2023’s planned Star Trek film, expected to be a fourth entry into the Kelvin Timeline series starring Chris Pine and company, has had yet another setback — following 5 years of other roadblacks that’s kept another KT movie from coming to fruition.
Now, the state of this ever-delayed project is once again in limbo as Shakman has exited the project, The Hollywood Report reports, to take on the forthcoming Marvel Cinematic Universe reboot of Fantastic Four, coming from Disney and Marvel Studios in late 2024.
In a statement issued to THR, Paramount Pictures said:
Matt Shakman is an incredibly talented filmmaker, and we regret the timing didn’t align for him to direct our upcoming ‘Star Trek’ film. We are grateful for his many contributions, are excited about the creative vision of this next chapter and look forward to bringing it to audiences all around world.
What does that mean for the Star Trek film franchise? Your guess is as good as ours, as the next movie has always just been over the horizon since the summer of 2016 — and with each passing setback, it feels further and further away.
For the meantime, the future of Trek continues to be strong and steady on television, with five active Star Trek shows in production for Paramount+ and potentially two (or more!) additional series in the works to follow the current slate.
Keep checking back to TrekCore for all the latest in Star Trek movie news!
Star Trek: Lower Decks returns for its third season with “Grounded,” a classic Lower Decks style take on Star Trek III: The Search for Spock that reminds us of all the things we love about the animated comedy. It is wonderful to have this show back for another season, and it provides a fun change of pace after so much live action Star Trek in recent months.
After the season two cliffhanger, in which Captain Carol Freeman (Dawnn Lewis) was arrested by Starfleet Security for supposedly being responsible for destroying the Pakled homeworld, Pakled Planet, the crew of the Cerritos are on shore leave on Earth while Freeman stands trial and the Cerritos in dry dock awaiting repairs.
Frustrated by what she believes is about to be a sham trial of her mother, Beckett Mariner (Tawny Newsome) enlists the help of her fellow Lower Deckers, Brad Boimler (Jack Quaid), Samanthan Rutherford (Eugene Cordero) and D’Vana Tendi (Noel Wells) to try and steal the Cerritos to find evidence that will exonerate Freeman.
The episode follows the Lower Deckers as they try to find a way to the Cerritos’s drydock, and then to head out — Search to Spock style! — to prove Freeman’s innocence. Chased by Starfleet Security, all hope seems lost for the Lower Deckers until… Freeman arrives, having been exonerated by a secret Starfleet mission to clear her name. A mission the Lower Deckers knew nothing about and had nothing to do with, and seems like a great episode of some other Star Trek show!
The resolution to “Grounded,” written by Chris Kula, is where it truly shines in the Lower Decks style — because by the end of the episode, absolutely nothing our intrepid heroes did contributed towards Freeman’s exoneration. But along the way, the show gives us a fun exploration of some new and familiar parts of Earth, and gives the main Lower Decks characters a chance to shine as they work together.
It makes total sense that four ensigns would not ultimately be the reason why a major interstellar diplomatic incident gets solved. But borrowing a lot the tropes from Star Trek III: The Search for Spock tricks the audience into thinking maybe this is the time they DO matter to the bridge crew storylines. I applaud Lower Decks for not giving into the temptation to have our ensigns be pivotal to Freeman’s release, because then it is just like any other Star Trek show.
The other highlight of the episode is historic Bozeman, Montana, the location-turned-museum where Zefram Cochrane (James Cromwell, reprising his role) launched his warp ship, the Phoenix, as seen in Star Trek: First Contact. The idea that it has been turned into a tourist-trap amusement park amuses me, and there are all kinds of fun touches to First Contact and classic science fiction theme park rides.
Welcome back, Lower Decks. I am ready to laugh!
TREK TROPE TRIBUTES
“Grounded” is Lower Decks’ take on Star Trek III: The Search for Spock and other similar episodes in which our heroes feel they need to go rogue in order to save one of their colleagues.
