Here are the Daily Star Trek Quotes that will appear on the @STrekQuotes Mastodon account and the @STrekQuotes Bluesky account for the week of January 27th through February 2nd. Note: Because Twitter/X will use posts to train AI, we will no longer be posting on that platform. This is out of respect for the owners of Star Trek.
“Only got an hour to go, Doc. How are you feeling?” Riker “I’ve got a four-alarm hangover either from the whiskey or your laser beam, or both, but I’m ready to make history!” Cochrane- Star Trek: First Contact, Stardate: 50893.5 #StarTrek #StarTrekFilm #IDIC #Quote
“Eh, stupid undercover plastic surgery jobs. I didn’t go to Starfleet Medical for a costume party.” Dr. T’Ana “I’m sure we look great.” Tendi “I’m a doctor, not whatever the bleep this is.” Dr. T’Ana- Fully Dilated, Stardate: 59499.6 #StarTrek #StarTrekLowerDecks #IDIC #Quote
January 29 “The cause you fought about no longer exists. Give yourselves time to breathe. Give up your hate. You’re welcome to live with us. Listen to me. You both must end up dead if you don’t stop hating.” Kirk- Let That Be Your Last Battlefield, Stardate: 5730.2 #StarTrek #StarTrekTOS #IDIC #Quote
January 30 “There comes a time in every man’s life when he must stop thinking and start doing.” Sisko- Paradise Lost, Stardate: Unknown #StarTrek #StarTrekDS9 #IDIC #Quote
“Everybody dies, but it’s the engineers who really get to live.” Billips- Upper Decks, Stardate: Unknown #StarTrek #StarTrekLowerDecks #IDIC #Quote
February 1 “Should I have The Doctor prepare a hypospray?” Neelix “Excuse me?” Janeway “So you can absorb the caffeine more directly. Save time.” Neelix- Think Tank, Stardate: Unknown #StarTrek #StarTrekVOY #IDIC #Quote
“Does the Admiral have children?” Data “Yes, I believe he does, Data. Why?” Picard “I am forced to wonder how much experience he had as a parent when his first child was born.” Data- The Offspring, Stardate: 43657.0 #StarTrek #StarTrekTNG #IDIC #Quote
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Here are the Daily Star Trek Quotes that will appear on the @STrekQuotes Mastodon account and the @STrekQuotes Bluesky account for the week of January 20th through January 26th. Note: Because Twitter/X will use posts to train AI, we will no longer be posting on that platform. This is out of respect for the owners of Star Trek.
“So, Harcourt Fenton Mudd, the USS Discovery is yours.” Lorca “As am I. You win.” Burnham “Don’t try and con a con man.” Mudd- Magic to make the Sanest Man Go Mad, Stardate: 2136.8 #StarTrek #StarTrekDiscovery #IDIC #Quote
January 21 “Then send them to a planet in the Halee system, where they can meet death on their feet with a weapon in their hands, not tied and helpless.” Worf “When one of us dies that way it diminishes all of us.” K’Nera- Heart of Glory, Stardate: 41503.7 #StarTrek #StarTrekTNG #IDIC #Quote
January 22 “Actually, since I’ve been on Voyager, I’ve tried to be more like you.” Paris “That’ll be the day” Kim “I’m serious. You’re my role model. You’re reliable, hard working, extremely punctual. Did I mention polite?” Paris- Favorite Son, Stardate: 50732.4 #StarTrek #StarTrekVOY #IDIC #Quote
“There’s no legacy as rich as honesty. Who said that, Number One?” Picard- Remembrance, Stardate: Unknown #StarTrek #StarTrekPicard #IDIC #Quote
January 24 “Gonna crack my knuckles and jump for joy! I got a clean bill of health from Doctor McCoy!” Adam- The Way to Eden, Stardate: 5832.3 #StarTrek #StarTrekTOS #IDIC #Quote
January 25 “Tucker to Enterprise. Mayday. I’m losing power. Mayday! If you can hear me, I’m making an emergency landing, thrusters only. I take it back, Travis. I could use a flesh and blood pilot right about now.” Tucker- Dawn, Date: Unknown #StarTrek #StarTrekENT #IDIC #Quote
January 26 “Humanoid death rituals are an interest of mine.” Odo “Death rituals?” Quark “Everybody needs a hobby.” Odo- The Alternate, Stardate: 47391.7 #StarTrek #StarTrekDS9 #IDIC #Quote
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How it has felt getting through the start of 2025.
