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• Star Trek: Discovery’ Renewed for Season 4 at CBS All Access | Hollywood Reporter
• Star Trek Month Celebration Takes Flight on Amazon
• Captain Janeway statue unveiled Saturday – The Bloomingtonian
• Star Trek Previews Captain Janeway Autobiography With Exclusive Excerpt
• This unfeasibly tiny 3D printed Star Trek ship can move under its own power | PC Gamer
• Star Trek Getting Postal Stamps in the UK
• Star Trek: Picard Prequel Following Riker and Troi Announced

66 additional stories. 

1. Why Star Trek: Lower Decks’ Creator Wasn’t Surprised By Fans’ Issues With The CBS All Access Show – CINEMABLEND
2. 5 of the Best Star Trek Comics Moments
3. What Star Trek Can Teach Us About the Future of War, Globalism and Economics | Military.com
4. CBS’ ‘Star Trek: Discovery’ Season 3 suggests third time really is the charm for Trekkies
5. Star Trek: Discovery’s Mary Chieffo Discusses Her Bond With Fan Artist Steffi Hochriegl
6. From “Star Trek” to star gazer, Colorado man drops everything and hits the road with a camera and his passion – The Colorado Sun
7. Celebrating Spirit Day Across the Star Trek Universe | Star Trek
8. A to Z with the Cast of ‘Star Trek: Discovery’ | | wnem.com
9. Chosen One of the Day: Ensign Boimler from Star Trek: Lower Decks
10. A Closer Look At What’s Coming In ‘Star Trek: Discovery’ Season 3 – TrekMovie.com
11. Star Trek IV was almost another Eddie Murphy comedy
12. Star Trek: Lower Decks Season 2 Will Bring Back Riker
13. Does Science Fiction Hint That We Are Actually Doomed? | Mind Matters
14. Star Trek’s Field Guide to Alien Greetings
15. Deep Space Nine and the Catharsis of Baseball
16. Star Trek Lower Decks Showrunner Nerds Out on Power in Starfleet
17. Star Trek Discovery: First Show With All Post-Production Done at Home | IndieWire
18. 10 Star Trek Quotes That Are Hilarious Out-Of-Context
19. Beyond Earth’s Edge: A Celebrity Space Poetry… | The Planetary Society
    Listen to Star Trek actor Robert Picardo read a poem by Pablo Neruda, in the latest episode of Planetary Radio, from The Planetary Society — Daily Star Trek News
20. Rumor: CBS Considering bringing back Star Trek: Deep Space Nine
21. ‘Star Trek: Discovery’s newest villain is an obscure alien from the movies
22. Star Trek: Discovery is a wildly different show you should be watching – CNET
23. Introducing Cosplay’s Thriftiest Trekkie
24. The 10 Best Marine and Aquatic Species In the Star Trek Universe
25. INTERVIEW: New screenplay imagines the founding of ‘Star Trek’ – Hollywood Soapbox
26. Mike McMahan Explains Why ‘Lower Decks’ Has So Many Star Trek References; Plans To Go Beyond TNG In S2 – TrekMovie.com
27. The Shuttle Pod Crew Ponders The Future Of Star Trek Films – TrekMovie.com
28. Star Trek: Discovery Debuts a Game-Changing Portable Transporters
29. 3 Star Trek TV Series Are Now Preparing For Production
30. Star Trek cocktail book launches
31. Star Trek: Picard’s Seven of Nine Relationship Came From A Comic Con
32. Star Trek: Discovery Learns to Hold a Grudge | Star Trek
33. H&I | All Star Trek
34. Star Trek: Picard – Michelle Hurd
35. Star Trek: Discovery’s latest McGuffin is a reference to TOS space mobsters
36. ‘Star Trek: Discovery’ season 3, episode 2 recap: Burnham finally makes contact | Space
37. Star Trek Discovery Stamets And Reno Are Comedy Gold
38. 3 reasons to keep the Star Trek film and television series separate
39. Doug Jones ‘Star Trek: Discovery’ Season 3 Interview
40. Star Trek and the United Nations Have a Deeper Connection Than You Might Think
41. Star Trek: Discovery’s Reference to Enterprise’s Temporal Cold War, Explained
42. Star Trek: Deep Space Nine Armin Shimmeran would play Quark again
43. Why Cast Reunions Became One Of This Cycle’s Hot Fundraising Trends – Deadline
44. Star Trek: Discovery’s Wilson Cruz Works Out Before His Workout | British GQ
45. How To Use Vulcans From Star Trek As A D&D Race | TheGamer
46. Star Trek Discovery’s Biggest Questions Ahead Of Season 3 Episode 3
47. Star Trek: Strange New Worlds: 7 Quick Things We Know About The CBS All Access Series – CINEMABLEND
48. The Borg: An Overpowered Enemy. Resistance is Never Futile
49. Star Trek: 10 Secrets Of The USS Enterprise-E You Need To Know – WhatCulture
50. Star Trek Season 2: Lower Decks: Mariner Gets a – Daily Research Plot
51. Star Trek: Discovery Season 3 Premiere Creates A Big TOS Plot Hole
52. Review: Hallmark’s “Mirror, Mirror” Star Trek Ornaments Are The Perfect Fit For The Holidays In 2020 – TrekMovie.com
53. Star Trek: The Pod Directive — The Samantha Cristoforetti Episode
54. Star Trek: Lower Decks – Ranking Season 1 Episodes From Best To Worst
55. ‘Star Trek: The Next Generation’ memes ruled the internet
56. Star Trek: Discovery – How Season 3 Stunts Reflect The Characters’ Personalities | Star Trek
57. Wilson Cruz: 8 Things To Know About The Star Trek: Discovery Actor – CINEMABLEND
58. Star Trek: Voyager Series Ending Explained – How The Crew Gets Home
59. Star Trek’s Gender Non-Conformity, a History
60. Preview ‘Star Trek: Discovery’ Episode 303 With 13 New Images From “People of Earth” – TrekMovie.com
61. Interview: Una McCormack On Going Beyond ‘Voyager’ For ‘The Autobiography Of Kathryn Janeway’ – TrekMovie.com
62. Star Trek: Discovery – Saru Earns His Stripes as Captain | CBR
63. Star Trek: Discovery – There’s Something Wrong Keyla Detmer | CBR
64. ‘Star Trek’: 5 reasons why ‘Lower Decks’ is most faithful adaptation of franchise’s ideals of current era | MEAWW
65. Star Trek Products to Create a Trek-Themed Nursery
66. Fan Film Review: There’s A Lot Of Love In ‘Star Trek: First Frontier’ – TrekMovie.com

Main Mission

This week we’re talking about episodes 1, 2 and 3 of “Star Trek: Discovery,” Season 3.

That Hope Is You, Part 1 and Far From Home
First released on October 15, 2020 and October 22, 2020
Written by Michelle Paradise, Jenny Lumet and Alex Kurtzman

Directed by  Olatune Osunsamni

People of Earth
First released on October 29, 2020
Written by Bo Yeoh Kim and Erika Lippoldt
Directed by Jonathan Frakes

Warp Speed Round Table

This time around…

Recently I read an article titled “10 Star Trek Quotes that are Hilarious Out of Context.”
10 Star Trek Quotes That Are Hilarious Out-Of-Context

Time to refill the dilithium chamber and try to warp on out of here. 

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