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    Episode Discussion | Star Trek: Starfleet Academy | 1x06 "Come, Let's Away"

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  • You’re right, that’s the model they landed on by TMP. I meant to say it resonates with Jeffries’ original concept that the engines were just too dangerous to be near the ship, which I always preferred. And who’s to say 32nd century ships don’t have power plants in the nacelles themselves, like a lot of early fandom assumed in the days of TOS? It would make sense if they’re completely separate now. (I know we saw Discovery with a central warp core after its refit, but Discovery is a bit of a special case).

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  • I like the detached nacelles. It's nice to have at least a few clear indicators that technology has advanced in the 800 years since TNG. And it seems like a logical extension of the idea that the nacelles are these big dangerous things that needed to be kept separate from the living spaces and easily jettisoned.

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  • OK, I've seen the images in the other thread now, and I'm seeing much more convincing evidence of AI generation there.

    Like, everything about these arms looks wrong: https://imgur.com/DiRNxEY

    And these shadows are just nonsense: https://imgur.com/TMZY25V

    Honestly, I'm personally not too bothered if a background prop you're not supposed to get a good look at is made with AI, but I'm also not going to argue with anyone who takes a real hard line on the subject.

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  • I’m really not seeing any obvious AI tells. It looks to me like it was drawn and inked traditionally, and then someone dropped in the little flares to up the cheese factor (and maybe give a little reference to JJ). I may be wrong, it’s getting hard to tell these days, but to me it just looks like someone trying to emulate a very typical comic book style.

  • Jess Bush Talks Upcoming “Deep” Chapel Episodes For ‘Star Trek: Strange New Worlds’

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  • Season 3 really did her a disservice. Hopefully the writers got their heads back in the game for the back half of the show.

  • "And you people, you're all astronauts on... some kind of star trek?" James Cromwell announced for STLV to celebrate the 30th anniversary of First Contact.

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  • The fifty-fifth entry in the Star Trek film franchise, in which the Enterprise Y returns to the centre of the galaxy to enlist the God Thing’s aid in defeating the Borg King. He redeems himself and becomes Captain Kirk the Fourth’s new yeoman, a real full circle moment.

  • "Okay. That... that seems really dark." - Mac

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  • Voyager’s bridge really was sweet. Love the enormous navigator’s console. Don’t know how practical it is, but it sure conveys that this is a maneuverable little sonuvabitch.

  • Beautiful plumage!

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  • But of course, we worship The Great Bird of the Galaxy, after all.

  • What Stops ICE from Snatching People Off Canadian Streets? Very Little

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  • The most polite people I know are also the most willing to stand up against wrong doing when the time comes. They are they way they are because they value good prosocial behaviour, they're willing to sacrifice their own convenience for it, and they're willing to defend it.

  • Interview: Tawny Newsome On “Gargantuan Task” To Give DS9 “Resolution” On ‘Star Trek: Starfleet Academy’

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  • That’s right, I completely forgot about Worf, and also the O’Briens!

  • Episode Discussion | Star Trek: Starfleet Academy | 1x05 "Series Acclimation Mil"

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  • That was my one gripe with the episode. I enjoyed the B-plot, but it felt disconnected to the rest. And with this episode otherwise serving as such a lovely coda to DS9, I wish they'd have kept it a bit more focused on that.

  • Interview: Tawny Newsome On “Gargantuan Task” To Give DS9 “Resolution” On ‘Star Trek: Starfleet Academy’

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  • Keeping in mind DS9 itself opened on a direct TNG tie in, sprinkled TNG villains through the first season, then brought back every Klingon captain from TOS, and finally just went all in and edited everyone into a TOS episode so Dax could swoon over Spock’s eyes and Sisko could sneak Kirk’s autograph…

    Every Trek show since the original has referenced the others like this. I think it’s good fun.

  • Too far, man

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  • Oh you’ve gotta give No Man’s Land a read.

  • ‘Starfleet Academy’ Episode 5 Trailer Reveals ‘Star Trek: Deep Space Nine’ Connection

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  • You’re talking about the sacred home of The Emissary of The Prophets. I wouldn’t be shocked if they kept the place around just so Bajorans could go there to pray for his return.

  • [SPOILER PICARD SEASON 3 TALK] What happend with the the new and old Borg after Picard season 2 and 3?

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  • I’m pretty sure in the second episode of Academy, Caleb tried to distract some guards by pretending there was a Borg behind them.

    So active or not, it seems like they’re still at least thought of as threatening.

  • Preview Episode 5 Of ‘Star Trek: Starfleet Academy’ With 13 New Images From “Series Acclimation Mil”

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  • I’m happy this show doesn’t try to wedge needless action into every episode, but still amused when the preview images are nothing but the same characters talking.

    Last week they were talking behind podiums. This week they’re talking in a cafeteria. Where will they talk next week? We’ll just have to wait to find out!

  • I can be considered Trekkie or just a viewer?

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  • For a time “Trekkie” was seen as derogatory, so “Trekker” was invented by people who didn’t want to be seen as “one of those fans”

    The distinction seems to have slowly fallen away, and now I rarely see “Trekker” used at ask.

  • The recent Star Trek series are often criticized for "not being woke enough", but I've come to feel the envelope they are pushing is much more radical, bolder, and important to our specific time...

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  • I’ve definitely maintained that the overarching theme of Discovery was valuing mental health, and so far that seems to be getting carried forward by Academy. I think that aligns with what you’re saying. I’m not sure it applies quite as much across all the other Trek shows. Probably yes, but to a lesser degree.

    Most of the discussions of “wokeness” I see break down into a grievance with white men not being the overwhelming majority of characters, so I never really thought of it in those terms, but it makes sense. It’s definitely something the world needs more of but large chunks seem actively opposed to.

  • The Measure Of A Buffer Man

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  • Worth it to be rid of Neelix.

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