Here are the Daily Star Trek Quotes that will appear on the @STrekQuotes Mastodon account and the @STrekQuotes Bluesky account for the week of January 13th through January 19th. Note: Because Twitter/X will use posts to train AI, we will no longer be posting on that platform. This is out of respect for the owners of Star Trek.
January 13 “Children don’t have the experience to handle emotional crises. Instead of dealing with their feelings they act on them.” Troi- New Ground, Stardate: 45376.3 #StarTrek #StarTrekTNG #IDIC #Quote
“One of the most pleasant duties of a senior officer is the privilege of joining two people together in matrimony. Today I have the honor to unite Kasidy Danielle Yates and Benjamin Lafayette Sisko in marriage.” Ross- Til Death Do Us Part, Stardate: Unknown #StarTrek #StarTrekDS9 #IDIC #Quote
January 15 “The phaser torches, they won’t cut through the bulkheads, nor the doors, nor the decks. There’s something happened to the metal.” Scotty “What about the armory?” Kirk “I’m there now, sir, and you never saw such a fine collection of antiques in your life.” Scotty- Day of the Dove, Stardate: Unknown #StarTrek #StarTrekTOS #IDIC #Quote
“The second that path leads to everything else. And it offers a chance to give your life purpose and meaning. But I cannot guarantee your safety. Okay, that’s it. That was the recruitment speech.” Wesley “I’ve never been safe.” Kore- Farewell, Stardate: Unknown #StarTrek #StarTrekPicard #IDIC #Quote
January 18 “Our philosophy is a simple one, that men should return to a less complicated life. We have few mechanical things here. No vehicles, no weapons. We have harmony here. Complete peace.” Elias Sandoval- This Side of Paradise, Stardate: 3417.3 #StarTrek #StarTrekTOS #IDIC #Quote
January 19 “Even the most disagreeable species have some positive attributes.” T’Pol- Bound, Date: December 27, 2154 #StarTrek #StarTrekENT #IDIC #Quote
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Here are the Daily Star Trek Quotes that will appear on the @STrekQuotes Mastodon account and the @STrekQuotes Bluesky account for the week of January 6th through January 12th. Note: Because Twitter/X will use posts to train AI, we will no longer be posting on that platform. This is out of respect for the owners of Star Trek.
“So now all he has to live for is the slim chance that someday, somehow, he might be able to take over my uncle’s bar. Well, I’m not going to make the same mistake. I want to do something with my life. Something worthwhile.” Nog- Heart of Stone, Stardate: 48521.5 #StarTrek #StarTrekDS9 #IDIC #Quote
January 7 “I examined the problem from all angles, and it was plainly hopeless. Logic informed me that under the circumstances, the only possible action would have to be one of desperation. Logical decision, logically arrived at.” Spock- The Galileo Seven, Stardate: 2822.3 #StarTrek #StarTrekTOS #IDIC #Quote
“They’re lost, defeated. I will never be.” Ro Laren- Ensign Ro, Stardate: 45076.3 #StarTrek #StarTrekTNG #IDIC #Quote
January 9 “Of all the captains who will sit in this chair, I can’t imagine any of them being more proud than I am right now.” Archer- Azati Prime, Date: January, 2154 #StarTrek #StarTrekENT #IDIC #Quote
January 10 “Looks like wine’s off the menu.” Holographic Chakotay “Unless you brought a phaser.” Seven “Never on the first date.” Holographic Chakotay- Human Error, Stardate: Unknown #StarTrek #StarTrekVOY #IDIC #Quote
January 11 “I am Worf, son of Mogh. I have come to challenge the lies that have been spoken of my father!” Worf- Sins of the Father, Stardate: 43685.2 #StarTrek #StarTrekTNG #IDIC #Quote
“How we deal with death is at least as important as how we deal with life, wouldn’t you say?” Kirk “As I indicated, Admiral, that thought had not occurred to me.” Saavik- Star Trek II: The Wrath of Khan, Stardate: 8130.3 #StarTrek #StarTrekFilm #IDIC #Quote
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So 2025 started off with a loud clunk. I had a bunch of items prepped for the 2025 #CharacterCreationChallenge and when I went to type it up (I usually type these up directly to the blog itself as part of my process) and the hosting company for my blog had a technical issue on January 1st and I was unable to get into the site to edit it. I reached out to my provider and messages were sent up the chain, but with it being a holiday I knew it was going to take a while. I was hoping it would be a quick fix otherwise I’d probably have to type these up on a doc file and wait until I had full access again. I don’t know if you guys could see this site, but for me it wasn’t coming up at all. So my apologies if you couldn’t see anything on the 1st day of the year. On Thursday, January 2nd about mid-day everything was restored and I could start editing (and writing) again. And now without further ado, on with the show.