Naturally because Admiral Freeman’s office is in San Francisco, the Golden Gate Bridge is visible out the window, keeping up the tradition of the Bridge being visible from absolutely everywhere in the city in Star Trek!
CANON CONNECTIONS
The Federation News Network, which broadcasts news coverage of the trial of Captain Freeman, was most recently seen in the Star Trek: Picard pilot “Remembrance.”
According to the ticker at the bottom of the screen, now-Admiral Edward Jellico (from TNG’s “Chain of Command”) has ordered the Zebulon Sisters — first referenced in the Lower Decks episode “Terminal Provocations” — from appearing on screen.
The same ticker reveals that the Buffalo Solar Knights have eclipsed the London Kings in the first game of the ELDS (Earth League Division Series?). Is baseball back as a part of Earth culture for the first time in two decades?
The ticker also indicates that a six-year old Zakdorn is the youngest person to be crowned StrategemaGrand Master (the game was introduced in “Peak Performance”), and that a group of teens were recently injured at a Sonny Clemonds concert. Clemonds is the cryogenic survivor from the 20th century who befriends data in “The Neutral Zone.”
The Boimler Raisin Farm has much of the same equipment as the Chateau Picard vineyard seen in “Family” and “All Good Things,” as well as some of the larger floating equipment seen in Star Trek: Picard.
Boimler is wearing the same outfit out in the vineyards as older alternate future Picard at the beginning of “All Good Things.”
Rutherford and Tendi are eating at Sisko’s Creole Kitchen, the first time Joseph Sisko’s restaurant has appeared in Star Trek since Deep Space Nine’s seventh season. To mark the occasion, Rutherford is wearing one of Jake Sisko’s patented sweaters.
Boimler struggles with one dash of Ketracel White Hot Sauce, whereas Mariner enjoys a bit of a kick.
Transporter Chief Carlton Dennis (Denny) is wearing an older Starfleet uniform from the Star Trek: Voyager era; with his outer jacket, he’s dressed quite similarly to the hologram of Lewis Zimmerman seen in “Projections.”
Denny has restored many transporter platforms; his collection features transporters based upon the sets seen in many Star Trek films and television productions.
As the camera pushes in on Historic Bozeman, Jerry Goldsmith’s theme for Star Trek: First Contact plays.
James Cromwell reprises his role as Zefram Cochrane for the first time since “Broken Bow,” though this time he is a holographic recreation aboard the Ride the Phoenix theme park ride.
The statue of Zefram Cochrane talked about by Geordi La Forge in Star Trek: First Contact is at the center of the Bozeman park; a model of this statue was also in Captain Archer’s quarters aboard the Enterprise NX-01.
The Starfleet security officer monitoring dry dock is playing 3D chess on his computer terminal.
The Starfleet security ships that chase down the Cerritos after the Lower Deckers steal it are the same design as the Federation fighter craft seen in the Battle for Deep Space Nine in “Sacrifice of Angels.”
The secret mission to exonerate Captain Freeman was led by Captain Morgan Bateson from “Cause and Effect,” with with some help from Tuvok, pictured here for the first time since his return to the Alpha Quadrant. Now that’s a show I want to watch!
The Pakleds’ plan was to destroy their own planet and frame the Federation — to force the Federation into relocating them to a planet that is more rich in resources, which Freeman describes as a “true Samaritan Snare.”
OTHER OBSERVATIONS
The Star Trek franchise video bumper that first started appearing before episodes of Star Trek: Strange New Worlds has been updated slightly for Lower Decks. The Cerritos has replaced the Enterprise for Lower Decks, which means we’ll probably see similar variants used for Prodigy, Picard, and Discovery when those shows return.
The nebula clouds in the opening franchise animation also contain the spectral koala!
This is a rare Star Trek episode that has only an A story. There is no B story, which normally follows different characters on a different (but sometimes related) plot.
Pakled Planet’s capital is called Big Strong City.
