The seeming misspelling in the title is deliberate and the why will be apparent later in the episode.

The opening flashes back to SFA: “Kids These Days”, when Anisha Mir was sent to prison in 3176 by Nahla. Jett’s “wall of death” is the series of Omega-47 mines encircling Federation space seen in the last moments of SFA: “300th Night”.

“niteb Qob had jup ‘e’ chaw’ve SuvwI’” translates to, “A warrior does not let a friend face danger alone.” It was first heard from Worf to Riker in English in TNG: “The Outcast”. Jay-Den said it in “Kids These Days” when Caleb stopped Darem from bullying him.

Lazarus refers to Lazarus of Bethany, whom Jesus raised from the dead (John 11), and not Lazarus from TOS: “The Alternative Factor”. It is not certain which Pledge of Allegiance Braka is referring to.

Braca discussed trauma loops with Nahla in SFA: “Come, Let’s Away”. Nahla tricked him a simulated warp core breach with in “Kids These Days”, explaining his current reaction.

Nahla paraphrases the legendary Hermes Trismegistus’ Corpus Hermeticum: “Leap clear of all that is corporeal, and make yourself grown to a like expanse with that greatness which is beyond all measure; rise above all time and become eternal; then you will apprehend God.” Basically, if you can’t transcend yourself, you will never understand the transcendent. It is a coded message to run training program Hermes 19.

The Doctor hands Reno his mobile emitter, appropriated from the 29th century Federation timeship Aeon (VOY: “Future’s End”) in 2373, so he's had it nearly 820 years.

Reno talks about a “Level-10” diagnostic. In the TNG era, diagnostic levels ranged from 5 to 1, with 1 being the most intensive (TNG Tech Manual). The levels have seemingly been revised for the 32nd century.

Caleb talks about Starfleet not leaving any man behind, a oft-quoted military slogan dating to Greek and Roman times. In DIS: “Saints of Imperfection”, Pike says, “Starfleet is a promise. I give my life for you, you give your life for me. And nobody gets left behind.”

If 1/8th impulse is less than 1000 km/s, then full impulse is only less than 8000 km/s, which can’t be right, considering that full impulse in the TNG era is 0.25c, which is nearly 75,000 km/s. 1/8th impulse in those terms would be more like 9,300 km/s. Darem should have said, “That’s less than 10,000 km/s,” but then it wouldn’t sound as slow. Scale is hard.

Reno says she’s not a captain. Technically, the person in command of a vessel should be correctly addressed as “captain”, regardless of rank (DS9: “Behind the Lines”).

Braka says, “Today the revolution will be televised!” The origin of that is a 1971 spoken-word jazz poem by Gil Scott-Heron, “The Revolution Will Not Be Televised”. It was recently used in the movie One Battle After Another as a code for the revolutionary group French 75. Between 2012 and 2015 there was also a satirical BBC series titled, “The Revolution Will Be Televised”.

Graffiti’d on the wall in the Atrium are the words “Break. Burn. Build.” Other visible graffiti include “Liberation”, “Take Change”, “Never Again” and "Veni, Vidi, Vinci, Venari", the last being Latin for "I came, I saw, I conquered, I hunted."

The VNN chyron says: “Breaking News. The Federation is compromised. Leaders and civilians are trying to flee Federation space, signalling Federation weakness. Federation oppressors mass their fleet near our border at Betazed - will they seal their own cage?”

As Braka continues, the chyron changes: “Vernari Rai Leader Nus Braka hailed as “hero” as he hold the Federation on trial for crimes against the galaxy. Terrorist or freedom fighter? Learn the true Nus Braka story - more at 2100”.

The moving chyron now says, “New Qo’noS signals willingness to discuss non-aggression pact with Venari Ral Free State.”

It next changes to “The Federation is on trial! Nus Braka hosts the trial of the century aboard the Athena, a gaudy treasure of the pompous Federation. ‘I know him well - he’s pure evil’ claims former Vance aide in shocking exposé”.

Next is “Federation Oppression has been cut off from the rest of the Quadrant as Venari Ral heroes block Starfleet Occupation". It reverts to “Nus Braka hailed as ‘hero’” while the moving chyron says, “Tyrant-in-chief Vance threatens military junta if Federation President Rillak fails to approve his naval aggression”. Laira Rillak was Federation President in DIS Seasons 4 and 5, who had Human, Cardassian and Bajoran ancestry.

Gravitational eddies are found with wormholes (VOY: “Eye of the Needle”, “False Profits”) or singularities (VOY: “Hunters”). Turning into a shockwave was Sulu’s manoeuvre with Excelsior at the beginning of ST VI when Praxis exploded.

Tarima was given a newer, less invasive neuroinhibitor when she came out of her coma (SFA: “The Life of the Stars”). The original was implanted into her neck - this one can be removed without surgery.

