We all know and love the trials and tribulations of our beloved TNG

crew throughout seven seasons and four feature films ... but how

did it all begin for them? Daniel, Darren, and Phillip sit down and

create an outline for a "Countdown to 'Encounter' [at Farpoint]"

comic book series. The trio imagines a comic book run, similar to

IDW'S "Star Trek: Countdown" and "Star Trek: Countdown to Darkness"

for the JJ-verse movies, that picks up our characters' lives years

before they joined the ranks of the Galaxy-class

Enterprise-D. 

Earl Grey begins issue one with the dramatic court martial of

Captain Jean-Luc Picard, following the disastrous loss of his first

command, U.S.S. Stargazer. Picard must deal with an overzealous

prosecutor, Phillipa Louvois, as well as a visit from recent widow,

Dr. Beverly Crusher. The next issues focus on young baby-face

Lieutenant William T. Riker and Deanna Troi on Betazed, as the

gold-suited Starfleet officer finds himself choosing between love

and career promotion (along with a new color uniform). Other issues

follow a recently discovered and reactivated android, named Data,

who finds his life choices continually challenged by a Lieutenant

Bruce Maddox. The trio also creates issues focusing on the

Cardassian War, with a young Natasha Yar and Miles O'Brien teaming

up to defend Starfleet, as well as a time jump forward to the

U.S.S. Hood as Ensign Geordi LaForge continually tries to escape

the attention of his meddlesome first officer, Lieutenant Commander

Riker.  

Join Earl Grey as they tell these prequel stories and more of the

early adventures of the soon-to-be-infamous crew of the

Federation's flagship, U.S.S. Enterprise, NCC-1701-D in Season Zero

of The Next Generation.

Hosts

Daniel Proulx, Phillip Gilfus, & Darren Moser

Editor / Producer

Darren Moser

Executive Producers

Norman C. Lao, Matthew Rushing, & C Bryan Jones

Production Manager

Richard Marquez

 

Content Manager

Chapters

The Phantom Farpoint Menace (00:02:53)

Picard (00:11:40) 

Riker (00:18:00)

Data (00:23:36)

Worf (00:31:55)

The Crushers: Bev, Wes, Jack (00:37:15)

Troi (00:42:59)

Geordi (00:47:23)

Yar (00:50:41)

Birth of the Enterprise (00:58:31)

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