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Rachel Garrett

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Rachel Garrett was a 24th century Human female who served as a Federation Starfleet officer and, by 2344 , had attained the rank of captain commanding the Ambassador -class USS Enterprise -C .

• 2.1 Appearances
• 2.2 Background information
• 2.3 Apocrypha
• 2.4 External links

Biography [ ]

In 2344, the Enterprise -C, under Garrett's command, responded to a distress call from the Klingon outpost at Narendra III , which was under attack by four Romulan Warbirds . Garrett ordered the Enterprise to engage the attackers. While defending the outpost, the weapons discharges resulted in the creation of a temporal rift , through which the badly damaged Enterprise drifted, arriving in the year 2366 . Garrett had been badly injured, but managed to send a distress call.

To her surprise, a Federation ship did answer the call – the ship's immediate successor, the USS Enterprise -D . Garrett was taken to its sickbay while Lieutenant Richard Castillo managed repairs. As she recovered, Jean-Luc Picard informed her that the Federation was at war with the Klingon Empire , and on the brink of defeat. Initially, Garrett was prepared to remain and assist the Federation's war efforts, but it was eventually discovered that the Enterprise -C's journey through time had resulted in the creation of an alternate timeline , and that, if they wished to restore the proper flow of history, the Enterprise -C would have to return through the rift, in the middle of the battle with the Romulans. Garrett initially balked at this idea, noting that they were hopelessly outmatched by the Romulans, but Picard pointed out that if a Federation starship were to sacrifice itself in defense of a Klingon outpost such an act would be seen as extremely honorable by the Empire, and perhaps avoid the war altogether. Garrett eventually conceded, and prepared to take her ship back through the rift.

However, before the Enterprise -C could depart, both ships came under attack by a Klingon Bird-of-Prey , resulting in Garrett's death . The timeline was eventually restored when Lieutenant Richard Castillo took command of the Enterprise -C, and returned the ship through the rift. ( TNG : " Yesterday's Enterprise ")

The Rachel Garrett statue

In 2401 , a dedication ceremony for a statue of Garrett at the Starfleet Recruitment building on M'talas Prime was scheduled as part of the pre- Frontier Day recruitment drive . Garrett's statue itself, dubbed by covert forces with the code name " Red Lady ", was the site of a terrorist attack which obliterated the building and the statue along with it. ( PIC : " The Next Generation ")

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Appearances [ ].

• TNG : " Yesterday's Enterprise "
• PIC : " The Next Generation " (statue)

Background information [ ]

Rachel Garrett was played by actress Tricia O'Neil ; stunts for Garrett's death scene were performed by stunt double Donna Garrett .

According to the Star Trek: The Next Generation Companion  (2nd ed., p. 116), the last name "Garrett" was chosen by story co-writer Trent Christopher Ganino , who took the name from a pizzeria in San Diego, Ganino's hometown.

In an early draft of the script, the captain was named Richard Garrett.

Captain Garrett is the only female captain of a USS Enterprise until Seven of Nine was named captain of the USS Enterprise -G . ( PIC : " The Last Generation ") ( Demora Sulu was captain of the USS Enterprise -B in Star Trek novels .)

In the final draft of the script, Rachel Garrett is described as " a tall, handsome woman that commands respect instantly. "

A biographical readout, written by Michael Okuda , in the PC game Starship Creator Warp II stated that Rachel Garrett was born in 2300 . If so, and the date is taken along with her history from the novels, she was admitted to Starfleet Academy at a very young age.

According to Rick Sternbach , the fatal shrapnel was a wing from a VF-1 Valkyrie .

Apocrypha [ ]

The Lost Era novels – The Art of the Impossible and Well of Souls – and the Starfleet Academy novel The Haunted Starship , add the following non-canon details:

• 2303 – Her sister Sarah Garrett is born
• 2311 – Entered Starfleet Academy
• 2316 – Met, and married, the Betazoid xenoarcheologist Ven Kaldarren, while a Lt. JG on the USS Argo
• 2324 – Their son Jason is born; Garrett and Kaldarren subsequently divorce and Jason raised off-ship by his father
• 2328 – As a commander she is first officer of the USS Carthage , and is involved in the Betreka Nebula Incident
• 2332 – Promoted to captain and given command of the newly launched USS Enterprise -C
• 2336 – Garrett's long-time friend and first officer, Nigel Holmes, is killed by Klingon renegades

According to the video game Star Trek: Starship Creator , Rachel Garrett was born in Madison, Indiana to parents Judith and David Garrett. She has a brother named Robert James Garrett.

External links [ ]

• Rachel Garrett at Memory Beta , the wiki for licensed Star Trek works
• Rachel Garrett at the Star Trek Online Wiki
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Picard's Red Lady Is Its Best Easter Egg

Raffi's pursuit of the mysterious "Red Lady" in the Picard Season 3 premiere reveals one of the series' best and most intriguing Easter eggs.

The following contains spoilers from Star Trek: Picard Season 3, Episode 1, "The Next Generation" now streaming on Paramount+ .

Picard Season 3, Episode 1, "The Next Generation" hides one of its deepest Easter eggs in plain sight. Raffi -- now working deep undercover for Starfleet Intelligence -- pursues a mysterious MacGuffin called "The Red Lady." It ultimately leads to a very specific Easter egg: a red statue of Starfleet captain Rachel Garrett.

Mention of Garrett on the show's Season 3 premiere feels too on the nose to be casual. Not only did she appear in one of the best episodes of Star Trek: The Next Generation of all time, but she represents an oblique reference to the only member of that crew missing from Picard's celebrated reunion: Tasha Yar . It's far too early to read anything significant into the Easter egg, but its prominence -- and the odd way the show delivers it -- suggest that something bigger may be afoot.

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Captain Garrett Appeared in the TNG Classic "Yesterday's Enterprise"

Rachel Garrett served as captain of the USS Enterprise-C, which defended a Klingon outpost from Romulans several decades before the events of The Next Generation . The ship is destroyed -- requiring the commission of the Enterprise-D, which Picard captains -- but the sacrifice leads to a long-term alliance between the Federation and the Klingon Empire. Garrett dies a hero and is celebrated for what her loss accomplished.

The Next Generation Season 3, Episode 15, "Yesterday's Enterprise" brings her ship forward in time before its destruction: radically altering the timeline in the process. Without the Enterprise-C's sacrifice, the Klingons have no reason to honor or trust the Federation. 100 years later, the two powers are at war, with the Federation standing on the brink of defeat. Worf vanishes from the Enterprise-D -- now outfitted as a warship -- replaced by a still-alive Tasha Yar . Garrett ultimately decides to return the Enterprise-C to the past and face its destiny, taking Yar with them. It restores the timeline and leaves the lost captain a hero of the Federation.

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As The Red Lady, Captain Garrett Is Surprisingly Prominent in Picard

"The Next Generation" brings Captain Garrett into play as an honored memory: a giant red statue of the captain stands outside of a Starfleet facility on the planet M'talas Prime. Terrorists target the dedication ceremony with a devastating weapon that Raffi is too late to prevent. The attack presumably connects with Beverly Crusher's long absence and the forces currently pursuing her. The coded description of Garret as "The Red Lady" makes a strong red herring, as it could describe the red-headed Crusher as well as the red statue.

The Easter egg is particularly intriguing considering Tasha Yar's pointed non-presence in Picard Season 3. "Yesterday's Enterprise" ultimately led to Crosby's return as Yar's half-Romulan daughter Sela. The actor indicated that she's not a part of Picard Season 3 in a recent Twitter post, and yet the choice of Garrett as the Red Lady invariably draws attention to her. It could be coincidental, but if it signals a surprise return, it's a sharp way of doing so.

Regardless, Garrett's use in the episode's big hook is a clear sign that Picard is celebrating all things Next Generation . With "Yesterday's Enterprise" being such a strong entry in the series, and with Garrett leaving such a lasting impression despite appearing in only one episode, the nod here feels eminently fitting. The Red Lady's prominence in the storyline means there may be more to come, but even if there isn't, it's a brilliant nod to Picard's most celebrated roots.

