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"Star Trek": Was ist die Sternzeit & wie wird sie errechnet?

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In Star Trek ist die Sternzeit ein Zeitmaß innerhalb der Föderation, das in Dezimalzahlen angegeben wird. Im 22. Jahrhundert ist diese Zeiteinheit bereits bekannt, dennoch wird die Zeit auf der Enterprise noch in irdischer Form gemessen. Die genauen Anfänge der Sternzeitrechnung sind nicht bekannt.

Im 23. Jahrhundert setzen sich die Sternzeiten jedoch immer weiter durch. Selbst Geburts- und Todesdaten werden in Sternzeiten anstelle irdischer Datumsangaben bestimmt. Die Sternzeiten werden dabei größtenteils in vier Dezimalzahlen angegeben mit einer optionalen Nachkommastelle. Ein Jahrhundert darauf wird fast vollständig auf die irdische Zeitrechnung verzichtet. Sämtliche Logbucheinträge, Dienstakten, Widmungsplatten werden mit Sternzeiten versehen. Dabei bestehen die Zeitangaben aus fünf Dezimalzahlen mit bis zu vier Nachkommastellen in einem Bereich von 22519,5 bis 56947.

Star Trek: Sternzeit wurde nicht immer nach dem selben System berechnet

In der Originalserie sind die Sternzeitangaben willkürlich gewählt. In The Next Generation entsprechen die Tausender der Nummer der laufenden Staffel. Somit spielt die erste Staffel in einer Sternzeit von 4-1-000 bis 4-1-999. In Star Trek: Deep Space Nine und Star Trek: Voyager wurde dieses System einfach weitergeführt.

In Star Trek bis Star Trek Beyond wurde eine völlig neue Berechnung der Sternzeit eingeführt. Sie setzt sich dabei aus dem jeweiligen Jahr mit dem entsprechenden Tag des Jahres zusammen. So entspricht die Sternzeit 2258,53 dem 53. Tag des Jahres 2258. Beziehungen zur irdischen Zeitrechnung variieren mit den Formaten der Sternzeit. In der Originalserie wird so zum Beispiel angedeutet, dass eine Sternzeit-Einheit etwa einem Tag entspricht.

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Chronometer der USS Enterprise (NCC-1701)

Die Sternzeit ist eine Dezimalzahl, die einen bestimmten Zeitpunkt bezeichnet. Es ist ein Zeitmaß innerhalb der Föderation .

Inhaltsverzeichnis

• 1 Unterschiede in den Jahrhunderten
• 2.1 1000 bis 1999
• 2.2 2000 bis 2999
• 2.3 3000 bis 3999
• 2.4 4000 bis 4999
• 2.5 5000 bis 5999
• 2.6 6000 bis 6999
• 2.7 7000 bis 7999
• 2.8 8000 bis 8999
• 2.9 9000 bis 9999
• 2.10 Bekannte Sternzeit-Intervalle
• 3.1 10000 bis 29999
• 3.2 30000 bis 39999
• 3.3 40000 bis 40999
• 3.4 41000 bis 49999
• 3.5 50000 bis 59999
• 3.6 ab 802000
• 3.7 Bekannte Sternzeit-Intervalle
• 4 Neue Zeitlinie
• 5 Zuordnung irdische Zeit und Sternzeit
• 6.1 Beziehung zur irdischen Zeitrechnung
• 6.2.1 Abfolgefehler
• 6.2.2 Umrechnungsfehler
• 6.2.3 Proportionalitätsfehler
• 8 Externe Links

Unterschiede in den Jahrhunderten [ ]

Die genauen Anfänge der Sternzeitrechnung sind nicht bekannt. Im 22. Jahrhundert ist ein Sternzeit-System schon entwickelt, allerdings werden für Logbucheinträge der Enterprise (NX-01) noch irdische Datumsangaben verwendet. ( ENT : Aufbruch ins Unbekannte, Teil I , Beschädigungen )

Auch im 23. Jahrhundert wird teilweise noch die irdische Zeitrechnung verwendet. ( TOS : Der Käfig ) Allerdings setzen sich die Sternzeiten immer mehr durch. Selbst Geburts- und Todesdaten werden in Sternzeiten anstelle irdischer Datumsangaben angegeben. ( TOS : Die Spitze des Eisberges , Kodos, der Henker ) Die Sternzeiten des 23. Jahrhunderts sind größtenteils vierstellige Dezimalzahlen mit einer optionalen Nachkommastelle. ( TOS : Die Spitze des Eisberges , Gefährlicher Tausch ; Star Trek: Der Film ; Star Trek: Treffen der Generationen ; VOY : Tuvoks Flashback )

Ab dem 24. Jahrhundert wird auf irdische Datumsangaben weitgehend verzichtet. Sämtliche Logbucheinträge, Dienstakten und Widmungsplatten werden mit Sternzeiten versehen. Diese Sternzeiten sind fünfstellige Dezimalzahlen mit bis zu vier Nachkommastellen und umfassen einen Bereich zwischen mindestens 22519,5 und 56947. ( TNG : Der Mächtige , Der Ehrenkodex , Augen in der Dunkelheit ; DS9 : Der Abgesandte, Teil I ; VOY : Der Fürsorger, Teil I , Temporale Sprünge , Zeitschiff "Relativity" ; Star Trek: Nemesis )

Auch wenn überwiegend Angaben mit einer Nachkommastelle angegeben werden, variiert das Format von Angaben ohne Nachkommastelle ( TNG : Datas Tag , Gestern, Heute, Morgen, Teil I ) mit Sternzeiten von bis zu vier Nachkommastellen. ( VOY : Zeitschiff "Relativity" )

Sternzeit-Auflistungen im 23. Jahrhundert [ ]

1000 bis 1999 [ ], 2000 bis 2999 [ ], 3000 bis 3999 [ ], 4000 bis 4999 [ ], 5000 bis 5999 [ ], 6000 bis 6999 [ ], 7000 bis 7999 [ ], 8000 bis 8999 [ ], 9000 bis 9999 [ ], bekannte sternzeit-intervalle [ ], sternzeit-auflistungen im 24. jahrhundert [ ], 10000 bis 29999 [ ], 30000 bis 39999 [ ], 40000 bis 40999 [ ], 41000 bis 49999 [ ], 50000 bis 59999 [ ], ab 802000 [ ], neue zeitlinie [ ].

In der Neuen Zeitlinie stehen die Ziffern vor dem Dezimalkomma für das gregorianische Kalenderjahr, z.B. Sternzeit 2258,42 entspricht dem Jahr 2258 . ( Star Trek )

Zuordnung irdische Zeit und Sternzeit [ ]

• ↑ Indienststellung der USS Enterprise laut Schiffsplakette
• ↑ Schlacht von Wolf 359
• ↑ kurz nachdem die USS Voyager Deep Space 9 verlassen hat
• ↑ 4,0 4,1 4,2 4,3 Ankunft der USS Voyager im Delta-Quadranten
• ↑ kurz nachdem Tuvix durch einen Transporterunfall entstanden ist
• ↑ Kurz bevor Riker auf die USS Enterprise (NCC-1701-D) versetzt wird.
• ↑ In der Episode wird behauptet, dieses Datum sei ein Sonntag. Tatsächlich ist es jedoch ein Donnerstag.