Reno knows first hand about being lost on a broken ship. She was on the USS Hiawatha, damaged and crashed during the Federation-Klingon War of 2256-57. The survivors were trapped on an asteroid for 10 months (DIS: “Brother”) before Discovery found and rescued them.

“One emergency at a time,” is akin to an aphorism that Raffi Muskier is fond of in the PIC novel The Last Best Hope: “How do you eat an elephant? One bite at a time.”

The moving chyron says “Aldebaran and Halka join Vernari Ral Free State as dozens of former Federation worlds rally around leadership of visionary Nus Braka”. Aldebaran has been mentioned several times though never seen in lore. Aldebaran whiskey is green (TOS: “By Any Other Name”, TNG: “Relics”). Halka first appeared in TOS: “Mirror, Mirror”.

Nahla says they were trying to create a new power source with Omega-47. That is not as reassuring as it sounds, since the previous disasters with Omega were usually due to trying to synthesise it for use as a power source (VOY: “The Omega Directive”).

Strontium is an element usually used in fireworks and to treat osteoporosis, mined from celestite and strontianite, burning with a crimson flame. Its isotope, Strontium-90, a byproduct of nuclear fission, can cause leukaemia and bone cancer.

“Come on down!” is a catchphrase from the game show The Price is Right.

The main chyron: “Federation oppression has been cut off from the rest of the quadrant as Venari Ral heroes block Starfleet occupation.”

As per “Kids These Days”, Nahla is 422.

Tamza is a dead language both Sam and Lythe know. Sam greeted people in Tamza on her first day at the Academy (“Kids These Days”) and Genesis responded, beginning their friendship.

The Rubicon is a river in northwest Italy, associated with Julius Caesar’s crossing in 49 BC which set off a civil war. The phrase “crossing the Rubicon” now means to commit to an irrevocable course of action - the point of no return Genesis mentions. The Doctor is actually saying “Rubin-con”, setting off the solution to disarming the mines. One wonders if the Doctor remembered Seven managing to stabilise Omega for 3.2 seconds in VOY: "The Omega Directive".

“Science is the captain, and practice the soldiers,” is from The Notebooks of Leonardo da Vinci, XIX: Philosophical Maxims. Morals. Polemics and Speculations.

Tamira narrows Braca’s location to star system Alpha-20-56341255238693-0131.

The fact that Nahla says that Akamu Lee stayed with the Federation “after Earth left” provides an interesting chronological puzzle which I may nerd out about later.

Nahla says there is no Starfleet Anthem. There is, however, an Anthem of the United Federation of Planets (DS9: “Take Me Out to the Holosuite”).

Cadet Krebs’ Talaxian furfly ends the season by leaving the replicator and mating with itself. There was a theory floating around about maybe the saga would pay off by having the furfly replicate, tribble-like, to gum up Braca’s plans, but guess not.

Anisha told the young Caleb that they would visit Earth someday in “Kids These Days”. Caleb notes it’s almost summer, which brings us to June of 3192 as the academic year ends.

The Dean refers to Betazed weddings and not forgetting sunscreen, a subtle reference to the fact that traditional Betazoid weddings are held in the nude. Wearing sunscreen may also refer to a hypothetical commencement speech by Mary Schmirch, often misattributed to author Kurt Vonnegut.

We see in the background a Lurian (Morn’s race from DS9) talking to someone in an operations-coloured hijab. We saw a hijab-wearing crewmember on the USS Cerritos in LD: “The Best Exotic Nanite Hotel”. We get a glimpse of Discovery through a window.

Caleb gives the stardate as 869631.7, which actually places it in August 3192, but I’ve kind of given up trying to calibrate the later digits of stardates anyway. Best guess still places this in June, unless Caleb is recording it later.

The episode closes with “Beautiful Child” by Rufus Wainright. The closing credits tell us that the cadets are from the graduating class of 3196. If the first academic year is 3191-92, then that means Starfleet Academy now has a 5-year course - which is actually consistent with a line in TOS: “Bread and Circuses” which says that Merik in that episode was dropped from the Academy in his fifth year after failing a psych test.

While traditionally college (and the US Naval Academy) is a four year term, there is scattered evidence around in terms of production art that suggests Starfleet Academy has a 4-year course (notably in PIC: “The Star Gazer”). The old FASA Star Trek RPG split the difference by making it a 4-year course with a 5th year “cadet cruise”. But then again, since the credits also put Lura, Nahla, Vance (nickname “Vancypants”) and Athena’s computer in the class of 3196, I’m not sure how literally we’re supposed to take this.

