STAR TREK - Eridani

A page dedicated to Star Trek Eridani, a (fan) trek series starring Saavik, David Marcus and Joanna McCoy airing from 1994 to 1998. Project by @purple-iris and @parallelfallout Discord server: https://discord.gg/3Peqzps5FK

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Welcome to the official Star Trek Eridani page, a blog that compiles everything about this amazing series, running from 1994 to 1998 and starring Captain Saavik, David Marcus and Dr. Joanna McCoy, as well as provide in depth episode synopsis, meta, interviews, behind the scenes, promotional material and character analysis for the crew of the U.S.S Eridani.

If you find any piece of Eridani content, don't hesitate to tag the blog @startrek-eridani so that we may see it and reblog it, or even submit it as a post! You can also tag any media about the series with the hashtags star trek eridani or st eridani so that everyone can find it easily. Of course, fanart and fics are welcome!

No AI was involved in writing, drawing, creating, editing or photoshopping pictures for this project! All homemade tomfoolery

Character bio masterpost Here!

Character portraits masterpost Here!

Season 1 episode list Here!

Season 1 synopses masterpost Here!

Season 2 episode list Here!

Season 2 synopses masterpost Here!

Season 3 episode list Here!

Season 3 synopses masterpost Here!

AO3 collection for the project Here! Sign ups for S1, S2 and S3 episodes are open!

Discord server for the project Here!

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Star Trek: Eridani S3 Ep26 Double Entendre in a nutshell

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stay focused mr saavik 🙂‍↔️🙂‍↔️

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Yes you are allowed to tag this as #Star Trek Eridani

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Star Trek Eridani best episode Poll: Round 2

S2 Ep10 The Sirens: The Eridani is crossing a diffuse nebula, attempting to get the first precise scans of its highly ionized core. What they discover within it is the cause of that former star’s original collapse: a flock of vacuum-faring aliens, whose ionized frequency songs enchant the male crewmen in an attempt to drag the ship into the gravitational field of the core. David Marcus’ strange resistance to the sirens’ call allows the Eridani to escape through unlikely means, revealing one of his closely guarded secrets in the same stride.

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S1 Ep3 What's in a Name?: As they stop on a Starbase for ressupply, and when a member of Dr. McCoy’s family boards the ship, an old conflict, concerning her first deep space assignment being taken so soon after the Enterprise-B’s accident, is unearthed. Meanwhile, when a warp core misalignments causes a power outage to the Starbase and the other ship docked to it, conversations have the chance to take place. Can ship counselor Cohen ensure father and daughter reconcile?

What is your favourite episode?

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Voting ended onJun 11

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Happy Pride to David's coming out sweeping the poll!

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S2 ep10 The Sirens brought about Star Trek's first coming out story, airing for the first time in late fall 1995.

More in-depth analysis coming soon.

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Rebloging this for pride month 🏳️‍🌈

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All the Round 2 polls are out, don't forget to vote!

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Star Trek Eridani best episode Poll: Round 2

S1 Ep2 River, Weep Gently for Us: As the Eridani is surveying a pre-warp planet’s civilization, they find a deep seated conflict between castes surrounding the access to food and water. With the Captain’s history, the conflict between upholding the Prime Directive and supporting the starving caste becomes divisive.

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S2 Ep23 Solar Waltz: A new planet is being welcomed into the Federation, and the Eridani’s crew is sent as Starfleet’s representative for its grand, diplomatic gala. Between the invited party members learning all they must know about the cultural norms of this recently encountered culture, Saavik is placed in a different dilemma. She will be expected to dance, and the ship's business seemed determined to put off the practice sessions Joanna has offered.

Which one do you prefer?

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Star Trek Eridani best episode Poll: Round 2

S1 Ep7 Butchers and Paupers: On Algol III, a planet previously thought to be uninhabited, the science team sent down for a geological survey is caught in a gruesome civil war between two factions of Algolians, previously undetected by the ship’s scanners. 

