Romulus was one of the mythical founders of Rome, and Vulcan is the Roman god of weaponry. Is it just supposed to be a coincidence?

I know there was the TNG episode where it's revealed that Riker was involved in creating cloaking technology. I can't remember the episode well but I had some questions that the episode didn't go into enough detail about.

- The Federation isn't allowed to use cloaking technology because of a treaty with the Romulans?

- But the Romulans can use it?

- Why would the Federation agree to this?

- Is just Starfleet prohibited or all Federation races?

- But the Klingons use cloaking?

- But the Klingons aren't part of the Federation, only aligned with it?

This streamer is still clunky as heck

Edit: it's working now! 1 hour and 58 minutes late.

I have been pouring over what to possibly use! My brand is already slightly sci-fi (as much as possible without sacrificing professionalism) .. but I want to use something that fans will instantly recognize but seems normal to everyone else. Currently the name is "AGXX Labs" [its CRO/UX research and strategy development/implementation] The model is uniquely Math based so any Math or fictional tech reference could work (not The Delta though lol) - I have "ad aspera per astra" visibly tattooed on myself so ideally not that either lol

BONUS: If it can be Abbreviated with a consonant first and vowel so people dont try to pronounce it when I put it in front of "UX"... I realize the difficulty of what im asking lol.

I really like him, actually, even though he’s not written to be particularly likable. He makes a perfect foil for Sisko. They each have their code/standards they live by and are loyal to, and those codes happen to be at odds with each other. Neither one of them is “wrong” but they can’t both be right either. It’s a fun dynamic to watch and I always feel happy when I see that an Eddington episode is on.

So I'm currently rewatching S7 of DS9 while also reading Virgil's Aeneid, and I'm struck by huge parallels between Sisko and Aeneas.

For anyone unfamiliar with the Aeneid, it's the Roman epic that tells the story of Aeneas, who leads a fleet of refugees from the sacked city of Troy to Italy, where he's been told by the gods that he's destined to start a new civilization that will eventually become Rome. In modern terms, it's a prequel to the Roman origin story of Romulus & Remus, and a kind of retcon of Homer.

Parallels:

- Both Aeneas and Sisko are sons of a human father and a goddess/ prophet mother (Venus in Aeneas's case).

- Both are widowers who lost their wife during the traumatic event that opens their story (the fall of Troy; Wolf 359).

- Both have strong relationships to their father (Anchises, Joseph) and only son (Ascanius, Jake).

- Both mother figures (Venus and Prophet-Sarah) are cold, ambiguous figures. There's not much evidence of maternal affection as humans would see it.

- Both are inspirational leaders to those serving under them, and both take their duties very seriously to their people and family.

- Both are forced by the gods / prophets to choose between love and destiny. Aeneas and Sisko are specifically told that they cannot be with their love (Dido and Kassidy), as their special destiny comes first.

And now the big difference - when Aeneas is told by the gods to leave Dido and sail to Italy, he obeys. He follows his destiny above his heart.

Sisko is given the same ultimatum and refuses to make that choice. He will not give up his autonomy or his love.

In some ways, thinking along these lines has helped me enjoy DS9 in a different way. There are many elements of the prophets / Pah wraiths storyline that doesn't really work as SF, but if you see it as a kind of Graeco-Roman epic, it makes more sense.

I have no idea if any of this was intended by the DS9 writers, or if it's just coincidence, but anyway I hope people might find it interesting!

I grew up watching TNG on Saturday nights with my family (the only night we ate in front of the tv), and we did Voyager on Monday nights until I went off to college, but for whatever reason we watched a few episodes of Deep Space 9 and it didn't stick.

My partner was a huge DS9 fan, though, so we've been slowly working our way through DS9 and we're about halfway through the last season. But for whatever reason I *cannot* stop thinking about Children of Time and that whole planet of people who disappeared. The Klingons that allowed anyone who passed the trials to join (I bet there are Klingon LARPs based on that, aren't there.) The new Dax, the O'Briens, Quark as a teacher, all of it!

I think one of the reasons it's stuck with me so long is that for whatever reason I thought they'd be able to get out of it - a copy would stay on the planet, or something like that. Losing the entire population is just gut wrenching. It's one of the few episodes of any Star Trek series that has stuck with me in this particular way.

During a red alert I have always wondered why they blast a horn and turn the lights down.

I would think you would want to hear everything and have the lights bright. So you see around.

Am I missing something?

This episode just ran on CTV Sci Fi . It's still a terrible episode but Picard and Worf coming down the corridor then looking agast as a chicken fly out of the open door to the Transporter Room is one of the funniest scenes in Star Trek history.

My 9 ½-year-old bestie is watching Star Trek TOS and enjoying it 🥰😍

That's all.

I honestly did not expect she'd enjoy it, so we started our Star Trek journey with Star Trek Enterprise instead of TOS. She's not really a fan of Star Trek Discovery, so I'm watching it on my own.

Parenthood is a wild ride!

Hey all,

I can't find a TOS ep I'm trying to share. It's the one where Kirk is arguing with someone, likely Spock, and while angry and pointing at him, he says something like "You! You... ... You're absolutely right." It's a great scene.

Anyone know offhand which episode that is?

