Star Trek: The Next Generation. 'Reverie'.

This is a short TNG fan-comic I made, trying to focus on capturing the 'feel' of an episode of The Next Generation, and give it a kind of 'lost episode' vibe.

Be interested to hear what you guys think, and If you think I've been successful in capturing the TNG feel.

https://imgur.com/gallery/star-trek-tng-reverie-star-trek-fan-comic-i-made-ZccQmLV

I became a Trekkie in the mid-90’s so by the time I first watched this film he was already well known. This is one my favorite Trek movies!

It was so weird but so nice! Tons of people came out to support him. All cosplayers were dressed up as his Star Trek characters so there was a sea of Weyouns, Brunts and Shrans.

They had side rooms showing all of his films, one was dedicated to all of his animated characters so they had JLU and various cartoon episodes on loop.

Wil Wheaton was hosting panels with Combs' fellow cast members on various film and TV projects, dressed like Herbert West. There was a DS9 panel where Dorn, Visitor, Shimerman, Farrell, and a couple directors talked about the joys of working with him. People who called in online with questions could have their voice put through a box shaped like Agimus.

When Combs came out on the last day to roaring applause and standing ovation, for some reason he was dressed as Harriman Gray from Babylon 5 (I'd watched it a couple nights ago so it must have been fresh in my mind). The only question I recall before I woke up was someone asking him to share some happy memories working with Auberjonois.

I've seem several people mention that Cardassians appear to be a reptilian species, which is why Terok Nor was kept too hot and why Cardassians complain that it's so cold in DS9. If so, they're probably cold-blooded. So why don't their uniforms have heating systems? Surely, once they made contact with more space!faring species, they found that the vast majority are warm-blooded and the cold (to them) put them at a disadvantage.

I was turned off by the Jack Crusher story. I didn't buy the idea that the Beverly we knew from TNG would ghost Picard for decades to conceal the fact that they had a son, and that she'd conceal that fact because being known as Picard's son would be so dangerous. I thought this plot strand was an example of whipping up contrived drama at the expense of what we knew of the characters.

I'm wondering whether you think the show really gained anything from making Jack Picard's son. Couldn't Jack just have been some younger colleague whom Beverly was attached to and wanted to protect?

If he removed a part of his own body, like a hand for example, could he create a baby?

I'm watching Enterprise for the first time in my chronological watch/rewatch of all of Trek. I'm particularly struck by how John Billingsley plays Dr. Phlox. There's a quality to his voice that is soothing, and he's just enjoyable to listen to. Anyone know if he's ever done audiobook narration?

Okay, a tiny little bit more added to the rumor, and that's that there will be a Gift-With-Purchase set available for people who buy the Enterprise-D set when it drops on Black Friday. LEGO is famous for doing these GWPs, and they never last long, almost always getting sold out the first day.

So what is this GWP, you ask?

A shuttlepod, with exclusive Ensign Ro minifigure.

If this whole rumor turns out to be false, I am going to need some serious therapy in the aftermath.

This will be a long post, so TL;DR, what would you want to see in your ideal Star Trek or Legally Distinct Space Voyage™ Game? I'll get into detail with my thoughts below but feel free to skip and just write whatever comes to mind!

I've been itching for an interactive experience that sells both the short and long term arcs of Star Trek shows - episodic adventures with a broader crew management/community simulator - but nothing really checks as many boxes as I'd like. Here's a few that come to mind with strengths and weaknesses in reaching the Star Trek fantasy. This list is not exhaustive.

