict/dp/1636240623 Check out our Discord at discord.gg/6xg2sApfGJ

 This episode we welcome Steve Leonard (@DoctrineMan), Kera Rolsen (@KeraRolsen), Kelsey Cipolla, and our very own Clara Engle Boley to discuss their soon-to-be released work To Boldly Go: Leadership, Strategy, and Conflict in the 21st Century. We discuss the genesis of the project, leadership, inclusion, interstellar norms, and why Poe Dameron was awful. The guests mutiny and gang up on Cory about the leadership of Han Solo. To Boldly Go is available for pre-order here:  https://www.amazon.com/Boldly-Go-Leadership-Strategy-Conflict/dp/1636240623Check out our Discord at discord.gg/6xg2sApfGJ The Joint Geeks on this episode are: Cory Hollon (@cory_hollon) and Clara Engle Boley. 

We are excited to welcome Amy Rydell to the show this week! Amy reprised her mother's role as the female Romulan Commander for Star Trek Continues episode "To Boldly Go" parts 1 and 2. Her mother, Joanne Linville, was in the original series Star Trek as the female Romulan Commander in the episode "The Enterprise Incident". Join us for a Trek conversation at 7 PM Central/8 PM EST. We're building a bridge between Star Trek and everything else. Join us LIVE every Tuesday at 8 pm EST. https://lnkd.in/eRbxWUB Thank you for watching and supporting our channel! To further support and become part of our Counterparts Crew, Please visit our merch store! https://lnkd.in/egMwAmT You may also email us at counterpartspodcast@gmail.com. We love to hear from our viewers! Thank you and Live Long And Prosper.

Dr. Djoymi Baker joins the show this week to talk about Star Trek and mythic storytelling. The characters of Trek seem larger than life and it's not by accident; in addition to using the tropes of epic storytelling to enthrall and entertain its audience, the Trek franchise has striven to establish itself as modern mythology with iconic heroes. On the show, we discuss the ways in which Trek employs myth to market itself, the representation of "God" and religion in Trek, the "myth" of the Federations utopia, the epistolary nature of Trek storytelling, paratextual fan materials, being your own Mary Sue, casting Jesus as your captain, and why it's only "Deep Space" if you're not in your own backyard.All this talk of religion and I forgot to make a "Faith of the Heart" joke!Check out Djoymi's Book, "To Boldly Go", and read her thoughts about Star Trek: Picard!https://amzn.to/3n62mfZhttp://henryjenkins.org/blog/2020/5/18/return-and-renewal-star-trek-picard-1-of-3-djoymi-baker-amp-roberta-pearson?rq=picardCommunicate with us on Facebook and Twitter and the Just Enough Trope Discord!http://www.facebook.com/eistpodhttp://www.twitter.com/eistpodhttps://discord.gg/APk2cCyJoin our crew on Patreon!http://www.patreon.com/eistpodSubscribe to the show on iTunes!https://itunes.apple.com/us/podcast/enterprising-individuals/id1113165661?mt=2

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Matt Levett continues our series on Acts. To Boldly Go from Acts 6:1 - 7:60