I always start the Character Creation Challenge with the game that I was most excited about in the previous year. Either I wanted to own it, play it, run it or write for it, and this case it was all four. If you know me you shouldn’t be surprised that this year I am starting off with Star Trek Adventures 2nd Edition by Modiphius. I already talked about the physical characteristics of the book in the Review of Star Trek Adventures 2nd Edition blog post that was published last year, so I’ll skip that portion here. The previous books in this line that I’ve used in past Character Creation Challenges include the Star Trek Adventures 1st edition core rulebook and the Klingon Empire core rulebook.
Each character in Star Trek Adventures 2nd edition has six Attributes that represent your mind and body: Control (think Dexterity and coordination and the ability to do exactly what you want to do), Daring (think Willpower, courage or sanity to do things when you don’t want to), Fitness (think Strength and Constitution for physical power and health), Insight (think Wisdom and empathy, the ability to work out the why questions), Presence (think Charisma and the ability to be stunning, good for leadership) and Reason (think Intelligence, use of logic, perception and fact remembering, the ability to work out the how questions). Each new character starts out with a rating of 7 in each attribute. All characters also have six Departments (previously called Disciplines in first edition) that represent the training your character has: Command (the skill at persuading others by different methods), Conn (the skill of operating and navigating surface or space vehicles such as rafts, automobiles, environmental suits or large starships), Engineering (the skill of of making, maintaining, fixing or reverse-engineering technology), Security (the skill of using, avoiding or understanding different forms of violence or hazards), Medicine (the skill of treating or understanding different life-forms) and Science (the skill of studying and understanding the universe rationally). Each new character starts with a rating of 1 (basic training) in each Department. (if you are homebrewing for Star Trek Adventures, there is an excellent chart on page 90 defining what each Department rating level represents in the real world, thank you for this)
Now, a MAJOR improvement from the first edition of STA is the use of flowcharts in the core rulebook for certain elements of the game. This makes things a lot easier to run and set things up at your table. The flowchart for the Lifepath Summary (aka character creation process) that I will be using can be found on page 98. Not only does it have everything listed step-by-step, it also gives you the page numbers for additional details. Very smart.
So step one is to select a species. Another change between the first and second edition is the inclusion of non-Starfleet/Federation species if the GM and Players wanted to run a Klingon, Romulan, Cardassian, Orion, Ferengi or Merchant/Civilian campaign. The species present in the core rulebook include the Andorians, the Aenar, the Bajorans, the Betazoids, the Cardassians, the Denobulans, the Ferengi, the Humans, the Klingons, the Orions, the Romulans, the Tellarites, the Trill and the Vulcans. There are also guidelines for characters of mixed species (like Spock or B’Elanna Torres) and augmented or cybernetically enhanced characters. By comparison, there were only eight species in the first edition book. The selection of your species adds +1 to three attributes (depending upon the species) a unique species ability (a new addition to the 2nd edition) and a species trait (something that all members of this species has). Now when I was printing out the character sheet for this challenge, I could have printed one for any of the major campaigns listed above. Since I didn’t know which character I would be making, I elected to print out a Federation/Starfleet character sheet since they had the most options. I made a Vulcan in the first edition entry to the challenge and a Klingon for the Klingon core rulebook entry, so let’s create a Trill character. I don’t think I’ve done one of those yet. So I add +1 to my Control, Presence and Reason as per the description. I also write down the details for the species ability of Patient. In the first edition, you had to use one of your ability slots to take a species ability, now it’s an automatic add-on in the second edition. While it isn’t part of this step, I selected the name of Keman Les from the list of possible names since I had the page right in front of me.