Hintergrundinformationen [ ]

• Die Zahlenwerte der Sternzeiten aus Raumschiff Enterprise sind willkürlich gewählt.
• 41000 bis 41999 = Staffel 1
• 42000 bis 42999 = Staffel 2
• 43000 bis 43999 = Staffel 3
• 44000 bis 44999 = Staffel 4
• 45000 bis 45999 = Staffel 5
• 46000 bis 46999 = Staffel 6
• 47000 bis 47999 = Staffel 7
• 46000 bis 46999 = DS9 Staffel 1 (parallel zu TNG Staffel 6)
• 47000 bis 47999 = DS9 Staffel 2 (parallel zu TNG Staffel 7)
• 48000 bis 48999 = DS9 Staffel 3 und VOY Staffel 1 (=fiktive TNG Staffel 8)
• 49000 bis 49999 = DS9 Staffel 4 und VOY Staffel 2 (=fiktive TNG Staffel 9)
• 50000 bis 50999 = DS9 Staffel 5 und VOY Staffel 3 (=fiktive TNG Staffel 10)
• 51000 bis 51999 = DS9 Staffel 6 und VOY Staffel 4 (=fiktive TNG Staffel 11)
• 52000 bis 52999 = DS9 Staffel 7 und VOY Staffel 5 (=fiktive TNG Staffel 12)
• 53000 bis 53999 = VOY Staffel 6 (=fiktive TNG Staffel 13)
• 54000 bis 54999 = VOY Staffel 7 (=fiktive TNG Staffel 14)
• Für Star Trek bis Star Trek Beyond wurde das Konzept der Sternzeit völlig überarbeitet. Sie setzt sich nun aus der Jahreszahl und mit Komma abgetrennt dem aktuellen Tag des jeweiligen Jahres zusammen. [1] Sternzeit 2258,42 entspricht beispielsweise dem 42. Tag des Jahres 2258.
• In der nicht realisierten Serie Star Trek: Phase II sollte die Sternzeit aus einer beliebigen vierstelligen Zahl plus einer Dezimalstelle bestehen. Die Sternzeiten der einzelnen Episoden sollten nicht voneinander abhängig sein. Die Sternzeit der Serie sollte eine mathematische Formel sein, die von der Position in der Galaxis, der Reisegeschwindigkeit und anderen Faktoren abhängig ist. [2]

Beziehung zur irdischen Zeitrechnung [ ]

In TOS : Notlandung auf Galileo 7 und TOS : Miri, ein Kleinling wird angedeutet, dass eine TOS-Sternzeiteinheit etwa einem Tag entspricht.

Da durch diverse Referenzen die Zuordnung einer Staffel zu einer oder mehreren Jahreszahlen bekannt sind, kann man aus den Tausenderstellen der Sternzeitangaben aus TNG, DS9 und VOY die dazugehörige Jahreszahl ableiten.

• TNG: Sternzeit 41153,7 (2364) bis 47988 (2370)
• DS9: Sternzeit 46379,1 (2369) bis 52861,3 (2375)
• VOY: Sternzeit 48315,6 (2371) bis 54973,4 (2377)
• Filme 7 bis 10: 48646,3 (ST VII, 2371); 50893,5 (ST VIII, 2373); 56844,9 (ST X, 2379)

Geht man daraus folgend von der Annahme aus, dass die ersten beiden Ziffern der Sternzeit direkt die Jahreszahl markieren und ein Jahr somit 1000 Sternzeiteinheiten entspricht, ergeben sich ein Tag zu 2,7397 Sternzeiteinheiten, eine Stunde zu 0,1142 Sternzeiteinheiten und eine Minute zu 0,0019 Sternzeiteinheiten. Der Anfangspunkt (Sternzeit 00000,0000) dieses linearen Systems würde dann dem 01.01.2323 um 00:00:00 Uhr entsprechen.

Inkonsistenzen [ ]

Genau wie bei den Warpfaktoren , gibt es auch bei den Sternzeiten einzelne Inkonsistenzen zwischen Produktionsinfo/Theorie und dem Canon :

Abfolgefehler [ ]

Fehlerhafte Reihenfolge der Sternzeiten:

• Die Sternzeit der Episode TAS : Das Geheimnis von Megas-Tu (1254,4) liegt vor Kirks Geburt (1277,1), angegeben in TOS : Die Spitze des Eisberges .
• Die Sternzeiten der Episoden TOS : Das Letzte seiner Art (1513,1 bis 1513,8) und Pokerspiele (1512,2 bis 1514,1) überschneiden sich.
• Die Sternzeiten der Episoden TOS : Miri, ein Kleinling (2713,4 bis 2717,3) und Der Zentral­nerven­system­mani­pula­tor (2715,1 bis 2715,2) überschneiden sich.
• Die Sternzeiten der Episoden TOS : Kodos, der Henker (2817,6 bis 2825,3) und Notlandung auf Galileo 7 (2821,5 bis 2823,1) überschneiden sich.
• Die Sternzeiten der Episoden TOS : Meister der Sklaven (3211,7 bis 3259,2) und Metamorphose (3219,8 bis 3220,3) überschneiden sich.
• Die Sternzeiten der Episoden TAS : Die Entführung (5499,9 bis 5506,2) und Auf der Suche nach Überlebenden (5501,2) überschneiden sich.
• Die Sternzeit der Episode DSC : Leuchtfeuer (1207,3) soll dem 11. Mai 2256 entsprechen, liegt jedoch vor Sternzeit 1277,1, die dem 22. März 2233 entspricht. ( TOS : Die Spitze des Eisberges , ENT : Die dunkle Seite des Spiegels, Teil II )
• Tasha Yar wird laut TNG : Die schwarze Seele zu Sternzeit 41601,3 getötet. Sie ist jedoch in der Episode TNG : Die Waffenhändler am Leben und diese Episode spielt zu Sternzeit 41798,2.
• In der DS9-Episode DS9 : Die Schatten der Hölle erwähnt Captain Sisko die Borg-Invasion aus Star Trek: Der erste Kontakt . Diese Episode spielt allerdings noch vor Sternzeit 50564,2 (siehe Im Lichte des Infernos ), während der Film zu Sternzeit 50893,5 spielt, also laut Sternzeitangabe einige Monate in der Zukunft.
• Ab DS9 : Martoks Ehre trägt Worf das Logo des Hauses von Martok an seinem Schultergurt , in Star Trek: Der erste Kontakt trägt er allerdings noch das Emblem des Hauses von Mogh an seiner Schärpe. Damit müsste der Kinofilm noch vor der DS9-Folge Martoks Ehre spielen. Allerdings spielt diese Episode noch vor Sternzeit 50814,2 (siehe DS9 : Kinder der Zeit ), während der Kinofilm erst zur Sternzeit 50893,5 geschieht und Worf zu diesem Zeitpunkt eigentlich schon seit einigen Wochen nicht mehr das Emblem des Hauses von Mogh tragen dürfte.
• In VOY : Der Verräter wird der Handlungsstrang aufgelöst, warum Tom Paris in den vergangenen Episoden unzufrieden wirkte. In dieser Episode stirbt Michael Jonas . In VOY : Lebens­anzeichen , welche laut Sternzeit danach spielt lebt Michael Jonas noch und Seska gibt ihm Anweisungen zur Sabotage der Voyager, welche er bereits ausgeführt hat.
• In VOY : Im Rückblick macht Captain Janeway während der Verfolgung von Kovin einen Logbucheintrag bei Sternzeit 51679,4. Nach Kovins Tod wird der Doktor später drei Tage verhört und macht dann eine Logbucheintragung bei Sternzeit 51658,2, was jedoch vor dem Tod von Kovin liegt.