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‘Star Trek: Picard’ Season 3 Cast and Character Guide (Photos)

Jean-Luc Picard and the crew of the Enterprise embark on one final adventure in space

The crew of the “U.S.S. Enterprise” reunites for one final mission in Season 3 of “Star Trek: Picard.”

It marks the first time the entire cast from “Star Trek: The Next Generation” (“TNG”) — Patrick Stewart, Jonathan Frakes, Brent Spiner, Gates McFadden, Marina Sirtis, LeVar Burton and Michael Dorn — have reunited on screen since 2002’s “Star Trek Nemesis.”

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Patrick Stewart as Jean-Luc Picard

Now retired and residing at his family vineyard, the Starfleet admiral is called into action for one final mission after receiving a distress call from Beverly Crusher.

Aside from Picard, Stewart is best known for playing Professor Charles Xavier in the “X-Men” movie franchise. His character recently crossed over to the MCU, appearing as a member of the Illuminati in “Dr. Strange and the Multiverse of Madness.”

Jonathan Frakes as William Riker

Picard calls upon his former first officer for assistance. Riker, no longer in command of the U.S.S. Titan and needing some time away from his family, jumps at the opportunity.

After “TNG,” Frakes appeared in numerous shows and hosted “Beyond Belief: Fact or Fiction.” He’s also a prolific director, with episodes of “Roswell,” “The Librarians,” “Star Trek: Discovery” and even “Picard” under his belt.

Marina Sirtis as Deanna Troi

Troi is the former ship’s counselor and is married to Will Riker. They have a daughter, Kestra. As a half-Betazoid, she is able to read the emotions of others.

Sirtis (and Frakes) voiced lead roles in the animated series “Gargoyles.” She’s appeared in numerous shows in the U.S. and U.K. including “NCIS.” She reprised the role of Troi in Season 1 of “Picard.”

Brent Spiner as TBD

Data, the beloved android who served on board the Enterprise and perished in a battle against the Romulan warlord Shinzon. Whether Spiner is playing Data, his evil brother Lore, or some other being is to be determined.

Although his character Data was killed in “Nemesis,” Spiner has played various characters with familial connections to Data in other “Trek” series and films. He’s also known for playing Dr. Okum in the “Independence Day” films.

Michael Dorn as Worf

Worf is the former Enterprise security chief. Despite being raised by humans, his Klingon heritage imparts a strong sense of honor, particularly in battle.

After “TNG,” Dorn joined the cast of “Star Trek: Deep Space Nine.” He’s appeared in more “Trek” shows than any other character. He’s also lent his voice talent to numerous shows.

LeVar Burton as Geordi La Forge

La Forge is the former Enterprise chief engineer. He is currently running the Starfleet museum. He also has two daughters in Starfleet.

Prior to “TNG,” Burton was the beloved host of “Reading Rainbow.” There was a campaign to have him replace Alex Trebek as the host of “Jeopardy,” and he even guest-hosted. Like Frakes, Burton has directed numerous episodes of “Trek” series.

Gates McFadden as Beverly Crusher

Crusher is the former Enterprise chief medical officer. She lost contact with her crewmates but reaches out to them in a time of need. She and Picard had a former romantic relationship that became a close friendship.

McFadden starred in “Marker” and “Mad About You” after her stint on “TNG.” She’s also reprised the role of Dr. Crusher on “Star Trek: Prodigy.”

Jeri Ryan as Annika Hansen/Seven of Nine

After being rescued from the Borg, Seven joined the crew of the U.S.S. Voyager. She later joined the Rangers, a space vigilante group, before re-enlisting in Starfleet. She is currently the first officer on the U.S.S. Titan, where she goes by Annika Hansen, her human name before assimilation.

Ryan wasn’t a part of the “TNG” cast. She joined “Star Trek: Voyager” in 1997. Her character was extremely popular, and she reprised her role in Season 1 of “Picard.” After “Voyager” Ryan starred in “Boston Public.”

Michelle Hurd as Raffaela “Raffi” Musiker

Musiker served with Picard late in his Starfleet career but burned out. She eventually helped him root out Romulan spies. She re-enlisted in Starfleet and joined the U.S.S. Excelsior crew, but has since taken on a special mission.

Hurd is best known for playing Monique Jeffries in “Law and Order: SVU” and Ellen Briggs in “Blindspot.”

Amanda Plummer as Vadic

Very little is known about the villainous Vadic. She captains the warship Shrike and has a grudge against Picard and the Enterprise crew.

Plummer, the daughter of legendary thesp Christopher Plummer, had had a long career on stage and screen. But her most memorable role might be playing “Honey Bunny,” one of the restaurant robbers in “Pulp Fiction.”

Ashlei Sharpe Chestnut as Sidney La Forge

La Forge is the eldest daughter of Geordi La Forge and the helmsman on the U.S.S. Titan.

Chestnut has had recurring roles in “Rap Sh!t” and “NCIS: Los Angeles.”

Todd Stashwick as Liam Shaw

Shaw is the no-nonsense captain of the U.S.S. Titan. He took over command from Will Riker. He previously served on the U.S.S. Constance, one of 40 ships destroyed in the Battle of Wolf 359 against the Borg and an assimilated Picard.

Stashwick is no stranger to the “Trek” universe, having appeared in “Star Trek: Enterprise” as Talok. He appeared in the sci-fi show “12 Monkeys” from 2016-18.

Ed Speleers as Jack Crusher

Speleers’ character is the son of Beverly Crusher and Jean-Luc Picard. He never knew his father while growing up.

Speleers played the title role in the fantasy film “Eragon,” and had a memorable stint playing Jimmy the handsome footman on “Downton Abbey.”

Michelle Forbes as Ro Laren

Ro served aboard the Enterprise as an ensign before defecting to the Maquis. She is back with Starfleet working in the Intelligence division. She is sent to interrogate Picard and Riker for treason.

Forbes previously appeared on “Star Trek: The Next Generation” and “Battlestar Galactica.”

Mica Burton as Ensign Alandra La Forge

Alandra is the youngest daughter of Geordi La Forge who works with her father at the fleet museum. She has an interest in engineering.

Burton is the real-life daughter of castmember LeVar Burton.

Daniel Davis as Moriarty

Moriarity was a hologram created to be a foil to Data’s Sherlock Holmes. He gained sentience and outwitted the Enterprise crew. Eventually, he was placed in a memory module to continue running but appears to have escaped his program.

Davis is best known for playing Niles, the sharp-tongued butler on “The Nanny.”

Tim Russ as Tuvok (doppleganger)

Tuvok was the former security officer aboard the U.S.S. Voyager. Seven of Nine turns to her former crewmate for information about the kidnapped Captain Riker.

Elizabeth Dennehy as Elizabeth Shelby

Admiral Shelby is the commander-in-chief of the U.S.S. Enterprise F during the Frontier Day celebration. She previously served aboard the Enterprise D during the Federation’s earlier encounter with The Borg.

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Star Trek: Picard Series-Finale Recap: Captain’s Log, Final Entry

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Star Trek: Picard  began as a series partly dedicated to giving Jean-Luc Picard, the aged but unbowed former captain of the  Enterprise , a late-in-life shot at returning to the stars and partly as a torch-passing exercise that surrounded Picard with new characters (a kind of next generation, you could say). Across three seasons, that mission didn’t so much drift as grow in scale. This third and final season has extended the autumnal adventures to almost all of the original cast of  Star Trek: The Next Generation  (while keeping Jeri Ryan and Michelle Hurd around from the preceding  Picard  seasons) and making the torch-passing theme even more explicit by bringing in Picard’s previously unknown son, Jack Crusher, and a pair of Geordi LaForge daughters to boot.

That’s a lot to ask of any series, much less one that has to give the beloved  TNG  characters the proper send-off (maybe?) they were denied by the less-than-beloved  Star Trek: Nemesis.  And, by and large, the season has shouldered that burden well. The  TNG  characters have all had their moments in the spotlight as the show reassembled the team, Ryan’s Seven of Nine and Hurd’s Raffi have had plenty to do (as did Todd Stashwick’s Captain Shaw, RIP), and Jack has proven to be a charismatic addition when he could have felt like an interloper shoehorned in to bring down the cast’s median age.