To Boldly Go

Jea Hawkins recommends 5 Books The Lesbian Review Podcast Sheena is joined by lesbian fiction author Jea Hawkins today to talk about 5 of her favourite Books. To Boldly Go by Em Stevens Publisher Indie Author Narrator Missy Cambridge Synopsis When life gives you lemons, drink limoncello.   Taryn's trip of a lifetime is finally happening. She's saved money, researched, planned, and created an itinerary that will allow her to travel Italy...and finally tell her best friend that she's in love with her. But those plans are ruined when she wakes up alone, her crush gone. Her plans did not include being alone and stranded in Milan.   Now Taryn's dream vacation is a nightmare.   Enter Holly, a fellow traveler: young, full of life, and comfortable traipsing off the beaten path. Holly feels a connection with Taryn and wants to salvage her trip. After all, they're in freaking Italy! But their radically different travel styles and age differences make for rough terrain.   Together, they boldly go into unexplored territories of the heart, and may just discover love.     Get This Book On Amazon here -> https://amzn.to/2X4QMEv (this link works for Amazon Germany, US, UK and Canada plus if you use it we get a small commission and it costs you nothing extra)   Romancing The Inventor by Gail Carriger Publisher Indie Author Narrator Emma Newman Synopsis Narrated by the wonderful Emma Newman, this is Gail Carriger's first steampunk lesbian romance featuring a maid bent on seducing a brilliant cross-dressing scientist who's too brokenhearted to notice. Or is she? Imogene Hale is a lowly parlor maid with a soul-crushing secret. Seeking solace, she takes work at a local hive, only to fall desperately in love with the amazing lady inventor the vampires are keeping in the potting shed. Genevieve Lefoux is heartsick, lonely, and French. With culture, class, and the lady herself set against the match, can Imogene and her duster overcome all odds and win Genevieve's heart, or will the vampires suck both of them dry? This is a stand-alone LBGTQ sweet romance set in Gail Carriger's Parasolverse, full of class prejudice, elusive equations, and paranormal creatures taking tea. Delicate sensibilities? This story contains women pleasing women and ladies who know what they want and pursue it, sometimes in exquisite detail. Supernatural Society novellas can be consumed in any order. Look for surprise appearances from popular characters and the occasional strategic application of cognac.   Get This Book On Amazon here -> https://amzn.to/2UfHu6W (this link works for Amazon Germany, US, UK and Canada plus if you use it we get a small commission and it costs you nothing extra)   Stolkholm Syndrome by Miranda McLeod Publisher Apple Blossom Press No Audiobook Synopsis When a spy dials a wrong number, could it be the connection of a lifetime?  Leigh is a secret agent in peril whose life depends on reaching her agency’s emergency hotline. But when she dials the local public radio pledge drive by mistake, a spy-obsessed office temp named Amanda becomes her only hope for rescue. Amanda thinks it’s an exciting game of make-believe, until dangerous elements from Leigh’s past force her to reveal her true identity and take Amanda with her on the run. The answers lie in Stockholm, but whether Leigh should be more frightened of the Russian mobsters who want her dead, or Amanda when she realizes she’s been lied to, is anyone’s guess. One thing is certain, if they can figure out a way to work together, the seasoned agent and the savvy civilian just might make the perfect team!   Get This Book On Amazon here -> https://amzn.to/2UV7OYc (this link works for Amazon Germany, US, UK and Canada plus if you use it we get a small commission and it costs you nothing extra)   Love Without Limits by Harper Bliss Publisher Ladylit Publishing Narrator Angela Dawe Synopsis Changing the rules can open your mind. Caitlin James and Josephine Greenwood have been happily in love and committed to each other for over a year. Josephine has shed her insecurities, and her musical star is on the rise, while Caitlin hosts her own television show under the supervision of a new intriguing boss. When Josephine starts the conversation about opening up their relationship, Caitlin is faced with a shift in the power balance between them. Together, they embark on a sometimes scary but always thrilling journey to discover who they both truly are. Can Caitlin still practice what she has always preached? And will Jo be able to find her own way in their unconventional relationship? Contains mature themes.   Get This Book On Amazon here -> https://amzn.to/2VBvgak (this link works for Amazon Germany, US, UK and Canada plus if you use it we get a small commission and it costs you nothing extra)   Carol by Patricia Highsmith Publisher Hachette Audio UK Narrator Laurel Lefkow  Synopsis Therese is just an ordinary sales assistant working in a New York department store when an alluring woman in her 30s walks up to her counter. Standing there, Therese is wholly unprepared for the first shock of love. She is an awkward 19-year-old with a job she hates and a boyfriend she doesn't love; Carol is a sophisticated, bored suburban housewife in the throes of a divorce and a custody battle for her only daughter. As Therese becomes irresistibly drawn into Carol's world, she soon realises how much they both stand to lose.... First published pseudonymously in 1952 as The Price of Salt, Carol is a hauntingly atmospheric love story set against the backdrop of '50s New York.   Get This Book On Amazon here -> https://amzn.to/2ULA7Zn (this link works for Amazon Germany, US, UK and Canada plus if you use it we get a small commission and it costs you nothing extra)   Must Love Chickens by Jea Hawkins Publisher Indie Author Narrator Lori Prince Synopsis City girl meets country girl. Natalie's life is on a precipice with too many failed career moves in the last year. Faced with the loss of everything she has ever worked for, Natalie looks for a way to get out of the city and realign her priorities. When Jessica Morgan places an ad for a new farmhand, she doesn't expect to hear from an urbanite. And when the respondent turns out to be gorgeous Natalie Wells, she's really at a loss for words! Natalie thinks taking a job in the country is a great plan, until she realizes she's attracted to her boss. When she learns her boss's bias against her is the result of issues with an ex-girlfriend, Natalie realizes she's not imagining the sparks between them - that Jess might just be open to a new relationship, if only Natalie can prove she belongs in Jess's life. The last thing Jess needs is a new love interest, especially one who works for her! But she can't deny Natalie is pretty darn cute trying to learn her way around the farm and as she falls in love, Jess wonders if there's a chance for romance with the city girl....   Get This Book On Amazon here -> https://amzn.to/2UuR5vD (this link works for Amazon Germany, US, UK and Canada plus if you use it we get a small commission and it costs you nothing extra)   Books by Jea Hawkins   As Long As Love Lasts by Jae Hawkins Publisher Indie Author No Audiobook A 2019 Golden Crown Literary Society Award nominee. 2018 - She doesn't know if a marriage is worth fighting for. Peyton Kennedy quantifies everything in terms of numbers and risk. She looks at a problem and solves it, leaving no piece of the puzzle out. When her young, too-whimsical wife inherits a derelict farmhouse from a distant aunt, Peyton can only see the bottom line. Too much work. Too much money. Time. Energy. Definitely not worth saving.  But her wife knows how to get her way and Peyton finds herself roped into renovations. This… this may be the straw that breaks her marriage's back, and Peyton's worried about how not worried that makes her.  That is, until a seventy-year-old bundle of letters and a time-worn diary fall on her head.  Before she knows it, Peyton is drawn into the story of her wife’s great aunt, Marty, a woman who dared defy social conventions for the love of another woman.   1939 - She doesn't know what love is. Marty Bell thinks life will fall neatly into place. Her mother has expectations: A husband, wealthy enough to give Marty security for the rest of her days. When she meets a beautiful circus worker who shovels dung and pounds stakes for a living, it's the first time Marty sees that she can stray from the path. Soon, her life is dictated by not just her mother, but the upheaval of war and the one thing she never expected to find: love. And Marty will risk anything and everything to hold onto it. Contemporary and historical lesbian romance intertwine in this emotional tale of a diary, an elephant, and four women who know that few things matter more than finding someone who loves them just the way they are.   Get This Book On Amazon here -> https://amzn.to/2IcpR6k (this link works for Amazon Germany, US, UK and Canada plus if you use it we get a small commission and it costs you nothing extra)     Patrons Did you know that you get exclusive content when you become a patron? Find out more here.     Jea Hawkins Online Website Amazon Author Page Twitter   About The Lesbian Review The Lesbian Review is a popular website that features book and movie reviews. We only review things we enjoy so you can be guaranteed to find a great read or watch. This podcast is a spinoff of the popular website. About Sheena The Lesbian Review Podcast is hosted by the founder of both The Lesbian Review and The Lesbian Talk Show podcast channel.   Sheena Online You can contact Sheena via email on Twitter on Facebook come join The Lesbian Review Book Club come join The Lesbian Talk Show Chat Group

