131: Countdown to Farpoint

TNG Season Zero Prequel.

We all know and love the trials and tribulations of our beloved
TNG crew throughout seven seasons and four feature films ... but
how did it all begin for them? Daniel, Darren, and Phillip sit
down and create an outline for a "Countdown to 'Encounter' [at
Farpoint]" comic book series. The trio imagines a comic book run,
similar to IDW'S "Star Trek: Countdown" and "Star Trek: Countdown
to Darkness" for the JJ-verse movies, that picks up our
characters' lives years before they joined the ranks of the
Galaxy-class Enterprise-D. 

Earl Grey begins issue one with the dramatic court martial of
Captain Jean-Luc Picard, following the disastrous loss of his
first command, U.S.S. Stargazer. Picard must deal with an
overzealous prosecutor, Phillipa Louvois, as well as a visit from
recent widow, Dr. Beverly Crusher. The next issues focus on young
baby-face Lieutenant William T. Riker and Deanna Troi on Betazed,
as the gold-suited Starfleet officer finds himself choosing
between love and career promotion (along with a new color
uniform). Other issues follow a recently discovered and
reactivated android, named Data, who finds his life choices
continually challenged by a Lieutenant Bruce Maddox. The trio
also creates issues focusing on the Cardassian War, with a young
Natasha Yar and Miles O'Brien teaming up to defend Starfleet, as
well as a time jump forward to the U.S.S. Hood as Ensign Geordi
LaForge continually tries to escape the attention of his
meddlesome first officer, Lieutenant Commander Riker.
 

Join Earl Grey as they tell these prequel stories and more of the
early adventures of the soon-to-be-infamous crew of the
Federation's flagship, U.S.S. Enterprise, NCC-1701-D in Season
Zero of The Next Generation.


Hosts
Daniel Proulx, Phillip Gilfus, & Darren Moser

Editor / Producer
Darren Moser

Executive Producers
Norman C. Lao, Matthew Rushing, & C Bryan Jones



Production Manager


Richard Marquez


 


Content Manager


Will Nguyen


Chapters
The Phantom Farpoint Menace (00:02:53)


Picard (00:11:40) 
Riker (00:18:00)
Data (00:23:36)
Worf (00:31:55)
The Crushers: Bev, Wes, Jack (00:37:15)
Troi (00:42:59)
Geordi (00:47:23)
Yar (00:50:41)
Birth of the Enterprise (00:58:31)









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