I just want to see Janeway's plan. She has no plan!

When it comes to the overlapping shows, it might be better to frame things around events rather than series. Like, Dominion War, Romulan Evacuation, etc. But then, there are still some gaps in there, or unrelated adventures that aren't really defined by those major events.

The concept of a Starfleet magazine is super interesting - I wonder what it takes for information to get cleared for publication.

It didn't cross my mind, but that would certainly be a treat. I can't recall off the top of my head exactly how the timelines line up.

I hate to bring this up, but giving all the treasure to Tendi's family is pretty definitely a Prime Directive violation.

I found a small amount of info on Memory Alpha, but surely there's more out there somewhere:

Most of the wanted posters seen on Deep Space Nine were make-up continuity photos provided by the make-up department from actors who previously appeared in a Star Trek episode such as Jeffrey Hayenga, Frank Collison, and Norman Large.

they missed the classic Lower Decks balance of seriousness and humor on the A plot and played it slightly too straight in a way that made it seem too much like a run-of-the mill multiverse episode.

Yeah...it feels somewhat intentional, as showing alternate versions of the characters that really weren't that different was kind of the point, but that's not exactly a comedy latinum mine.

In the Mike McMahan interview TrekMovie ran yesterday, he said they knew it was going to be the final season fairly early in the writing process, so you could be on to something.

But also the way the show ends, while it does feel final, it also blooms into all these other opportunities that we could either make shows, or we could do comics or write books, or fans could just very fully imagine that these characters are still doing awesome Star Trek stuff, and it’s different. We end with them in a different place, but there’s no betrayals. Nobody’s gonna feel like we pulled the rug out from under them.

They're still going to kill Trip Tucker though, right?

Between her, Holly Hunter, and Paul Giammatti, this is a pretty stacked cast (even though they're not all series regulars).

Despite the series' popularity with...people like us, I don't think the numbers were where Paramount+ wanted them. It seems like they have issues with animation in general, which is a damn shame.

Choices were made.

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Yep, raw material and a net energy loss.

The Federation might have both in abundance, but I highly doubt that much energy consumption is allowed.

All right, I have to ask - what did you do to get the scale right? It looks like you nailed it.

Phaser. Lightphaser.

Yeah, the Delta arc is pretty laser-focused on the Vaadwaur, but it's a little surprising they didn't do a payroll or something.

There's definitely nothing in STO, despite the dev teams absolutely loving deep cuts.

Yeah, I think that one's in the can.

I think the Terran arc of 2021-2023 was high-quality, even though I didn't find it as engaging as the Klingon Civil War had been. We've already talked about the latest arc being relatively underwhelming, but at the same time, I think the episodes have been well-made, and I assume they were done under the watchful eyes of the Cryptic Old Guard.

Next year will truly tell the tale of what DECA is going to do.

The one thing that gives me any hope at all is that Star Trek is pretty popular in Germany...but with everything else that's going on, it's still a pretty faint hope.

If I were to make predictions (foolish!), I would say...

• The game will probably soldier on for a significant period of time.

• It will probably be in a "zombie" state, not unlike that of Champions Online (as I understand it, I don't really play that game).

• We're closer to STO's end than its beginning.