But does this final episode stick the landing? Pretty much, yeah. “The Last Generation” both brings the season-long story — which began as a confrontation with the Dominion before that dread foe essentially handed over villain duties to the Borg — to an exciting conclusion and gives the original cast a nostalgic valedictory moment while also leaving the door open for future adventures.

As it opens, however, any possibility of a happy ending seems unlikely. Federation President Chekov (not that one but his son) issues a dire warning that the Federation’s younger generation has been assimilated, and there’s little to be done about it, but in the words of his father, “There are always possibilities.” Picard and the crew are not an easily dissuaded bunch, and recognizing, as Data puts it, they “are the cavalry,” they come up with a plan.

Sure, it’s a desperate plan, but a plan nonetheless: Head to Jupiter, board the Borg vessel, and shut down the beacon that allows the Borg to do what they do. (And hopefully rescue Jack in the process.) For Picard, it’s personal. The Borg have his son (whom he’s come to like quite a bit despite a messy start), and he’s been plagued by their threat for over 35 years. For everyone else, it’s, well, also pretty personal. If this is truly a last stand, it’s a last stand against an enemy with whom they have a long, nasty history. The newly emotional Data sums it up as they approach: “I hate them.”

No one knows that better than Seven, of course, who leads a party to reclaim the  Titan.  She and Raffi will play a crucial role in the confrontation that follows, but it’s the newly reunited  TNG  crew that drives the action. And, in classic  Trek  faction, that means breaking into smaller groups. Picard, Will, and Worf head into the cube. (“And I will make it a threesome,” Worf says, by way of announcing his intentions.) Their farewell is one of the episode’s first heart-tugging moments. Could this be the last time these characters see each other? The look on Deanna’s face as Will walks away says it all.

On the cube, they find a lot of rotting Borg drones but little action. Then it’s time to split up after another wrenching farewell scene in which Picard can’t bring himself to tell Will how much he means to him. “You know that I know. Always,” Will says, letting him off the hook while making the scene that much more intense, with Worf’s own final words about Klingon’s not knowing the words “defeat” and “farewell” providing poignant punctuation.

When Picard reaches Jack, it’s worse than he feared. His son appears fully Borgified and the Borg Queen (voiced by Alice Krige and looking more like a nightmarish H.R. Giger creation than ever) looms over him. She’s mostly interested in mocking “Locutus,” calling his arrival a homecoming. The Borg Queen also announces that assimilation is old news. The new Borg goal is evolution. And it looks like that plan is working out for them. Thanks, unwittingly, to Jack, Starfleet is now filled with unwitting hybrids walking around with Borg DNA just waiting to be told what to do.

But despite the odds stacked against them, our heroes prevail via a series of pretty good fight scenes that mix aerial combat, a hand-to-hand battle with Borg drones, some fancy flying from Data, and a battle for Jack’s soul. The latter involves Picard plugging himself into the Borg network and selling Jack on the pleasures of life outside the Borg cube, despite the possibility of loneliness and fear. Picard’s pitch includes freely expressing his emotions (never an easy thing for the captain), including his feelings for his son. “You are the part of me that I never knew was missing,” he says. Later, they hug. (This episode just does not let up on big emotional moments. Will’s farewell to Deanna, if anything, hits even harder: “I’ll be waiting. Me and our boy.”)

Star Trek  is a franchise dedicated to following intriguing science fiction concepts wherever they lead, but it’s also one in which occasionally love saves the day, and the Borg Queen’s dying shout of “No!!!” shortly before her cube explodes signals that this is one of those  Star Trek  installments. (Even Seven’s in a hugging mood when the Borg control lifts from the  Titan  crew.) It’s a happy ending for all, and the tableau of everyone posing on the  Enterprise  bridge (an image that includes Will and Deanna embracing and Worf asleep) could be a fitting end to the series.

But there’s more to be done. That includes giving the  TNG  crew some more time together and setting up future adventures. Will’s log reveals that Beverly has developed a method to eliminate Borg DNA and scan for Dominion holdouts. Tuvok, the real Tuvok, is still alive, it’s revealed. Seven learns that Captain Shaw actually liked and respected her, even recommending she be promoted to the rank of captain. Data is still sorting through his new emotions with a lot of help from Deanna, who’s a little distracted planning a vacation during the latest of their marathon sessions. But, essentially, all is well.

One year later, the long good-bye continues as Will, Picard, and Geordi put the  Enterprise  D to bed. A bit later, Picard and Beverly escort their son to his first Starfleet assignment aboard … the  Enterprise ? Rechristened in honor of Starfleet’s fabled flagship, the  Enterprise  is now under Seven’s command, with Raffi and Jack by her side. That looks like a setup for a whole new series featuring this crew. (I would watch.)

We’re not done: Over drinks and a stirring recitation of one of Brutus’s speeches in  Julius Caesar  from Picard (“There is a tide in the affairs of men”), the  TNG  crew spends the evening in each other’s company, reflecting on their time together before, in a nod to “All Good Things …,” the original  TNG  finale, a game of poker breaks out with Picard enthusiastically participating. It’s an indulgent moment that calls on decades of accumulated affection for these characters, and boy does it work. It feels like a fitting farewell, albeit one that suggests all good things, or at least all good shows, don’t always come to an end. They just kind of lay around waiting for someone to pick them up again.

Captain’s Log

• Hello! No, I am not your regular  Picard  recapper (though I did cover the first season). I’m just filling in for the excellent Swapna Krishna, who was unexpectedly unable to cover this episode.

• This episode pretty clearly sets up a Seven/Raffi/Jack–focused series and that’s a pretty exciting prospect. Ryan is, of course, already a  Trek  legend and her reprise of Seven has broadened the character and confirmed she has a range we never saw on  Voyager . Hurd was always a  Picard  highlight and Ed Speleers has fit right in when Jack could easily have been the series’ Poochie.

• If there is a series, please, please find room for the “Ma’am, I’m just a cook!” guy. He’s great.

• Over the end credits, there’s one last surprise: Q is back and ready to put Jack to the test. Nothing really ends or dies with this franchise, does it? (Okay, except for Ro Laren, Capt. Shaw, etc., etc.) After a first season partly dedicated to putting Data down, he’s back and the Data who wanted to die got hand-waved away. Now Q’s mortality, a big part of the second season, is out the window. It’s inconsistent, but is any going to complain, particularly after a season this strong?

• That said, the sudden transition to a mostly different supporting cast hasn’t been without some awkwardness. Whither Laris?

• Is this the last time we’ll see the  TNG  characters all in one place together again? Another reunion seems unlikely, but then  this  reunion seemed pretty unlikely. If it is the end, it’s a warm, affectionate send-off. If not, let’s hope the next reunion strikes as deft a balance between nostalgia and adventure.

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We open with a tense action sequence centered around Beverly Crusher (Gates McFadden), who has uncharacteristically been isolated and out-of-touch with her former Enterprise crewmates for more than 20 years. She is on a mercenary medical ship, the SS Eleos, on the outskirts of Federation space and being chased by mysterious alien raiders, who she manages to stop — but not before being seriously wounded in a firefight.

Returning to Earth, we find Picard getting ready to move away from the chateau to a new planet and settle down with Laris (Orla Brady) — but before the family manor can be packed up, he receives a mysterious message from estranged friend and former lover(!). The cryptic distress call from Crusher includes a direct warning for Jean-Luc: “No Starfleet. Trust no one!”

The plea for helpt leads him to reach out to Riker, his greatest ally, who immediately alludes to trouble at home with his wife and daughter (Deanna Troi and Kestra, last seen in Season 1’s “Nepenthe” ). That’s a lot of familial upheaval to pack into the opening moments of the season.

Her ominous message is seemingly validated when their clandestine meeting at Guinan’s LA-based Ten Forward bar is being monitored by a human figure up to no good — and who insultingly dunks a model of the Enterprise -D, “one of the fat ones,” into a shot glass as the pair leave the bar to begin their adventure.

Riker’s big plan (actually, it’s more of a “ruse” than a plan) is to help Picard stage a routine surprise inspection of his previous command, the refit USS Titan , and to somehow convince the ship’s prickly captain Liam Shaw (Todd Stashwick) to reroute to the Ryton system — and lend them a shuttle to get to Crusher’s location just outside Federation territory. The ruse is bolstered by the reveal that Seven of Nine (Jeri Ryan) is Shaw’s first officer, where he requires her to uncomfortably bear her human name — Annika Hansen — while on duty.

