Hop on over to the other side where we’ll dance with the devil and play in the Mirror Universe to raise money for Puerto Rico

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Mirror Universe  - A parallel universe visited several times on the Original Series and Deep Space Nine

Crossover - The first Deep Space Nine Mirror Universe episode

Shattered Mirror - The Deep Space Nine episode where the copy of the Defiant is discovered

The Borg - as far as we know, this is their only appearance in the Mirror Universe

Scorpion Part I and II - The Voyager/Borg alliance and the introduction to Species 8472

Intendant Kira - Kira Nerys's Mirror Universe counterpart

The Borg Queen - Playing the part of the First Lady in this Mirror Universe session

Faust - German folk tale where this week's episode title comes from

Join us as we are stuck behind enemy lines and try to escape the Klingons. Tensions arise onboard ship, Lind Xadas talks to the captain, and we go a bit off the rails...

Az Hann - @captain_tiny

Cato Prowse -  @catoakacato

Laurent Tirta - @pablackhawk_

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Betazoid - Mala Ren's species

Lwaxana Troi - recurring guest, mother to Deanna Troi, and often depicted as an ambassador played by the late Majel Barrett-Roddenberry

Tin Man - Star Trek: The Next Generation episode where Tam Elbrun is featured

The Ashes - trophy awarded to the winner of the Test cricket series between England and Australia

Porque no los dos - Old El Paso commercial that bore the phrase

Mutara-class nebula -  Type of nebula featured in Star Trek II: The Wrath of Khan and this episode

Class 2 shuttlecraft - the type of shuttles that would be issued to the Sally Ride

The crew takes on the cold, zombies,  and tangles with the Klingon Empire in this two-parter with Xander Jeanneret, the other half of the Library Bards.

Craig Blackwood - @vkmSpouge

Laurent Tirta - @pablackhawk_

KC Colman - @DJPheonyx

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Xander Jeanneret - @Xanderrific and the Library Bards

Fibrodysplasia ossificans progressiva - aka the disease that Sam mentioned and Amy remembered almost word for word

LT Hawk - Character played in Neal McDonough in Star Trek: First Contact, and was rumored to be Star Trek’s first openly gay character

B’rel class Bird of Prey - Klingon scout ships that stalked the Sally Ride and decloaked off their bow

Infinite Regress - the Star Trek: Voyager episode where Seven expresses multiple assimilated personalities due to a Borg equipment malfunction

Bones - Former Fox show about Forensic Anthropology

Instrument Flight Rules - When visibility is so low that pilots must rely fully on instruments

Shield of Tomorrow’s Greatest Hits! This episode brings the return of pretty much all the NPC’s as the Sally Ride begins her journey to the Shackleton Expanse, and an appearance of special guest star Jackson Lansing!

Craig Blackwood - @vkmSpouge

Cato Prowse -  @catoakacato

KC Colman - @DJPheonyx

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Mitch Campbell - @kungfupanzer

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Shackleton Expanse - The main area of the Star Trek Adventures playtest as well as the living campaign

Battle of Narendra III - The results of the Star Trek: Next Generation episode Yesterday’s Enterprise

Klingon bloodwine - Basically, it’s Bacardi 151

Auxiliary Crew Roster

After Trek - Matt Mira’s discussion show about Star Trek: Discovery

Blue Alert

Bio-neural gel packs

Erika Ishii - friend of the cast of Shield of Tomorrow

Jackson Lanzing - GM of VAST, and guest for Out of Bounds Part 2, playing a Coridan

Blowback - When effects of secret operations harm relations with the country at large without knowledge of the general public

The Manchurian Candidate - a 1962 film about a brainwashed sleeper agent being brought to the United States after being rescued

The Coventry Problem - In order to keep the secret that the Allies had broken the Enigma cipher machine, they had to let the town of Coventry be bombed

We deal with the fallout of Project: Genesis, and the USS Sally Ride comes into Starbase 138. Come with us as we deal with the end of Season 1 of Shield of Tomorrow!

Az Hann - @captain_tiny

Cato Prowse -  @catoakacato

KC Colman - @DJPheonyx

Laurent Tirta - @pablackhawk_

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Homefront and Paradise Lost - Star Trek: Deep Space Nine events mentioned about the attempted coup of the Federation president

Steamrunner class - ship that Eric mentions as being docked at Starbase 138

Project Genesis - Top Secret Federation research project that backgrounds the events of Star Trek II and III

Equilibrium - Star Trek: Deep Space Nine episode dealing with repressed Trill hosts...Is this what is happening with Rue?

