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Following the disastrous first contact mission at Rigel VII in 2254 , the U.S.S. Enterprise NCC-1701 was traveling to the Vega Colony to seek more advanced medical aid for their wounded when they were lured away by a false distress signal by the Talosians . Following the incident on Talos IV , the Enterprise resumed course for the Vega Colony. [2]

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• ↑ Mandel, Geoffrey . Star Trek: Star Charts . Pocket Books , 2002.
• ↑ 2.0 2.1 Roddenberry, Gene (Executive Producer). "The Cage" . Star Trek , season 0, episode 0 (Production number 01). Directed by Robert Butler . Written by Gene Roddenberry . Released 1986 . Desilu Productions . 1965 .
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Vega , also known as Alpha Lyrae , is a main-sequence star of spectral class A0 Va. The system is 25 light-years from Earth .

The system contains one of the earliest Earth colonies established, the Vega Colony , located on the ninth planet of the system. By the 2250s , it was known for its extensive medical facilities. Captain Christopher Pike elected to go here to treat an Enterprise 's landing party's injuries after a fight on Rigel VII rather than a closer facility elsewhere in the Rigel system or even Earth. ( TOS : " The Cage "; Star Trek: The Original Series novel: The Captain's Oath )

As well, the Vegan Tyranny , a long-extinct interstellar empire, is thought to have been centered on Vega IX .

Vega X is also habitable. One of the indigenous species is the Vegan titanosaur . ( TAS : " The Eye of the Beholder "; Orion Press : "Resurrection", Bloodlines )

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Star Facts: Vega

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Vega (Alpha Lyrae) is a beautiful bluish-white star located 25 light-years away in the constellation of Lyra. In addition to being the fifth brightest star in the night sky, it has other claims to fame, not least of which is it being the first star other than the Sun to have its picture taken, the very first star to have its spectrum recorded, and among the first stars to have its distance from Earth calculated by parallax. Furthermore, Vega was also once the Pole Star , and it will be again in about the year 13,727, when its declination will be +86°14′.

Quick Facts

• Constellation: Lyra • Coordinates: RA 18h 36m 56.33635s|Dec +38° 47′ 01.2802″ • Distance to Earth: 25.04 light years • Star Type: Blue/White Main Sequence (A0Va) • Mass: 2.135 solar masses • Radius: 1.961 million km (2.362 solar radii) • Apparent Magnitude: +0.03 • Luminosity: 40.12 solar luminosities • Surface Temperature: 10,060 K • Rotational Velocity: 20.48 km/s • Age: 455 million years • Other Designations: Wega, Lucida Lyrae, Alpha Lyrae, a Lyrae, 3 Lyr,

In both ancient Egypt and India, the constellation Lyra was represented as either an eagle or a vulture, and it is from these cultures that Vega appeared in the western world under its Arabic name “an-nasr al-waqi” meaning “the swooping eagle”. The first mention of Vega in an official Western star catalogue was in the Alfonsine Tables of 1215, and in medieval England and Western Europe, Vega was known as either Wega or Alvaca.

Physical Properties

Vega is a blue-white (A0V) main sequence star, only halfway through its one billion-year stellar life cycle , and still in the process of fusing hydrogen into helium. It is about 40 times more luminous than the Sun as it is using up its hydrogen fuel about ten times faster.  Vega is also about 2.1 times more massive than our sun, but only 0.54% of its total mass consists of elements heavier than helium, making it a weak Lambda Boötis-type star.

Vega is part of an asterism of stars called the Summer Triangle, which consists of Vega in the constellation Lyra, Altair in Aquila, and Deneb in Cygnus. However, Vega can only be seen at latitudes north of +51° N, where the constellation never sets below the horizon, and remains a circumpolar star throughout the year. Look for Vega as the star at the right-angled corner of the Summer Triangle around the first of July when it culminates as it crosses the meridian.

