#trek tag

[necrofuturism]

guess what im watching rn

[faggvert]

can someone come get their captain he keeps flirting with my diplomats

[ex0rin]

T'Pring. Nice to meet you. Got to say, you are very attractive for a prison guard.

[fiascobaby]

klingon wingman who confidently tells everyone at the lesbian bar that you are destined to die honorably in combat and also you have exceptional prowess with a multitool

[demonicimagery]

riker would love hatsune miku

[spacedebris1993]

New trek writers are like i know how to write vulcans and then i watch them nearly maim themselves trying to eek out a narrative that only has the depth and weight of a saltine cracker.

Like Voyager GAVE you the groundwork to understand the vulcans. Its not that they do not have fun or lack emotions its that they feel so much they have to keep total control of it and direct themselves with rationale/logic. They have an entire culture based around doing CBTherapy on themselves bc they want to live normal lives instead of being subjected to their brains chemistry overload like. Its not hard. We have books. We have books to understand these things and maybe if you like, thought abt writing them as a people instead of a mascot animal you could make a show stick a landing without its legs shattering into a billion pieces

[merlions]

dou think that in tos, spock and kirk came up with that "green light" thing they used as code in the gangster episode - which was after the time kirk was imitated by an android and he had to make it say "im sick of yr [slur] interference" so he would know it was the android not the captain, and then the spores episode where he had to make spock mad and just LAID IN on everything about his half Vulcan ancestry - bc spock was eventually like

"Captain. Jim. I get these are important, delicate situations. And you have to get a message through to me. But can you try to be like...a TINY bit less racist. Do you think you can fucking try to manage like. 1% less racism. Just a TINY BIT. YOU DONT HAVE TO SAY IM A GREEN BLOODED [SLURS] COMPUTER FREAK. CAN YOU JUST FUCKING SAY THE WORD GREEN. I PROMISE YOU I WILL KNOW WHAT YOU MEAN."

[ribombeee]

[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.

[necrofuturism]

there are many benefits to being a marine biologist

[its-always-sunny-in-city17]

[merlions]

[ex0rin]

brb rereading all of my trek smut as a form of self care

[fiascobaby]

Bajoran partygirl (she drinks to forget the horrors) x emotional support Vulcan who very politely lets her make out with them sloppy style when she's wasted

[demonicimagery]

the polyamory is literally off the fucking charts with the o’briens one cannot keep count (yes they can)

[spacedebris1993]

I believe the new trek writers should be paid fairly, but i also believe they should maybe do some reading on social topics and retake some beginner writing courses