More on Star Trek Discovery

This past Wednesday (10 August 2016), Bryan Fuller revealed a few spoilers in Los Angeles at the Television Critics Association conference about Star Trek Discovery. Here are some of what was discussed:

Characters:

A woman/female will take the center seat and be the main lead for the series. Although not a captain, but a “Lieutenant Commander — with caveats.”

Seven characters are penned to be the leads for the series (hard to say if it will be just the Discovery crew, returning support characters, villains, etc). 

There will be a gay character, not known if they will be male or female.

There will be robots and more aliens than previously seen on a Star Trek series/movie.

An "original" alien will be named Saru.

A source and additional reading here: http://www.polygon.com/tv/2016/8/11/12433320/bryan-fuller-star-trek-tcas

Timeline:

The events in Discovery will take place around 10 years before the first adventures of Kirk and company (it should be worth noting, the Discovery, as depicted in the current trailer is not the finalized ship, more of a "proof of concept", or so they claim).

A clue offered with this, "an incident in the history of Starfleet that had been talked about but never fully explored." Strong rumors surround the recent "Axanar Incident" (read more here http://www.axanarproductions.com/category/cbsparamount-lawsuit/ ) that might have more than coincided with the story plans for Discovery.

More good stuff here: http://tvline.com/2016/08/10/star-trek-discovery-amanda-grayson-spoilers-cast/

They are calling it....Discovery

In May 2005, the last Star Trek show, an episode for Enterprise called "These are the Voyages" aired and it's been reruns ever since. Twelve years of no new shows on TV (except for the odd special, here and there) and only three movies, at the time of this posting.

However, if plans come to fruition, January 2017 will bring a new chapter to the Star Trek saga back to the small screen. Titled Discovery, very little is known what the show will be about, the time frame for which the stories will take place or even who will be cast in whatever roles are being scripted. Sounds promising for a show about to air in less than six months.

This past July at Comic-Con in San Diego, a teaser trailer for the new series was shown. The footage contained what some could consider "dark" music and a unusual ship being launched from a hollowed out asteroid. However, it was later reported the ship, as depicted, was a "proof of concept" and the design might not even make the final cut before airing.

All of this is very cryptic and confusing to me. Okay, they settled on a title, very good. Then, show a ship they may/may not use? Okay....no clue. No news (at the time of this posting) of any of the actors, hints at the time frame this will all take place (rumors have it somewhere between 2161 and 2293, not officially confirmed)....just a lot of nothing.

Well, that last part isn't totally honest. Here is what is known for sure, a guy named Bryan Fuller is one of the show's creators, Alex Kurtzman is the other. Star Trek veteran Nicholas Meyer has signed on as a writer/consulting producer and Rod Roddenberry as a producer.  It will take place in the "Prime Universe", so it will have a different look and feel than Abrams' reboot movies.

No doubt more will be revealed as time goes on, including something on or around August 10th (as the rumor goes).

The virtual adventures continue....

Thanks in part to seeing Star Trek: Beyond, my son has decided to revisit Star Trek Online on PC. By proxy, I put aside some of my previous bitter feelings from the game and downloaded the latest client. Much to my surprise, they have added some gameplay action from my favorite era, The Original Series.

Although the starter ship isn't cannon (meaning, not seen on a TV series or Movies), it will make a nice period piece to work from and up through the storyline of the game. Pretty tough little ship.

Meanwhile on my main account, I have progressed to Commander. My son has taken more of a liking to the mainstream timeline (which happens after the events in the Next Generation films), so I have jumped in to give him a helping hand. Already, he has progressed to Captain's rank. Seems the game and it's mechanics have struck a chord with him.