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It’s a really fun non-Federation locale full of interesting ships and characters. Gwyn has a run in with a shady Klingon, the security guards are Xindi-Reptilians, and Frex tells his tale to a Kazon traveler. They make really good use out of the setting being an “ice planet,” adding to the dangerous feel of the place as ships are grounded from the storm. Dal and company bury the Protostar in the ice and snow, which makes for a really cool escape later on — and both the Protostar and the Dauntless crews look the part in very stylish, and surely very functional, cold-weather outfits that are just yearning to be cosplayed.

Outrageously, the first person our crew meets is one Thadiun Okona — a character who was introduced 34 years ago in  The Next Generation’s “The Outrageous Okona.” Billy Campbell reprises his role here, delightfully updating the character from merry, misunderstood chaos-agent to hardened smuggler who has seen things.

His slightly more gravelly voice meshes well with the updated character design, and this almost-Riker — Campbell famously came close to being cast as Picard’s Number One — is still dreamy, though obviously weathered by the passage of time: with a similar outfit (with the addition of a slight paunch), stylishly grey hair, a mysterious eye patch. It’s a great look.

What an excellent idea to include Okona here. He could have just been an original character, but when you are playing with a bench as deep as Star Trek’s, why not use it? Including Okona is pure inside-baseball fun and is a statement that literally anyone in the Trek universe is on the table for a return. Truly outrageous!

They don’t get too far hitching a ride with Okona, though, as he is immediately busted for smuggling. The gang tries their luck elsewhere, and we are treated to some face-to-face meetings between the crews. These are well choreographed encounters, as they manage to make it believable that our Protostar kids don’t tell the Starfleet officers about the weapon.

Gwyn gets spooked that Ensign Asencia knows her name — and her father — so she bolts. In true Tellarite form, Jankom gets distracted trading insults with Dr. Noum. Dal is star struck by Admiral Janeway, and before he can even get the words out Barniss Frex is found and Dal hides from him, knowing Frex can identify him. A great moment, interrupted: Dal’s meeting with the “real” Janeway is lovely as he is nervous for the chance, and we get to hear Admiral Janeway give him some great advice before her crew brings her Frex.

Frix gives Janeway his description of the assailants on CR-721 and she recognizes Dal. As the Protostar crew try to leave undetected, Janeway spots them and admonishes Frex for not mentioning they were children.

Admiral Janeway gets security to secure the facility, but the Protostar crew escapes on a speeder right as the doors close. The chase has everything: crashing ships, a stowaway, a speed boost by a illegal substance, and even a jump over a crevasse! They make their way back to the Protostar (with Okona aboard for the ride), and take off just in time for Admiral Janeway to watch… and then the chase takes to the stars.

The Dauntless chases after the Protostar , matching their high speed, and Admiral Janeway is determined to disable the ship. Hologram Janeway, getting up to speed after being offline, says “The real me is hunting us with a quantum slipstream Dauntless -class starship? Good luck with that!,” which broke the tension and got a huge laugh at my house.

It seems like the Dauntless has the upper hand until Okona mentions that they are close to the Neutral Zone. Holo Janeway says no way, but they really have no choice if they want to save the Federation from the living construct. Holo Janeway gives a good little explanation about what the Neutral Zone is, and it’s a simple concept for the kids at home to understand, even if they aren’t well versed on Federation-Romulan politics: a forbidden zone.

That’s made even more explicit on the Dauntless, as a Romulan shows up to warn Janeway about it. The addition of Romulans to this show was unexpected, yet very welcome. Janeway wants to go ahead, but her first officer, Commander Tysess, disagrees. I’m already a huge Tysess fan, based on what little we’ve seen of this character so far. Daveed Diggs gives an almost regal performance, and it’s so telling of his character that he’s willing to call out Admiral Janeway for thinking with her heart — instead of her head.

He has an air of Tuvok about him — practical and thoughtful — and we know how special Janeway’s bond with Tuvok is. Janeway has always shown that she can appreciate candor like this and I hope we get to explore this character and his relationship with Admiral Janeway more.

Even with the excitement of the chase, however, the main event — at least as far as my kids were concerned — was finally unfolding on the Protostar bridge: Murf hatching out of his cocoon. He emerges as a blob that is more humanoid in form, complete with appendages and a head with an adorable little blob antenna/pigtail on top. He’s still cute, but gives off a little bit of uncanny valley (compared to his distinctly non-humanoid previous slug form).

My kids took this development very seriously. When Murf emerged, my son requested we pause the show so that we could talk about it. Reviews were mixed: my go-with-the-flow 9-year old declared that she liked new Murf better and was happy for him. My two older kids, who are generally more adverse to change, were a little more hesitant about it. One of them was, honestly, actually pretty upset by it: she misses the old Murf, and has mentioned it several times since we watched.

It’s for kids like my older two in particular why I really like the choice to evolve Murf. Adapting to a change like this will be good for them. It’s a bold move; Murf is one of the most universally-loved aspects of this new era of Trek, and change is hard — but also inevitable. What better way to teach that than through the evolution of a character they love?

At the end of “Let Sleeping Borg Lie,” Holo Janeway tells Dal that he is growing, and he gives her a “resistance is futile” back. That’s true for the fact that my kids are growing up, too. Murf can grow up with them, and I’m looking forward to seeing more of Murf’s next stage — and beyond.

All three kids did laugh at Murf, unsteady on his new legs, accidentally launching a torpedo at the Dauntless . They will adapt to the change, and “new” Murf’s mistake was a fun contrast to original-Murf accidentally firing the phasers in “Lost and Found.” Murf’s “toddler” stage is going to be a handful!

CREATOR INSIGHTS

We had the opportunity to ask series creators Kevin and Dan Hageman , along with director Ben Hibon , about some of the developments in this episode back at New York Comic Con in early October.

Jankom Pog meets his first “other” Tellarite this week, Dr. Noum of the  Dauntless , and we wanted to know about the differences in character design.

BEN HIBON: “Well I mean we wanted him to have a bit of a revelation, right?”   KEVIN HAGEMAN: “He doesn’t quite remember other Tellarites; he thought they were all small and short like him.”   DAN HAGEMAN: “And he finds out he’s the runt of the litter, which kind of chips away at his ego!”   BEN HIBON: “I think it’s interesting to have such variations and differences within species as well, to expand on that. And I think it’s, it’s, it is like that. So why not doing it rather than just being totally stylized.”   DAN HAGEMAN: “ It’s like diversity within diversity.”

Regarding Murf’s new look:

KEVIN HAGEMAN: “We thought it would be interesting so see a creature who is constantly evolving.”   DAN HAGEMAN: “I would love to someday for Murf to be like a six-foot-tall humanoid character. You know what I mean? I would love to see Murf continue to grow.”

Prodigy co-executive producer and Season 2 co-head writer Aaron Waltke also shared some thoughts on “new” Murf with us, and where things may go from here:

“We don’t know much about Mellanoid slime worms. The reason we thought to have Murf go through his own ‘meta-Murf-osis’ was that he, like the rest of them, is going through changes and growing up. I suppose it was a kid-friendly way to deal with puberty, among other things.   We want the characters to grow and change with our audiences. They’re growing up. You’ll see how Murf continues to evolve, not just physically, but as a member of the crew.”

Waltke also discussed the return of the Xindi-Reptilians, a fun surprise for  Star Trek: Enterprise fans.

“I think there’s a lot of Enterprise fans out there that were like, ‘Well, what happened to the Xindi?’   Everybody on the Xindi council but the Reptilians are basically like, ‘Yeah, we’ll probably join the Federation at some point.” But the Reptilians, they just leave it on this sort of question mark note of, ‘Well, I hope they come around.”   I think here, we kind of imply that even if the Reptilians themselves decided to never join the Federation, they’re a bit like the Klingons, I suppose, where you could see that there’s is a little bit of a cooperation there when Vice Admiral Janeway says she wants to speak to head of security.”

OBSERVATION LOUNGE

• Parked in the ice and snow, the Protostar resembles Voyager in “Timeless,” after its crash-landing in the icy tundra.
• Rok-Tahk tries her hand at meteorology and tries to predict the arrival of the storm — but it appears that even in the 24th century, weather prediction remains “not an exact science”.
• Beyond his debut in “The Outrageous Okona,” the character of Thadiun Okona also appeared in  Lower Decks’ “An Embarrassment of Dooplers,” manning the DJ booth at Starfleet’s annual command party.”
• Okona’s character design, which now includes an eye patch, originated for Star Trek: Prodigy — the  Lower Decks animation team changed their character design to align to Prodigy’s portrayal, which was designed first.

• Okona’s ship, the freighter  Erstwhile , was faithfully recreated from the original studio model built for  The Next Generation .
• My kids and I audibly squealed at Rok-Tahk carrying the Murf cocoon in a futuristic BabyBjörn . Just adorable!
• Janeway borrows another captain’s famous line — as she tells Dal that in Starfleet, they “make it so.”
• The music when Janeway and Dal meet face to face is heavily inspired by the Voyager theme. From composer Nami Melumad, Prodigy’s epic score continues to be a big part of the cinematic quality of the show, and it’s especially strong during the exciting action in “Crossroads”.
• The Xindi-Reptilian species returns for the first time since  Star Trek: Enterprise Season 4, when Captain Archer hallucinated the threating alien race while camping in “Home.” They were, of course, the leaders of the anti-Earth crusade in Enterprise Season 3, and in Prodigy we get to hear their language spoken aloud for the first time.

“Crossroads” is an episode of high intensity, both in action and emotion. It gives a very satisfying push towards the next phase in the main story by bringing both crews together, and introduces a very intriguing wrinkle with the Romulans and the Neutral Zone. The Murf storyline might end up being divisive, but change is part of life — and I love that theme being introduced here for the kids.