• Mass Effect (franchise)
  • Strengths
    • Extremely good crew dynamics. Downtime between "episodes" has a nearly identical feel to Star Trek.
    • Diverse political landscape. Diplomacy and galactic powers are huge for setting up and resolving plots. Tons of unique cultures that are thoroughly fleshed out.
    • Strong Ship Identity. The Normandy and Normandy SR2 have a similar iconic and instantly recognizable aesthetic and legacy.
  • Weaknesses
    • Militarized. Shepard is a soldier first and a captain a (close) second. The Systems Alliance closely resembles modern-day militaries rather than a science-forward society.
    • Action-focused. Most problems (esp. after ME1) are solved with guns and infiltration missions rather than the ingenuity of the crew and ship.
• FTL
  • Strengths
    • Ship Micromanagement. Having fine control over weapons systems, crew, and repairs feels very similar to any of the combat crises the Star Trek crews face.
  • Weaknesses
    • Combat-focused. Most resources and time is spent preparing for and weathering combat scenarios with less focus on crew management or diplomacy.
• Sunless Skies
  • Strengths
    • Complex Story Engine. SS can introduce and weave multiple story threads through each other in overlapping and interesting ways. Every situation has several different ways to approach and conclude it.
    • Crew familiarity. Not every crew member has a bespoke story, but many have unique quest threads and personalities, as well as opportunities and risks for even inviting them aboard.
  • Weaknesses
    • Dark tone. Whether it's resource scarcity, corrupt systems, or gazing too long into the cosmic abyss, SS's tone is far closer to Lovecraftian horror than the general optimism of Star Trek.

After these three contenders for a Startreklike, what pillars of Trek stories feel the most necessary to sell the fantasy? What game mechanics might feel right for the setting? Here are some of my thoughts.

• Crew Management
  • A captain is nothing without a crew. I imagine a system similar to XCOM, Crusader Kings, Shadow of Mordor, etc. where randomly-generated crew members will gain experience and traits as the ship navigates encounters until they are ready for promotion. The player can then elevate them to higher and higher positions in the ship as the character gradually gets fleshed out via semi-random story encounters. That ensign that managed to seal off a hull breach may end up being the ship's Number One many hours down the road. Perhaps things like Holodeck training could add positive traits or remove negative ones.
• Diplomacy
  • While difficult to implement in a game as granular as I'd want it, finding the peaceful solution as priority one is a must for the genre. I imagine a system similar to the cancelled Bass Reeves Can't Die (inspired by Oblivion's dialogue minigame) where it's more about maintaining a balance of pressure and concessions based than it is about the specifics of what you're saying. Different species and events have different goals for success.
• Cargo and Passengers
  • This is where it might need to differ from the Star Trek formula. Instead of self-contained episodes that have a distinct beginning and end to (most) conflicts, each storyline would overlap beginnings and ends may affect each other in some ways. While delivering ambassadors from rival factions to a peace conference, their violent outbursts may draw the focus of security and apply a penalty to detecting the Romulan infiltrator masquerading as a crew member.
• Combat as a last, but available, resort
  • Combat should be costly but not impossible to drive players towards peaceful solutions where possible. I imagine using the diplomacy system modified for reaction speed and resource allocation for ship-to-ship battles instead of a tactical angle like FTL.

What do you think? What would make the most Star Trek game for you, even if it isn't Star Trek?

Is there a personal shuttle that is used for housing? Like its a house but its for 1-3 people to use?

I mean like it has beds, bathrooms, etc...

I honestly think he got a bit of a raw deal. Trip transfers off Enterprise and he gets promoted. Archer even said what a great job he was doing,and the minute that Trip decides he’d rather stay he gets his new promotion yanked away. I honestly think Archer should’ve spoken to Captain Hernandez and let Kelby take the vacant chief engineers spot on Columbia. I’ll admit he had a chip on his shoulder,but a lot of that was trying to live up to Trip’s legacy and everyone comparing him to Tucker. If he had been allowed to transfer to the brand new NX-02,he could’ve made his own name for himself.

I can neither confirm nor deny whether that was actually planned, but if it was and they DIDN'T go through with it...thank god, that would've been too much.

Seriously though, it wasn't just me right? IT FELT like they were teeing that up as a reveal in season 3.

Is it just me that thinks this sounds like a lot of fun? Would any of you try it?

