I'll do some more work on #StarTrekProdigy's "Temporal Mechanics 101" today but I have already started researching the next episode "Observer's Paradox". Boy! There is a lot to cover in that episode! :-)

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Good stuff on Discovery Season 5 and Strange New Worlds.

If you had to boil our VFX down to a phrase: “It’s always story-driven”

#StarTrek #StarTrekDiscovery #StarTrekStrangeNewWorlds #VFX

During Burnham's Progenitor-induced time-lapse vision in #StarTrekDiscovery's "Life, Itself", three clips of Apollo/Saturn V rocket footage are seen. This will go nicely here @eas_trek:
https://www.ex-astris-scientia.org/database/nasa_references.htm

I would really love to get a good look at Kovich's Starfleet delta collection, seen here in #StarTrekDiscovery's "Life, Itself"↖️. 😅

Here are two shots of the Breen fighters, seen in #StarTrekDiscovery's "Life, Itself"⬆️➡️, using the same model as the larger Breen scout seen a little later. It can be seen that the ship takes inspiration from the Breen warship from #StarTrekDS9 ("'Til Death Do Us Part"⬇️).

I must admit, at first I didn't realize that the 33rd century scenes at the end of #StarTrekDiscovery's "Life, Itself" would also tackle Calypso and Zora⬇️ (I thought that had been covered in "Face the Strange"). But when Burnham said "Last dance"⬆️, I knew what was coming. :-)

Of course, I gotta mention Geordi's season 2-Generations VISOR ("Galaxy's Child"↗️) and Sisko's (rather clean...) baseball ("In the Cards"↘️) in Kovich's collection in #StarTrekDiscovery's "Life, Itself"⬅️.

With five names on Kovich's list and five puzzle pieces, I had all but forgotten forgotten about the sixth scientist when watching #StarTrekDiscovery's "Life, Itself"⬇️, so here's the reference to the killed scientist in "Jinaal"⬆️.

A callback to my #StarTrekDiscovery season 3 32nd century starship posts:
Here are all the starship classes seen in the 33rd century scenes in "Life, Itself", using my original designations and the actual class names, when available. Angelou class no show since "Kobayashi Maru".

Thanks to the #StarTrekDiscovery season 5 poster ⬅️, we got a good look at the Eternal Gallery and Archive. Notice the red highlights! They are definitely there in "Labyrinths"➡️ but can only barely be made out. Does somebody have the Photoshop skills to bring them out more?

I'm happy Dr. Culber finally got to say the "I'm a Doctor..." catch phrase in the final episode of #StarTrekDiscovery, "Life Itself". :-) He certainly is in great company! :-)

"Build the One Between the Many". As I'm currently also covering #StarTrekTNG's "Final Mission", I feel it's my duty to inform you that the 9 triangles in #StarTrekDiscovery's "Life, Itself"⬆️➡️ could also have been arranged to form the pattern on Dirgo's travel case ↙️↘️.😅

In #StarTrekDiscovery's "Life, Itself", during Saru and T'Rina's wedding, we got a final good look at the Xindi representative (established as such in season 4's "...But to Connect"). I hope we will see more of them in #StarTrekStarfleetAcademy! A Xindi cadet would be awesome!😀

Here are some shots of the 33rd century Starfleet communicator pin and the delta on the ground in front of Burnham's house, as seen in #StarTrekDiscovery's "Life, Itself". Close inspection reveals that the commbadge has the split delta ↙️, the emblem on the ground doesn't.