OK, step two is to select the Environment that Keman was born or raised at. There is a d20 chart here with different options, and since I want some randomness, I rolled a 13, Isolated Colony. This gives me the first opportunity to select a Value (which is a statement that describes the attitude, belief or conviction of the character, it is usually represented by a small quote (oh, I like that) and there is some in-game benefit when it’s used or challenged. In an isolated colony I think that everyone would be supportive of everyone else so I selected “We are all in this together now.” (originally spoken by Picard in the TNG episode “Loud as a Whisper“). I can bump up Reason or Insight by one point, and I selected Insight since it hasn’t been bumped up yet. Now I also get my first Departmental increase, 1 point for Engineering, Science or Medicine. I selected Engineering.
On to step three and I get to select the upbringing that Keman was raised in. This is his education and influence during his formative years. Another d20 roll on another chart gives me Science and Technology. Perhaps the reason the colony was isolated is due to the fact that his parents were researchers working remotely. I can accept or reject (rebelled) against this upbringing which both provides different character enhancements. I elected to go with acceptance. So Keman gets +2 to Control and +1 to Reason. Other additions include +1 to another Department (I selected Science on this one) a Focus (think a specialty to compliment the Department listed above) in which I selected Power Systems (If I am attempting a task dealing with Power Systems, I get a bonus to my rolls) and I gain a single Talent. A Talent is an additional benefit the character possesses which also gives some bonuses to task rolls. They come in General categories or categories defined by species, culture, enhancements (such as cybernetic) or department (command, engineering, etc.) I already have my species talent, so I’m going to pull from the General category at this time. Again thinking Isolated Colony I selected Extra Effort (and I wrote down the benefits on the sheet).
Alright, step four the career path. What is Keman doing in Starfleet (which I’ve decided he joined to expand his engineering expertise he learned at the isolated colony of Vaxian III. In the first edition or Klingon books, the career path was limited to Starfleet or the Klingon Defense Force. Here the random paths could include diplomatic or civilian options. But as mentioned above, I’m selecting Starfleet Officer in the operations (engineering) track. I write down the trait of Starfleet Officer, find an engineering quote for a value (“The right tool for the right job.” said by Scotty in Star Trek V: The Final Frontier), additions to his Attributes and Departments, three new Focuses (Transports & Replicators, Warp Field Dynamics and Computers) and a Talent (Maintenance Specialist).
Next is step five where we cover the Experience of the character. Of the three options there is Novice (young and usually just out of the Academy), Experienced (been in the service for a while) and Veteran (been doing this for a long time, wised and experienced). Kemen is Experienced and gets to choose a freely selected Value an Talent. For the Talent I selected Bold (Engineering) and from my master list of Star Trek quotes I picked “All you have to do is relax and use your imagination” said by Jadzia Dax in “The Way of the Warrior“.
There are two Career Events in step six which are randomly rolled. The first event was Mentored and the second was First Contact. With Mentored a highly-respected officer (I’ll name him/her later) took notice of the character’s career and Keman served as this person’s aide and learned from the benefit of the officer’s vast experience. He gets +1 to any attribute (I selected Fitness) and +1 to Conn (that’s good as it was a weak one) and a Focus (I selected Etiquette from the list). I like this because I probably wouldn’t have selected these on my own. For First Contact, Keman was involved with a first contact mission with another culture. This gains the character +1 to Presence +1 to any Department (I selected Medicine as it was his lowest) and a Focus (selecting Infiltration from the list, why, because they had to sneak in and study before revealing themselves to the local population).