Vegas is rotating at 236.2 km/sec at its equator, making it a very fast rotator indeed. This value translates into one rotation once every 12.5 hours, which represents 87.6% of the velocity it would take for the star to fly apart as the result of excessive centrifugal forces. Such fast rotation means that the star’s equatorial radius is 19% bigger than its polar radius, producing a pronounced equatorial bulge. Current measurements put the star’s equatorial radius at 2.818 solar radii, and its polar radius at only 2.362 solar radii. Interestingly, the unexpected high luminosity of Vegas (40 times solar) is explained by the effects of the high differential rotation on its magnetic field, which produces the higher luminosity of the polar region.

Castor Moving Group Origins

Vega appears to belong to a stellar association known as the Castor Moving Group, along with other major stars like Alpha Librae, Alpha Cephei, Castor, Fomalhaut, and about a dozen or so others. It is assumed that since the members of the group are all moving in roughly the same direction, and at about the same speed, (16.5 km/sec), all the members have a common origin in an open cluster that has become gravitationally unbound. However, there is some doubt about this because Vega is significantly older than the other stars in the group, which are estimated to be only about between 100 million and 300 million years old, making them all very much younger than Vega. Moreover, the scarcity of heavy elements in Vega implies that it was formed from material that was relatively metal-poor, but its origin remains uncertain.

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Star Trek geeks of the world are all heading to Las Vegas thanks to one adventure based in the Las Vegas Hilton. The Star Trek Experience is an interactive adventure that is based on the world famous science fiction television series by the same name. As you enter the experience, you will be thrown into the 24th Century. In this futuristic world you will be able to see and touch all there is to see in the future. The Star Trek Experience includes two, multi-million dollar completely interactive adventures for you to enjoy.

The adventures include Klingon Encounter and Borg Invasion 4D. In the Klingon Encounter you will have a chance to go on a Star Trek mission. Well, that is if you think you can handle the adventure. You will be going to war with the galaxy's most dangerous warriors! Your mission will be to evade the Klingon warship as you blast through galaxies at warp speeds on your shuttle craft. This adventure lasts 18 minutes.

Borg Invasion has been listed as the most ambitious 4D creation that has ever been conceived. Using live actors and amazing special effects you are offered a completely realistic Star Trek experience. You will be able to tour a research facility in the future. Meanwhile, the frightening drones that are part of the Borg Collective will be attempting to capture and absorb the guests in the facility by using state of the art cybernetic technology.

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Star trek the experience reviews, stay at the hilton because of the star trek experience.

I have to travel to Las Vegas to attend several Trade Show and I always stay at the Hilton because of the Star Trek Experience. I will take a tram or a taxi to the trade show as opposed to a much shorter transit, just to stay at the Hilton and at the Experience. Trade Shows can be boring but a fresh light at the end of the tunnel has always been the Experience. I am shocked the Experience is closed and it has resulted in my Family and I now staying another hotel on the strip. Live long and Prosper to all that loved the Experience and that would love to see it be reborn elsewhere! Sincerely, WP Vos

I LIKE THE FOOD AT QUARKS

The main reason I go to Vegas and stay at the Hilton is because of Star Trek Experience. I love the atmosphere and the people that work there. The place is very very clean. I like the food at Quark’s and am sorry to hear that STTE may close at the end of the yet, because I haven’t tried some other items on their menu. If it does not my plans are to spend Christmas there. If it does I will not be going to Vegas.

WONDERFUL EXPERIENCE

I want to stay at the same time I spent at Star Trek the Experience was a wonderful experience. I hope to make it to experience the Star Trek Experience again this year. It would be a sure shame if this one of a kind event closed. I would promote the experience as a wonderful time for the whole family.

MOST FANTASTIC TIME

We visited Star Trek the Experience last year from Australia. We spent the whole day there and had the most FANTASTIC time. The timeline details were fascinating. The behind the scenes was very very informative. The characters around the place were such fun to interact with. And it was wheelchair friendly-nig bonus for me. We are so sorry to hear it is closing down. We were saving up to come again. RIP Star Trek The Exhibition.

