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star trek + corona posts, tng edition
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star trek + corona posts, tng edition
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thetrekkiehasthephonebox:
Sources:Star Trek (2009) Bechdel TestStar Trek Into Darkness Bechdel Test Interview with Gene RoddenberryStar Trek (2009) BudgetStar Trek Into Darkness Budget
Because I’ve been thinking about all of this a lot lately, and I decided I should probably channel that thought into something.
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thetrekkiehasthephonebox:
Sources:Star Trek (2009) Bechdel TestStar Trek Into Darkness Bechdel Test Interview with Gene RoddenberryStar Trek (2009) BudgetStar Trek Into Darkness Budget
Because I’ve been thinking about all of this a lot lately, and I decided I should probably channel that thought into something.
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trek-tracks:
Science officers are made of salt, confirmed
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trek-tracks:
Science officers are made of salt, confirmed
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ifyougonnagetnastyimgonnaleave:
it really upsets me that jim kirk has been so heavily appropriated by gross dudebros that their complete misunderstanding of the character is now widely regarded as canon. like, where did this bs that kirk is a womanising hardass maverick who shoots first and asks later and rules the enterprise with an iron fist like the manly man he is come from? not from the canon, thats for sure. (it actually sounds more like mirror!kirk who, ironically, is supposed to be the evil version of kirk)
it astounds me that so many middle aged men who claim to love the show hold onto this myth. its not supported by the actual show or the actual actors and producers whatsoever. how and why did this happen?
imagine my surprise upon discovering that jim kirk is actually a soft, smiley, gentle feminist after 21 years of misinformation. it’s high time that jim kirk gets remembered as the character he really is.
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ifyougonnagetnastyimgonnaleave:
it really upsets me that jim kirk has been so heavily appropriated by gross dudebros that their complete misunderstanding of the character is now widely regarded as canon. like, where did this bs that kirk is a womanising hardass maverick who shoots first and asks later and rules the enterprise with an iron fist like the manly man he is come from? not from the canon, thats for sure. (it actually sounds more like mirror!kirk who, ironically, is supposed to be the evil version of kirk)
it astounds me that so many middle aged men who claim to love the show hold onto this myth. its not supported by the actual show or the actual actors and producers whatsoever. how and why did this happen?
imagine my surprise upon discovering that jim kirk is actually a soft, smiley, gentle feminist after 21 years of misinformation. it’s high time that jim kirk gets remembered as the character he really is.
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mi-does-hcs:
Random headcanon #5
Leonard can play the piano. Spock found out by the accident.
It was night shift as Spock walked through the hallways of the Enterprise. Actually he was on his way to the mess hall,but then he heard the faint sound of a piano.
His curiosity won and the half Vulcan made his way to the music room, that, as far as he knows was rarely used.
The door was half open and Spock could easily look inside. He was really surprised to see Mccoy sit there, playing the piano.
Even though Spock was aware that it was rude, not to make his presence known and just stand there watching, he just couldn’t look away, didn’t dared to interrupt.
The doctor looked concentrated, but still relaxed. It was obvious that he wasn’t an amateur.
As the play ended, however, Leonard looked up and saw Spock out of the corner of his eye.
He was startled and also a bit embarrassed. Spock was quick to excuse his behaviour, causing Leonard to chuckle slightly.
Later Spock found out that Leonard always played when he couldn’t sleep at all or had a nightmare. Playing the piano calmed him down.
That was the first of many nights Spock and Leonard would spend time together in the music room.
Sometimes Spock would just listen to Leonard playing. Sometimes they would talk more.
It became a habit and at some point Leonard realised Spock’s presence calmed him down as well.
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mi-does-hcs:
Random headcanon #5
Leonard can play the piano. Spock found out by the accident.
It was night shift as Spock walked through the hallways of the Enterprise. Actually he was on his way to the mess hall,but then he heard the faint sound of a piano.
His curiosity won and the half Vulcan made his way to the music room, that, as far as he knows was rarely used.
The door was half open and Spock could easily look inside. He was really surprised to see Mccoy sit there, playing the piano.
Even though Spock was aware that it was rude, not to make his presence known and just stand there watching, he just couldn’t look away, didn’t dared to interrupt.
The doctor looked concentrated, but still relaxed. It was obvious that he wasn’t an amateur.
As the play ended, however, Leonard looked up and saw Spock out of the corner of his eye.
He was startled and also a bit embarrassed. Spock was quick to excuse his behaviour, causing Leonard to chuckle slightly.
Later Spock found out that Leonard always played when he couldn’t sleep at all or had a nightmare. Playing the piano calmed him down.
That was the first of many nights Spock and Leonard would spend time together in the music room.