To Boldly Go... Drinking has gone off the rails, but to be completely fair, we're trying to review Star Trek: Discovery. Plenty of opportunity for audience participation here. There are a lot of unanswered questions.

To Boldly Go... Drinking is looking into Season 2, Episode 5 of Star Trek Discovery, a show that is boldly exploring plots that make increasingly little sense. 

"Star Trek Continues" Series Finale Discussion The five year mission of the original starship Enterprise, NCC-1701, was cut short by NBC in the 1960s. But fans kept the stories alive in a variety of forms, one of those being the recent series "Star Trek Continues" (http://www.startrekcontinues.com). The two-part series finale "To Boldly Go" features our favorite Star Trek characters, along with "new" members of the STC crew, joining together for a final mission that leads to goodbyes, promotions, and a look forward to "Star Trek: The Motion Picture." The trio talks about what they saw as the highs and lows of the two-parter, and their admiration for these devoted Star Trek fans.What do you think of "Star Trek Continues"? Did you like how the series finale bridged the gap between the television series and the movie franchise? 

We play with the new Modiphus 2d20 RPG Star Trek Adventures. We're using an adventure from the To Boldly Go anthology (so spoilers). This is part of the Gauntlet Hangouts, a branch of the Gauntlet Podcast. Check out out Patreon!

We play with the new Modiphus 2d20 RPG Star Trek Adventures. We're using an adventure from the To Boldly Go anthology (so spoilers). This is part of the Gauntlet Hangouts, a branch of the Gauntlet Podcast. Check out out Patreon!

We play with the new Modiphus 2d20 RPG Star Trek Adventures. We're using an adventure from the To Boldly Go anthology (so spoilers). This is part of the Gauntlet Hangouts, a branch of the Gauntlet Podcast. Check out out Patreon!