I love that Admiral Burnham's shuttle at the end of #StarTrekDiscovery's "Life, Itself" is named UFP-47, keeping the old injoke of all the 47s in #StarTrek alive until the 33rd century. It doesn't take much to make me happy and this made me happy. :-)

Here are shots of the USS Discovery saucer in #StarTrekShortTreks' "Calypso"⬆️ and in #StarTrekDiscovery's "Life, Itself"⬇️, as seen at the very end of the episode. :-)

The 21st century city that is briefly seen in Burnham's visions in #StarTrekDiscovery's "Life, Itself" is Berlin, Germany. If you look closely, you can make out "Dussmann Das KulturKaufhaus", which is located at Friedrichstraße 90 in Berlin. :-)

I loved these revelations in "Life, Itself". It means that almost everybody from #StarTrekDiscovery can easily be brought back in #StarTrekStarfleetAcademy in a guest or recurring role as a mentor and it means Tilly will be back!!! :-)

I knew I had seen the cool shield radiation enhancer in #StarTrekDiscovery's "Life, Itself"⬅️ before: in season 4 of the show, it was the holographic emitter in Burnham's quarters, only lighting up when a holo was active ("Rubicon"↗️, "Anomaly"➡️, "Face the Strange"↘️).😀

We see the Selay (?) representative again at Saru's and T'Rina's wedding in #StarTrekDiscovery's "Life, Itself". What a cool alien make-up! :-)

One of the objects seen in Kovich's collection in #StarTrekDiscovery's "Life, Itself"➡️ (but already glimpsed in "Red Directive") is a #StarTrekTNG season 1/2 "dustbuster" type 2 phaser ("The Royale"⬅️). :-)

Same kind of vibes: Kovich and Burnham in #StarTrekDiscovery's "Red Directive"⬆️ and Daniels and Archer in #StarTrekENT's "Shockwave II"⬇️. 👌

Here are some shots of the USS Discovery saucer separation, as seen in #StarTrekDiscovery's "Life, Itself". I love that little ring of debris seen at the very beginning of the sequence. This must not have been attempted for quite some time... ;-)

Admiral Burnham's insignia in the future scenes in #StarTrekDiscovery's "Life, Itself"↖️↗️ features a Starfleet arrowhead inside the Federation emblem "leaves". This is a cool callback to the similar 24th century Starfleet Command/admiral's belt buckle on #StarTrekDS9 ↙️↘️.😊

I was super happy to see a yellow-leaved World Root tree (originally from Kwejian, #StarTrekDiscovery's "Kobayashi Maru"↘️) now grows on red-treed Sanctuary Four in "Life, Itself"↖️. We see the box with the cuttings (from "Labyrinths"↙️) prominently in Burnham's bedroom ↗️.

I'm glad Zora did finally find out who or what Craft is in the #StarTrekShortTrek episode "Calypso"⬇️. The fact that Admiral Burnham even knew about the word "Craft" in #StarTrekDiscovery's "Life, Itself"↖️↗️⬅️➡️ can only mean that Kovich/Daniel gave her some hints. :-)

I'm 100% sure that Kovich's horga'hn (seen in #StarTrekDiscovery's "Red Directive"↖️ and "Life, Itself"↗️) is a William T. Riker memento, Riker being the only person shown with a horga'hn connection numerous times on #StarTrekTNG and #StarTrekLowerDecks.😊

As #StarTrekDiscovery sadly has come to an end and season 2 of #StarTrekProdigy is on the horizon (...and 24+ more seasons of 1966-2005 #StarTrek are still waiting...) let me just say once more: I love doing Star Trek research, it's so much fun!! :-)

I was super happy when I learnt that Dr. Marina Derex was the very first person to meet the Progenitor in #StarTrekDiscovery's "Life, Itself". I feel kind of connected to her after translating her work (sounds preposterous! 🙈) and researching the Betazoid emblem. 😅

When #StarTrekDiscovery season 5 started 9 weeks ago, I was in the middle of researching observations for #StarTrekTNG's "The Host". I'm glad I can finish the episode now, once I've stopped finding stuff in "Life, Itself". :-)

Over the years, #StarTrekDiscovery has given us many beautiful, colorful (definitely not Canadian😜) forests. I just love this collage! :-)
"That Hope Is You, part I"
"Sanctuary"
"Under the Twin Moons"
"Si Vis Pacem, Para Bellum"
"Life, Itself".

