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Gorn

Agreed. I posted this thought in the episode thread. That the hybridized Batel will go on a suicide mission to the Gorn homeworld where they are all now hibernating, and infect them with her virus. Like the Klingons, the virus alters the Gorn, just much more drastically. They all become hybridized Gorn-Humans, slowing down, and losing their tails. Thus Kirk refers to a creature the Metrons call a Gorn, because he's not familiar with their new form after they come out of hibernation.
That would also be why the Gorn knew how to trick Federation starships in Arena because Betel knows how.
 
Not sure why it would be easier unless ever writer gets to binge through Trek or has a Trek primer or something. Not like we got more time

You don't have to binge through Trek. You literally have to watch one episode. My kids just did it this morning.

We now have more info that the last go round.

"It's something called a Gorn. It doesn't look like a Gorn. But the tactics are just like those in Starfleet records, including an attack on the Enterprise. Oh, and the Gorn Hegemony is RIGHT OVER THERE. But
we know they were all put to sleep five years ago by the Enterprise.
"

Actually, given that we know less about this history than Kirk, Spock, Uhura, Chapel, or Scott, and none of them make a connection in Arena, why do WE think that the thing in Arena is a Gorn?
 
We just watched The Broken Circle. I forgot (or didn't notice before) that Cestus is right next to where April is tracking the Gorn threat. You would think that it would be standard Starfleet training that Cestus is under the shadow of the Gorn threat,

even if temporarily held at bay. They even know that it's temporary when they shut that particular door.

This ignored by broader point but point well taken.

There are lots of points of Star Trek trivia that can be tricky to keep track of. Arena isn't one of them. Neither is What Are Little Girls Made Of.

It would be awesome to hear about Sam's family. He's definitely got at least one kid at this point. (Does it ever say where Peter is among the three kids?)

WWIII has a few data points and certainly post-TOS they move around a bit.

I bet Klingon history at this point is frightful to untangle.

It used to be pretty easy to remember that the folk with the cloaking devices and the bird painted ships were Romulans.

There's probably a lot about Spock. But there's only one episode about his engagement and his wedding.

Just think, there is more backstory for Joseph M'Benga that the writers have to keep track of from their own show then there is from the rest of Star Trek!
 
It's a choice. Or choices. I'm enjoying what they're doing with the material so far.

I'd like to see the new version of Kirk and Spock take a run at some of the first season TOS episodes and see how they can tweak them. Certainly WALGMO wouldn't present much in the way of a challenge.
 
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