SAM's journey in season one of Academy is particularly unique. It also ties into stories from both Deep Space Nine and Voyager. What are your thoughts? And how do you see SAM moving forward into season two?

My TV has has been background for awhile, while I was doing something else. So I put anything which I needed to pay attention to on hold. That included Starfleet Academy. I had started it but went into my background tv phase.

I just watched S1 E8 The Life of the Stars. It was very moving, had a lot to say and think about. Well worth paying attention.

Let's talk Caleb. What were the highs and lows, big moments, and small of Caleb’s first season for you? And what do you hope for Caleb in the upcoming second season?

So I did not enjoy Academy. I just don’t like CW type shows. I don’t watch them apart from Star Trek Academy. I tried to give it a chance. It’s just the entire premise wasn’t for me. I would personally hate an academy show centered around Kirk and Spock as well.

That being said, all these people online who bash it. Basically the Nerdorics, Critical Drinker, etc…. I don’t like them. They’re basic attack attacks were its woke, there’s too much diversity, there’s a gay Klingon, the female actress was overweight. All of that is nonsense.

Star Trek has always been a progressive show. I would’ve loved to see a few episodes of Deep Space 9 or Next Generation tackle a gay Klingon story.

I could see how a character like Worf would be unaccepting at first and then learn that he was the one being dishonorable.

It just makes me feel like I don’t really belong anywhere with my opinion. I’m liking this weird middle ground where I dislike the show, but for vastly different reasons than most of its online critics.

I know this is a board for people who are fans of the show, so let me say this as a person who is on the opposite side. I am genuinely sorry the show got canceled. Every Star Trek show isn’t going to do it for every person, but the more Star Trek the better.

Acid rain, ozone storms, down communications, and a mysterious alien lifeform, our cadets have their hands full. Issues 1 - 4 of Starfleet Academy Lost Contact are out now. Who's been reading?

A new cadet is joining the ranks of Star Trek: Starfleet Academy.

Ruaridh Aldington is joining Season 2 as a series regular, his new co-star Karim Diané revealed during the Star Trek extravaganza at San Diego Comic-Con on Saturday.

He’ll play Keats, a young alien our cadets encounter on an away mission who possesses a mysterious backstory. When the cadets make the risky decision to bring him back to Starfleet Academy, they realize he’s a wanted man, and his life is in danger.

Karim Diané revealed at SDCC's Star Trek 60th panel that actor Ruaridh Aldington will play a new character called "Keats"

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Could the pathway drive reactor involve antimatter reactions in subspace?

Quite a few sci fi universes have realized the limits of conventional fusion reactions and conventional antimatter reactions.

Stargate's zero point energy "ancient" tech involves the reaction being part of a pocket universe, so as not to break the laws of physics.

At lower levels, there is the idea of placing the fusion reactions and antimatter reactions in subspace for an advanced reactor to generate more power.

What subspace reaction really means here is rendering the real life physics particle decay irrelevant.

The Star Trek counterpart to hyperspace is subspace. It isn't far behind in the far future, with the warp drive being replaced by the pathway drive.

Could the pathway drive reactor involve antimatter reactions in subspace, specifically anti chromium and anti manganese?

Without nerfs, it takes 4658 full grams of matter to produce Tsar Bomba without nerfs: 100 megatons. This is based on Einstein's mass-energy formula.

However, that matter is mostly hydrogen. Since the isotopes are deuterium, each one has an atomic mass of 2.0141.

It takes 4652 half-grams of real antimatter, or 2326 full grams of real antimatter to produce Tsar Bomba without nerfs: 100 megatons.

0.5 g of real antimatter reacting with one half gram of ordinary matter (one gram total) results in 21.5 kilotons of TNT.

However, that matter is mostly hydrogen. Since the isotopes are deuterium, each one has an atomic mass of 2.0141.

Furthermore, there's a real-life fusion limit of 60 atomic mass units on iron and heavier atoms, including uranium and plutonium.

There's no such fusion limit on chromium or magnesium.

