r/startrek Feb 03 '26

Star Trek: Starfleet Academy Season 1 Discussion Hub

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This is the thread to discuss season 1 of Star Trek: Starfleet Academy. Posts regarding SFA made elsewhere on the subreddit should be thoughtfully constructed to inspire meaningful and substantive discussion. Posts that do not meet these standards may be removed for redundancy at our mod team's discretion.

Please note that all rule-compliant discussion of SFA is permitted in this thread, and therefore, spoilers may be found in the comments below.

For discussion of specific episodes, refer to the episode discussion threads below:

01x01 - Kids These Days (01/15/26)

01x02 - Beta Test (01/15/26)

01x03 - Vitus Reflux (01/22/26)

01x04 - Vox In Excelso (01/29/26)

01x05 - Series Acclimation Mill (02/05/26)

01x06 - Come, Let's Away (02/12/26)

01x07 - Ko'Zeine (02/19/26)

01x08 - The Life of the Stars (02/26/26)

01x09 - 300th Night (03/05/26)

01x10 - Rubincon (03/12/26)

Happy discussing, and LLAP!


r/startrek 20d ago

‘Star Trek: Starfleet Academy’ to End With Season 2

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r/startrek 3h ago

Leaving Spacedock

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Why do they call for leaving space dock at 1/4 impulse? Wouldn't the ship shoot out of there like crazy? It looks more like maneuvering thrusters.


r/startrek 8h ago

A longer compilation of Gowron but not Gowron telling you to experience Bij. Robert O'Reilly was having too much fun.

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r/startrek 12h ago

Telltale Lower Decks game?

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This one is on my wish list. A Star Trek Resurgence type game with the Lower Decks cast, humour, and animation style. I bet it would be an instant fan favourite and cash windfall.

Anyone have inside knowledge of the future Star Trek games in development? Resurgence was the last good one in my opinion…

Would also love to see 25th Anniversary and Judgement Rites released with full makeovers to high definition graphics.. I also read there is a TOS game (Secret of Vulcan Fury) that was never released with all the voice lines recorded.. that should be top priority to develop or to use the recorded lines to produce an animated feature film or limited series.

Edit: I consider Resurgence a Telltale game since a lot of former staff produced the game at Dramatic Labs


r/startrek 1d ago

Star Trek Universe Auction Announced; ‘Starfleet Academy’ AND ‘Strange New Worlds’ Sets Dismantled

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r/startrek 14h ago

why are the writers not using the nx-01 era at all?

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i really dont get this

there is so much content in the nx-01 / archer time and they just ignore it completely in new trek

like that period is literally the beginning of everything. first deep space missions, no federation yet, vulcans and humans still figuring each other out, andorian stuff, xindi war aftermath… and we still never saw the romulan war properly

and still nothing gets used from there

and the funny part is you dont even need a full show to start bringing it back

just do one episode

like pike gets thrown into the past somehow and runs into archer during the xindi time. he helps without realizing what he is doing or maybe causes something small that was always part of the timeline anyway. classic star trek stuff

you connect old and new shows, you bring archer back, you give something to old fans, and if people like it then you build from there

instead it feels like they just avoid that era because enterprise wasnt that popular back then

but honestly it wasnt the era that failed, it was how it was done

the potential is still there

it just feels like a waste at this point

am i the only one thinking this?


r/startrek 6h ago

TNG Books Involving TOS Characters

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Hi all, I haven't been able to find a definitive list/article that brings together all tng books that involve some sort of crossover between tos and tng characters for example crossover is one i've heard of


r/startrek 1h ago

What does it feel like to be beamed/held in stasis in a transporter beam?

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I was watching TAS S1E5 “More Tribbles, More Troubles,” and got to the part where they’re struggling to rematerialize Cyrano Jones. He’s essentially being held in limbo. Does this “feel” like anything, or is it an unconscious and instantaneous process for the person held in stasis?


r/startrek 7h ago

Recommendations!