This week, we welcome our dear friend Vic Mignogna back for his record eighth appearance on Trek Geeks to discuss the series finale of his acclaimed fan film series. "To Boldly Go, Part II" is the eleventh and final episode of Star Trek Continues and it is truly epic in every way!  Hear all the behind-the-scenes stories from the production of this episode--and some that will definitely stun and surprise you! It's an episode that ranks right up there with the finest hours of Star Trek and we hope you'll join us for this amazing conversation! FIVE YEAR MISSION We can’t thank FIVE YEAR MISSION enough. We are truly grateful to them for allowing us to use their music for every episode of Trek Geeks. You really should check them out–they’re writing and recording one original song for each episode of the classic Star Trek series from the 1960’s. Warp on over to their website at FiveYearMission.net and check out all of their fantastic albums! You can hear them all: Year 1, Year 2, Year 3, The Trouble with Tribbles, and of course, the amazing Spock’s Brain! Plus, they’re wrapping up Year 4 right now! Please show them some support and download all their music!

This week, we welcome our dear friend Vic Mignogna back for his record eighth appearance on Trek Geeks to discuss the series finale of his acclaimed fan film series. "To Boldly Go, Part II" is the eleventh and final episode of Star Trek Continues and it is truly epic in every way!  Hear all the behind-the-scenes stories from the production of this episode--and some that will definitely stun and surprise you! It's an episode that ranks right up there with the finest hours of Star Trek and we hope you'll join us for this amazing conversation! FIVE YEAR MISSION We can’t thank FIVE YEAR MISSION enough. We are truly grateful to them for allowing us to use their music for every episode of Trek Geeks. You really should check them out–they’re writing and recording one original song for each episode of the classic Star Trek series from the 1960’s. Warp on over to their website at FiveYearMission.net and check out all of their fantastic albums! You can hear them all: Year 1, Year 2, Year 3, The Trouble with Tribbles, and of course, the amazing Spock’s Brain! Plus, they’re wrapping up Year 4 right now! Please show them some support and download all their music!

THIS WEEKS SHOW FEATURES Show Intro - Marc Parham From My Big Eyes - Janet Montgomery CAPBld Min - Marc Parham discusses his new book To Boldly Go about making simple changes to create a new life Interview –  E. Walter Smith discusses his staring role in Unforgettable! The Nat King Cole/Natalie Cole Story

THIS WEEKS SHOW FEATURES Show Intro - Marc Parham From My Big Eyes - Janet Montgomery CAPBld Min - Marc Parham discusses his new book To Boldly Go about making simple changes to create a new life Interview –  E. Walter Smith discusses his staring role in Unforgettable! The Nat King Cole/Natalie Cole Story

This week on Your Independent Star Trek Podcast, we look at the newly released tenth episode of Star Trek Continues! "To Boldly Go, Part I" is the first half of the two-part finale for the critically acclaimed fan film series. We'll break down our favorite elements of this episode and we'll talk about what it might mean for the final episode. Then, we'll be joined by Star Trek Continues' creator and executive producer--our dear friend, Vic Mignogna. He'll bring his insight and some behind the scenes stories to the podcast.  It's a discussion you won't want to miss! FIVE YEAR MISSION We can’t thank FIVE YEAR MISSION enough. We are truly grateful to them for allowing us to use their music for every episode of Trek Geeks. You really should check them out–they’re writing and recording one original song for each episode of the classic Star Trek series from the 1960’s. Warp on over to their website at FiveYearMission.net and check out all of their fantastic albums! You can hear them all: Year 1, Year 2, Year 3, The Trouble with Tribbles, and of course, the amazing Spock’s Brain! Plus, they’re wrapping up Year 4 right now! Please show them some support and download all their music!

This week on Your Independent Star Trek Podcast, we look at the newly released tenth episode of Star Trek Continues! "To Boldly Go, Part I" is the first half of the two-part finale for the critically acclaimed fan film series. We'll break down our favorite elements of this episode and we'll talk about what it might mean for the final episode. Then, we'll be joined by Star Trek Continues' creator and executive producer--our dear friend, Vic Mignogna. He'll bring his insight and some behind the scenes stories to the podcast.  It's a discussion you won't want to miss! FIVE YEAR MISSION We can’t thank FIVE YEAR MISSION enough. We are truly grateful to them for allowing us to use their music for every episode of Trek Geeks. You really should check them out–they’re writing and recording one original song for each episode of the classic Star Trek series from the 1960’s. Warp on over to their website at FiveYearMission.net and check out all of their fantastic albums! You can hear them all: Year 1, Year 2, Year 3, The Trouble with Tribbles, and of course, the amazing Spock’s Brain! Plus, they’re wrapping up Year 4 right now! Please show them some support and download all their music!