Tuvok’s participation in the free-Freeman mission would seem to indicate the Vulcan’s neural degradation (noted in “Endgame”) has been repaired!
Admiral Freeman’s office has a number of plants in it. Each of the planters has a little LCARS control on it. Later in the episode, it is revealed that Admiral Freeman’s first name is Alonso.
The battle sequence in the opening credits has gotten slightly more intense in Season 3. After Klingon ships were added in Season 2, there is now a Crystalline Entity present — I guess it’s Crystalline Entity season.
The shots of the Ride the Phoenix ride leaving Earth are recreations of the same shots of the ship from Star Trek: First Contact — complete with Steppenwolf’s “Magic Carpet Ride.”
The Zefram Cochrane safety video in line for, and on board the Phoenix, is reminiscent of a lot of science-fiction-themed rides, such as the famous Back to the Future: The Ride at Universal Studios and of course, the Star Trek: The Experience rides like Klingon Encounter and Borg Invasion 4-D.
The laughs are back with the return of Star Trek: Lower Decks, and they’re very welcome. The show launches the third season with a classic Lower Decks twist on a fun Star Trek trope.
I can’t wait for the next nine weeks of episodes to enjoy this fun show heading into the fall!
Star Trek: Lower Decks returns with “The Least Dangerous Game” Thursday, September 1 on Paramount+ in the United States, Australia, Latin America, and the Nordics, as well as on CTV Sci Fi Channel in Canada and on Prime Video in many other regions.
The gang at Star Trek Wines is back for 2022 with not one or two, but FOUR new Star Trek bottles which just beamed down to the Las Vegas Star Trek convention! We were invited to get a sneak peak at the new products before they went on display to the 56-Year Mission Convention this week.
First up are the two editions of their Risian Wine we first told you about back in March — based upon the two different versions of the triangular bottle seen in Star Trek: Enterprise (“Two Days and Two Nights,” with orange labelling) and in Star Trek: Picard (“The Star Gazer,” with blue labeling).
The Star Trek Wines team had to recreate the unique triangular shape of the Enterprise-style bottle for their glass production, and was able to scan the set-used Picard-style bottle. They worked with the Star Trek production team to acquire the graphics used in each bottles’ labeling.
In the orange Enterprise-style bottle is “Risian Rosé,” and the blue Picard-style bottle is “Risian White Wine,” which has “a natural color [that] offers vivid flavors of pink grapefruit with white peach, together with welcome notes of lemon zest and citrus blossom.”
The a two-pack of the Risian bottles will run for $110, and can be preordered today for an anticipated December delivery.
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The next big release is the metal-label 2401 Chateau Picard wine bottle seen in “The Star Gazer,” which opened Star Trek: Picard Season 2. In addition to the metal plaque label adhered to the front of the wine bottle, the Star Trek Wines team crafted a silicone rubber “wax dip” which fits around the top of the bottle.
This removable, flexible topper was designed from laser-scanned measurements of the set-used bottle, allowing fans to remove and return the “wax” to the bottle after opening, if so desired.
As Star Trek Wines puts it:
An exact replica of the show prop, the metal label has the family mark, “Chateau Picard”, the varietal and 2401 vintage stamped into the metal. The chateau and vineyard are etched in, just like the bottle Picard holds in his hand. The silicone topper has been vulcanized to remove any impurities and rubber odor. The topper features a removable and reusable silicone topper stamped with “Ven Denge Au Chateau Sol III”
We digitally scanned each element of the show prop, to make this is a true show prop replica. This limited edition bottle was a collaboration between the team at Star Trek: Picard (who designed the bottle) and the 5th generation winemakers at the real Chateau Picard in the Saint-Estèphe region in France. This world-class and highly regarded Cru Bourgeois Bordeaux was imported from the actual Chateau Picard in France.
Finally, a bit of a surprise — a version of the Chateau Picard wine based not on Star Trek: Picard, but upon a prop used in the first season of Star Trek: Strange New Worlds instead!