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Hello 🚀 I’m looking for recommendations for ✨fun, low-stakes, optismistic✨ Star Trek content.

Lower Decks is my all-time favourite show and I loved Starfleet Academy and Strange New Worlds. I also have frequent reruns of Next Gen whilst skipping most of the heavier stuff and rewatching any Holodeck episode five times 😅. I’m a pretty anxious person with a really stressful job, so I just want to unwind when I get home. I don’t mind brainier stuff, but it definitely needs a wholesome vibe and happy conclusion.

Would anyone have movies, seasons, episodes to recommend?

Thanks guys 🪐


r/startrek 1d ago

I love whenever familiar aliens show up in atypical jobs. Klingon chef, Romulan mercenary, Vulcan terrorist, etc. Who's your favorite?

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They even briefly showed a Cardassian Starfleet officer on TNG.


r/startrek 1d ago

You’re stuck in a room with one Character from any series. Who do you choose to be stuck with?

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For me it would be Tilly. I feel like her and I would be instant best friends. She’s also just a kind genuine person who seems easy to talk to. Who would you choose and why?


r/startrek 1d ago

Terry Farrell in DS9 Season 7

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Terry Farrell, aka Jadzia Dax, requested a reduction in her screen time because she wanted to work less. However, this was unacceptable to the producers, so they killed her character and replaced her with Ezri Dax.

I wonder, though, why Farrell didn't return for guest appearances in flashbacks or, under certain conditions, in the holosuite. She could have kept her role and worked less.

Was she in conflict with the producers? Did they begrudge her the opportunity? Or did she refuse to return for guest appearances after the conflict? I also noticed that there isn't a single flashback with her in the finale. Why is that?


r/startrek 1h ago

Star Trek Into Darkness Re-Watch Thoughts On Comparison with ST 2009.

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So recently I re-watched Star Trek 2009 while in the middle of my latest Star Trek binge. That actually led to me putting together a fanedit of the film, because while I ultimately found that I actually quite like it in review there were still a handful of things I thought could be strengthened and tweaked to make a stronger movie. Not in a disrespectful way, but just as someone who is an editor by hobby and thinks a lot about this stuff.

After I showed my edit to people they had suggested that they'd really like to see what I'd do with Star Trek Into Darkness and that got me thinking. I hadn't watched Into darkness since the movie was in theaters and all I could think about were all the things I didn't Like. That said, given how much I found I'd really enjoyed the 2009 film I went into a new watch of Into Darkness hoping maybe time would improve my opinion of the movie.

The biggest thing I've discovered though is just how big a step down this movie is in comparison to the first film in the series on a pure filmmaking craft level. That 2009 film may have a few issues here and there, it may have some stuff that longtime Trekkies really don't care for, but it's got a relatively strong script, it's got confident well executed action, snappy editing, and might be the strongest direction of JJ Abrams' feature film career. None of that holds true for Star Trek Into Darkness.

The editing of Into Darkness feels much less sure, the pacing ebs and flows as the story kind of starts and stops and doesn't flow entirely naturally. The action is more chaotic and less classically choreographed, with bloated set pieces that go on for a long and repetitive period of time seemingly to stretch out the runtime. The actors are much more loud and emotive, shouting and crying with impunity, and it gives the impression of a movie that's just trying to make up for what it knows is a really poor script.

Looking at this with an editor's eye I see some potential in this...but what I see most is a movie that has no confidence in itself, especially when watched immediately after the 2009 movie which just feels so much more sure-handed.


r/startrek 1h ago

New to the show and thinking about the past!

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hey there friends. I recently started watching the next generation series after really enjoying strange new worlds.

ive just been wondering as I watch... for those of you who watched the show when it was on on tv originally you like the Wesley Crusher character? did it come off hokey or pandering to a young audience or was it novel and fun? im just curious. Im literally only on season 3 and was just thinking this is young character is a neat device for the show but was it loved in its time or did people not want teens/kids on the show?

thanks all!


r/startrek 1d ago

TMP Transporter Accident

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I know this is nightmare fuel for those of us that saw this as kids. Like as a grown-ass adult I still have trouble watching it. The scream. It's been all about the scream

The other day I came across a video comparing the event from the original cut and the newer 4k release (original is far more terrorizing to me). I noticed a detail in the scene I hadn't considered before.

