Post #511407

2026-03-01 08:25 UTC

I finally got round to watching the first episode of #startrek Starfleet Academy today. I stopped watching Discovery about halfway through so missed the big time jump and any explanation for what happened, so I felt like I was missing out on a few things, but aside from that it was enjoyable. The storyline is interesting and Paul Giamatti makes a fun baddie. I&#39;d seen a few negative online comments which basically boiled down to people being cranky that young people would be predominantly cast in a show (yes, about an academy) and the always entertaining ones about Star Trek going &quot;woke&quot;. Sure. But it definitely had a Star Trek feel to it that gave me the warm and fuzzies and made me want to watch more. Which reminds me I still have season 3 of #SNW to watch as well. Still not sure I can go back to #discovery, it just wasn&#39;t that good, but I am curious about the time jump bit.

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@ValueSubtracted@mstdn.ca 2026-03-01 16:13

@alansuspect@aus.social The short version: - The resolution of the DSC season 2 plot necessitated a one-way trip through a time portal that dumped them out in the 32nd century. - About 100 years before their arrival, there was an event known as the Burn that briefly caused all dilithium to go inert simultaneously, leading to...a lot of destruction, as any ship with an active warp core went boom at once. Travel and communication became extremely difficult, a bunch of worlds seceded from the Federation, and the galaxy generally fractured into regional powers (and organized groups of pirates). - Discovery's spore drive was critical in hopping around the galaxy, finding a new source of dilithium, and ensuring another Burn doesn't happen. Long story, not important to SFA. Planets have been rejoining the Federation ever since, including Earth. - Other points of note: the Temporal Wars happened, and time travel is now illegal. The Romulans and Vulcans have reunified and live on Vulcan, which has been renamed "Ni'Var".

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