Sometimes Spock would just listen to Leonard playing. Sometimes they would talk more.
It became a habit and at some point Leonard realised Spock’s presence calmed him down as well.
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canvuljan:
Ever since Chris Pine and Chris Hemsworth dropped out of Star Trek 4 over contract negotiations, we haven’t really had any updates… until now.
According to Deadline, the project has been shelved by the studio, and its director is moving on to other projects, like the upcoming Game of Thrones prequel series. This is what the report said:
I hear Clarkson was recruited by HBO for GOT after she recently became available. Earlier this year, Clarkson was the first female director to be tapped to direct a Star Trek movie when she was hired to helm the fourth feature in the current series. That project has since been shelved.
This is a shame to hear because I was looking forward to seeing what this fourth film would have entailed. Apparently, Paramount Pictures would rather shelve it instead of try to make things work with Pine and Hemsworth.
Pine and Hemsworth were supposed to reprise their roles as Captain James T. Kirk and his father George Kirk, respectively, and the story would center around the two coming together somehow and embarking on an adventure. Zoe Saldana (Uhura), Zachary Quinto (Spock), Simon Pegg (Scotty), and John Cho (Sulu) will obviously all be involved in the story as well.
There’s no definitive reason given as to why the movie was scrapped, but I imagine the studio just didn’t know how to move forward with the franchise without Pine and Hemsworth.
https://geektyrant.com/news/star-trek-4-has-reportedly-been-shelved
STAR TREK 4 Has Reportedly Been Shelved
@brawlyfeckit :(
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canvuljan:
Ever since Chris Pine and Chris Hemsworth dropped out of Star Trek 4 over contract negotiations, we haven’t really had any updates… until now.
According to Deadline, the project has been shelved by the studio, and its director is moving on to other projects, like the upcoming Game of Thrones prequel series. This is what the report said:
I hear Clarkson was recruited by HBO for GOT after she recently became available. Earlier this year, Clarkson was the first female director to be tapped to direct a Star Trek movie when she was hired to helm the fourth feature in the current series. That project has since been shelved.
This is a shame to hear because I was looking forward to seeing what this fourth film would have entailed. Apparently, Paramount Pictures would rather shelve it instead of try to make things work with Pine and Hemsworth.
Pine and Hemsworth were supposed to reprise their roles as Captain James T. Kirk and his father George Kirk, respectively, and the story would center around the two coming together somehow and embarking on an adventure. Zoe Saldana (Uhura), Zachary Quinto (Spock), Simon Pegg (Scotty), and John Cho (Sulu) will obviously all be involved in the story as well.
There’s no definitive reason given as to why the movie was scrapped, but I imagine the studio just didn’t know how to move forward with the franchise without Pine and Hemsworth.
https://geektyrant.com/news/star-trek-4-has-reportedly-been-shelved
STAR TREK 4 Has Reportedly Been Shelved
@brawlyfeckit :(
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queertilly:
nerdyfacts:
Nerdy Fact #1501: The producers of Star Trek included scenes of overt sexuality to deflect the focus of NBC’s Broadcast Standards Office censors from other controversial aspects in certain episodes, like blatant allegories of the Vietnam war and racism.
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a little tasteful sideboob and no one will notice we’re telling the government to go fuck itself
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queertilly:
nerdyfacts:
Nerdy Fact #1501: The producers of Star Trek included scenes of overt sexuality to deflect the focus of NBC’s Broadcast Standards Office censors from other controversial aspects in certain episodes, like blatant allegories of the Vietnam war and racism.
(Source.)
a little tasteful sideboob and no one will notice we’re telling the government to go fuck itself
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jimkerk:
crisisoninfintefandoms:
jimkerk:
the least realistic thing about star trek is that starfleet uniforms don’t have pockets and nobody complains about it
My instinct is to agree with this, but like, when I really think about it…
No money, no credit cards, identification is all vocal/fingerprints/retinal, so no wallet.
Again, doors are voice activated, or just unlocked by entering a code. No keys.
Communication devices are tiny and stick onto clothing starting in Next Gen. TOS had bulkier communication that they carried around or kept in, like, packs and stuff, so the arguments for pockets is a little more valid, and if I remember correctly, those costumes did have pockets, tho I could be wrong about that. But anything post TNG, the point is moot anyway.
Tricorders and phasers are really the only thing anyone’s carrying around, and that’s usually on away missions where they’d be bring their packs/holsters or just have them out. I mean, who wants to stick a phaser in their pocket?