Watching #StarTrekDiscovery's "Life, Itself" for the seond time around, this time with me friends. It's insane, how many more things I'm noticing the second time around. I'll be busy! :-)

I'm really really glad Netflix did not drop season 2 of #StarTrekProdigy while #StarTrekDiscovery season 5 was still running. Both shows absolutely deserve our fullest attention and time to be celebrated and loved. Now that Disco is over 😭 can't wait for more Prodigy! 🎉😊

I will write about the #StarTrekDiscovery finale "Life, Itself" today but not about the final 25 minutes, yet. Please respect that when you comment! There's plenty of cool stuff to write and think about, I loved the episode! :-)

#StarTrekDiscovery's "Lagrange Point" brought back a 32nd century Intrepid class ship (possibly the USS Voyager-J?) after the class had been noticeably absent in season 5 so far! O hope we will see more of the ship in #StarTrekStarfleetAcademy! :-)

I love this tool box that has been seen prominently in several #StarTrekDiscovery season 5 episodes, including "Erigah". It's a nice little prop with some diverse engineering tools! :-)

I shed some tears twice while watching the #StarTrekDiscovery finale just now. And I'm glad I watched it without knowing any spoilers beforehand. That's exactly why I will not write anything about the episode today, apart from this, because others deserve the same chance! 🖖🟡🔻

Just as I was about to start watching the #StarTrekDiscovery finale, this gift from Bernd Schneider of @eas_trek arrived per mail. I will definitely wear this at my next #StarTrek convention. Thank you very much Bernd!! 👌😊👌

We get our best look yet at a member of the Xindi representative's species (from "...But to Connect") in #StarTrekDiscovery's "Lagrange Point"⬇️. I can totally see this being a Xindi-Insectoid / Xindi-Primate hybrid, for example.

The story that started in #StarTrekTNG's "The Chase"↖️↗️ and was continued in #StarTrekDiscovery's "Red Directive"⬇️ will come to an end (?) in the episode with the fitting title "Life, Itself". Can't wait for tomorrow's final episode!

I will never forget watching the first two episodes of #StarTrekDiscovery in September 2017. I was in St.Louis on a student exchange with our partner school and watched the pilot episodes with my US friends. I can't believe 7 years have already passed and the show ends tomorrow! I will miss Disco!😢

Here's a close-up of the beautiful binary black hole graphic, as seen in #StarTrekDiscovery's "Lagrange Point". :-)

It was really great that we got another Breen undercover episode with #StarTrekDiscovery's "Lagrange Point", similar to moments #StarTrekDS9's "Indiscretion"↙️⬇️ and "What You Leave Behind"↘️. This time we also got to see the "inside-the-suit" shots! :-)

The very last shot in the #StarTrekDiscovery opening credits was (like other shots) changed for each season. It seems it features a season-specific background. Season 2 seems to be a star chart (like the red burns map) and season 4 shows Zora. What's seen in the other seasons?

Here's a good look at Stamet's equations, used to calculate the maneuver of flying the USS Discovery into the Breen dreadnought shuttlebay in #StarTrekDiscovery's "Lagrange Point". What does it all mean?

If you look closely at this (flipped) screenshot from #StarTrekDiscovery's "Labyrinths"⬆️ you can see that the device Dr. Culber uses to scan unconscious Michael Burnham ⬇️ is a "neuro tomographer". 👌

The story of #StarTrekDiscovery beginning at a binary star ("The Vulcan Hello"⬆️ and "Battle at the Binary Stars") and ending at a binary black hole ("Lagrange Point"⬇️ and "Life, Itself") is a beautiful kind of symmetry I totally love! :-) I also adore those FX shots!

I'm wondering if the Breen dreadnought in season 5 of #StarTrekDiscovery ⬅️ is mean to be a through deck carrier, with one continuous shuttlebay/cargobay running through the whole ship. I first read about this in Jackill's Ships of the Fleet vol. II ➡️ as a kid and love the idea!