With the reveal of the new Titan design, the production team on Picard has once again outdone themselves in every possible way. The new “neo- Constitution ” design (formally the Constitution III- class on the ship’s dedication plaque) is glorious, with a a look that is both familiar and unique, with views from every angle that illustrate the magic originally captured in Matt Jefferies initial Enterprise design almost 60 years ago.

The visual effects of the ship in and around Spacedock, accompanied by motion picture-esque swells in the score, celebrates a very specific era of big-screen  Star Trek through a wondrous sensory overload of historical Trek sounds, images and ambiance. In particular, the score from Stephen Barton wonderfully captures that era with a mix of bombastic swells and subtle melodies that sometimes borrow from the source material in such a way that it is hard to tell what is new and what is being repurposed. It’s a special piece of work.

Impressively, even in the face of all those great production choices, the single best thing about the Titan -A is the introduction of its captain, played by Matalas’ former 12 Monkeys baddie Todd Stashwick. Captain Shaw is a revelation in that you might initially think he is a stuffed shirt that has somehow ‘failed up’ in regard to how he treats Picard and Riker — and Seven for that matter — but it’s no spoiler to say that he gets more impressive in every appearance he makes through the first half of this season… while also not changing in any way.

In fact, one of the most surprising elements of these early installments of Picard Season 3 are the new characters as a whole. Just before we meet Captain Shaw, Seven introduces Riker and Picard to another new face, Sidney La Forge (Ashlie Sharpe Chestnut), who is instantaneously magnetic as the ship’s young pilot — who we will see more of as the season progresses.

La Forge’s introduction is one of the many scenes and moments in the series similarly modeled after something we’ve seen in the films. This one, of course, echoes Kirk’s introduction to a young Demora Sulu in Star Trek: Generations . Offspring of a beloved crewmate at the helm? Check. Stealing a starship out of Spacedock? Check. Majestic shuttle approach to said starship? Check. A veteran starship commander handing the reins to a less experienced officer to “clear all moorings” and pilot a ship out of Spacedock? Check.

Matalas and Trek boss Alex Kurtzman have compared this season to a 10-hour  Next Generation movie to give the TNG crew a much-deserved swansong,  and that is what we are getting in both subtlety and substance.

After a fantastic dinner scene in which Shaw dismissively shuts down Picard and Riker’s “plan” by revealing his love of structure, his disdain for “bee-bop” jazz, and his aversion to the Borg, he also reveals something important to the viewer. “I love you. I do. I love reading about your wildly-exciting and equally irresponsible adventures,” says Shaw, who means every word of that, despite his unwavering focus in making sure his ship is run as a reflection of himself. It’s an exciting introduction that pays off repeatedly in the season ahead.

With Shaw not budging, it’s down to Seven, who is fighting her own internal battle to “ignore [her] gut, to ignore [her] instincts and just to follow orders,” which, of course, she doesn’t do — defying Shaw and rerouting the ship to the Ryton system, then arranging for Picard and Riker to steal a shuttle to go find Beverly.

Meanwhile, Raffi Musiker (Michelle Hurd) is fighting a similar internal battle in the episode’s other main story thread, serving Starfleet as an undercover intelligence officer on M’Talas Prime (which was first name-dropped all the way back in Star Trek: Enterprise’s “Dawn”). Raffi is responsible for some excellent technobabble and exposition in trying to track down some “experimental quantum tunneling tech” that was stolen from the Daystom Institute’s off-site station, which in the wrong hands could be used as a weapon (give or take a few technos and babbles).

It’s not easy seeing Raffi so isolated again and spiraling into a role that requires her personal demons to be so close to the surface. Her only contact with Starfleet is via a disembodied handler who communicates solely by text. The short, stilted language of her confidant is supportive, but direct, especially when cryptically encouraging her as a “warrior.” (Hmm!)

Raffi’s intelligence work is successful in uncovering a plan to use that “quantum tunneling tech” to destroy a Starfleet recruitment center gearing up for upcoming Frontier Day celebrations — marking the 250th anniversary of the United Federation of Planets’ founding — and the dedication of a beautiful statue of  Enterprise -C captain Rachel Garrett, covertly referred to as “the red lady.” However, she is too late, arriving at the facility just in time to see it destroyed, despite her pleas for help.

As always, Hurd is up for the challenge of going deep into Raffi’s psyche, conveying her strife with a performance that bleeds off the screen and continues to feel fresh. For Raffi, the sentiment shared by Picard and Riker as they admire the view of the nebula in which they are searching for Beverly, could not be more fitting. It’s the kind of thing you “spend half-a-life chasing, and the other half missing the chase.”

It’s a poignant way to say none of them will ever truly complete whatever mission lays in front of them.

Once on board the Eleos , it’s nice to see Picard and Riker jump into action again as they quickly dissect the scene and piece everything about the alien raid together, including a notable reference to a “kill shot, straight down, cool, efficient.” Picard insists that their friend would only do something like that defensively, as Riker notes it “doesn’t sound like the Beverly I know.”

But we know the truth from the episode’s opening moments, where we saw Dr. Crusher systematically kill an intruder to protect her ship and its cargo. That cargo includes a young man who dramatically reveals himself after first getting the jump on Riker before letting down his guard once Picard convinces him they are there to help — and who is he, viewers may ask? None other than Beverly Crusher’s unexpected son.

Ed Speleers is another strong addition to the cast, and when he announces to Riker and Picard that he is Beverly’s son, everyone in the room seemingly knows what that means. The truth of those reveals will come in later episodes as we get more of Speleers’ excellent performance. For now, we are left to a single scene with the actor where he dynamically breaks down the struggles that he and his mother have faced in being hunted by a foe who has tracked them to multiple destinations — where each time “they had different faces.”

And with that, we are left with a 40-second long, grandiose, villain ship reveal of the deadly Shrike vessel to close out the episode; another moment reminiscent of more than a few Star Trek films. It’s an additional triumph for the visual effects team and portends just how effective the previously-announced Amanda Plummer is in her role as Vadic — but more on her next week.

MOMENTS OF STASHWICK

We think Todd Stashwick and his portrayal of USS Titan captain Liam Shaw is destined for Trek icon status — each week this season, we’ll be highlighting one one of the character’s (and actor’s) best moments.

This week, Captain Shaw says that he “likes structure, likes meter, likes keeping tempo and time” — and that is absolutely on display as he learns what Riker and Picard are up to. He immediately takes control of the situation, issuing a confident command to his crew to “lock down” the Titan before turning to Seven and proclaiming that she just “loyalty’d [her] way to the end of a career.”

Like it or not, that’s one bad-ass captain acting decisively.

OBSERVATION LOUNGE

• Star Trek observation master and friend of the site Jörg Hillebrand is credited as a ‘research consultant’ on this episode, indicating his love of the franchise’s finest details has made a direct impact on production. (Good for him!)
• The  Titan -A flies through the  Star Trek franchise logo which opens each episode this season.
• “In the 25th Century…,” the opening card seen this episode, is a direct callback to the “In the 23rd Century…” card which opens  Star Trek II: The Wrath of Khan.
• The song playing over the first approach to the  Eleos is “I Don’t Want to Set the World on Fire” by the Ink Spots.
• As the camera pans through Beverly’s ship, the  S.S. Eleos XII , we see a number of her personal belongings, including a string of pearls from the holodeck adventure in “The Big Goodbye,” a pair of theatrical masks representing her directing background on the Enterprise -D (“The Nth Degree,” “Frame of Mind,” et al), a 2370s-era blood sample hypospray (DS9’s “Paradise Lost,” et al) Jack Crusher’s old storage container (seen in “Family”), an award for eradicating the Phyrox plague on Cor Coroli V (a feat described in “Allegiance”), and several orchid plants as seen in her Enterprise- D quarters in “Cause and Effect”.
• Just before Beverly sits up in that opening sequence, a clear bowl of blue liquid on her bedside table gets a close-up; this is likely a reference to the similar bowl of blue liquid Crusher kept next to her bed in “Cause and Effect.”