(Voyager, S03E19, Rise)

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Strange New Worlds co-showrunner Henry Alonso Myers has revealed/confirmed that the show’s bridge and other sets at CBS Stages in Mississauga have remained intact pending decisions by the new Paramount owners on the Year One continuation into the 1701’s first missions under Captain James T. Kirk.

“That makes this the big decision for them, because, it’s about, do you hold on to the sets, currently? As I said, they have not been destroyed, so we’re waiting to find out what they want to do.”

So, while Paul Wesley has already committed to season three of AppleTV’s historical romance offering The Buccaneers, it seems that a continuation of the Enterprise’s early years is still a live possibility.

Apparently it was Mike McMahan, creator of Lower Decks, who convinced Fill to attend the convention. 🥹

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Frakes is optimistic about directing Trek in the future.

The title reflects the 300th day since the start of Fall Semester and as the first caption states, the end of the cadets’ first academic year. That places it around mid- or late June 3192, which is when the academic year in the US usually ends. This also places it approximately 87 days, or just under 3 months, after the previous episode.

The r’uustai is a Klingon ritual where two people bond as brothers and enter each other’s Houses (TNG: “The Bonding”). Chech’tluth is a strong Klingon alcoholic drink that usually looks like it’s smoking (TNG: “Up the Long Ladder”). The word chech in Klingon means to be drunk or intoxicated.

“SoS jiH batlh SoH” translates as “Mother, I honour you.” In the context of TNG: “The Bonding” that made sense as Worf was bonding with Jeremy Aster, who had just lost his mother, so using “SoS” was to honour both their mothers as Jeremy became part of Worf’s House. A more generic word - and probably more appropriate for this r’uustai’s immediate context - for “family” would be qorDu’.

Nus Braka’s theft from J-19 Alpha took place in SFA: “Come, Let’s Away”. Omega molecules (VOY: “The Omega Directive”), when detonated, can destroy surrounding subspace and make warp travel impossible. “47” is an in-joke in Star Trek, dating back to TNG writer Joe Menosky, who went to Pomona College, which had a club called the 47 Society.

Krebs’ Talaxian furfly is now missing and has entered a replicator. This does not bode well.

Sam’s “old me” refers to her memories of attending the Academy prior to her program being reset and this time growing up from childhood on Kasq in SFA: “The Life of the Stars”.

Caleb’s not kidding when he talks about “old classics” like ECC, RSA and 10DES. These are all encryption standards developed in the 20th century, so well over a thousand years old.

Sam says Caleb is 20 years old, but I assume she’s not being precise, since he was separated from his mother nearly 16 years prior, which would make him nearly 22.

Most of the worlds Anisha mentions - Modavi, Elworth V, Ukeck, are first appearances, but the Typhon sector was mentioned as a staging area to confront the Borg cube at the beginning of the TNG movie First Contact. The Typhon Expanse, which may or may not be related, was the area where Enterprise-D was caught in a time loop (TNG: “Cause and Effect”). According to the file, Ukeck is a Class-M planet in the Alpha Quadrant.

40 Eridani A has long been supposed to be Vulcan’s (now Ni’Var) system in fandom. The choice was endorsed by Gene Roddenberry in a 1991 letter published in Sky & Telescope.

Sam’s technobabble somewhat makes sense if you imagine that the shuttle will not be capable of sustaining the same degree of speed as Athena. When the shuttle first exits the bay, even if it’s moving at warp Caleb will have to match its speed with Athena’s by synchronising the two warp bubbles. But once he exits Athena’s warp bubble, there will be a sudden deceleration since the shuttle will be traveling slower. It’s kind of like jumping off a speeding train.

Khionians lacking the enzyme (polyphenol oxidase to be exact) to break down bananas was established in SFA: “Series Acclimation Mil”.

Transwarp tunnels or conduits were used by the Borg, first appearing in TNG: “Descent”, allowing for speeds much faster than conventional warp drive. Abandoned conduits have been used before (PIC: “Broken Pieces”).

Sam’s dad is the Doctor, who on Kasq raised her for 17 years, relative time, in “The Life of the Stars”.

Darem says he thought ships had two nacelles so they don’t fly in circles. According to the TNG Tech Manual, nacelles, firing together or asymmetrically, shape the warp bubble, distorting space to steer the ship in various directions. After research, Starfleet determined that two nacelles were optimal for this. Of course, this doesn’t mean you can’t have more than two or even one nacelle to generate a warp field, but we don’t have time to nerd out about that now (LD: “The New Next Generation”). Khionian glitter vomit was also established in “Series Acclimation Mil”.

The starchart Ake examines shows the location of the mine near what would be in the 24th century the Tzenkethi Coalition. In fact, Tzenketh is still marked in grey (whatever that means) a little to the left and down from it. This is very much also consistent with Geoffrey Mandel’s Star Trek: Star Charts which have been used ever since DIS, but with some additions. From what I can estimate, the first detonation took place at least 50-60 light years away from the current mine. I’m hoping someone manages to release a high-res version I can get my nerdy little hands on.

