⢠The episode title of course refers to a popular party game. In the PRO episode, âMindwalkâ, the Protogies where had to communicate with Dal using charades, because he didnât learn any Morse code.
⢠Both Nurse Chapelâs and Spockâs personal logs gives us a stardate of 1789.3.
| Episode | Stardate |
|---|---|
| âThe Broken Circleâ | 2369.2 |
| âAd Astra per Asperaâ | 2393.8 |
| âTomorrow and Tomorrow and Tomorrowâ | 1581.2 |
| âAmong the Lotus Eatersâ | 1630.1 |
| âAmong the Lotus Eatersâ | 1630.3 |
| âAmong the Lotus Eatersâ | 1632.2 |
⢠The USS Enterprise is travelling to the Vulcan system, first seen in âAmok Timeâ.
    ⢠Alternatively, one could argue that the first visit to the Vulcan system was when the Enterprise visited the planet Delta Vega to affect repairs after sustaining damage attempting to travel through the Galactic Barrier in âWhere No Man Has Gone Beforeâ. Delta Vega is also the planet that Nero marooned prime Spock on (and Kelvin Spock marooned Kelvin Kirk on) in 2009âs âStar Trekâ, and Spock was able to watch the destruction of Vulcan. In an interview, Robert Orci claimed they âmovedâ the planet for the film because the easter egg of the name was more important than coming up with a new name fans wouldnât be familiar with.
        ⢠Both the 2011 Kelvin universe âStar Trekâ comic series, and âThe Enterprise Warâ novel attempt to reconcile this by claiming there are two Delta Vegas.
⢠We learn of the Kerkhov moon, and the fact that there was an ancient civilization there that vanished at one point. Other ancient civilizations which have disappeared from the galaxy leaving behind only ruins and mystery are:
    ⢠The Greek Gods
    ⢠The Arretans
    ⢠The Preservers
    ⢠The Tkon Empire
    ⢠The Iconian Empire
    ⢠The DâArsay
    ⢠The HurâQ
⢠The Vulcan Science academy was first mentioned in âJourney to Babelâ.
    ⢠On Vulcan they preface everything by distinguishing that itâs Vulcan because itâs important to them that the rest of the galaxy be aware that itâs theirs.
⢠âWhat are Korbyâs three principles of archaeological medicine?â Spock mentioned Roger Korby is referred to as the Pasteur of archaeological medicine in âWhat Are Little Girls Made Of?â
    ⢠Roger Korby will be Chapelâs future fiancĂŠe.
⢠The notion that Vulcans use nasal suppressants to overcome how debilitatingly pungent humans are was introduced in âThe Andorian Incidentâ.
    ⢠âNot to be indelicate, Captain, but the scent of humans is something most Vulcans must becomeâŚused to.â Spock grew up with a human mother, and human adopted sister.
    ⢠In âBroken Bowâ Archer comments that Vulcan females specifically have a heightened sense of smell, but in âThe Andorian Incidentâ it is a male Vulcan monk who comments that the smell aboard the NX-01 âmust be intolerable.â
        ⢠Later in this episode, TâPril repeats the claim that Vulcan women are more sensitive to odours.
⢠âI am still not speaking to my father.â It was established in âJourney to Babelâ that Spock had not spoken to Sarek in 18 years, which would mean their communication ceased nine years prior to this episode.
⢠The shuttlecraft Spock and Chapel take to scan Kerkhov is the Cervantes, which was previously used on the mission to investigate the USS Peregrine after it was divested by Gorn hatchlings in âAll Those Who Wanderâ, and transported Captain Pike, Laâan, and Doctor MâBenga down to Rigel VII where they lost their memories and were subject to a Starfleet yeoman turned Tyrant in âAmong the Lotus Eatersâ, and maybe they should leave the *Cervantesâ in the shuttlebay next time.
    ⢠The Cervantes is also the shuttle Ortegas pilots herself, Chapel, and Uhura in back to the anomaly when they revisit it.
⢠âThe Vulcan Science Academy would be lucky to have someone of your experience.â âBattle of the Binary Starsâ established that as of 2249, ten years earlier, Michael Burnham was the only human to have attended the Vulcan Science Academy. However, in âBrotherâ in 2257, Paul Stamets had accepted a full time teaching position there, so they werenât entirely opposed to the idea.
⢠After the Cervantes crash, Spock had to be healed by the Kerkhovians who made him fully human. In âFacesâ a Vidiian scientist split BâElanna Torres into two separate beings, one fully human, and the other Klingon. The Klingon died to save her human counterpart during the escape, and the Doctor was later able to restore BâElanna to her hybrid self using genetic material from the deceased Klingon.
    ⢠In âSpock Amokâ Spock had a dream that he was human, fighting a fully Vulcan counterpart, but he later lied and claimed that in his dream he was the fully Vulcan half.