I’m rewatching season 3 of Picard. It’s a lot of fun and definitely serves as a much better send off for the Next Generation crew than Nemesis (A film I hated), but it feels a bit too “fan service” at times. Like characters show up just to get a pop from the audience (Shelby, Tuvok, Ro, etc). The one that really drove me crazy was Odo’s bucket. For one thing, DS9 made it clear that changelings don’t need a bucket and that Odo was using a bucket because he was “embarrassed“ and when he got over his embarrassment, he just flowed free when he was resting. He abandoned the bucket. The premise was that the bucket was Odo‘s idea, but he didn’t need it. Then suddenly they turned it into this thing where if you wanna know if there’s a changling , you have to find their bucket… And of course, of all the bucket designs in the entire universe, it just happens to be an exact replica of Odo’s?s

Ultimately, I enjoy season 3. It’s quite good. But I think it’s really overrated. I think Season 2 of Strange New Worlds is better.

Connor Trinneer gets the lion's share of focus whenever this episode is discussed. As well he should. But for this thread, I'd like to shine the spotlight on Scott Bakula and Captain Archer.

I know I'm not alone in feeling that Bakula does not rank very highly in the history of Star Trek lead actors. Throughout 303 "Extinction" and Archer Alien's antics, I felt nothing but cringe and embarrassment for good ol' Scotty boy. I've always loved the guy, but he just didn't seem to have the gravitas needed for this type of role.

Until "Similitude" came along.

Trip and Phlox have several scenes that make me cry uncontrollably. But it's Archer who gets me to mutter, "Goddamn." From the intensity of that determination/promise/threat to kill Sim, to the weariness in his eyes and entire face during the funeral, this was simply Scott Bakula's best performance to date.

I'm in the middle of an entire franchise rewatch. This is one of those episodes that simply forces me to take a break and step away for the night. So damn good.

Right off the bat, I’m sorry if this has been asked before. Did a quick search before posting and nothing came up, so: here goes.

I just did a series run of Voyager after not having watched it in almost 15 years or so, and then only seeing about half of the episodes.

Overall, I liked it but the last episode Endgame was just so abrupt with the ending of them going to Earth after the action with the Borg.

I feel like there should have been a few episodes of the fallout, as it were, of them returning. Maybe Tom hashing out problems with his father, B’Elanna reconciling with her own dad, Seven having to adjust to life on Earth, Janeway being debriefed on her actions, et al. I think there was some stories there to tell.

Does anyone know if this was ever under discussion?

Many thanks for any insight!

So, obvious spoilers.

At the end of S1 of Picard, Picard is transferred from a human body to a Golem body. He died of a neurodegenerative condition called Irumodic syndrome. This was developed after he was assimilated by the Borg.

At the start of S2, Picard & gang is transformed to have lived in an alternative timeline and Seven was never assimilated. Picard was referenced as 'Locutus' by the Borg queen at the time (Though later Seven explains that Queens see multiple timelines).

At the end of S2, Seven is reassimilated before later returning to the correct timeline, giving her back the implants [alternative reality Annika] was missing.

However, if this was Picard from the ultimate reality, he would not have been assimilated by the Borg, meaning he never would have developed Irumodic syndrome. Ultimately, he would not have died.

Does this mean Picard is now a human, at least from S2 onwards? I think it's also evidenced by the fact that Picard references himself as a human during his interrogation, though in the same scene, a quote from Rios calls him a flesh and blood robot, though explains that no-one would explain it to him.

I know about the Romulan super nova, but I knew heard anything about Androids attacking Mars, Romulan secret police, Androids being banned, or a Borg cube being used by Romulans.

Is this all to set the environment and start a mystery that Picard has to unravel, or did I miss something by not watching Voyager and Discovery first?

So we have Starfield, Star Wars, Harry Potter,... etc. Is there nay possibility of a Star Trek RPG game?

Spoilers for season 7 of Deep Space 9. First of all, wonderful acting all around, now...

Laas is for sure dead right? Do was the virus carrier. He linked with Laas. Laas left before the cure was found to go god knows where. So he's for sure a pile of founder flakes on some moon right?

Hi, mine friend wants to watch Star Trek for first time. If there were three episodes to introduce them (least prior knowledge necessary) to show her the shows optimistic philosophy what would you recommend?