Spoilers Star Trek: Starfleet Academy 1x06 – “Come, Let’s Away”

[Frontis]

For me the best ST Academy episode so far, yes...Star Trek can still be exciting, even in 2026

 

[Tuskin38]

B’avi name has been said several times in the series

 

[StarTrek1701]

By the way, I noticed that curiously some characters refer to Lura Thok as “Commander Lura”, whereas I would have assumed it would be “Commander Thok”. Both Kelrec and Tomov do so early in “Come, Let‘s Away”. Is “Lura” supposed to be her last name? Or is it just a shortened version of “Lura Thok”, which is just not construced as any combination of given name plus family name?

We have two half-Klingons in this show.
For a warrior race that were refugees for a bit they sure do get around.

 

[Fateor]

We have two half-Klingons in this show.
For a warrior race that were refugees for a bit they sure do get around.

It was just one group of them that were refugees.

 

[fireproof78]

We have two half-Klingons in this show.
For a warrior race that were refugees for a bit they sure do get around.

Blinks in K'heyler and B'atel, Torres and more.

 

[Rhodan]

Tarima is not part deltan. Her first sexual experience was with a deltan

Oh,thanks.

 

[Nerys Myk]

I didn't mind how they killed off B'Avi. Sure, it would've been better if they had given him a bit more to do in the first five episodes, but...it's only been five episodes! One of the mains wasn't going to die (so soon) and I can't think of anyone who would have a bigger impact other than maybe Kyle or D'Zolo. I don't think they want to ice Kyle because they have plans for him and Jay-Den, and this sets up D'Zolo on something like a bit of a redemption arc (since she's been irredeemably mean up until now).

Ideally, we'd still be dealing with 90's-length seasons, and get some more time with the side characters to develop an impression beyond "Hey, there's a Vulcan!" But it's miles better than the gruff instructor who dies almost immediately.

Nah, he'd be introduced in the same episode he died in, just like gruff instructor. If he was lucky he might get two like Sito

 

[Farscape One]

Nah, he'd be introduced in the same episode he died in, just like gruff instructor. If he was lucky he might get two like Sito

Three if you count her cameo in LOWER DECKS.

 

[Mudd]

Nah, he'd be introduced in the same episode he died in, just like gruff instructor. If he was lucky he might get two like Sito

Yep. Partly because seasons had so many episodes, you knew that a character portrayed by someone not under contract who showed up more than twice was probably headed for, uh, closure.

Not much about the 90s Trek format or production schedules to mourn, IMO.

 

[The Wormhole]

By the way, I noticed that curiously some characters refer to Lura Thok as “Commander Lura”, whereas I would have assumed it would be “Commander Thok”. Both Kelrec and Tomov do so early in “Come, Let‘s Away”. Is “Lura” supposed to be her last name? Or is it just a shortened version of “Lura Thok”, which is just not construced as any combination of given name plus family name?

I was wondering about that one myself. Previously, we've had Ake calling her Lura in casual conversations, which suggested to me it was her personal name, even though having her being addressed as "Commander Lura" in an official context here certainly suggests Lura is her family name. This could be rationalized somewhat, Lura really is her family name, and Ake calls her that in casual conversations because it is how she prefers to be addressed, like how some people today insist on their friends calling them by their last names.

What could shed light on the matter is finding out what Reno calls her in casual situations. Well, besides the nickname "Kitten" that is.

 

[ToddCam]

I was wondering if maybe another way of giving her name is Lura of the House of Thok? Did they say her House?

If you go that way with the new Klingon conventions, either could be an appropriate address, with one more "traditional".

 

[tenmei]

I was wondering if maybe another way of giving her name is Lura of the House of Thok? Did they say her House?

If you go that way with the new Klingon conventions, either could be an appropriate address, with one more "traditional".

The House of Dak'Hatas and the (Jem Hadar) lineage or Kah'Baj, but in 1x04 they did say her Klingon grandparents renounced their House to ride with the Free Jem Hadar

 

[TRON JA307020]

So why did starfleet leave a ship out in space for a century? If the singularity drive was so important why leave it there? Why not tow the ship back to earth? Why not send a group of their best engineers to get it going? The ship looked to be largely intact but yet they left it there for anyone to find and reverse engineer it. It doesn't make a lot of sense.

 

[tenmei]

Because the singularity drive didnt work, the ship was lost and when it was found it was towed to the interstellar equivalent to Alang Beach.

 

[Farscape One]

So why did starfleet leave a ship out in soa e for a century? If the singularity drive was so important why leave it there? Why not tow the ship back to earth? Why not send a group of their best engineers to get it going? The ship looked to be largely intact but yet they left it there for anyone to find and reverse engineer it. It doesn't make a lot of sense.

The singularity drive failed badly, so they saw no use in trying it again. And it was brought into a starship graveyard, similar to Qualor II from TNG's "Unification I".

 

[TRON JA307020]

Because the singularity drive didnt work, the ship was lost and when it was found it was towed to the interstellar equivalent to Alang Beach.

The singularity drive failed badly, so they saw no use in trying it again. And it was brought into a starship graveyard, similar to Qualor II from TNG's "Unification I".

Ok but why have cadets even bother trying? They actually managed to get the drive online so a group of starfleets best engineers might have done even better.

Right it is a graveyard but in the middle of space. It seems well known as the furies easily breached it and also got onto the ship with no problem. Is anyone watching over it to make sure no one steals starfleet technology? It just seems incredibly dangerous to bring cadets out for a training mission to an area that seems to be known to hostile species and has no safeguards to protect cadets when they are in training. A cadet died during the exercise. This is a group of cadets with one semester of learning under their belts. Not nearly enough.

 

[Farscape One]

Ok but why have cadets even bother trying? They actually managed to get the drive online so a group of starfleets best engineers might have done even better.

Right it is a graveyard but in the middle of space. It seems well known as the furies easily breached it and also got onto the ship with no problem. Is anyone watching over it to make sure no one steals starfleet technology? It just seems incredibly dangerous to bring cadets out for a training mission to an area that seems to be known to hostile species and has no safeguards to protect cadets when they are in training. A cadet died during the exercise. This is a group of cadets with one semester of learning under their belts. Not nearly enough.

I agree that the off campus training should have been in a better controlled setting.

The point of the cadets working on that drive was to be able to work together. (Which the Academy and War College kids certainly needed to learn how to do.) And getting something online doesn't necessarily mean it will function properly. In this case, getting it online created the interference needed to get rid of what was causing the transporters to not work on them.

 

[TRON JA307020]

I agree that the off campus training should have been in a better controlled setting.

The point of the cadets working on that drive was to be able to work together. (Which the Academy and War College kids certainly needed to learn how to do.) And getting something online doesn't necessarily mean it will function properly. In this case, getting it online created the interference needed to get rid of what was causing the transporters to not work on them.

Right. That I did get. You brought up another point. The 32nd century transporters really seem to suck as much as 23rd century transporters. Two times they've gone out or been interfered with. Lol

 

[Tuskin38]

Right. That I did get. You brought up another point. The 32nd century transporters really seem to suck as much as 23rd century transporters. Two times they've gone out or been interfered with. Lol

Good.

 

[tenmei]

If the transporters HADNT gone out, the same people that would moan about Starfleet having duff transporters would be complaining that the villains hadn't upped their game to prevent Starfleet using their transporters, though, surely?