So, yeah. There’s not much little stuff people need to carry around everywhere. And if they are preparing for a longer journey or want to bring bulkier things, well…just bring a bag. It fits more anyway.
what if i find a cool rock and want to take it home with me
Every time a member of the USS Enterprise has found a cool rock and taken it home, it has resulted in eleven deaths, six temporal displacements, the holodecks breaking again, and somebody getting turned into a lizard. Pockets are a privilege, not a right.
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runicbinary:
jimkerk:
crisisoninfintefandoms:
jimkerk:
the least realistic thing about star trek is that starfleet uniforms don’t have pockets and nobody complains about it
My instinct is to agree with this, but like, when I really think about it…
No money, no credit cards, identification is all vocal/fingerprints/retinal, so no wallet.
Again, doors are voice activated, or just unlocked by entering a code. No keys.
Communication devices are tiny and stick onto clothing starting in Next Gen. TOS had bulkier communication that they carried around or kept in, like, packs and stuff, so the arguments for pockets is a little more valid, and if I remember correctly, those costumes did have pockets, tho I could be wrong about that. But anything post TNG, the point is moot anyway.
Tricorders and phasers are really the only thing anyone’s carrying around, and that’s usually on away missions where they’d be bring their packs/holsters or just have them out. I mean, who wants to stick a phaser in their pocket?
So, yeah. There’s not much little stuff people need to carry around everywhere. And if they are preparing for a longer journey or want to bring bulkier things, well…just bring a bag. It fits more anyway.
what if i find a cool rock and want to take it home with me
Every time a member of the USS Enterprise has found a cool rock and taken it home, it has resulted in eleven deaths, six temporal displacements, the holodecks breaking again, and somebody getting turned into a lizard. Pockets are a privilege, not a right.
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werkhvnty:
I love it when people ask shit like “Which world would you rather live in? Star Trek or Star Wars?” When like, Star Trek takes place in a world where mankind has erradicated diseases and war and explore space to make contact with new civilizations, and in Star Wars everything is old and dusty and every 20 years a new angry white man murders half the galaxy.
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werkhvnty:
I love it when people ask shit like “Which world would you rather live in? Star Trek or Star Wars?” When like, Star Trek takes place in a world where mankind has erradicated diseases and war and explore space to make contact with new civilizations, and in Star Wars everything is old and dusty and every 20 years a new angry white man murders half the galaxy.
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Someone: why is startrek pandering to sjws now!!
Me entering the room with a glass of fresh ice tea: every series in the star trek franchise has embraced radically progressive ideas. its simply that over time, mainstream ideals began to match theirs, until these radical ideas were nothing more than the standard. Every series from TOS to Enterprise has been met with conservative backlash and years from now, the new generation will look back at discovery and think how anyone could have possibly seen it as progressive, if not a little out-dated, the same way we look back at TOS.
Me, finishing my ice tea and leaving the room, but i look back and stare directly into the camera: this struggle between old vs. new transcends all barriers and is rooted in the very core of human nature. Shifting new to be our old is part of progress, it is a cycle non of us can escape.
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Someone: why is startrek pandering to sjws now!!
Me entering the room with a glass of fresh ice tea: every series in the star trek franchise has embraced radically progressive ideas. its simply that over time, mainstream ideals began to match theirs, until these radical ideas were nothing more than the standard. Every series from TOS to Enterprise has been met with conservative backlash and years from now, the new generation will look back at discovery and think how anyone could have possibly seen it as progressive, if not a little out-dated, the same way we look back at TOS.
Me, finishing my ice tea and leaving the room, but i look back and stare directly into the camera: this struggle between old vs. new transcends all barriers and is rooted in the very core of human nature. Shifting new to be our old is part of progress, it is a cycle non of us can escape.
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kayim42:
librarianonparade:
fyi-startrek:
thisismyproblematicblog:
emmikamikatze:
themostpowerfulmagicofall:
scifiction:
Incredible tribute!!
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“…and that is what it is to be human, to make yourself more than you are”
I’m not crying, you’re crying
I did not need this many feels this morning, but sinne they are here now…
“…for those of us who’ve made space our home”
@anonymousmink you need to watch this and have feels
If you need a reason to go watch Star Trek. Here’s a million.
My show. Oh, my show.
Screw it, I am totally crying.
I had goosebumps from the start. By the midway point I was crying.
This is the most perfect thing ever to exist.
I love the so much.
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ekjohnston:
kayim42:
librarianonparade:
fyi-startrek:
thisismyproblematicblog:
emmikamikatze:
themostpowerfulmagicofall:
scifiction:
Incredible tribute!!
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“…and that is what it is to be human, to make yourself more than you are”
I’m not crying, you’re crying
I did not need this many feels this morning, but sinne they are here now…
“…for those of us who’ve made space our home”
@anonymousmink you need to watch this and have feels
If you need a reason to go watch Star Trek. Here’s a million.