⢠The episode cuts off before Spock can finish saying, âWhat the fairly intriguing development.â As we all know, Spock was unfamiliar with profanity until visiting Earthâs 1980s in âStar Trek: The Voyage Homeâ despite living on a starship and closely working with one Doctor Leonard McCoy.
⢠As a human Spock chooses to eat bacon despite most Vulcans including himself being vegetarian. In âAll Our Yesterdaysâ Spock appears to be disgusted with himself for enjoying consuming animal flesh after being transported to the past causes him to regress to an earlier stage of Vulcan cultural development. As we all know, all humans eat meat, and this scene certainly didnât disgust any vegans who might be watching and then later writing a point form list of how the episode ties in to other Trek canon.
    ⢠According to TâPol in âBroken Bowâ, Vulcans also do not touch food with their hands, but we see Spock picking up the bacon with his fingers here. Of course, Spock also touched his food with his hands in âAll Our Yesterdaysâ as well as his marshmallow in âStar Trek: The Final Frontierâ so perhaps thatâs a cultural practice that fell out of usage between ENT and DIS/SNW/TOS.
        ⢠Later this episode, Sevet does not hesitate to go in on some tevmel with his hands.
⢠âI just thought that my field work would be relevant.â In âJourney to Babelâ Kirk argued to Amanda Grayson that Spockâs time aboard the Enterprise was âa better opportunity for a scientist to study the universe than he can get at the Vulcan Science Academy.â
⢠âShe did seem awfully enthusiastic about purchasing dilithium.â The Federation of this era is a moneyless society, as established in such episodes as:
    ⢠âMuddâs Womenâ - The character of Harry Mudd is transporting three women around to find them husbands out of the goodness of his heart, and lithium miners on Rigel XII offer to give the crystals to the Enterprise for free.
    ⢠âErrand of Mercyâ - Kirk intimates to Spock that Starfleet would not be troubled by their potential deaths, because their training cost nothing.
    ⢠âCatspawâ - Lieutenant DeSalle says he would make a bet on the effectiveness of their strategy, but there is no money and hence no gambling.
    ⢠âThe Trouble With Tribblesâ - Cyrano Jones gives away exotic animals, and no one pays for drinks at the bar, because what would they pay with?
    ⢠âThe Escape Artistâ - We see several android duplicates of Harry Mudd captured by concerned citizens intending to hand him over to Federation authorities, because thereâs no need to collect a bounty when everything is free. Also, Mudd doesnât complain about Federation taxes, because what would they tax?
There are plenty of examples of cities in different countries, or even different territories in the same country having the same name. I feel like itâs different when weâre talking about a planet.
That tendency is built into Trek, for good or ill, and I would say it even applies to humans.
In âCharlie Xâ Kirk does say to the galley chef, âOn Earth today, itâs Thanksgiving. If the crew has to eat synthetic meat loaf, I want it to look like turkey,â which would seem to imply that in this era fake meat is not outside the norm. The question is though, is Pike such a foodie that he would throw his weight around be certain that there is a supply of real bacon on the ship for him to use vs. whateverâs coming out of the food synthesizers.
And thereâs a whole other debate to be had about whether or not replicated meat would qualify as plant based which I donât feel like the body of the post is the appropriate place to get into it. My personal opinion is that replicated meats would still not be suitable for a vegan diet, because at some point there was an original source that the replicator pattern must have been based upon.
Pike is absolutely the kind of foodie whoâd keep a supply of real bacon aboard. The good stuff keeps a while and theyâve probably got stasis fridges. Iâm sure heâs got a whole network of food purveyors across the quadrant to restock with meat and dairy every starbase visit.
I suppose I kind of figure that planets in the Star Trek world are more analogous to cities/countries in our world. Also, âDelta Vegaâ is such a generic-sounding, human-centric designation anyway that in my head canon the full, formal designation of a planet in the Federation catalogue of stellar objects might be a lot longer, with âDelta Vegaâ in this case just one part of the full name. Think about the billions of stars that Starfleet has catalogued, and thousands of planets containing life. Thereâs surely room for more than one âDelta Vegaâ. Not to mention that planets have different names used by different groups or contexts, just like Earth is also referred to as Terra, Sol III, Die Erde, La Monde etc. So I figure thereâs different Delta Vegas around, and people know which one is being talked about from context.
Agreed, and put me down âfor illâ, but I like the idea of explaining apparent canon contradictions by expanding the universe beyond the monocultures we usually see. One of my favourite little moments in Picard was Laris tapping Shaban on the Westmore appliance and calling him a âstubborn northernerâ. In just those two seconds the Romulan culture got a lot more interesting.
If we ever see an episode where he hunts down a boar, guts it, dresses it and serves it to his crew with a nice sprig of coriander, weâll know for sure. ;-)