#star trek babes

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Keiko O'Brien

Star Trek: The Next Generation Star Trek: Deep Space Nine

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Captain Michael Burnham

Star Trek babe! I’ve been a little distracted this(*every) week but I wanted to do something for the end of Discovery. I’ll miss that weird little crew.

[scottwearsnylons]

Star Trek... anyone who had a pantyhose fetish back in the day knew that this show was like Christmas morning. I remember watching it as a young boy wearing my sister's pantyhose underneath my boy clothes. I didn't have a clue what was going on because all I wanted to do was to kick off my shoes and slip off my socks, leaving my nylon feet fully exposed in the light of the TV. Good times

[markscherz]

Meet the seven new frog species we just named after iconic Star Trek captains!

Artwork by A. Petzold, CC BY-ND 4.0

At the right time of year along rushing streams in the humid rainforests that stretch the length of Madagascar's eastern and northern mountain ridges, otherworldly trills of piercing whistles can be heard.

Are they birds? Insects? Communicator beeps? Tricorder noises?

No, they're little treefrogs!

Boophis janewayae. Photo by M. Vences, CC BY-SA 4.0

Until recently, we thought all of the populations of these little brown frogs across the island were one widespread species, Boophis marojezensis, described in 1994. But genetics in the early 2000s and 2010s showed that there were several species here, not just one.

Now my colleagues and I have shown that they are in fact eight separate species, each with unique calls!

These whistling sounds reminded us so much of Star Trek sound effects that we decided to name the seven new species after Star Trek captains: Boophis kirki, B. picardi, B. janewayae, B. siskoi, B. pikei, B. archeri, and B. burnhamae.

Photos of all new species described by Vences et al. 2024. CC BY-SA 4.0

I subtly and not-so-subtly built some Star Trek references into the paper, but probably the best one is this one:

'Finding these frogs sometimes requires considerable trekking; pursuing strange new calls, to seek out new frogs in new forests; boldly going where no herpetologist has gone before.'

— Vences et al. 2024

There’s a real sense of scientific discovery and exploration here, which we think is in the spirit of Star Trek.

Of course, it doesn't hurt that there are at least two Trekkies amongst the authors (including yours truly). As fans of Star Trek, we are also just pleased to dedicate these new species to the characters who have inspired and entertained us over the decades.

On a personal note, this marks a milestone for me, as it means I have now described over 100 frog species! I am very pleased that the 100th is Captain Janeway's Bright-eyed Frog, Boophis janewayae (if you count them in order of appearance in the paper)—she is probably my favourite captain, and I really love Star Trek: Voyager.

You can read more about the discovery of these new species on my website! You can also read the Open Access paper published in Vertebrate Zoology here.

[spirk-trek]

she is to me what leia's gold bikini was to straight boys

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Star Trek - Strange New Dumb Comics #78

when sulu overhears the captain talking about literary tropes

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STAR TREK: DEEP SPACE NINE 4.10 | OUR MAN BASHIR

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Janeway and her Girls: B’Elanna

Star Trek: Voyager - Prototype

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oh shoot !

[dustykneed]

good luck, babes! 💙💛

maybe i should write a fic. hmm

(edit: if you wanted to know my personal interpretation... watch the can in bones' hand. and the colors mean things loll. i think i'll make an explanation tomorrow just for fun)

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Haven’t done a Star Trek babe in a while. Here’s Deanna Troi!

[paramountie]

another vital part of the Kirk/mccoy/spock dynamic 2me is that Jim is McCoy’s best friend and Spock is the guy who has been STRINGING ALONG that best friend FOR YEARS. Every time Kirk is upset or in danger, McCoy @Spock is like “he’s in love with you IF YOU EVEN CARE” and Spock is like “we all know I am also in love with him”

McCoy: PROVE IT YOU DICK

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star trek drag king performance where kirk tearfully sings chappell roan's 'good luck babe' followed by spock's perfectly composed and straight-faced 'hot to go' in front of a live audience, complete with the dance