What did you think of the first two episodes of Star Trek: Starfleet Academy?

Know nothing about Trek lore, or are we going to just find a way to accommodate their mistakes?

Are there now JemHadar women? Do Klingons now have surnames? Have Betazoids somehow all lost their telepatic powers?

I was thinking through all of the Star Trek episodes that have aired through 60 years, is Star Trek: Starfleet Academy episode “Beta Test” the only episode in the franchise to fully take place on earth?

Every scene.

I can’t think of another episode that took place 100% on Earth. DS9 “Paradise Lost” and “Image in the Sand” are probably the closest to have been completely earthbound, but there are a few scenes in each off of earth.

I'd like to hear others thoughts, given we've had twenty-seven years with Memory Alpha being the ultimate source for all things Trek canon. As I was updating some pages with the new Starfleet Academy series, I realized a stark difference between the prior ST era (2100 - 2405 thereabouts) vs. 3189 - 3191, whereas major changes happened because of the Burn incident.

So let me ask everyone. Do we need to take a hard look at establishing a linked wiki just for this new era that Paramount is developing? Given that we have some knowledge of what has changed, but it's not a comprehensive knowledge (we literally just found out today there's a Klingon out to be a medical doctor, and that the proposed new Federation home is lining up to land on Betazed).

This doesn't change the MA pages need to be updated, but based on DIS (03-05) and now SA S01, our resources are using the search engine or the category. We do not have a comprehensive 32nd Star Trek body at this point.

Let's hear everyone's thoughts.

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Ensign Spock is stationed on Starbase 40 before reporting to the USS Enterprise.

December 23, 2253

"Star Trek: Short Treks"

S2:Ep01 "Q&A"

Ensign Spock arrives on the USS Enterprise.

February 18, 2254

"Star Trek"

Pilot 1, S0:Ep01 "The Cage"

Talos IV

November 27, 2254 at 05:00

[After CLASSIFIED MISSION]

The USS Enterprise in Drydock.

October 27, 2258 at 13:00:

"Star Trek: Strange New Worlds"

Season 1:

S1:Ep01 "Strange New Worlds"

January 30, 2259: Una and two others on the USS Archer NCC-627 at Kiley 279. The voice-over log about a first contact.

February 6, 2259 06:01 MST: Pike and Batel at Bear Creek, Montana.

February 6, 2259 17:05: Spock says Drydock 3 months 10 days 4 hours 5 minutes

I've calculated/ assumed the end of the episode was February 11, 2259 (the 42nd day in 2259) because the stardate was 2259.42.

I've made some assumptions in my own interpretation of the timeline.

[Indeterminate time span includes a survey mission.]

I speculate it's a visit to Nibiru where the cable doesn't break.

Spock, Ortegas and Sam Kirk possibly.

Or it's a planetary extinction.

February 19-25, 2259

S1:Ep02 "Children of the Comet"

March 11-15, 2259.

What "Prime Directive?"

S1:Ep03 "Ghosts of Illyria"

April 11-12, 2259

Una tells Pike than she is Illyrian. La'an enters something in her personal log about Una being a product of genetic modification.

This episode is referred to as being "7 months ago" (210 to 235 days) in the SNW: Season 2 premiere "The Broken Circle"

S1:Ep04 "Memento Mori"

May 30, 2259

S1:Ep05 "Spock Amok"

June 15-18, 2259

S1:Ep06 "Lift Us Where Suffering Cannot Reach"

Jul 10-15, 2259

S1:Ep07 "The Serene Squall"

August 1-4, 2259

S1:Ep08 "The Elysian Kingdom"

August 19, 2259

6 hours total episode

S1:Ep09 "All Those Who Wander"

Sep 1-9, 2259

This episode is also referred to in "The Broken Circle". La'an has been gone for months to the the point where Admiral Robert April refers to her as a former member of Starfleet.

(About 4 months /120 days) before "The Broken Circle"

S1:Ep10 "A Quality of Mercy"

October 15, 2259

At the end of the episode, Una is arrested. This is about 2 months before the season 2 opener: "The Broken Circle."

