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It is the end. And the end. And the end! Will Michael find the progenitor's technology? Will Moll be able to bring L'ak back to life? Will Rayner and DISCO be able to hold off the Breen? Will Saru be able to engage in diplomacy with Primarch Tahal? And most importantly: is there going to be a wedding at the end? Come for the science fiction, the pew-pew, and the fate of all the galaxy -- stay for a cute wedding sequence. Hope everyone you love got out alive. It's time to say goodbye, old friends. Live long -- and prosper.

A race to find the progenitor's tech between Discover and the newly minted Moll's Dreadnaught. DiSCO gets there about a moment before Moll, only to spend a few minutes indulging in wonder get scooped by the Breen. While Michael, Book, Adira, and Rhys go undercover to get the progenitor's "structure", folks back at Fed HQ are concern because Primarch Tahal (a different Breen overlord) is steaming for the same location to absorb Ruhn's former soldiers into her squad as the Breen prepare for a possible civil war. The Federation and the Breen; DISCO and Moll et al -- and we torn between (at a lagrange point of sorts) wondering what will befall the galaxy!

To the Archive! A beautiful, harry potter-esque, castle-in-the-sky full of books and things. There, Book finds a piece of Kwejian and Michael finds an artifact in Dr. Derex's book Labyrinths of the Mind. When she touches it, she is transported to a literal figurative labyrinth and her body goes catatonic. Meanwhile, the Breen (and Moll) follow DISCO's trail to the Archive and begin to bombard it. Raynor and Book do their best to fight off Breen incursions as Michael hunts through the maze with an AI Book. And DISCO (with Cmmdr Rhys at the helm) does their best to keep the Breen incursion limited. Everything comes to a head -- and the poor, poor books! What will become of them?! Join us on Patreon for more! http://patreon.com/setphasers

Finally, Moll and L'ak are finally caught. L'ak is still in pretty bad shape after the fisticuffs on the ISS Enterprise. When they are brought to Federation HQ on Discovery, it is just as a "primarch" of the Breen Imperium is headed there to collect the prisoners and their blood-bounty (see: "erigah"). Culber races to heal L'ak. Adira and Tilly (with the help of Commander Reno) begin to decipher the location of the final clue. President T'rina is in charge of diplomacy as the Breen make contact with the Federation for the first time since The Burn. And Raynor is hiding something about his past. Should work out just fine... Join us on Patreon for more! http://patreon.com/setphasers

The penultimate clue to the "progenitor tech" leads Discovery to a pre-warp, pre-industrial world called Halem'no, where the denizens speak via voice *and* a form of "whistlespeak." Michael and Tilly go undercover as Halemnians and have to run a race up a mountain to gain access to a temple where the fifth clue may be hidden! In a classic Trek turn of events, the race's reward is not exactly what it seems and the clue is not exactly where it seems -- and, briefly, all hell breaks loose. Meanwhile, on the ship, Dr. Culber is experiencing a spiritual awakening and an emotionally remediated Commander Rayner does an "ok" job of helping Adira overcome their self-confidence issues. Also, Book plays pong‽ Join us over on patreon http://patreon.com/setphasers to join our community chats and get early access ro episodes!

Discovery figures out where Moll and L'ak have gone. It was right in front of their faces the whole time! A blinking wormhole made of exotic matter that leads into interdimensional space. No biggie. Michael and Book head in to find the next clue, Rayner has the conn, and the science folks work to find ways to keep up communications and/or get the ship back. Inside the wormhole? Why, there's the Mirror Universe Enterprise, a stranded couple of courier-lovers with an extensive, operatic backstory -- and, the next clue. Much is revealed but, perhaps the most staggering thing of all: the Breen have two faces(?!)! Join us over on patreon http://patreon.com/setphasers to join our community chats and get early access ro episodes!

The time is getting VERY *wimey* in this episode of Discovery. Just as the crew heads to the coordinates they got from the ancient Trill host Jinaal scratching their heads at an empty pocket of space, Moll's trap is sprung. Apparently, she put a "time bug" on their ship which, once it connected to the ship's engineering, causes them to hop about willy-nilly in time. Thus, are Michael and Rayner sent on a merry chase through Discovery's past -- and one harrowing presentiment of their future. They'll have to band together with Stamets, who is always somewhat out of time (so to speak), to kill the bug and get back to the present. And the race to get to the Progenitor Tech. Should be simple... unless Michael and her past-self have to duke it out in an elevator. But what are the chances? Join us over on patreon http://patreon.com/setphasers to join our community chats and get early access ro episodes!