We’re all looking forward to seeing what other changes await as the rest of the season unfurls!

Star Trek: Prodigy will return with “Masquerade” on Thursday, November 24 on Paramount+ in the United States, and on November 25 in Latin America, Australia, Italy and the U.K. The series will arrive in France, Germany, Switzerland, and Austria in December.

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Star Trek: Who Are The Xindi?

In the complex universe of Star Trek's villains, the Xindi are where diversity meets cosmic drama.

• The Xindi, a complex and diverse alien species in the Star Trek universe, have a history marked by civil war and manipulation by the mysterious Sphere Builders.
• The Xindi initially believed Earth was developing a superweapon to destroy their world, leading to tensions with the Enterprise crew who sought to prevent an attack.
• The Xindi Council consists of five species: Primates, Arboreals, Aquatics, Reptilians, and Insectoids. Each species has unique characteristics and played a role in the alliance to prevent the attack on Earth.

The vast universe of Star Trek features a myriad of alien species , each with its unique characteristics and quirks. Among these, the Xindi are one of the show's many villains, and are among the most intriguing and enigmatic races of the franchise. To delve into the depths of their existence, it is vital to know their history and the challenges they have posed to Starfleet. "The Xindi," the premiere episode of Season 3 of Star Trek: Enterprise, kicked off this species' arc. A veteran Trek helmer, Allan Kroeker, directed the installment, written by Rick Berman and Brannon Braga.

It all started in the 2150s, when six unique subspecies lived in the strange world of Xindus. A subspecies of the Xindi, the Xindi Avians, went extinct due to an internal war. The five other subspecies that survived found a common ground and created the Xindi Council. They invaded Earth in the 2150s, changing the course of interplanetary affairs. The history of the Xindi is complex, marked by civil war and the influence of mysterious Sphere Builders. It’s a tale of diversity, strife, and the potential for unity within the vastness of the Star Trek universe.

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Relationship between the xindi and the federation.

Upon making first contact, there was tension between the Xindi and the Enterprise crew due to Reptilians relaying misinformation to other Xindi subspecies. They falsely told the other Xindi that the Earth developing a superweapon to destroy their world for their secret agenda. The other Xindi believed that humanity would eventually become a threat, and thus planned an attack on the Earth. As the crew of the USS Enterprise, under the leadership of Captain Jonathan Archer, learned more about the situation and interacted with various Xindi species, they uncovered the deception and sought to prevent the attack.

When the crew realized that the other four species believed this false information, Captain Archer tried to build trust between them. The Primates were the most cooperative among the Xindi, realizing that humans were not their enemy. The Primates, Arboreals, Aquatics, and Insectoids of the Xindi, along with the Enterprise team uncovered the manipulation and deception by the Reptilians. Together, they allied to prevent the attack. This alliance developed friendly relations between the Xindi species and the United Federation of Planets.

The Xindi's Complex History

The history of the Xindi has been marked by a complex combination of internal divisions and external forces. It has become integral to Star Trek's exploration of diversity, conflict, and potential unity in a rapidly expanding universe.

It all began with the Xindi Civil War, a mysterious event that marked a historical turning point. This conflict resulted from a web of tension among the Xindi subspecies. Disagreements over the fate of the Xindi homeworld and the perceived threat of an unknown enemy caused these tensions to erupt into violence. The conflict demonstrated the complexity of Xindi culture and the difficulties of reconciling so many different species. It also showed the effects of external influences on Xindi's internal dynamics.

The mysterious Sphere Builders emerged as a powerful force behind the scenes, further complicating Xindi affairs. Their use of temporal technology and control over Xindi leaders led to an existential crisis for the Xindi.

Xindi Diversity, Explained

Five Delphic Expanse species made the Xindi Council: Primates (humanoid-like beings), Arboreals (sloth-like humans), Aquatics (underwater mammals that resemble mosasaurs), Reptilians (lizard-like humans), and Insectoids (an amalgam of ant- and fly-like beings). There are two representatives from each species on the panel of the council. They used to hold secret meetings in a hidden chamber to plan the destruction of the Earth.

As mentioned above, the Xindi Council has five species, beginning with the Arboreals. These sloth-like humans seek refuge in the canopies of their lush, wooded worlds. Their distinct ability to navigate trees with elegance and agility differentiates them. On the other hand, the Aquatics survive at the depths of the oceans, their bodies adapting to an underwater existence. In contrast to surface-dwelling animals, their communication mechanism elaborate bioluminescent patterns.

Insectoids, as their name suggests, are insect-like creatures with a hive mentality, offering unique challenges in diplomatic relations. Their complex social structures and ability to act as a unified entity distinguish them from other Xindi. The Primates, the most humanoid of the Xindi subspecies, find themselves at the crossroads of the Xindi's diverse ecosystem. Lastly, as the name suggests, the Reptilians have similar features to the reptilians on Earth. In addition to being aggressive and ruthless, these species are also heavily involved in developing and deploying the superweapon, which would have been used to attack the Earth.

The Xindi are a fascinating exploration of the variety, strife, and potential for harmony in the universe of Star Trek and its advanced species . Their convoluted history with the Sphere Builders and Starfleet paints a picture of a race struggling with its identity while navigating the obstacles of an ever-expanding cosmos.

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Star Trek: Enterprise villains make their way to Star Trek: Prodigy

By rachel carrington | nov 17, 2022.

Warning: This post contains spoilers from the Star Trek: Prodigy episode “Crossroads.” 

Star Trek: Enterprise doesn’t get much attention from the current line-up of series on Paramount+. To my knowledge, we haven’t had one character from Enterprise make a return visit to one of the series, either. That’s about as disappointing as it gets for fans of the series that was cancelled way too early. But the most recent episode of Star Trek: Prodigy did bring back some familiar villains from the Scott Bakula-led series.

The crew of the Protostar had made their way to an icy planet where the Denaxi Depot is located. They encountered the ne’er-do-well Captain Okona (Billy Campbell) from Star Trek: The Next Generation, but just as they were negotiating for his help, Okona was arrested by the Depot’s security which are Xindi.

Star Trek: Prodigy seems a strange choice to bring back such powerful enemies.

The Xindi were responsible for the death of millions of people when they launched a destructive weapon that cut a swath through Florida to Venezuela. Though most of the Xindi were being misled and used by the Guardians and became aware of the deception before Earth could be destroyed, the Xindi couldn’t be considered friends of the Federation now unless a whole lot has changed between Jonathan Archer’s time and now.

While Denaxi Depot wouldn’t be considered a Federation outpost, it was surprising to see the Xindi serving as security, especially when they had to take orders from Vice Admiral Janeway. On top of that, out of all of the characters to be reintroduced from Enterprise, it was especially surprising to see the Xindi as the chosen ones. And though they are security, they weren’t anywhere near as threatening as they were on Enterprise. Yes, a lot can happen in over a hundred years, but, in “Crossroads,” the Xindi were far different than their ancestors., and it was kind of disappointing to see the species changed so drastically.

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When Xindus was destroyed in the 2030s decade , the surviving races spread out across the Expanse. On 22 March , 2153 , the Xindi launched an attack on Earth and killed millions of Humans . Investigation eventually revealed that the Xindi had been manipulated for decades by an advanced extra-dimensional civilization hoping to alter the course of history by encouraging them to destroy Earth. ( ENT episode & novelization : The Expanse )

The Xindi had joined the United Federation of Planets by 2311 . ( ST reference : Federation: The First 150 Years ; TNG short story : " Meet with Triumph and Disaster ")

Xindi species [ ]

Six species of Xindi evolved on Xindus, and all but one species survived the cataclysm which destroyed their original homeworld. The remaining species are bound together by the Xindi Council . Despite mutual distrust and hostility, the five have made every effort to remain united, fearing a second devastating war like the conflict responsible for the loss of their homeworld.

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The Arboreals are perhaps the most peaceful of the Xindi races, only striking out violently when attacked by others. They are known to be somewhat lethargic, although they grow agitated when around water, which seems to invoke a phobic reaction in most Arboreals. As their name indicates, they prefer to shelter in trees. Of the other four races, they are most closely allied with the Primates, who are also of mammalian stock.

The Aquatics are complicated and enigmatic and have been known to over-analyze, taking an excruciatingly long period of time to come to decisions. Xindi-Aquatic communication is highly complex and, since the Aquatics are underwater beings, they do not use their mouths, instead generating sounds through organs near their gills. When using the past tense, they switch to SONAR. They respond better to visual stimuli, however, and are extremely suspicious of the spoken word. They admire boldness and confidence and treat hushed tones with suspicion. ( ENT episode : " The Council ")

The Insectoids are the most numerous species, a consequence of their rapid rate of reproduction. They are asexual, and lay eggs. Their average life expectancy is twelve years. The Insectoid language is a clicking dialog that is the most unusual and complex of all Xindi languages. In fact, there are 67 dialects. Insectoids have names that grow longer and more difficult to pronounce as they grow older. They interpret raised voices as a sign of hostility. They are quick to make decisions and are often in alliance with the Reptilians. ( ENT episode : " The Council ")

The Primates are the Xindi race most closely resembling Humans. They are typically stereotyped as honest and trustworthy by other Xindi, but on balance are often convinced of their intellectual superiority over the other races. Nowhere near as aggressive as Reptilians or Insectoids, they are in fact possibly the most arrogant of the five species. Given their comparatively soft skin, they are not seen as being very resilient. Their engineering know-how is greatly respected, however. ( ENT episode : " The Shipment ")

The Reptilians are the most aggressive and militaristic of the Xindi. They are perceived as being untrustworthy and impatient by the other races, but are often called upon to defend all Xindi in times of war. Military rank often determines social status. Despite a history of conflict with the Insectoids, this is the race they most frequently associate with, to the point of sharing spacecraft. Reptilians are cold blooded, and bask under thermal lamps when aboard ships or otherwise cut off from direct solar energy. ( ENT episode : " The Shipment ")

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In the "Star Trek: Prodigy" episode "Mindwalk" (December 15, 2022), the crew of the U.S.S. Protostar has learned that their ship is infected with an insidious computer virus planted by the evil Diviner (John Noble). It seems that the virus can be spread through mere communications channels, meaning Dal (Brett Gray), Gwyn (Ella Purnell), and the rest of the Protostar teens can't explain who they are to the grumpy Admiral Janeway (Kate Mulgrew) pursuing them in a massive vessel called the U.S.S. Dauntless. If the virus infects a ship, its systems will be rewired to automatically attack other Federation vessels. The Diviner aims to destroy the Federation before a cataclysmic future event occurs; the Diviner, naturally, is a time traveler. 

