#RevolutionaryTrek Day 25: The Wrong Side - "Badmirals" I'm going with the senior Starfleet brass who thought they were doing the right thing but weren't (or were they?). We started to see badmirals in '90s Trek and saw some recently on current Trek. #StarTrek #Treksky

#RevolutionaryTrek Day 24: Terrorism, Synth attack on Mars' Utopia Planitia Shipyards, "Children of Mars" & PIC S1 Synths attacked Mars and also destroyed the shipyards, including the fleet that was being prepared to evacuate the Romulan citizens before its sun goes supernova. #StarTrek #Treksky

#RevolutionaryTrek Day 23: Inspiring Figure - Gint, DS9's "Body Parts" Gint was the first Ferengi Grand Nagus who authored the initial Rules of Acquisition that serves as the basis for Ferengi society. In Quark's dream, Gint admitted he intended the rules to only be suggestions #StarTrek #Treksky

#RevolutionaryTrek Day 22: Personal Revolution, Spock, "The Voyage Home" At the end of the movie, when Sarek asked Spock if he had any messages for his mother, Amanda. Spock told him to tell her than he feels fine. This showed Spock was starting to accept his human half more. #StarTrek #Treksky

#RevolutionaryTrek Day 21: Liberation - EMH Mark I's, VOY's "Author, Author" At the end of this episode, one of the EMH Mark I's performing manual tasks on an asteroid suggested to another Mark I there to watch The Doctor's "Photons Be Free" holonovel. #StarTrek #Treksky

#RevolutionaryTrek Day 20: Pursuing Justice - Odo, DS9's "A Man Alone" In one of the earliest Odo-centric episodes, Odo was framed for the murder of a smuggler and conducts an investigation to bring the real murderer to justice. #StarTrek #Treksky

(Trying to catch up on this month's prompts) #RevolutionaryTrek Day 18: Rebellion - DS9's Terok Nor trilogy This prequel trilogy focuses on the origin of the Cardassian occupation of Bajor and the rebellion that the Bajorans led overthrow the Cardassians from Terok Nor. #StarTrek #Treksky

#RevolutionaryTrek Day 17: Patience, Nero, Star Trek (2009) Nero realized he and the Narada had arrived 25 years before Spock when they went through the wormhole. Nero ended up waiting for 25 years and used that time to prepare to take his revenge on Spock & Vulcan. #StarTrek #Treksky

#RevolutionaryTrek Day 16: Idea That Sparked Change, TNG's "Time's Arrow" Samuel Clemons encouraged the bellhop, who was Jack London, to identify a passion. He wanted to visit Alaska so Clemons encouraged him to go there & write (nice connection to "The Call of the Wild" & "White Fang"). #StarTrek

#RevolutionaryTrek Day 14: The Cost of Change, Kirk, "The Search for Spock" Sarek & Kirk talked about the cost of Kirk's actions - the destruction of the Enterprise & the death of David. Kirk replied that if he hadn't tried to help Spock, the cost would have been his soul. #StarTrek #Treksky

#RevolutionaryTrek Day 12: Innovative Idea, Transwarp drive, "The Search for Spock" The next advancement of faster-than-warp propulsion was the transwarp drive on the Excelsior. Unfortunately, testing was unsuccessful & we later saw the Excelsior with conventional warp drive. #StarTrek #Treksky

Excellent news! I remember reading Starlog and its related publications back in the '80s when I discovered Star Trek, Star Wars and sci-fi in general. Good luck and I look forward to the return of Starlog.

I'm #CurrentlyReading "Star Trek: Constellations". This is an anthology book containing short stories which focus on the TOS crew. #TrekBookClub #Trekbooks #TrekLit #Treksky #StarTrek

#RevolutionaryTrek Day 10: Inciting Incident, TOS' "Mirror, Mirror" Kirk tries to convince Mirror Spock to take control of the Enterprise from Mirror Kirk & spare the Halkans. While it's not canon, we see the immediate effects of that incident in "Star Trek Continues" & we learn more on DS9.

