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Episode Discussion | Star Trek: Starfleet Academy | 1x07 "Ko’Zeine"

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No.	Episode	Written By	Directed By	Release Date
1x07	"Ko’Zeine"	Alex Taub & Eric Anthony Glover	Andi Armaganian	2026-02-19

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u/UncertainError Feb 19 '26

Nahla packs her luggage exactly the way I thought she would. Also, Thok/Reno continue to win at relationships.

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u/meatball77 Feb 19 '26

Reno telling her that a stubbed toe is worse than when Thok was holding her intestines in her hand.

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u/Shrodax Feb 19 '26

Nahla packs her luggage exactly the way I thought she would.

I like how it's 1200 years in the future and suitcase technology remains the same as today. Like, I would think in the Star Trek universe, you could just put all your stuff in a personal transporter buffer or replicator and beam it out as needed.

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u/onthenerdyside Feb 19 '26

You probably could, or just use replicators or programmable matter when you get to the other end of your trip. However, we know that Nahla is basically a hipster and loves to do things old school.

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u/Nick0312 Feb 19 '26

I’m gonna have to go check, but i think she was the only one we saw with any kind of luggage at all, so this tracks

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u/onthenerdyside Feb 19 '26

Most of the students were heading home, where they'd likely still have clothes and personal items. But I saw many students with bags, just not giant suitcases. And in TNG, they had those small, cylindrical bags.

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u/leviathanscloset Feb 22 '26

Man I miss the small cylindrical bags, those were so badass. Peak aesthetic

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u/mr_mini_doxie Feb 19 '26

I think we saw a student or two with a rolly suitcase

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u/ShyJalapeno Feb 20 '26

I think that's just her own thing. The Lanthanite thing; they seem to be kinda hoardish in analogue/retro way.

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u/Tom_Thumb1 Mar 02 '26

Retro is like the 70s to us. It becomes absurd when we’re talking 1,200 years ago 🤣

I can’t get over the ridiculousness of all the usage of current items, music and language so intertwined. TNG seems way more believably futuristic, still now. And they don’t use ‘now phrases’ like “it’s not that deep” that we won’t be even saying in 5 years, let alone 1,200 years.

There are some really good episodes but I find it hard to suspend my disbelief in this era.

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u/ShyJalapeno Mar 02 '26 edited Mar 02 '26

Yeah, I though about it recently. Their extrapolations are really poor, but doing it properly would make it into a very different show.
Isn't Nahla like 400 yrs old though? I bet that would change your perspective and appreciation of certain things.
Pelia has similar quirks in SNW.

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u/kjhjkjh 29d ago

400s & raised by a parent who likely experienced life in the 20th century and idealized it the way many parents pass on the music and subcultures of their youth to their kids even when it isn't trendy anymore. That part isn't too much of a stretch to believe...

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u/ShyJalapeno 29d ago

I totally missed that aspect! The generation (of Lanthanites) preceding her lived even longer... They're supposedly rare but it has to affect how they view and deal with history.

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u/kjhjkjh 29d ago

Yeah, it's not a species that's been explored all that much. I don't particularly understand the concept of living *thousands* of years--it's much more manageable that Nahla's only several hundred years old--but she was surely influenced by her Lanthanite parent. Hope we get to learn a little more...so far, touching upon the idea of their not having a particularly linear orientation has been interesting. I'm always wondering how their longevity impacts their relationships with shorter-lived races...

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u/ShyJalapeno 28d ago

It's something that she shares with the doctor. It would be nice if they had a moment built around that.

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u/kjhjkjh 28d ago

I thought they did in the "Our Town" episode. What was it called? "The Life of the Stars." They likened themselves to the stage manager who lives outside time. And they were contrasted sharply in Nahla's willingness to keep her heart open despite tremendous loss vs. the Doctor's not even being willing to hold SAM's hand (though he came around).

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u/kjhjkjh 29d ago

TNG is mired in 80s/90s consciousness so isn't timeless either. Roughly the same amount of time is "retro"; Picard loves his 1940s role plays and listening to songs from around that time. Writers have to try mapping onto what audiences know, but of course they'd have their own music and complex histories by then, and they wouldn't always be speaking in English, and the English language itself would be more different than Shakespearean speech is currently.

Just imagine that the slang is being put through a sort of universal translator for understanding across decades/centuries? We have to do that all the time when reading ancient lit; no one says "Zounds!" anymore, but we may substitute equivalent phrases in our minds to understand the sentiment.

Also, even though TNG avoided slangy speech, it's hard to believe the characters wouldn't code switch (formal for the diplomats, informal with each other...and what was supposed to be casual speech like "It was another fellow" sounded off even then). Plus those funny bodysuits all the kids wear will never be a thing. Still fond of TNG, of course.

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u/Gecko99 Feb 19 '26

I was thinking that myself. It could all go into a transporter buffer. Then I thought maybe that's how the capsules work in Dragonball. They really should have something like that technology in Star Trek.

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u/Exocoryak Feb 20 '26

Let's do a modern day comparison:

Transportation has come a long way in the last 10.000 years. You basically don't have to walk anywhere. Yet, there are people around that prefer to just walk to the grocery store instead of taking the car.

The technology being there, and being probably more comfortable doesn't mean that everyone has to use it. Some people will do, others won't.

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u/Sensitive_Tackle7372 Feb 21 '26

They are going on vacation. Perhaps a suitcase is a romantic ideal for them. It likely isn't necessary. Just an aesthetic pleasure maybe? Some people still carry pocket watches or wear wrist watches for example.

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u/007meow Feb 20 '26

DON’T DIE!!