And our last step is Finishing Touches. I get to pick one final Value (Quote selected is “Focus on the goal, not the task” said by Tanis in the episode “Cold Fire“). Increase two Attributes by 1 as long as I do not exceed the maximum rating of 12 (I selected Daring and Fitness). As for Departments, I hadn’t exceeded the maximum of 5 so I was instructed to add +1 to two departments (again not exceeding the maximum) so I selected Engineering and Command. I’m instructed to make sure I have a minimum of six Focuses from the previous steps (I do) and three Talents (also good). So I’m now instructed to select one more Talent. It doesn’t say if it has to be selected from a specific category so after looking over the list I selected Former Initiate (a Trill talent). There is a final check for the Attributes (added together they should add up to 56, which I had) and Departments (should all add together to 16, which I confirmed), the correct number of species ability, four values and six focuses (all checked). Now we choose the character’s name (see above) age (randomly selected 32 from the guidelines) and a rough description of the character’s personality and appearance (I’ll nail this down later when I find an image to use). Now one of the new features of the 2nd edition game comes into play, each character gets a Pastime. This is a hobby or interest of the character that makes them unique, but may or may not really come into play. This could be a game/sport, something creative or a subject the character is really interested in. Keman is interested in writing Holo-Comics after seeing some while on leave. As for selecting a Role with the team I would have obviously worked with the GM and other players, but I’m running with the assumption that Keman is the Chief Engineer (which comes with some benefits) on a smaller starship (USS Nova Scotia, NCC-72719, Nova Class) and I’m going to pluck the rank of Lieutenant Commander out of the air. I also wrote down the equipment listed on page 141. The flowchart on page 98 instructs me to record the derived ratings of Stress and bonus damage in this step, but none of that is present in the “more information” chapter in pages 132-141. A quick search in the book found on page 277 where it states that Stress is equal to the Fitness attribute and may be adjusted by other Talents. This blog article is already too long, otherwise I’d go into more detail on how Stress works in this game, but it’s basically your health. Looking at the other blank spots on this character sheet I see there is nothing for Resistance (something that would have been provided by a Talent or Equipment) and Determination (page 261) which describes this as something like luck or fate points and work alongside your Values or a Mission Directive. Each character starts with one determination at the start of a mission and may gain up to a maximum of three through roleplaying opportunities. With attacks, I copied the information from one of the characters in the Quickstart Guide as I was running short on time. Here is the character sheet that I scanned.
Afterthoughts:
There were only a couple of items that I had to look outside of the flowchart and the character creation chapters. An experienced GM could easily guide a new player through these hiccups very easily and speed up the character creation process. Otherwise it was a pretty easy experience (especially compared to the 1st edition) Yes there is a very good fan-made online character generator for Star Trek Adventures, and I’ve used it to quickly make characters for convention one-shots, but actually siting down and following the process helps me learn the game. Something that I think that others should do as well if you want to learn more about this system.
I apologize for the length of this blog entry. As I realized how big it was getting, I realized that I was just excited about this game. Not only does it work for a Star Trek setting with the exploration and cooperation working more than the combat, but it could be used for other popular franchises as well such as Babylon 5 or The Orville. As I’ve stated above, I will be homebrewing for this system. There is a vast library of Star Trek novels, comics and games that could be mined for Star Trek Adventures material. I’ve already done this once with the entry for the Tarn (which adjusting to 2nd edition will probably be done in another blog post).
Additional Notes:
Thank you for your patience in getting this blog entry out. While I will mark it down for January 1st, it still frustrated me that it got delayed until the 2nd. I still need to catch up on my other entries.
As you can see from the title photo above, I’ve changed the format slightly to include the challenge year and my blog URL. In the past I’ve had at least one (that I know of) image from a past Character Creation Challenge get pilfered and used in someone’s YouTube video (which they make money on) without asking for permission first.
I’ve also been adding to the list of participating sites on the Character Creation Challenge FAQ page. I’m still adding them as I find more on message boards and social media. If I’m missing yours, please let me know. Following the #CharacterCreationChallenge hashtag on BlueSky has helped me find new accounts to follow.
Coming Up Next:
Sword of Cepheus
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Here are the Daily Star Trek Quotes that will appear on the @STrekQuotes Mastodon account and the @STrekQuotes Bluesky account for the week of December 30th through January 5th. Note: Because Twitter/X will use posts to train AI, we will no longer be posting on that platform. This is out of respect for the owners of Star Trek.
