Mission Log: A Roddenberry Star Trek Podcast

Fun Fact: The repetitive epic is the most elegant form in Cardassian literature. Also, Dr. Bashir is having lunch with plain, simple Garak. But things with Garak are not as simple as they seem. Kind of like the last time they had lunch. And the time before. And the time before. It is The Wire on this week’s episode of Mission Log.    Get in touch with us! On Facebook: On Twitter: On Skype: missionlogpod On the phone: (323) 522-5641 Online: We may use your comments on a future episode of Mission Log.

After the Cardassians and the Federation formally ended hostilities, a number of colonists from both sides were left in limbo. A skirmish here, an attack there - before you know it, the colonists are drawing battle lines of their own. Have the Federation colonists given up on the Federation's ideals? We put The Maquis, Part I and Part II, into the Mission Log.   Get in touch with us! On Facebook: On Twitter: On Skype: missionlogpod On the phone: (323) 522-5641 Online: We may use your comments on a future episode of Mission Log.

Three Klingons bound by a blood oath drop by Deep Space Nine and find their old friend Dax. Though it's a new Dax, and she's not necessarily bound by the same blood oath, she agrees to join their mission of vengeance. Will she uphold the blood oath? Find out when we put Blood Oath in the Mission Log. Also... blood oath.   Get in touch with us! On Facebook: On Twitter: On Skype: missionlogpod On the phone: (323) 522-5641 Online: We may use your comments on a future episode of Mission Log.

An old flame of Quark’s happens by DS9. She’s a Cardassian, but not just any Cardassian. She’s teacher to a couple of students with radical ideas. This gets the interest of Garak the tailor. But he’s not just any tailor. An outcast of his home world, he’d kill to get back to Cardassia. Literally. It doesn’t take much to see that problems of three little people don't amount to a hill of beans on DS9, when Profit and Loss lands in the Mission Log.    Get in touch with us! On Facebook: On Twitter: On Skype: missionlogpod On the phone: (323) 522-5641 Online: We may use your comments on a future episode of Mission Log.

O’Brien is playing God to a bunch of Cardassian voles. Dax is playing God to a Trill initiate. Sisko is playing God to two whole universes. Who isn’t playing God?!? Well… Odo. And Quark. But Kira is. Kind of. Listen in as Mission Log plays with Playing God.    Get in touch with us! On Facebook: On Twitter: On Skype: missionlogpod On the phone: (323) 522-5641 Online: We may use your comments on a future episode of Mission Log.

Odo and Dax stumble upon an idyllic little village where some of the residents have been disappearing. Where have they gone? And were they really 'there' in the first place? Plus Kira's got a date and Jake's got a job. Getting to the bottom of existential mysteries when we put Shadowplay into this week's Mission Log. Get in touch with us! On Facebook: On Twitter: On Skype: missionlogpod On the phone: (323) 522-5641 Online: We may use your comments on a future episode of Mission Log.

Ben Sisko and Miles O’Brien are surveying planets for future colonies. They find one that seems to have a colony already. A human colony. But there’s no record of it, and they’re not responding to hails. Leave well enough alone? That’s not the Sisko way. The two men soon find themselves prisoners on a planet that’s sworn off technology, under the thumb of a despotic leader. Will they escape? Will others follow if they do? Find out when Mission Log lands on Paradise.   Get in touch with us! On Facebook: On Twitter: On Skype: missionlogpod On the phone: (323) 522-5641 Online: We may use your comments on a future episode of Mission Log.

Join John, Ken, Rod and Mission Log listeners inside the Sansar VR experience as we listen to tracks from the 1976 album "Inside Star Trek." What were Gene's thoughts on censorship, religion, sexuality... provocative ideas launch a revealing discussion on this week's Supplemental edition of Mission Log.

Miles O’Brien is back from a mission and things are really weird. His wife Keiko is even more annoyed than usual with the engineer. His daughter Molly won’t have anything to do with him. His coworkers are acting cagey and secretive. But Dr. Bashir gives the Chief a clean bill of health. So, if there’s nothing wrong with Miles, is there something wrong with everyone in Starfleet? Find out when we put Whispers into the Mission Log.   Get in touch with us! On Facebook: On Twitter: On Skype: missionlogpod On the phone: (323) 522-5641 Online: We may use your comments on a future episode of Mission Log.

Dr. Bashir and Chief O'Brien help the warring T'Lani and Kelleruns get rid of their most dangerous weapon, but they find themselves the target of a violent plot. Will they also find their friendship blossom along the way? Armageddon Game goes into the Mission Log.   Get in touch with us! On Facebook: On Twitter: On Skype: missionlogpod On the phone: (323) 522-5641 Online: We may use your comments on a future episode of Mission Log.

Odo’s dad shows up on Deep Space Nine. Well, his foster dad. Okay, the scientist who studied him from his days as an unrecognizable puddle. Their relationship is full of caring and misunderstanding, like so many scientist/subject relationships. Dr. Mora turns into a controlling father figure who just wants Odo to come home, while Odo turns into a mindless monster who just wants to see his father figure dead. Family - amiright? The Alternate goes into this week’s Mission Log.   Get in touch with us! On Facebook: On Twitter: On Skype: missionlogpod On the phone: (323) 522-5641 Online: We may use your comments on a future episode of Mission Log.

