#scifipremise
an algorithm singles out an
obscure nobody
as the wisest of all
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#scifipremise: society demands
kids master each technology
before they're allowed to use it
Belated thanks to @shelfnerds.bsky.social for hosting March's #SciFiPremise, which explored science fiction premises on Trek. Now it's onto April's #TrekIcons discussions, which celebrate iconic topics in the franchise. Please join if you can. 🖖
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#SciFiPremise Day 31: Utopia - Garden of "Eden", TOS' "The Way to Eden"
From time to time, we see a false utopia, a location which seems idyllic but in reality, was not. An example was the planet which Dr. Sevrin thought was Eden.
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Many thanks to @shelfnerds.bsky.social for the very entertaining #SciFiPremise prompts. Looking forward to next month's #TrekIcons topics!
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A shot of Leila Kalomi, Spock, Kirk, Sulu and another Enterprise crew member on Omicron Ceti III standing behind a grouping of plants that have just given off some spores.
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Day 31 - Utopia
TOS E124 "This Side of Paradise"
The Enterprise comes across a planet where the locals are in state of constant bliss, despite continued exposure to deadly radiation.
#ScifiPremise Utopia
The planet Risa is a utopia thanks to its sophisticated weather control grid and friendly, accomadating population.
SciFiPremise prompt list by ShelfNerds.
Screencap from the STAR TREK: STRANGE NEW WORLDS episode "Lift Us Where Suffering Cannot Reach." Image of a floating city on the planet Majalis.
Screencap from the STAR TREK: STRANGE NEW WORLDS episode "Lift Us Where Suffering Cannot Reach." The First Servant (Ian Ho) is connected to the machine that powers the Majalan cities.
Screencap from the STAR TREK: STRANGE NEW WORLDS episode "Lift Us Where Suffering Cannot Reach." Pike (Anson Mount) confronts Alora (Lindy Booth) about the truth of the First Servant's ascension.
#SciFiPremise Utopia
"Your whole civilization. All your... this. It's all founded on the suffering of a child."
- Star Trek: Strange New Worlds ("Lift Us Where Suffering Cannot Reach")
#SciFiPremise Day 30: Time Travel - DSC's "Face the Strange"
Time travel is my favorite genre of Trek episodes. One of my favorites is a recent one in which Michael and Rayner jumped into various past events onboard Discovery as well as a potential future.
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#SciFiPremise Day 29: Fear of Other - Ennis & Nol-Ennis, DS9's "Battle Lines"
They were each other's enemies who fought a long war. Due to local technology, any wounds were healed so they can continue their fighting. Kai Opaka, who was healed, remained there to try to bring peace.
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#ScifiPremise Time Travel "Time's Arrow"
Members of the Enterprise crew travel back to 1893 to rescue Data and stop the Devidians from harvesting human neural energy.
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A shot of McCoy talking with Kirk on the Klingon Bird of Prey.
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Day 30 - Time Travel
Star Trek IV: The Voyage Home
McCoy: "You're proposing that we go backwards in time, find humpback whales, then bring them forward in time, drop them off, and hope to hell they tell this probe what to go do with itself"
#ScifiPremise Time Travel
La’an’s travel back to 21st century Earth offers her a powerful choice: save a child who will become the dangerous tyrant Khan or allow a Romulan agent to kill him—ending a generational shame that she bears, but also ending her own life.
“Tomorrow” x3 is perfect.
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A close-up shot of Bele and Lokai on the bridge of the Enterprise. The right half of Bele's face is black and the left half is white. The right half of Lokai's face is white and the left half is black.
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Day 29 - Fear of the Other
TOS E315 "Let That Be Your Last Battlefield"
Cheron natives Bele and Lokai have a mutual, all-consuming hatred for each other that dates back to as long as they can remember. Their civilization destroyed itself in a war fueled by hate and racism.
#ScifiPremise Fear of Other
From the beginning of their existence, Changelings were feared by solids and persecuted. Eventually, the Changelings decided "what you can control can't hurt you" and created a vast empire called the Dominion which dominated the solids.
SciFiPremise prompt list by ShelfNerds.
Screencap of the STAR TREK: DISCOVERY episode "Terra Firma, Part 1". Carl (Paul Guilfoyle) shows a newspaper with a headline that reads, "EMPEROR GEORGIOU DIES HORRIBLY PAINFUL DEATH".
Screencap from the STAR TREK: DISCOVERY episode "Terra Firma, Part 1". As Burnham (Sonequa Martin-Green) stands by, Carl (Paul Guilfoyle) shows Georgiou (Michelle Yeoh) a large wooden doorway to the past.
