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One thing I liked in the TNG episode Relics where Scotty is brought back is that we do get a mention of one of those clever fixes being...

Those are for the 10 year missions. Not that it really makes any sense in any case. Pike. Kirk. Picard. They all stopped at Starbases...

It still could. We know from the holodeck episode that the transporter makes a highly detailed physical record of those who pass through...

At the start of the episode, Una says, “Starships will soon be able to go for more than 5 years without returning to the Federation.”

Yeah, this is why I wouldn't play any of the XCOMs--or almost any game where I don't have autosaves enabled--on Iron Man on a bet.

And yet, in this season part of the reason for the holodeck testing was that they're pioneering ships being able to stay out for longer...

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And just to add to all that, apparently this planet is the same one referred to by Trelane as "the old home world", so did this...

Sure, they might say that. We can but speculate. As long as they acknowledge it in some way.

In Kirk's era it's the five year mission, so they need to be able to operate for longer periods far from support, and have specialised...

I believe it was mentioned previously that the 210 is consistent with the figure given for Pike's Enterprise as of The Cage, and it does...

For me this week's episode is the best of the season so far. We get some classic Trek investigation-of-alien-civilisations on the away...

Probably because something similar happens to him every third episode. He doesn’t have time to think about that particular trauma as...

Especially when he otherwise acts completely uncomfortable about the idea of being romantically/sexually connected to either of them in...

Oh yes, I absolutely love The Lion King. As a kid, you watch it one way — the colours, the animals, the adventure. But as an adult, it...