With the Dauntless on their tail, Dal realizes that he can communicate with Janeway. Dal, it seems, has some mild and latent telepathic abilities, and reaches out to communicate directly to Janeway's brain. Sadly, Dal isn't very good at telepathy, and accidentally shunts his entire consciousness into her body. Janeway, in placed into Dal's body in exchange. Janeway gets all the information she needs about the virus from Dal's crewmates, but Dal is in a lurch, having to pretend to be Janeway on board the Dauntless. Both Gray and Mulgrew had a wonderful time swapping roles for a spell. "Mindwalk" was the third-to-last episode of the season, so there was a lot at stake. 

In a 2022 interview with TrekMovie , writers Julie Benson and Shawna Benson talked about their script for "Mindwalk," and how they were inspired by the 1989 sci-fi series "Quantum Leap." They also acknowledge that "Star Trek" has had its share of body-swap episodes, and that they were well aware of them.

To reiterate, "Mindwalk" isn't the first body-occupied-by-another-consciousness episode of "Star Trek." To cite a few examples: in the original series, the evil Dr. Janice Lester (Sandra Smith) took over the body of Captain Kirk (William Shatner). Data (Brent Spiner) was taken over in an episode of "Next Generation," the previous host bodies of Jadzia Dax (Terry Ferrell) occupied her crewmates on "Deep Space Nine," and, most recently, Spock (Ethan Peck) and T'Pring (Gia Sandhu) swapped bodies on "Strange New Worlds." The Bensons noted that Vulcan mind-melds can also allow characters to swap consciousnesses for a little bit, as demonstrated in a third-season episode of "Next Generation." The Bensons, given written answers, explained: 

"There have been very few ' Freaky Friday' -style body swap episodes in Trek lore as most are a variation of mind melds (like in TNG's 'Sarek') or possession by an entity, but not an actual body swap. The closest version we could name was 'Turnabout Intruder,' when one of Kirk's exes takes over his body and tries to kill him in her body." 

Indeed, when it comes to full-on "Freaky Friday"-style body swaps, the "Strange New Worlds" example is the only one that counts. Instead of relying on "Trek" precedents, the Bensons looked to "Quantum Leap" for ideas, writing: 

"[W]e were more inspired by our love for the TV series ' Quantum Leap' which has been rebooted since we wrote the episode. In fact, our original title for this episode was 'Quantum Leap!' But beyond 'Star Trek,' the trope comes up often because it is rich for humor and gives actors a chance to do something a little different with their characters."

Mulgrew especially seemed to be having a ball playing a teenage boy, while Gray got to stretch playing an adult woman. 

Janeway meets Janeway

One of the conceits of "Prodigy" is that the U.S.S. Protostar has been equipped with an emergency command hologram that activates in case anything happens to its captain. The hologram also happens to look just like Janeway and is also voiced by Mulgrew. Of course, the holographic Janeway and the real Admiral Janeway are very different characters, so it's easy for Mulgrew to play the two parts ( something she admitted in a /Film interview ). "Mindwalk," however, was the first time the two Janeways met face-to-face (even if one of those faces was Dal's). It's also worth noting that the holographic Janeway hadm until recently, been acting under the influence of the Diviner's computer virus, causing her to doubt her capabilities as a command module. Admiral Janeway will essentially have to give a command pep talk to herself. 

The Bensons talked a little bit about writing the two Janeways for their face-to-face scene, and how they — while both essentially the same person — have very different command styles. They wrote:

"It's an important moment for both characters. Each Janeway has burning questions for the other, but not much time to catch up. Not to mention, Holo Janeway is questioning a lot after learning she's been under the influence of the Living Construct and needs a confidence boost, so who better to provide it than the one person who knows her better than anyone? Admiral Janeway gets a chance to do something most of us wish we could do: impart wisdom on her younger self." 

The second season of "Prodigy" is due on Netflix sometime soon. Readers in France can watch the second season right now on France.TV. 

Xindi incident

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The Xindi incident , also known as the Xindi crisis or Xindi wars , was a interstellar conflict in the Delphic Expanse between United Earth and the Xindi Council lasting nearly a year, from March 2153 to February 2154 , involving an attempt made by Enterprise NX-01 to save Earth from destruction by the Xindi . It was a major turning point in the Temporal Cold War , and the incident also helped pave the way for the creation of the Coalition of Planets , a precursor to the United Federation of Planets .

• 1 Preemptive strike
• 2 Search for the Xindi weapon
• 3 First encounters with the Xindi
• 4 Showdown with the Xindi
• 5 Aftermath
• 6 Casualties
• 7.1 Appearances
• 7.2 Background information
• 7.3 References
• 7.4 External link

Preemptive strike [ ]

The Xindi weapon probe

The Xindi probe strikes Earth

In March 2153, acting on false intelligence provided by the Sphere-Builders , the Xindi launched a surprise attack on Earth. The Xindi, who had been without a homeworld since 2033 , had been informed by their protectors that, in the 26th century , Humanity was going to destroy their new homeworld .

Because of this, the Xindi-Primate scientist , and Xindi Council member, Degra had been working for several years on a weapon capable of destroying Earth. ( ENT : " The Expanse ", " The Xindi ", " Azati Prime ", " The Council ")

It was the first prototype of the weapon, a small one-man vessel crewed by a Xindi-Reptilian soldier, that carried out the first attack on Earth. It utilized a powerful particle beam to carve a swath of destruction from Florida to Venezuela , killing seven million people. The vessel subsequently self-destructed; portions of this vessel were recovered by a Vulcan ship in Central Asia . ( ENT : " The Expanse ", " Azati Prime ")

As a result of this attack, Starfleet recalled Enterprise NX-01, which at the time was on a deep-space exploration mission. The tragedy on Earth was of a personal nature to one of Enterprise 's crew; Commander Charles Tucker III 's sister, Elizabeth , had been killed in the attack. ( ENT : " The Expanse ")

On the way back to Earth, however, Enterprise was intercepted by a Cabal fleet. Suliban soldiers boarded Enterprise and seized Captain Jonathan Archer from the bridge , transporting him to see Silik , one of the leaders of the Cabal. Archer initially suspected Silik may have had something to do with the attack, but Silik took Archer to the temporal chamber to talk with his master from the future .

The Suliban benefactor told Archer that Earth had been attacked by the Xindi, operating on behalf of a new faction in the Temporal Cold War . He told Archer the reason for the attack: they had been told that Humanity was going to destroy the Xindi homeworld in the 26th century, and they wanted to stop this from happening. To do so, they were constructing a much larger weapon , capable of destroying all of Earth in one stroke. He also gave Archer a set of coordinates, telling him the Xindi would be found there. Archer was extremely skeptical, but the mysterious figure told Archer to quantum-date the wreckage of the probe. After this, the Suliban returned Archer to his place on Enterprise .

Enterprise returned to Earth on April 24 , 2153, where it was greeted by three Earth ships, including the starship Intrepid . Captain Ramirez , the commanding officer of the Intrepid , hailed Enterprise and welcomed them home after their long journey. Once at Starfleet Command , Archer relayed the tale the Suliban benefactor had told him. Admiral Maxwell Forrest and Vulcan ambassador Soval were initially skeptical, but Archer proved at least part of the mysterious figure's story by showing that a portion of the probe had been built in 2573 .