Screencap from the STAR TREK: DISCOVERY episode "Terra Firma, Part 1". Via a doorway to the past, Emperor Georgiou arrives on the hanger deck of the I.S.S. Discovery.
#SciFiPremise Time Travel
Carl (who later reveals himself as the Guardian of Forever) sends Georgiou back in time to the height of her reign over the Terran Empire. ("Terra Firma, Part 1")
#SciFiPremise Day 28: Genetic Manipulation - Khan Noonien Singh & the Eugenics War
The use of selective breeding & genetic engineering lead to the rise of Khan & the Eugenics War. Khan's defeat resulted in him and his followers fleeing Earth on the Botany Bay.
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#SciFiPremise Day 27: Galactic Organizations - temporal agencies
There has been a few temporal agencies on Trek such as the Depart. of Temporal Investigations and Temporal Integrity Commission who are charged with monitoring and protecting the timeline.
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#ScifiPremise Genetic Manipulation
Dal R'El is a human hybrid created by proteges of Dr. Arik Soong. Dal's DNA is a blend of the most recessive genetic traits of 26 other species, including Vulcan, Tellarite, Klingon, Andorian and proto-Organian.
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A close-up shot of Alok interrogating Georgiou (who is off-camera) at a Section 31 safe house.
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Day 28 - Genetic Manipulation
Section 31 Movie
Alok talks to Georgiou about The Eugenics Wars and Giri the Marked.
Alok: "She ripped me apart and turned me into another Augment for her army. And I did terrible things. All for a monster like you"
SciFiPremise prompt list by ShelfNerds.
Screencap from the STAR TREK episode "The Devil in the Dark." A group of Janus VI miners overpower the Enterprise security officers.
Screencap from the STAR TREK episode "The Devil in the Dark." As Spock mind-melds with the Horta, Kirk struggles with the miners who are out to kill her.
Screencap from the STAR TREK episode "The Devil in the Dark." Close-up shot of the Janus VI miners as they confront Kirk.
#SciFiPremise Fear of the Other
The Janus VI miners overpower Enterprise security officers to get at the 'monster' threatening their operation. ("The Devil in the Dark")
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A close-up shot of J'onn on Nimbus III.
A close-up shot of a smiling Sybok at night on Nimbus III.
A close-up shot of a smiling Sybok talking with Spock at night on Nimbus III.
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Day 27 - Galactic Organization
Star Trek V: The Final Frontier
Sybok commanded the Galactic Army of Light, which was composed of inhabitants from Nimbus III. He built this "army" by taking away the secret pain he believed every person possessed (he did this for his followers).
#ScifiPremise Galactic Organization
The Traveler's species was dedicated to preserving the multiple quantum realities. To help preserve realities that could unravel at any moment, they recruited others, some trained from birth, like Gary Seven, others recruited like Wesley Crusher.
SciFiPremise prompt list by ShelfNerds.
Screencap from the STAR TREK: STRANGE NEW WORLDS episode "Ghosts of Illyria." Chin-Riley (Rebecca Romijn) feels the effect of her immune system burning out the 'light virus' from her body.
#SciFiPremise Genetic Manipulation
The spacefaring species known as Illyrians genetically modify their bodies to adapt to any new planets they settle upon. They seek to collaborate with nature rather than dominate it.
#SciFiPremise Day 25: Alien Invader - Tribbles
While one tribble is cute and cuddly, when you multiply them by the millions, they can be considered an alien invader, just ask the Klingons. 😉
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#SciFiPremise - Alien Invader
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VOY s4e1 "Scorpion, pt. 2" - we get to know Species 8472 and why the Borg consider them such a menace.
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A shot of Sulu without his shirt wielding a sword on the Enterprise as he prepares to duel with other crew members (who are off-camera).
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Day 26 - Swashbuckling Adventure
TOS E104 "The Naked Time"
Shirtless Sulu with a sword is something we never knew we needed.
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A shot of Clicket Zurkel trying to scare Freeman and Stevens on the Cerritos.
A close-up shot of a Clicket invador on the Cerritos holding a weapon and looking at T'Ana (who is off-camera). From E508
A close-up shot of a smiling Freeman giving a thumps up while she talks to Clicket Zurkel (who is off-camera) on the bridge of the Cerritos. From E508
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Day 25 - Alien Invader
Lower Decks E508 "Upper Decks"
The Clicket invaders try to take over the Cerritos, but Freeman outwits them by giving them a flurry of compliments.
Day 26: A Swashbuckling Adventure
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Shore Leave
'Nuff Said!