318 – Discovery First-Look | Priority One: A Roddenberry Star Trek Podcast

Priority One: A Roddenberry Star Trek Podcast

Greetings, Captains! You’re listening to EPISODE 318 OF PRIORITY ONE: A RODDENBERRY STAR TREK PODCAST, your weekly report on all things Star Trek! Recorded LIVE on Thursday, May 18th, 2017 and available for download or streaming on Monday, May 22nd at PriorityOnePodcast.com!

This week, we’re reacting to the new Discovery trailer, and Seth MacFarlane’s Star Trek spoof as well. In Star Trek Online news, Escalation is coming to consoles, the Miranda gets a facelift, and the Mirror Invasion event is back on PC. Later, our science adviser Dr Hurt is here with another report from the Astrometrics Lab.

And of course, before we wrap up the show, we'll open hailing frequencies for your incoming messages!

TOPICS DISCUSSED

• Trek It Out
  • FOX debuts trailer for Seth MacFarlane's The Orville
  • Star Trek: Discovery first-look trailer (via YouTube)
  • Star Trek: Discovery expanded to 15 shows and will have after-show "Talking Trek"
  • Star Trek: The Motion Picture set to music from Tron: Legacy
• Star Trek Online News
  • (Console) Season 13 - Escalation - launching on Xbox One and Playstation 4 on 6 June
  • (PC) Tier 6 Advanced Light Cruisers (including Reliant-class)
  • (PC) Tier 1 Miranda-class Skin Redesign
  • (PC) Patch Notes: May 18th, 2017
  • Kipleigh Brown Interview
  • Star Trek: Discovery Tailor Tutorial
  • (PC) Mirror Invasion Event - 18 May to 8 June
  • Official STO Screenshot contest - 12 May to 26 May
• Astrometrics Report
  • NASA at Saturn: Cassini's Grand Finale (via YouTube)
  • Cassini's First Grand Finale Dive: Milestones (via JPL)
  • NASA Spacecraft Dives Between Saturn and Its Rings (via JPL)

THIS WEEK'S COMMUNITY QUESTIONS

• What do you think about the trailers for “The Orville” and “Discovery”?

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