Talking Trek | STOked 123

Posted on: May 14, 2012

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Talking Trek | STOked 123

We roll out the new Talk Trek segment and look at some of the definitive Romulan episodes from Star Trek.

Plus: Chris’ new thoughts on the big PvP changes Gozer has started to share, and an all new Foundry Files!

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NEWS:

Foundry Files:

Needs of the Few

  • Overall, a great story that feels like something you would see in a Star Trek episode, some great new maps that add to this mission’s environment, making it feel different. The only thing that could use improvement is gameplay, and to keep this a diplomatic mission, the only real thing the author could add is a puzzle, and less repeating of talking to tons of NPC’s. If you are mainly looking for story in your mission experience, this is a great one to check out.

New Segment: Talk Trek

Balance of Terror

  • 5:00 A lot of interesting setup. Showing the territory map, Spock giving the 411 and the shots of the crew listening in.
  • 14:00 Kirk takes input, even hostile input at that, and adjust his orders.
The Defector
  • Starts has a holodeck playtime between data and picard.
  • Powerful first on screen moment for the Romulan escape, I remember it feeling like a big deal back in the day.
  • One of my favorite ship flybys at 8:47 goes great with the “captain’s log”.
  • Asking data to keep a record of events is really clever.
  • At the 20 minute mark, the return back to the opening scene. A nice touch.
  • At the 22 minute mark, it’s a great Data learning to be human chat. Season 3 was great at this.
  • One worlds butcher, is another worlds hero. So true.
  • At the 38:40 One of the great, get us outta here moments, and the Romulans uncloak.
  • 42:26 Klinks decloak and screw the Romulans plan up. Loves it.
    James Sloyan – Memory Alpha, the Star Trek Wiki
Face of the Enemy
  • The Tal Shiar appears to be quite the buracratic badass.
  • The most time we have ever spent on a Romulan ship?
  • As noted in the Star Trek: The Next Generation Companion, this episode marked the debut of Worf’s ponytail. He would retain this look for the rest of the series, throughout his tenure on Star Trek: Deep Space Nine, and all four Next Generation films. Hairstylist Joy Zapata and Michael Dorn had both lobbied for the change for some time. Zapata explained, “[Worf’s hair] used to remind me of a Klingon that had gone to the beauty salon; it looked like Donna Reed!”.

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  • Oldman

    I fear Season 6..

  • Darkpony50

    Great show love the new segment for Talk Trek, Balance of Terror is a great TOS episode. Did anyone notice that the Romulan commander in that episode was Mark Lenard, whom was also Sarek (Spocks Father)

  • ChrisLAS

    How could I forget to mention THAT! DOOOOH!
    -Chris

  • Peregrine_Falcon

    Excellent episode, as always.

    It’s just a shame that so little is happening in Star Trek Online that its number one fan podcast has to have a Trek Segment just to have something to talk about.

  • Hendrik Gerritzen

    lol, talk Trek intro likely hit the german licensing filter in terms of music on youtube. Can’t watch it there. Good that there’s always a backup

  • Sean Newboy

     Romulans Rule! Too bad they will never properly be in STO.

    Good episode and i loved to hear about foundry files.

  • ChrisLAS

    I also think the video quality here is better. I custom encode each video so that it looks it best. However YouTube just takes a blunt one size fits all approach. 

    I look at it more as, the YouTube page is the backup, this is the main feature here! :)
    -Chris

  • http://twitter.com/TheGhettoDandy James Knights

    Excellent episode, love the Talk Trek segment – great to be able to talk about my favourite thing ever with some like minded people!

    Thanks Chris and the team for the great work and for the mention in this episode too!!

    JamesyUK

  • Oddeye

    I thought this podcast was about STO.  What does any of this have to do with STO.  While I realize the game is based on the IP, I can look up trek mythology and apocrypha at my leisure.  I’m guessing these guys got a ‘talking to’ from the STO staff or something, and decided to post something that didn’t focus on the deep crap the game is in now because of the developer’s decisions.  The brief nod at PvP and the brief blurb about it doesn’t really satisfy the reason people come to this blog.  I want to know what’s happening with the intellectual property.  I want to know what is happening after June in regards to content and what’s coming later in the year. Is Dan Stahl’s statement on it still ‘Foundry is your content. Do it yourself, we’re done investing in this propery’.  Has anything been announced for later in the year and if not why not.  Where is the direction the game’s canon is going, what fixes have been proposed for the broken drop system, what fixes have been proposed for the Science skills?  

    Forgive me, I suppose I had the wrong idea about what I was coming here for.

  • Jbridges1

    it has been great watching you for the past 2 years chris. now i have problems watching you. i am not a computer person so i am not able to watch your video anymore. all i have is my lap top and i have problems as it is playing STO for long times as i used to.

  • http://twitter.com/rco73 Robert Olesnevich

    I always felt that  Tal Shiar was more like KGB. Greet episode!

  • Hugablysoft

    hey ,
    ok this was just an ok episode, i first like to say that yes when it come to the comunity need to be sivile and constructive, but you also need to realise gozer need to be the same way, alot od the stf hostilities i beleave come from gozers attitude twards the comunity, you can see this is alot of his postings, so if you dont want a lion to growl then dont poke it with a stick, foundry files was good i am just not a diploatic mission person lol, also if you going to have a talk trek then you cohost needs to take the time to watch the episodes you discuss, i think this was kinda looks bad on the show, i hope this comes off as constructive critisism cause its ment kindly ,   ty

  • Saiyan

    geek fail :) Tomalak was in “all good things”

  • ChrisLAS

    What kinda of problems are you running into? 

  • RogueEnterprise

    Yay, foundry files made it!
    Any word on the re-re-re-re-re-re-reattempt at pushing out the other two that were previously filmed?

  • Jbridges1

    i hit play and nothing happends chris, the bar next to play just flashes.

  • Jbridges1

    as for playing STO, after about 15 min and sometimes its like 5 min and somedays i get more it freazez on me and the sound is static were i have to log out

  • Earthcrusher

    I really love this game.  I don’t really follow the forums, nor do I understand all the “behind the scenes” stuff that goes into making a game like this.  However, I love Star Trek and this game is my only outlet for new content.  I’m willing to pay money to play this game.  Why are the demands of the customers not being met?  I am not interested in lockboxes, pets, or little cstore things.  Why is “whoever’s in charge” not rolling out new content on an ongoing bases.  I’m not trying to be critical, I would just like to know.  I’m just an everyday, run of the mill, customer.  If anyone would care to give me your opinions I’d be interested in “hearing” them…I’m always looking to learn more about what’s happening to my beloved Star Trek.  

  • Commander88

    So, I guess because you didn’t get what you wanted, you’ll be producing your own show from now on, and doing your own research so someone else can come to your show to complain about it not doing what they want it to do?

    There’s a reason for the content of this particular show…but you’d have to do more than complain about it to figure out what it is, wouldn’t you?

  • Commander88

    He was also the first Klingon to speak the language as the “new” bumpy forehead Klingon in Star Trek: TMP.

  • Commander88

    I have to agree with you…while there are hundreds of episodes to watch, I’m a bit surprised that one of the participants in the show hasn’t seen all of the Trek series’.

    If you’re a Trek fan, you really should watch all of the 5 series at least once, just so you can A) say you’ve done it, but B) so you can see how the IP/canon have developed over time, or not developed as the case may be.