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What separates the Borg Queen from Michael Burnham?

April 20, 2023 by Richard J Tilley

What separates the Borg Queen from Michael Burnham? On the surface the Borg Queen is composed of an archetype of a matriarch repeatedly referred to as the greatest evil Starfleet has encountered. Before Captain Janeway intentionally locates the Borg in Star Trek: Voyager’s “Scorpion,” (1997) she research previous Captain’s logs, JANEWAY: I’ve been looking through … [Read more…]

Posted in: Star Trek, Trauma Tagged: Borg, Borg Queen, Captain Janeway, Chakotay, Discovery, Janeway, Michael Burnham, Picard, Q, Star Trek, Star Trek Discovery, Star Trek First Contact, Star Trek Voyager, Trauma, Unimatrix Zero, Violence, Voyager, Wolf 359

Deviance, Occupation, and Terrans

April 20, 2023 by Richard J Tilley

When the crew of Discovery crosses into the mirror universe, they embark on a path of willingness to cross moral boundaries. This is largely at the guidance of Lorca, who for reasons later discovered has his own primary deviance to tally for the benefit of the limited few that does not include Michael and the … [Read more…]

Posted in: Star Trek, Trauma Tagged: Archer, Ash Tyler, Bajor, Bajoran, Cardassian, Deep Space Nine, Discovery, DS9, Gabriel Lorca, Jadzia, Lorca, Michael Burnham, Mirror, Mirror Universe, Philippa Georgiou, Sisko, Star Trek, Star Trek Deep Space Nine, Star Trek Discovery, Terran, Trauma, Voq

Star Trek, Ecology, and Green SciFi

April 19, 2023 by Richard J Tilley

Imagine a Star Trek future where the Xindi-Avian species did not become extinct. The Xindi still went on to become Starfleet allies thanks to Captain Archer, and as seen in the future through crewman Daniels’s; a future where some Avians – presumably with other Xindi – migrated to Earth, flying above San Francisco liberated in … [Read more…]

Posted in: Star Trek Tagged: Archer, astromycology, Bajor, botany, colonization, Deep Space Nine, Discovery, DS9, ecology, Enterprise, environment, Environmentalism, Eugenics Wars, Klingon, Picard, Romulan, Sisko, Star Trek, Star Trek Deep Space Nine, Star Trek Discovery, Star Trek Enterprise, Star Trek Picard, StarTrekTOS, Xindi

Star Trek Discovery’s Saru and Kindness

April 19, 2023 by Richard J Tilley

In the first season of Star Trek: Discovery, the Saru we meet more closely resembles a cynical capitalist. However, his distance and appearance of reproach – his stern disposition – comes from a place of loss and heartbreak. A more adroit observation of Saru is that he was astute under pressure, having lost Captain Georgiou … [Read more…]

Posted in: Kindness Literacy, Star Trek Tagged: Discovery, Kindness, Saru, Star Trek, Star Trek Discovery

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