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David A McIntee is a writer and historian who has written for properties such as Doctor Who, Star Wars, Final Destination, and Stargate, as well as having written several adventures in the Star Trek franchise for Pocket Books. He has contributed many pieces to the magazines Star Trek Explorer (née Star Trek Magazine) and Star Trek Communicator, as well as having written nonfiction books about Star Trek: Voyager.

Strange New Worlds’ “The Scorpius Run” Issue #2 in Review

The race gets off to a flying start, so to speak, in the second issue of this arc, but it’s not an easy one. The first leg is through an

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Strange New Worlds’ “The Scorpius Run” Issue #1 in Review

IDW has recently begun a new Strange New Worlds comics series, written by Mike Johnson and Ryan Parrott, with interior art by Angel Hernández. Despite being released after Season 2

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Lower Decks’ “Old Friends, New Planets” in Review

Sadly, it’s time for a season to end… but happily, Season 5 will be coming next year. So, let’s see what plans Nick Locarno has for Mariner, and why… Log

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Lower Decks’ “The Inner Fight” in Review

In a heart-pounding cosmic adventure, the USS Cerritos crew faces an unraveling mystery, treacherous twists, and an unexpected reappearance of a familiar face. There’s all this and more in the

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Lower Decks’ “Caves” in Review

How often in the franchise have starship crew members been trapped in a cave set on Stage 16? And we know how Lower Decks loves to homage the Berman era….

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Lower Decks’ “A Few Badgeys More” in Review

Hang onto your backups! In this episode, we have AI threats a-go-go aboard the Cerritos… with a host of returning electronic villains. Summary In the Kalla System, a Drookmani ship

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Lower Decks’ “Parth Ferengi’s Heart Place” in Review

In this episode, Lower Decks pays a visit to Ferenginar. Now that Rom is Grand Nagus, will the rest of the buttheads turn out to be the conniving, profit-hungry rascals

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Lower Decks‘ “Empathological Fallacies” in Review

There’s no pre-credit teaser this time. In other words, we dive into the action straight after the title sequence. Summary T’Lyn records a report for Captain Sokel of the Vulcan

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Lower Decks’ “Something Borrowed, Something Green” in Review

The course of true love meets a hitch when Tendi’s sister vanishes on the day before her wedding, and Tendi must find her… Summary An Orion supply ship runs into

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Lower Decks’ “In the Cradle of Vexilon” in Review

It’s dodgy computer time again in the Federation, but for once it’s not psychotic… Summary The USS Cerritos visits Corazonia, an artificial Ringworld of artists and poets, to replace some

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