Did you mean to say Kirk’s actions had Khansequences?

In Kirk's defense, he lived in a time where basically nothing that happens matters later. Continuity was discovered in the Delta Quadrant and was quickly distributed in the Federation.

"Wrath of Khan" was a chess match, with Kirk and Khan making move after calculating move. And Spock was the sacrificed Queen who won Kirk the game.

RIP Ricardo Montalban, you were awesome as Khan.

Having grown up with Original Trek (in my fifties now), I've seen this movie probably fifteen or so times. The latest was last summer. And I'm not ashamed to say I cry every damned time at Spock's death scene. Shatner went between extremes in his acting, from complete ham to knock it out of the park, but the last few minutes of Wrath is without doubt his best work, at least in emotional terms.

You're right and wrong at the same time. It is Kirk's fault but not for the reasons you say. Khan's is at fault for all of Khan's actions. When Kirk offers him Ceti Alpha V it is known as a harsh planet that, as Khan points out, they will "struggle to find food" even before CA VI goes the way of Krypton. Khan's hatred of Kirk is stupid because there is no way he would have wanted Kirk to come check up on him even if Kirk offered. Khan is suffering from buyers remorse and irrationally blaming for his own actions. No, its Kirk's fault because he ignored Star Fleet regulation and didn't raise his shields when the regs and common sense told him he should have. (I'm amazed he didn't get court-martialed for this.) If he had raised them when he should Khan wouldn't have gotten those cheap shots off disabling the Enterprise. The Constitution class heavy cruiser would have easily outgunned the Miranda class light cruiser in relatively short order. Very quickly if they did the prefix code trick at the same time. Its sad the first Enterprise ended its life facing off against two ships it could easily out class. That was almost as bad as the Enterprise D!

The Federation also has some blame in all of this. When they went to the Ceti-Alpha system to scan for a suitable planet for testing the planet scale Genesis device, they never bothered to check their records on this system to see what information there was on it, such as Kirk's logs about Khan and him being exiled to this system. They also never bothered to look at their maps of this system otherwise they would have known an entire planet was missing with nothing but debris where it was and that the orbits of nearby planets got fucked up. Keep in mind that the tests were very thorough to the point where there couldn't be as much as one microbe on the planet or it was being called off. If anything, trying to test in such an unstable system would not be ideal and they would have moved on to one of the bajillion uninhabited systems with planets in life sustaining conditions and where no nearby planets are due to explode. This is more of a case of making the Feds stupid to move the story along, but I think it could have been handled better without the need of making the Feds stupid. Chekhov for one wasn't there in Space Seed, so they could have played up his ignorance rather than retcon him being there to be an exposition dump to the other captain and we the audience when Khan reveals himself. They could have brought up a computer glitch in their system preventing data from the system to show up to again given them a reason for their ignorance of what had happened in this system.

I liked the video, but the breaks for texting broke the flow a bit too much for me.

I must say this is one spin I haven't seen anyone tackle on the movie yet, that of Spock's deus ex vulcana being an intentional plot point here. Well done, Steve! Just when you think there isn't any more to KHAAAAN out of the film, someone always finds an angle.

It's wrong to say that Kirk never faced the "no-win" scenario. Spock says that Kirk took the test _three times._ Kirk faced it; he just didn't think of it as a no-win, but as an opportunity to adjust his thinking and methods. In other words, as a *learning opportunity.* They make a similar mistake in the next movie when they say that Kirk has never had to deal with the death of a loved one. They completely forget that Kirk's brother was killed in "Operation Annihilate" and that his parents were executed right before his eyes by Kodos the Executioner when he was a kid.

The point of this video crashes down on Kirk toward the end of TWoK, and he himself acknowledges it: _I haven't faced death. I've cheated death. I've tricked my way out of death and patted myself on the back for my ingenuity._ Here's a thought, though: what does Kirk do if he DOESN'T plant Khan & Co. on Ceti Alpha V? Return them to Earth for trial and judgment? Wouldn't THAT have been a party? What if, in that whole process, there is "Marcus" or his equivalent from *Star Trek: Into Darkness* who manages to take control of and exploit Khan for his own purposes in THIS universe? I wonder if there is ANY scenario that comes out well from the introduction of Khan Noonien Singh? Of course, as C. S. Lewis says in his Narnia tales, no one is ever told what _would_ have happened.

