498 – Spiner, Rios, and The Excelsior | Priority One: A Roddenberry Star Trek Podcast
We Trek Out what Spiner has to say about a TNG reboot, A new Cristóbal Rios book, and STO’s next major event!
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499 – Prodigy, Women Make Trek, and the Janeway-Class | Priority One: A Roddenberry Star Trek Podcast
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This week on Episode 499 of Priority One Podcast: We Trek Out the marketing machine for Paramount+ and how it might affect Star Trek, and how a community initiative spotlights the ways Women Make Trek. In Star Trek gaming, you’ll soon get your hands on that Voyager-J in Star Trek Online, as seen in Star Trek Discovery, and Star Trek Adventures updates some table-top goodness.
Of course, as always, before we wrap up the show, we’ll open hailing frequencies for your incoming messages.
This Week’s Community Question is:
CQ: After learning more about how Star Trek will help build the Paramount+ catalogue and how they might handle new releases of Trek, are you sold on Paramount+?
Let us know on social media like Facebook, Twitter, or by visiting our website!
TREK IT OUT
Prodigy Pushed To Paramount+
If you use Twitter to stay current with Star Trek news, then last week your phone probably blew up when the Hageman brothers dropped an image of what appears to be the six main characters of Star Trek: Prodigy. The upcoming animated series was originally slated to premiere on Nickelodeon, but has since been moved to become a Paramount+ offering, only to be rebroadcast on Nickelodeon after the first 10 episodes are released on Paramount+.
Moving on, in their “Investors Day” presentation on Wednesday, Feb 24th, Variety reports the move is part of a greater strategy according to Paramount+ programming chief Julie McNamara who said, “there is a kind of franchise strategy, which is the notion that if you execute new versions of this really strong IP that you have, well, you’re going to drive people across the paywall.” McNamara also explained that the decision to move Prodigy to a Paramount+ premiere came from data they analyzed from CBS All Access showing “…subscribers who watched ‘Trek’ shows also watched Nickelodeon’s animated series ‘The Legend of Korra.’”
Paramount+ And Star Trek
But, what about Section 31? Well, according to Kurtzman and McNamara, they’re still in “conversations.” Variety’s Adam B. Vary reports that, “they emphasized that the current five-series slate [Prodigy, DISCO, Picard, Lower Decks, Strange New Worlds] will likely not expand further until at least one of the shows runs its course.”
But unlike the Marvel Cinematic Universe, and recent plans for the expansion of the Star Wars franchise on Disney Plus, don’t expect these Trek series to be unfolding within a closely knit storytelling universe. “We’re aiming to have our shows feel unique and different from each other,” Alex Kurtzman, the overall executive producer for the Star Trek universe, tells Variety. “We want to give everybody a reason to watch each show.” Kurtzman also told the Hollywood Reporter, “Whatever we do next is probably going to be in different timelines and different areas of the universe that haven’t been explored before; a show that hasn’t been dedicated to them yet.”
So tell us what you think, Captains: After learning more about how Star Trek will help build the Paramount+ catalogue and how they might handle new releases of Trek — are you sold on Paramount+?
Let us know in the comment section for this episode at priorityonepodcast.com or by replying to our community question post on our Social Media channels like FaceBook, Twitter, and Instagram.
Lower Decks On Blu-ray (For Personal Use!)
Speaking of animation: if you’ve been eager to get your hands on the Blu-Ray release of Lower Decks, then the wait is almost over! StarTrek.com reports that Season 1 will be released onto Blu-ray, DVD and limited edition steelbook on May 18. The release will–of course–include lots of special features like looking into the Easter eggs, commentary, deleted scenes and more! You can pre-order your copy on Amazon now.
Women Make Trek
Written by Cat Hough
I am sure I am not alone when I say “I love the women of Star Trek”–and how do I know that I am sure others feel the same way? Well Trek out the website womenmaketrek.com to feast your eyes on some amazing artwork displayed there. The creators of the website, Laz Marquez and Heather Rae, explain on the site that they want to honor those women from Star Trek that inspire people. The artwork featured includes posts from artists that share how these powerful women have impacted their lives.
The Mark One Holodeck
Microsoft is really really trying to be one of the cool kids who brings a star trek technology to life. Motorola brought us a flip phone. A bunch of Kickstarters have tried the tricorder thing. But the corporation who brought you MS-DOS and “X-Box X series X to the X power” wants to be the company that makes you into a being of light! No, it’s not a weird ascension ritual. It’s the Mark One holodeck. And just like you can’t go from plasma rifles straight to phasers without first stopping at phase pistols, we Earthlings have to make a quick stop between Zoom–uh, Skype–meetings and the holodeck.
Microsoft has decided to call that midpoint the “Holomesh.” It’s the next step in their “augmented reality” technology, which blends the virtual with the real. While the demo concentrated on Pokemon Go and James Cameron’s underwater research, the everyday use case will be socially distanced virtual collaboration with co-workers and virtual objects. So, while a Klingon fitness training regimen complete with pain sticks and forcefield Nausicaans is still on the drawing board, maybe you’ll be able to argue grand unification theory with Einstein by 2024.