Soval remained unconvinced. He revealed to Archer that the coordinates he had been given were those of the Delphic Expanse , a dangerous region of space. Trying to stop Archer from proceeding with his mission, Soval showed the captain footage from the Vulcan starship Vaankara , whose crew had suffered severe psychosis while on a mission in the Expanse. Archer and Forrest were unswayed by Soval, however, and Forrest authorized Enterprise 's new mission. ( ENT : " The Expanse ")

Search for the Xindi weapon [ ]

In preparation for its new mission, Enterprise was heavily upgraded. A new weapon developed during the ship's journey of exploration, the photonic torpedo , was added to its arsenal. A new command center was installed, replacing a storage bay for conduit housings. This center possessed an advanced computer system for coordinating any information Enterprise might find on the Xindi. An upgrade to the universal translator was also installed. ( ENT : " The Expanse ", " The Xindi ")

None of the senior staff opted to leave the crew, not even Doctor Phlox , a Denobulan , or Sub-Commander T'Pol , a Vulcan, despite the fact that this mission supposedly did not directly concern them. T'Pol, in fact, resigned her commission in order to accompany Enterprise , as the Vulcan High Command had ordered her to return to Vulcan rather than accompany Enterprise into the Expanse. ( ENT : " The Expanse ")

Major J. Hayes of the MACOs

A significant addition to the crew was provided by General Casey , at the request of Archer: a full contingent of Earth's most elite ground forces, the Military Assault Command Operations (MACO) group. Enterprise 's contingent was commanded by Major J. Hayes . Enterprise chief armory officer Lieutenant Malcolm Reed greatly resented the presence of the MACOs, believing that the need for this "extra muscle" reflected poorly on his security staff. ( ENT : " The Expanse ", " The Xindi ")

It took Enterprise seven weeks at warp 5 to travel from Earth to the Expanse (the ship arrived in August ), and even then six more weeks passed while the ship began to fruitlessly comb the Expanse for any reference to the Xindi. The crew turned up only one lead: a freighter captain who had once taken a Xindi passenger to a trellium mining planet . During this time, Enterprise had its first encounter with mysterious spatial anomalies that peppered the Expanse. ( ENT : " The Expanse ", " The Xindi ")

Trellium mining planet

Enterprise arrived at the trellium mine in September . Captain Archer bartered with the mine's foreman and was permitted to see the Xindi Kessick in exchange for a quantity of liquefied platinum . Kessick, however, did not match the genetic reconstruction of what the Xindi corpse – recovered from the probe – might have looked like, originally. Kessick was a Xindi-Primate , one of what he revealed to be five species of Xindi. Phlox determined that the different Xindi races shared over 99.5% percent of their functionally-important DNA, making them more similar to each other than Humans were to chimpanzees.

Kessick was killed while trying to help Archer and Tucker escape the mine (they were rescued by the MACOs), but with his dying words he managed to communicate the coordinates of the Xindi homeworld. Arriving at the coordinates, however, Enterprise found nothing more than a debris field; the planet had been destroyed approximately 120 years ago . With no further leads at that point, Enterprise set a course deeper into the Expanse. ( ENT : " The Xindi ")

Enterprise next entered the Orassin distortion field , where it began to experience ever-increasing amounts of anomalies. After being incapacitated by one, Enterprise was boarded by Osaarian pirates, who raided the vessel for valuable supplies. Following the trail of the Osaarian ship, Enterprise discovered a massive cloaked sphere generating waves of gravimetric energy ; it was this sphere that was responsible for all the anomalies nearby. Enterprise managed to recover its missing valuables from a cache inside the sphere. The ship's crew also managed to download a Xindi database from the Osaarians, who had originally acquired it from a Xindi-Arboreal ship they had pirated. ( ENT : " The Xindi ", " Anomaly (ENT) ")

Enterprise followed the trail of the ship in the database as far as the Loque'eque homeworld , but turned up no useful information. Shortly thereafter, Enterprise stopped at a deuterium station on Norellus , where Captain Archer spoke to a V'radian chemist named B'Rat Ud . Archer had learned from the Osaarians that the mineral trellium-D could be used for protection against the anomalies in the Expanse, and was interested in acquiring some for Enterprise . Archer arranged to rendezvous with B'Rat at his shop on the Xanthan planet in a few days. ( ENT : " Anomaly (ENT) ", " Extinction ", " Rajiin ")

First encounters with the Xindi [ ]

Arriving at the Xanthan bazaar, Commander Tucker acquired the formula for synthesizing trellium-D from B'Rat in exchange for spices from Chef 's galley. While Archer was at the bazaar, he was accosted by a dealer in sex-slaves named Zjod . Archer refused to buy any, but as he left, one of them ran after him, and Archer assisted in her escape. Archer offered to transport Rajiin to her home planet of Oran'taku , but she abused his hospitality, taking biometric scans of many of the crew using her telepathic abilities.

When Archer realized what she was doing, he had her locked in the brig , an action which precipitated Enterprise 's first encounter with the Xindi. Two Xindi-Reptilian warships attacked Enterprise , and a strike team from one boarded the ship and recovered Rajiin despite a valiant defense by the MACOs. It turned out that Rajiin was a Xindi spy, compiling information so the Xindi could build a bio-weapon as an alternate method of destroying Humanity. ( ENT : " Rajiin ")

Enterprise continued deeper into the Expanse, still searching for a way to acquire trellium-D, as B'Rat Ud's directions had proved useless. The ship discovered a trellium asteroid field, and Commander Tucker and Ensign Travis Mayweather were successful in mining enough trellium to line the hull. However, the discovery of the Vulcan starship Seleya in the field showed that trellium causes Vulcans to undergo mental collapse; because of the threat to T'Pol, Archer elected not to line Enterprise 's hull with trellium and had the material placed in a bio-hazard locker . Later on, however, the hull of Shuttlepod 1 was lined with trellium to enable it to take detailed scans of spheres. ( ENT : " Rajiin ", " Impulse ", " Exile ")

Following a tip from the telepath Tarquin , Enterprise arrived at a Xindi-Arboreal colony in October . This colony was home to a kemocite refining facility run by Gralik Durr ; the kemocite mined here had been used in the probe and, in fact, Degra was shortly to visit the colony to pick up his final shipment. Archer explained the situation to Gralik, who was shocked that his people would try to destroy a planet after what had happened to Xindus; he told Archer of the sixth Xindi species, the Avians . Gralik sabotaged the kemocite shipment, and T'Pol and Hoshi Sato altered a canister's radiolytic signature to allow Enterprise to track it. ( ENT : " Exile ", " The Shipment ")

In November of 2153 (after Enterprise had encounters with a lost Human tribe and a polaric field ), Captain Archer was once again contacted by Daniels , an operative in the Temporal Cold War who had assisted Enterprise on several previous occasions. Daniels informed Archer that the Xindi attack on Earth was the result of a temporal incursion whose effects had not yet reached his own time , so he would be unable to assist in the search for the weapon. ( ENT : " North Star ", " Similitude ", " Carpenter Street ")

Daniels did, however, bring word that three Xindi were present in the year 2004 on Earth , where they had been operating for two months. Daniels sent Archer and T'Pol backwards in time to deal with the threat. Archer and T'Pol discovered that Xindi-Reptilian scientists were assembling a bio-weapon to wipe out Humanity in the past; later information would show that after the Rajiin incident the Xindi Council had banned further research into the bio-weapon and that the Sphere-Builders had taken the biologist Damron and his team into the past to covertly complete their work. Archer and T'Pol successfully stopped the bio-weapon from being deployed and returned to 2153. ( ENT : " Carpenter Street ", " The Forgotten ")

The Kumari in the Calindra system

In December , Enterprise finally managed to reacquire the radiolytic signature of Gralik's kemocite shipment. Degra was testing a second prototype in the Calindra system , but as Enterprise approached the location, it was nearly disabled by a dense anomaly field. Enterprise was rescued by the Kumari , an Andorian vessel under the command of Shran . Shran pledged help in finding the weapon; when the Andorian Imperial Guard had heard of the attack on Earth, the Kumari had been dispatched to assist Enterprise and tracked the vessel through the Expanse with its faster warp drive . ( ENT : " Proving Ground ")

The Kumari and Enterprise (after witnessing a failed test of the weapon; the failure no doubt caused by the sabotaged kemocite) were able to work together to steal the prototype weapon. The Andorians attempted to make off with it for themselves for use as a deterrent in their conflict with the Vulcans, but Captain Archer triggered its self-destruct rather than let the Andorians keep it. The Kumari subsequently returned to Andoria , but Enterprise remained in the system to investigate further. Degra's shuttle was detected in the system, examining the effects of the test, and he and his assistants were captured by Enterprise personnel. ( ENT : " Proving Ground ", " Stratagem ")

Degra, creator of the Xindi weapon

Doctor Phlox wiped Degra's memories and through an elaborate subterfuge, Archer was able to convince Degra that the two had spent years together in a Xindi-Insectoid prison after the destruction of Earth. Archer managed to get Degra to reveal the coordinates of the Azati Prime system , where the weapon was being built. Degra and his assistants were placed back on their ship, their memories wiped again, and none of them the wiser that anything had ever happened. ( ENT : " Stratagem ")

Showdown with the Xindi [ ]

Enterprise 's journey to Azati Prime took some time, as the Earth vessel was not equipped with the subspace vortices Xindi vessels used to move quickly across the Expanse. During this journey, Enterprise discovered a mysterious alien adrift in a small pod in a transdimensional disturbance; the crew quickly discovered he was somehow related to the builders of the spheres. The alien was dying as he could not survive in the conditions of our universe. ( ENT : " Harbinger ")

Back in November, Enterprise had encountered a species called the Triannons who worshiped the Makers of the spheres. They claimed that the Makers were using the spheres and the anomalies they generated to reshape the Expanse; given the discovery of this "test subject," it appeared that the Triannons had been partially right. The alien attempted to sabotage Enterprise before disintegrating entirely; before he did, he revealed a link between the Xindi and the Sphere-Builders, claiming his people would triumph when Earth was destroyed. ( ENT : " Chosen Realm ", " Harbinger ")

On course to Azati Prime, Enterprise negotiated another transdimensional disturbance in January ; afterward, it came upon the crash site of a Xindi-Insectoid starship . The crew recovered a shuttle from the wreckage, which was brought into Enterprise 's launch bay. ( ENT : " Doctor's Orders ", " Hatchery ")

Display of the Azati Prime system

In February of 2154, Enterprise at long last slipped into the outskirts of the Azati Prime system, behind a Azati Prime . Using the stolen Insectoid shuttle, Tucker and Mayweather were able to determine that the weapon was being built underwater on Azati Prime ; they also learned that it was undergoing the final stages of construction. Captain Archer concocted a plan to destroy it: he would take the Insectoid shuttle in, loaded with photonic torpedoes, and blow it up.