A really great episode. I do agree that Wrath of Khan was Kirk's fault, as the episode "Space Seed" from the original series showed Kirk giving Khan all the knowledge he would need to takeover a starship. Then, when Khan is defeated in that episode his crew is captured, Kirk sends them all to exile on a planet which is near another unstable planetary body. This meant that Kirk either intentionally wanted to wipe out Khan and his crew without having to get his hands dirty, or that it was unintentional. And, instead of letting the knowledge of Khan be sent throughout the starships of the Federation of Planets as well as neglecting to keep an eye on Khan or sending someone else to do the job, Kirk forgets the whole thing. As such, Khan and his crew are left on a planet which becomes very harsh, loses half their number due to space parasites and a war between the crew, and the death of Khan's wife drives him mad. Thus, when the USS Reliant sends people to Khan's new home, without knowledge of the dangers of this system, Khan takes over the ship and uses it on a mission of revenge which costs many lives.

Kirk never seems to learn. Much as he spends the episode ignoring Spock's warnings, he spends half the movie ignore Saavik's advice on Starfleet's rules. Rules which were, it turns out, written for a reason.

Everyone knew what exactly what The Cage was, and everyone saw 99% of it as part of The Menagerie in 1966, not 25 years later

Spock was, and ever will be, our friend!

The nephew bit is hysterical! 😆 Well done.

Nicholas Meyer's contribution to the franchise is hard to overstate. He was one of the first people on the creative team to introduce a sense of realism to the franchise, which we see in Star Trek II and also in Star Trek VI (the only one that rivals it in terms of merit among the original series feature films).

DUUUUSSSSSTTTIIIINNNNNNNNN!!!!

Actually, Khan himself said that right at the start: "'Admiral' Kirk...never bothered to check on our progress." :) What *should* have been done was for the Federation to have sent someone to check up on them at least once a year. Then they would have seen what was going on, and caught Khan off-guard before he was used to the climate change. Chances are Khan would have tried something back then, and the Federation would have just zapped them for being murderous troublemakers. End of story, no need for The Wrath of Khan. :)

I love this movie. I was in Jr High when it came out, TOS was the only Star Trek then, I mowed lawns to get money to go watch this movie and I did so once a week for 4 months(at the dollar movie house) Also purchased the sound track at the record store. RIP James Horner. Guess I'll get to the point, good analysis, You are spot on. Never looked at this way but Kirk brought this on himself and more importantly others.....

All he had to do was raise the fucking shields like Saavik said.

And when the Reliant first attacks, Kirk ignores lieutenant Rebecca from Cheers and his cavalier attitude towards consequence has him disobey General Order 12 - not General Order 347b subsection II, 12, something important enough to be only 11 steps down from the Prime Directive, probably what was covered in your first week at the academy*. Scotty ought to carry his dead nephew up to the bridge and tell Kirk he as good as killed the young ensign himself. Also, I never got why Spock rebukes Saavik's wise council, but now I think he's saying "Your wasting your time, I've been trying for 20 years, he'll just do whatever he wants regardless and piss all over what logic dictates. But I shan't give up; perhaps I've let my human side be affected by too much time around the bullheaded doctor, but I'll teach him this lesson if it kills me..." Ah Leonard, you communicated all that in just a look. That's acting the like of which we shan't see again. *but I guess there's traditionally some good parties that first week, because it seems other than Picard most captains have at best a hazy recollection of those lectures.

The text battle literally made me laugh out loud. 😂

What about the fact that Lt.Savik quoted regulation that could have prevented the Reliant from wreaking havoc on the Enterprise when first encountered.

If the events of TWOK never took place Admiral Kirk would have been on Earth drinking Romulan Ale while the Whale probe destroys Earth with no one to stop it.

Wow. I hadn't noticed your subs growing by almost 50%!

"I HURT YOU... AND I'M GOING TO KEEP HURTING YOU..." KHAN... Now....thats dedication ...