Used on set during Captain Pike’s dinner party in “Children of the Comet,” the good Enterprise captain actually served a 2221 vintage of Chateau Picard’s wine to his crew… though the bottle labels were never seen directly on screen, appearing only out-of-focus in background shots.
The team at Star Trek Wines still wanted to bring this Chateau Picard vintage to fans, so after obtaining prop photographs and necessary reference material from the Paramount+ team, they crafted a similar bottle label for their planned product — with a few necessary modifications to meet real France wine laws (as the wine itself is sourced from the real Chateau Picard).
As Star Trek Wines puts it:
Like it’s predecessor, the 2221 Chateau Picard vintage was also put together by the actual Chateau Picard from an estate in the heart of the world-renowned Saint-Estèphe region in France. This elegant Cru Bourgeois Bordeaux is 85% Cabernet Sauvignon and 15% Merlot blend.
This bottle was another amazing collaboration between the team at Star Star Trek: Strange New Worlds (who created the label) and the 5th generation winemakers at the real Chateau Picard in France creating our second in a series of Chateau Picard offering.
L: The 2221-era bottle used on the STRANGE NEW WORLDS set. R: Star Trek Wines’ label for the upcoming product. (Photos provided by Star Trek Wines.)
The new 2401-vintage Chateau Picard wine is available for preorder now, though currently only in combination with other bottles like the Chateau Picard three-pack — though we expect that may change in the days ahead.
Like the other new Star Trek Wines releases, it’s expected to arrive in December.
If you’re at the 56-Year Mission Convention in Las Vegas this week, the Star Trek Wines team will be hosting a tasting on Friday, August 26; they’ll also be hosting a tasting of their Romulan Ale, a vodka product, during an event on Saturday night.
The next collection of composer Jeff Russo’s Star Trek score is finally here! Five months after Captain Burnham and crew ventured outside the Milky Way to stop the Dark Matter Anomaly from destroying Earth, the Star Trek: Discovery Season 4 soundtrack is “Coming Home” to fans on Friday, August 26.
Available once more through Lakeshore Records, the 32-track Discovery Season 4 soundtrack includes music from all 13 episodes of the newest season, along with the special inclusion of Annabelle Wallis’ cover of Stormy Weather (performed by Zora in the episode of the same name).
Lakeshore Records is set to release Star Trek: Discovery Season 4 — Original Series Soundtrack featuring music from the fourth season of the Paramount+ series. The album, featuring an original score by Emmy Award-winning composer Jeff Russo (Star Trek: Picard, Fargo, The Man Who Fell To Earth), will be available digitally August 26. The fourth season is currently available to stream on Paramount+.
Season 4 of STAR TREK: DISCOVERY finds Captain Burnham and the crew of the U.S.S. Discovery facing a threat unlike any they’ve ever encountered. With Federation and non-Federation worlds alike feeling the impact, they must confront the unknown and work together to ensure a hopeful future for all.
STAR TREK: DISCOVERY currently streams exclusively on Paramount+ in the U.S. Internationally, the series is available on Paramount+ in Australia, Latin America and the Nordics, and on Pluto TV in Austria, France, Germany, Italy, Spain, Switzerland and the United Kingdom on the Pluto TV Sci-Fi channel. In Canada, it airs on Bell Media’s CTV Sci-Fi Channel and streams on Crave. STAR TREK: DISCOVERY is distributed by ViacomCBS Global Distribution Group.
Says Russo: “This season of Star Trek: Discovery presented an extraordinary opportunity to explore a thematic connection between the known and the unknown. Pushing the musical envelope of the Star Trek universe was this season’s idea.”
We can bring you an exclusive preview from the new soundtrack today, with “Wrap Up” from the closing moments of Season 4’s finale, “Coming Home.”