NCIS - CBS show, a spinoff series of JAG

We welcome Gina back this week...as a full time cast member! Captain Martinez geeks out about Kirk, and some tension brews between Commander Rue and Doctor Throlo as medical ethics and military service are examined in this week’s episode.

Craig Blackwood - @vkmSpouge

Cato Prowse -  @catoakacato

Laurent Tirta - @pablackhawk_

KC Colman - @DJPheonyx

Az Hann

Laurent Tirta

Mitch Campbell - @kungfupanzer

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Final Mission - Star Trek: The Next Generation episode featuring Wesley Crusher and a wounded Captain Picard

Runabout - small craft used for intermediate range missions

Starfleet Regulations and Orders

Body Autonomy

This one’s a meaty one as we meet #StupidSexyZazrit, talk crew dynamics, and really dive deep on the ethics of torture, consent, and mind melds.

Az Hann - @captain_tiny

Craig Blackwood - @vkmSpouge

Cato Prowse -  @catoakacato

Laurent Tirta - @pablackhawk_

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Mitch Campbell - @kungfupanzer

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Enhanced interrogation

Moral relativism

Chain of Command - The famous Star Trek: The Next Generation episode where Captain Picard is captured and tortured by Cardassians

In the Pale Moonlight - Sisko struggles with doing the wrong thing for the right reasons

For the Uniform - Sisko uses biogenic weapons on a planet

Mind Melds

Mirror, Mirror - The Original Series episode where Mirror Universe Spock forces a mind meld on Dr McCoy

Meld - The Voyager episode where Tuvok almost kills Lon Suder with a mind meld after losing control of his violent impulses because of Suder’s sociopathic nature

The Maquis, Part II - The Deep Space Nine episode where a Vulcan member of the Maquis attempts to forcibly extract information from Gul Dukat using a mind meld

Star Trek VI: The Undiscovered Country - Spock obtains information using a mind meld

Ferengi Energy Whip - Zazrit’s secondary weapon

Come with us on a covert mission as we delve into Episode 3 of Shield of Tomorrow, Intelligence. We review the episode, talk about guest star Jason Charles Miller, and review implications of covert operations.

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Cato Prowse -  @catoakacato

KC Colman - @DJPheonyx

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Mitch Campbell - @kungfupanzer

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Jason Charles Miller - This week’s guest

Starfleet Intelligence - The official branch of Starfleet tasked with information gathering and protecting Federation interests

Section 31 - The unofficial department of Starfleet that technically does not exist

Galor-class - The workhorse of the Cardassian fleet, designated as cruisers by the Cardassian Military

This week, we examine Episode 2 of Shield of Tomorrow, “I Remember” dealing with telepathic batteries, juicy backstory, the nature of culture, and the warts of ableism.

We also talk about Shield of Tomorrow guest star Gina DeVivo!

Az Hann - @captain_tiny

Laurent Tirta - @pablackhawk_

KC Colman - @DJPheonyx

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Mitch Campbell - @kungfupanzer

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Gina DeVivo - Our guest for this week

Memorial - Star Trek: Voyager episode dealing with the remnants of a society

The Inner Light - The much beloved episode from Star Trek: The Next Generation with similar themes

Ableism

MCPO Carl Brashear - First African American to become a US Navy Master Diver despite losing his left leg while on board ship
Bud Roberts - Fictional character from JAG who continued to serve after losing a leg

We break down the first three sessions of Shield of Tomorrow, Episode 1: The Pull. We take a look at the cast and characters, follow the Sally Ride on her first adventure, review the game system, we talk about biogenic weapons, and the militarization of Starfleet.

Craig Blackwood - @vkmSpouge

Cato Prowse -  @catoakacato

Laurent Tirta - @pablackhawk_

Laurent Tirta

Mitch Campbell - @kungfupanzer

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Geek and Sundry

Geek and Sundry, a subsidiary of Legendary Digital Networks, created by Felicia Day

Shield of Tomorrow

A Star Trek Adventures show broadcast Wednesdays on Geek & Sundry Twitch and Alpha

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The home of Shield of Tomorrow

Alpha

A collaboration between Geek & Sundry and Nerdist industries

Biogenic weapons

Biogenic weapons are largely regarded as too horrific to be used by almost all governments in the Alpha Quadrant

Chemical weapons

Chemical weapons are the present-day equivalent to biogenic weapons in Star Trek