When I first viewed Star Trek II: The Wrath of Khan I was six years old. I understood Khan. His character was very straight forward. He hated Kirk and wanted revenge. You didn't even need to watch Space Seed to understand that. But it took me a long time to understand Kirk. When I was young I didn't understand why Kirk was so miserable in the first forty minutes of the film. He looked young enough to me. But later as middle age began to settle itself opon me I understood Kirk perfectly. And I also realized the film's conflict reinvigorated his spirit and reminded him he was still vital enough to outsmart an old rival. But that hubris cost him his best friend in the end making Kirk realize that the best age to be is the age you are. Great video as always Steve. Six

Umm, shouldn't Checkov's captain and crew noticed that the Ceti Alpha system was missing a planet? I say it's all their fault, #KirkIsPerf lolol

Had an interesting dream last night that gave me an idea for an alternate way the movie could have ended. Usually these things are full of holes, and this one would require a few edits to the movie, and probably has some other issues, but the premise is interesting enough I wanted to share it. Anyway, at the end of the movie, Khan is the only living person left on the Reliant. In the movie, he is near death, however with a little editing you could leave things a bit more ambiguous after he activates the Genesis device. Suppose in that time he managed to get down to one of Reliant’s shuttlebays and use a warp-capable shuttlecraft (I think these exist in the TOS movie era) to escape the nebula just before the device detonates and somehow isn’t detected due to nebula interference and whatnot, and he obviously decides not to engage the Enterprise (we’ll assume they don’t have enough shuttlecraft to do something similar on the Enterprise or the bay doors aren’t working at this point in the movie, or whatever) with a lone shuttle. As such, he decides to lay low for a while and wait for another opportunity. Speaking of opportunities, maybe I’m just looking for a way to replace Star Trek V. Do I get a commendation for original thinking? 😉 I suppose it’s kind of like the blink-and-you’ll-miss-it “save the animals” ending variant in Super Metroid.

"I know you have a phone." Plus the Mike Stoklasa "Ohhh." Man, you're on point in this one.

Jeez Steve you seem to never get along with your houseguests. You just got rid of Geoffrey and here you are dealing with Dustin. Sorry bud!

Fun little fact: The tool Kirk uses in Space Seed to overcome Khan is not an oversized switch, it´s meant to resemble a tool used on old sailing ships, can´t remember the name but I saw an interview with Nicolas Meyer where he mentions this small detail that impressed him.

Kirk: We can hate and admire a person at the same time! Spock: You're going to be the death of me, aren't you? Kirk: That's a little harsh, Spock! -- Years later... -- Kirk: Sulu, get us out of here! Spock: Ugh... I better fix this before more people die from this irresponsible idiot's poor actions... -- A little bit later -- Kirk: Klingon bastard, you killed my son! Captain Klingon: Now, we know this is your fault, Kirk. If you killed Khan years ago like I would have done, he wouldn't have stolen the Genesis torpedo and created the planet which your son's lifeless body now rests on! Kirk: Klingon bastard! -- Still later -- McCoy: Damn it, Jim! If you had killed Khan all those years ago, we wouldn't have had to hijack that Klingon battle cruiser to escape from the Genesis planet and be sent to a Klingon prison colony! My ass is freezing off here! Kirk: Bones, shut up!

That was not "an oversized switch" with which Kirk clubbed Kahn. That was a Dunsel. Don't you know anything about star ships?

Theory: Section 31 destroyed Ceti Alpha VI in an effort to eliminate Khan.

Great job! Love the nephee bit. You have found a way to let me enjoy star trek in a new and different way. Keep up the good work! 😁

Great video! I remember thinking even as a 10-yr-old in the 70s what a bad idea it seemed to give Khan access to the Enterprise computer files. But as a bit of tangent, another interesting aspect of "Space Seed" is the behavior of Marla McGivers. The original series was most definitely sexist by today's standards, though they didn't think of it that way in those days. The absolute ease with which McGivers was convinced to commit treason and mutiny was most directly because she was literally turned on by Khan AND his physical and psychologically abusive behavior towards her. She swore allegiance to him AS he was crushing her hand! Khan wouldn't even giver her a token promise that he wouldn't harm anyone when she asked, he just rebuked her for even questioning him, and she went along with it! I think it's safe to say that this was the prevailing attitude at the time about how women would behave if serving in the military. So perhaps the blame could be spread between Kirk and McGivers. After crushing McGivers hand, if she had just alerted Kirk to the danger, crisis could still have been avoided, even with Khan's access to the computer!

