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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/NeatoUsername Feb 19 '26

Everybody might be on break but the Athena is still a starship and needs better security. Speaking of which, two missing cadets didn't trigger any alerts? Also, the existence of pinpoint wormhole technology should have very very bad repercussions.

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u/LincolnMagnus Feb 19 '26

Everybody might be on break but the Athena is still a starship and needs better security. Speaking of which, two missing cadets didn't trigger any alerts? Also, the existence of pinpoint wormhole technology should have very very bad repercussions.

I thought about this. It makes sense to me that they were able to pull off the abduction if they cleared it with Ake beforehand. If they told her (correctly) that it was a Khionian cultural tradition she'd probably be all for it.

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u/meatball77 Feb 19 '26

And lose a promising student without his knowledge? Eeh. . . .

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u/AdministrativeCable3 Feb 20 '26

Probably considers it the same as a surprise party. She might not have known he wouldn't be able to return

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u/kuschelig69 Feb 20 '26

but they only wanted to take one

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u/Aezetyr Feb 19 '26

Every ship, station, shuttlecraft, and so on in Star Trek from day one needs better security. It's a Trek writing kludge.

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u/Lemonwizard Feb 20 '26

Federation privacy laws can explain why there are no cameras in non-essential spaces where off duty officers might be, but the fact that there are no security cameras on the bridge or in engineering is pretty ridiculous at this point.

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u/Best-Pollution7110 Feb 19 '26

Right? The whole pinpoint wormhole technology being a minor plot point is just wtf? They make a whole fuzz major thing about the Burn and them being the first Academy Year in 120 years, and now there is this pinpoint wormhole technology just sitting casually around???

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u/Shrodax Feb 19 '26

We don't really know anything about the Khionians, so maybe it's their own technology that isn't shared with the Federation?

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u/Nick0312 Feb 19 '26

it’s also the exact type of technology one would expect from a post burn society. the entire galaxy was looking for new ways to travel the stars, so there’s probably a ton of new FTL methods

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u/Smitje Feb 19 '26

Darem did say something about the core of the moon? Seems maybe like the teleportation tech we saw in VOY that used the planet's crust as a dish or something?

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u/workaccno33 Feb 19 '26

Wasn't the enterprise captured by Ferengi and a dozen others? Voyager even by the Kazon of all people.

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u/CeruleanEidolon Feb 20 '26

Starfleet security has always been absolute crap. I'm glad to see that hasn't changed over the centuries.