#RevolutionaryTrek Day 8: Underground In the closing scene of the episode, we discover V'Las has been working with the Romulans and it's implied he will go into hiding, biding his time until he can return to power. #StarTrek #Treksky

A reminder that S&S's list of Trek e-books for July is available (at least in the US). I would like to highlight "Voyages of Imagination", a highly recommended reference book containing summaries of the first 4 decades of Trek novels. www.simonandschuster.com/p/star-trek-... #TrekBookClub #StarTrek

#RevolutionaryTrek Day 5/6: Spokesperson for the Cause, Eddington (e.g. DS9's "For the Uniform") Eddington joined the Maquis and became one of its senior leaders. He advocated for the Maquis' goals and was able to trick/defeat Sisko in several encounters. #StarTrek #Treksky

#RevolutionaryTrek Day 4: Fight for Freedom, DS9's Li Nalas He was considered a hero of the Bajoran resistance but confessed that stories about him were exaggerated & he was more of an accidental hero. On his last mission, he saved Sisko & became the hero in actuality. #StarTrek #Treksky

#RevolutionaryTrek Day 3: Revolutionary, Spock guesses, "TVH" Since the exact numbers for the mass of the whales & water were not available to Spock to compute the time re-entry calculations, he admitted he will need to make a guess. 🤔 Happy 4th of July!!! 🎆 #StarTrek #Treksky

#RevolutionaryTrek Days 1 & 2: Reason for Change, Riker, TNG's "Best of Both Worlds" While Riker considered Data and Worf for the position, he wanted his senior staff to remain in their current roles. As a result, he felt Shelby was the best person to be First Officer. #StarTrek #Treksky

Belated thanks for @shelfnerds.bsky.social for hosting June's #FuturePastClash of Star Trek prompts. Now it's onto July's #RevolutionaryTrek in which we discuss revolutionary moments and ideas in Trek. Please join the discussion if you can. 🖖

#FuturePastClash Day 28: Spatial Objects Linking Different Times, SS Botany Bay This DY-100 class sleeper ship links the 1990's Eugenics Wars with the era of the Enterprise 5-year mission (TOS) and later with Khan on Ceti Alpha V (TWOK). #StarTrek #Treksky

#FuturePastClash Day 25/26: Location Through Time, ENT's "Extinction" Archer, Reed and Sato were infected by a virus which started to change them & also gave them the urge to return to their home city of Urquat. They later discovered that the city been abandoned for centuries. #StarTrek #Treksky

#FuturePastClash Day 23/24: Communication through time, TNG's "The Inner Light" In the distant past, the Kataanians launched a probe containing memories of their civilization and culture. These memories were shared with Captain Picard who experienced them as Kamin. #StarTrek #Treksky

#FuturePastClash Day 22: Person Out of Time - Locarno, Lower Decks' "Old Friends, New Planets" Going against Mariner's advice, Nick Locarno refused to be rescued and instead, tried to deactivate the Genesis Device but just ran out of time. #StarTrek #Treksky

#FuturePastClash Day 21: Person Out of Time, Thelin, TAS' "Yesteryear" When Spock changed his past via the Guardian of Forever, the First Officer of the Enterprise was Commander Thelin. Thelin noted that if Spock's mission is successful, he will also live a different life. #StarTrek #Treksky

Just want to wish the fathers and father figures a Happy Father's Day. Enjoy your special day!

#FuturePastClash Day 18: Person from the Past, Thomas Riker, TNG's "Second Chances" A transporter accident on the USS Potemkin 8 years ago created a duplicate of Will Riker who stayed on Nervala IV until he was rescued by the Enterprise. #StarTrek #Treksky

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#FuturePastClash Day 17: Changing History with Object Admiral Pike uses a time crystal to travel back into the past to meet Captain Pike and convince the Captain that altering his tragic destiny will change the future to a bleaker one. #StarTrek #Treksky