JC's Trek Talk

Star Trek Trivia Quiz Delta 1. What actor appeared as the same character in Star Trek Voyager, Star Trek Prodigy and Star Trek Starfleet Academy? 2. The planet Tars Lamora, on which the USS Protostar was found is located in which quadrant? 3. Who was appointed science officer of the USS Enterprise under Captain Decker by Admiral Kirk, but later died in a transporter accident? 4. What xenophobic group led by John Fredrick Paxton attempted to stop the formation of the Coalition of Planets in 2155 before being defeated by the NX-01 crew? 5. In the Kelvin timeline, the USS Enterprise was destroyed by Krall's swarm and the crew temporarily stranded on what planet? 6. After Vulcan reunified with the Romulans, what was the name of planet Vulcan changed to? 7. What was the name of the human soldier from Alcor IV who found the abandoned USS Discovery in the 43rd century? 8. In 2370, the Ferengi attempted to open trade relations with the Dosi, a Dominion member species from the Gamma Quadran...

Star Trek Trivia Quiz Gamma Answers 1. USS Constance 2. Vaughn Armstrong 3. USS Stardiver 4. Suus Mahna 5. Goes Nowhere, Does Nothing 6. Destruct sequence 2, code 1 1 A 2 B 7. Joe Piscipo 8. Nothing/Unknown Sample 9. "It was...fun.  Oh my!" 10. Pop Goes the Weasel 11. Ex Astris Scientia (From the Stars, Knowledge) 12. Vau N'Akat

Episode Spotlight TOS The Menagerie, Parts I and II Part I Stardate 3012.4.  The USS Enterprise arrives as Starbase 11 in response to a message apparently received from the base from the Enterprises former captain, Christopher Pike.  Kirk, Spock and McCoy beam down but are told that the base sent no message to the Enterprise.  Inquiring further Kirk and co. are informed by the base commander, Commodore Jose Mendez about the condition of Captain Pike, critically injured and now paralyzed after a recent disaster aboard a training ship.  In the medical section they meet Captain Pike (played here by Sean Kenney), now horribly radiation scarred and confined to a wheelchair.  Unable to even speak Captain Pike can use his brain waves to signal yes or no responses to questions via a light and beep built into the chair (one been for yes, two beeps for no).  Spock speaks to Captain Pike alone, telling him "I have it well planned", "It's only two days away from here a...

I need to say something.  The fan reactions/vitriol/hate surrounding Starfleet Academy are getting out of hand.  I am personally not a fan of the series, although that is not to say I hate the series.  If anything I find the series unnecessary.  Yes the idea existed for quite some time before it was realized by Kurtzman and co.  The show is not in fact horrible, or "woke" or "too gay" or whatever other inaccurate descriptors the toxic side of the fandom like to apply to it.  Fans, including influencers like Nerdrotic and Critical Drinker among others deride the series for being so progressive, having two LGBT couples on the series (Jayden Kraang and Kyle, and Lura Thok and Jett Reno.  I say so what?  This is not new to Star Trek.  Discovery, which this series is a direct spinoff of had Stamets and Culber.  Star Trek is and always has been about inclusivity, diversity and tolerance.  This was a big part of Roddenberry's original phil...

Star Trek Trivia Quiz Gamma 1. On what ship did Liam Shaw serve as a junior officer during the Battle of Wolf 359? 2. What actor holds the record for playing the most different roles in Star Trek? 3. Before coming aboard the USS Enterprise, Montgomery Scott served aboard what ship, destroyed at Parnassus Beta, as a junior engineer? 4. Subcommander T'Pol and Michael Burnham were both practitioners of what Vulcan martial art? 5. On the USS Enterprise sets, some pipes and conduits are labelled "GNDN".  What does this stand for? 6. In Star Trek III, what command did Scotty tell the computer to activate the self destruct sequence? 7. In "The Outrageous Okona" Data created a holographic nightclub with a standup comedian to better explore humor.  Who played the holographic comedian? 8. Odo's name is a shortened form of a Cardassian word odo'ital.  What does odo'ital mean in Federation Standard? 9. Before he died on Veridian III, what were James Kirk's l...

Star Trek Trivia Quiz Beta Answers 1. Her Most Imperial Majesty, Mother of the Fatherland, Overlord of Vulcan, Dominus of Qo'noS, Regina Andor, Philippa Georgiou Augustus Iaponius Centarius. 2. The 28th Century 3. Linear Models of Viral Propagation 4. USS Republic 5. Friendship One 6. Doctari Alpha 7. Captain Saru 8. SS Puget Sound 9. Mistress of the Winter Constellations 10. the Sikarians 11. USS Ranger CVA-61 12. Trellium-D

Trek Throwback Thursday The Genesis Wave by John Vornholt On the planet Pacifica, Dr. Carol Marcus, the last person in the galaxy with the highly classified knowledge of Project Genesis, a 23rd century Federation terraforming technology that could be turned into a weapon of genocide, is kidnapped by parties unknown.  In a tale that brings the crew of the USS Enterprise-E face to face with old friends and new in a race to save the galaxy from a spaceborne solar system spanning new version of the Genesis Wave, mercilessly transforming whole planets and systems, killing billions in the process.  From the first victims of the wave, the entire population of the remote colony of Seran and the research base Seran T-One, to the Enterprise-E's crew investigating the lack of communication with the sector, to the emergency response by the Federation to stop the wave as one planet after another falls and their entire populations are wiped out, to the discovery of the culprits behind the w...

Star Trek Trivia Quiz Beta 1. What was Emperor Philippa Georgiou's full name? 2. A participant in the Temporal Cold War, the Suliban Cabals mysterious benefactor was said by Agent Daniels to be from what century? 3. What was the title of the groundbreaking research paper penned by Dr. Katharine Pulaski early in her medical career? 4. What ship did James Kirk and Benjamin Finney serve on together as midshipmen? 5. After nearly 7 years in the Delta Quadrant USS Voyager was given it's first official assignment since becoming stranded: to track down an ancient UESPA probe.  What was the name of that probe?  6. On what planet were Michael Burnham's parents apparently killed during a Klingon attack? 7. Who said "before we can care for others, we must care for ourselves"? 8. La'an Noonien-Singh was the sole survivor of a Gorn attack on a colony ship.  What was the name of that ship? 9. What was D'Vana Tendi's title in the Orion Syndicate? 10. The derelict Bor...

Star Trek Trivia Quiz Alpha Answers 1. Trakor's Third Prophecy 2. Gene Roddenberry 3. Molly 4. Athos IV 5. Michelob 6. "Welcome home" 7. Project Proteus 8. His cousin Selek 9. "For I dipt into the future far as human eye could see, saw the vision of the world, and all the wonder that would be." - Alfred, Lord Tennyson 10. 2769 11. Valley of Fire, Nevada 12. Azati Prime