Great video as per usual :). Two things I'd like to say: 1) To give another perspective: The way I always thought of this, and do in the case of any and all crimes comitted by anyone, the victim can never be at fault. They can be held responsible for putting others in danger through neglegence, but ultimately Khan is always the one at fault. If you leave your car unlocked, you can be called stupid if it's stolen, but the burden of responsibility and blame should ALWAYS be on the person who stole it. The underlying message of Star Trek in general, with no capital punishment, good and fair treatment for all under any circumstances, I always took to mean that any individual, no matter their history or crime, can be granted the right to make amends, learn, and change, and should be given the chance to do so. Sure, they're likely to break the rules, but let THEM be the ones to prove that, don't assume that they will. Here, Kirk's only responsibility would be to minimise the likelihood that Khan and his followers can cause harm to others in the future. Leaving them on an abandoned planet out of reach of anyone without the technology required to leave would seem to be a good start. Now, an orbiting beacon would have been handy, proper reporting to the federation that to stay away from the planet or system would be wise, but it's understandable that with the destruction of Ceti Alpha 6, and the complete transformation of Ceti Alpha 5, the Reliant was unable to identify the planet in question as the one the Enterprise had left Khan on previously. Following on this, after their escape to the Reliant, one of Khan's crew tries to convince him to just leave Kirk and the Enterprise, now they have a ship, to persue a new life for themselves with their new found freedom. It was Khans decision to exact revenge upon Kirk, thus cementing it as him being the enemy and the one determined to attack Kirk and the Enterprise no matter the risk or cost. Kirk understandably then had to bear the burden and feeling of responsibility for the deaths, injuries and heartbreak that followed, due to not better confining Khan, and he may well feel at fault, but I would argue that the fault was never his. He should, however, have raised his shields, good shout Mr Saavik! 2) Please... don't do the texting thing again, I was genuinely interested in the conversation and this interupted the flow as others have said.

haha, I love your kirk impersonations.

I agree with the points in the video. At the same time, how did Starfleet not know Ceti Aplha VI was missing when the Reliant entered the system?

I realize this is an old video, but the bit with Dustin worked for me. I don't know why anyone wouldn't find that funny. This was and still-is your most hilarious Actually. Excellent work!

Kirk was never obligated toward the welfare of the villain he marooned. If anything, he only should have checked Khan's progress as a threat assessment. A dictator like Khan was impossible to reform, and marooning him would not have contained him forever. I think Kirk should have stopped this once and for all by throwing Khan and his people out the airlock. Problem solved, problem staying solved.

This is all summarized by the first battle between Khan and Kirk: Kirk ignores the good advice from regulations and Saavik (more Kirk ignoring Vulcan logic there), fails to properly protect the Enterprise, and thus gets somebody else killed and a few others seriously injured. Had he raised his shields when specifically told to do so, he could have pulled the exact same hacking maneuver that he uses to get out of that mess and blown the Reliant out of the water.

Yes, but if Spock hadn't died, and the Genesis planet been created, the Earth would have been destroyed. Because if they hadn't been off-planet doing STIII stuff, they probably would have all been sitting on Kirk's porch watching him chop firewood or something when the STIV PROBE came.

One reason for Kirk dropping Khan on the planet: They were on a five year exploratory mission, so they supposedly were outside the bounds of Federation space or at the very edges. Their ships weren't that fast, and the decision was either to incarcerate Khan and his people for months or years on the Enterprise, or mete out justice then and there. Since there's no death penalty in the Federation (except for one specific case), that was the choice he had to make.

Regarding "Space Seed": Lt. Marla McGyvers (McGivers?) was a dork. Khan had a "superior intellect", but he couldn't foresee that a woman who so quickly gives up her allegiance to the Federation, her crew, and her captain just to get laid by her fantasy man come to life wouldn't just as quickly turn on him? (Well, Khan was asleep for a looooong time, guess he was thinking with that other brain, the one between his legs.). She probably got through the Academy by sleeping with her professors.

I've heard that in Ancient Greek tragedy, from which "I know nothing" comes from, most stories ended with the protagonist learning that he's not the hero he thought himself to be ... making Kirk's appropriation of the phrase that more ... appropriate.

Plot twist: there are no house guests, only Steve's own spin on the video essay format.

If Kirk hadn't cheated on the Kobayashi Maru scenario, he never would have advanced as he did in his career so he never would have met Khan in the first place.