With SNW season 4 on the way I’ve seen a lot of reviews or overviews of the first 6 episodes of this season. Many of them continue the common complaint that genre hopping is detrimental in a 10 episode season, but also it occasionally delivers quality Trek premises and episodes. It got me thinking that with 6 episodes being all we get from season 5, how much of it should be a wrap up of SNW? Should they experiment with genres at all in a truncated final season? I would like at least one swing at something truly outside of the box in that season as a nice send off to the concept, but would be annoyed if the majority of the episodes changed genres while wrapping up the show.

I’m not talking about hooman races. They are all bubbly root beer loving freaks anyways . I mean stereotypes, such as all Vulcans are stiff and logical,all Ferengi are greedy and scheming, all Klingons are obsessed with honor and battle etc…

I’m on the penultimate episode of the series and this whole season has been Kelby catching stray hits left and right.
I don’t think there was a single bridge man who didn’t get a moment of conflict with him, except maybe Hoshi?

The convention is around the corner, and it is basically sold out. What are the chances they open up last minute day of tickets for a day pass?

I’ve always wondered about this after Star Trek V.
At the end of the film, Kirk returns with first-hand evidence that:
the Great Barrier can actually be crossed,
there’s a habitable planet (Sha Ka Ree) at the galactic centre,
and they encountered an incredibly powerful imprisoned energy being.

Surely after Kirk’s debrief, Starfleet would have sent a dedicated science mission to investigate?
I’d have expected something like an Oberth-class science vessel, retracing Enterprise-A’s route, deploying probes, surveying the Barrier properly and confirming whether the entity was really destroyed or simply dispersed.
As far as I know though, we never hear of any follow-up mission in canon. It seems odd that Starfleet would simply file the report away and never go back.
Have I missed a novel, comic or reference somewhere, or is this one of those loose ends that Star Trek has never revisited (because it was received poorly)?

Replicator food in Star Trek doesn't sound like it's terrible or anything, and honestly, if replicators are what's feeding most people, you have to assume a lot of effort will be spent making the output as good as it can possibly be.

In a world where people have that, how realistic is it that people are going to go out to Sisko's Creole Kitchen and places like that? Okay, sure, maybe on occasion as a little novelty, but if you can basically just magic up any meal you want in a second at your own home where you can watch your holodramas or whatever the hell, and there's no clean-up because you just disintegrate your replicated dishes and silverware, how often are you really gonna feel like schlepping your way across the French Quarter to sit at some table and wait for Sisko's dad to cook you food?

I am in a rewatch of this episode and I am at the scene where the officers are discussing the moral dilemma of destroying the Borg. I felt as though Picard was right the collective needed to be neutralized, but I also understood Beverly’s point. Any thoughts? Also as a side note Jonathan del Arco did a wonderful job portraying the Borg survivor. I appreciate any feedback. Thanks folks.

I can't help but think or even imagine how different Picard's life would have been if he took that job and left Starfleet.

Do you think he would have stayed on to the project or eventually go back to Starfleet? Have a family on Earth... kids? Literally the entire history of the Galaxy would have changed in that moment.

Yes, Trek is about the 'what if' humanity abandons selfishness and wants to improve. But we can't ignore that Trek is, first of all, about the crews, and the captains through whose eyes we see this universe.

It's a no-brainer, really: every(?) Trek show follows a particular captain and their actions, but if we look closely, for all their differences, the captains we see across the Trek series are very similar. Kirk (and TOS in general) was very raygun gothic, he was this heroic archetype more so than a proper character: handsome, righteous, smart, responsible. And these traits are found in (almost) every main captain across the series: Picard, Janeway, Sisko, Archer, Pike, etc. Yes, some may be more cunning or unscurulous than others (which is one of the main differences people list between Kirk and Picard), but at their core, the captains embody the base principles of Starfleet/ the Federation. And I think it's brilliant, because while captains might not be diplomats, they are essentially the first face and voice of the Federation that others interact with, they are the utmost Federation authority outside of Federation authority. I love this concept.

Western Air ad and outtakes

wow they are so great together.

And talking about ST IV, “I thought you lost your marbles” “I got some back”

I'm not intending this to be a "My favorite bridge was from abc series or movie" but it may turn into that. What I'm curious about are specific features from various bridges, as well as the features that didn't strike your fancy. For me:

Favorite:

The little table in front of Sulu's chair on the Excelsior.
The forward facing consoles across a few different TOS movie bridges (the weapons station in movies 1-3, the moved science station and the pop out consoles in 2 and 3, the forward facing sections of the Science and Communications consoles in 6).
Pop out chairs on the rear consoles of the Enterprise D bridge.
The integrated conference area of the NX-01.

Honorable Mention (since it's not really visible)--the ignition key on the Conn/Ops console in ST:6.

Least Favorite:

Consoles for console's sake. I feel like this happened on the Enterprise B as well as the Enterprise D in Generations. I'd also include in this stations in front of Conn/Ops; this may be just a beta canon thing; I don't know if it appeared in a show or movie. But there are many beta canon and fan designs I've seen where they drop consoles with chairs right in front of the viewscreen, in front of Conn/Ops.
Paris' sliding chair. If the guy flying your ship has to slide back and forth to do his job, you may want to redesign that console.
Lots of steps. ADA issues aside, why so many steps? The Enterprise E felt like a safety hazard with almost every station having a step in front of it. And then the generic bridge design used in Star Trek:Picard made it a workout just to get up to the command chairs. At least they had ramps.

(Dis)Honorable mention: of course, lack of seat belts. I just watched some of the first episode of Voyager to confirm one of my dislikes, and seat belts while under red alert probably would have saved the lives of everyone.