Umrechnungsfehler [ ]

Daten/Jahreszeiten stimmen nicht mit Sternzeiten überein:

• Die Episode TNG : Familien­begegnung spielt zu Sternzeit 44012,3, was dem Anfang des Jahres 2367, also Winter auf der Nordhalbkugel der Erde, entspricht. In dieser Episode ist auf der Nordhalbkugel der Erde, in Frankreich , aber Sommer.
• In DS9 : Rätselhafte Fenna wird der Jahrestag der Schlacht von Wolf 359 auf Sternzeit 47329,4 datiert. Die Schlacht fand laut TNG : Angriffsziel Erde zu Sternzeit 44002,3 statt, was laut diesem Sternzeitsystem nicht am selben Datum des entsprechenden Jahres liegen kann.
• In der Episode VOY : Eine Heimstätte wird der 315. Jahrestag des Erstkontakts zwischen Menschen und Vulkaniern gefeiert, der im April 2063 stattfand, somit muss diese Episode im Jahre 2378 spielen. Die Sternzeitangabe dieser Episode lautet Sternzeit 54868,6, was eigentlich Ende des Jahres 2377 entspricht.
• Dasselbe trifft auch auf die Star Trek: Raumschiff Voyager -Epsioden Renaissance­mensch , Endspiel, Teil I und Endspiel, Teil II zu. Diese spielen zwar im Jahr 2378, die Sternzeitangaben 54890,7 und 54973,4 gehören jedoch eigentlich zum Jahr 2377.

Proportionalitätsfehler [ ]

Zeitabläufe stimmen nicht mit Sternzeitdifferenzen überein:

• In TOS : Kodos, der Henker gibt der Computer Captain Kirk die Auskunft, dass Kodos zu Sternzeit 2794,7 irgendetwas getan hat (Was wird nicht gesagt, da Kirk die Computeransage unterbricht). Diese Sternzeit muss also vor dem vermeintlichen Tod von Kodos liegen. Die Episode selbst spielt zu Sternzeit 2817,6. Da Kodos angeblich seit 20 Jahren tot ist, müsste die Sternzeit also viel niedriger sein. Außerdem finden die Ereignisse auf Tarsus IV lange vor dem Beginn der 5-Jahres-Mission der USS Enterprise (NCC-1701) statt. Da diese bei Sternzeit 1312,4 ( TOS : Die Spitze des Eisberges ) beginnt, ergibt sich hier ein weiterer gravierender Widerspruch.
• In der Episode TOS : Notlandung auf Galileo 7 werden gleich mehrere Sternzeitangaben mit Zeitabständen verknüpft. Ferris setzt Sternzeit 2823,8 als den Punkt fest, an dem die USS Enterprise (NCC-1701) ihre Suche abbrechen muss. Bei Sternzeit 2821,7 sind noch 2 Tage, bei 2822,3 noch 24 Stunden und bei 2823,1 noch 2 Stunden 43 Minuten Zeit. Berechnet man auf dieser Grundlage, wie viele Stunden einer Sternzeiteinheit entsprechen ergeben sich verschiedene Werte zwischen nur 3,92 Stunden und bis zu 40 Stunden. Angedacht ist aber scheinbar, dass eine Sternzeiteinheit einem Tag entspricht.
• Laut TNG : Die Zukunft schweigt soll Sternzeit 42679,5 sechs Stunden nach Sternzeit 42679,2 liegen. Wenn die Sternzeiten gleichmäßig verlaufen, entsprechen 0,3 Sternzeiteinheiten jedoch nur 2,63 Stunden.
• Die Episode DS9 : Ent­scheidungen spielt laut Logbuch von Captain Sisko aus der vorhergehenden Episode DS9 : Zeit des Widerstands mehr als 3 Monate nach der Episode DS9 : Zu den Waffen! . Aus den Sternzeitangaben 50975,2 und 51096,2 lässt sich aber nur eine Zeitdifferenz von 121 Sternzeiteinheiten ermitteln, was nur rund 44 Tagen (1 1/2 Monate) entspricht.
• Der Geburtstag von Tuvok wird in VOY : Unimatrix Zero, Teil II auf Sternzeit 38774 festgelegt. Da diese Episode zu Sternzeit 54014,4 spielt, müsste Tuvok zum Zeitpunkt dieser Episode also gerade mal 15 Jahre alt sein. Da aber Tuvok während seiner Dienstzeit auf der Voyager einen dreistelligen Geburtstag erreicht (Captain Janeway gratuliert ihm unter vier Ohren) fällt sein Geburtstag ins 23. Jahrhundert, in dem ein anderes (eigentlich vierstelliges) Sternzeitsystem existiert. Möglicherweise sollte das Geburtsdatum 3877,4 heißen.

Fußnoten [ ]

• ↑ Interview auf trekmovie.com
• ↑ Buch: Star Trek: Phase II – Die verlorene Generation , ISBN 3-453-14018-4 , S. 107

Externe Links [ ]

• Sternzeit in der Memory Beta
• Sternzeitrechner auf "hillschmidt.de" (berechnet auch Sternzeit in Datum und Uhrzeit und umgekehrt, Sternzeit 0 entspricht 01.01.2323, 1 Uhr GMT)
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17. “The First Duty” (Season 5)

Wesley Crusher continues to give Picard more headaches than anyone is worth, but at least this time it results in a standout episode of Trek . 

Ron Moore’s attempt to do A Few Good Men , Star Tre k -style, centers on Crusher and his fellow cadets. On the eve of their graduation from Starfleet Academy, they find themselves in the middle of a tribunal that intends to get to the truth behind why their friend and fellow cadet, Josh, died during a flight exercise. The lies Wesley and his friends tell to escape justice only puts them under more scrutiny when Picard goes digging around the shady circumstances surrounding Josh’s death. That search yields a show-stopping scene between Picard and Wesley, with one hell of a monologue that still gives us chills. “The First Duty” adds some much needed depth and ethical greys to Wesley’s squeaky-clean image, while also affording TNG the rare chance to challenge its “perfect” utopia by proving that even the best of us can succumb to our lesser angels. 