TO BOLDLY GO! The latest edition of #ZOH finds us deep in the final frontier. Comedian and "guy who likes #StarTrek", ADAM SOKOL joins us to talk all about the most bad ass of Star Fleet captains, BENJAMIN SISKO! We discuss the many Trek iterations, Deep Space 9's "Norm", and Riker and Picard getting weird in the Holodeck! Read Adam's musings on GOOD TREK / BAD TREK: https://goodtrekbadtrek.tumblr.com/ ZEROES ON HEROES follows the quest of our intrepid hosts, Mike and Will, to interview funny and interesting people about their heroes. In diving into our guests' admiration, respect, and inspiration drawn from their heroes, from any realm of culture, we learn about them and ourselves. Follow our Zeroes: @MikeMercadal & @WilliamAWatkins

Standard Orbit 189: Into Darkness-There is Trek in You! There is Trek in Darkness   In this episode of Standard Orbit: Ken reviews the best scenes that personify Star Trek within Into Darkness. From Captain Pike's interest in Kirk's success, Spock's response to discipline, and the incredible speech at the end of the movie; Into Darkness has its Star Trek moments. Many fans feel Star Trek Into Darkness failed to meet expectations and it was just another high speed sci-fi action movie. Many felt the film didn't take the time to incorporate the elements long time fans were craving in the re-boots. While that is true in certain aspects; Star Trek Into Darkness may have some of the better character moments of the new movies. Enjoy listening to the key scenes that epitomize Star Trek and please let us know your opinions on the Babel Conference. Chapters  Welcome to Standard Orbit! (00:01:22) Shout out to Zach, Houston, and Florida (00:02:08) Intro to Into Darkness (00:02:38) Some Social Issues (00:04:48)    Standing in front of the Admiral (00:08:00) A True Mentor (00:11:40) Death of Pike (00:15:04) To Boldly Go (00:16:44) The Journey Re-starts (00:19:45) POTFM (00:22:05) Thanks for Listening (00:26:24)     Host Ken Tripp 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)   

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Gold Key Vol.3, Part 1. Spock with 5-inch tall ears! Bored megalomaniacs with aspirations of world domination! Huge rocket flames bursting forth from the Enterprise's warp nacelles! It can only mean one thing: that's right, we're diving into the Gold Key Star Trek comics once again! In this episode of Literary Treks hosts Matthew Rushing, Dan Gunther and Bruce Gibson talk the first 3 issues of IDW’s Gold Key Vol. 3. We discuss The Dark Traveler, The Enterprise Mutiny, The Museum at the End of Time as well as make a special announcement. We have a busy news segment as we talk about the release of the updated Star Trek Encyclopedia, the book cover for Control and the premiere issue of To Boldly Go. News New Star Trek Encyclopedia (00:03:41) Control Book Cover (00:07:23) To Boldly Go #1 (00:10:20) Feature: Gold Key Vol.3, Part 1 The Dark Traveler (00:25:28) The Enterprise Mutiny (00:36:18) The Museum at the End of Time (00:46:21) Final Thoughts (00:57:34) Hosts Matthew Rushing, Dan Gunther and Bruce Gibson Production Matthew Rushing (Editor and Producer) C Bryan Jones (Executive Producer) Charlynn Schmiedt (Executive Producer) Matthew Rushing (Executive Producer) Richard Marquez (Production Manager) Norman C. Lao (Associate Producer) Ken Tripp (Associate Producer) Brandon-Shea Mutala (Associate Producer) Bruce Gibson (Associate Producer)

To Boldly Go on for Seven Seasons This week Johnny and Brian jump 400 years into the future to follow the crew of the USS Enterprise 1701-D, a galaxy class starship and breakdown Star Trek The Next Generation as they continue celebrating the 50th anniversary of Star Trek. They also introduce a new segment on the show… the #CertifiedInfamous Reading List! All this plus they are joined again by friend of the show YouTuber David Griffin! #CertifiedInfamous Reading List Manifest Destiny Vol 1. – The 1804 adventures of Lewis & Clark… Monster Hunters! Star Trek The Next Generation (1987) Synopsis Star Trek: The Next Generation (TNG) focuses on the 24th century adventures of Captain Jean-Luc Picard aboard the U.S.S. Enterprise (NCC-1701-D). This incarnation of the famous starship is much larger than the one captained by James T. Kirk a century earlier, and, accordingly, it carries a larger crew complement: 1,012 men, women…and, surprisingly, children. This era's Starfleet Command believes that men and women are more likely to sign up for long-term exploratory missions if they think of their ship as home. Thus, Picard's crew enjoys many of the comforts they'd have otherwise left behind, including a wide variety of recreational...