Here’s the full track listing for the digital release:
01. Kwejian Destroyed 02. Angry Butterfly People 03. Running From Alshain 04. Reopening The Academy 05. Gray’s New Body 06. Michael Guides Book 07. Book Breaks Down 08. J’Vini Threatens 09. J’Vini’s Story 10. Saving The Abronians 11. Kaminar Sea Frogs 12. Saving Adira 13. Tarka 14. Tarka’s Theory 15. Hugh And Kovich 16. Tarka’s Model 17. Family Tree 18. Trying To Abort 19. Just Michael 20. The Poker Game 21. Let’s End It 22. Saru Opens Up To T’Rina 23. Hallucinations 24. Its The Dust 25. In The Nursery 26. The Evacuation 27. One Way Out 28. Abandon Ship 29. DMA Stopped 30. Book Talks To 10C / Going Home 31. Wrap Up 32. Zora Sings Stormy Weather (Annabelle Wallis)
Lakeshore Records’ Star Trek: Discovery Season 4 soundtrack can be purchased for streaming through Apple Music, Spotify, and Deezer through this link.
(For those of you waiting for news on the Star Trek: Strange New Worlds Season 1 soundtrack… don’t worry, it’s in the works. Keep your sensors locked on TrekCore for that news when it’s ready to be announced!)
Star Trek: Discovery is currently in production on its upcoming fifth season, expected to debut on Paramount+ sometime in 2023.
Numskull, the quirky product company that has been releasing both Star Trek Tubbz and “cosplay cup” mugs, is now setting their signs on the upcoming holiday season — with a new take on the classic December countdown calendar.
Similar in design to the Hero Collector advent calendar released to mixed reviews last year, Numskull’s new “Countdown Calendar” Star Trek: The Next Generation advent calendar fills your December with a 24-day-long Enterprise-D model build, allowing fans to piece together one new portion of the Galaxy-class starship per day in the leadup to Christmas.
From the individual warp nacelles to the secondary hull, to each half of the saucer section, the model is made of snap-together pieces which fit together without glue or other adhesives, and includes a display stand to hold the completed Enterprise after the holiday season.
Numskull 'Star Trek: The Next Generation' Enterprise-D Countdown Calendar
After a long wait, the return of Star Trek: Lower Decks is here! This week, the animated comedy beams back to Paramount+, CTV SciFi Channel, and Prime Video for the third year of Lower Decks action — and today we’ve got new images from “Grounded” for your review!
With the USS Cerritos is locked up in a Starfleet impound after the hazardous events of the Season 2 finale, Ensigns Mariner (Tawny Newsome), Boimler (Jack Quaid), Rutherford (Eugene Cordero), and Tendi (Noel Wells) break the California-class ship out of drydock — to find a way to clear the criminal charges hanging over Captain Freeman (Dawnn Lewis), arrested in “First First Contact” for allegedly bombing Pakled Planet.
Here are thirteen new images from this week’s season premiere:
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And in case you haven’t seen it, here’s a preview clip from “Grounded” which aired during a July episode of The Ready Room, along with the official Paramount+ trailer for the third season.
GROUNDED — Mariner enlists her friends on a rogue mission to exonerate her mother as Captain Freeman faces a military tribunal for the destruction of Pakled Planet.
Written by Chris Kula. Directed by Jason Zurek.
Star Trek: Lower Decks returns with “Grounded” Thursday, August 25 on Paramount+ in the United States, Australia, Latin America, and the Nordics, as well as on CTV Sci Fi Channel in Canada and on Prime Video in many other regions.
After venturing into Original Series, the Next Generation, Deep Space Nine, Voyager, and Discovery, EXO-6 is heading back to where the Star Trek adventure began as the company’s Star Trek: Enterprise lineup begins — with Captain Jonathan Archer.
The first EXO-6 entry from the Enterprise NX-01 crew, this 1:6-scale edition of Captain Archer is modeled after Scott Bakula’s Season 4 appearance with shorter, close-cropped hair. (This design is, as we understand it, the actor’s preferred character look, and a requirement for the Archer figure’s Bakula-approved design.)