Before he could do this, however, Daniels returned, whisking Archer away to the Battle of Procyon V aboard the USS Enterprise -J in the 26th century. He revealed that at this time the Sphere-Builders were making a push to invade the Milky Way Galaxy , but at this battle the forces of the United Federation of Planets defeated them, pushing them back into their transdimensional realm. With their ability to look into the future, the Sphere-Builders foresaw that these events would occur, and manipulated the Xindi into their plan to destroy Earth, so that the Federation would never be founded, and the Sphere-Builders would face no opposition in the future.

Daniels tried to persuade Archer not to go forward with his plan, but rather pursue a diplomatic solution, as Archer was an integral component in the founding of the Federation, and undertaking a suicide attempt would jeopardize the future. Archer was not persuaded, however. He went ahead with his plan anyway and was captured by security forces under the command of Commander Dolim . Archer, using information he had acquired during his subterfuge at Calindra, secured an audience with Degra and managed to communicate Daniels' story. ( ENT : " Azati Prime ")

Enterprise after the Xindi attack

Meanwhile, Enterprise came under heavy attack by Xindi forces, causing massive damage to the vessel. Fortunately, Degra managed to force the Xindi Council to order Dolim to call off the attack, and he secured the return of Archer to his ship, arranging a secret rendezvous in three day's time so Archer could show him evidence that the Xindi were being manipulated by the Sphere-Builders. ( ENT : " Azati Prime ", " Damage ")

Unfortunately, the ship's primary warp coil had been damaged during the attack, rendering the ship unable to travel at warp speeds, meaning it would never be able to reach the rendezvous in time. Enterprise was assisted in its repair efforts by an Illyrian vessel that had been disabled by an anomaly field; Enterprise helped the Illyrians in turn. They were unwilling, however, to part with their warp coil because not having it would mean a three-year journey home. Believing the rendezvous with Degra necessary to the survival of Humanity, Archer and the MACOs boarded the Illyrian craft and stole their warp coil. In return, Enterprise transported food and trellium-D to the Illyrian craft. ( ENT : " Damage ")

Enterprise rendezvoused with Degra as well as Arboreal councilor Jannar behind the cloaking barrier of one of the spheres, where Archer showed them evidence of the Guardians' treachery: the bio-weapon recovered from 2004 , the bodies of Damron and his associates, scans of the Sphere-Builder test subject, the ship's database on the spheres, and more. Degra thought that Archer deserved a chance to bring his case before the Council and arranged a rendezvous on the other side of a subspace corridor in the Kovaalan nebula . Degra went so far as to destroy a Reptilian vessel trying to bring him back to the Council. ( ENT : " The Forgotten ")

Enterprise enters the corridor

Enterprise traversed the corridor, but not without difficulty; the ship battled the Kovaalans and very nearly traveled to 2037 , but eventually made it to the rendezvous early. Degra brought Archer before the Xindi Council, where he presented his case. The Arboreals and Primates were swayed, but the Reptilians and the Insectoids were so outraged by the presence of Archer that they walked out. Archer still needed the support of the Aquatics to obtain a delay on the weapon launch; he obtained it when he persuaded Councilor Kiaphet Amman'sor to vote for it with a biometric hologram of the Sphere-Builder test subject. However, an enraged Dolim murdered Degra and had the weapon stolen, operating on instructions from a Sphere-Builder who promised that the Reptilians would be at the head of the Xindi in the future if they acted against Earth immediately. Dolim was assisted by the Insectoids. ( ENT : " E² ", " The Council ")

The weapon required launch codes from three of the five species to be armed; as he possessed only two of them, Dolim kidnapped Enterprise linguist Hoshi Sato and used Xindi neural parasites to force her to decrypt the third code. As the weapon could not arm while in flight, and this delay allowed Archer to convene an alliance of Primates, Arboreals, and Aquatics to stop the weapon. Amman'sor promised her forces' support only when Archer promised Enterprise would try to disable the sphere network. ( ENT : " The Council ", " Countdown ")

The combined assault team managed to destroy most of the weapon's defensive forces, but thanks to Sphere-Builder interference, the weapon was able to enter a vortex bound for Earth, armed and ready, accompanied by both a Reptilian and an Insectoid vessel. Hoshi Sato was eventually rescued, though Major Hayes was killed in the operation. However, on their way to Earth, Dolim ordered his ship to destroy the Insectoids' ship after the Insectoid councilor said he was considering Archer's evidence. ( ENT : " Countdown ")

The weapon is destroyed

The only ship left that was capable of catching up to the weapon in the vortex was Degra's. So Archer, Reed, Sato, Jannar, the other Xindi-Primate councilor , and a MACO strike team boarded the ship in hot pursuit. They caught up to the weapon near Earth, though not before the Xindi destroyed the Yosemite 3 research station . Degra's lightly-armed ship was no match for the Reptilian vessel guarding the weapon, and they could not get close enough to beam aboard. Luckily, Shran and the Kumari showed up at that moment to run interference for Degra's vessel; the Andorian ship had tracked them through the vortex. While the Kumari distracted Dolim, Archer and his team transported on board the weapon. The MACOs killed all the Reptilians on board as Archer started the inversion sequence that would deactivate the power to the weapon. Meanwhile, Dolim realized what the Kumari was doing and ordered his ship to return to the weapon. ( ENT : " Countdown ", " Zero Hour ")

After killing the Reptilian squad aboard the weapon, Archer's strike team transported back to Degra's shuttle, as Archer successfully overloaded the weapon's reactor. However, a determined Commander Dolim transported to the weapon to reverse the damage done just before Archer was slated to beam off himself. The two then fought each other in hand-to-hand combat as the weapon began to explode around them. Meanwhile, the Kumari destroyed Dolim's vessel, leaving him with no way to get off. As the weapon continued to disintegrate, Archer placed an explosive charge on Dolim's back and blew him up. However, Archer was not able to transport off in time as the weapon completely exploded in Earth orbit. Degra's vessel returned to the Expanse to rendezvous with Enterprise . ( ENT : " Zero Hour ")

In an alternate timeline were Archer was infected with interspatial parasites , the Enterprise failed to stop the weapon from destroying Earth and many other human worlds, bringing humanity to the brink of extinction. After discovering the last of humanity of Ceti Alpha V the Xindi launched an attack to wipe out the last of the human race. With their defenses failing, Archer averted this future with the help of T'Pol and Phlox by destroying the parasites with a subspace implosion . ( ENT : " Twilight ")

Aftermath [ ]

Meanwhile, Enterprise had been making good on Archer's promise to Amman'sor by using a deflector beam to damage one of the spheres' interspatial manifolds that linked each sphere to one another. Without energy, the spheres collapsed in upon themselves, and the Expanse started to re-align with normal space.

Enterprise met up with Degra's shuttle, and an Aquatic carrier returned Enterprise to Earth. However, as Enterprise approached Earth, it received no return signals from Starfleet. A shuttlepod sent down to San Francisco was attacked by P-51 Mustangs , a World War II fighter aircraft. Meanwhile, Captain Archer awoke in a Nazi field hospital in the presence of a Na'kuhl SS officer. ( ENT : " Zero Hour ")

Enterprise is welcomed back to Earth by an armada of ships

It became apparent that Enterprise was in fact in the year 1944 in an alternate timeline where the Nazis were able to invade the United States of America 's eastern seaboard. The Temporal Cold War had escalated to an all out conflict and the 22nd Century that they knew of no longer existed. Enterprise had been brought back to the past by Daniels to defeat Vosk and members of his faction in the temporal war. Once Vosk was defeated the timeline subsequently returned to normal. Daniels sent the ship back to 2154, where a large armada of Earth ships had assembled and escorted Enterprise home. ( ENT : " Storm Front ", " Storm Front, Part II ")

Enterprise received a hero's welcome at Earth, a thought that caused Captain Archer some distress, as twenty-seven crew members had died and he himself had committed some morally questionable acts. Despite what reservations he may have had, high schools were being named after him, and his crew was lauded with praise and admiration for what they had done. ( ENT : " Storm Front, Part II ", " Home ")

Unfortunately, the conflict had also caused increased xenophobia among Humans towards non-Humans, resulting in support for the extremist group Terra Prime . The group attempted to derail negotiations for a Coalition of Planets by attempting to force all non-Humans to leave the Sol system , but failed due to Enterprise 's intervention. Ironically, it may have had the opposite effect, as the incident made the resolve stronger and eventually resulted in the creation of the United Federation of Planets . ( ENT : " Home ", " Demons ", " Terra Prime ")

Casualties [ ]

Enterprise lost twenty seven crewmembers during their mission in the Expanse. These included:

• M. Forbes – MACO, killed on the Xindi weapon
• Crewman Fuller – Armory specialist, Enterprise 's first fatality, killed during raid by Osaarian pirates.
• Corporal F. Hawkins – MACO, killed on the Sphere, 23rd Enterprise fatality.
• Major J. Hayes – MACO CO, killed rescuing Hoshi Sato
• Crewman Kamata – killed during the Battle of Azati Prime
• Ensign Marcel – killed during the Battle of Azati Prime
• Ensign Patricia F. O'Malley – killed during the Battle of Azati Prime
• Crewman Jane Taylor – killed during the Battle of Azati Prime

Appendices [ ]

Appearances [ ].