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Enterprise Season One Blu-Ray Review.   Enterprise Season One on Blu-Ray is the visual extravaganza that finally offers the fans breathtaking 1080p high-definition picture and 5.1 sound. This Blu-Ray set is also packed with a wealth of brand-new special features and bonus materials. The most notable additions to this set are the two exclusive documentaries that were recorded specially for this collection: The "In Conversation" retrospective with Brannon Braga and Rick Berman and the three-part "To Boldly Go - Launching Enterprise" documentary. These exclusives alone are worth the price of the set!   The "In Conversation" retrospective with Brannon Braga and Rick Berman is a candid, raw, and visceral recounting of their collective experiences with Enterprise and Star Trek in general for the past 18 years. However, the real gem for this Blu-Ray set is the three-part "To Boldly Go - Launching Enterprise" documentary. I give this Blu-Ray set my highest recommendation solely on the merit of what I learned from "To Boldly Go", as it answered a great many questions that left fans in the dark about controversial choices that plagued the series from the start.   Hosts Norman C. Lao and Will Nguyen   Guest Jeffrey Harlan   Editor Matthew Rushing   Executive Producers Norman C. Lao, Matthew Rushing and Christopher Jones   Associate Producers Floyd Dorsey and Mike Morrison   Production Manager Richard Marquez   Content Manager Will Nguyen   Chapters Welcome and Jeff’s upcoming Nuptials! (00:01:22)  Singing (praises of) the BLUs (00:05:26)  All The Technobab-BLUs (00:11:11)  The Berman and Braga Experience (00:17:35)  Serving Too Many Masters (00:28:07)  To Boldly Go with a New Theme (00:36:42) Building the Past of the Future (00:49:54) Taking a Quantum Leap in Casting (00:59:40) Our Final Product Reviews and Recommendations (01:13:03) Closing and Thank You For Listening (01:28:09)   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

This week we’ll introduce you to an incredibly unique Colorado homeowner, with a Trekker flair.... we’ll explain.  After that, we will continue To Boldly Go with a message from two studly actors! AND, even MORE transports are on their way to Vegas…   Finally, our crew returns from our away mission where a simple transporter accident shows us a pissed off spock with a sharp goatee, in an unknown stardate.   All this, and more: on the Starboard Power Coupling Podcast - A Star Trek Podcast you hope doesn’t fail.

Il n’y a pas que le réalisateur J.J. Abrams qui a la chance de s’attaquer à la franchise Star Trek, il y a aussi 24FPS, le podcast ciné avec ou sans spoiler ! Car grâce à la sortie du nouveau film Into Darkness, il nous est possible d’évoquer plus de 45 ans de science-fiction à la télévision et au cinéma, sans oublier la critique très détaillée de ce dernier long-métrage !Dans la première partie (sans spoiler) de l’émission, Jérôme et Julien reviennent tout d’abord sur les débuts de Star Trek à la télévision américaine en 1966 et sur le succès et l’influence de cette série avant d’évoquer les 11 films ayant déjà vu le jour entre 1979 et 2009 par le biais de multiples anecdotes. Ils livrent aussi leur avis général sur le nouveau film et ses différents aspects (réalisateur, scénaristes, casting) en prenant bien garde à ne rien dévoiler du scénario. Car c’est seulement une fois que débute la seconde partie (avec spoilers) que les deux compères reviennent sur toutes les scènes de Star Trek Into Darkness avec de nombreux commentaires et analyses, et encore une fois un bon paquet d’anecdotes.Bonne écoute à vous, et n’hésitez pas venir nous dire ce que vous avez pensé du film ou de l’émission.Longue vie et prospérité !Crédits musicaux : To Boldly Go et End Credits de Michael Giacchino, issus de l’album Star Trek : Music From The Motion Picture (2009), et Star Trek Main Theme de Michael Giacchino, issu de l’album Star Trek Into Darkness : Music From The Motion Picture (2013)

To Boldly Go Series: Revolution: The Christian Story From Acts Preacher: Derek Lamont Date: 4th March 2012 Time: 17:30 Passage: Acts 17:1-34