I have sent David another e-mail, telling him that his emblem was so prominently used in season 5 of #StarTrekDiscovery but haven't heard back from him yet. If you know David Bilic (aka Zeleni), please let him know! Also, Bernd, can we please turn this into an article? 14/14

In #StarTrekDiscovery's "Labyrinths", we also see Dr, Marina Derex' (blurry) curriculum vitae and it reveals...that she is a recipient of the Betazoid Loyalties award - which finally brings our Betazoid emblem story full circle. And what a story it is! :-) 13/14

In #StarTrekDiscovery's "Labyrinths", we finally see the actual handwritten manuscript of Dr. Marina Derex' "Labyrinths of the Mind". The Betazoid emblem is prominently embossed on the cover of the book and also appears on several pages inside the tome in a stylized way. 12/14

Turns out that the name of the book is also written on the library card. If you take a look at the letters seen in this graphic from #StarTrekDiscovery's "Erigah", you can see that the angular structure in the innermost ring was used as the basis for the Betazoid letters. 11/14

Then a couple of weeks ago, the Betazoid emblem (originally created by David Bilic) was prominently seen on the library card in #StarTrekDiscovery's "Erigah". We also find out that a book called "Labyrinths of the Mind" was written by Betazoid Doctor Marina Derex. 10/14

I love that the Betazoid emblem, created by fan David Bilic (aka Zeleni) 17 years ago, has now been seen in three #StarTrek shows: #StarTrekPicard ↖️↗️, #StarTrekLowerDecks ↙️ and #StarTrekDiscovery ↘️ . Learn the full story and find out why the emblem has come full circle! 1/14 🧵

I have revisited the origins of the Betazoid emblem, so prominently seen in #StarTrekDiscovery's "Erigah" and "Labyrinths", and have written up a 14-part post that I will publish later today. I'm very passionate about this, I hope people will like it (and have patience for 14 parts) ! 😅

This is the best look we ever got at a member of the Ckaptir species on #StarTrekDiscovery! Look at the hair at the tip of the appendages, as seen in "Lagrange Point"! :-)

Here are all the pages from Marina Derex' "Labyrinths of the Mind" (as seen in #StarTrekDiscovery's "Labyrinths") that I was able to decipher. You get a good idea that the book is about Betazoid telepatic and empathic powers and how they see other species without those powers.

Notice how Discovery's nacelles move above the secondary hull to decrease the impact area when the ship flies through the Breen shuttlebay shield in #StarTrekDiscovery's "Lagrange Point"! In the penultimate episode, we do see the benefit of those nacelles!😊

Here are the six stages of the map to the Progenitor's repository of technology, as seen in the opening credits of season 5 of #StarTrekDiscovery.

Here's a comparison of the two Betazoids fonts that were introduced in #StarTrekDiscovery's "Erigah"⬇️ and "Labyrinths"⬆️. The text reads "(The) Labyrinths of the Mind". Notice that the title of the book begins with the additional "The" inside the book but no on the library card.

Thanks to #StarTrekDiscovery's "Lagrange Point", I was also able to decipher the Breen language, as can be seen in these screenshots from the episode. I first recognized "access denied", based on the double consonants and the context and then the rest was easy. :-)

He's seen only very briefly but there's an Andorian archivist at the Eternal Gallery and Archive in #StarTrekDiscovery's "Labyrinths". :-)

Here's the final part of "Labyrinths of the Mind", as seen in #StarTrekDiscovery's "Labyrinths", that I was able to decipher. The text again deals with the telepathic and empathic capabilities of Betazoid, lacking in other species.

I love that the logo of the Eternal Gallery and Archive in #StarTrekDiscovery's "Labyrinths", here worn by the Efrosian archivist Hy'Rell, is an open book, as seen from the side. :-)

Discovery hiding in the more dangerous "red" area of the Badlands in #StarTrekDiscovery's "Labyrinths"⬆️ (the same shot was mirrored, zoomed out and used again ➡️) with glimpses of the safe "blue" area reminded me of similar shots in #StarTrekENT's "Broken Bow"⬇️.