SOMETHING NEW TO ENJOY

I have been to the Experience many times over the years and I always find something new to enjoy along with all my previous fun. I loved going onto the bridge of TNG’s Enterprise. And what a hoot it is to see all the characters around from all over the galaxy. A must do is to eat at Quark’s, but watch out the owner may try to sell you a napkin.

I AM VERY DISAPPOINTED THAT THE STAR TREK EXPERIENCE IS NOT AVAILABLE

I am very disappointed that the Star Trek experience is not available. I have been pumping up my family ,most of whom are flying for the very 1st time, about this attraction. This was going to be one of the major highlights of our trip. The 1st time my husband and I visited Vegas we came to the Hilton and had a blast at the Star Trek Adventure and have talked about t every since. Please open back up. If this is due to the financial crunch just lower your prices a little bit and maybe more people could afford to come.

STAR TREK THE BAR IS THE FUNNSET AFTER YOU DO THE VIRTUAL RIDE

Me and my friends go to Vegas every year after some times twice a year and always made it a point to visit the Hilton’s Star Trek the bar is the funnest after you do the virtual ride. I was there the last night open just by chance and am very disappointed to see it leave. It was one of my highlights going to Vegas over the last 10 years.

I was disappointed to hear the attraction was closing. I am planning a trip to Vegas and wanted to was going to book rooms at the Hilton until I learned the experience had closed. I guess we stay at Treasure Island.

Say it isn’t so! Our group was looking forward to seeing this attraction. I would have thought with the new movie it would have been very popular. We are all disappointed.

BRING IT BACK!

I really enjoyed my visit to the “Star Trek” Hilton. I especially loved Quark’s Bar where the 6ft plus Klingon “lady” put my know-it-all ex propery in his place and speechless for the first time in his life! I’d pay just to have her do the Divorce-paper servings!LOL

THE GREATEST TIME

My wife and I come to Vegas 3 or 4 times a year & always stayed at the Hilton because of Star Trek Experience & Quark’s bar. We no longer stay at the Hilton. We stay every where else. To the Hilton you made a big mistake, bring back The Experience & Quarks!!!

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How Star Trek Came to Las Vegas

Unsurprisingly, it was a huge gamble.

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CW: After the closure of Star Trek: The Experience in 2008, Gary Goddard was accused of sexual misconduct by 8 actors in 2017.

In early 1998, the “coolest thing to happen to Star Trek since the Enterprise-E ” (at least according to the Desert News ) opened in Las Vegas, Nevada at the Las Vegas Hilton. Star Trek: The Experience was an expansive, 65,000-square foot space that included a walk-through exhibit of props and costumes, a simulator thrill ride, and an immersive shopping and dining area populated by aliens and other intergalactic visitors. It embraced the various series’ optimistic outlook on the future, combining, at one point, storylines from The Next Generation , Voyager , and Deep Space Nine eras, and offered a unique experience that was just as thrilling for die-hard fans as it was for average tourists less steeped in the lore. While Star Trek: The Experience closed its doors in 2008, it remains beloved (and deeply missed) by those that visited and the staff that populated the attraction. And, true to form, the tale of how Star Trek landed in Las Vegas offers the kind of twists and turns that you could only expect from your favorite space saga.

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First Contact

Initially, Star Trek was going to come to Las Vegas in a very different form. In the early 1990s a consortium of businesses wanted to inject fresh life into the ailing downtown area, which had been all but overcome by the new hotels and resorts on the strip. A call was put out for submissions. “Their requirements were, they wanted a project of such magnitude that it would draw back the business from the strip. That’s an almost impossible task,” said Gary Goddard, a former Imagineer whose company Landmark Entertainment entered the competition. Their pitch? “What if we built the Starship Enterprise , full-size?”

