Stardate: Supplemental

We ran out of starships to talk about in season 1 of TNG, so it's time for our first season end spectacular. Say goodbye to the shuttlecraft we leave behind! Say hello to pretty boy shuttlejock Jake Kurland. Can the Next Generation producers mess up the first appearance of Romulans in the series? Boy can they! Can Kyle mess up which microphone he recorded with? You bet he can! How will DeSoto handle human popsicles and Romulans? Tune in and find out!

Captain Rixx is one of the best captains in Starfleet, and the first Bolian to command a starship. Which still isn't enough for the USS Thomas Paine to get any actual screen time. What's a New Orleans-class starship like? How far down does a Bolian's ridge go? Pacifica is the premiere destination for Federation conferences, but do transporter chief conferences have enough clout to get time there, or do they get shunted to the Mariott's on Vulcan? When the USS Hood has to deal with an alien conspiracy, will Longo's skant be up to the task? There's only one way to find out!

When a whole world is addicted to space drugs because they can't tell the difference between narcotics and antibiotics, you end up with substandard, sublight freighters like the Sanction, complete with hillbilly cargo handlers and more mullets than you can shake a phaser at. Is that what Riker's face looks like every time with the ladies? Are the O'Briens the worst couple in science-fiction? Can Tasha straight talk Wesley into avoiding space drugs? Don't reach for the medicine cabinet, because the Brothers Weems are here to help.

When the Klingon equivalent to the Three Musketeers botch their effort to pimp their Talarian cargo freighter ride, the Batris has a bad hair day in a tussle with a bird of prey. Can Captain Korris light the galaxy on fire with an exploding ship that's seen better days? Will Konmel's mustache ever see its equal in the Empire? What's Vulkan tequila like? How big is the hamburger scene on Nausicaa? Start shouting at the sky to warn the dead: a podcast is coming.

Velara III is an empty world and yet the housing situation is still a nightmare, with all four of its terraforming residents sharing a single, snug, Velara Base. Dr. Kurt Mendl seems like peak creepy German scientist, and all Arthur and Bjorn wants is to start the metal band of their dreams. The local silicon-based lifeforms have a serious attitude problem, and Luisa never gets any respect. What's up with being a farmer in a society with replicators? How long can a Maron open go? Grab your guitar and follow your dreams, because TNG Season 1 isn't leaving without a fight.

Is Starbase 74's Commander Orfil Quinteros actually evil mirror universe Picard? He has the goatee and habit of uncomfortable touching to make a good case that at the least he's Creepy Picard. But never fear, Dane "Double Horgon" McMurphy is there with his peak 80's rugged good looks as Chief of Operations to build morale with some team building exercises on casual Friday. Would Bynars boost the Hood? What's Borg Light? Put a fish in the percolator cause it's going to get juicy.

Before the Enterprise, one Jean-Luc Picard was captain of the USS Stargazer. With his BFF Jack Crusher, this Nausicaan-fighting, Dom-jot hustling JLP was quite a ways from the mature diplomat-explorer he later becomes. It's the Cardassian War, there's problems with the Ferengi, and what's the deal with time-displaced Viggo Mortensen with a mustard shirt and a bat'leth? Get down to Bay 4 for a drink, it's our podcast's hat trick!

The SS Tsiolkovsky is doing what all Oberth-class vessels do, making science and trying not to blow up while looking at a collapsing red giant star. Then it gets a bad case of polywater intoxication and it's party until you freeze to death. Captain Misha Volkov is suffering from major career burnout, so instead of solving the problem she decides to take the polywater situation and a suggestion from the shady Orion scientist Dr. Chadzik and synthesizes polywater as the newest club drug to hit Risa, "Polyanna". How will the Hood's DeSoto save the day? Get a designated driver, it's episode 2!

Doing cool science and flipping the bird at the Romulans is a job for the Galaxy-class boys. So what's left for an Excelsior-class has-been like the USS Hood? Bus duty for admirals and other dignitaries. That's what. Captain Robert DeSoto's looking at a long career without his best wingmen now that Riker and La Forge are jumping ship for the Enterprise. Who's going to clean up all that old person smell? What's up with Starfleet admiral uniforms? Is Bobby D. losing his mind playing Uber driver or is this all part of his presidential aspirations long game? It's our maiden voyage, so bracing positions everyone!