Priority One: A Roddenberry Star Trek Podcast

Greetings, Captains! You’re listening to Episode 193 of Priority One Podcast, the premier Star Trek Online podcast! This episode was recorded on Thursday, October 2nd 2014 and made available for download on Monday, October 6th 2014 at PriorityOnePodcast.com! Captains, this week we Trek Out updates from Star Trek Axanar with tons of news on its development with creator, Alec Peters. In STONews, a Dev Blog by STO’s Lead Designer Al Captain Geko Rivera takes us on the journey of writing stories for the game in the Delta Quadrant. We also discuss The Doctor & Seven of Nine’s return after decades away from Voyager, highlight some new Tribble updates, review a new video trailer voiced by Lead Artist Brad Stoken, and explore new goodies that have been added to the Delta Rising Operations Pack. In our Community Spotlight Segment, we give Tony a voice once again by reviewing his infamous “Overture” Foundry Mission series. Later, we’ll open hailing frequencies and see what’s incoming from you -- our listeners! Capt

Greetings, Captains! You’re listening to Episode 192 of Priority One Podcast, the premier Star Trek Online podcast! This episode was recorded on Thursday, September 25th, 2014 and made available for download on Monday, September 29th, 2014 at PriorityOnePodcast.com! Captains, This week we hear more from Star Trek Online’s Lead Designer, Al “Captain Geko” Rivera who joins us for a follow up discussion on the Item Upgrade System and the new Specialization Trees coming to Star Trek Online w/ Delta Rising! But first, we Trek Out Geek Nation tours with an old friend of Priority One Podcast - Head Geek - Teras Cassidy. In STO News there’s lots to cover from new Queues & their difficulty revamps, Special XP & Upgrade events, a review of T6 ships including the new Guardian Cruiser, and a discussion of the new Specialization Trees available to Captains! Later, we open hailing frequencies and see what’s incoming from you -- our listeners! Captains! We have published a majority of our interviews from STLV check

Greetings, Captains! You’re listening to Episode 191 of Priority One Podcast, the premier Star Trek Online podcast! This episode was recorded on Friday, September 19th, 2014 and made available for download on Monday, September 22nd, 2014 at PriorityOnePodcast.com! Once again, we hear from Star Trek Online’s Lead Designer, Al “Captain Geko” Rivera who joins us for a discussion about the new Item Upgrade System. We are then joined by Systems Designer Phil “Gorngonzolla” Zeleski in his Priority One Podcast debut to talk about the new Tier 6 ships and upgrade systems coming to Star Trek Online with Delta Rising! But first, we Trek Out Enterprise In Space - a grassroots earth-orbiter and science education project inspired by works of visionary authors and creators like Gene Roddenberry. In STONews the new Delta Reputation system is live on Tribble, as well as access to most of the rewards -- and we’ll be giving you our preliminary assessment. We also have two art related blogs discussing the design of the new Inte

Greetings, Captains! You’re listening to Episode 190 of Priority One Podcast, the premier Star Trek Online podcast! This episode was recorded on Thursday, September 11th, 2014 and made available for download Monday, September 15th, 2014 at PriorityOnePodcast.com! Captains, this week we Trek Out our interview from STLV with our friend John Champion of Mission Log Podcast. You can also check out our video version of the interview on our new YouTube Channel (youtube.com/p1network). This week in STO News, the specs and details of the T6 Intelligence Ships has been released in a series of blogs highlighting each ship. Additionally, we have information on the new Intelligence Bridge Officers that will have access to a whole new slew of powers. Lastly, a new adventure zone has been announced with details on what players can expect. We also hear from Star Trek Online’s Lead Designer, Al “Captain Geko” Rivera with a special supplemental discussion regarding the Intelligence BoFFs. Later, we’ll open hailing frequencies

Greetings, Captains! You’re listening to Episode 189 of Priority One Podcast, the premier Star Trek Online podcast! This episode was recorded on Thursday, September 4th, 2014 and made available for download Monday, September 8th, 2014 at PriorityOnePodcast.com! This week we Trek Out our interview from STLV with the team behind the officially licensed Star Trek Beers, The Federation of Beer! You can also check out our video version of the interview on our new YouTube Channel: http://youtube.com/p1network. This week in STO News, there’s a lot to cover with new blogs on Delta Rising -- We have a new starter pack, new species are introduced, and a new ground weapon that adds a whole new dimension to ground combat. Later, we interview Star Trek Online’s Lead Designer, Al “Captain Geko” Rivera to discuss some of the major news that has been announced on Delta Rising. Finally, we’ll open hailing frequencies and see what’s incoming from you -- our listeners! Captains! We have published a majority of our interviews fr

Greetings, Captains! You're listening to Episode 188 of Priority One Podcast, the premier Star Trek Online podcast! This episode was recorded on Thursday, August 28th, 2014 and made available for download Monday, September 1st, 2014 at PriorityOnePodcast.com! This week we Trek Out our interview with the team representing Qualcomm Tricorder XPRIZE at STLV. In STO News, several Dev blogs have been released for Delta Rising, including an overview of the new Tier 6 ships and an introduction to how Tier 5 ships will be upgraded with STO’s second expansion. We also dissect the new Delta Rising Official Announcement Trailer. Later in the show, we’re joined by first time guest on Priority One Podcast -- Content Manager Laughing Trendy and Community Manager Captain Smirk to get an insight on the new changes to Dev Blogs, plans for the forums, and other community engagement leading up to Delta Rising. Finally, we’ll open hailing frequencies and see what’s incoming from you. Captains! We've published a majority of our i

