Strange New Worlds Reveals TOS Origin Of Starfleet Officers Turning Into Aliens
Warning: SPOILERS for Star Trek: Strange New Worlds Episode 1 — «Strange New Worlds»
The premiere of Star Trek: Strange New Worlds also debuts Star Trek's well-known method of turning Starfleet Officers into aliens. A prequel set in the 23rd century, Strange New Worlds picks up months after the end of Star Trek: Discovery season 2. Strange New Worlds chronicles a new five-year mission exploring the galaxy by the Starship Enterprise under the command of Captain Christopher Pike (Anson Mount). But before Pike can boldly go where n0 one has gone before, he has to lead a rescue mission to Kiley 279 and save his Number One, Lt. Commander Una Chin-Riley (Rebecca Romijn), and solve a difficult First Contact crisis — by becoming an alien.
While starships, phasers, tricorders, and transporters are the most heralded Star Trek technologies, perhaps the most underrated is the ability to surgically alter a Starfleet Officer into an alien. This is commonplace in Star Trek starting with The Original Series when Captain James T. Kirk (William Shatner) was turned into a Romulan in «The Enterprise Incident.» Since then, many Star Trek heroes have gone undercover as aliens. For example, Counselor Deanna Troi (Marina Sirtis) was also turned into a Romulan in Star Trek: The Next Generation, and Captain Benjamin Sisko (Avery Brooks), along with several of his officers, were turned into Klingons on Star Trek: Deep Space Nine. It's easy and painless for humans to not only be surgically turned into an alien on Star Trek but also to be reverted back with no ill effects. This includes Captain Jean-Luc Picard (Patrick Stewart) reclaiming his full humanity after the Borg turned him into Locutus in TNG.
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