"Star Trek: Strange New Worlds"

Season 2

S2:Ep01 "The Broken Circle"

December 15-18, 2259

S2:Ep02 "Ad Astra per Aspera"

December 16, 2259 Pike at Vaultera Nebula

S2:Ep01 "The Broken Circle"

Pike returns from the Vaultera Nebula December 18, 2259

S2:Ep02 "Ad Astra per Aspera"

December 16, 2259 - January 13, 2260

S2:Ep03 "Tomorrow and Tomorrow and Tomorrow"

February 13-14, 2260

S2:Ep04 "Among the Lotus Eaters"

April 6-8, 2260

Captain Christopher Pike's

Third / Final Five Year Mission

April 11, 2260

S2:Ep05 "Charades"

June 25-30, 2260

S2:Ep06 "Lost in Translation"

August 11-14, 2260

S2:Ep07 "Those Old Scientists"

November 5-9, 2260

S2:Ep08 "Under the Cloak of War"

January 5-9, 2261

S2:Ep09 "Subspace Rhapsody"

April 1-3, 2261

Chapel gets a ride with Batel

April 6-26, 2261

S2:Ep10 "Hegemony"

April 27-30, 2261

"Star Trek: Strange New Worlds"

Season 3

S3:Ep01 "Hegemony, Part 2"

April 30 - May 6, 2261

Christine Chapel's Fellowship with Dr. Roger Korby

May 13 - August 31, 2261

S3:Ep02 "Wedding Bell Blues"

October 8-11, 2261

Trelane age 8020 who knows how to give food taste.

Federation Day Centennial on October 11, 2261

Remainder of Season 3

2261 - 2262

Season 4

2263 - 2264

Season 5

2264 - 2265

[Assumption of Series Finale]

Spock served with Captain Pike

11 years 4 months 5 days

June 23, 2265

"Star Trek" (The Original Series)

S1:Ep01(S1:Aired03) "Where No Man Has Gone Before"

July 19, 2265

Captain Christopher Pike seriously injured.

May 27, 2266

S1:Ep09(S1:Aired07) "What Are Little Girls Made Of?"

Dr. Roger Korby [Spoiler].

December 8, 2266

S1:Ep15(S1:Aired11) "The Menagerie, Part I" &

S1:Ep16(S1:Aired12) "The Menagerie, Part II"

February 6-9, 2267

S1:Ep18(S1:Aired17) "The Squire of Gothos"

Trelane age 7961 [Speculation on my part].

His created food has no taste.

March 7-9, 2267

S2:Ep19(S1:Aired18) "Arena"

The Gorn on Cestus III

March 20, 2267

So what’s up with Trelane. In Squire of Gothos, Spock did not seem to recognize Trelane at all. Trelane was really only familiar with humans because he had seen them in telescopes. He didn’t realize that human society had moved on from the era that he was viewing, or that fire was hot and food had taste. He also needed to use technology to make his powers work.

Now, he has already met Spock and interacted with 23rd century humans. He was even able to make food taste good using his abilities. And, he is apparently a Q and doesn’t seem to need any technology to make his powers work.

I like the episode, but I think it would have been less confusing if they had made him a generic Q instead of Trelane.

Just old question of story telling logic…. As this isn’t first show to have have out of phase plot lines…. Star Gate sg-1 had one years ago .

But why don’t writers realize that person out of phase should also fall through the ground, not be able to walk on it…. In case where she falls she should like fall into space lol.

Star Trek is supposed to have intrigue and interpersonal interactions at the forefront with action in tasteful moments, and without spilling the deets, this poor excuse of a film reduced it to just frenetic V.F.X.-driven action and people constantly talking on top of each other, like in Michael Bay's Transformers films. It's even worse than Star Trek V: The Final Frontier ever was! It's absolutely unworthy of being a Star Trek story. Sorry for the report.

There aren't really any spoilers here, but it is about "Section 31" which just came out today...

I have one comment (for now): maybe it could have been better with one simple change. Instead of calling that group of rag-tag misfits Section 31's "Alpha" team - implying some sort of elite status - maybe they should have just implied that all the elite teams were unavailable, and they had to settle for "Upsilon" team instead. After all, "upsilon" is the silliest letter of the Greek alphabet. LEAN into that comedy; TELL the audience you aren't taking this seriously.