December 30 “Captain, you almost make me believe in luck.” Spock “Why, Mister Spock, you almost make me believe in miracles.” Kirk- A Taste of Armageddon, Stardate: 3192.1 #StarTrek #StarTrekTOS #IDIC #Quote
December 31 “Last year, when 2000 arrived? Everyone was convinced it was the dawn of a new era. But when the world didn’t end and the flying saucers didn’t land and the Y2K bug didn’t turn off a single light bulb, you’d think everybody would have realized it was a number on a calendar.” O’Donnell- 11:59, Stardate: Unknown #StarTrek #StarTrekVOY #IDIC #Quote
January 1 “We have a tradition called a ‘toast.’ It is a drink to salute one’s friends and good fortune.” Picard- First Contact, Stardate: Unknown #StarTrek #StarTrekTNG #IDIC #Quote
January 2 “I’m Supervisor one nine four, code name Gary Seven. I need a complete report.” Gary Seven “Report?” Roberta Lincoln “Yes, report. Everything you have done for the past three Earth days.” Gary Seven- Assignment: Earth, Stardate: Unknown #StarTrek #StarTrekTOS #IDIC #Quote
“We’re aware that every choice we make has a consequence.” Sisko- Emissary, Stardate: 46379.1 #StarTrek #StarTrekDS9 #IDIC #Quote
January 4 “I said before that my duties entail the occasional emergency. Emergencies, it seems, come in all shapes and sizes.” Dr. Phlox- Dear Doctor, Date: Unknown #StarTrek #StarTrekVOY #IDIC #Quote
January 5 “Your knowledge of Klingon curses is impressive. But, as a Romulan might say, only a veruul would use such language in public.” Riker- The Defector, Stardate: 43462.5 #StarTrek #StarTrekTNG #IDIC #Quote
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Some of the games that I plan to use in the 2025 #CharacterCreationChallenge and one of my fuzzy overlords.
As you can see, I had a volunteer model helping me out with the photo of the physical books that I’ll be using in the 2025 Character Creation Challenge. This is August (no, I don’t use any pet names for passwords, and neither should you) and after I had arranged the books he suddenly wanted to get up and see what was going on. I didn’t even know he was there until I had turned around to get my camera for the photo. After inspecting all of the books, he settled down in front of the one he liked the most. But attempting to get him to look at the camera for the photo was another matter. There are other games that will be used that I own on PDF.
For the three previous years of the Character Creation Challenge (in 2021, 2022, 2023 and 2024), I’ve prepped ahead of time to make the challenge a little bit easier. Especially since I try to use a wide variety of games in January 2025. I’ve already had some people reach out to me using various methods to let me know of their participation. Please let me know, Carl (at) TardisCaptain.com if you plan to post your characters up on a blog. I’ll link to it from the Character Creation Challenge section of my website.
I’m once again using a spreadsheet with the date, day and game type to schedule my games. This way I won’t have two fantasy games next to each other. I can also plan a game that may take more time and energy on a day off. This is also a good idea for those dates I know are going to be busy, I can schedule the systems I’m more familiar with for these days.
As in the past, I’ll try to walk through the character creation process as I understand them in the rules-as-written (RAW). This also gives me a chance to do a review of the process. I will then scan the character sheet for all to see. And I will have all of the character sheets printed out before the challenge starts. I’ve found that this helps me get everything ready.
I have had some people tell me that they are pre-makeing some of there characters before the challenge. And I’m not going to blow the referee whistle at them. As I’ve stated when this was started five-years ago, this is for fun. I know we all have real lives to worry about. And as much as we’d like to be able to focus on our hobbies and what makes us happy, we still have to function in this society. So I’m not going to dock you for setting up a buffer. All that I ask is that you post your entries in at least one location (the #Character-Creation-Challenge channel on the TardisCaptainDotCom discord, on a personal blog (tell me the URL), on one of the many RPG message boards, on social media with the hashtag #CharacterCreationChallenge). I love seeing what other RPG fans have come up with.
If you are reading this after January 1st and you still want to jump into the challenge, please do. A few participants last year either did a quick catch up or just made sure they ran a full 31 days. The choice is yours. This challenge is just for fun with our gaming systems.