16. “The Defector” (Season 3)

“The Defector” is another exceptional episode from (shocker) writer Ron Moore, which puts a Romulan defector front and center with tragic consequences.

This defector, who Picard struggles to believe is just some low-level officer, risks never seeing his family again in an effort to save his people and Earth’s from what appears to be another costly war brewing between the two adversaries. In the course of vetting the defector’s statements, Picard finds more questions than answers. That investigation comes with one hell of a gut punch: Eventually, the Romulan officer realizes his people betrayed him . They used him as bait, leaking somewhat false information as a way to test his loyalty to the Empire and gleam intelligence off Starfleet’s response to their partial ruse. “The Defector” is a powerful tale of one man’s journey from brave hero to duped traitor, with a mystery plot that keeps audiences at the edge of their seats as the final scenes send them reaching for some tissues. 

15. “Disaster” (Season 5)

Designed as an homage to classic disaster movies like The Poseidon Adventure , Ron Moore’s underrated “Disaster” gives the Enterprise the Irwin Allen treatment when the starship is crippled after a collision with two quantum filaments (think space potholes). With the ship powerless and adrift, “Disaster” splits up the crew and mines their individual crises for maximum tension by putting these characters outside their comfort zone or into conflict-rich pairings. For example, an injured Picard is forced to help and work with people he normally can’t stand, children, while Counsellor Troi finds herself both in command and way over her head as her inexperience clashes with that of the better-trained Ensign Ro. “Disaster” is the rare Trek outing with no moral or lesson to learn, just good ol’ fashioned, keep-the-plates spinning tension that is just as rewatchable as the epic movies that inspired it.

14. “Relics” (Season 6)

The Next Generation thankfully loosened up on its “no classic Star Trek actors” guest star policy for Season 6’s “Relics,” a thrilling episode written by Ron Moore that brings James Doohan’s Scotty into the 24th Century. 

Prior to Scotty, only McCoy and Spock mingled with Picard’s crew, but Scotty’s episode arguably makes the best use out of revisiting these iconic characters. Here, Scotty struggles with being a man out of time and a fish out of water when he is thrust into a conflict of engineering styles with Geordi as the two must work together to free the Enterprise-D from the massive confines of a Dyson sphere. The episode spends considerable time contrasting the two engineer’s styles, giving Doohan more meaty acting moments in this one hour than any episode or movie did before. Scotty, accustomed to saving the day and with plenty of old war stories to prove it, quickly realizes he’s less of an asset on this Enterprise and more of a has-been. He begins to find his place and relevance once again by sharing a drink with Picard on the bridge of The Original Series ’ Enterprise (albeit a holodeck recreation of it).

“Relics” wisely invests Scotty with a rich exploration of what would really happen if one of the 23rd Century’s most famous heroes finds himself questioning his usefulness in the 24th Century. Moore’s script uses one Trek icon to push and challenge his TNG equivalent, giving fans one of the show’s most exciting adventures.

13. “Chain of Command, Parts I & II” (Season 6)

“Chain of Command” is arguably TNG ’s darkest hour, and one of its most thrilling. This two-parter kicks off with one of the shortest teasers in Trek history: Captain Picard loses command of the Enterprise when Starfleet re-assigns him to lead a Black Ops-esque team on a mission deep into enemy territory. That enemy? The Cardassians. Picard’s job is to find out if these baddies are creating a deadly bio-weapon and but his mission goes sideways; he is soon captured and tortured as a POW by a sadistic Cardassian (David Warner) as Riker bristles against the brash command stylings of Picard’s replacement, Captain Jellico ( RoboCop ’s Ronnie Cox.) 

The second half of this intense storyline is the strongest and most memorable for fans, as it features the infamous “There are four lights!” interrogation scene. Here, a gaunt and delirious Picard combats his captor’s psychological torture as the Cardassian gaslights Picard into submission by promising him freedom if Jean-Luc will admit he sees five lights when there are only four. This battle of wills is fraught with more tension than any space battle could muster, as “Chain of Command” provides a sobering dose of political commentary by tackling the issues of war crimes and genocide in ways only Star Trek could.

12. “The Wounded” (Season 4)

The first appearance of the villainous Cardassians (complete with their funky and quickly-abandoned head gear) is Star Trek: The Next Generation ’s sci-fi take on Coppola’s Apocalypse Now . Only instead of venturing “up river” to terminate a rogue colonel, Picard and Chief O’Brien (Colm Meany) are forced to work with “the bloody Cardys” in pursuit of O’Brien’s former captain, Maxwell ( Shawshank Redemption ’s Bob Gunton). Maxwell has seemingly gone rogue, using his starship to attack what appears to be non-military Cardassian targets.

O’Brien, having fought the Cardassians during a violent war years ago, must grapple with his hate and his duty in an episode that gives the supporting character his first real dramatic showcase. When O’Brien finally has some alone time with the cornered and defeated Maxwell, “The Wounded” earns its namesake as the two sing a melancholic song after sharing war stories of comrades lost that Maxwell’s vengeful PTSD can’t ever bring back. This haunting scene tugs on the heartstrings moments before Picard discovers that the supply ships Maxwell attacked were indeed part of Cardassian efforts to re-arm themselves. It is a revelation that validates Maxwell’s career-ending crusade while also giving the episode one of Trek ’s most bittersweet finales. 

11. “The Offspring” (Season 3)

Data’s earnest endeavors to be more human reach a turning point in “The Offspring,” an emotionally-charged episode of TNG where Data creates his daughter, Lal. 

Just as the android bonds with his child, a veteran Starfleet admiral arrives on Enterprise threatening to pull them apart when he challenges their right to be a family at all. Star Trek: TNG often finds success in exploring Data’s humanity

through the lens of the very humans who would try and take it away from him. “The Offspring” offers an excellent and tearful portrayal of that conflict as the crew comes to their friend’s aid just as Lal suffers a life-threatening issue. It’s a five-boxes-of-tissues affair when Data and the admiral work offscreen to save Lal. No matter how fast Data’s hands move, they fail to prevent Data from having to learn the hardest of humanity’s lessons: Loss. 

10. “Measure of a Man” (Season 2)

Real talk: Star Trek: The Next Generation ’s first two seasons are noble misfires. Their weekly installments have more lows than highs, but one of the few outstanding hours from the series’ early days is the Data-centric “Measure of a Man.” 

When another jerkoff Starfleet scientist comes looking to dissect Data to see what makes him tick, Picard must defend his officer’s sentience in court, and settle once and for all if this android is indeed alive or merely Federation property. The stakes couldn’t be higher — Data either gets to live on the Enterprise or under a microscope — and the drama that unfolds from this classic Star Trek premise is riveting. “Measure of a Man,” Melinda M. Sondgrass’ first writing credit for the show, is full of great dialogue and speeches that spark numerous ethical debates: Who is Starfleet to say that Data is sentient or not? Is their mission to explore new life or to play God when they find it? “Measure” never shies away from debating such topics, which have always been at the heart of Star Trek . It all builds to Picard’s passionate, climactic defense in favor of his colleague and friend — a scene that ranks near the top of Patrick Stewart’s long list of great acting achievements.

