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)?

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 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.

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!

45% serious.

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.

I was watching Wrath of Khan the other day, the scene where Spock dies.

When he gets up to address Kirk he straightens his uniform, notice Picard does the exact same thing with his uniform multiple times throughout NxG.

As Patrick Stewart is a top tier actor, I wonder if he added this trait to his character on purpose.

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 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.

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?

...just as they've done since TNG, instead of having different insignia as in TOS?

I've been rewatching Strange New Worlds season 3, and Pike and Batel's relationship got me thinking: How common is it in Starfleet for captains of different vessels to date/marry each other? Because two other examples off the top of my head are Mariner's parents from Lower Decks, and Geordi's parents from TNG (I know their dads are both admirals during the events of the respective shows, but it's safe to assume they were both still captains, or at least the same rank as their wives, when they got married). Granted, the only people it would be appropriate for a captain to date within Starfleet would be someone who technically doesn't have a rank (like a doctor) or another captain.

Spoilers ahead!

TNG S2E7: Dr. Pulaski contracts a virus that causes rapid aging. Solution: put her in the transporter and imprint her last biopattern when rematerializing her.

TNG S6E7: Transporter issues rematerialize Picard et al as children. Solution: put them back in the transporter and imprint their last biopatterns when rematerializing them.

TNG S6E24: Transporter issues clone Riker.

VOY S2E24: Transporter issues combine Tuvok and Neelix into one person. Solution: put them back in the transporter and rematerialize them as seperate people.

Of all the broken technologies in Star Trek.. I think about how it should just be part of a routine checkup to go through the transporter at least once a year and imprint the bioscan of whatever age you want to be.

Whenever an episode centres around one or more people being ill/injured I just think "PUT THEM IN THE TRANSPORTER!!! LAST BIOSCAN!!!" But I know Star Trek would just say their biopattern is too unstable to get a lock lol.

How did Miles O'Brien go from Capt. Benjamin Maxwell's tactical officer to standing in a transporter room on the enterprise?

The Empath has to be one of the most polarized episodes of not just Star Trek TOS, but possibly the whole franchise!

There are people who rank this as high as City on the Edge of Forever, Balance of Terror, and the Doomsday Machine.

And then there are people like me why Star Trek only has 78 episodes because of how horrible this is.

I will explain my reasoning:

I can deal with a minimal background,

I can deal with that it was not an action packed or Enterprise heavy episode (like The Tholian Web),

I totally respect that McCoy sacrificed himself putting him near death to save Kirk and Spock.

What I can not deal with (even after 40 years) is the fact the Vians get away with killing Linke and Ozaba the scientists and very nearly do the same to the landing party after capturing them just to test Gem's healing abilities-and no sort of retribution comes of the Vians except a speech from Kirk on what they are doing is wrong (especially when 2 episodes prior in Plato's Stepchildren, Kirk was able to get revenge on Parmen after just humiliating he and Spock through the whole episode).

If the Vians got trapped in a forcefield forever and Gem was taken back to the Enterprise for treatment at a starbase it would have been one thing, but to not have them face any punishment is just unwatchable.

BTW: I understand this is just my opinion for the ones that do like the Empath, because we all as Trekkies have different tastes.

Live long and prosper Trekkies!

Ok,eu nunca vi ninguém comentando sobre isso, alguém sabe o que e aquela civilização máquina que aparece no final da primeira temporada de star Trek Picard e depois nunca mais? Tipo aparentemente alguém deixou um aviso sobre eles e moveu estrelas para isso então eles são poderosas o suficiente para dar medo em alguém que move estrelas e são uma das poucas raças realmente Sintética ou a única que e realmente poderosa, o quão forte eles são? Como se compara a o império tkon e outros

Thinking about getting my hands on more star trek content while I wait for Doctor Who's "The Collection" to fill out a bit more. I know The Original Series and The Next Generation are the 2 big shows, but are there other shows that I should absolutely watch? The case for Star Trek: Enterprise looks really cool

Edit: I own all 13 movies. I'm just asking about shows

I'm not personally a big star trek fan. I do enjoy sci-fi and personally really enjoy the trilogy. It's fast paced, the CGI still looks excellent, the characters and dialogue are enjoyable and I absolutely love the autistic energy Karl Urban and Zachary Quinto bring to their roles.

I have seen all 13 star trek films at least once, though I haven't seen the original 10 in almost a decade. I honestly kinda wish that they made more of the kelvin films. They're a lot of fun and I'd definitely take them over the Star Wars sequel trilogy, or really anything star wars has come out with since revenge of the sith.

I also haven't seen any of the extra material. None of the shows, none of the books. I watched a ton of videos on the series when I was really young though, but I don't remember a whole lot of the stuff

(Pls don't kill me, I'm not a trekkie. I like doctor who and Godzilla)

Archer climbing the mountain in 4.3 - Home and discussing with Hernandez how he sees an unexperienced version of himself in her and to insist on having weapons and a MACO team on board her ship hit hardest on how much the Expanse and the hard calls they had to make had on Archer.
It is interesting to see how the hopefulness of the Federation was close to being smothered out of one of the founding members.
That might have been one of the best episodes to build and show character development. The Xindi plot was always so conflict and situation based. Feels like we had lost focus on the crew itself during S3 in the shadow of the big impending doom of Xindi ball of death.

Just started season 5 and it looks like they got new people to do it since there’s subtitle credits in the intro. Maybe I’m being silly by being bothered by this but I just think it looks stupid to read in all caps when Picard is having a calm conversation with someone and it’s written as though someone’s shouting. Just me?