Putting them back into hibernation would have been a more sensible option. The hibernation pods from Khan's ship could have been transported to the Enterprise or perhaps they would have built new ones or modified the old ones with 23rd century technology. Fewer resources would be wasted keeping them alive until they reached a starbase or a Federation planet.

How about the fact that the crew of the Reliant couldn't count? Ceti Alpha 5 was the 5th planet in the solar system. They went looking for Ceti Alpha 6, the 6th planet in the solar system. So the 5th planet is orbiting in the spot where the 6th planet used to but did noone stop and say "Hey there seems to be a planet missing in this solar system"?

"Who decides?" is the single most relevant question with which humanity must grapple. That sounds like a subject for "Star Trek" to attempt tackling. If only some legitimate Star Trek still existed to broach it.

00:48 I half expected Chris Pine as one last troll the audience gags:P

There was a prequel novel detailing Khan leading his people and explained the death of Khan's wife...the title escapes me, but it was very good.

I think Kirk was trying to prevent bringing eugenics issues back into Federation politics.

"I know you have a phone". That was either a very subtle reference, or I'm reading into things ,haha

Jack B. Sowards, who wrote the screenplay, never wrote for Trek again, except for one episode of TNG--"Where Silence Has Lease." I just found that interesting. He's the only one listed in the imdb credits for the screenplay? Because this screenplay was one of the most brilliant things ever.

Also, fwiw, does anyone blame the Sixth Coalition for the Battle of Waterloo? "Sure Napoleon tried to commandeer Europe and kill us all, but let's maroon him on Elba."

One of the best TAs you've ever done. Love it.

"As you know, I have made a vow never to give you information that could potentially alter your destiny. Your path is yours to walk, and yours alone. That being said..."

And just think how the events of TWOK would have been altered if Kirk had followed procedure and treated the initial encounter with the Reliant as hostile until the Reliant's non-belligerency had been confirmed.

Heh, A friend of mine once ran a Star Trek RPG campaign that revolved around a Federation crew that followed in Kirk's wake, fixing the various problems that he'd caused, settling paternity suits etc, etc.

Correction: Scotty's nephew didn't die because of Kirk. He died because Scotty carried the critically injured kid all the way from engineering to the damn bridge instead of going to sick bay. It would be like if I got hit by a car and instead of the ambulance taking me to the emergency room, they decide to make a detour to City Hall to show my mangled body to the mayor.

That "switch" in Space Seed was likely a form of tool or fire extinguisher.

I love your content Brother... you're amazing and hilarious! Please keep up the great work!!!

The nephew texting is golden. That's such a great little device for nipping the shallow criticisms in the bud.

Of all the video you have made on this channel,,. This was the most.......... Funny😂.

It's ironic that David's scientific cheating with little or no regard for the consequences is responsible for Spock's resurrection. He, unfortunately, never got a chance to learn from his mistakes.

Scott's nephew stayed at his post for the good of the ship = dead. Spock leaves his post for the good of the ship = also dead Posts are the other no-win situation 😂

Telling someone to play Pokemon Go, That's the true evil.

The nephew, LMAO! 😂

The episode that I have the most problem with is " The Gamesters of Triskelion." (Yes...i know that the following characters have alien names but but my phone keeps auto-correcting.) In the episode...after freeing the Gladiators from their oppressive overlords, Kirk just leaves them there on the planet in the hopes that the overlords will willingly teach the Gladiators the concepts of free-will and democracy. Yeah...i don't think that that's gonna pan out. The overlords aren't just going to give up their gambling addiction just like that. Kirk's love interest even asked to come on the Enterprise to be taken somewhere else. Why wouldn't the crew take the Gladiators to the Federation? But instead... Kirk just leaves. All that fighting was for nothing.

I cried when I first saw the funeral scene, even now at 42 that scene gets me. On an alternate note, the Kelvin Timeline has Kirk do what Spock did.

What always spoiled the plot premise for me was that Checkov got the planets mixed up. OK the planets had moved or something, but the Science officer on the ship would have known this. I'm sure star fleet don't land on the wrong planet very often.

May we never meet Mega-Hitler. Great writing as always. Early 2019 he'd be playing Apex Legends 👍 Hold up, Kahn's predicament after being dropped off isn't just a failure of Kirk and the Enterprise's crew but Starfleet's as well. Weren't Starfleet getting the officer's logs and official reports? Why wouldn't Starfleet have sent a survey crew (Section 31??) or heck even put a probe in orbit to keep tabs on them? Kahn had a lot to be angry about and a long time to dwell on it. No doubt if he had destroyed the Enterprise he would have gone on to target Earth and perhaps others in the Federation.