9. “Darmok” (Season 5) 

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Picard’s diplomatic skills are put to the test in “Darmok,” when he is taken against his will and paired with an alien commander who only communicates via metaphor. This “only-on- Star-Trek ” premise offers a potential minefield of narrative obstacles that could easily derail the drama in their execution, but Joe Menosky’s exceptional script for this Season Five episode pulls it off effortlessly. 

Picard, stranded on a mysterious planet with Dathon (Paul Winfield), quickly finds that language can be both a tool and a barrier for success, but only after failing several times in his attempt to communicate with his new alien friend. The two can hear each other's words, but not comprehend their meaning, which eventually leads to one of Picard’s finest moments: A campfire story recounting the tale of Gilgamesh. (But only after Dathon tells the mythic story of Darmok and Jalad, at Tanagra). Here, the two strangers forge a strong alliance — just in time to combat a savage threat. “Darmok” deservedly takes its time to tell a story about how similar we are despite our linguistic differences, and every rewatch of this seminal TNG episode never fails to make that point resonate as deeply as it did when it first aired. 

8. “I, Borg” (Season 5)

The value of life has been a thematic staple of many Star Trek episodes, but few have tackled it with the high-stakes drama like “I, Borg” does.

When the crew of the Enterprise finds an injured Borg drone, Picard must make a choice: Nurse it back to health or use it as a Trojan Horse that can infect the Borg Collective with a fatal virus. When Picard leans closer to condemning this Borg’s life to save millions of others, “I, Borg” thrusts the captain and his crew into a passionate moral debate that results in one of the series’ most powerful moments when Picard confronts the naive drone, one that Geordi has affectionately named “Hugh”. Up until this moment, Picard was hellbent on using Hugh to destroy the alien race that once assimilated him. But the captain has a change of heart while talking to Hugh as Locutus, Picard’s former Borg self. Here, Hugh breaks from the collective by speaking firmly from the “I” instead of “we,” which sends Picard into a wrestling match with his conscience. 

Star Trek rarely colors its heroes in such dark shades, but “I, Borg” succeeds by realistically portraying how someone like Picard isn’t wrong , per say, for wanting to kill those that turned him into a killer. For wanting to punish the Borg for crimes against humanity (and the galaxy) that they have committed and will likely commit again. But can you still be a hero if you do to your enemy what they did to you, and alter and weaponize them? “I, Borg” argues that there are no easy answers to those questions, but the discussion they spark makes for a very profound hour of television. 

7. “Tapestry” (Season 6)

Star Trek goes full It’s a Wonderful Life with “Tapestry”, which is arguably the best of the standalone Q episodes.

After a near-death experience, Picard is shown the life he could have lived had he played it more “safe” in his youth. The path not taken leads Picard away from command and into a blue uniform with a career so unremarkable, even Troi struggles to find something nice to say about it. On the road to nowhere fast, Picard turns to Q for a second chance to get back the only life he knows, even if it means dying to get it. “Tapestry,” written by the inestimable Ron Moore, takes an almost Twilight Zone -y approach in telling this story, which is full of heartfelt moments and surprisingly laugh-out-loud comedy. The lesson Picard learns here, about how rewarding taking risks can be, is a universal one — which explains why "Tapestry" often finds its way near the top of fans’ “must-watch” lists. 

6. “Family” (Season 4)

Honestly, it’s a mini miracle that “Family” got made. 

Before this exceptional episode from TNG ’s fourth season, the series largely steered clear from serialized storytelling. At the time, executive producer Rick Berman and Paramount television were strongly against “sequelizing” any TNG storylines; “no serialized stories” was an unofficial “rule” of television back then. But writer Ronald D. Moore thankfully saw an opportunity to break that rule with a story that he couldn’t pass up: How would Picard deal with the emotional fallout of his time with the Borg? 

With no phaser battles or even a trip to the Enterprise bridge (the only episode in Star Trek ’s run to never have a scene set on the command deck), “Family” pulls off an engrossing hour of television that peels back the curtain on who Picard was, and who he is struggling to be, in the the aftermath of the two-parter “Best of Both Worlds”. Mostly set on Earth, the episode introduces Picard’s family vineyard into Trek canon, as Picard confronts his estranged brother and debates whether or not to leave Starfleet. The only person who can help Picard deal with his trauma is the last person he can stand being with, his brother. Only through their constant bickering does Picard find a sense of satisfying resolution, which gives Stewart one of his most heartbreaking scenes when he finally acknowledges the emotional scars the Borg left him with. 

5. “Cause & Effect” (Season 5)

After a jarring teaser that culminates with the fiery destruction of the Enterprise, “Cause & Effect” unfolds with time loop after time loop as Picard and his crew struggle to free themselves from suffering the same terrible fate. 

Written by Brannon Braga, TNG ’s go-to scribe for high-concept stories, “Cause & Effect” pulls a Groundhog Day two years before the movie was even a thing. It breaks the show’s traditional storytelling mold by repeating the same disaster and making each loop through a new puzzle that both the audience and the crew must solve. Fans were so “in it” with their favorite characters that many called their local affiliates during the original broadcast with concern that something was wrong with the satellite feed as the episode kept repeating scenes. While audiences take the “time loop concept” for granted today, “Cause & Effect” pioneered it in a way that still registers as one of its best and most entertaining executions. 

4. “The Inner Light” (Season 5)

This surprising tearjerker ranks high for fans, thanks in large part to Patrick Stewart’s compelling performance as “The Inner Light” explores the concept of being a living witness to an extinct civilization. In this classic episode, Picard finds himself living the life of a long-deceased man named Kamin, after being zapped by a probe that is seemingly all that remains of Kamin’s civilization. 

The probe allows Picard to live a lifetime in 20 minutes, and experience all the things Picard denies himself to be — namely a husband and a father. The majority of the episode takes place on an alien world as it is slowly undone by Star Trek ’s equivalent of global warming, with Kamin trying to help save his planet from pending doom the way Jor-El tried with Krypton. And like his Superman counterpart, Kamin fails — but he succeeds in providing a glimpse into a society that, while being nothing more than a blip in the galaxy’s grand scheme, still has a legacy worth being remembered. That’s the heartfelt and poignant endnote “Inner Light” imparts on viewers, which explains why this episode still resonates decades after it first aired.

3. “Yesterday’s Enterprise” (Season 3) 

When the long lost Enterprise-C travels through a (what else?) temporal anomaly that alters history, Picard and the crew of the Enterprise-D find themselves in the darkest timeline and at war with the Klingons. The only way to stop this war is to send the C’s Captain Garrett back to when she came from and change history. The only catch? In order to save millions of lives, nearly everyone aboard the Enterprise-C must sacrifice theirs.  

That moral and ethical dilemma at the heart of “Yesterday’s Enterprise” makes this hour more than just a novel “What If…?” detour for the show to explore. It affords TNG a chance to give its main characters a more desperate edge as they debate the notions of fate as participants in a reality that should not exist. At the heart of this drama is Picard, who is more militant and beleaguered than ever as he debates with Whoopi Goldberg’s Guinan (and her time-sensitive intuition) about whether or not to send the other Enterprise’s crew to certain death. 

