Very relevant quote from Picard today. https://m.youtube.com/watch?v=uHSX9e1TadA

Fuck 2026.

His battle form is Stretch Armstrong

Neelix is awesome.

Robert Picardo ended up exactly where he was needed.

Had to come back and just say… This message is 🔥

“So, the question I’d ask to all these people watching - is this the person you want to follow into the future? An angry child with his finger on the trigger whose entire worldview…is based on a lie?”

Well according to the season finale it’s now… Duplicated itself in the replicator and is mating with itself? (If I caught that right)

I need to see this Talaxian Fur Fly

The reactions all around were well done and in a quite relatable way. Many memories of my own youth as well.

I’m going to follow up with a thought here.

Christopher = Christ like.

If opher means like… Then who is Nust in Nus’ culture? Their Christ?

Also I like how that parallels between the preferred names… Chris and Nus vs Christ and Nust.

Nustopher

Stood out for me because Im a Christopher.

Already some amazing points here, but I will add one thing:

No matter how utopian your empire becomes, those who grow up in utopia do not have their guard up watching for evil in every corner. The Star Wars flipping back and forth from Republic to Empire over the millennia makes sense.

The federation existed for barely a millennia in its first incarnation. A fall of a galactic empire makes sense. Rebuilding it makes for good story.

Especially, and I can’t stress this enough, when it is a parallel to the world we live in. Trek has always been a way to mirror events and teach moral lessons… But most of all, hope.

Yeah, tears wouldn’t stop flowing once they started. It was a good episode.

Those two have a Rimmer + Lister feel to them.

The teens arent vapid socialites and theres enough Trek Universe mixed in that it really doesn’t align with the typical teen drama.

This, very well put. I’ve been struggling to vocalise why I like this to folks and I think you nailed it.

Its a different message for a different era. And one we need. Too many are looking at the near and potentially bleak future, we need them to realise that hope can still lay beyond that.

This show is one part Lower Decks, one part Prodigy, one part Discovery, and a dash of SNW… I dig it. Excited to see where it goes.

Username checks out.

Luanti (Minetest) folks.

The modding momentum is picking up quite a bit and as a game engine its far better than Minecraft.

I don’t know a single conservative that likes Trek.