• For some reason, Crusher is listening to Captain Picard’s official logs recorded during “The Best of Both Worlds” on a 2360s-era Starfleet monitor — likely, as Riker explains later, because of the ‘Hellbird’ virus which affected the Enterprise -D during that time.
• Actress Amy Earhart voices the  Eleos computer; Earhart just happens to be married to Star Trek: Picard Season 3 showrunner Terry Matalas.
• Eleos is the god of mercy, clemency, compassion, and pity in Greek mythology.
• As Picard is packing up the chateau, we see several personal artifacts seen in the previous two seasons, including his Ressikan flute (from “The Inner Light”), his Kurlan Naiskos (from “The Chase”), a Bajoran award, a gold-plated Enterprise -D, and of course, his Enterprise -D painting which once hung in his ready room aboard that ship.
• Geordi La Forge is said to be “running the [Starfleet] museum.”
• When decoding Beverly’s message, Picard uses Starfleet authorization code  Picard-4-7-Alpha-Tango , first recited in Star Trek: First Contact.
• Guinan’s bar is selling Starfleet merchandise — starship models produced in the 21st century by the now-defunct Eaglemoss — with loads of Enterprise -D surplus stock. (“No one wants the fat ones!”)

• Riker reveals that while Picard was serving the Borg as Locutus during “The Best of Both Worlds,” a computer virus nicknamed ‘Hellbird’ spread through the Enterprise -D navigational system, adding a 3 to every digit in the spatial coordinate database.
• The upcoming Frontier Day event joins a pantheon of Star Trek holidays like First Contact Day, Captain Picard Day, the Bajoran Gratitude Festival, the Talaxian celebration Prixin, and the Vulcan Kal Rekk day of atonement. An “Empire Union Day” is also seen on screen during Raffi’s research, the first reference to a founding day in Klingon history.
• According to the Instagram  Star Trek Logs , Frontier Day will feature the final flight of the soon-to-be-decommissioned  USS Enterprise -F, previously seen only in the  Star Trek Online game.
• The  Titan -A was designed by modelmaker Bill Krause.
• Like the  Stargazer last season, the brief view of the  Titan ‘s shuttlebay is a reused digital background originally built to represent the USS Discovery cargo bay set.
• The  Titan bridge started as the  Stargazer bridge in Season 2; production designer Dave Blass credits the Starfleet ‘bridge module’ implementation as a way to accommodate the same bridge design in multiple starships.
• According to the Instagram  Star Trek Logs , the  Titan- A did originally begin life as Will Riker’s  Luna- class  Titan , though it was heavily overhauled and deconstructed down to its spaceframe before being resurrected as the new Neo-Constitution -class design.

• The Starfleet dishes used in the Titan captain’s dining room was produced by Star Trek Unlimited , and is available for purchase at their website.
• The protein on Captain Shaw’s plate is a bright greenish-blue color, likely a nod to the similarly-colored food in the Star Trek VI Klingon dinner scene.
• Picard makes a reference to station Deep Space 4 , first mentioned in “The Chase” — but the station is now closed down.
• The “utterly humiliating” scene featuring Picard and Riker sharing a bunkbed on the Titan -A (courtesy of Captain Shaw) was reminiscent of the spartan quarters given to the captain and Data on board a Klingon Bird-of-Prey in “Unification.”
• Captain Janeway gets a shoutout from Seven, who credits both her and Picard in convincing her to join Starfleet following the events of Picard Season 2.
• M’Talas Prime is, of course, a reference to show runner Terry Matalas, but the planet was first referenced in dialogue in the Star Trek: Enterprise episode “Dawn,” where Trip mentioned seeing the planet’s ringed moons.
• Raffi sends her message to Starfleet Intelligence (and asks for more money) using an old-style flip-open communicator.

• Raffi Musiker’s birthdate is April 9, 2353. This is the same year in which Jack Crusher dies, Will Riker and Geordi La Forge enter Starfleet Academy, and Nog is born on Ferenginar.
• According to her Starfleet service record, Raffi was awarded the Starfleet Medal of Honor in 2399, after her once-discredited ‘consipiracy theories’ about a Romulan involvement in  the destruction of Mars were proven correct at the end of Season 1.
• Raffi’s investigation into stolen Daystrom Institute technology is codenamed “Operation Daybreak” on her monitors.
• Raffi’s search for ‘upcoming big events’ details the upcoming decommissioning of the  Enterprise -F, the Rachel Garrett statue, concept artwork for the  USS Stargazer by John Eaves, and an image of the  Star Trek Online   USS Pathfinder design which seems to have a label which appears to read “Voyager-B.”
• The reference to captain Rachel Garrett of the Enterprise -C marks the first time she has been mentioned in Star Trek in any capacity since being featured in “Yesterday’s Enterprise.”
• The new graphic-intensive end credits sequence features two familiar musical cues from  Star Trek: First Contact : the emotional main title theme, and the rousing movie-era Next Generation theme, both by composer Jerry Goldsmith.
• The “For Annie” dedication at the end of this episode refers to the recently-passed Annie Wersching, who played the Borg Queen in  Picard Season 2.

The much-anticipated return of Star Trek: Picard absolutely does the trick in setting up a season of adventures and reunions — action, heart, humor and reflection flood this script by Terry Matalas, which feels like the beginning of classic Trek romp made for the big screen… and it only gets better from here.

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RECAP | Star Trek: Picard 301 – The Next Generation

Trust no one.

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In the Season 3 premiere episode of Star Trek: Picard , “ The Next Generation ,” after receiving a cryptic, urgent distress call from Dr. Beverly Crusher, Admiral Jean-Luc Picard enlists help from generations old and new to embark on one final adventure — a daring mission that will change Starfleet, and his old crew forever.

• Dr. Beverly Crusher
• Jean-Luc Picard
• William Riker
• Raffi Musiker
• Seven of Nine (Annika Hansen)
• Sidney La Forge
• Unidentified Eleos crewman

• S.S. Eleos XII — medical ship
• Château Picard
• 10 Forward Bar, Los Angeles, Earth
• M’Talas Prime (planet)
• U.S.S. Titan -A
• The Ryton system

In the 25th Century, aboard the small non-Federation medical ship Eleos XII , an old batch of Jean-Luc Picard ’s Captain’s logs* play in the background. Dr. Beverly Crusher is violently awoken as her ship shakes triggering alarms — there’s a security breach and they’ve sustained hull damage. Beverly anticipates the unauthorized boarding as she seals her crew mate away from the fray. She eliminates two threatening invaders, but not without serious injury to herself. As Eleos detects another incoming vessel, Beverly prepares a coded subspace transmission.

In his library at home, Picard and Laris admire an oil painting of the Enterprise-D as other precious mementos are being packed away for storage. Picard plans to accompany Laris to Chaltok-IV; while she’s setting up diplomatic security for the Romulan Free State, he’ll be sipping Saurian Brandy and working on his memoir. Laris understands how important his past, along with these mementos and memories, mean to Picard; “The past matters, and that’s okay.” But Picard reassures her that he’s not a man who cares about legacy; he wants a new adventure.

Alone in his study, Picard suddenly hears three successive chirps from a device. Rummaging through his packed belongings, he finds the source of the alerts — his old communicator underneath his uniform from his time as captain aboard the Enterprise-D .

There’s an encrypted long-range transmission via a subspace frequency, containing an uncommon codec, and requires a passcode. Recalling the Myriad codec, Picard receives Beverly’s recorded video message:

Admiral Picard, I’m encoding this message with coordinates. Listen to me very carefully. Hellbird. Repeat: Hellbird. And Jean-Luc, no Starfleet. Trust no one.

Analyzing the coded message with Laris, they realize Beverly is clearly terrified and injured. However, Picard is perplexed as he hasn’t spoken to her in 20-some years. She had simply cut him out of her life along with their entire crew. Laris posits that he may be the only person Beverly can trust. He’ll have to answer her call for help; Laris will save him a seat at a bar on Chaltok IV where they can enjoy a sunset once he’s back.

Captain Will Riker waits for Picard at 10 Forward as the bar is crowded with souvenir starships for the upcoming Frontier Day celebration. Will is deflated when the bartender reveals there’s so many Enterprise-D ’s because, “no one wants those fat ones.” He clocks Picard’s somber mood as his former captain apologizes for taking him away from his family. However, Will notes that Deanna and Kestra welcome his absence.