My show. Oh, my show.
Screw it, I am totally crying.
I had goosebumps from the start. By the midway point I was crying.
This is the most perfect thing ever to exist.
I love the so much.
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sonnetscrewdriver:
That’s the face you make when you’re the product of a democratic socialist utopian culture where the very concept of currency no longer exists and they’re still somehow not paying you enough to deal with this shite.
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sonnetscrewdriver:
That’s the face you make when you’re the product of a democratic socialist utopian culture where the very concept of currency no longer exists and they’re still somehow not paying you enough to deal with this shite.
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demonicvulcan:
i am a strong believer in all levels of trek fandom
never seen an episode of TOS, but want to dress up like Uhura because it’s sexy and badass? PLEASE DO, I wish I had your confidence
want to have an hour long debate on the different captain’s adherence to the prime directive? count me in
want to right a 100k self insert of tarsus iv? DO IT, don’t listen a single word about “mary sues,” or any of that bullshit
want to watch the show and not participate in any of this madness? you are probably the smart one in this situation
lets welcome all levels of fans, no gate keeping necessary
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demonicvulcan:
i am a strong believer in all levels of trek fandom
never seen an episode of TOS, but want to dress up like Uhura because it’s sexy and badass? PLEASE DO, I wish I had your confidence
want to have an hour long debate on the different captain’s adherence to the prime directive? count me in
want to right a 100k self insert of tarsus iv? DO IT, don’t listen a single word about “mary sues,” or any of that bullshit
want to watch the show and not participate in any of this madness? you are probably the smart one in this situation
lets welcome all levels of fans, no gate keeping necessary
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jacquez45:
ameliacgormley:
livelongandgetiton:
ormondhsacker:
Am I the only one that’s a just a tiny bit pissed off that this is still an issue?
The Original Series wasn’t even in the general VICINITY of fucking around yo
How many shows these days would do this, and do it this way? These days, it would be all, “Ohh, we have to be sensitive and show the nuances of each side” and try not to make either side seem wrong. It wouldn’t be clearly spelled out, “pro-choice is right, if you’re against it you’re the bad guys.”
Jim Kirk is not here for your anti-birth-control, anti-choice, pro-death-penalty BS
James Tiberius Kirk was written and portrayed as a feminist and I will fight anyone who says otherwise.
Yep. That episode is exactly what you think it is: pro-birth control, pro-population control, pro-choice, and pro-women’s right to choose. And yes, Kirk, the supposed playboy of the spaceways, is in favor of all of the above.
It was written and aired in 1969.
It probably couldn’t air today.
THINK ABOUT THAT.
Also LMAO at all the sad whiny geek boys who are like “I miss the GOOD OLD DAYS of SCI-FI when it wasn’t all about SOCIAL ISSUES and instead it was just about MEN HAVING FUN IN SPACE. Like Star Trek! Star Trek wouldn’t put up with all this SOCIAL JUSTICE FEMINISM IN SCI FI bullshit!” And meanwhile I’m just over here like “…did you actually watch the show?”
@judicialmistrangementorder
It’s also important to bear in mind that the Original Series had a predominantly female fanbase, and during its initial run, was widely mocked and dismissed by mainstream (i.e., male) science fiction fans as being fake sci-fi for girls. It’s difficult to overstate the influence women had on the franchise in its early days; most of the early Star Trek conventions were organised by and for women, and indeed, those same organisers were primarily responsible for the massive letter-writing campaign that prevented the show from being cancelled after the 1968 season. Without that campaign, the episode pictured in this post would never have been made.
The popular image of James Kirk as a sleazy womaniser is part of a conscious effort to erase that history and render the franchise’s roots palatable to the misogynistic geekboys of the modern SF/F fandom.
For a summary of those points, see “Star Trek’s Underappreciated Feminist History” by Shannon Mizzi, which draws from Patricia Vettel-Becker’s “Space and the Single Girl: Star Trek, Aesthetics, and 1960s Femininity”.
And a gentle reminder that TOS was a Desilu production, which its board of directors voted to cancel after the second pilot due to cost concerns, a vote that Chairman Lucille Ball overruled. There is no Star Trek without Lucille Ball.
Basically you have women to thank for Star Trek. Go suck on that, JJ Abrams.
Bringing this back because I recently saw a post from a dudebro complaining about how Star Trek has become all “PC and has an agenda” unlike in the “good old days”
so here is a clip from the “good old days” of Star Trek not having an agenda.
comtessedebussy:
comtessedebussy:
fuckyeahsources:
prokopetz:
vaspider:
geekygothgirl:
ellidfics:
chandri:
jacquez45:
ameliacgormley:
livelongandgetiton:
ormondhsacker:
Am I the only one that’s a just a tiny bit pissed off that this is still an issue?