Several books written by Earth author Baroness Emma Orczy (famous for her Scarlet Pimpernell novels) are on display at the Eternal Gallery and Archive in #StarTrekDiscovery's "Labyrinths". You can make out "A Bride of the Plains", "The Divine Folly" and "Eldorado".

I love how over the years, the old Vulcan proverb has been turned upside down by humans ("Star Trek III", #StarTrekDiscovery's "Si Vis Pacem, Para Bellum") until in the 32nd century, even the enemy Breen know it has become the Federation's maxim ("Labyrinths").

I managed to decipher nearly all of Dr. Marina Derex' curriculum vitae, as "seen" in #StarTrekDiscovery's "Labyrinths". Fun facts: the was awarded both the Betazoid Loyalties Award ("Remembrance") and the Zee-Magnees Prize ("The Ultimate Computer").

We briefly see a new type of Breen ship inside the larger Breen dreadnought in #StarTrekDiscovery's "Labyrinths". Like the much larger ship, this one seems to consist of only one part.

We briefly see a map of the Eternal Gallery and Archive in #StarTrekDiscovery's "Labyrinths"⬆️. It reminds me of the map of the library of the Benedictine abbey in Umberto Eco's "The Name of the Rose"⬇️. Eco spent much of the time writing the novel at the University of Toronto...

Among the librarians at the Eternal Gallery and Archives in #StarTrekDiscovery's "Labyrinths" is a Ckaptir, a background species introduced in season 3 of the show but not yet seen in season 5. Notice the species' six characteristic appendages, three on each side of the head.

I figured many people would love to see what the Betazoid word "imzadi" looks like, written in the new Betazoid font, established in #StarTrekDiscovery's "Labyrinths", so here it is. 😊 Maybe you and/or your beloved need this for a birthday card or tattoo. 😅

Here are a few more shots of the Breen dreadnought, as seen in #StarTrekDiscovery's "Labyrinths". I think one reason I like the design is that it's just one hull, no detached nacelles or other parts. It's nicely retro and I hope we'll eventually get a model of this massive ship!

Big thanks to @CyrilChakal who managed to track down the two illustrations of minerals from an old edition of Larousse's Dictionary, seen at the Eternal Gallery and Archive in #StarTrekDiscovery's "Labyrinths".

I'm really interested in this book seen in the Eternal Gallery and Archive in #StarTrekDiscovery's "Labyrinths". Look at all the colorful pictures, maybe this is not an actual book from the library in Toronto but a prop created for the episode?

I love how Captain Burnham and Captain Picard were both subjected to a nucleonic beam in #StarTrekDiscovery's "Labyrinths"⬅️ and #StarTrekTNG's "The Inner Light"➡️ respectively. Their experiences were very similar so this callback makes total sense!

Here's a little more text from the "Labryinths of the Mind" book from #StarTrekDiscovery's "Labyrinths". It deals with the consciousness in a rather phliosphical way.

To the #StarTrekDiscovery art/prop department:
Thank you for putting so much effort into the "Labyrinths of the Mind" prop book. I've had so much fun deciphering the Betazoid language and transcribing the interesting text! Your hard work is noticed and greatly appreciated! 🖖

As aptly stated in @TrekCore's review of #StarTrekDiscovery's "Labyrinths", this book is going to be a rather short one, as #StarTrekVOY's "Homestead" proves... ;-)

Between #StarTrekTNG's "The Loss" in 1990 and the end of #StarTrekENT in 2005, all we saw of the Breen emblem were these tiny, blurry logos in #StarTrekDS9's "The Dogs of War"⬆️. Now #StarTrekDiscovery's "Labyrinths"⬇️ has given us a full Breen flag - I love it! :-)

Here's another page from "Labyrinths of the Mind", seen in #StarTrekDiscovery's "Labyrinths", that I managed to translate. It talks about how mental illnesses are quickly detected and treated among Betazoids, something other species (like Bolians) can't do. Fascinating!

