Star Trek: Foundations

[Captain X]

Here's the release schedual in case anyone's interested.

Season 1.0

1x01 - ”Rubicon”
Written by Rigil Kent -- 19 January 2007

1x02 - ”Flashpoint”
Written by Rigil Kent -- 2 February 2007

1x03 - ”Recalcitrant Matter”
Written by CJ Sitter -- 16 February 2007

1x04 - ”Shadows of Paradise”
Written by CJ Sitter -- 2 March 2007

1x05 - ”Solitude”
Written by Rigil Kent -- 16 March 2007

1x06 - ”Objects at Rest”
Written by Rigil Kent -- 30 March 2007

1x07 - ”Objects in Motion”
Written by Rigil Kent -- 13 April 2007

1x08 - ”A Coming of Age”
Written by Daegan A. Haller -- 27 April 2007

1x09 - ”Adrift”
Written by CJ Sitter -- 11 May 2007

1x10 - ”Party Lines”
Written by Daegan A. Haller -- 25 May 2007

1x11 - ”Soli”
Written by Rigil Kent -- 8 June 2007

 

[Admiral2]

You had me right up until

Spoiler: Flashpoint

Archer flew his ship between the opposing forces. This smacks of one of those ploys that could only work in an episode of Trek, which is usually the type of ploy that could be undone in the real world by applying a modicum of common sense.

I hate endings like that. They're nice and dramatic but ultimately senseless. It just ruined the whole thing for me.

Hopefully, the next episode will get into the "going boldly" thing and will leave politics/war stuff behind for a while.

 

[Captain X]

It's not as fast-paced or exciting, and it is a bit more like Trek in the traditional sense. I won't spoil it too much for you, but there is some fighting involved toward the end. Nothing on the scale of the miniseries or the first two episodes though.

Here's a preview for next week: 1x03

 

[Captain X]

“Recalcitrant Matter” Foundations episode #3. Story by the daft punk and CJ Sitter. Screenplay by CJ Sitter. Script first released on 16 February 2007.
7 July 2152. Responding to an alien distress signal, the crew of Enterprise learns that not everything is as it seems and a deadly new threat makes itself known...

 

[Admiral2]

You've started another arc. Heavy sigh...

Will there be any standalone episodes?

 

[Captain X]

Actually this was a standalone episode, as is the next one and the one after that.

 

[Admiral2]

Just checking. That ending just seemed a little open-ended for it to be a standalone, and I have a standalone complex!

(giggles at own silly pun...)

 

[Captain X]

It gets picked up again by a two parter, episodes 6 & 7. After that the next two-parter is made up of episodes 11 & 12, though 11 is the mid-season cliffhanger before we go on hiatus until next September.

 

[Captain X]

Coming up in a couple days on Foundations...

1x04 - "Shadows of Paradise"

Please right-click, save-as.

 

[Gibraltar]

Admiral2 said:
Just checking. That ending just seemed a little open-ended for it to be a standalone, and I have a standalone complex!

(giggles at own silly pun...)

You're just like a spectral turtle, man!

 

[Captain X]

“Shadows of Paradise” Foundations episode #4. Story by CJ Sitter, Rigil Kent, and Daegan A. Haller. Screenplay by CJ Sitter. Script first released on 2 March 2007.
No date given. Enterprise finds a previously undiscovered planet. With his crew on the verge of cabin fever, Captain Archer decides to use the planetary survey mission as an excuse for the crew to get some R&R on the planet. It seems like a tropical paradise, but beauty is only skin deep.

 

[Captain X]

“Solitude” Foundations episode #5. Story by Terry Herman and Rigil Kent. Written by Rigil Kent. Script first released on 16 March 2007.
7 July 2152. Enterprise encounters a relic from the past. Driven to examine a piece of their history, the crew soon finds itself in a deadly trap.

 

[Admiral2]

Okay, see? That was a good episode. You should just have Rigil Kent write all of them!

 

[Captain X]

I take it you didn't like the last one?

 

[Admiral2]

The last one was just "Strange New World" redone with more character stuff. It was a letdown.

 

[Captain X]

“Objects at Rest” Foundations episode #6. Story by the daft punk and CJ Sitter. Screenplay by Rigil Kent. Script first released on 30 March 2007.
18 October 2152. Times have gotten tough for the Boomers, and some have turned to piracy. Enterprise is drawn into the complicated situation, unaware that not everything is as it appears...

 

[Captain X]

“Objects in Motion” Foundations episode #7. Story by the daft punk and CJ Sitter. Screenplay by Rigil Kent. Script first released on 13 April 2007.
23 October 2152. The crew of Enterprise find themselves in a race against time to rescue missing crew members from the clutches of vile Orion slavers.

 

[Admiral2]

I liked the episode, but I'm at a loss to see why it needed to be a two-parter, especially since you devoted relatively little time to what was the most interesting part of the story, namely Mayweather's conflict with his family. I'm dying to know why it was such a horrible thing for him to leave what is essentially a family space-trucking business and join Starfleet, but here all you see is the animosity from his family and not much justification - reasonable or otherwise - for it.

 

[Captain X]

The Boomer stuff here was mostly a set-up for an ongoing storyline for Travis.

 

[Captain X]

“A Coming of Age” Foundations episode #8. Story by Daegan A. Haller, CJ Sitter, and Rigil Kent. Screenplay by Daegan A. Haller. Script first released on 27 April 2007.
No date given. A pursuit for fugitives turns into a potential for disaster when an alien planet, poised on the edge of a new era of peace and exploration, is instead thrust back to the brink of war.