Everyone is simply trying to settle in. Book is settling in as a "consultant" on Discovery as they hunt down the map pieces to the Progenitors' "treasure." First Officer Raynor (nee Captain of the Antares) is trying integrate with the DISCO crew... sorta of. And the consciousness of an 800 year old Trill scientist is trying (and succeeding) to settle into the body of Dr. Hugh Culber so that he can lead and/or mystically cajole Michael and Book toward the hidden second piece of the puzzle. Saru, in his new gig, gets a hint of what arguments will be like with his Vulcan wife-to-be (and, possibly, with the folks on her planet); Grey and Adira come together after months apart... and break up; and giant angry carnivorous fly-bears give everyone's favorite space druid a walloping. Join us over on patreon http://patreon.com/setphasers to join our community chats and get early access ro episodes!

The hunt is on for the hiding place of the Progenitors' tech. The couriers/outlaws Moll and L'ak have a head start on the Federation — but the Federation has DISCO! Captain Burnham is excited be off on an adventure to uncover the origins of sentient life in the galaxy, but changes are afoot. Book is back on board. Tilly is back on board! Joy is back on board the starship Discovery. Alas, though, Saru is leaving to become an ambassador. He and Michael have one last away mission romp on a mysterious planet with curious clues, dangerous drones, and marvelous mysteries! Join us over on patreon http://patreon.com/setphasers to join our community chats and get early access ro episodes!

The opening episode to Star Trek: Discovery's final season has EVERYTHING. There's phaser fights and fisticuffs, hover-bike chases, love burgeoning, love quickening, and love fading — hell, there's Soong style android with a love of speech pathology. Aaaaaand there's a top-secret Red Directive to find a journal which contains secrets pertaining to the advent of all life in the galaxy that *must not* fall into the wrong hands, else life as we know it will inherit the whirlwind! As such, Akie and Stevie have reconvened to discuss these goings-on and what might come in future. It's good to be back! Togetherness, yes? (Yes!) Join us over on patreon http://patreon.com/setphasers to join our community chats and get early access ro episodes! Check out our video episodes on YouTube https://www.youtube.com/@setphaserspodcast

It is the finale. It is a Gorn attack. It is Captain Marie Betel down on a planet with 5000 colonists and the USS Cayuga blown to bits in orbit (save a healthy chunk of saucer section and a single survivor). It is the Gorn drawing a demarcation line in space and getting ready to feed. And: it is Pike et al to the rescue (sorta)! At least, there's tactical gear and there are phase rifles and there is a death-defying flight down to the planet (her name is Erica Ortegas -- and she flies the ship). We'll make some *new* friends and meet some *old* enemies (and there will be some pew-pews and some boom-bangs) but all's well that en-- Wait. What? How does it end? A CLIFFHANGER?!?!?! Oh, for the love of Khaless.

In a *literally* musical episode of Strange New Worlds, the folks on the Enterprise throw themselves into the the thick of it. Singing? Check. Dancing? Check? Harmony and counterpoint and a big cast number? CHECK. It is very possible that viewers thereof will be as divided and passionate in their reactions to this episode as the characters themselves are about their own lives. We disagreed. And yet, debate is the spice of life, is it not? Also, music. And love -- which, apart from figuring out what subspace instability has caused them all to break out in song and how to fix it, is the front and center in this penultimate episode of the season!

In a very special episode of Strange New Worlds, a very special guest is on board the ship: former Klingon warlord turned Federation diplomat Dak'Rah. While he may charm a lot of folks on board with his mild-mannered temperament and his charms, the veterans of the Federation-Klingon war are not so easily won over by the former "Butchet of J'Gal." Among them, two of the Enterprises finest -- who happen to also have been on J'Gal when Dak'Rah committed atrocities -- Doctor M'Benga and Nurse Chapel.