Remember to have fun with this. That was one of the primary goals of the challenge.
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What games are you using for the challenge? Do you have any questions about the challenge that wasn’t covered on by the FAQ? This article is open for discussion on the TardisCaptain dot Com Discord server. You can also email me at Carl (at) TardisCaptain.com or click on my social media links with any comments.
When Starfleet won’t let me torture Paramount execs to get more Star Trek: Lower Decks.
Here are the Daily Star Trek Quotes that will appear on the @STrekQuotes Mastodon account and the @STrekQuotes Bluesky account for the week of December 23rd through December 29th. Note: Because Twitter/X will use posts to train AI, we will no longer be posting on that platform. This is out of respect for the owners of Star Trek.
(Watches the USS Cerritos warps off, sighs and then turns and looks determined) “You’ve got this.” Tendi- Old Friends, New Planets, Stardate: Unknown #StarTrek #StarTrekLowerDecks #IDIC #WeAreStarfleet #Quote
December 24 “Tell him Chef’s recipes are usually classified, but we’ll make an exception in this case.” Archer- Fusion, Date: Unknown #StarTrek #StarTrekENT #IDIC #WeAreStarfleet #Quote
December 25 “Since I have no emotional awareness to create a performance, I am attempting to use performance to create emotional awareness. I believe if I can learn to duplicate the fear of Ebenezer Scrooge, I will be one step closer to truly understanding humanity.” Data- Devil’s Due, Stardate: 44474.5 #StarTrek #StarTrekTNG #IDIC #WeAreStarfleet #Quote
December 26 “This is exactly what the Founders want. Klingon against Cardassian. Federation against Klingon. The more we fight each other the weaker we’ll get and the less chance we have against the Dominion.” Sisko- The Way of the Warrior, Stardate: 49011.4 #StarTrek #StarTrekDS9 #IDIC #WeAreStarfleet #Quote
“Makes me think of my abuela. She was a doctor, too, and she filled her home with religious icons. Catholic Church, Buddhism, Santeria, all sorts of faiths. She used to tell me that it was a reminder that not everything has to have an answer.” Dr. Culber- Jinaal, Stardate: Unknown #StarTrek #StarTrekDiscovery #IDIC #WeAreStarfleet #Quote
December 28 Remembering Nichelle Nichols who was born on this date in 1932. https://memory-alpha.fandom.com/wiki/Nichelle_Nichols #StarTrek #StarTrekTOS #StarTrekFilm #StarTrekProdigy #IDIC #WeAreStarfleet #Quote
“I want an all-woman security team on every transporter immediately. No one is to transport down to the planet unless it is on my order.” Uhura “Aye, aye, Lieutenant.” Davidson “What are you doing?” Chapel “Taking command of this ship.” Uhura- The Lorelei Signal, Stardate: 5483.7 #StarTrek #StarTrekTAS #IDIC #WeAreStarfleet #Quote
December 29 “Bringing a child into the world… it’s a huge responsibility.” Neelix- Elogium, Stardate: 48921.3 #StarTrek #StarTrekVOY #IDIC #WeAreStarfleet #Quote
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Here are the Daily Star Trek Quotes that will appear on the @STrekQuotes Mastodon account and the @STrekQuotes Bluesky account for the week of December 16th through December 22nd. Note: Because Twitter/X will use posts to train AI, we will no longer be posting on that platform. This is out of respect for the owners of Star Trek.