The Original Series wasn’t even in the general VICINITY of fucking around yo
How many shows these days would do this, and do it this way? These days, it would be all, “Ohh, we have to be sensitive and show the nuances of each side” and try not to make either side seem wrong. It wouldn’t be clearly spelled out, “pro-choice is right, if you’re against it you’re the bad guys.”
Jim Kirk is not here for your anti-birth-control, anti-choice, pro-death-penalty BS
James Tiberius Kirk was written and portrayed as a feminist and I will fight anyone who says otherwise.
Yep. That episode is exactly what you think it is: pro-birth control, pro-population control, pro-choice, and pro-women’s right to choose. And yes, Kirk, the supposed playboy of the spaceways, is in favor of all of the above.
It was written and aired in 1969.
It probably couldn’t air today.
THINK ABOUT THAT.
Also LMAO at all the sad whiny geek boys who are like “I miss the GOOD OLD DAYS of SCI-FI when it wasn’t all about SOCIAL ISSUES and instead it was just about MEN HAVING FUN IN SPACE. Like Star Trek! Star Trek wouldn’t put up with all this SOCIAL JUSTICE FEMINISM IN SCI FI bullshit!” And meanwhile I’m just over here like “…did you actually watch the show?”
@judicialmistrangementorder
It’s also important to bear in mind that the Original Series had a predominantly female fanbase, and during its initial run, was widely mocked and dismissed by mainstream (i.e., male) science fiction fans as being fake sci-fi for girls. It’s difficult to overstate the influence women had on the franchise in its early days; most of the early Star Trek conventions were organised by and for women, and indeed, those same organisers were primarily responsible for the massive letter-writing campaign that prevented the show from being cancelled after the 1968 season. Without that campaign, the episode pictured in this post would never have been made.
The popular image of James Kirk as a sleazy womaniser is part of a conscious effort to erase that history and render the franchise’s roots palatable to the misogynistic geekboys of the modern SF/F fandom.
For a summary of those points, see “Star Trek’s Underappreciated Feminist History” by Shannon Mizzi, which draws from Patricia Vettel-Becker’s “Space and the Single Girl: Star Trek, Aesthetics, and 1960s Femininity”.
And a gentle reminder that TOS was a Desilu production, which its board of directors voted to cancel after the second pilot due to cost concerns, a vote that Chairman Lucille Ball overruled. There is no Star Trek without Lucille Ball.
Basically you have women to thank for Star Trek. Go suck on that, JJ Abrams.
Bringing this back because I recently saw a post from a dudebro complaining about how Star Trek has become all “PC and has an agenda” unlike in the “good old days”
so here is a clip from the “good old days” of Star Trek not having an agenda.
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dimir-charmer:
dimir-charmer:
dimir-charmer:
dimir-charmer:
dimir-charmer:
dimir-charmer:
dimir-charmer:
James Tiberius “sunk all his points into improvised weaponry and bluff” Kirk, space bard.
Commander “charisma is a dump stat” Spock, space wizard
Lieutenant “wait, can we use supplemental materials for this?” Sulu, space duelist
Lieutenant Nyota“lockpick and detect trap are literally always useful skills guys come on” Uhura, space theif
Lieutenant Commander Montgomery “definitely going to blow the party up with that flask of Greek fire” Scott, space alchemist.
Ensign Pavel “Does not know how to tank” Chekov, Barbarian
And finally, to round out the party, Leonard “I can’t believe not a single one of you motherfuckers took a single rank in healing, I should pick rogue just to spite you,” McCoy, space cleric.
dimir-charmer:
dimir-charmer:
dimir-charmer:
dimir-charmer:
dimir-charmer:
dimir-charmer:
dimir-charmer:
James Tiberius “sunk all his points into improvised weaponry and bluff” Kirk, space bard.
Commander “charisma is a dump stat” Spock, space wizard
Lieutenant “wait, can we use supplemental materials for this?” Sulu, space duelist
Lieutenant Nyota“lockpick and detect trap are literally always useful skills guys come on” Uhura, space theif
Lieutenant Commander Montgomery “definitely going to blow the party up with that flask of Greek fire” Scott, space alchemist.
Ensign Pavel “Does not know how to tank” Chekov, Barbarian
And finally, to round out the party, Leonard “I can’t believe not a single one of you motherfuckers took a single rank in healing, I should pick rogue just to spite you,” McCoy, space cleric.
