Jul 17, 2015
For better or worse, Degra was first and foremost a Patriot.
In continuing Degra’s character exploration from Warp Five Episode 42, it is apparent that his character arc has even more complexity still left to explore. The Season 3 Xindi arc from September 2003 to May 2004 emulated the U.S. national zeitgeist,...
Jul 3, 2015
It all began with a just handful of ships.
Enterprise had the unique opportunity, as the prequel series, to introduce many of the origins of basic Star Trek canon; how M-Class was derived from the Vulcan word Minshara (with regard to classifying planets suitable for humanoid life), the first use of photon(ic)...
Jun 19, 2015
What if Future Guy was a Romulan agent?
The Temporal Cold War was a promising, yet
inconsistent storytelling device throughout the four seasons of
Enterprise. Despite its many narrative challenges, the Temporal
Cold War did provide the series with a few interesting
world-building elements, in particular - the agents...
May 29, 2015
The Perks of Being a Patreon Patron!
In this first Supplemental Episode of Warp Five, Will, Jeff and I discuss something that is very dear and important to all of us here on the Trek.fm network. Quite frankly, that is all of you. Our fans, our listeners, supporters, and all of the people who tune in to Trek.fm make...
May 22, 2015
The Captains on the series Enterprise not named Jonathan
Archer.
On Warp Five, we often talk about the important role that Jonathan Archer had as Captain of the NX-01. Since he was the first Starfleet Captain for the first Warp Five capable ship, he didn't have the luxury of Captain's Logs or the precedents laid by...