Star Trek: Voyager Documentary
Captains, if you watched the DS9 documentary and wondered “hey, how about one for Voyager?” Then wonder no more! The same production team that brought you the DS9 doc and “For the Love of Spock” have already hit their funding AND stretch goals with–at the time of this recording–over $500,000 raised. And that’s with 29 days left to the Indiegogo campaign! If you want to contribute and get some swag for your support, then head over to the Indiegogo campaign.
STAR TREK GAMING NEWS
by Thomas Reynolds & Shane Hoover
There’s Coffee In That Infinity Pack
Sorry, wannabe Red Angels: time travel will be forbidden by 3189, forever consumed by the Blender of Canon. Writers of the 32nd century will never know the thrill of making characters say how much they hate temporal mechanics. But nothing–not the Temporal Accords, not Q, not even ViacomCBS itself–is more powerful than our appetite for new ships. Cryptic provides what Kurtzman denies, as STO gets its first ship from the 32nd century: the Janeway-class Command Science Vessel.
First seen as the Voyager-J in “Die Trying”, the Janeway-class represents eleven iterations on the Intrepid-class from…well, Voyager. In-game, the Janeway-class is Command-first and science-second, with the Inspiration mechanic and a Commander Sci/Command bridge seat. It also has a secondary deflector, other standard science vessel capabilities, and a Lieutenant Universal/Miracle Worker seat. After all, when your fleet apparently only has a dozen ships, you have to make the most of them.
A Photonic Cannon console cloaks you and spawns a short-lived pew-pew pet to handle the dirty work. The Enhanced Cloaking Integration trait adds hull restoration and maneuverability when entering cloak, and Firing Cycle Haste when leaving it. Finally, the 32nd Century Phaser Weapons offer both a minty fresh taste and possibly–possibly–one of the best procs ever. These weapons may cause both immediate and overtime boff cooldown reductions, giving your Aux2Batt build’s Technician doffs a well-earned breather.
It’s All Gone To Pieces
Is there anything about the Janeway-class that doesn’t get us jazzed? Well, fans’ reception of the 32nd century ship aesthetic is as divided as the ships themselves. More to the point, this will be the game’s latest “Premium” ship. As in, Infinity Promo ship. As in, the Infinity R&D and Doff Pack Promotion running now through March 25th. If you don’t have a cool trillion in EC just laying about, then buy some packs and pray to RNGesus.
Star Trek Adventures Calls For Artists
Aspiring artists of the 21st Century! On February 24th, Star Trek Adventures project manager Jim Johnson announced that he had “more STA products in the pipeline and more work than freelance artists available.” Send an email to “jim.johnson at modiphius.com” with links to portfolios, work samples, and contact information. Our shownotes also has a link to existing STA artwork, for artists looking for subject and aesthetic suggestions. Last, but not least, it’s also good news for STA players–plenty to look forward to in 2021.
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Dan Conescu on 2021-03-09
Great show, as always! Regarding the community question: I am sold on the library *potential* of Paramount+. Star Trek being a part of that library: I look forward to Season 2’s for Picard and Lower Decks. And I’m really looking forward to Anson Mount play Pike again on Strange New Worlds. However, there are a lot of content holes on P+. They have most of the Nick shows, but not Alex Mack, Pete & Pete or the other 90s live action shows. They have CSI Miami, but not CSI NY for the Mrs. But not more than a single season of OG-CSI, etc. They also have Star Treks 4, 7 and 10, but no others. I want to give them the benefit of the doubt, so we shall see how many of these gaps get filled in over the next few years. But overall, my family is enjoying what they have to offer.
seannewboy on 2021-03-08
Wonderful show as always.
As for crafting in sto, i only use it for bo skills and upgrade kits.
With regards to the floating ship bits in the future, as a sto player, i am seeing an Iconian connection.
DIssapointed with PO on 2021-03-06
I’m sorry – this episode is very hypocritical. You guys started with “dont gatekeep” and then proceeded with gatekeeping the Star Trek universe within the first 10 minutes of the cut. Priority One has been very whiny in the past 50 or so episode – and you guys are nearing episode 500. Shameful.
Additionally, your constant complaints over Paramount+ preludes the idea that CBSViacom is going to shaft international fans yet again – there is no news on when it will be available to the rest of the world. The announcement for Paramount+ availability is for US, Canada, Latin America, some parts of europe. UN lists over 190 countries – marketing always forgets the rest of the world. Where is Asia? Where is Africa? Asia alone has over half of the world population. Cant marketing focus to tap there? even targeting 1% there is more than enough to recoup any marketing budget.
A challenge should be thrown to fans – how would they write a star trek series? Can they avoid “lazy writing”? Can they create without gatekeeping? In this world where marginalized voices are usually not heard – how would fans make that happen?
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