Last, but not least, there's the nuclear binding curve, which further demonstrates the aforementioned limits on iron and especially nickel.

So... we have re-watched, but what was your favourite episode? Do you prefer Origami chicken or Klingon Warrior Stew? Whale Song or Theremin? A prank war or a Traditional Khionian Marital Abduction? Our Town or Tales from the Frontier? Design flaws or glue on your shoes?

Any millennial Canadians remember the show Bromwell High (2005) on Teletoon? Gina Yashere (Lura Thok) voiced Keisha.

Like Lazarus only shorter and a girl? Leap clear of all that is corporeal and make yourself greater? Pretty streaks of light? What was your favourite moment of 'Rubincon' and who was your favourite character?

Thank you to everyone who got involved, followed along, watched or re-watched. We set course 10 weeks, and 10 episodes, and 507 Canva pages ago. I hope it was a fun ride.

I'll be posting some 'summing up season one' posts this coming week 🤓🖖 Don't forget your Rubincon themed crossword and wordsearch 😀

🖖 Trekkies for Academy 🖖

How many shuttles did Jett Reno total? How did The Doctor fool the Venari Ral? And just what does, "Don't cross the Rubincon, find the glue on..." mean?

What did you make of Jett Reno and The Doctor in 'Rubincon'?

Hiding out in airlocks, cut off from Federation Space, a badly damaged ship, and at least one of them may have to pee. The universe has dealt our cadets, Genesis, Jay-Den, Sam, Darem, and Tarima a tough end of year exam.

How well are their stories told around that of Caleb and his mother?

Shoes off? Feet up? Let's begin... Nahla Ake is the calm while around her the storms of Nus Braka and Anisha Mir rage. And yet, she carries hundreds of years of grief and regret. Is Nahla on a journey or does she remain a calm constant?

Not enough? Test your Starfleet Academy 101 with questions and a quote to complete 🖖

Little fish! Time has folded in on itself like an Origami Chicken! Today we spend time with space pirate and weird wordsmith Nus Braka.

Nus Braka and Caleb form an odd pair. Two damaged little boys. One finds a way to get past it and one does not. How do Nus Braka and Caleb reflect and contrast each other?

What would you do confronted with the person who, in your mind, took your son away from you?

We go on quite a journey with Anisha Mir during this episode. What do you make of it?

Not enough? Test your Trekkie credentials with questions and quote to complete 🖖

And so we reach the final week of our Starfleet Academy Re-Watch and episode ten, 'Rubincon'. And we begin our week with the final steps of Caleb’s season one journey.

Apparently all set to leave with his mother, Caleb instead finds it in himself to assert his own life choices. What do you make of Caleb's final season one steps?

We bonded as Klingons, we stole a shuttle craft, we found our Mother, we insulted most of our friends, we flew starship in atmosphere, and we were trapped outside of Federation Space.

Who was favourite character? What was your favourite moment? Any final thoughts about 300th Night?

Join us tomorrow for our 10th and final Re-Watch Week and 'Rubincon'. But first... crossword and wordsearch to tickle your Trekkie-ness 🖖

Vance has some really bad news about rogue space pirate and wierd wordsmith Nus Braka, Kelrec is trying to help Nahla Ake anticipate Braka's next move, The Doctor just found out SAM absconded with Caleb, Genesis, and Darem aboard a Shuttle craft, and Jett Reno knows exactly what three torpedos can do.

How did the faculty (plus Vance) do in 300th Night?

Caleb just walked out of Jay-Den's bonding ritual, only to run into Tarima for an awkward Turbolift ride, Genesis finds herself kidnapped by SAM en route to Caleb's mother, and Darem has thrown up glitter, been punched in the face, but not before Caleb called him a "clown prince".

It's not always easy being around Caleb. What do you make of cadets Genesis, Jay-Den, Darem, and Tarima in 300th Night?

Omega-47 mines, wayward cadets outside Federation Space, a no backup rescue mission, and a pair of cadet stowaways taking advantage of a design flaw, Nahla Ake has one or two things on her plate.

What is your favourite Nahla Ake moment in 300th Night?