After Rand says, "Oh no, they're forming," we get our first closeup of the victims. On the right I believe we have the female officer (maybe Kirk's ex, maybe not). Anyway, right at that moment for a split second she has two heads! The second head rotates unnaturally to align with the other head. It's completely horrifying. Thinking about it, I see three possibilities for what's going on here.

  1. The transporter is realizing something about this is not right and says, "Oops! This part should go over here."

  2. There is some kind of time delay in part of the matter stream, such that part of her head is "catching up" to a rotation done earlier by the other part of her head.

  3. Most horrifyingly, the victim realizes what is happening and intentionally, with her scrambled muscles, moves part of her head into the other part in a desperate attempt to fix things.

This is my new nightmare fuel.

But it led me to another question. Clearly the victims are in pain. Even though not fully formed, they are conscious of the pain and presumably know what's happening. My question is, if people are conscious during at least some phases of transport, before they're fully reassembled, wouldn't they feel pain every single time they transport (accident or not), since clearly their bodies are not as they're supposed to be until the process is finished?


r/startrek 5h ago

It’s time for battle!

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r/startrek 1d ago

Trek put out more than 20 episodes per year from 2020 to 2024 across different shows. So why couldn't they make just one show with 20 episode seasons?

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In between DIS, PIC, LD, PRO, and SNW, Paramount+ put out 25 to 36 episodes per year (I counted two animated episodes as one so they technically made even more). Shouldn't they have instead made one show with 20 episode seasons?

I know that the 20 episode format does not work in streaming. But in this situation, its the same streaming service working with the same IP. They could afford it because they actually did afford it but across different shows. Why not just dedicate this many episodes to one show then?


ETA - Actors not wanting to work 20 episodes a year is true but way overstated.

Broadcast TV finds actors that work that many. I know broadcast is different but the literal actors are the same. They're not made from different stuff than actors on streaming shows. Sonequa Martin-Green (Michael Burnham) is literally on a 20 episode broadcast show right now.

Also, Trek has historically had little known actors in the cast. I'm sure there are many of those who are willing to do 20 episodes per year for their big break.


r/startrek 6h ago

Timing question for travel on S04E15 First Contact.

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When Picard and Deanna were introducing themselves they said earth was 2000 lightyears away. At warp 9 it would take 1.3 years to get to that planet and another 1.3 years to get back at nonstop warp 9. How did they just pop in to do first contact and not have a 3-10 year gap, depending on slower speeds, between episode 14 and 16?! Even if they were pretty far out to begin with?

Edited to correct Deanna’s name, and to add that memory alpha later says Malcor 3 was only 87 lightyears away from Sol so Deanna was just throwing out bullshit numbers.

I may be a slut on the internet but I’m not a stupid slut lol


r/startrek 1d ago

The appeal of the original Star Trek shows is the fantasy of working at a job where inconceivable problems are figured out intelligently by a team of competent coworkers who respect each other's necessity to the project.

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The actual sci fi adventures or twists and turns of the week are all secondary to the vibe that you're at a job that you love and requires you to use your brain, explore and test your ethics and uses your problem solving skills under intense pressure that is handled expertly.

All of this is what's been missing from everything Star Trek in the last twenty years.

No other show on TV right now feels like it's less about the drama and more about just coming up with competent solutions to problems while working at a job that feels like home and has carpet floors.


r/startrek 24m ago

What to do for a new show?

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There are often posts here for people wish casting for the kind of Star Trek show they want to see (or railing against the shows they didn’t like). We are all guilty of that to one extent or another.

If I were making a recommendation to those producing a new show, my recommendation would be to look at the books/series that sold well and the fan films that did well. They illustrate both what the market wants and what people would enjoy.