An accidental portaling causes Ensign Boimler, of the USS Cerritos, to travel back in time to Pike's Enterprise. Boimler is ecstatic to meet his heroes, but they are more concerned with him not screwing up the timeline. An attempt to send him back is thwarted by Orion scientist/pirates who steal the portal. Once that's back, a second attempt is thwarted by Ensign Mariner coming through to rescue Boimler -- using up the last of the specific element the portal needs to work. Cerritos/Enterprise mash-up ensues. Orion hurricanes, Vulcan laughter, and a whole lot of shenanigans.

Just a regular ol' deuterium mining operation in Bannon's nebula on the edge of Gorn space. Pike is made fleet captain over the refinery and the USS Farragut as they try to get things online securing a future refuel hub for Star Fleet ships to come. Meanwhile, Uhura is hearing things and having hallucinations. She isn't sleeping well and no one aboard the Enterprise thinks it is anything more than lack of sleep and slight deuterium poisoning. Fortunately, the Farragut's new First Officer, James T. Kirk, is aboard the ship engaging in fraught family-time with his brother Sam -- and *he* believes Uhura might be on to something (after she punches him the face). Will Uhura and "the Kirks" be able to save the day? Probably. But it'll be a helluva time getting there! And maybe we'll make friends along the way?

Just a cute little episode in which Spock and Chapel head down to a moon of Vulcan, inexplicably live through a shuttle crash, and Spock is changed (by advanced beings on the far side of a tear in spacetime) into a full human -- with emotions and body odor, and everything. It would be cute, at least, if Spock's fiancee, T'Pring, and her parents were not coming aboard the Enterprise to have a formal Vulcan engagement dinner -- and if T'Pring's mom didn't already REALLY dislike her future son-in-law. Yes, shenanigans. Yes, matters of the heart. and, YES, there is passionate KISSY KISSY in the offing!

Well. It's a bronze age planet where an officer thought to be KIA years back has actually given the locals Starfleet tech and made himself king. Also, he is bitter because he was left behind by the Enterprise. Also there are asteroids on the planet that give off radiation that affect a person's memory and make them forget nearly everything -- their name, their history. So the landing part of Pike, La'An, and M'Benga are up a creek. And it's just as bad on the Enterprise. Everyone is forgetting. Thankfully, there is a hero waiting in the wings. She flies the ship!

How would you feel about a La'an episode? Like *just* La'an, you know, chief security officer dealing with her job, her demons, her heritage, her past? That's a yes, isn't it?! Now, what if we told you we would do that but *also* add in some time travel (to the 21st century), slick leather outfits, a hot (red) muscle car, a massive explosion, gun fights, street food... AND a little side-quest romance with none other than James Tiberius Kirk? Double-yes? I mean, is it confusing? You betcha. But is it also delightful? Yes. Yes. A thousand times, yes.

It is one of the mightiest of all Trek tropes: a court case! Full with all the pomp and drama of courtroom procedurals. Stodgy judges, tense side bars, esteemed witnesses and surprise cross-examinations, and even a delightful micro-mystery running through out. One that is, of course, solved by our plucky lawyer/investigator. It's a real romp, is what we're saying. And all of it save Una's career -- and prevent her from having to serve TWENTY years in a Federation penal colony. All rise, baby! Http://patreon.com/setphasers

Set Phasers returns to run down the new season of Strange New Worlds!! And we begin... Enterprise is in space dock at Starbase 1. Pike is taking some personal days to find a lawyer (maybe?) to help Una Chin-Riley get out of jail and leaves Spock in charge. It should be a sleepy couple of days. Except, Spock is kind of in love with Nurse Chapel these days and his Vulcan emotional barriers have come down in a big way. Also, former security chief La'an calls with an emergency and so, against orders, acting captain and crew steal the Enterprise to go to the edge of Klingon space. There they discover a radical syndicate called The Broken Circle who are attempting to get the Federation-Klingon Empire war started back up again. Also, M'Benga and Chapel get kidnapped, then take drugs, the kick a lot of Klingon ass, and then nearly get completely blown up and space-froze. And Spock is put through the ringer. Join us at http://patreon.com/setphasers and get behind the scenes access including live viewing of our run downs on YouTube for subscribers only!