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S2 Ep13 Family Reunion: Ambassador Spock is back on the Eridani, as the ship is sent to accompany him on a planetoid near the Neutral Zone. When Saavik finds out that the purpose of Spock’s mission is to negotiate with an envoy from one of Romulus’ colonies, she is appalled that he’d entertain talks with an Empire who stands against all that Starfleet represents. Between the secrecy of her mentor’s work, the pressure of the Neutral Zone nearby, the unease of her Romulan origins and experiences with them, and the urgency with which her mentor speaks of the need for unification, she will have to make a difficult decision, perhaps one defying the very regulations of Starfleet… 

Which one do you prefer?

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Star Trek Eridani best episode Poll: Round 2

S2 Ep1 Memento Vivere: The Eridani is crossing a gravitational anomaly, when some of the beings causing it move onboard, freezing crew members and systems in place and time as it moves through the ship. The warp core gets frozen as well, and the race for a solution becomes dire when the being seems to be heading toward the life support systems, trapping crewmember after crewmember.

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S3 Ep5 Sleepover from Outer Space: Q is bored, and that means shenanigans are afoot for the crew. Under the guise of “observing their primitive behavioural patterns outside of worktime,” the Alpha shift Bridge crew, along with Dr. McCoy, all find themselves trapped in the rec room transformed for a “Slumber Party”, and have to partake in the traditional activities to free them from Q’s influence. Will Sopek finally understand the purpose of “Girl’s night”? 

Which episode do you prefer?

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Star Trek Eridani best episode Poll: Round 2

S2 Ep2 The Photon Torpedo: The Leosians are a newly warp-capable civilisation, whose strength lies in deep space observations, even if their analyses of said observations aren’t always perfect. As such, when the Eridani is sent to negotiate their entry in the Federation, they insist on judging if the Federation is worthy to have them through one of Earth’s own ancient rituals, as observed by Leosians: Baseball. Hopefully, Saavik will show them what it means to be The Photon Torpedo. 

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S2 Ep9 Clip the Wings: The High Helysian, a chosen child with the gift of flight destined by his planet’s government to lead it, has gone missing, and the Helyss have asked the help of the Eridani to find him. When they investigate and discover more about this non-Federation world, the crew of the Eridani are stuck between honoring the request– coming from a twisted leadership, or helping the parents of the High Helysian keep their child.

What episode do you prefer?

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Star Trek Eridani best episode Poll: Round 2

S3 Ep1 Cowboy Diplomacy: The Eridani is sent to act as a mediator during complicated negotiations between the Gliesean and Keplans. The Glisean traditionally wrangle the Mewrah cattle of the great plains as a way of life, while the Keplan, living on rockier terrain, automate their agricultural means of production. To grant them a neutral place for their discussion, both factions are hosted on the ship. With the Ambassadors and aides of both planets on board, the ship is called for emergency relief to a nearby sector, halting the negotiations. With time running out, the Gliesan and Keplans must stay on board, and tensions keep rising. Will the Captain and her crew be able to keep the two delegations from each other’s throat?

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S3 Ep15 Poem From a Distant Planet: Lila Velann, chief communication officer, gets put to the test when the investigation of an old and mysterious transmission signal leads her on the tracks of ancient literature along with astrophysicist Sopek. Will they find where the satellite sending the signal originates from before it gets destroyed by the ambient radiations of a nearby star and unveil the secret of its cryptic poems in time to save it from oblivion?

Which one do you prefer?

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Star Trek Eridani best episode Poll: Round 2

S1 Ep8  Stage Q: Behold! The reason behind the strange Three Musketeers mystery unfolds when an female-looking omnipotent being known as Q reveals themselves as a very bored member of their Continuum in need of entertainment, at the expense of the crew, who has to recreate a few classical theatre scenarios. 

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S3 Ep3 Untelley Syndrome: The people of Sironan, an independent planet, have requested medical aid from the Federation, and the Eridani has sent a medical team down to aid them, with CMO Joanna McCoy overseeing the operation. While she is on the surface, she is kidnapped by a group of exiles on the planet, suffering from an acute version of the disease known as Untelley Syndrome. The ship is frantically searching for Joanna while she races against the clock to heal the Sironans detaining her, who had in fact been secluded by their own government due to their vulnerability to the illness.

Which one do you prefer?