I would love a new show that focuses on Andorians, mainly Commander Shran and his friendship with Captain Archer. The main story would have Commander Shran and Captain Archer working and serving together again.

I saw a poster on the subway for SNW S4 proclaiming: "BOLDLY GO ONE STEP CLOSER TO WHERE IT ALL BEGAN…" and if that doesn't succinctly capture the "prequel problem," I don't know what could.

It's a very passive construction (not in the active v passive voice sense), but you're going "one step closer" to the actual beginning of the story? It makes it sound like there's just not much that's going to happen.

I'm following this viewing guide, as suggested by someone on here.

Initially I was a bit hesitant about watching this show, because I don't think Rebecca Romijn is the right actress to play Una (nothing against the actress, I just see Una as more reserved, like Majel Barrett portrayed her), and I also don't get why Pike has grey hair (or am I mis-remembering the Short Trek episode?), but I finally gave it a go, and watched the whole first season in one sitting. Imagine my surprise to find out that season 1 isn't even about Pike's Enterprise.

Well, in general, I found it to be quite enjoyable. The different story arcs were pretty exciting, for the most part, and none felt like they were moving too fast or too slow (other than Michael getting accepted by the crew, this did feel too fast). I particularly liked Gabriel Lorca (talk about an "inspired" name). Aside from the character himself, I like the idea of a Terran successfully infiltrating Starfleet/ the Federation. Sure, in TOS we're told that Terrans are too base to fit in, but since the Federation was at war, it made for a perfect cover for him to be there. I actually knew that Terran Lorca was a character on the show, but I didn't know that it was him the whole time, so I was actually a bit confused whether or not Starfleet knew that he was Terran as well. His attempted revolution in the Mirror Universe, in the later episodes, was also great. Not only was he well respected by his old crew (which is apparently quite rare for Terrans), but his whole plan was so well-executed (I mean, sure, it was very unlikely in general, hinging on a lot of "if's", and a plan is only as good as the opposing party is stupid, but still). At the same time, having Terran Georgiou become a Federation captain was less interesting. Yes, it made sense given the circumstances, but maybe it's because she wasn't really hiding who she was and you knew she was up to something that it just wasn't satisfying.

Among the things I didn't like:

• The elephant in the room: the Klingon redesign is all sorts of weird, and I couldn't find a conclusive answer online as to why it was necessary (other than "the showrunners didn't know what Klingons are supposed to look like, and didn't care", which is fair, but still). At least, from what I've read, season 2 redesigned them to be more in-line with their proper look. Interestingly enough, there's a Trek fanseries from the 90's that featured a Klingon that didn't look like Klingons are supposed to (grey skin, hairless, though with ridges).

• Michael getting court marshalled for starting a war when she was trying to prevent it, and the war started exactly because she didn't act when she had the chance. The show makes it out as though it was her fault for acting against Starfleet/ Federation principles in the first place, but none of the bridge crew even tried defending her actions? Not even after seeing that her pre-emptive strike could have prevented the war? Talk about being unpopular.

• So the prison transport shuttle's pilot somehow untethered and that was that? No mention, or anything?

• Prime Landry dying like an idiot: you'd think a person like her would have known better.

• Prime Lorca's disappearance was never addressed in any meaningful way. Sure, it's implied that he got switched into the Mirror Universe and was assumed to have not survived, but that's it? A decorated and respected captain, a lover and close friend of a Federation Admiral, and... nothing?

• Why didn't the Discovery have any red-marked uniforms? Enterprise, which is set earlier in the timeline, had them; TOS, which is set later, also had them (I think season 2's USS Enterpise also has them?). So what's the deal? Or was I not attentive? Also, whatever happened to the black badges?

• Letting Mudd and Terran Georgiou go was a stupid decision, however honourable, and I'm sure it'll come to bite them in the ass later on.

• Speaking of which: swearing. I'm not very familiar with newer Trek, so is swearing acceptable now? Sure, it was just two-three instances in the entire season, but still.

• Detmer was underutilised despite constantly being on-screen. Other than her avoiding Michael in the very beginning, there's no interaction between them whatsoever. You'd think they might have wanted to do some catching-up after their original ship was lost, at least after the crew had warmed up to Michael, but no. In general, there are several characters that get names, are constantly on-screen, but who are entirely irrelevant to the plot (Detmer, Airiam, Owosekun, Rhys, Bryce - I swear, I had to look their names up). Maybe they become more relevant in further seasons, I don't know.

• Saru tried to sabotage the mission on Pahvo and there were absolutely no repercussions for it. We're told that it's because, for the first time, he was not afraid, but that's still a serious transgression. In times of war it's grounds for court martial or even execution. But sure, Starfleet/ the Federation isn't about that, it's about respecting one's right for self-fulfilment.

• I was also partly disappointed that Tyler's relation with L'Rell wasn't some kind of stockholm syndrome. Could have made for some interesting character dynamic/ exploration, but whatever. Him being surgically-altered Voq worked. Although the way Tyler-Voq was handled was still disappointing.

• Some of the plot beats were predictable.

Yeah, but other than that, I liked the season. Sure, it could be dissected further, but I don't wanna do that.

In Voyager the Omega Particle has the power to disrupt or destroy subspace. That would make warp travel impossible. I think that could have been a much better plot device in Discovery to limit warp travel instead of sad alien. I get that warp travel needs to exist in Star Trek so something else was used.