#Last Flight of the Protostar

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Chakotay tries to martyr himself on the bad weather planet only for Janeway to inevitably say the weather is worse in Indiana

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Dal doesn’t know Chakotay as well as I do, Chakotay is nagging Dal but not as a bossy britches, more as a dad

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Star Trek: Prodigy Season 2 Review

Here it is, maman. Don't let the beginning fool ya. We loved us some Prodigy season 2. There were some bumps, but this is some of the best Trek of the last seven years! If you haven't seen it, don't be spoiled! If you have, we get into it, maman!  

Episode Reviewed: Star Trek: Prodigy Season 2

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I feel like reconfiguring the Protostar to operate as a sailing vessel is the spirit and essence of engineering.

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Star Trek: Prodigy - Last Flight of the Protostar, Part I & Part 2 – TV Review

TL;DR – It is time to escape a world and find who we are.   ⭐⭐⭐⭐ Rating: 4 out of 5. Disclosure – I paid for the Netflix service that viewed this series. Star Trek: Prodigy Review – After a season-long hunt for one Chakotay (Robert Beltran), there was always going to be a question of whether the series would be able to stick that landing. That is a huge emotional weight with a payoff that is…

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Star Trek: Prodigy - 2x12 Last Flight Of The Protostar Pt. 2 Reaction

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She's surprisingly hard to track down these days.

Star Trek Prodigy "The Last Flight of the Protostar Pt. 2"

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We learn a good lesson about leadership in Star Trek: Prodigy 2x12 "The Last Flight of the Protostar, Part 2." Get caught up with my review on @fangirlishsite.

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First scenes of Last Flight of the Protostar Part 1:

Last scene of Last Flight of the Protostar Part 1:

He lost one crew and gained another.

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STAR TREK: PRODIGY - S2E11 Last Flight of the Protostar, Part 1

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Following especially the latest season of Prodigy, I would just like to give a shoutout to Chakotay.

I actually liked him even back in Voyager, although he could definitely have been written better in that show. But then Prodigy came, and despite his limited screen time, that show did him SO well I can still barely believe it. And no, I'm not talking about how unexpectedly hot he looks in a cowboy hat ... That's the bonus cherry on top if anything.

If Prodigy proved anything (besides that it is now one of my favorite Star Treks of all time) is that Chakotay's earned that captain's chair, and so, so much respect.

I love how we get to see him be the selfless, dedicated, strong leader that he is and has always been, entirely disconnected from Janeway or any other legacy character. Now more than ever Chakotay and Janeway are just equally hardcore, badass captains who would give their lives for the greater good in an instant, and that's part of what makes them so great. Their equality, despite the different ranks, really came across in Prodigy more than ever before, which I loved to see.

Honestly, whenever I see Chakotay dismissed as a doormat or "best off as second in command" I just kind of rage a little. Even back in Voyager, it was pretty clear to me that he wasn't (for example, some people seem to forget that he was a captain originally and only became a first officer for the good of the Maquis crew.)

And now that we have Prodigy ... Even though we don't really see much of it on screen (which is a shame), I like reminding myself how, since the launch of the Protostar, he went through 12 (!) more years of (self-)sacrifice and (leadership) hell and managed to come out of that seemingly stronger and more certain of his place and himself than ever.

Even the events of "The Last Flight of the Protostar" aside ... Just think about how many life-altering, defining, difficult choices and sacrifices he had to make in those 12 years.

In the timeline that was averted, he sacrificed his only shot to get back home through the wormhole (the Protostar) to save the Federation from the weapon on board.

In the new timeline, he sacrificed himself by choosing to stay on that planet where he and Adreek landed, also for the sake of protecting the Federation from the weapon on the Protostar.

Chakotay was technically stranded in the Delta Quadrant twice (once with Voyager, once with the Protostar), and despite how abysmally things went on his first command, he never sacrificed his integrity or his dedication to Starfleet's values. He becomes a little grumpy over 10 years in solitude, but honestly, who wouldn't? And then the first thing he does after being rescued is take over Voyager-A and continue his service ... That's some dedication if I've ever seen it. I think he may have wanted to prove something there ... and honestly, he couldn't have succeeded more.

And no, he did not "teach" Dal that his place was "the second in command" ... On the contrary, he very likely showed Dal through his own competence and perseverance that Dal himself was simply not ready yet for such a responsibility.

He's just an extraordinary captain who has gone through things and made choices that very few others could have made. Choices like sending the Protostar back in time, that had the fate of the entire Federation depending on it.

I adore Prodigy in general, but one of the things I adore the most is that it finally shows us more of why Chakotay is not second to Janeway or to anyone. He's his own leader, his own character, and his own captain who deserves so much more acknowledgment.

Although, I still feel that we were robbed of some of Chakotay's best moments by not showing us the arrival of the Protostar on Solum and later the events preceding its (presumably) emergency landing on that planet where it stayed for ten years (honestly, I'd love for future Prodigy seasons to have maybe a flashback episode or two about the Protostar's maiden voyage and Chakotay's arrival on Solum and maybe later on that planet where he was stranded.)