The return of Denise Crosby’s Tasha Yar gives her character the proper (and heroic) sendoff she deserves, which gets complicated as Tasha falls in love with a member of the C’s crew around the same time she discovers she died in the original Enterprise-D timeline. The internal struggle over restoring the way things were meant to be, by sacrificing lives history already recorded as lost, is a classic Star Trek premise that “Yesterday’s Enterprise” explores to a very satisfying, and action-packed, conclusion. 

2. “The Best of Both Worlds, Parts I & II” (Season 3 & 4) 

Star Trek ’s first-ever season-finale cliffhanger is one of television’s greatest. More than three decades later, fans still get chills at the end of “Best of Both Worlds, Part I” when Riker gives the chilling order to “fire” on the Borgified version of his former Captain Picard. 

The wait for this iconic storyline’s resolution made the Summer of 1990 a very long and agonizing one for Trek fans, but it was worth it. “Best of Both Worlds, Part I” has TNG mining similar character drama as Star Trek II: The Wrath of Khan did, with Commander Riker forced to confront why he keeps passing up one promotion to Captain after another — just as his Captain is taken by the Borg in a violent attempt to turn Picard into Locutus, the public face of their campaign to assimilate Earth and all of humanity. The episode is a nail-biter, thanks to a perfect script from the late writer Michael Piller. The former TNG showrunner takes a bigger-than-usual swing with the characters to tell a story somewhat outside of the series’ comfort zone. While “Part II” falls a bit short of the dramatic highs of “Part I,” it finds great success in dramatizing the crew’s struggle to get their Captain back (even if their final solution is ultimately more convenient than inspired.)

The Enterprise crew’s second encounter with the evil cybernetic beings would have consequences throughout the next 30-plus years of Star Trek , especially in 1996’s Star Trek: First Contact . The hit movie serves as a big-screen, action packed therapy session for Picard to deal with the trauma of his assimilation into the Borg collective.

1. “All Good Things…” (Season 7)

“All Good Things…” is the best Star Trek series finale ever and The Next Generation ’s crowning achievement. 

Written by Brannon Braga and Ronald D. Moore, “All Good Things” proved to be a better cinematic-worthy adventure than The Next Generation crew’s first movie, Star Trek: Generations . The briskly plotted, feature-length episode — and its complex storyline involving paradoxes and second chances — finds a disoriented Picard struggling to uncover why he is moving back and forth through time. He slips in and out of three key time periods: The past, just before the launch of Enterprise-D’s first mission; the present, and the future. In the future, Picard is a very retired, very old man, who runs his family’s vineyard. He also is afflicted with a debilitating neurological syndrome that makes it hard for his former shipmates to believe him when he starts pulling a Sliders across multiple timelines. Picard’s mission — which, of course, is being manipulated by the omnipotent Q — forces the captain to convince all three versions of his crew to work together in each timeline in order to stop an anomaly from unraveling existence as we know it. 

TNG gives the beloved cast and their characters a perfect final episode that brings them together as a family in ways the series left surprisingly unexplored for most of its run. As impressive as the action is in “All Good Things”, especially the scene where the futuristic Enterprise-D flies on its Z-axis while blasting newly-mounted phaser cannons, the episode’s best scenes are the quieter ones spent with these characters. The finale truly shines in its final moments, when Picard joins his crew for the first time at their regular poker game. Picard’s arrival at the poker table resonates with his crew as deeply as it does for fans, which is a testament to the finale’s commitment to giving Next Generation the emotional send off it deserves. 

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Original von Pascal Tillmans : Sternzeit Es gibt viele verschiedene Meinungen, was die Sternzeit eigentlich ist. Im Grunde ist die Sternzeit keine Zeit, sondern ein Datum. Im englischen Original heißt die Sernzeit nämlich "Stardate", also "Sternendatum". Der wissenschaftliche Gedanke: (auch hier gehen die Meinungen auseinander) Einsteins Relativitätstheorie zufolge vergeht die Zeit für eine Person, die mit Lichtgeschwindigkeit reist, langsamer. Und da man in Star Trek fast den ganzen Tag mit Überlichtgeschwindigkeit durch die Gegend fliegt, brauchen die Menschen eine neue Zeitrechnung. Die neue Art, das Datum festzustellen, orientiert sich an der Position der Sterne (dafür "Sternzeit"). Da man in den Serien oft hört, wie sich Personen um "8 Uhr" verabreden, kann man davon ausgehen, dass die Uhrzeit noch in Stunden und Minuten grechnet wird. Die Wahrheit über die Sternzeit: Man kann Sie nicht berechnen! Die Sternzeit ist eine rein fiktive Zeitangabe. Sie wurde von Gene Roddenberry erdacht und war in der "Raumschiff Enterprise"-Serie vierstellig. Gene Roddenberry wollte damit nur deutlich zeigen, dass die Serie in der Zukunft spielt. Mit Beginn der "Next Generation" entschied man, die Sternzeit fünfstellig zu machen. Die erste Ziffer war eine 4 und sollte für das 24. Jahrhundert stehen. Da in "Deep Space Nine" und "Voyager" allerdings eine Sternzeit erreicht wurde, die mit 5 beginnt, ist die Interpretation als "Jahrhundertzahl" allerdings irreführend. Die zweite Ziffer benannte das Produktionsjahr der Serie. Da man bei "The Next Generation" gerade mit der Produktion begonnen hatte nahm hierfür die Zahl Eins. Bei Deep Space Nine begann man mit 46379.1, da die erste Staffel in die sechste von TNG fiel, die Sternzeit von Voyager startet bei 48315.6 weil sie in die achte Staffel von TNG gefallen wäre. Die nächsten drei Ziffern repräsentieren eine Zeit während einer Staffel und wachsen im Laufe des Jahres. 000 steht also für den Beginn einer Staffel und 999 für das Ende. Nach diesem System, wo die letzten drei Zahlen beinahe willkürlich ausgewählt werden, ist eine Berechnung des Datums eigentlich nicht möglich. Die Zahl hinter dem Komma gibt die Tageszeit eines 24-stündigen Tages an, also jeweils 2,4 Stunden pro Zeiteinheit. Da aber in einem Jahr die Sternzeit immer um 1000 erhöht wird, haben einige Fans Programme geschrieben, die das Jahr in 1000 Einheiten unterteilen und dadurch das aktuelle Datum in eine theoretische Sternzeit umwandeln. Logisch ist das System dann zwar immer noch nicht (SD 00000.0 fällt auf den 31.12.2322, was war davor? / SD 99999.9 auf den 30.12.2422, was ist danach?), aber so kann man immerhin besser mit den Zahlen umgehen.