Since some of the stipulations of the project were that it couldn’t be a hotel or casino, since the financiers of the eventual project were the hotels and the casinos downtown, the Enterprise would instead feature an attraction, a restaurant (utilizing translucent glass that could transition from a view of downtown Las Vegas to space and back again), and a walking tour of the ship. They brought in Kenny Ball, one of the chief engineers of EPCOT, to deliver an engineering analysis (they had to take into account Vegas’ heavy winds when designing the iconic upper disc area of the ship). “To say the least, it ignited everyone down there. The competition was suddenly put on hold because they wanted to know if we could do this,” Goddard said. He then went about securing the rights from Paramount with the caveat that the final word on the project would come from the studio. The consortium of downtown casinos and hotels approved the project’s budget and the mayor had signed off on the project. “This was really a done deal,” Goddard said.

That is, of course, until the big meeting, full of Paramount executives (who were supportive of the project) and the mayor of Las Vegas. That was the moment when Paramount President Stanley Jaffe decided to shut it all down. Jaffe was concerned that, if the project wasn’t a success, it would be there forever, a looming monument to his big mistake. "He turned it down in that meeting,” Goddard remembered. “It died in one day, in Stanley Jaffe’s office.” In its place was built the Fremont Street Experience, perhaps best known for Viva Vision, a domed video-screen “canopy” that stretches over the street. Still, the dream for Star Trek in Las Vegas lingered in Goddard’s mind.

The Undiscovered Country

“A year or two” after his ambitious Star Trek Enterprise attraction was canceled, Goddard, who was then in the peak of his career, having completed work on two beloved attractions (Universal’s T2-3D and The Amazing Adventures of Spider-Man), received a phone call.  “The president of the Las Vegas Hilton was a huge Star Trek fan and he had a need. Hilton is off the strip and Hilton had a double or triple challenge because they had to get people to make the decision to get off the strip and go to their casino. He thought Star Trek might be the way,” Goddard said. Hilton entered into discussions with Paramount, who at the time were operating a number of theme parks where they basically affixed Paramount IP to classic roller coasters (like the Wayne’s World -themed The Hurler at Paramount's Carowind in North Carolina). This was something completely different.

When they hired Goddard, Paramount had a loose idea about what the attraction would be. “They asked us to come onboard and they had worked out a basic concept. They basically wanted to beam people aboard, that was their idea, and an adventure ensues,” Goddard said. And out of this skeletal concept, a sprawling project would unfurl that combined a walk-through attraction, massive museum that highlighted the Star Trek timeline, and immersive themed retail and dining corridor. They were boldly going.

The Voyage Home

Once you got your ticket at The Experience, you were directed towards the History of the Future. This was an idea that Goddard came up with to combine two distinct (and hugely necessary) aspects of Star Trek : The Experience – the need for a queue for the attraction and a desire to highlight the amazing history and mythology surrounding Star Trek lore. The idea of “artifacts” kept coming up, but they would be unusable in the attraction since it was supposed to be real, not a museum or showroom. Instead, these artifacts (which included miniatures used in the production of the shows, screen-worn costumes and prop weapons) could be moved to the pre-show and exist before the story really started. “That wasn’t in the original concept. We thought we’d use it to bring people into the Star Trek mythology,” Goddard explained. They even had an ingenious way of telling the story of Star Trek : start it in real life. “Someone had the idea of, what if we start with NASA and the space program and ease into the Federation,” Goddard said.

After getting through the queue/museum, you wound up in a small room where it looked like you were about to board a vehicle not unlike other motion-based simulators at other theme parks. (Goddard said this bit was meant to be intentionally cheesy.) At the moment when you thought you had spent your hard-earned money getting on another predictable ride, the lights would flicker and you would look around and you were on a really-for-real starship, the Enterprise-D from Star Trek: The Next Generation . If anyone has seen videos of the attraction online or experienced it yourself, you know what a dazzling effect this was. People still talk about it. And it was something that was hugely important to Goddard and his team.