• " The Expanse " (Season 2)
• " The Xindi " (Season 3)
• " Anomaly (ENT) "
• " Extinction "
• " Impulse "
• " The Shipment "
• " Twilight "
• " North Star "
• " Similitude "
• " Carpenter Street "
• " Chosen Realm "
• " Proving Ground "
• " Stratagem "
• " Harbinger "
• " Doctor's Orders "
• " Hatchery "
• " Azati Prime "
• " The Forgotten "
• " The Council "
• " Countdown "
• " Zero Hour "

Background information [ ]

Following its introduction in ENT Season 2 finale " The Expanse ", the Xindi Incident was told as a season-long story arc in Star Trek: Enterprise , running the course of ENT Season 3 . In the lead-up to that season, there were some rumors in the Star Trek fan community that the forthcoming arc would be about the Earth-Romulan War and that the initial strike, shown in "The Expanse", was by the Romulans . In the opinion of Star Trek: Enterprise co-creator and Executive Producer Brannon Braga , however, the vastness of the story arc meant using the Romulans as the villains would have been "a big mistake", as they would have become old-hat. ( Star Trek: Communicator  issue 145 , p. 32)

In Star Trek Beyond , Balthazar Edison says that Humanity " lost millions to the Xindi and Romulan wars, " which might be taken to imply that "Xindi war" is an additional term to refer to the conflict. However, there are other ways the line might be interpreted; for example, he might be talking about a separate, later conflict, or he might have meant "to the Xindi, and [to the] Romulan Wars ".

References [ ]

• ↑ December 6 2153 & February 14 2154 only
• ↑ This faction later became independent, after destroying the Insectoid escort ships to the Xindi superweapon
• ↑ Later defected

External link [ ]

• Xindi incident at Memory Beta , the wiki for licensed Star Trek works
• 1 Abdullah bin al-Hussein
• 3 John Paul Lona

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Here's the reason 5 seasons is not the new normal for a Star Trek series

S tar Trek: Discovery and Lower Decks were both canceled this year, bringing an end to an unprecedented era of Star Trek television. At one point the franchise had five shows in active development with the idea of having 50 weeks of Trek in a given year, with Discovery, Picard, Lower Decks, Prodigy, and Strange New Worlds essentially running back to back to back to back to back.

From October 28, 2021, to Dec. 29, 2022, all five shows released new seasons, with Star Trek: Prodigy going first with the first half of season one which went until Feb. 3, 2022. Discovery hopped in with season four on Nov. 18, 2021, and wrapped up on March 17, 2022. Picard launched its second season on March 3, 2022, and concluded on May 5, 2022, just in time for Strange New Worlds to begin. That show would go from May 5 to July 7, 2022, with Lower Decks then starting on August 25, 2022. This marked the longest break between shows in nearly a year. Lower Decks would go until October 27, 2022, when, surprise, Prodigy's second half of season one would also start. Lower Decks would conclude on Dec 29, 2022, of that year.

That idea was extremely expensive and extremely short-sighted, as not every show brought in the same amount of fans, but all largely cost relatively close to one another to produce. It was a bad idea and by the end of 2023, only three shows would remain.

Picard was closed out in season three after Paramount+ essentially rejected the desires of Patrick Stewart and Terry Matalas to keep going. Prodigy was canceled during the production of season two. The long-forgotten Short Treks only got two seasons, while Discovery and Lower Decks each got five.

Some believe that the new standard for Star Trek's success is no longer the seven seasons it used to be on television, but five seasons; however, that's just not the case. Star Trek shows never went past seven seasons because that's what they were contracted for initially. The Next Generation and Deep Space Nine were sold as seven-season shows. Voyager was lucky to hit that mark because unlike The Next Generation and Deep Space Nine, Voyager was not a syndicated series. This means they could be canceled prior to season seven.

It was just the best-performing show on UPN at the time, and the channel needed a big-ticket item like Star Trek at the time. Enterprise, and the Original Series, were not sold as seven-season shows for syndicated purposes. Enterprise was picked up with similar contracts in place that Voyager had, while The Original Series was a season-to-season order.

The cancelations of Lower Decks and Discovery doesn't mean that the new "standard" is five seasons, it's a sign that these shows were under-delivering in viewers and were costing too much. There's a reason that four of the five shows that were anchoring Paramount+ just under two years ago are all gone; they're expensive as heck to make.

This had nothing to do with a show hitting a natural stopping point and concluding the series because it got it's seven seasons (or in this case five seasons) in. This is a case of private equity firms and debt holders coming to collect the money that outfits like Paramount+ owe.

This is a financial issue more than anything, so to basically say because two shows got canceled heading into season five, that it's the new standard, is to severely miss just how problematic the entire situation at Paramount+ truly is. Every show is on the chopping block; that's not a standard of success, that's a failure of finance.

Don't try to spin this into something it's not. These shows were canceled because the money was gone and the viewership was gone. If it was anything other than that, then Picard and Prodigy would be on their way to five seasons still.

This article was originally published on redshirtsalwaysdie.com as Here's the reason 5 seasons is not the new normal for a Star Trek series .

'Star Trek: Discovery' season 5 episode 4 uses time travel to remember the past 5 seasons

It's pretty obvious watching this episode that the cast and crew, at the very least, strongly suspected that this was going to be the last season of "Discovery" when it was written.

Warning: Spoilers ahead for "Star Trek: Discovery" season 5, episode 4

With the news that "Star Trek: Lower Decks" is ending after its current season, that really only leaves "Strange New Worlds" as the last remaining Nu-Trek series currently airing on television. 

And, a word to the wise: If you're a die-hard fan of " Discovery ," make sure you have your own physical media, 'cause no one likes being at the mercy of whatever an overpaid television executive thinks. You're welcome. Moreover, after this final season of "Discovery," we're going to have until wait until next year for the next season of " Strange New Worlds ." It's all starting to feel a bit like "Game of Thrones" all over again.

Episode four, entitled "Face the Strange," is without a doubt the best entry so far in the fifth season, and one can't help but wonder after watching exactly when the cast and production crew were first informed that this would be the last season, because it was definitely before this episode was actually written. The reason? It is, for all intents and purposes, a 60-minute, time-travel-powered, postscript-style reminiscence of all elements of all five seasons — or as much as you can cram into an hour — and what a rollercoaster ride it's been.

So when Alex Kurtzman or Michelle Paradise or whoever it is that actually has authority in the writer's room entered said room, put down their grande iced sugar-free vanilla half-double decaffeinated half-caff latte with soy milk and a twist of lemon in their Paramount-branded 40oz Stanley Clean Slate Quencher H2.0 Flowstate™ Tumbler and announced, "Wouldn't it be great to revisit chapters from seasons one, two, three and four?" no doubt everyone cheered. "And how will this be possible?" asked Kurtzman, to which an eager-beaver intern no doubt excitedly thrust their hand up into the air and exclaimed, "Why, time travel , of course!"

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"Quite right," replied Kurtzman (in our imaginations, at least), adding, "But it can be for one episode, so it has to be an isolated, self-contained form of time travel." Thus was conceived the "Time Bug," and with it came a ton of technobabble to precisely explain its parameters. Although quite why Zora didn't detect it was not addressed. Also, you know, transporters. 

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But this clever Time Bug, which can manipulate time in just about any way that's convenient for the writers to overcome any potential chronological complications — like life-changing paradoxes — came onboard the USS Discovery by way of that shifty Malinne "Moll" Ravel (Eve Harlow), who managed to infiltrate the Trill homeworld undetected, as we saw last week .

As a result, we get reminder glimpses of Michael Burnham's first coming aboard the USS Discovery way, way, way back in season one, complete with appropriate uniforms and everything. We get a fleeting reminder of the Red Angel and the battle with Control , naturally The Burn gets a mention, and there's even a not-very-subtle nod to the short-Trek " Calypso ." It's all a little bit like a Greatest Hits album that doesn't include any of the tracks that you actually liked, being played at 45 instead of 33. Remember vinyl?

Since it's now obvious that this season was written after the cancellation announcement had been made to the cast and crew, the single most important question is, Will the show benefit from that, or will it suffer? Are the remaining six episodes going to be a drawn-out epilogue, tied loosely together with a mostly lame plot? Or, will advance knowledge of the show's future actually serve the writers well, allowing them to produce something above and beyond the normal level of writing? 

There's even a very entertaining scene, in which 23rd-century Burnham must fight her 32nd-century self. Of course, the illudium Q-36 explosive space modulator fitted to the space bug prevents any changes from affecting the timeline, so you know, phew . 

Most of the original Discovery bridge reappear, as close to how they looked seven years ago as possible, and even Lt. Cmdr. Airiam (played by Sara Mitich in the first season and Hannah Cheesman in the second) makes a cameo, so that's nice. Also, we can really see as Sonequa Martin-Green flips between her two Burnhams just how effective that dreadlock hair piece that she wears through this season actually is. Half the show's budget probably went to that. 

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It's a fun filler episode, and, even if it doesn't advance the plot an inch, it does allow character development to take place, particularly between Burnham and Captain Rayner (Callum Keith Rennie). Arguably the biggest surprise was that the writers were able to resist putting Captain Pike (Anson Mount) into this episode. 

The fifth and final season of "Star Trek: Discovery," and every other episode of every "Star Trek" show — with the exception of "Star Trek: Prodigy" — currently streams exclusively on Paramount Plus in the U.S., while "Prodigy" has found a new home on Netflix.  

Internationally, the shows are available on  Paramount Plus  in Australia, Latin America, the U.K. and South Korea, as well as on Pluto TV in Austria, France, Germany, Italy, Spain and Switzerland on the Pluto TV Sci-Fi channel. They also stream on  Paramount Plus  in Italy, France, Germany, Switzerland and Austria. In Canada, they air on Bell Media's CTV Sci-Fi Channel and stream on Crave.

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12 star trek female villains ranked, worst to best.

Star Trek has a long list of female villains that have faced off against Kirk, Picard, Janeway, and Sisko, but who's the best at being the worst?