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Do 23. Sep 2004, 06:34

Original von Pascal Tillmans : Sternzeit Da aber in einem Jahr die Sternzeit immer um 1000 erhöht wird, haben einige Fans Programme geschrieben, die das Jahr in 1000 Einheiten unterteilen und dadurch das aktuelle Datum in eine theoretische Sternzeit umwandeln. Logisch ist das System dann zwar immer noch nicht (SD 00000.0 fällt auf den 31.12.2322, was war davor? / SD 99999.9 auf den 30.12.2422, was ist danach?), aber so kann man immerhin besser mit den Zahlen umgehen.

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Original von "Stef ´An" ... und letztendlich muß man der Einfachheit halber sagen, daß anfangs über ein schlüssiges System bestimmt nicht so intensiv nachgedacht wurde wie heutzutage im Trekdom...

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• 4.8 • 1.9K Ratings
• APR 27, 2024

DS9 s2e24 “The Collaborator”

Is this episode a nuanced tale of political intrigue or b-b-b-boring?  Or both?  Andy sings the praises of Louise Fletcher’s villain who makes Nurse Ratched seem palatable, the boys debate Vedek Bareil’s pecs.   [Episode discussion begins around 50:00ish] Premium bonus content, including Star Trek: Voyager, Enterprise, Discovery, Strange New Worlds, and Marvel movies (MCU) discussions, on our Patreon: https://www.patreon.com/startrektnc

• 1 hr 52 min
• APR 19, 2024

DS9 s2e23 “Crossover” - a semi funny Star Trek podcast currently about TV's Deep Space Nine

It's a trip back to Mirror Town, and one of our hosts loves it and one hates it! But will they be replaced by a reverse version of themselves by the end? Also: what does it take to kill a goo man? [Episode discussion begins 1:05ish]

• 2 hr 35 min
• MAR 19, 2024

DS9 s2e22 “The Wire”

A tour de force from recurring character Garak in bizarrely play-like long scenes hooks Andy and Matt, as Mr. Fasc-tastic (Mr. Fascistastic? Mr. Fascistic?) Odo checks the cameras he's hidden all around DS9. [Episode discussion begins around  58:00, takes a Letterman detour, then actually begins at 1:06ish]

• 2 hr 12 min
• MAR 4, 2024

DS9 s2e21 “The Maquis, Part II”

The second part of this Maquis de Sade-centric two-parter, one of the few Treks to follow the possible Best of Both Worlds/Godfather II template of 2 being better than 1.  To Andy's shock, Odo show the Mr. Fantastic powers he always assumed he was hiding, and Dukat starts to live up to his (future) legend.   [Episode discussion begins around 1:00ish]

• 1 hr 59 min
• FEB 26, 2024

DS9 s2e20 “The Maquis, Part I”

Is Bernie Casey a badmiral or a badactor?  Or neither?  And Dax is dating a Ferengi offscreen - is it Quark, who we are led to believe is making a turn from creep to charmer?  Meanwhile, Matt has HAD it with the Maquis.  Even though this is their first episode.   [Episode discussion start 1:08ish]

• 2 hr 17 min
• FEB 2, 2024

DS9 s2e19 “Blood Oath”

Jadzia gets tangled in a Klingon plot with bat'leths and convos about honor galore and Andy loves it!  Matt, predictably, feels otherwise.  Also predictably: Trill Talk!™ [Episode discussion begins around 1:15ish]

• 2 hr 16 min
• © Matt Mira and Andrew Secunda

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I would be losing my mind too.

Warning! The following contains SPOILERS for the Star Trek: Discovery episode "Mirrors." Watch the episode with a Paramount+ subscription before hopping in!

Star Trek: Discovery snuck in a significant reveal in its latest episode, and it answered a question that many fans have wondered for decades. We finally know what the Breen look like, and it turns out we've been looking at one almost the entire season. L'ak has the honor of being the first Breen face for fans to see, and actor Elias Toufexis had a great story of geeking out when he first learned about it.

For those who follow him on X , Toufexis is a massive Star Trek fan, but he didn't find out how significant his role as L'ak in the final season was until he was in a spot where, understandably, wild reactions and jerky movements are discouraged. The actor shared the details of when he first found out he was going to be a Breen and how he felt about it:

When I went to the makeup test I had, I had to go put on the whole plaster where you sit there for 20 minutes and try not to pass out, try not to freak out. But I said, ‘Can I look at what I'm going to look like?’ And they showed me some concept art and I said, ‘What is he?’ And they said, ‘Oh, he's, he's gonna be a Breen.’ And I was like, ‘Breen don't take their helmets off.’ That was the first thing I said, that's a much of a nerd I am. And I'm like, ‘Are you telling me I'm gonna be the first Breen that takes his helmet off?’ …The makeup guys are geeks too. So it's like, ‘Yeah, it's gonna be cool. It's gonna be the first time in Star Trek!’ And so that really got me excited.

I can't express how much I love it when a big fan of Star Trek finds themselves in a role for the franchise. Being the first unmasked Breen may not mean a ton to every actor who would get the honor, but I know Elias Toufexis was as enthusiastic as he stated in the quote above. At the same time, what awful timing to figure it out when you're in the makeup chair and have to contain your excitement physically for a set period of time!

The Breen were first mentioned Star Trek: The Next Generation in 1990, and then six years later, the species would make its debut in the Deep Space Nine episode "Indiscretion" but remained unseen until just recently. According to a quote from showrunner Ira Steven Behr from the Deep Space Nine Companion , Breen were originally fully covered up because he "wasn't in the mood" to design a new alien race.

Fast forward to now, we've seen an unmasked Breen on the run from his species with his lover, Moll (who is nothing like Ahsoka 's Shin Hati ). The couriers are searching for the Progenitors' device in hopes they can exchange it with the Breen for freedom and no longer have to live as fugitives.

I'm getting really excited about this.

Michael Burnham, being the inspiring captain that she is , offered to protect L'ak and Moll from the Breen, but her offer was rejected. The two made their escape, are off to continue to search for more clues and, hopefully, evade the Breen capture.

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It is cool to see Star Trek still surprising fans with reveals decades later, and I wonder if we'll see more unmasked Breen in upcoming Star Trek projects going forward. Perhaps whatever comes out of this conflict with the Breen will play a part in the story of the upcoming Starfleet Academy series , which is also set in the 32nd century. I can imagine we'll see at least one or two members of the Discovery cast there, though Mary Wiseman wouldn't spill the beans when I asked. Hey, you can't blame a guy for trying!

Star Trek: Discovery streams new episodes on Paramount+ on Thursdays. We're officially at the midpoint in the final season, so now would be a good time to remember what we've learned so far and gear up for the final episodes.

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Star Trek: Discovery Finally Gave Us A Closer Look At The Franchise's Most Mysterious Villain

Warning: This article contains spoilers for the latest episode of "Star Trek: Discovery."

"Star Trek" might represent an idealistic vision of a bolder and brighter future, but the last few seasons of "Discovery" have proven that there will always be bad guys with a penchant for muddying up those ambitions in unexpected ways -- even in the 32nd Century. While the Borg, Romulans, and the warlord Khan often have a stranglehold on the title of "Best 'Trek' villains," one alien species in particular has remained shrouded in mystery for decades. First mentioned in foreboding whispers in "The Next Generation" and finally seen in the flesh (well, so to speak) in "Star Trek: Deep Space Nine," the Breen have played a significant role throughout the franchise in the years since ... yet Trekkies still had to wait until now to actually see what lies underneath their distinctive helmets.