This is the first time I’ve heard “maggs” as a unit of measurement. Someone has suggested it could be named after series writer/producer Jane Maggs.

Q’mau is another planet outside Fmaggstion space, first appearing in DIS: “Red Directive”. A desert environment, it had a settlement that couriers would go to trade and sell goods, stolen or otherwise. “Pulling a Q’mau” refers to what Discovery and Antares did in that episode, when the starships descended into the atmosphere, beaming up two civilians before combining their shields to block an avalanche. Enterprise-D pulls a similar rescue in PIC: “The Last Generation”.

Isolytic weapons (Insurrection) were banned weapons that could, like Omega, permanently damage subspace. The So’na used isolytic bursts to create subspace tears, and in the 32nd century, Ruon Tarka used an isolytic-type weapon against the 10-C (DIS: “Rubicon”). Given its effects on subspace, it makes sense that it could potentially tear a ship out of warp.

We saw Athena’s saucer separation ability in SFA: “Vox in Excelso”, in the staged battle against the Klingons.

We get a better look at the galactic map as we zoom out to see Nus’ mines surrounding Federation space. Of note is that Klingon space is where it’s supposed to be, the Ferengi Trading Zone is what used to be the Ferengi Alliance, and Cardassian space is labelled where the Cardassian Empire was.

Also, on the Beta Quadrant side of the Federation in what used to be Romulan space is Serrotheyn space. The Serrotheyns first appeared in DIS, with one serving in the United Earth Defense Force (DIS: “People of Earth”) and some working with the Emerald Chain (DIS: “That Hope is You, Part 1”). They had delegates at the Assembly to deal with Species 10-C in DIS: “…But to Connect”. Serrotheyn space was first labeled on a starchart in SFA: “Ko’Zeine”.

As the year comes to an end, Caleb must choose between the life he thought he wanted and the life he’s built for himself at Starfleet Academy. Meanwhile, Nahla breaks protocol in one final gambit to keep a promise to Caleb.

Teleplay by: Kirsten Beyer

Story by: Kirsten Beyer & Kenneth Lin

Directed by: Jonathan Frakes

There is no spoiler protection in the episode discussion threads, and spoiler tags are not necessary!

I high recommend watching the video to understand the choices behind this dish. The recipe is listed as being 4 servings, but I’m not sure what they considered a single serving. The amount in the photo is only like half. So I have leftovers for days.

This dish turns gagh from the prop food of udon noodles with sauce into a stir fly with vegetables and meat.

EDIT: I forgot to link to the video. https://youtu.be/K99om0XXej8

Watching Star Trek Strange New Worlds, I'm enjoying so far after watching season 1, but I personally think Paramount appeals for nostalgia more than a new public, specially with lots and lots of reference who only fans will catch.

And I start to remembering those people who complaing about Star Wars or Fallout, with the idea of franchises which need a 360 grades turn to bring something new, for example, Fallout fans complain about the overuse of Broterhood of Steel, something I think is a silly thing to complaing since is almost the face of Fallout franchise is a whole.

But my question is; do Star Trek fans has the same opinions and thoughts? Of letting go the franchise?

Image as example, also, I'm waiting for respectful discussion and not flamewar.

There’s a fair amount of Star Trek fan angst and speculation now that production in Toronto has closed down and decisions on the future of both the television and movie franchises are pending under new ownership.

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Scott Bakula has finally been confirmed for STLV (likely the last of the main cast). He previously in 2025 (a last minute replacement for Colm Meaney) said on stage he would be returning for the 25th anniversary of ENT.

Much has been made about SFA’s less than stellar ranking on Paramount+ in the United States and the early US Nielsen rankings (from the first two weeks in January).

This Flix Patrol global roll up of the show’s rankings across streamers provides some helpful insights. Keep in mind that Flix Patrol looks at overall rankings, not just recent releases or originals.

1. Starfleet Academy is doing very well outside of North America

2. SFA is doing well on SkyShowtime across many countries -

3. globally, SFA is doing very well on Amazon channels - # 1 in Germany, # 2 in the US and UK

4. the streamer where SFA is performing worst is Paramount+ in the United States, which has arguably targeted a red state US market since the ViacomCBS merger, to the detriment of other demographics.

All this seems to say that Starfleet Academy is a global hit for Paramount, reaching new demographics and new markets, but not a fit for the Sheridanverse Pro sports streamer Paramount+ was narrowed towards.

No idea if the executives at Paramount are paying attention to anything beyond Paramount+ or the US market, but my assessment is that SFA provides genuine diversification and is successfully reaching a global audience in a way that Star Trek shows historically have not.