• The best Star Trek female villains include complex characters like the Intendant and the Female Changeling.
• The Female Romulan Commander and Alixus offer early examples of intriguing female villains in Star Trek.
• While some female villains like the Borg Queen excel, others like Seska from Voyager fall short of their potential.

While the canon of iconic Star Trek antagonists can often feel like an exclusive boy's club, many of the franchise's best villains have been complex female characters. For nearly 60 years, many of the best known villains in Star Trek movies and TV shows have been male, from Khan Noonien Singh (Ricardo Montalban) to Shinzon (Tom Hardy). Looking back, it feels quite regressive, and speaks to a wider issue with how women were written in early Star Trek .

For example, the notorious Star Trek: The Original Series finale "Turnabout Intruder" features Dr. Janice Lester (Sandra Smith), who was presented as a hysterical woman scorned, rather than a multi-layered and complex villain. However, even in those early days, there were one or two memorable female villains that could hold their own against Captain James T. Kirk (William Shatner). While Star Trek 's movie villains have been predominantly male, the TV shows of the 1990s and 2020s introduced some truly iconic recurring female villains to the franchise .

Every Major Star Trek Villain Species, Ranked

12 alixus (gail strickland), star trek: ds9, season 2, episode 15, "paradise".

The impact of Alixus (Gail Strickland) is relatively minor. However, Alixus is an incredibly compelling Star Trek: Deep Space Nine villain who deserves to sit alongside some franchise greats. In DS9 season 2, episode 15, "Paradise", Commander Benjamin Sisko (Avery Brooks) and Chief Miles O'Brien (Colm Meaney) are stranded on a planet that has abandoned technology in favor of a more simple life. Alixus is the leader of this traditionalist community, but Sisko and O'Brien soon unearth the darkness at its core. Alixus was a Federation scientist who had theorized that a return to nature would be better for humanity in the long run.

Gail Strickland had previously appeared with Avery Brooks in Spenser: For Hire .

To prove her point, she sabotaged the colony ship, the SS Santa Maria, forcing it to crash-land on a remote planet. Alixus installed a duonetic field generator that prevented all technology from operating, forcing the colonists to live by her new vision. To prove her thesis, she resorted to cruel punishments and stood by and let her colonists die from easily curable ailments. Gail Strickland plays Alixys with such nuance, transforming "Paradise" from a filler episode into an underrated Star Trek: Deep Space Nine classic . Her electric scenes with Sisko foreshadow the DS9 captain's later conflicts with other zealots.

Star Trek: Deep Space Nine

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Star Trek: Deep Space Nine, also known as DS9, is the fourth series in the long-running Sci-Fi franchise, Star Trek. DS9 was created by Rick Berman and Michael Piller, and stars Avery Brooks, René Auberjonois, Terry Farrell, and Cirroc Lofton. This particular series follows a group of individuals in a space station near a planet called Bajor.

11 Seska (Martha Hackett)

Star trek: voyager, seasons 1 to 3.

Star Trek: Voyager 's Seska (Martha Hackett) was a fantastic idea for a character, but very poorly executed. Introduced as one of the secondary Maquis crew members of the Valjean, it quickly became clear that Seska was hiding something. Not only did Seska want Commander Chakotay (Robert Beltran) to lead a mutiny against Captain Kathryn Janeway (Kate Mulgrew), she was also a Cardassian spy in disguise. These two elements combined ended up confusing Seska's character in Voyager , as an outnumbered Cardassian would surely have set their sights on an alliance with Janeway, not the Maquis .

Martha Hackett previously played the Romulan Sub-commander T'Rul in Star Trek: Deep Space Nine 's season 3 premiere "The Search, Parts I & II".

Eventually, Seska left the USS Voyager, to make an alliance with the Kazon in an attempt to capture the ship. The motivations for Seska's plan to capture Voyager were seemingly rooted in her disappointment at being scorned by her former lover, Chakotay. Disappointingly, one of Star Trek: Voyager 's most interesting villains was reduced to the level of Captain Kirk's evil ex-girlfriend, Janice Lester . The most successful plot by Seska was only discovered after she'd died, when a holodeck simulation of a Maquis mutiny turned into a deadly trap in Voyager season 3, episode 25, "Worst Case Scenario".

Star Trek: Voyager

The fifth entry in the Star Trek franchise, Star Trek: Voyager, is a sci-fi series that sees the crew of the USS Voyager on a long journey back to their home after finding themselves stranded at the far ends of the Milky Way Galaxy. Led by Captain Kathryn Janeway, the series follows the crew as they embark through truly uncharted areas of space, with new species, friends, foes, and mysteries to solve as they wrestle with the politics of a crew in a situation they've never faced before. 

10 Asencia, The Vindicator (Jameela Jamil)

Star trek: prodigy season 1.

Janeway's ship was once again infiltrated by an enemy alien in Star Trek: Prodigy season 1. Masquerading as a Trill ensign, Asencia helped track the USS Protostar, in the hopes of activating its deadly Living Construct weapon and destroying Starfleet. Asencia's true identity was discovered after Janeway and the USS Dauntless rescued the Diviner (John Noble). Hoping that the two Vau N'AKat could work together, Asencia was shocked when the Diviner chose his daughter Gwyndala (Ella Purnell) over their plan to destroy Starfleet. In the Prodigy season 1 finale, Asencia successfully activated the Living Construct and returned to her own time .

Asencia's story will presumably continue in Star Trek: Prodigy season 2 , as Admiral Janeway heads into the alternate future to rescue Captain Chakotay and his crew from the Vau N'Akat. It's therefore hard to rank Asencia higher until her story plays out in full. However, judging by the ruthlessness and cunning that Asencia displayed in Prodigy season 1, it's clear that Janeway and the crew of the USS Voyager-A will have their work cut out for them.

Star Trek: Prodigy

Star Trek: Prodigy is the first TV series in the Star Trek franchise marketed toward children, and one of the few animated series in the franchise. The story follows a group of young aliens who find a stolen Starfleet ship and use it to escape from the Tars Lamora prison colony where they are all held captive. Working together with the help of a holographic Captain Kathryn Janeway (Kate Mulgrew), the new crew of the USS Protostar must find their way back to the Alpha Quadrant to warn the Federation of the deadly threat that is pursuing them.

9 Female Romulan Commander (Joanne Linville)

Star trek: the original series, season 3, episode 4, "the enterprise incident".

In Star Trek: The Original Series , season 2, episode 4, "The Enterprise Incident", Captain Kirk is tasked with stealing a Romulan cloaking device . Part of the plan requires Lt. Commander Spock (Leonard Nimoy) to seduce an unnamed Female Romulan Commander (Joanna Linville), who is attracted to the Vulcan. However, unlike Seska in Star Trek: Voyager , the Female Romulan Commander's ambitions lie far beyond romantic interests. She believes that capturing the USS Enterprise for the Romulan Star Empire will be a boon for her career progression, and wants Spock to serve alongside her.

Years after the events of "The Enterprise Incident", the Federation was banned from developing cloaking technology thanks to the Treaty of Algeron.

Having seemingly turned on Kirk and even killed him in a fight, Spock keeps the Female Romulan Commander interested while Kirk infiltrates the ship. However, the Commander saw through the ruse and beamed aboard the Enterprise to try and take it by force, or have it destroyed. The plan to steal the USS Enterprise is foiled, and the Female Romulan Commander is left embarrassed by falling for Kirk and Spock's fight and losing the cloaking device to the Federation. Interestingly, Spock doesn't throw the Female Romulan Commander into the brig, and instead takes her to standard quarters, implying his seduction wasn't all pretend.

Star Trek: The Original Series

Star Trek: The Original Series follows the exploits of the crew of the USS Enterprise. On a five-year mission to explore uncharted space, Captain James T. Kirk (William Shatner) must trust his crew - Spock (Leonard Nimoy), Dr. Leonard "Bones" McCoy (Forest DeKelley), Montgomery "Scotty" Scott (James Doohan), Uhura (Nichelle Nichols), Chekov (Walter Koenig) and Sulu (George Takei) - with his life. Facing previously undiscovered life forms and civilizations and representing humanity among the stars on behalf of Starfleet and the United Federation of Planets, the Enterprise regularly comes up against impossible odds and diplomatic dilemmas.

8 Lursa and B'Etor Duras (Barbara March and Gwynyth Walsh)

Star trek: tng, ds9 and star trek generations.

The House of Duras were sworn enemies of Worf, Son of Mogh (Michael Dorn) in Star Trek: The Next Generation and Star Trek: Deep Space Nine . After Worf killed the House's patriarch in TNG season 4, episode 7, "Reunion", Duras' sisters Lursa (Barbara March) and B'Etor (Gwynyth Walsh) were left seeking vengeance. The House of Duras tried to instigate a Klingon Civil War, and even provided a Bajoran terrorist with the explosives needed to destroy the wormhole in DS9 season 1. Following the aborted Klingon Civil War, the Duras sisters effectively became guns for hire, placing them in the orbit of Dr. Tolian Soren (Malcolm McDowell) in Star Trek Generations .

Star Trek Generations was a disappointing end for the Duras Sisters, as they never really got a final confrontation with Worf . Sidelined as Soran's muscle, the sisters and their Klingon crew did manage to destroy the USS Enterprise-D, but their own ship was destroyed soon after. Weirdly, Generations never lingered on what a big deal this would have been for Worf, given how the House of Duras had been behind many of his issues with the Klingon Empire. This dissatisfying ending means that the Duras Sisters can't make it into the top tier of female Star Trek villains.