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Star Trek Eridani best episode Poll: Round 2

S1 Ep15 From a Cut of a Scalpel: The Eridani is sent as a mediator between neighbouring planets, and when one of the ambassadors is injured, it falls to Dr. McCoy to operate on him. Only, when she is later accused of medical malpractice by the ambassadorial aids, she, Captain Saavik and David Marcus have to fight to prove her innocence and allow negotiations to continue.

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S2 Ep15 Frustration and Flirtation: An unidentified cargo ship is intercepted by the Eridani for inspection, and its Commander, the beautiful Aleena Journey, turns out to be more than meets the eyes when she begins selling her merchandise across the crew, a reworked Venus drug with devastating withdrawal effects, while flirting with the son of notorious womanizer Captain Kirk, David Marcus…

Which one is your favourite?

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Star Trek Eridani best episode Poll: Round 2

S2 Ep14  Fragments: The Eridani has unknowingly encountered a novel form of radiation that has begun severing the connection between certain memories and thoughts, thus altering crewmembers’ behaviours. When Stocky forgets about his family and Anise about her late husband’s passing, both start to act in vastly different manners, and the crisis comes to light. Dr. Cohen, the Medical staff and the crew’s telepaths work together to reassess the afflicted’s nervous systems and restore the lost fragments of their very being.

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S3 Ep2 The Snowdrops of Andoria: The Eridani is called to Andoria to aid a scientific expedition with their scanners and equipment to observe a rare botanical phenomenon in their mountains: the bloom of a flower which occurs only once every 70 years. While Science Officer David Marcus and his team are down with the Andorian science expeditionary group, a massive snowstorm traps part of the crew in the mountainous cave systems. This sudden event allows a spark to form between David and lead Andorian botanist, Marythik, while the two struggle to reunite with the team and get everyone to be beamed back to safety. 

What episode do you prefer?

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Star Trek Eridani best episode Poll: Round 2

S2 Ep4 Q-re of Rejuvenation: Q returns and its chosen entertainment is to turn the Bridge crew into their child selves. With the Captain and First Officer back in their young body and mind, it falls to Lieutenant Commander Masters to captain the ship, while Joanna McCoy and the rest of the medical staff have to take care of young Saavik, Kyral, Demora, Wane, Lila, David and Terrance. How many shenanigans will it take before the omnipotent being restores the crew to their rightful ages?

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S2 Ep20 A Serf’s Lament: The xenoanthropology department of the Eridani has received authorization to investigate a pre-warp civilization on the terrain. Everything is going well for the away team, with their disguises helping them blend in perfectly. However, when the ship is called away in an emergency and communications stop unexpectedly, the team is faced with the possibility of spending the rest of their lives in this medieval world.

Which one do you prefer?

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Star Trek Eridani best episode Poll: Round 2

S2 Ep6 Under Risa’s Sunset: Shore leave has finally come around, and Eridani’s crew finds themselves on the leisure planet Risa. The brief vacation is going well, until crewmembers, tourists and Risan employees find themselves locked in a dining establishment, and that a vacationer is found mysteriously dead on the premises…

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S3 Ep11 Ringleader: Detective Kem Altaan, a citizen of the ecumenopolis Ugarit, is leading an investigation on a travelling circus that has gained huge prominence out of nowhere after coming to the local entertainment district. Simultaneously, the Eridani has sent down a team to investigate, after receiving a distress signal seemingly originating from this very circus. In this dark, strangely grayscale, mysterious atmosphere, the away team will have to join forces with the detective to get to the bottom of this case.

What is your favourite episode?

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Star Trek Eridani best episode Poll: Round 2

S1 Ep5 Hey Joan:  The newest transfer from Starbase 14 happens to have a previous romantic connection with Joanna McCoy, and when the Eridani starts to experience mechanical trouble, the reason why Lieutenant Erikson’s previous ship had to be decommissioned comes into light, revealing a seedy ship equipment cartel.

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S2 Ep16 Homeward Bound: As Saavik’s head of house by Vulcan law, Sarek has taken it upon himself to find her a betrothed. When she is called to Vulcan to meet the chosen potential suitors, Saavik will teach them her own logical interpretation of the saying “marriage or challenge”, fighting for her own hand in physical, logical and scientific confrontations.

Which one do you prefer?

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