Huddled over their whiskeys at the darkest table in the bar, Riker examines Beverly’s message on Picard’s PADD. He reminisces about the Myriad codec to the old days when they were worried their comms were compromised on Rigel VII. While he doesn’t recognize the word ‘Hellbird,’ Will explains that was a computer virus on the Enterprise when Picard was assimilated as Locutus the Borg .** The virus scrambled their navigational data and arbitrarily added “3” to every digit, now with Beverly’s coordinates updated, they have their new destination — the Ryton system, just outside of Federation Space. Will wants to know why Beverly cut them all out, but Picard states he needs a ship. Will smiles and believes they’re overdue for a “good old-fashioned road trip.”

Elsewhere, on M’Talas Prime, a hooded and out-of-sorts Raffi roams the street of the District Six underworld. An Orion calls her out for getting a hit two days in a row, to which Raffi pleads that she’s kicked out of Starfleet and is looking for a way back in. She asks her dealer for intel on the rumors of an experimental tech stolen from Daystrom Institute . If she can get that weapon before it falls into the wrong hands, she has her ticket back in to Starfleet. Spooked, her dealer takes her money, giving her a lead involving the “Red Lady,” before expressing he never wants to see her again. Leaving the alley, Raffi straightens out; it was an act. She taps her hidden communicator; the commander requests a debriefing with her superiors at Starfleet Intelligence. She hesitates but ultimately disposes of the drugs.

On a shuttle up to Spacedock, Riker fills Picard in on his ruse, to which the admiral expresses his concerns. Riker explains they’re just two highly ranked members of Starfleet doing a routine surprise inspection. Picard states that they’re risking court-martial and Will would lose everything that he’s ever worked for. He dismisses it; that’s only a concern if they’re caught. As they’re cleared to approach the starboard bay, Riker reveals that the U.S.S. Titan ’s Captain Shaw will need convincing in this ruse of theirs, but Picard should have no trouble with the First Officer…

Picard smiles at the sight of Commander Seven of Nine ; however, she corrects him to refer to her as Commander Annika Hansen – Shaw’s preference. He’s not there to greet them but requests their presence at dinner later. Seven tells them to lower any expectations they may have about him. While on the Bridge, they come across another friendly face — Sidney La Forge, Geordi ’s daughter, the ensign at the helm. Riker embarrasses her by recalling her Starfleet Academy nickname “Crash La Forge” in front of the crew.

Seven takes Picard and Riker to see Captain Liam Shaw in the Captain’s Mess. They enter to see Shaw has started on dinner without them. The Titan ’s captain is not impressed by their presence and rejects Picard’s bottle of wine from his vineyard. To further express his disdain, Shaw tells Riker that he had to purge all of his “bebop music” from the ship’s system when he took over before stating that the “inspection” will be boring for the likes of them. Riker explains it's just a routine inspection in advance of the Fleet exercises at Frontier Day. If it’s just run of the mill, they suggest changing course to the Ryton system, to which Shaw vehemently rejects. He recounts how he has kept the train running on time for the past five years and 36 missions, and reminds Picard that he’s retired and Riker that he’s a captain without a chair — the Titan ’s his now. Before exiting the mess, Shaw tells Hansen she has the conn and states that her loyalty is to this ship, and not to old friends and former ex-Borg.*** Picard worries that every moment they’re not heading towards the Ryton system, the danger to Beverly grows.

Aboard La Sirena , Raffi wistfully watches a video feed of her estranged son Gabe**** playing with his young daughter. Suddenly, an alarm chirps as she begins encrypted communications with Starfleet Intelligence regarding Operation: Daybreak. Raffi questions if her handler will show up this time, to which they respond that they’re here. She’s at a loss figuring out who or what the Red Lady is and re-requests a face-to-face with her handler. Denied. Exasperated, Raffi laments she’s been undercover for months trying to uncover who is behind the stolen tech at Daystrom Institute before it’s used to hurt people. Raffi doesn’t think her Intelligence handler understands how hard it is for her. As they pull up her psych profile, her handler states that they do; however, the stolen weapon is an act of war. She’s a warrior and she needs to find the Red Lady.

Back on the Titan , Sidney La Forge summons Picard and Riker to Observation where Seven is waiting for them. She demands to know what they’re conspiring, as Picard trusts her with their predicament. They received a distress call from an injured Dr. Beverly Crusher; however, she told them to trust no one, including Starfleet. Picard doesn’t want to jeopardize Seven’s career with Starfleet; he sees that she’s struggling within the system, but still believes she’s in the right place. Seven doesn’t understand how she can inspire and bring about change under the thumb of Shaw, forced to suppress all her instincts. Things were simpler when she was a Fenris ranger. Picard warmly asks her to let him know if she figures it out, as he never did.

Following Seven to the Bridge, they realized she had disobeyed Shaw’s orders. They’re now in the Ryton system. Seven states they’ve detected a vessel operating at the lowest possible power levels inside the nebula’s outermost edge. Unfortunately, the nebula is interfering with their ability to scan it for lifeforms. Understanding the gravity of her actions, she quickly tells the two elder statesmen they have mere minutes to commandeer an unguarded shuttle. Picard and Riker get away on the shuttle as Shaw wakes from his slumber. The Titan ’s captain requests a full report from his first officer.

Back on La Sirena , Raffi continues her search for the Red Lady. Believing it now to be a target, she pulls a list of upcoming events and discovers a dedication ceremony for a red bronze statue of Rachel Garrett ***** for Frontier Day at a Starfleet Recruiting Center in District Seven. As the ship takes off and Raffi tries to hail the recruitment center and warn them of an imminent attack, a quantum tunnel suddenly opens right under the recruiting center. Raffi watches in horror as the center vanishes into a rippling black hole. A portal opens above with the building reappearing, falling out of it towards the ground.

On a Titan shuttle, Riker and Picard approach the Eleos . Taking in the view of the nebula, our two pals reflect on how they spent half their lifetime chasing a view like this and using the other half missing the chase. As they scan Beverly’s ship, they clock major damage to the warp core, the ship’s systems running at half power, tons of exterior damage, and Beverly’s life signals are dangerously low. In addition to that, she’s not alone on that ship.

Boarding the Eleos , Picard and Riker assess the state of the ship as well as the residue from an obvious fight. As Picard discovers Beverly inside a medical stasis pod in the command bay, Riker is being held at phaser-point by an unknown person. Addressing the crew member, Picard reveals himself as Starfleet Admiral Jean-Luc Picard and the crewman’s hostage as Captain William Riker. Picard deduces the young gentleman as someone who cares deeply for Beverly as he must have helped her into the med pod; he should have realized Beverly would have never sent out a call for help across the galaxy only for herself. Disarmed by Riker, the young man identifies himself as Beverly’s son. Picard and Riker’s shock is short-lived as they’re suddenly shaken by the arrival of a looming, massive vessel. Beverly’s son explains they’re being hunted, and Picard and Riker have done a “piss-poor” job of saving anything as they’ve led the enemy straight to them…

*/**/*** “ The Best of Both Worlds , Parts I and II ” — Revisit this two-parter to understand Picard’s time as the Borg Locutus.

**** “ Stardust City Rag ” — Meet Raffi Musiker’s estranged son Gabe.

***** “ Yesterday’s Enterprise ” – Learn more about Rachel Garrett, captain of the U.S.S. Enterprise-C.

• “I Don’t Want to Set the World on Fire” – The Ink Spots
• “I Can’t Stop Crying” – Will Grove-White
• “Nocturne No. 2” – Chopin
• “If I Didn’t Care” – The Ink Spots

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‘Star Trek’: Rachel Garrett, the First Female USS Enterprise Captain, Will Be Part of the ‘Section 31’ Movie

“Star Trek” fans got a couple fascinating details in a March 27 report by Variety on the future of the franchise on Paramount+. The biggest for sure is that the character of Rachel Garrett, the first female captain of the USS Enterprise, will be appearing in the “Section 31” direct-to-Paramount+ movie that’s going to star Michelle Yeoh.