This 1:6-scale figure of Captain Archer re-creates this iconic character in exquisite 1:6 detail. Standing approximately 12 inches tall, he wears the standard blue Starfleet jumpsuit with the NX-01 patch on the shoulder.
The original portrait sculpt of Scott Bakula as Archer was personally approved by the actor and has an authentic, hand-painted likeness.
Included with the Archer figure are the standard Earth Starfleet accessories you might expect: a 2150s-era phase pistol weapon (with hip-mounted holster), a flip-open communicator, and a hand scanner which has both ‘open’ and ‘closed’ attachments to portray the device in both positions.
Captain Archer’s loyal beagle, Porthos, is also included in this release as a fun touch, though EXO-6 is following Dr. Phlox’s recommendation and has not included any cheese for the dog to enjoy while on display.
We got a chance to see the figure prototype at the Mission Chicago convention back in April, which in better lighting does appear to be a pretty decent likeness of Scott Bakula — though as with all of EXO-6’s releases, we’re reserving final judgment until the finished product is in hand.
Other recent releases from EXO-6’s Star Trek lineup include Judge Q from Star Trek: The Next Generation and Commander Saru from Star Trek: Discovery — each of which are much more impressive in person then their preorder images suggested.
EXO-6’s forthcoming Star Trek: Enterprise Captain Archer figure is available for preorder now at $205 USD, and is expected to arrive to collectors near the end of this year.
Now, more than four years after the news that the Set Tour experience was planning to expand into the 24th century, Cawley and team have revealed the first builds from the planned Enterprise-D set recreation efforts underway in upstate New York.
On public display for the first time during the annual Trekconderoga convention weekend, the Star Trek Set Tour how holds a full recreation of the Enterprise-D bridge computer stations, along with the Ops and Conn stations set at the front of the command center — plus a full-sized holodeck arch to welcome visitors to the exhibit.
Built with contributions from Star Trek: The Next Generation vet Michael Okuda, the four builds are the first nearly-completed replications from the forthcoming Enterprise-D bridge set replica which Cawley projects to be completed for public visitation in the fall of 2023.
The LCARS interface panels on the first Next Gen console replicas were designed by Okuda himself, Cawley told us this weekend, with live video consoles featuring animated versions of familiar TNG-era display screen graphics recreated by the Set Tour design team — during our inspection, we caught graphics from “Descent,” “Night Terrors,” “A Matter of Perspective,” “Redemption II,” “Ménage à Troi,” and more on the different bridge stations.
Because modern builds use LED lighting which backlights the interface panels very evenly, we learned that Mike Okuda engineered dark gradient ‘falloff’ coloring into the panels to emulate the 1980s-era incandescent internal lighting which lived in the original TNG sets.
The Ops and Conn stations this weekend are missing their upholstered seats, as they are currently being reworked to be more accurate to the Season 7-era looks featured on the series.
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A 28,000-square-foot, two-story building adjacent to the Original Series tour complex is set to be the home to the Galaxy-class expansion, which along with the bridge is expected to eventually house an Enterprise-D corridor replica, a recreation of the two-story Main Engineering set, and more as time, space, and budget allows.
If you’re in the upstate New York area, you can head to the official Star Trek: The Original Series Set Tourin Ticonderoga, NY, which operates tours six days a week during their main season. The Star Trek: The Next Generation expansion is projected for a Fall 2023 opening.
We’re still not sure when Star Trek: Prodigy will return to complete its first season, but this week the animated Protostar crew landed their first tie-in book deals, with a pair of print releases slated for the early part of 2023.
Promotional artwork for the ‘Supernova’ video game.
First up is Star Trek: Prodigy — Supernova, a “middle-grade” adventure based upon the forthcoming video game of the same name (which itself arrives in October). Longtime Star Trek writer Robb Pearlman is authoring this 160-page book, set to arrive in stores January 17, 2023.
In this middle grade adventure based on the Star Trek: Prodigy video game, Dal and Gwyn must rescue their missing crewmates.
