Trek Problem: Corrupt Starfleet Admirals
Log Entry: Power corrupts, especially when you have #TrekProblems.
Examples:
TNG 5×3 Ensign Ro
ST6 The Undiscovered Country
TNG 7×12 The Pegasus
ST9 Insurrection
Heroic savior from the future or just another corrupt Starfleet admiral? You decide.
Trek Problem: Space Bugs
Log Entry: The galaxy is teeming with space bugs and trust me, they can cause a lot of #TrekProblems.
Examples:
ST2 The Wrath of Khan
ST3 The Search for Spock
TNG 1×25 Conspiracy
ST11 Star Trek
Log Entry Supplemental: For safe and effective elimination of space bugs, set phasers to kill.
Example: TNG 1×25 Conspiracy
Trek Problem: Floating Heads
Log Entry: Spend enough time in deep space and you’re sure to encounter a few floating heads.
Examples:
TOS 1×7 Charlie X
TOS 2×4 Who Mourns for Adonais
TNG 2×2 Where Silence Has Lease
TNG 4×19 The Nth Degree
Log Entry Supplemental: As a general rule, any entity claiming to be God is probably just some malevolent alien.
Example: ST5 The Final Frontier
Trek Problem: Moral Dilemmas
Log Entry: It’s every Starfleet captain’s worst nightmare: the dreaded moral dilemma.
Examples:
TOS 1×28 The City on the Edge of Forever
TNG 5×23 I, Borg
DS9 6×19 In the Pale Moonlight
VOY 2×24 Tuvix
Log Entry Supplemental: Murdering innocent aliens to solve your #TrekProblems is NOT ok under any circumstances.
Example: VOY 5×26 Equinox
Trek Problem: Sketchy Androids
Log Entry: Are androids just machines or are they living, sentient individuals? I don’t know but they definitely cause a lot of #TrekProblems.
Examples:
TOS 2×12 I, Mudd
TNG 7×1 Descent, Part II
VOY 2×13 Prototype
PIC 1×2 Maps and Legends
Log Entry Supplemental: Be careful out there! #TrekProblems can sneak up on you sometimes.
Example: TOS 1×9 What Are Little Girls Made Of?
Trek Problem: Alternate Timelines
Log Entry: Ever feel like you’re in the wrong timeline? It’s probably a bad case of #TrekProblems.
Examples:
TNG 3×15 Yesterday’s Enterprise
DS9 4×3 The Visitor
VOY 2×5 Non Sequitur
PIC 2×2 Penance
Log Entry Supplemental: Something about this timeline feel “off”? You might just be infected with interspatial parasites.
Example: ENT 3×8 Twilight
Trek Problem: Ancient Alien Technology
Log Entry: Play around with ancient alien technology and you never know what #TrekProblems you might stir up.
Examples:
DSC 2×4 An Obol for Charon
TOS 1×28 The City on the Edge of Forever
TNG 6×4 Relics
VOY 4×14 Message in a Bottle
Trek Problem: Alien Possessions
Log Entry: Don’t ignore the little voice in your head. It just might be #TrekProblems.
Examples:
TOS 3×18 The Lights of Zetar
TNG 4×14 Clues
DS9 5×5 The Assignment
VOY 6×5 Alice
Log Entry Supplemental: Ok reanimating someone’s dead grandmother is just messed up.
Example: TNG 7×14 Sub Rosa
Trek Problem: Alien Infections
Log Entry: If we used more robots we wouldn’t have these kinds of #TrekProblems.
Examples:
TNG 2×22 Shades of Gray
TNG 4×18 Identity Crisis
VOY 3×26 Scorpion
ENT 3×3 Extinction
Log Entry Supplemental: If your long dead childhood friend appears and starts talking to you, don’t freak out! You’re probably just infected with a multidimensional fungal parasite.
Example: DSC 2×2 New Eden
Trek Problem: Alien Diplomacy
Log Entry: Negotiating with aliens isn’t an exact science.
Examples:
ENT 2×5 A Night in Sickbay
ST13 Star Trek Beyond
TNG 5×2 Darmok
VOY 4×19 The Killing Game, Part II
Log Entry Supplemental: Sometimes you have to just step aside and let people work out their own #TrekProblems.
Example: TOS 3×15 Let That Be Your Last Battlefield