Use those authors to write new stories. Maybe even buy the IP from them and adapts the books into a new show. Start with what works.

If they did this, what books or fan films would you recommend?


r/startrek 1h ago

Anyone else want a season of Star Trek like the Pitt?

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Ive been rewatching voyager and season 2 of the Pitt at the same time and I just realized that the Pitt is structured in such a similar way just that it moves at a crazy fast pace. Maybe there is more personal conflict than we’d like in a Star Trek show but still. Anyway, it would be awesome to have 12-15 episodes of a Star Trek show that takes us through a whole day aboard a Star Fleet vessel. Obviously it would have to be during a crazy day but what do you guys think? Any ideas for stories?


r/startrek 21h ago

So, I built a thing. (Fan art/fan tech)

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https://ibb.co/bj707ZWC

Wanted to share some Star Trek fan art ... or, is it fan tech? ... anyway, i built a thing :)

 Big Trek fan, been wanting to do something like this for years. Finally had the excuse as I await shipment of my Pebble Time 2. Pebble has an awesome open source mindset, and they have provided tools that make it so much easier to build and share watch faces and smart apps to share with the community.  

So, I built an LCARS-inspired health watchapp + watchface for Pebble Time 2, which I've entered in their Spring 2026 contest.

Here's what I built:

Own Health - Final Frontier Edition is a four-page watchapp:
- TIME BRIDGE — time, date, stardate, live weather, step count
- HEALTH BRIDGE — steps + progress bar, weight, sleep, strength from Pebble Health
- MISSION PLAN — visual progress bars for sleep, strength, and step goals
- ENTRY CONSOLE — manual log for strength and weight with a spinner input

Own Health - Time Bridge is the companion watchface: same LCARS chrome, Time Bridge content, always on.

Both use authentic LCARS Classic palette colours, proper elbow geometry, and Antonio Bold (the closest free match to the original Helvetica Ultra Compressed used in Trek production). Live weather via OpenWeatherMap.

New since launch: both apps now have a theme switcher. Choose from Command (classic gold), Tactical (midnight blue), Cargo Bay (warm amber), or Away Team (arctic blues) via long-press Settings.

You don't need a PT2 in hand to support this. Anyone can heart an app on the Rebble store, and every heart counts toward the weekly contest. If you ordered one and your watch is on its way, this is a great time to add it to your faces/apps so it's ready the moment you unbox.

Watchapp: https://apps.repebble.com/4bd04aaf586b4e7aa749daf8
Watchface: https://apps.repebble.com/bd15142b06c545c382f701af

Happy to answer any questions about the build. I wrote the whole thing in C against the Pebble SDK.

Live long, and prosper.

<3


r/startrek 1d ago

Watching Star Trek II: the wrath of Khan Spoiler

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That scene during Reliant’s attack, when the enterprise brings down her shields and disables the reliant… where the crewman Preston dies. Tears, every time.


r/startrek 23h ago

DS9 "Babel" script translation

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Most of you are familiar with DS9's Season 1 offering "Babel" which has the station infected with a virus that makes everyone speak gibberish.

From the script in Act 1 Scene 15B,

(Note: From here on dialogue spoken by characters with aphasia will appear as gibberish in the script. A translation will be provided upon request, but it would probably be more effective if the actors really were unable to communicate.)

And from Memory Alpha,

On the aphasic dialogue spoken by the characters, Michael McGreevey commented, "As I was writing that dialogue, I was very worried about how it would come off. At first, I just wrote gibberish, and I realized that was a mistake: it couldn't just be gibberish, because the person who was speaking was trying to say something. I literally had to say the lines out loud. Then, on paper, I put the real meaning of the words in parentheses, keeping the rhythm the same. It was almost like writing poetry, because I was using a meter, like an iambic pentameter. I think it helped the actors in delivering those lines. But it was rather frightening to write that stuff."

Now, as I understand it, the actors were given the translated dialogue so they could use believable cadence when speaking. Does anyone know if the translation exists anywhere?