The actress Kacey Rohl will be playing Garrett, who was the captain of the Enterprise-C in the first half of the 24th century and was the subject of one of the most beloved “Next Generation” episodes ever: “Yesterday’s Enterprise” (she was played by Tricia O’Neal in the original episode).

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That time-travel episode was about how the Enterprise-C was ripped out of history at a battle with the Romulans where it was supposed to have perished; instead the ship was hurled 22 years into the future where it meets Picard’s Enterprise, the Enterprise-D. As a result of the change to history, the Federation is at war with the Klingons, and the only way to set history right is for the crew of the Enterprise-C to agree to go back to their own time, where they all face certain and immediate death.

This is the episode where, once they’ve agreed to face their doom, Picard says, “Let’s make sure history never forgets the name Enterprise.” If Kirk didn’t believe in a “no win” situation, she faced one head-on, making Garrett an especially valiant captain.

In the “Star Trek” timeline, she’s the first female Enterprise captain. In order, the timeline goes: Jonathan Archer of the pre-Federation Enterprise NX-01, James T. Kirk of the Enterprise NCC-1701 and Enterprise-A, Alan Ruck’s John Harriman of the Enterprise-B (this writer chooses to believe that since the lore does say Harrison came from “a prominent family,” that he is in fact a descendant of Connor Roy, thus winning the ultimate succession: the Enterprise captain’s chair), and then Garrett.

O’Neal was about 44 when she played the character, and Rohl is in her early 30s. So it likely means that the “Section 31” movie will be set in the early 24th Century, well after the events of the Kirk era have concluded. Yeoh’s character, Philippa Georgiou, the central character in “Section 31,” was last seen being flung into an uncertain part of the timeline by the Guardian of Forever on “Discovery.” Now we have a good idea just what part of the timeline she landed in.

One other interesting detail emerged in that report: That the “Starfleet Academy” show, which IndieWire told you a year ago must logically have a 32nd Century setting as a follow-up series to “Discovery,” is in fact confirmed to be set then, but, surprisingly, is being targeted to a “tween and teen” audience.

Jonathan Frakes, who’s directed episodes of every “Trek” series since “Next Gen” in addition to playing Riker on that series and beyond, is quoted in the Variety piece as saying that he thinks the franchise’s audience is older. Franchise mastermind Alex Kurtzman seems to hope that a show like “Starfleet Academy” may reach a new audience altogether.

Reps for Paramount+ did not respond to IndieWire’s request for comment about confirmation of these details.

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• 1.1 Early life and career
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Biography [ ]

Early life and career [ ].

Rachel Garrett, daughter of Judith and David Garrett , was born in Madison , Indiana , on Earth in 2294 . When Rachel was 9-years-old her younger sister, Sarah was born. ( ST video game : Starship Creator ; ST - The Lost Era novels : Well of Souls , The Art of the Impossible )

Garrett entered Starfleet Academy in 2311 , either shortly before or shortly after the Tomed Incident . Not long after that incident, she served aboard the USS Endeavour , patrolling the Romulan border. ( ST short story : " Hour of Fire ")

By 2316 , she had earned the rank of lieutenant junior grade while serving aboard the USS Argo . That year, she met Betazoid xenoarcheologist Ven Kaldarren , who she married several months later.

In 2321 , Garrett was a lieutenant and was assigned to the USS Endeavour , which was assigned a patrol of the Romulan Neutral Zone . ( ST video game : Starship Creator ; TLE short story : " Hour of Fire ")

In 2324 her son Jason was born. In that same year, the USS Gandhi was launched and Garrett was promoted to the rank of lieutenant commander and was assigned as tactical officer. ( ST video game : Starship Creator ; ST - Enterprise Logs short story : " Hour of Fire ") As a result due to her shipboard career, the boy lived with his father. Sadly, her marriage became increasingly strained over the next decade, and they would divorce in 2333 . ( ST - The Lost Era novel : Well of Souls )

By 2327 , Commander Garrett was first officer of the USS Carthage . ( ST - The Lost Era novel : The Art of the Impossible )

Garrett was also first officer on the USS Gandhi and the USS Hood . ( ST short story : " Hour of Fire ", ST reference : USS Enterprise Owners' Workshop Manual )

Captain of the Enterprise [ ]

In 2332 she was promoted to Captain and given command of the Ambassador -class USS Enterprise -C . ( ST - The Lost Era novel : Well of Souls )

Six months into her command, during a mission to aid the Warin , the Enterprise was attacked by unknown aliens, and several of Garrett's senior officers killed. ( ST short story : " Hour of Fire ")

In late 2335 or early 2336 , the Enterprise was raided by a group of Klingon renegades. Garrett's close friend and first officer , Nigel Holmes , was killed in the attack. ( ST - The Lost Era novel : Well of Souls )

In 2344 , the Enterprise responded to a call to arms brought from Romulus by Commander Saavik of the USS Armstrong . Saavik brought word of an unprovoked Romulan attack on the unarmed Klingon outpost on Narendra III , which was the target of the mad Romulan Praetor , Dralath . Captain Garrett was presumed killed during the battle, along with most of her crew. ( TNG episode : " Yesterday's Enterprise "; TOS novel : Vulcan's Heart )

During the battle, the Enterprise was brought forward in time to 2366 by the formation of a temporal rift. Suffering from severe internal injuries, Garrett was beamed aboard the USS Enterprise -D .

Once recovered, Garrett was prepared to remain in that timeframe, to assist the Federation in their war with the Klingon Empire . Captain Jean-Luc Picard was able to convince her to take the Enterprise -C back to the battle at Narendra III in order to restore the correct timeline. However, before the vessel could return, a Klingon vessel attacked. Garrett was killed when shrapnel struck her in the head. ( TNG episode : " Yesterday's Enterprise ", TOS novel : Vulcan's Heart )

Starfleet service record [ ]

Appearances [ ].

• ST novels : , Vulcan's Heart
• ST - The Lost Era novel : Well of Souls
• ST short story : " Hour of Fire "
• SGR novel : Progenitor
• TNG episode : " Yesterday's Enterprise "

Connections [ ]

External link [ ].

• Rachel Garrett article at Memory Alpha , the wiki for canon Star Trek .
• Rachel Garrett article at the Star Trek Timelines Wiki .
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One Of Picard's Cut Cameos Would've Allowed A Beloved Star Trek Character To Finally Rank Up

This article contains spoilers for the series finale of "Star Trek: Picard."

The acclaimed final season of "Star Trek: Picard" has come to a stirring and satisfying end — and, with it, the conclusion to the decades-long journey of Patrick Stewart's Jean-Luc Picard and the rest of the beloved crew of explorers from "The Next Generation." But part of the difficult task laid on the shoulders of showrunner and director Terry Matalas involved uniting multiple different shows set around the same time period. That meant tying together loose threads from "Deep Space Nine" like the Changelings, long-missing members of "The Next Generation" such as Ro Laren (Michelle Forbes), and characters from "Star Trek: Voyager" including Tuvok (Tim Russ) and Jeri Ryan's Seven of Nine.

By the end of the finale, the dual threat of the Borg and the Changelings are vanquished once more and seemingly for good. Pulling off such a daring mission required every trick and every remaining ally that Picard and the crew of the U.S.S. Titan could possibly muster up, but apparently, there were meant to be even more cameo appearances waiting in the wings to help our heroes save the day.

One would've involved another key member of the "Voyager" crew: a certain Ensign Harry Kim. Portrayed by Garrett Wang throughout all 7 seasons, Kim has long stood out as a fan-favorite highlight of what's commonly considered a lackluster series. He could've finally received his time in the spotlight had initial plans for the final season of "Picard" panned out, but that was unfortunately not the case. In a recent interview, Matalas explains why.

Justice for Harry Kim!

During a roundtable interview attended by /Film's Vanessa Armstrong, "Star Trek: Picard" mastermind Terry Matalas reveals that there were early plans to bring on board one of the most undervalued characters in all of "Trek." An oversight that soon turned into a years-long running gag, Harry Kim's inability to rise through the ranks of Starfleet after the starship Voyager found itself lost for years in the far-off Delta Quadrant caused no shortage of laughs and consternation among the fanbase. Having first boarded Voyager as a lowly Ensign, he proved his worth time and time again ... only to end his run on "Voyager" as, you guessed it, still an Ensign.

