307 – TRAPPIST-1 with Dr. Hurt | Priority One Podcast: A Star Trek News Show

Feb 27, 2017

Greetings, Captains! You’re listening to EPISODE 307 OF PRIORITY ONE PODCAST, your weekly report on all things Star Trek! Recorded LIVE on Thursday, February 23rd, 2017 and available for download or streaming on Monday, February 27th at PriorityOnePodcast.com!

This week we’re Trekking Out a new Star-Trek themed roller coaster, Nicholas Meyer’s latest comments about Star Trek: Discovery, and the latest rumour about Discovery’s premiere date. In Star Trek Online news, the Tier 6 flagships are coming to console, but everyone’s talking about the rebalancing of powers. Later, our science adviser, Dr. Robert Hurt, is here to talk about the discovery of potentially habitable planets, just discovered by NASA.

As always, before we wrap up the show, we’ll open hailing frequencies for your incoming messages!

TOPICS DISCUSSED

• Trek It Out
  • German theme park unveils Star Trek: Operation Enterprise roller coaster
  • Nicholas Meyer hopes Discovery helps people "see themselves"
  • Doug Jones hints that Discovery might premiere in the Fall of 2017
  • Tribute to Nichelle Nichols for Black History Month
• Star Trek Online News
  • (Console) Tier 6 Flagships (and stats)
  • (Console) Xbox Patch Notes: February 23, 2017
  • (Console) Playstation 4 Patch Notes: February 21, 2017
  • (Console) Temporal Agent Weekly Rewards - Week 2
  • (PC) Balance changes coming to Star Trek Online
  • (PC) Patch Notes: February 23, 2017
  • (PC) Arena of Sompek Special Event
• Astrometrics Report
  • Nature International weekly journal of science
  • New York Times feature on TRAPPIST-1

THIS WEEK'S COMMUNITY QUESTIONS

• What storytelling traditions of the past Star Trek series do you hope to see in the new series? Hilarious villains and cheesy Interspecies romance, or hot button topics and socio-economic commentary?
• What changes are you looking forward to OR are you afraid of with the coming balance changes in Star Trek Online?

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