Standard Orbit 199: It is a Sci-Fi Little Mermaid  Metamorphosis The second season episode Metamorphosis introduced some key canon to Star Trek. In this week's Standard Orbit; Zach and Ken explore this very under-rated episode and dive into the information we learned about the Federation, the Universal Translator, and Father of the Warp Drive. Ken and Zach look at the key character moments and how this episode represents the best of Star Trek. The Standard Orbit crew look at how the show title "Metamorphosis" could apply to several aspects of this special TOS episode. Listener mail, Trek tech, Federation Data, Drama, and great character moments are all highlighted in this weeks exciting podcast. 

Chapters Welcome to Standard Orbit! (00:01:22) Listener Email (00:01:43) Feedback on "Continues" (00:07:33) Metamorphosis (00:16:00) Re-watch Thoughts (00:17:01) Synopsis (00:20:00) "The Starfleet" (00:25:30) Kirk's own Metamorphosis (00:26:14) Strong Woman (00:29:40) We must have struggle (00:43:06) It is a Starfleet Little Mermaid! (00:48:03) Universal Translator (00:51:20) The Federation (00:54:40) TNG Zephrym v TOS Zephrym (00:58:58) POTFM (01:08:00) Closing (01:13:55)    Hosts Zach Moore and Ken Tripp Production Zach Moore (Editor and Producer)  Ken Tripp (Producer) C Bryan Jones (Executive Producer) Matthew Rushing (Executive Producer) Ken Tripp (Executive Producer) Norman C. Lao (Associate Producer) Nicolas Anastassiou (Associate Producer) Tim Robertson (Associate Producer) Richard Marquez (Associate Producer) Corey Elrod (Associate Producer) Richard Marquez (Production Manager) Brandon-Shea Mutala (Patreon Manager)