Anyway, long rant over ... All I wanted to say was that Chakotay has more than earned the command of Voyager-A; seeing him in that chair made me very happy, I won't lie.

And I really hope if/when Prodigy gets more seasons, he'll be a more major character because he deserves a more central role.

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The more I think about Chakotay being stranded on Ysida for full 10 years, the less sense it makes in the context of the story.

To add a disclaimer, two of my favorite Trek episodes are Last Flight of the Protostar, parts 1 and 2. However, I truly believe that narratively, it would have worked just as well if Chakotay had been stranded for 'only' a year. In fact, it makes more sense from a storytelling perspective than having him be there for the full 10 years for no good reason.

Why you ask?

He is a character who has suffered greatly throughout his life and was already stranded in the Delta Quadrant for 7 years. Chakotay's portrayal as a person of color unfortunately falls into a common media trope where marginalized characters are often made to endure significant hardship or trauma to justify their character arc and presence in the story. Prodigy should have done better than subjecting him to a cruel 10 years of isolation for no good reason other than to make him, and I quote, 'grizzled'.

The Protostar was rendered completely useless on Ysida, making his role as its 'guardian' meaningless. If someone had found him, he was alone and essentially powerless, so there was little he could have done to prevent anyone from taking the ship.

I believe Chakotay would have been in a much worse state after 10 years of isolation (possibly even dead) compared to how the kids found him. Did the creators consider the severe effects of such prolonged isolation on a person, regardless of their strength? Chakotay had already shown vulnerability and a tendency to slip. His return to the prime universe doesn’t accurately reflect the trauma of a decade alone. His behavior and condition would be far more believable if he had been isolated for just a year.

If the math is correct, Chakotay is 66 years old. Despite the extended human lifespan in the Trek universe, aging still happens naturally. Janeway planned to retire at a younger age than Chakotay's current one, especially considering his 10 years of isolation. Given this context, it seems implausible that Chakotay would be assigned command of Voyager-A so soon after a decade of trauma, even if some time has passed. Someone stranded for so long might indeed be eager to avoid staying in one place and go back to work to honor his lost crew. However, his deep survivor’s guilt and unresolved trauma from those 10 years should have made such a quick return to command problematic. The reality is that Chakotay, at 66 and with a decade of emotional scars, wouldn’t realistically be ready to take on the captaincy without addressing his past experiences in a more meaningful way. Chakotay bounced back to his old self the moment the 'Cracked Mirror' episode happened, and his hardships and trauma are never addressed or mentioned again. It was a significant and intense arc for Chakotay, involving deep trauma that could not realistically be resolved within just two episodes. Yet, the story completely disregarded this development once it was no longer needed.

All of this could have been avoided if he had been stranded on Ysida for just a year.

If they needed Adreek to be a skeleton to set up that scene, it could have been attributed to anything on the planet affecting him after he died. The planet was hostile enough that no one would question how this happened. If we assume Adreek decided to look for a solution after a couple of months and then went missing, that would give Chakotay enough time to end up in the state he was found in by the kids—scruffy hair, a torn shirt, and all. Spending an additional 6 months alone, reflecting on what happened to his friend and dealing with such a sensitive topic, is a significant amount of time.

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Chakotay already went 70k light years in his life, three thousand is nothing

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On my slower rewatch of Star Trek Prodigy season 2, episode 11 - Last Flight of the Protostar, I.

After 10 years with the Protostar, it really is Chakotay’s ship. It’s an interesting thought that Janeway would find immediately find a way to go down with her ship, but Chakotay has the bad luck that all his crew went down instead of him.

A Captain’s worst nightmare realized. He has lost his people twice over, first the remaining Maquis in the Alpha Quadrant and second, his entire Protostar crew.

Another interesting thing about Chakotay, without an external motivator he could actually live his days in some planet. (BTW, HoloJaneway and Chakotay still acting like an old Married, but in a reversal of his dynamic with Real Janeway, Chakotay is the grumpy one, who would push away people to hide his hurt.)

Last Flight of the Protostar is Chakotay’s Night (Voyager).

Chakotay staying in that planet for 10 years mean without someone else prompting him, he can settle on any planet.

Captain Janeway’s stubborn refusal to give up and continue the journey home is the engine that kept Voyager moving to the Alpha Quadrant. Adreek shared this stubborn personality, he didn’t give-up, even in death he found a way to help.

Chakotay needed that kick in the pants to get his spark back, and he got it in spades with the kids, and finding Adreek again.

*Edited /July 11 638 AM

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Hello, who would like to suffer with me regarding the last scene in Star Trek Prodigy's S2E11 The Last Flight of the Protostar Pt1

Turns out Chakotay did end up building a boat....

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Star Trek: Prodigy - "The Last Flight Of The Protostar"

Chakotay is just moping on a beach planet whenever the kids show up to try to motivate him to get up and do something, so they rebuild a dilapidated Protostar and go for a little boat ride.

RATING: 92%