#Starfleet Explorer

[ireallyamabear]

The choice to put Una Chin-Reily on a Starfleet recruitment poster in the late 2370s seems a nod to the extraordinary person she is and her exemplary service, but Boimler’s enthusiasm for her as a personal hero cannot mask the fact of what Starfleet execs are really doing here: while it is Starfleet tradition to honour esteemed personnel from its centuries of history, we have to look at the poster as a product of its time: it seems clear that, shortly after the devastating death toll and the rapid militarisation of the Dominion War, putting a prominent figure of the Great Exploration Age - and notedly someone who had not served in the Klingon War - as the poster person for Starfleet is an indictment that contemporary young people of the Federation are not drawn to the service as it is in their time anymore.

Critically, Starfleet has to use somebody from a 120 years ago, a timeframe that would lap generations of even especially long lived member species like Vulcans or Denobulans, to attract new recruits. Boimler says himself that seeing Una as a representative and her motto - “Ad astra per aspera” was: “Uh, it was a really big reason why I joined.” Clearly there is a wealth of recognisable Starfleet officers from 2370 and onwards, but their entanglement in the Dominion War, or at least in the Borg threat makes them unsuitable as role models for people like Boimler who cannot help but associate these contemporaries with the horrors of war and intergalactic conflict. Thus, the retreat to a “safe” historical narrative, with Starfleet still being about peaceful exploration reflects the growing divide between the realities of a colonised galaxy, the ongoing need of new bodies to fill the posts on all those ships and space stations and the aspirations and values of young people today. In this essay I will question whether Starfleet can keep its promise of scientific integrity in the face of growing political unrest in the UFP and ask what “Number One” herself would have thought about-

[lesbiangracehanson]

another day, another j7 scene that makes me feel insane 

[meteorologistaustenlonek]

"We are no longer on the eve of battle. Even so, I come to ask myself the same question that young soldier asked the general all those years ago: "How do I defeat fear?" The general's answer: "The only way to defeat fear is to tell it 'No'." No - we will not take shortcuts on the path to righteousness. No - we will not break the rules that protect us from our basest instincts. No - we will not allow desperation to destroy moral authority.

I am guilty of all these things. Some say that in life, there are no second chances. Experience tells me that this is true. But we can only look forward. We have to be torchbearers, casting the light so we may see our path to lasting peace. We will continue exploring, discovering new worlds, new civilizations. Yes - that is the United Federation of Planets… Yes - that is Starfleet… Yes, that is who we are… And who we will always be."

[charlesemersonwinchesteriii]

YOU ARE SO WRONG YOU STUPID TWINK. GET FORESHADOWED IDIOT.

[lonely-night]

Janeway/Seven in 6.08 “One Small Step”

[porcelaintoybox23]

Me: Wow, I hope I get some feedback

Me: writes fanfic that will appeal to a very niche circle of a fandom

Me: Damn why my inbox empty?

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[848ellie]

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[raurquiz]

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[mllebleue]

Smile of the day: Starfleet insignnia found on Martian rock formation

[iwanttogointospace]

Released in 1974, Mego’s Communicator was a stylized walkie-talkie made to resemble the same device used on the Star Trek television show. Each walkie-talkie operated on a 9-volt battery and could send and receive voice messages up to 1/4 mile – perfect for alerting your landing party of a pending danger! Mego sold Communicators in two forms: a boxed set and a carded “blister pack.”

A large part of the coolness factor of the toy was its two-tone blue case, silver and black Starfleet insignia, and a cover that flipped up at the press of a button, just like the antenna grid on the original prop. The Communicator also featured a telescopic antenna, a push-to-talk switch, a belt hook, and a green/red alert signal button that was used to emit a “twin warp

Another super cool toy from childhood, they really worked!

[tea-earl-grey]

I very much love prodigy, it's objectively the best of kurtzman era trek HOWEVER the one bit of beef I have is that Chakotay simply wouldn't rejoin Starfleet after Voyager gets back. like. i very much get it. promoting a character in the organization the franchise is set in *is* an easy way to develop a character in a time skip (frankly i would have more questions if he was in Starfleet and still a commander) and given Prodigy's storyline, Chakotay is the only character who would make sense as Captain of the Protostar and as an impetus for Janeway being very personally involved in the search (Tuvok simply Would Not go back to the Delta Quadrant on a dangerous mission, Harry would be too young based on the timeline, and Tom & B'Elanna would *never* be Captains).

maybe my vibe sense was off about Chakotay but though he's fine with Starfleet rules for the most part, he and the rest of the Maquis crew never resolve their issues with the Federation and frankly shouldn't. the Maquis fight is over by the time they get back to Earth but all of them still have ideological qualms with the Federation and Chakotay left Starfleet for a reason! there might very well be some backstory for why he rejoined post-Voyager in s2 and I hope we get to see it because right now? eh I'm a little miffed.

[fictionadventurer]

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[bumblingbabooshka]

The appurtenant crew of the USS Historia: From star to shining sea!

[alphamecha-mkii]

Embrace Me At Dusk by Morishita Kurumi

[clementine-kesh]

characters who work well on an interpersonal level but are opposed on an ideological level. such a juicy dynamic

[merrysithmas]

just read that Empire article with wesley and am both surprised and pleased he seems genuinely thoughtful and on-point with where TOS kirk would be on his character journey during the snw timeline