“I knew if you don’t get the beam up right, the whole thing was going to be lame,” Goddard said. It was the first thing he and his team set out to work on after securing the gig to do Star Trek : The Experience – and you can tell. It’s a stunner. They contacted a NASA scientist who told the Landmark crew that your orientation is based on “peripheral vision.” That’s when they knew that they had to swap out everything to make the effect convincing.

When asked to explain how the moment was accomplished, Goddard explained: “The massive ceiling above you is moving out completely. While it’s out, other walls are moving in and when that’s done another ceiling is passing in over the top. And the top lights up and the bottom lights up. It’s tons of scenery moving very rapidly with an infrared system.” The motion generated by moving all that scenery was a kind of whoosh, created by the vacuum of air. Initially the technicians wanted to streamline the conversation and get rid of the air. Goddard said to leave it in. It really made you feel like you were being transported. Even today, he seems proud of the effect. “Everyone tried to figure out how we did it,” Goddard said.

From there, the story (written by Rene Echevarria and Ken Biler and supervised by Rick Berman) unfolded: one of you is the early descendant of Next Generation hero Picard. Commander Riker (a very game Jonathan Frakes) explains that evil Klingons are using a temporal rift to snuff out Picard’s ancestors. He tells you to get onto a shuttle with Geordi La Forge (LeVar Burton) and get out of the way of the temporal rift,. On the way to the shuttle, the turbo-lift is attacked and you enter freefall (accomplished using lighting and sound effects and simulated motion). The shuttle attraction (initially dubbed Voyage Through Space and later called Klingon Encounter), a simulator ride not unlike other motion-based experiences, is nifty for many reasons, including the fact that the climax of the ride film has you careening through present day Las Vegas. “When this thing had been boarded and approved, I’d pointed out to them that there was no moment where we saw the Starship in all of its glory. So we found a spot as the shuttle takes off to look back at the Enterprise ,” Goddard said. “I added that. Rick Berman thought about it for a minute and just said, ‘Yeah, he’s right, we’ve got to see the ship.’ That was one of my main contributions in that area.”

At the end of the attraction Picard (Patrick Stewart) appears and addresses the group: "While only one of you is my ancestor, each of you hold that same opportunity for the future. Guard it well." Then you are emptied into the Deep Space Nine Promenade – a retail and dining area that included Zek’s Grand Emporium, the Admiral Collection, Moogie’s Trading Post and, of course, Quark’s Bar and Grill (where you can order the ‘Cheeseborger’ or the ‘Wrap of Khan’, and enjoy an adult beverage called ‘The Final Frontier’). At the time that it opened, the Desert News commented on the variety of offerings in the various stores: “The products range from $4 magnets to $12,000 Klingon uniforms, with everything from $35 Starfleet uniforms to $20 Starfleet teddy bears to $6 pins to $2,000 custom leather jackets in between.” But the best part of this area of Star Trek : The Experience, was that various alien races and Starfleet crew members would be walking around, interacting with guests.

“We worked very hard to sell them on an immersive experience, with characters, and everyone loved the idea,” Goddard said. Dale Dye, one of Hollywood’s best known military advisors, was called in to train the employees. “When those guys meet you, they are part of Starfleet – they walk and talk and move like they are in Starfleet,” Goddard said. “Those kind of details people do not appreciate.” If you were chugging a Romulan Ale next to a garrulous Ferengi and a stone-faced Federation officer, trust us, you could tell.

When Star Trek : The Experience was finally opened in 1998 it was greeted warmly by visitors and press. The Las Vegas Review-Journal called it “The most intriguing entertainment offering this side of the Neutral Zone.” It had seemingly succeeded in its impossible mission: to drive tourists away from the strip and to the Las Vegas Hilton.