Yet unlike characters such as Captain Kathryn Janeway (Kate Mulgrew) or Robert Duncan McNeill's Lieutenant Tom Paris, Kim has never again appeared in "Trek" canon since the finale of "Voyager." That would've finally changed — along with a long-awaited promotion — had things worked out on "Picard," but alas! According to Matalas:

"He was captain actually. [...] I talked to Garrett [Wang] about this and he was very, very disappointed. He was [a] captain and yeah, that's all I can say about it. Again, it's time, it's money. We also didn't want to step on 'Star Trek: Prodigy's toes. It was, but again, you don't want to be greedy, right? It's just, it's ... We're talking about Frontier Day, right? Truly if you had another 20 minutes on Frontier Day, you'd be seeing everybody. You'd be seeing everybody who's in Starfleet in 25th century. You want to know what everybody's up to. But yeah, that was that."

The plot involving Frontier Day allowed some other deep-cut cameos to take shape , but apparently Kim's return was simply not meant to be ... for now, at least.

Hope for the future?

The interesting part of Matalas' comment above, of course, is his reference to "Star Trek: Prodigy." The animated series takes place only a handful of years after the events of "Voyager" and has even made way for characters such as Janeway and her right-hand man, First Officer Chakotay (Robert Beltran), to appear on the show. As much of a pleasant surprise as it would've been to see Wang once more in live-action as a much older and wiser (and promoted) Captain Harry Kim for a few moments at some point in "Picard," perhaps the franchise has bigger things in store for the character.

"Prodigy" has had even more reason to expand on the fates of the Voyager crew and Matalas may have tipped his hand that Kim could eventually show up. In the long run, fans would likely accept a more substantial role for Kim in "Prodigy" than a brief moment of naked fan service in "Picard" for a character who, out of the entire cast, only really matters to Seven of Nine. As it is, "Picard" had a lot going on throughout its third season, so it's easy to imagine why Kim's cameo would be among the first to go for the sake of scheduling and budgets.

But that's the thing about "Trek" — no element of the franchise remains a redheaded stepchild for long. (Okay, except maybe "Star Trek: Into Darkness" or that movie with Picard's clone ). "Voyager" may not have the sterling reputation as some of its more widely-celebrated peers, but the creatives in charge and Trekkies alike all seem eager to give the cast their due. Here's to one day getting to see Harry Kim once more on-screen ... this time, with those four pips on the uniform signifying the rank of Captain.

Star Trek: Discovery Reveals Another Iconic DS9 Connection

WARNING: Contains SPOILERS for Star Trek: Discovery season 4, episode 3, "Jinaal".

• "Jinaal" has multiple DS9 references from the Trill zhian'tara ritual to a Ferengi bartender.
• A Ferengi officer in USS Discovery's bar references Quark from DS9.
• Discovery's USS Nog is a tribute to actor Aron Eisenberg. Alex Kurtzman hopes it will continue Nog's legacy.

Star Trek: Discovery season 5, episode 3, "Jinaal" returns to Trill, but that's not the episode's only big connection to Star Trek: Deep Space Nine . In "Jinaal", Dr. Hugh Culber (Wilson Cruz) participates in a Trill zhian'tara ritual, embodying Jinaal Bix to lead Captain Michael Burnham (Sonequa Martin-Green) and Cleveland Booker (David Ajala) to the next clue in their treasure hunt. This ritual first took place in Star Trek: Deep Space Nine season 3, episode 25, "Facets", in which Lt. Jadzia Dax (Terry Farrell) conducts the ceremony, to meet the previous Dax hosts.

Interestingly, the subplot of "Facets" is about Nog (Aron Eisenberg) applying to Starfleet Academy, and a Ferengi Starfleet officer features in Star Trek: Discovery season 5, episode 3 , "Jinaal" too. However, while the Ferengi officer serving aboard the USS Discovery wears the same gold uniform as Ensign Nog in Star Trek: Deep Space Nine , he shares more in common with Nog's uncle, Quark (Armin Shimerman). In the closing scenes of "Jinaal", the Discovery crew unwind in the ship's lounge bar, where they're served drinks by a Ferengi bartender .

Every DS9 Alien In Star Trek: Discovery

Star trek: discovery has its own ferengi bartender like ds9’s quark.

Star Trek: Discovery 's starship bar features in the closing scenes of "Jinaal", and it's revealed that it counts a Ferengi officer among its staff. This is notable for two reasons, the first being that Star Trek 's starship bars are generally run by civilians like Guinan (Whoopi Goldberg) or Honus (Anthony Atamanuik) from Star Trek: Lower Decks . It's interesting that the USS Discovery has a serving officer behind the bar, though given the Ferengis' talents for hospitality, it might not be surprising that this particular Ferengi has chosen to serve as entertainment officer .

Commander Rayner looks like he could use the sympathetic lobes of a Ferengi bartender to share his troubles with.

Star Trek: Discovery 's Ferengi bartender is also a direct reference to Quark's Bar in Star Trek: Deep Space Nine . While they're not the first Ferengi that viewers have seen in Star Trek: Discovery 's 32nd century, the ship's new bartender is the character that most clearly links back to Quark in DS9 . Sadly, the Ferengi bartender plays a non-speaking role , meaning that there's no sense of how the character stacks up with Quark and his DS9 family. This must be particularly disappointing for Commander Rayner (Callum Keith Rennie), who looks like he could use the sympathetic lobes of a Ferengi bartender to share his troubles with.

Ferengi In Starfleet Was Set Up By Star Trek: DS9 & Lower Decks

It was Nog's decision to join Starfleet Academy in Star Trek: Deep Space Nine that paved the way for more Ferengi in Starfleet . While there haven't been any named Ferengi officers in Star Trek shows set after DS9 , there has been at least one starship captain glimpsed in Star Trek: Discovery . Another 32nd century Ferengi was seen to follow Nog into Starfleet Academy in Discovery 's season 4 premiere. Nog's admission and exceptional service during DS9 's Dominion War paved the way for more Ferengi to become Starfleet officers, from the 24th century all the way to the 32nd.

Ronald D. Moore praised the decision to have Nog apply to Starfleet Academy in the book Captains' Logs Supplemental - The Unauthorized Guide to the New Trek Voyages saying: " Somehow, Captain Nog sounds cool "

Nog's father, Grand Nagus Rom (Max Grodénchik) made further strides in Star Trek: Lower Decks season 4, when he negotiated for Ferenginar's entry into the Federation. By the time of Star Trek: Picard 's season 2 premiere, the flag of Ferenginar was glimpsed behind Admiral Jean-Luc Picard (Patrick Stewart) as he delivered a speech to the newest graduates from Starfleet Academy. Ferenginar becoming a member of the Federation made it much easier for Ferengi to follow the example of Nog by pursuing a career in Starfleet .

Star Trek: Discovery Honored DS9’s Nog

As well as the Ferengi officers glimpsed in the 32nd century, Star Trek: Discovery has honored Nog in other ways, too. One of the ships in Starfleet's 32nd century armada is the USS Nog, which performed heroically during the evacuation of Earth in Discovery 's season 4 finale . The captain of the USS Nog held out under the extreme pressures caused by the Dark Matter Anomaly's debris field in order to meet their maximum passenger capacity. It was a heroic act that more than honored the legacy of Star Trek: Deep Space Nine 's Ensign Nog.

The USS Nog is an Eisenberg-class starship, named for the late Aron Eisenberg. This fact was confirmed by Star Trek: Discovery 's co-showrunner Alex Kurtzman (via TrekCore ) who hoped to " see more of the USS Nog as it helps Starfleet build a brighter future. " There's no more fitting a tribute to the legacy of Star Trek: Deep Space Nine 's Aron Eisenberg, and the beloved character of Nog than that.

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Star Trek: Discovery

Star Trek: Discovery is an entry in the legendary Sci-Fi franchise, set ten years before the original Star Trek series events. The show centers around Commander Michael Burnham, assigned to the USS Discovery, where the crew attempts to prevent a Klingon war while traveling through the vast reaches of space.

Star Trek: Deep Space Nine

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.