Stardate: 53292.7
Captain’s log. We open in October 2032 on Mars. Lieutenant John Kelly is in orbit in
Ares IV while communicating with the two astronauts on the surface, Rose Kumagawa and Andrei Novakovich. Something appears in orbit, which winds up consuming
Ares IV.
In the 24th century in the Delta Quadrant, Chakotay’s attempt to relax is interrupted by the door chime but there’s no one on the other side of the door. There are several other minor malfunctions of communications and hospitality systems. Chakotay goes to engineering to find that Seven is upgrading the computer which she’s doing without authorization. She has been requesting these upgrades for months, but Torres has refused to go for it, so she’s going ahead and doing it anyhow to show how efficient they’ll be. Chakotay dryly comments that she’s not really succeeding at that.
There s always something new to discover about the
Star Trek universe, especially when it comes to the really geeky details behind the design decisions over the myriad of ships and various species that make up the ever-expanding canon. Take for instance the impending coffee-table book
Star Trek: The Borg and the Delta Quadrant: Akritirian to Krenim (available May 4 from Hero Collector Books). The tome s general editor, Ben Robinson, tells SYFY WIRE that as part of their deep dive into the CGI files and VFX renders from the television series
Star Trek: Voyager, the editorial team decided to devote extensive coverage to all of the Borg ships that are not square.
Stardate: unknown
Captain’s log. The EMH is giving a concert in the mess hall, singing “La donna è mobile” to a mostly rapt crowd. Tuvok starts crying, and then attacking the other people in the mess hall. The EMH diagnoses him as going through ponfarr, and has Paris prepare a hypospray while the EMH continues to sing, albeit with new, Tuvok-focused lyrics. After he gives Tuvok the shot, he gets a standing ovation at which point we realize the EMH is daydreaming. He’s expanded his program to include that ability, though Torres suggests that if he has that kind of downtime, he should just deactivate, which would save power. The EMH is also disappointed to learn that he is no longer assigned to an away team he was originally supposed to be part of.
Stardate: unknown
Captain’s log.
Voyager has spent the last two weeks helping out the Varro. A very xenophobic people, they’ve been living on a massive, segmented generation ship for four centuries. They only very reluctantly have accepted
Voyager’s offer of help because their warp drive is offline and they can’t fix it.
Kim and one of the Varro, an engineer named Derran Tal, have been carrying on an illicit affair. This is violation of both sides’ regulations. Starfleet requires medical clearance and approval from the captain before getting into a liaison with a new alien species (should this be called the Kirk Rule? the Riker Rule?), and the Varro avoid contact with
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