US EditionStrange New Worlds Airs Pivotal Moment in History of Iconic Star Trek Character
Kirk faces his first major test as captain after a massive scavenger ship destroys a planet and kills 7,000 humans, forcing tough decisions to save multiple crews and an inhabited world.
- Star Trek: Strange New Worlds Season 3 Episode 6 introduces Kirk taking command during a planetary survey of the USS Farragut, which aired on Thursday.
- When Kirk asked to lead an away team, the surveyed planet exploded, injuring Captain V’Rel and forcing Kirk to assume command of the Farragut.
- The crew confronts a nearly mythical scavenger ship stripping everything in its path, and the USS Farragut, crippled with a skeleton crew, is saved only by the Enterprise’s arrival.
- Their actions left Kirk confronting the fact that destroying the scavenger ship killed 7,000 human crew members, and he admits he didn’t see them as people until it was too late.
- This episode positions the story as the genesis of the original Star Trek team and gives Kirk space to begin maturing into the future Enterprise captain.
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