My interpretation of Rom’s portrayal was that he was playing up the simple earnestness of the character, as a ploy to lull Admiral Vassery into accepting the terms of deal as part of a test to see if the Federation had the lobes to be viable allies to the Ferengi Alliance.

I’m curious about what your issue with Rom’s portrayal was.

Fair, PIC did have some pretty rugged moments.

But would you say you actually experienced trauma watching season one, and then that trauma was alleviated watching season three?

If I’m remember correctly from Michael Chabon’s instagram AMAs, apparently the relationship was based entirely on the chemistry that Ryan and Hurd had when they attended events together, so it was very last minute that they added the tease of a budding relationship in that final scene.

But yeah, they could have done more to build it up.

The bar was just so low after the TNG movies and first two season of PIC that traumatized fans were happy to have a seemingly final sendoff that wasn’t completely terrible.

“Traumatized?” We are talking about a television show, right?

I would argue that even if season two’s ambitions exceeded it’s execution, at least it was trying to do something. Still not a season of Trek that I think deserves any real regard, but it did add something new and interesting to the fabric of Trek. And maybe at some point some comic book or novel will actually do something interesting with that thing, because I can’t imagine we’re ever actually going to see it revisited on screen.

Season three was exactly the dark, cynical mess that everyone complained season one was because Admiral Clancy cursed at their space dad. Jack Crusher is the infallible, ultra special badass everyone accuses Michael Burnham of being. Season three is ideas I would expect to find in someone’s first attempt at writing fanfic, not the work of seasoned television professionals.

And, to be fair, both seasons two and three were made by the same people, so the fact that neither of them were particularly good should not be shocking to anyone.

Yeah, I can’t wrap my head around it either. Easily the worst, most self indulgent season of Trek in my opinion.

But it had the TNG crew back aboard the Enterprise D so for a lot of people it’s hitting the nostalgia button.

There’s an entire audio drama about it that Ryan and Hurd did voice work for.

It is perfectly fine.

No Garak & Bashir on the cover? Cowards.

Joking (not joking) aside, I am looking forward to seeing what’s included. Especially the Steve Orlando story.

Also, knowing when we’re going to get Ryan North and Chris Fenoglio’s choose your own adventure LDecks book is very exciting.

I don’t mind admitting that I’m over 40, and have been watching Trek since before TNG was being broadcast.

And, while personally I would be on board with an adventures of a younger Kirk as first officer aboard the Farragut, a TOS remake just seems like a missed opportunity. TOS exists, and we can all watch it, warts and all, at any point. Sure, there are some things in the show that it would be nice to modernize, but I would much prefer something new as opposed to re-treading that familiar ground.

Really, the only Trek I would be excited to get a remake of would be TAS.

100%. I find the sameness of the Borg board a bit difficult to look at, so I’d really like some other set, and I agree incorporating a way to transport between two ships would be optimal.

Probably my favourite VOY episode. I love how much fun the actors seemed to be having when the got to chew scenery.

Yeah, I agree that it’s not the direction that would have got my vote. I’d like something that makes three and four player games viable without having to purchase a second Battle of Wolf 359 core set. I tried a three player game with my buddies using only the Borg cube map, and while it worked okay, it was certainly a bit claustrophobic. Plus, I need more health pegs.

The idea of TOS theme core set sounds great, but I’m going to guess that ship has sailed. Maybe we’ll get the SNW crew vs. some Gorns.

Yeah, fair. I can certain see how that would limit interest.

I wish I was familiar enough with miniatures games to give you an answer regarding playstyle, but my experience is fairly limited. My favourite miniature game would be FFG’s X-Wing game, though I stopped playing when they went to second edition.

If your store has the space for it, have you considered setting up a league night? GF9 has a league kit that includes an exclusive Q figure, and that might be enticing enough to the purchasers to get them coming in, and you could get a good look at the game.

I find “USS Callister” especially funny because early on in Disco’s run, people would point to it as what new Trek should be, but the episode is all about how someone obsessed with an old sci-fi television show is a loser and a creep, and then it ends with the protagonists getting a Kelvin universe-esque upgrade, lens flares and all.

Media literacy!

Yeah…Greatest Trek and The Greatest Generation have been going since 2016, and they have a ridiculous amount of inside jokes. I don’t think the interview is actually all that difficult to parse, but I also have been listening since like the third episode so I might not be the best judge.

I already have and have finished the game so I will recuse myself from the giveaway, but my first Trek game was the unofficial, DOS based, EGA Trek.

After that, it was A Final Unity.

MRW the ship is overrun by tiny monsters demanding “treats” and threatening us with “tricks, but the captain won’t let me detonate the warp core!