As the Betazoid language seen in #StarTrekDiscovery's "Labyrinths" is based on a simple cipher, I was able to translate almost all the text on this page from "Labyrinths of the Mind". It's an interesting tale of early Betazoid spacefarers encountering non-telepathic aliens.

I spent the last five hours deciphering the Betazoid language in #StarTrekDiscovery's "Labyrinths". Somebody put much work into creating the Betazoid font and writing the interesting text. If you only come here to say that you hate that it's a simple cipher, I swear, I'll block you!

Nice to see Disco cracking the top 10 of original streaming shows. I like to think the powers that be pay attention to that.

#StarTrek #StarTrekDiscovery

#StarTrekDiscovery's "Erigah" was the first time we ever saw Betazoid writing on #StarTrek. The written language is based on the rectangular shape in the middle of the logo featuring the Holy Rings and is a simple cypher, as the second image shows.

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My boss is awesome, and I work with such amazing people.

#StarTrek #StarTrekDiscovery #StarTrekStrangeNewWorlds

In #StarTrekDiscovery's "Erigah", I loved this cut from the interior of Starfleet Headquarters, focusing on the triangular pointed Starfleet arrowhead ⬆️ to the exterior shot of the station which, together with the USS Discovery in the foreground, forms a similar triangle ⬇️.

We get a good look at Breen interfaces in #StarTrekDiscovery's "Erigah". I love how the "captured Breen refrigeration unit [from] an old Fed HQ storage manifest"⬆️ is slightly more low-tech then the state-of-the-art display on the Breen medic's medical case ⬇️.

Closer inspection reveals that the Dresselhaus type ship in #StarTrekDiscovery's "Erigah"⬅️ must actually be the USS Lamarr (double -R, see the word length), overruling the USS LaMar (one R) seen in the Eaglemoss Starfleet ship book ➡️.

Here's the graphic that identified the names of the Starfleet ships at the end of #StarTrekDiscovery's "Erigah". I've already written about the USS Excalibur and USS Credence but you can also make out the USS Lamar (Dresselhaus type ⬇️) and USS Locherer (Merian-class ↘️) now.

The Badlands, as seen in #StarTrekDiscovery's "Erigah"⬆️➡️, #StarTrekVOY's "Caretaker"↙️ and #StarTrekDS9's "Blaze of Glory"↘️. Can't wait for further adventures in this region! :-)

The 32nd century version of the Breen emblem appeared prominently twice in #StarTrekDiscovery's "Erigah": in a holographic display early in the episode ⬆️ and on the uniform of the Breen medic ⬇️.

The first #DoctorWho episode I ever watched, "The Ark in Space"↖️, featured a Boby Cart and so does the latest, "Space Babies"↙️. Boby Carts appeared regularly on #StarTrekTNG ("Identity Crisis"↗️) and one got a nice kick in #StarTrekDiscovery's latest episode "Erigah"↘️. 👌

Hy'Rell, of the Eternal Gallery and Archive, as seen in the clip ↖️ and photos ↗️ from this week's #StarTrekDiscovery episode "Labyrinths" totally is an Efrosian, right? Like the Saratoga helmsman in "Star Trek IV"↙️ and the Federation President in "Star Trek VI"↘️.

That "Seven of Limes" joke in #StarTrekDiscovery's "Erigah"↖️↗️ reminded me of the "Seven of Mine" joke in #StarTrekVOY's "Someone to Watch Over Me"↙️↘️. I wonder what would happen to Ambassador Kovin if he ever tried a "Seven of Limes"... ;-)

So far, the name of the Breen weapon of choice, (neural) truncheons, had only been established in the scripts of #StarTrekDS9's "...Til Death do Us Part"⬅️➡️ and "Strange Bedfellows"↙️↘️ and never said on screen. #StarTrekDiscovery's "Erigah↖️↗️" finally made the name canon! :-)