When the Protostar crash-lands in a peculiar star system, the crew ends up separated and Dal and Gwyn must work together to find their missing crewmates. They don’t have much time, though: the nearby star is destabilized and in danger of creating a supernova. Then Dal and Gwyn discover evil droids patrolling the area, and they look just like the Watchers back in Tars Lamora. How will Dal and Gwyn confront this nightmare from their past…and prevent an explosion in their near future?
The second book, Star Trek: Prodigy — A Dangerous Trade, is also scheduled for release on January 17 and is an original tale set to star the Protostar crew. This book is written by author Cassandra Rose Clarke, who first joined the Star Trek print world with her 2021 Next Gen novel Shadows Have Offended.
While traveling through the Delta Quadrant, the Protostar crew discovers a worn transporter coil on their ship. Despite Janeway’s misgivings, the crew decides to trade a Starfleet-issued battery for new transporter parts at a market on a distant planet.
Little do they know that a group of rogue traders are intent on getting their hands on something much bigger: the Protostar! Will the crew be able to defend their ship and stay out of trouble? Star Trek fans will love this brand-new, original story featuring all the heart, humor, and action of the Prodigy series.
Cover art for the two Prodigy books has not yet been released, but we’ll be sure to bring you that imagery as soon as it’s been made public. Star Trek: Prodigy will return with the remaining 10 episodes of its debut season sometime in late 2022.
Star Trek pin and magnet collectable company FanSetsis continuing to expand its line of franchise badges, this summer adding more from Star Trek: Picard, Star Trek: Prodigy, Star Trek: Strange New Worlds, and even new products from Deep Space Nine, The Next Generation, and more.
The Strange New Worlds Starfleet memorial badge collection is FanSets’ newest multi-pin set, featuring all twelve round fallen-starship pins seen in “Memento Mori.”The actual props were on display at the Mission Chicago convention back in April, memorializing the starships Discovery, Gallant, Palenque, Antares, Angelou, Kongo, Farragut, Excalibur, Shenzhou, Yangtze, Cuyahoga, and the SS Puget Sound.
This twelve-pin set retails for $119.95 on FanSets’ website, and will be limited to a total of 250 releases between online sales and their appearance at next week’s Star Trek convention in Las Vegas.
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Debuting at the Las Vegas convention (and to follow online around September 1) is General Picard’s Confederation of Earth badge — from the dark, alternate timeline seen Star Trek: Picard Season 2 — which includes the inset gold rank hashes and beveled “sharp” edges around the delta’s top point.
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PICARD Confederation Badge
PICARD Confederation Badge
PICARD Confederation Badge
Speaking of alternate realities, another pair of Starfleet delta badges have been pulled from across the divide: the bar-backed combadges from “Future Imperfect” (later seen in “Parallels”), with both the inverted-color Admiral’s badge and standard Captain-rank badge available.
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FUTURE IMPERFECT Admiral Badge
FUTURE IMPERFECT Admiral Badge
FUTURE IMPERFECT Admiral Badge
FUTURE IMPERFECT Captain Badge Badge
For fans of Star Trek: Prodigy, the special golden delta from the USS Protostar is now in the FanSets badge collection — available in both magnetand pin-back options, the shiny gold Protostar delta measures in at 2.125″ tall and includes the debossed command star icon as seen in the animated series.
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The company has also just unveiled their version of the Bajoran Militia combadge, featured throughout the run of Star Trek: Deep Space Nine and worn by characters like Kira Nerys, Odo, Rom, and more.
Based directly off of a surviving screen-used DS9 prop, the Bajoran Militia badge is also available in both magnet and pin-back form for collectors to bring home.
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For all of FanSets’ Star Trek pins and badges, you can head over to their website to browse the collection — or stop by their booth at Creation Entertainment’s 56-Year Mission Star Trek convention, running August 25-28 in Las Vegas, where the company has announced they will be debuting their Strange New Worlds departmental delta badges.