December 16 “Suicide is not an option.” Dr. Crusher- Ethics, Stardate: 45587.3 #StarTrek #StarTrekTNG #IDIC #WeAreStarfleet #Quote
December 17 “This is a fully stock 1969 Chevy Camaro, one of the earliest muscle cars ever made. Imagine, Northern California, late twentieth century. You’re cruising up Highway One, the woofers are pounding, the wind is whipping through your hair.” Paris- Vis a Vis, Stardate: 51762.4 #StarTrek #StarTrekVOY #IDIC #WeAreStarfleet #Quote
“Jankom stayed calm, didn’t argue. Now Jankom doesn’t know if he can fix anything! Everything is falling apart! Why won’t you work?! Aha! Ha! Percussive maintenance! Jankom is back, baby!” Jankom Pog- Temporal Mechanics 101, Stardate: 11252.1 #StarTrek #StarTrekProdigy #IDIC #WeAreStarfleet #Quote
December 19 “The foolishness of my century had me apologizing where no offense was given.” Lincoln “We’ve each learned to be delighted with what we are. The Vulcans learned that centuries before we did.” Kirk- The Savage Curtain, Stardate: 5906.4 #StarTrek #StarTrekTOS #IDIC #WeAreStarfleet #Quote
“It’s a strange sensation, dying. No matter how many times it happens to you, you never get use to it.” Ezri Dax- Afterimage, Stardate: Unknown #StarTrek #StarTrekDS9 #IDIC #WeAreStarfleet #Quote
“Be happy with your family, Raffaella, warrior of the House of Musiker.” Worf “And you, Worf, House of Martok, continue to be a warrior for peace.” Raffi Musiker- The Last Generation, Stardate: Unknown #StarTrek #StarTrekPicard #IDIC #WeAreStarfleet #Quote
December 22 “Physical strength isn’t everything.” Reed “Well, you can’t win wars without it.” Marab “Being smart is more important.” Reed- Divergence, Date: December 2154 #StarTrek #StarTrekENT #IDIC #WeAreStarfleet #Quote
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Here are the Daily Star Trek Quotes that will appear on the @STrekQuotes Mastodon account and the @STrekQuotes Bluesky account for the week of December 9th through December 15th. Note: Because Twitter/X will use posts to train AI, we will no longer be posting on that platform. This is out of respect for the owners of Star Trek.
“That is impossible!” Toq “For you, perhaps. Not Kahless. He was a great warrior.” Worf “You’re making it up.” Toq “No. These are our stories. They tell us who we are.” Worf- Birthright, Part II, Stardate: 46579.2 #StarTrek #StarTrekTNG #IDIC #WeAreStarfleet #Quote
“It makes no difference whether you welcome me or not. I am here and will stay. You are now subjects of the Klingon Empire. You’ll find there are many rules and regulations. They will be posted. Violation of the smallest of them will be punished by death.” Kor- Errand of Mercy, Stardate: 3198.4 #StarTrek #StarTrekTOS #IDIC #WeAreStarfleet #Quote
“Many of the young people want to know more about the offland. They’re attracted to stories of a faster pace of life.” Anij “Most of my people who live that faster life would sell their souls to slow it down.” Picard- Star Trek: Insurrection, Stardate: Unknown #StarTrek #StarTrekFilm #IDIC #WeAreStarfleet #Quote
December 12 “I like to think I’m pretty good at my job. People trust me to solve their problems. But whoever’s behind these disappearances is a lot smarter than I am. I have to admit, I’m starting to get desperate.” Colyus “Maybe what you need is a little help.” Odo- Paradise, Stardate: 47573.1 #StarTrek #StarTrekDS9 #IDIC #WeAreStarfleet #Quote
“Well, most kind. ‘Parting is such sweet sorrow,’ Hm, Captain. ‘Have we not heard the chimes at midnight?'” Chang- Star Trek VI: The Undiscovered Country, Stardate: 9521.6 #StarTrek #StarTrekFilm #IDIC #WeAreStarfleet #Quote
“Never saw the sun shining so bright. Never saw things going so right. Noticing the days hurrying by. When you’re in love, my how they fly. Blue skies, smiling at me.” Data “…Irving Berlin!” Worf “Nothing but blue skies do I see…” Data- Star Trek: Nemesis, Stardate: 56844.9 #StarTrek #StarTrekFilm #IDIC #WeAreStarfleet #Quote
December 14 “Malcolm?” Tucker “I see it.” Reed “Good. Means I’m not hallucinating. How can a ship be bigger on the inside than the outside?” Tucker- Future Tense, Date: Unknown #StarTrek #StarTrekENT #IDIC #WeAreStarfleet #Quote
“Yea… consider yourself captured. Oh, I know I have a phaser here somewhere.” Kim- Caretaker, Stardate: 48315.6 #StarTrek #StarTrekVOY #IDIC #WeAreStarfleet #Quote
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