Star Trek: The Next Generation

Star Trek: The Next Generation is the third installment in the sci-fi franchise and follows the adventures of Captain Jean-Luc Picard and the crew members of the USS Enterprise. Set around one hundred years after the original series, Picard and his crew travel through the galaxy in largely self-contained episodes exploring the crew dynamics and their own political discourse. The series also had several overarching plots that would develop over the course of the isolated episodes, with four films released in tandem with the series to further some of these story elements.

7 Sela (Denise Crosby)

Star trek: the next generation, "redemption" and "unification".

Sela was the Romulan daughter of Tasha Yar (Denise Crosby), who spent years working for the intelligence services. Sela's first notable operations against the Federation were brainwashing Lt. Geordi La Forge (LeVar Burton) to assassinate Klingon governor Vagh (Edward Wiley) in the Star Trek: The Next Generation episode "The Mind's Eye". Sela tried again to destabilize relations between the Klingon Empire and the Federation when she supported the Duras Sisters' attempt to take control of the Klingon Empire. Sela's plans were foiled by Captain Picard and a Starfleet armada that prevented Romulan reinforcements from entering Klingon space .

Denise Crosby conceived the character of Sela as a means to return to Star Trek: The Next Generation after enjoying the experience of making "Yesterday's Enterprise".

Sela became the mastermind behind an attempted Romulan invasion of Vulcan, by manipulating Ambassador Spock's reunification mission. Using a holographic duplicate of Spock, Sela hoped to convince the Federation that an incoming fleet of Vulcan ships contained a Romulan peace envoy, and not an invasion force. Picard, Data, and Spock foiled Sela's plan, and she was incapacitated with a Vulcan nerve pinch, never to be heard from again. It was an ignominious end for Star Trek: The Next Generation 's best Romulan villain.

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6 valeris (kim cattrall), star trek vi: the undiscovered country.

Lt. Valeris (Kim Cattrall) is a great Star Trek villain because there's a genuine emotional impact on the crew of the USS Enterprise-A. It may have been better if Saavik betrayed Spock in Star Trek VI: The Undiscovered Country , but the weight of Valeris' betrayal is still impactful. Valeris' cold Vulcan logic dictated that peace with the Klingons was illogical , which is why she joined the Khitomer Conspiracy. Spock's protégé helped to frame Captain Kirk and Dr. McCoy (DeForest Kelley) for political assassination, and deliberately hindered the investigation.

While Gene Roddenberry objected to her inclusion, Saavik was actually written out of Star Trek VI: The Undiscovered Country because Kirstie Alley declined to return to the role.

Valeris' coldness makes her quite a compelling Star Trek villain, as she genuinely believes her many crimes are based on logic. It's a fascinating insight into how interpretations of logic can differ from Vulcan to Vulcan, as proved by Spock and Valeris' clash in Star Trek VI: The Undiscovered Country . Interrogated by Kirk and forced to endure a controversial mind meld with Spock, Valeris finally revealed the identities of the conspirators, and was taken to the Khitomer Conference to publicly unmask the conspiracy.

5 Vadic (Amanda Plummer)

Star trek: picard season 3.

Vadic was one of the most unpredictable foes ever faced by Admiral Jean-Luc Picard. A Changeling tasked with delivering Jack Crusher (Ed Speleers) to the Borg Queen (Alice Krige), Vadic took some big swings to achieve her goals in Star Trek: Picard season 3. Vadic's awesome ship, the Shrike, almost destroyed the USS Titan-A and its crew during their multiple skirmishes in the course of Picard season 3 . Vadic even found time to kidnap Counselor Deanna Troi (Marina Sirtis) in an attempt to secure the assistance of Captain William T Riker (Jonathan Frakes).

Amanda Plummer is the daughter of Christopher Plummer, who played the villainous General Chang in Star Trek VI: The Undiscovered Country .

It's a testament to Amanda Plummer's unique portrayal of a Star Trek villain that it wasn't immediately clear that Vadic was a Changeling . The scenes in "Dominion" in which Vadic described the brutal treatment of Changeling prisoners during the Dominion War were beautifully performed by Plummer, adding depth to Star Trek: Picard season 3's villain . It even elicited a degree of sympathy, but Vadic soon lost that when she began executing members of the USS Titan-A's crew. Eventually, she was blown out into space by Jack Crasher, where, ironically, her Changeling body solidified then exploded into pieces.

Star Trek: Picard

After starring in Star Trek: The Next Generation for seven seasons and various other Star Trek projects, Patrick Stewart is back as Jean-Luc Picard. Star Trek: Picard focuses on a retired Picard who is living on his family vineyard as he struggles to cope with the death of Data and the destruction of Romulus. But before too long, Picard is pulled back into the action. The series also brings back fan-favorite characters from the Star Trek franchise, such as Seven of Nine (Jeri Ryan), Geordi La Forge (LeVar Burton), Worf (Michael Dorn), and William Riker (Jonathan Frakes).

4 The Intendant (Nana Visitor)

Star trek: deep space nine (various).

The Intendant, the Mirror Universe variant of Major Kira Nerys (Nana Visitor) is one of Star Trek: Deep Space Nine 's most memorable villains. DS9 brought back the Mirror Universe in a big way, and the Intendant played a key role in each return visit. Kira's dark opposite was effectively the Gul Dukat of the Mirror Universe's Terok Nor, ruling the station with intimidation, manipulation, and violence. She was assisted in her tyrannical role of the station by Elim Garak (Andrew Robinson), who opposed some of the Intendant's more holistic methods .

Star Trek: Deep Space Nine producer Michael Piller had been rejecting Mirror Universe episodes since his days on Star Trek: The Next Generation . However, he and Ira Steven Behr finally figured out that the most interesting story to tell would be the aftermath of the fall of the Terran Empire, as seen in DS9 's Mirror Universe episodes.

The Intendant eventually lost control over the Terran rebels, thanks to various Mirror Universe incursions by Kira and Captain Sisko . This led to her losing her position, and being imprisoned aboard Regent Worf's flagship in Star Trek: Deep Space Nine season 7. Hoping to win favor with Worf, the Intendant orchestrated a plot to have the flagship fitted with a stolen cloaking device. However, the cloak was sabotaged, leaving the flagship open to attack from the Terran rebels, striking another blow against the Klingon-Cardassian Alliance, and giving the former Intendant a chance to escape with her life.

3 Kai Winn (Louise Fletcher)

Kai Winn (Louise Fletcher) was one of Star Trek: Deep Space Nine 's most fascinating characters. First introduced in the DS9 season 1 finale, Vedek Winn was a religious zealot who objected to Sisko's closeness to the Bajoran Prophets. This jealousy of Sisko eventually poisoned the calculating religious leader even further, pushing her to more and more extreme lengths to bring herself closer to her gods. Played by Oscar winning actress Louise Fletcher , Kai Winn's descent into hell across seven seasons of DS9 was compulsive viewing.

Louise Fletcher and Michelle Yeoh are the only two Star Trek stars to win the Academy Award for Best Actress.

While Kai Winn had a redemption of sorts in Star Trek: Deep Space Nine 's finale, it was still rooted in the cowardice and pettiness of her character. When she realized that the Pah wraiths wanted Gul Dukat as their emissary and not her, she decided to put her faith back in Sisko. While that saved Bajor from destruction, it's hard to ignore that Kai Winn's motivations were once again rooted in Bajor's higher beings ignoring her.

2 The Female Changeling (Salome Jens)

The Female Changeling (Salome Jens) was Star Trek: Deep Space Nine 's most interesting female villain . The spokesperson for the Dominion Founders, she was a master manipulator, and a steely villain with little regard for the "solids". The Female Changeling's attempts to manipulate Constable Odo (René Auberjonois) were compelling viewing, and ultimately solidified the Constable's loyalty to his friends aboard DS9. Seen as a god by the Vorta, the Female Changeling also appeared to delight in manipulating Weyoun (Jeffrey Combs) by playing him off against the Breen in the latter stages of DS9 's Dominion War .

Salome Jens also played the First Humanoid, now referred to as a Progenitor, in the Star Trek: The Next Generation episode, "The Chase", which Star Trek: Discovery season 5 is a sequel to.

Salome Jens' performance as the Female Changeling was utterly compelling, delivering her lines with an icy sense of superiority befitting a species that set themselves up as gods. When the Dominion War ended in the Star Trek: Deep Space Nine finale, the Female Changeling was taken into custody for her multiple war crimes. However, despite Odo's attempts to educate his people to move past the Female Changeling's ideology, those like Vadic still wanted to destroy the Solids following the Dominion War.

1 The Borg Queen (Alice Krige)

Star trek: first contact, voyager, picard.

Introduced in Star Trek: First Contact , the Borg Queen (Alice Krige) is the greatest female villain that the franchise has produced . Unlike her drones, Star Trek 's Borg Queen had a personality, and used that to seduce others into joining the Collective. Lt. Commander Data (Brent Spiner) seemingly fell under the Borg Queen's spell in First Contact , but was merely distracting her so he could avert the Collective's plan to sabotage the Phoenix's first warp flight. The Borg Queen's consciousness was stored elsewhere, able to be downloaded into a new body, which is why other actress have played the role originated by Krige.

Each Borg Queen performer has brought something new to the character, the most notable being Annie Wersching and Alison Pill's partnership in Star Trek: Picard season 2 . Their co-dependent relationship revealed new information about the Borg Queen that humanized her somewhat. Through her connection to the Queen, Dr. Agnes Jurati (Alison Pill) discovered that the Borg long for connection, and the Queen is ultimately lonely. Rather than being a retcon, this was a callback to the Queen's previous relationships with Data and Picard, confirming that they were the only matches for Star Trek 's most enduring female villain.

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