Hello all, Ric here with a look at the new trailer for part 2 of Star Trek Prodigy.
So with the continuation of Prodigy we see that Admiral Janeway on the USS Dauntless
NCC-80816 is very much following in the footsteps of the
Protostar and catching up with our crew of kids.
They have seemingly been on the run for weeks now,
as narrated by Dal and this is set in the year 2384,
so I guess the New Year has rolled around.
One year from now in universe, the Synth attack on Mars
will occur, causing Starfleet to become more insular, but until then, it’s business as
usual.
The uniforms for this era are similar to the Lower Decks ones, with the fold over seam
which I like for its simplicity and similarity to previous
designs, but this does mean that now we have about three or
four uniforms that are in circulation at this time, the Lower Decks style one, which is
used in many workhorse vessels, this version (Which admittedly
might just be a stylised version of the same thing),
the continuation of the Dominion War era ones seen as late as ’83, and the new Fleet uniform
we saw being introduced in Picard during the
flashbacks.
Not to mention a new combadge for almost every series.
The Protostar I excuse because both the uniform and the badges are specially allocated
for this single vessel and a part of its development project, I assume.
But we are also seeing another version of the Badge, which was seen only
in alternate timelines before this.
I get why, it gives every show a unique look, but the varying mediums
to that just fine anyway and I would like to see some
more consistency with the uniform flow.
She is surrounded by her crew, which as a reminder are Commander Tysess, Doctor Noum
and Ensign Ascencia.
The Dauntless was said to have been provided with a slipstream drive which would
explain why it even stands a chance at catching up to the Protostar considering it just made
a jump into the Gamma Quadrant last part.
At least the Gamma Quadrant is a more likely location to
encounter Alpha quadrant species, as the Wormhole allowed for passage.
Would be cool to see it.
We meet a new Denobulan character, science division and I have seen articles claiming
he is called Barniss Frex who was manning a solitary comms
relay station.
Naturally, Denobulans do not do well in isolation so he is overly-exuberant to
meet anyone new and break the loneliness.
We also see that the crew are early considering joining Starfleet,
but a wrench in those plans is the Diviner’s Living
Construct program on the Protostar that will infect other Federation vessels should they
establish communications with them.
This is going to make establishing their intentions far more difficult and
bound to lead to confrontation with the real Admiral Janeway.
Plus after all, noble intentions or not, she is probably not going to allow the Protostar,
a highly advanced experimental Starfleet ship, fall
into the hands of anyone else.
We also see an encounter with a civilization that seems to have based its own culture around
that of Starfleet, with an incorrect Vulcan salute
and stitched together uniforms.
This looks like a prime directive mess-up to at some point, but I
guess we will see.
Overall, it looks like a more Starfleet heavy presence in the latter half of this
series, which I’m all for.
Hopefully we do get some more answers as to why there is so much Alpha Quadrant
contamination in the Delta Quadrant too, but I,
not holding my breath.
We also see the inclusion of Thadiun Okona again, sporting the eyepatch we saw in 2381
making a return, so perhaps this is a case of finding
an intermediary to talk to the Federation?
Either way, fun addition to see the scoundrel return.
There’s another skydiving scene, seems Star Trek 09 really has
set a precedent and development on both Dal s backstory with him coming closer to uncovering
his heritage and Gwyn’s recovering of her memories
after witnessing Zero’s Medusan form via a
reflection.
Final point I want to bring up is the appearance of a Borg cube, one that very much shares
the external and internal look of the “Artefact”
cube seen in Picard season 1, which would be in the Beta
Quadrant, although I doubt it is the same one.
I dunno why holo-Janeway would allow them anywhere near such a thing but they even board
it and later shots have them firing on the Borg,
which naturally have adapted.
Looking forwards to seeing those too.
Overall, I still have my lingering questions as to where the Protostar comes from in full,
where is Captain Chakotay, why so many Alpha Quadrant
species, etcetera.
With the reveal last part of the Diviner’s origin, we got some answers to
the puzzle so I hope those other questions do have answers
too, and the mystery is simply being maintained to keep my curiosity.
I am looking forwards to more Admiral Janeway and seeing the USS Dauntless
and hopefully more from Dal who was not a great
nor considerate captain earlier on.
Here’s hoping the growth continues and the series resumes
streaming on October 27th.
I’ll cover lore from the show as an when we get reveals and drops, as
well as any other interesting tidbits so until the next video, thanks for watching and goodbye!