Scott Atwell Star Trek Discussion thread (Series and Films) (4 Viewers)

[FanCollector]

Tricky! I hadn't considered them. But it seems like Ingraham B and maybe Theta Cygni XII could reasonably be assumed to be in the Federation. Levinius V can't be because if there was a Federation 200 years ago, Zefrem Cochrane would have heard of it.

 

[Nelson Au]

I'll have re-view that scene and the dialogue. But I defer to your judgement on this one. I agree its a tricky one.This fun, in reviewing the planet names. Some are really cool names.

 

[FanCollector]

Yes, let me know if I got it wrong.

 

[Nelson Au]

"You're so obsessed!"Well, given that Argus X seemed uninhabited and Tycho IV had a antimatter bomb detonated on it, it wasn't inhabited either.But the Yorktown is sitting around waiting for the Enterprise once again to pick up a shipment of medicines for Theta VII.I haven't had a chance to review the dialogue in Operation Anihilate yet. But I can let it go.

 

[FanCollector]

Theta VII is right! I thought that would be a hard one.

 

[Nelson Au]

It was a hard one! I remembered the two planets they visited, Argus and Tycho. But then I remembered Enterprise has to rendezvous with the Yorktown. Then I figured it out.

 

[Nelson Au]

Berengaria VII may not have had Federation citizens where Spock saw a dragon, but Omicron Ceti III had a Federation colony. Was that already named?

 

[Nelson Au]

Oops, nevermind, I thought I had already mentioned Omicron.

 

[Nelson Au]

What about Rigel 12? And the Childress lithium mining colony.Rigel has come up often. Pike and the Enterprise visited Rigel 7, but that wasn't a Federation planet. And Mr. Hengist comes from Rigel 4, that might be a Federation planet.

 

[FanCollector]

I believe you mentioned Rigel as a system at the beginning, so I counted that for all of the legitimate Rigel answers.Not giving any individual hints, but just to give you a sense of it, of all the the remaining answers, we only actually SEE one of the planets. The rest are only mentioned.

 

[FanCollector]

On another subject (kind of), anyone interested in some early holiday cheer can check out the new Star Trek ornaments at any Hallmark store today and tomorrow. There's a Scotty one and a great scene from Arena with music.

 

[Nelson Au]

Thanks Lee, the Rigel system covers them all. Interesting that the writers may not have realized the variety of class M planets in the Rigel system. And thanks for the heads up on the Hallmark ornaments. Time for another purchase to add to the collection! I missed two, Mr. Khan and the Motion Picture Enteprrise. Had a bad year and forgot to get them! I'll have to check my collection and take stock of what's missing and try to find them.

 

[FanCollector]

I like the episode scene ones best. I'm glad they chose Arena this time. I wonder if Rigel is the most frequently mentioned star in Star Trek. That would be my off-the-top-of-my-head answer.

 

[Nelson Au]

I've always been partial to the ship ornaments Lee. It was fun one year to have a tree full of ships! That Rigel question would make a good question! I can think of several.

 

[FanCollector]

Your tree will be a little more crowded this year...in addition to the two ornaments I mentioned, they also have the U.S.S. Kelvin from the Abrams movie.

 

[Nelson Au]

I'm not a fan of the "JJprise", however I did like the design of the Kelvin and it's Motion Picture aesthetic from a Franz Joseph concept using TOS elements. So it's a nice homage to a non canon design. I was just going about wrapping up some stuff for the evening and had MeTV on. Thriller was being aired, two episodes, one after the other. I wasn't paying attention and I heard a familiar voice. Reggie Nalder! The episode was The Terror of Teakwood.

 

[Nelson Au]

What about Minara? A long shot I think. But two Federation scientists were there studying it.

 

[FanCollector]

Thriller was high on the creepiness quotient, making it a natural home for Reggie Nalder.No, I think Minara was pretty much a mystery to the Federation. Linke and Ozaba were there, but it seemed like it was much more temporary than a colony. Like Psi 2000, for example.

 

[Ockeghem]

Not that this has anything to do with the current trivia question, but I thought this image which I received from Facebook yesterday was quite nice:

 

[Nelson Au]

Okay Lee, I thought Minara was a long shot! You are right about the creepiness factor! I've sampled about 4 or 5 episodes and they were pretty creepy! Very different from the other genre series at the time. There was one Jack the Ripper episode reminiscent of Wolf in the Fold with a less then positive ending! If they hold to broadcast order, Shatner's second appearance on the series is coming up and I was really curious to see it. I missed his first appearance. Scott, that's cool to see all 5 cast photos put together like that. I'm used to seeing them separate. One thing I never realized before, every crew's uniform has the arrowhead emblem except the Enterprise crew! Obviously they are pre Federation.