The advantage of never showing us a Breen's face, as it turns out, is that "Discovery" was able to hide one in plain sight all along.

So far, the addition of scavengers Moll (Eve Harlow) and L'ak (Elias Toufexis) has felt like a shoe waiting to drop. The close-knit pair continue to frustrate Captain Michael Burnham (Sonequa Martin-Green) and the rest of the Discovery crew (nowhere more dramatically than in last week's time-traveling bottle episode ), remaining one step ahead of our heroes in their quest to recover whatever Progenitor technological treasure hides at the end of this galaxy-spanning rainbow. About midway through episode 5, titled "Mirrors," the writers unleashed their big twist. L'ak, thus far considered an unknown type of extraterrestrial, actually reveals himself as a Breen. Or, rather, an emotional Moll lets this information slip by accident during a particularly fraught moment. In the process, "Trek" finally unmasked its most enigmatic aliens.

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Putting On A Brave Face (Or Two)

In the span of one episode, "Discovery" officially made "Star Trek" history.

Long treated as a mystery that left everything up to our own imaginations, the Breen reveal puts a specific face to what had previously only been a name ... actually, make that two faces. While Moll and L'ak come to a tense faceoff with Burnham and Cleveland Booker (David Ajala) on board the mirror-universe version of the USS Enterprise while trapped in multidimensional space (it's a long story), the writers treat this as the perfect opportunity to delve into the scavengers' shared past. In a series of flashbacks, we find out that L'ak was part of the Breen royal family and disgraced by his powerful Primarch uncle. Hoping to earn his way back to his people's good graces, all his plans are upended by a torrid romance with then-courier Moll. With their backs against the wall and nowhere else to turn, the lovers choose their own path altogether and, along the way, L'ak reveals his most private aspect of himself: his Breen face.

Of course, the episode adds another twist and introduces the concept of the Breen having two  faces -- a solid, corporeal form they can present to others if they so choose, and a more translucent one. (Really, it can only be described as  squishier. ) In fact, this creepy and altogether unique visage symbolizes a much more meaningful difference, as we learn when L'ak's uncle calls his chosen face an "insult to your heritage." Apparently, most Breen have moved beyond this "weak" form and consider this some sort of societal faux pas. In just a few minutes, we discover more about Breen culture than we've ever known before.

New episodes of "Star Trek: Discovery" stream every Thursday on Paramount+.

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L’ak’s star trek: discovery identity reveal was foreshadowed in season 5’s premiere.

Star Trek: Discovery season 5, episode 5 solved the mystery of what species L'ak is, but a big clue was dropped in his first scene in the premiere.

Warning: SPOILERS for Star Trek: Discovery Season 5, Episode 5 - "Mirrors"

• L'ak is revealed as a Breen in Star Trek: Discovery season 5, episode 5, which is foreshadowed in season 5's premiere.
• L'ak's remark about disliking his helmet in Discovery season 5's premiere was a clue that he is a Breen.
• L'ak and Moll need to find the Progenitors' treasure in hopes the Breen will lift their blood bounty in exchange for it.

Star Trek: Discovery season 5, episode 5, "Mirrors," revealed L'ak (Elias Toufexis) is a Breen, but it was foreshadowed in the season 5 premiere. Written by Johanna Lee and Carlos Cisco and directed by Jen McGowan, Star Trek: Discovery season 5, episode 5 sends Captain Michael Burnham (Sonequa Martin-Green) and Cleveland Booker (David Ajala) into interdimensional space after L'ak, Moll (Eve Harlow), and the next clue to the ancient treasure of the Progenitors. The foursome are stranded on the derelict ISS Enterprise from the Mirror Universe where Burnham and Book learn L'ak is a Breen without his helmet.

The Breen were introduced in Star Trek: The Next Generation but became cult fan-favorite alien villains on Star Trek: Deep Space Nine . The Breen allied themselves with the Changelings in the waning days of DS9 's Dominion War, and the fearsome adversaries even attacked Earth. The Breen are recognizable for their distinctive helmets, refrigeration suits, and their unique language . Before Star Trek: Discovery season 5, no one had ever seen what a Breen looked like before, but it turns out audiences have been watching a Breen - L'ak - all along since Discovery season 5's premiere .

The Breen also appeared in an episode of Star Trek: Lower Decks .

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Star trek: discovery season 5’s premiere foreshadowed l’ak is a breen, l'ak really doesn't like helmets..

Star Trek: Discovery season 5's premiere, "Red Directive," cleverly foreshadowed that L'ak is a Breen. When Moll and Lak first arrived on the 24th-century Romulan starship of Doctor Vellek (Michael Copeman) seeking the first clue to the Progenitors' treasure, the lovers were wearing spacesuits with helmets. When Moll and L'ak shed their headgear, Moll complained about the smell of the ship, but L'ak replies, "It's better than wearing a helmet."

L'ak violated one of the Breen's fundamental laws when he showed his true face to Moll.

L'ak's remark flew over audiences' heads at the time, but it was the seed planted for Star Trek: Discovery season 5, episode 5's revelation that L'ak is Breen. In fact, L'ak is the nephew of the Breen Primarch Ruhn (Tony Nappo), who relegated L'ak to working in the shuttle bay. L'ak fell in love with Moll, who was a courier selling dilithium to the Breen Imperium, but L'ak violated one of the Breen's fundamental laws when he showed his true face to Moll, an offworlder and a "lesser being" according to the Breen.

Star Trek: Discovery’s Breen Bounty On Mol & L’ak Explained

Moll and l'ak are desperate for the breen to lift the erigah.

The flashbacks in Star Trek: Discovery season 5, episode 5, "Mirrors", told the backstory of Moll and L'ak's romance, and why they are seeking the Progenitors' technology. Moll and L'ak are a forbidden love , and L'ak turned his back on the Breen for Moll. Worse, when they were discovered and confronted by Primarch Ruhn, L'ak defended Moll and shot his own uncle. For his crimes, the Breen placed an Erigah - a blood bounty - on Moll and L'ak's heads. This is an irreversible condemnation, and it means that the Breen will never stop hunting Moll and L'ak.

All L'ak wants is to be free to live his life with Moll without the Breen hunting him.

L'ak and Moll are actually desperate to find the Progenitors' treasure, which they hope to turn over to the Breen in exchange for them lifting the Erigah . There is no guarantee that the Breen would abide by this request, but it's the only chance Moll and L'ak have to be free. L'ak already had conflicts with the Breen's laws and culture, and it's unlikely L'ak would ever be allowed to return to the Imperium, not that he wants to. All L'ak wants is the freedom to live his life with Moll without the Breen hunting him. L'ak's dislike for his helmet in Star Trek: Discovery season 5's premiere was a hint of his true story as an outcast from the Breen Imperium that was told in "Mirrors".

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