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[Image description: A GIF set of seven Star Trek scenes overlayed with a quote from Nichelle Nichols. The full quote reads: “Star Trek did not promise that people would magically become inherently better, but that they would progress always reaching for their highest potential and noblest goals even if it took centuries of taking two steps forward and one step back.” Image 1: From “Star Trek: The Original Series.” Captain Kirk stands in the center of the main cast, Scotty and Spock on his left and Bones, Uhura, and Chekov on his right. They stand in front of a colorful doorway with a skewed square border. Everyone is grinning except for Spock. Kirk waves jauntily at someone off-screen. His lips read “Have fun.” He moves to walk away, Bones stepping back for him. Uhura repeats his wave. The overlayed text reads: “Star Trek did not promise.” Image 2: From “Star Trek: The Next Generation.” The command crew sits in purple office chairs around a shiny black conference table. They all look toward something off-screen of the front-left foreground. On the left side of the table, from the foreground to the background, sit Captain Picard, Riker, Dr. Crusher, and Worf. On the right side of the table, from foreground to background, sit Geordi, Data, and Troi. Picard swivels slightly in his chair to look more directly at the off-screen focus of the crew’s attention. The crew all have serious expressions on their faces. The overlayed text reads: “that people would magically become inherently better.”

Image 3: From “Star Trek: Deep Space Nine.” The camera pans right past a corner, where the main cast walks toward the camera, in a line, dramatically. From left to right, the characters are O’Brien, Dr. Bashir, Kasidy Yates, Captain Sisko, Kira, Odo, Ezri Dax, and Nog. They wear Earth-style black suits and formal dresses from the 1960s, with the exception of Dax, who wears a leotard, tutu, and tights, and Nog, who wears a loose gray jumpsuit. They walk with confidence and determination, their expressions serious. The overlayed text reads: “but that they would progress.”

Image 4: From “Star Trek: Voyager.” The camera sits at a vantage point slightly above the crew. In the foreground, a raised platform stands a few steps higher than the rest of the room. In the center-back of the frame, below the platform, is a semicircular work station. Chakotay and Captain Janeway are on the left side of the raised platform. They each take a few steps away from the camera and then turn back toward the camera, looking toward something off-screen. Inside the work station are Kim, Seven, and Neelix. Behind and to the left of the work station, B’elanna and Paris take a few steps forward as they turn to face the camera. Behind and to the right of the work station stand Tuvok and The Doctor, also facing the camera. The mood of the scene is formal, but pleasant. The overlayed text reads: “always reaching for their highest potential.”

Image 5: From “Star Trek: Enterprise.” The main cast stands on a straight staircase facing the camera, looking at something off-screen to the front right, and applauding. On their left is a blue curtain. On the right, the staircase bends up and right and continues off-screen. From foreground to background along the left rail of the staircase are Captain Archer, Phlox, Reed, and T’Pol. From foreground to background along the right rail of the staircase are Mayweather, Trip, and Sato. The casts’ expressions are solemn. The overlayed text reads: “and noblest goals.”

Image 6: From “Star Trek Beyond.” The crew stands on a darkened bridge, their mood disbelieving. Captain Kirk stands farthest in the foreground, center-right of the captain’s chair. He drops his head slowly toward his right shoulder in a gesture of long-suffering disappointment. On Kirk’s left, from left to right stand Jaylah, Sulu, Chekov, McCoy, and Uhura. To his right are Spock and Scotty. The overlayed text reads: “even if it took centuries.”

Image 7: From “Star Trek: Discovery.” The camera pans slowly right as two figures cross in front of the camera in the foreground, one going right and one going left, their heads outside of the image. The image centers on Captain Georgiou. She sits confidently in the command chair and turns her head toward her left shoulder as she prepares to speak. Burnham stands just behind Georgiou’s left shoulder, her attention focused downward to her work station. A man with short black hair sits in the front right foreground, his attention similarly on his work station. (Sorry y’all, I haven’t seen Discovery, and here my character IDing skills have failed me.) Saru is standing at a work station in the back left. The overlayed text reads: “of taking two steps forward and one step back.”]

- Nichelle Nichols