Mission Log: A Roddenberry Star Trek Podcast - 297 - Rivals   On the Promenade, Quark has met his match. There’s a new con man on DS9, and he’s opened a gambling hall directly across from Quark’s. On the racketball court, O’Brien has met his match, and it is a total mismatch. Solar neutrinos are aligned - and that’s not good. Rivals face off on this edition of Mission Log.   Get in touch with us! On Facebook: On Twitter: On Skype: missionlogpod On the phone: (323) 522-5641 Online: We may use your comments on a future episode of Mission Log.

The Skreeans are escaping oppression in the Gamma Quadrant and find themselves at DS9. If only they could settle on Bajor and get back to farming, just like their sacred texts have told them. Bajor isn't ready for that many guests, though, not so soon after the Cardassian occupation. So where can three million immigrants go? And couldn't they all just learn to get along? Sanctuary goes into the Mission Log.   Get in touch with us! On Facebook: On Twitter: On Skype: missionlogpod On the phone: (323) 522-5641 Online: We may use your comments on a future episode of Mission Log.

295 - Second Sight Gideon Seyetik is bigger than life, about to take on the biggest challenge he’s ever faced: reigniting a dead star. Commander Sisko is up against a big, depressing anniversary. But there’s something bigger than both of them and the big things they’re facing: the emotional distress of Seyetik’s wife - Nidell, and her imaginary double - Fenna. Sisko’s found love, but can it last? Find out when Mission Log gets Second Sight.   Get in touch with us! On Facebook: On Twitter: On Skype: missionlogpod On the phone: (323) 522-5641 Online: We may use your comments on a future episode of Mission Log.

This week, Academy Award wining makeup artist and Star Trek journeyman Doug Drexler joins a group of people in the Roddenberry Nexus in Sansar to talk about his moves from makeup to art department to computer graphics to how he got started in makeup in the first place. Plus - what’s Doug into now? Here’s a hint: Its initials are V.R. Doug Drexler’s virtual meet up in the Nexus makes a very special Supplemental Mission Log.   Get in touch with us!   On Facebook: On Twitter: On Skype: missionlogpod On the phone: (323) 522-5641 Online:   We may use your comments on a future episode of Mission Log.

Quark gets recruited by a dangerous dame for a box job that almost leaves him a stiff. Can a gumshoe like Odo solve that and a years old murder mystery? They both point to a con that moved a lot of lettuce to a lot of sharpers. Let Rom pour you some hooch - it's going to be a bumpy ride... Mission Log  takes on Necessary Evil.   Get in touch with us! On Facebook: On Twitter: On Skype: missionlogpod On the phone: (323) 522-5641 Online: We may use your comments on a future episode of Mission Log.

Pel isn't like your average Ferengi. He's loyal, smart, trustworthy, and has a serious crush on Quark. Pel also happens to be a female posing as a male since Ferengi only allow males to do things like business, reading, and wearing clothes. Will Quark return from the Gamma Quadrant with a huge profit and a boyfriend who's a girlfriend? Rules of Acquisition go into this week's Mission Log.   Get in touch with us! On Facebook: On Twitter: On Skype: missionlogpod On the phone: (323) 522-5641 Online: We may use your comments on a future episode of Mission Log.

There's a visitor on DS9 - Ensign Melora Pazlar. She comes from a low-gravity planet which means she's got some physical disadvantages in the space station's environment, but everyone there is glad to help her out. Except Melora doesn't want their help. In fact, she's rather dismissive of everyone until a certain Doctor tries to break through her barriers and possibly treat her disability. Also, someone tries to kill Quark. Melora goes into the Mission Log.   Get in touch with us! On Facebook: On Twitter: On Skype: missionlogpod On the phone: (323) 522-5641 Online: We may use your comments on a future episode of Mission Log.

Plain, simple Garak is back, though there is nothing plain nor simple about the young Cardassian he’s spotted on DS9. The kid’s name is Rugal and he was raised on Bajor, as a Bajoran. Things get even less simple when Gul Dukat gets involved. And all pretense of simplicity gets shot out of an airlock when Rugal’s biological father turns out to be a high ranking politician on Cardassia. Will Rugal get to go home with his father? Or will he have to go home with his other father? And will this be the episode where Miles O’Brien finally stops hating all Cardassians just because they’re Cardassian? Find out, when we put Cardassians in the Mission Log.   Get in touch with us! On Facebook: On Twitter: On Skype: missionlogpod On the phone: (323) 522-5641 Online: We may use your comments on a future episode of Mission Log.

Verad is one of the 9-in-10 Trill who doesn't have a symbiont living inside him. He can't seem to get over it, though, and he's got his eyes on what Jadzia has... Dax. Can he steal the symbiont from her and escape to the Gamma Quadrant? If he does, what becomes of Jadzia? Find out when we put Invasive Procedures into the Mission Log.   Get in touch with us! On Facebook: On Twitter: On Skype: missionlogpod On the phone: (323) 522-5641 Online: We may use your comments on a future episode of Mission Log.