Dustin is Trek, Actually's greatest guest

I had this video suggested to me out of nowhere and i have to admit i was a little scared when i saw the text exchange at 5:37 its as if the youtube overlords knew there was a fallout reference and suggested it in conjunction with the tv show release.

3:48 spock: "Why are we friends?"

Wasn't uh... wasn't it being Kirk's fault the whole point of Wrath of Kahn?

And Poe Dameron got everyone killed in The Last Jedi 😂 what a hack.

The movie does take one unrealistic liberty: it assumes that Kirk never filed a report about Khan, not even any of the log entries that we heard him record in the course of the episode. There's probably some Star Fleet commodore who wanted to get home to his son's baseball game and so commandeered the ship that was scheduled to check up on Khan.

This notion was always in the back of my head but I never thought about it that way. Pretty solid analysis.

If any ship checked up on Khan, at any time (say 6 months after marooned), Khan would have taken that ship and caused issues of an all-new unknown nature. He wanted a ship and it all would have happened anyway.

And Spock responds, "Why are we friends?"

" Spock ...These cadets of yours...How will they respond to real pressure?" As with all things each according to their gift.

There are two things about TWOK that has always bothered me, though it doesn't affect my enjoyment of the film and/or the emotions it brings out as I watch it. 1) Khan recognizes Chekov, even though Chekov was not stationed on the Enterprise during the events of "Space Seed." (Yes, this is an old gripe discussed everywhere even before the internet. Fans have come up with somewhat plausible reasons...or excuses...such as "Chekov wasn't on the bridge, but he was on the ship in another capacity." 2) "One of Our Planets is Missing." How can a SCIENCE VESSEL crew--any crew, actually--entirely miss that a known solar system--after all, it was named and charted, hence the "Alpha Ceti 5, Alpha Ceti 6," which then indicates that the Federation knows how many planets are circling the star called Alpha Ceti--is MISSING A PLANET????

I think that Kirk just kicked it up to Starfleet. He reported what happened and after that, it should have been up to them to go and check on Khan.

Beautifully done.

Khan was clearly competent and dangerous man and Star Trek is really hyper-optimistic and naive world where nobody could even think that John Headeater von Bodymangler would be worth of that name even when he is sharpening his knives. Actually Kirk's decision to dump Khan on Ceti Alpha V was smart as it gave that superhuman something to do. Then harsh life became struggle by planetary disaster. Apparently Captains of Starfleet have huge authority to work on their own and they even don't have to report of their specific doings. Thus nobody knew or cared that Ceti Alpha V was recently colonized by temperamental superhumans or that its neighboring planet has caused severe changes to its climate by blowing up.

"A hyper-intelligent super Hitler!" Hahahahaha

Wow, what a fantastic essay on The Wrath of Khan. This video actually made me want to go back and re-watch TOS and the movies.

Wrath of Khan totally works because it contrasts Kirk's heroics with the consequences. It's textbook contract and infinity.

By the way, Steve, loved this!

Speaking of how TOS doesn't revisit plots often, could you maybe make an episode about Mudd's appearances?

"The Menagerie" aired as a two-parter in the first season. Everybody knew about Pike!

Oh, it's totally Kirk's fault. You don't even have to argue that. SPOCK: "Their shields are going up." KIRK: "..." SPOCK (thinking): "Um, Admiral, er, um... Captain... I guess... maybe thinkin' 'about them shields? Oh crap!" SPOCK: "They're locking phasers." KIRK: "Shields up." SPOCK (thinking) "I should have never given him command."

The way TOS let Kirk never have to worry about the consequences of his actions just reinforces how the series reflected (reflects?) American culture.

You do correctly point out the main point of Space Seed and how it brought about the events of Wrath of Khan. You also indirectly point out Janeway's assessment in Voyager that Kirk and Sulu were "a bunch of cowboys". However, Kirk would have had to file a report and the Federation, not Kirk alone failed Khan. If Kirk had raised shields like he was supposed to, this wouldn't have happened. A Constitution class starship outgunned a Minerva or Soyuz or whatever class Reliant is.

Chills. The stills in particular.... 🙏