In 2004 Star Trek : The Experience received a major renovation with the addition of Borg Invasion 4D, an immersive 3D experience with a greater emphasis on thrills and an almost haunted house vibe. The new attraction took place in the Star Trek: Voyager era, complete with appearances by Kate Mulgrew, Robert Picardo and Alice Krige as the terrifying Borg Queen. Goddard wasn’t directly involved in the new attraction’s film, but offered peer review before it went into production, citing a disconnect between the script that was written (for a motion simulator-style attraction like the original Klingon Encounter) and the physical parameters of the show building, which was designed for a 3D (“4D”) movie.

“There were a few flaws in the conceptual foundation,” Goddard said. “I don’t think it ever met the expectations of either Paramount or the audience.” Two years later in 2006, a behind-the-scenes tour called Secrets Unveiled was introduced and two years after that, the fate of all of Star Trek : The Experience was in doubt.

The Final Frontier

In 2008, it was announced that by the end of the year, Star Trek : The Experience would close. It’s unclear what exactly precipitated the closure, although a couple of years before, Paramount’s theme park division was sold to Cedar Fair. The timing is especially baffling when you consider that Star Trek : The Experience closed mere months before the next generation of fans would join the franchise with JJ Abrams’ Star Trek (2009 ).

A month after Star Trek : The Experience shut its doors with an honestly heart-tugging farewell done in the style of a naval decommissioning ceremony, the mayor of Las Vegas announced a new home for the experience: Neonopolis, a strip mall ironically located downtown, almost exactly where the original, full-size Enterprise was going to be built all those years before. Rohit Joshi had worked out a licensing agreement with Paramount and purchased all of the props and equipment from Star Trek : The Experience.

Goddard was actually approached about helping with the installation in Neonopolis. “We were going to help bring the whole attraction. But the reality of the attraction and the cost of it was much more than he imagined,” Goddard said. “And in the move a lot of stuff got destroyed.” By 2010 those same pieces Joshi had purchased were being quietly sold at auction. Amazingly, the logo for Star Trek : The Experience is still affixed to the outside of the Hilton. You can see the logo if you take the Las Vegas Monorail; it remains a glittery testament to the future that never was and the beloved attraction that now lives on in the hearts of countless visitors and crew members. As Picard would say of memory of visiting Star Trek : The Experience – “Guard it well."

Drew Taylor (he/him) is a freelance journalist working in Los Angeles and the author of “The Art of Onward.” Follow him on Twitter @DrewTailored

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Mission: Assimilation of the Innocent

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Travel to the Vega Colony to warn the colony there of an impending Borg attack.

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Vega Colony

• Boost Signal with Satellite
• Talk to First Officer
• Defeat the Borg Invasion Force (0/5)
• Consult With Your Crew
• Defeat the Borg Landing Party (0/5)
• Go To Vega Colony
• Tag Refugees for Transport (0/2)
• Retrieve Armor from Crates
• Activate Console to Open Colony Gate
• Beam Out Captured Civilians (0/3)
• Defeat Borg in Vega Colony (0%)
• Talk to Administrator Willa Post
• Retrieve Kit from Crates
• Set Up Pattern Enhancers
• Hold Off Borg While Civilians Transport Out (0%)
• Answer Hail From Your Ship
• Find and Disable Borg Transport Inhibitor
• Disable the Force Field Generator
• Defeat Borg One Zero One and Cohorts
• Destroy the Borg Transport Inhibitor

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• Talk to Crew
• Configure First Beacon
• Defeat Borg Probes
• Configure Second Beacon
• Defeat Borg Sphere
• Configure Final Beacon
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• As part of the tutorial, this mission is acquired automatically and cannot be dropped or skipped. Completing the mission, will automatically add “Welcome to Earth Spacedock” to the player's mission journal.
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• As mission reward [ Kolez ] (Saurian Male, Tactical) will join the player's bridge crew.
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• Although you can choose any one of your three bridge officers to beam down with, all of the dialogue is for Elisa Flores.

