JC's Trek Talk

A New Trek Series Concept All the recent talk of the franchise’s uncertain future and where Trek should go next has got me thinking.  A few years ago I did a basic breakdown of an idea I had for a new Star Trek series.  It would be a prequel, but set in 2196-2202, squarely between Enterprise and TOS.  This would help fill in a big "lost era" gap in the Star Trek timeline.  The show (I don’t have a name for it) would be mostly episodic with broad overarching story arcs (a-la DS9) and would see Starfleet and the Federation in the Federation’s formative years.  When I came up with this idea I wasn’t really considering Discovery, however in light of its first two seasons some of the ship classes from Discovery season 1 might be seen as background ships.  The ship design aesthetic and visual styling would be somewhere in between ENT and TOS, but closer to ENT.  The main ship initially would be a Daedalus class ship, with obvious visual cues from Enterprise....

Coming Soon Hidden Truths An episodic story told as a series of personal log entries.  Selain, a Tal Shiar operative embarks on on a top secret mission to investigate a mystery involving science, intrigue, Klingons and Starfleets past. Disclaimer: the log entry story style is not original, it is very much inspired by Venom Geek Media 98's AudioLogs Youtube series from 2021. 

 Walter Koenig 1936-2026 On its 60th anniversary year the franchise and its devoted fans bid farewell to another fan-favorite actor and Trek legend.  Walter Koenig, TOS's "Pavel Chekov" has passed away. 

 Starfleet Captains Greatest Quotes "Up until about a hundred years ago, there was one question that burned in every human, that made us study the stars and dream of traveling to them: are we alone?  Our generation is privileged to know the answer to that question.  We are all explorers, driven to know what's over the horizon, what's beyond our own shores.  And yet, the more I've experienced, the more I've learned that no matter how far we travel, or how fast we get there, the most profound discoveries are not necessarily beyond that next star.  They're within us, woven into the threads that bind us, all of us, to each other.  The final frontier begins in this hall. Let's explore it together." -Captain Jonathan Archer, Enterprise NX-01 "Universal law is for lackeys; context is for kings." -Captain Gabriel Lorca, USS Discovery "The real world doesn't always adhere to logic.  Sometimes down is up.  Sometimes up is down.  Sometimes when...

Star Trek 60th Anniversary Reflecting on the Franchise Trek at 60: Current Series and the Franchises' Future Star Trek: Strange New Worlds Spinning off of Discoverys second season and created in no small part because of the fan response to Anson Mount's Captain Pike, Star Trek: Strange New Worlds follows the adventures of the USS Enterprise (as previously seen in Discovery) on the second five year mission under Captain Pike, in the years leading up to the events of the Original Series.  Joining Anson Mount as Christopher Pike, Ethan Peck as Spock and Rebecca Romijn as Una Chin-Riley (Number One) are Celia Rose Gooding as Cadet/Ensign/Lieutenant Uhura, Jess Bush as Nurse Chapel, Babs Olusunmokun as Dr. M'Benga, Christina Chong as Lieutenant La'an Noonien-Singh, Melissa Navia as Lieutenant Erica Ortegas, and in later seasons Carol Kane as Pelia, Martin Quinn as Montgomery Scott and Paul Wesley as Commander James T. Kirk.  The first two seasons were produced back to back i...

Episode Spotlight TOS's Space Seed Stardate 3141.8.  On a routine patrol the Enterprise detects an unidentified vessel sending a distress signal.  Coming into visual range they discover it's an old Earth vessel from the late 20th century, a DY-100 sublight vessel labeled as the S.S. Botany Bay.  Unsure if it's derelict they scan the ship, detecting heartbeats, too faint to be human.  Spock finds no S.S. Botany Bay in the registry.  The vessel dates from the time of Earth's Eugenics Wars.  Taking the ship in tow Kirk and company beam over to get a closer look.  Along with them is the ship's historian, Lieutenant Marla McGivers.  One the Botany Bay they discover the occupants in suspended animation.  Scotty actives the lights, this causes one of the pods to activate and attempt to revive it's occupant.  The pod malfunction, Kirk is forced to break it to get the occupant out.  The occupant, a human male from northern India is beamed to...

Star Trek 60th Anniversary Reflecting on the Franchise NuTrek Gets Animated Star Trek: Lower Decks In 2020 Star trek returned to animation for the first time in 46 years with Star Trek: Lower Decks.  Created by Mike McMahon and produced by CBS Eye Animation Productions and Titmouse inc. Lower Decks followed a group of junior officers on the lower decks of the USS Cerritos, one of the least important ships in Starfleet.  Starring the voices of Tawny Newsome as Ensign Beckett Mariner, Jack Quaid as Ensign Brad Boimler, Noel Wells as Ensign D'Vana Tendi, Eugene Cordero as Sam Rutherford, Dawnn Lewis as Captain Carol Freeman, Jerry O'Connell as Commander Jack Ransom, Fred Tatasciore as Lieutenant Shaxs and Gillian Vigman as Dr. T'Ana, the series 5 seasons and 50 episodes followed the crews adventures (and misadventures) on the Cerritos, including second contact followup missions, support assignments and the day to day life of lower decks officers.  The modern animation art st...

Temporal Investigations Incursion Report Filed Stardate 50901.2 Marion F. Dulmer, DTI Agent and Gariff A. Lucsly DTI Agent Transmitted over secured channel Alpha 992 Zeta 3 I. SUMMARY OF INCURSION On stardate 50893.5 the USS Enterprise NCC-1701-E against orders joined the Starfleet armada at Earth and was crucial in defeating a Borg Cube (see Starfleet records: Battle of Sector 001).  Moments before its destruction the Borg Cube launched a Borg Sphere which utilized a modulated chroniton field to travel back in time over 300 years to Earths mid 21st century.  Captain Picard ordered the Enterprise-E to follow the sphere back in time.  The two ships emerged on April 4, 2063, one day before first contact between Humanity and the Vulcans.  The Borg Sphere opened fire on Zefram Cochrane's launch site for the warp ship phoenix in Bozeman, Montana, but was quickly destroyed by the Enterprise.  An away team led by Captain Picard disguised in period civilian clothing bea...

Star Trek 60th Anniversary Reflecting on the Franchise NuTrek: New Medium, New Blood, New Beginnings Star Trek: Discovery In 2016, on the 50th anniversary year for the franchise CBS, in control of Star Trek since the 2006 CBS/Viacom split, announced a new Star Trek series, to both act as flagship show for the new CBS All Access streaming service and mark the franchise's return to the small screen. The series, Star Trek: Discovery was initially conceived by Trek alum Bryan Fuller, although Fuller would leave the production prior to the start of season 1 due to production delays and disagreements with CBS head Les Moonves, following which Alex Kurtzman, Executive Producer on Star Trek 2009 and Star Trek Beyond would become head of the franchise. In fall of 2017 Star Trek Discovery would premiere on CBS All Access and CBS network with "The Vulcan Hello", starring Sonequa Martin-Green as Michael Burnham, Doug Jones as Saru and Michelle Yeoh as Philippa Georgiou.  Set in th...