Star Trek: Voyager — The Murdered Sun

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{4.5/5} “A few rulers throughout the ages had been hard, or as Linneas might have put it, ‘wise,’ enough to be trusted with the secret — that the great glory of Blessing was obtained only with slave labor and killing a system’s sun. But there had not been many. For the most part, the truth […]

Star Trek: Voyager — The Escape

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{4.5/5} “Only a few people in each Period knew the truth about the future in Real Time. That was one of the many reasons why it was so forbidden to travel instead any 500,000 year Period. If knowledge of the Near Future got out, it would destroy the society.” Star Trek: Voyager — The Escape […]

Star Trek: Voyager (season 3)

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{4.5/5} “I don’t know what happened to you, but there can be any number of explanations: hallucination, telepathic communication from another race, repressed memory, momentary contact with a parallel reality — take your pick. The universe is such a strange place.” Star Trek: Voyager season 3, aired in 1996-97 When Janeway mind melds with Tuvok […]

Star Trek: Discovery — Dead Endless

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{4.5/5} “Command isn’t just knowing when to make a decision. It’s knowing how to inspire the people around you, encouraging them to do what they can, so you can do what you must… A crew may not be sure what heights they can reach. Their commanding officer has to have the confidence — in them […]

Star Trek: Discovery — The Enterprise War

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{4.5/5} “He could see no other path for himself — not when so many had been lost. Rigel VII had devastated him. It was barely a scratch. Three had died there. This was thirty. He had been fooling himself to think that he had the talent for the job — and he certainly didn’t have […]

Star Trek: Discovery — The Way to the Stars

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{4.5/5} “‘You know,’ she said, ‘all those cocktail parties and fancy dinners are all very well, but who’ll be the first to complain if the lights and the food slots aren’t working? Nobody can be’ — she did air quotes — ‘”diplomatic” under those circumstances.’” Star Trek: Discovery — The Way to the Stars by […]

Star Trek: Lower Decks (season 1)

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{4.5/5} “Our specialty is second contact. Still pretty important. We get all the paperwork signed, make sure we’re spelling the name of the planet right, get to know all the good places to eat.” Star Trek: Lower Decks season 1, aired in 2020 Ensigns Mariner, Boimler, Tendi, and Rutherford serve on the USS Cerritos. Mariner […]

Star Trek: Voyager (season 2)

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{4.5/5} “Without the darkness, how would we recognize the light? Do not fear your negative thoughts, they are part of you. They are a part of every living being — even Vulcans.” Star Trek: Voyager season 2, aired in 1995-96 When the Doctor starts thinking he might be a real person and everyone else is […]

Star Trek: Voyager — Pathways

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{4.5/5} “He had a greater sense of purpose than he had ever imagined possible. Everything had always come so easily to him — love, approval, musical prowess — that he enjoyed taking on this overwhelming challenge. He used parts of himself that he’d never tapped before, muscles of the mind that had lain fallow for […]

Star Trek: Voyager — Mosaic

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{4.5/5} “But to consider oneself part of an even greater group — of the family of the galaxies and all their myriad species — was to feel a fortunate child, with millions of aunts, uncles, and cousins, to be alone nowhere in the universe. To Kathryn that was one of the wondrous privileges of life […]