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Why Pike Returns To A TOS Planet In Strange New Worlds Season 2

T he reason that Captain Christopher Pike (Anson Mount) returns to Rigel VII in Star Trek: Strange New Worlds season 2 could be tied into the larger story of his ultimate fate. An ill-fated mission to Rigel VII formed Pike's backstory in "The Cage", the unaired pilot for Star Trek: The Original Series . As Strange New Worlds follows on from "The Cage", it's highly likely that some unfinished business sends Pike and an away team back to the planet in season 2.

The Strange New Worlds season 2 trailer reveals a return to Star Trek 's Rigel VII, which sees Pike and Dr. Joseph M'Benga (Babs Olusanmokun) fighting barbarians on the planet's surface. What's clear from the fight sequences is that Pike is properly prepared for a hostile reception, cooly deflecting weapons fire with a dinner tray inside the planet's medieval castle. Pike's preparedness suggests that his return visit to Rigel VII will allow him to reconcile the mistakes of his past, tying into the overall story of the Enterprise Captain facing his fate.

Pike’s First Star Trek Visit To Rigel VII Was A Disaster

Prior to his fateful mission to Talos IV, Captain Christopher Pike (Jeffrey Hunter) oversaw a disastrous away mission to the planet Rigel VII. The details of why the USS Enterprise was sent to Rigel aren't made clear, but the mission went so badly that Pike considered quitting Starfleet. He blamed himself for the deaths of three crew members and the injuries to several other officers, including Lieutenant Spock (Leonard Nimoy). It was while transporting the wounded officers to the Vega colony that the Enterprise was redirected to Talos IV, where Pike found new meaning, and set up his ultimate fate in "The Menagerie" - peaceful, illusory retirement with Vina (Susan Oliver).

While on Talos IV, Pike was subjected to various illusions drawn from his memories, many of which were simplistic adventure stories that saw him to play the hero and save the damsel in distress. The Talosians hoped that these illusions would draw him to Vina. One of these illusions was based on his ill-fated mission to Rigel VII, only this time he got to win. Defeating a Kalar warrior in combat and saving Vina, Pike has likely exorcised some demons, and will be more prepared for his return to Rigel VII in Star Trek: Strange New Worlds season 2.

What Pike’s Strange New Worlds Season 2 Rigel VII Return Proves

Thanks to the Talosians, Pike has already been able to replay some elements of his ill-fated Rigel VII mission. However, that was an illusion of which the odds were in his favor, so it will be a different situation on the real planet in Strange New Worlds . In "The Cage", Pike was traumatized by the mission, and lamented the lethal decisions that he had to make as Captain of the Enterprise. Years later, Pike is now aware of his ultimate fate, an awareness that could give him more confidence in making those potentially lethal decisions.

Instead of being consumed by the same fears and doubts from his first visit, he'll likely use this mission to ensure that the three dead crew members did not lose their lives in vain. Captain Pike in Strange New Worlds is a very different man from the one in "The Cage", and a return to Rigel VII is a chance to prove that. The Star Trek: Strange New Worlds season 1 finale showed Pike that he can't avoid his future, nor can he change the past. However, in returning to Rigel VII, completing his mission successfully, and ensuring that everyone survives, he can at least make sure that the past is not repeated.

Star Trek: Strange New Worlds season 2 premieres Thursday, June 15, on Paramount+.

Vega Nine probe

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A cross-section of Gomtuu scanned by the Vega Nine probe

The Vega Nine probe was a deep space probe that was sent out by Starfleet to investigate the Beta Stromgren supernova explosion.

In 2366 , the probe had reached the Beta Stromgren system in Sector 25434 . This system was located twenty-three parsecs beyond the farthest manned explorations, where it discovered an unknown lifeform in close orbit around Beta Stromgren.

In a follow up mission, conducted by the USS Enterprise -D , the ship received relayed sensor and visual data from the Vega Nine probe. Captain Picard later wanted Data to coordinate with Life Sciences and Engineering during their collection of data on the lifeform, via the ship's long-range sensors and through queries with the probe. ( TNG : " Tin Man ")