Greetings, Captains! You're listening to Episode 187 of Priority One Podcast, the premier Star Trek Online podcast! This episode was recorded on Thursday, August 21st, 2014 and made available for download Monday, August 25th, 2014 at PriorityOnePodcast.com! This week, we forgo #TrekItOut and jump right into Star Trek Online News with a new Delta Rising blog that covers two additional species, plus on Tribble the level cap increases to 60, and a glimpse at some new character head and body options coming soon. We also cover the return of the Crystalline Entity Event in a special addition of Command School! Our community spotlight this week features an interview with Ashley Robinson, creator and star of a new Star Trek web comedy series called “Redshirt Diaries” coming soon to YouTube. Finally, we open our Hailing Frequencies and hear what’s incoming from you. Stay tuned to Priority One over the next few weeks as we bring you even more from our trip to the Star Trek Las Vegas convention 2014. In case you missed

Greetings, Captains! You're listening to Episode 186 of Priority One Podcast, the premier Star Trek Online podcast! This episode was recorded on Thursday, August 14th, 2014 via TrekRadio.net and made available for download Monday, August 18th, 2014 at PriorityOnePodcast.com! It's another beautiful Monday, Captains, and Cookie, Jayce, and Elijah are here to bring you the latest happenings from the world of Star Trek and Star Trek Online. For starters, we Trek Out an interview with Garrett Wang from the convention floor at STLV'14 and discuss his involvement in Star Trek Online. In STONews, we have patch notes and some new intelligence reports about Delta Quadrant Species. We also talk about player "entitlement" -- do forum posters go too far? Later, Professor Jayce calls Command School in session and educates players on the topic of "Power Creep" -- What is it? How does it effect STO? In our Community Spotlight segment, Tommy Kraft gives us an update on his film project Star Trek Horizon. Finally, we open our

Greetings, Captains! You're listening to Episode 185 of Priority One Podcast, the premier Star Trek Online podcast! This episode was recorded on Thursday, August 7th, 2014 via TrekRadio.net and made available for download Monday, August 11th, 2014 at PriorityOnePodcast.com! Captains, the Priority One Team has arrived home safely from their Away Mission to the 2014 Star Trek Las Vegas Convention! With them, they bring memories that will last them a lifetime. This week, we Trek Out some of those memories as the team fondly recalls their favorite moments from the convention. In STONews, we review our own opinions on Delta Rising and address some community concerns regarding the second expansion to Star Trek Online. In our Community Spotlight segment, we present an interview with Alec Peter recorded from the convention floor and our review of Prelude to Axanar. Finally, we open our Hailing Frequencies and hear what's incoming from you. Stay tuned to Priority One over the next few weeks as we bring you even more f

Greetings, Captains! You're listening to Episode 184 of Priority One Podcast, the premier Star Trek Online podcast! This episode was recorded on live during the Star Trek Las Vegas convention 2014, and made available for download Monday, 4th August 2014 at PriorityOnePodcast.com! Captains, prepare for a show like no other as the cast and crew of Priority One in collaboration with Trek Radio and STOked Radio bring you the ultimate in Star Trek Online podcasting right from the floor of the 2014 Star Trek Las Vegas convention, and bringing you a show that's bursting at the seams with information! In this special episode, we start out by Treking Out disrupter beams before moving on to STO News where we discuss the hot topic: Star Trek Online's latest expansion to be announced, Delta Rising, by bringing you the Star Trek Online Dev Panel discussion featuring Al "CaptainGeko" Rivera, SalamiInferno, and Brad Stoker (plus everyone's favourite feline Thomas "The Cryptic Cat" Marrone moderating), who are then joined by

Greetings, Captains! You're listening to a supplemental - PRE-STLV - episode of Priority One Podcast, the premier Star Trek Online podcast! This episode was recorded on Friday, July 25th, 2014 and published on Monday, July 28th 2014 at PriorityOnePodcast.com! YOU GOT US THERE, CAPTAINS!!! And we're getting ready to represent YOU this coming week at STLV'14. Our goal is to make you feel as if you're right beside us! There is no full episode this week, as the team gears up and gets ready for the Star Trek Las Vegas Convention! Some Scheduling Notes: - Priority One Podcast will record episode 184 LIVE from STLV on Thursday, July 30th at 5pm -- NET NEUTRALITY -- This week's Community Question DEV QUESTIONS: https://www.facebook.com/PriorityOnePodcast/posts/576740832435318 Let us know YOUR thoughts by commenting below! We are Live on TrekRadio.net every Thursday around 10:30pm ET / 7:30pm PT! If you’d like to join us live, during the show, Trek Radio has a built in IRC Chat client. Just click on the Community menu

Greetings, Captains! You're listening to Episode 183 of Priority One Podcast, the premier Star Trek Online podcast! This episode was recorded on Thursday, July 17th, 2014 and published on Monday, July 21st 2014 at PriorityOnePodcast.com! Jayce returns from his visit on Ceti Alpha V just in time to join Cookie and Elijah for a review of Star Trek Online's Season 9.5 release! This week, we forgo #TrekItOut and jump right in to STONews because Season 9.5 has hit holodeck!! That means, the new Crafting System is now on Holodeck and we’re here with our first impressions. Also, the Xindi Lock Box slipped through with this update and that includes new ships, genetic resequencers, BoFFs and DoFFs, weapons, and much more! Later in the show, Al Rivera has some serious competition when we're joined by User Interface Artist Thomas “TheCrypticCat” Marrone to talk about the UI changes in Season 9.5 -- including the creation of the new Crafting system as well as the standardization of the new Odyssey Uniform. Towards the en

Greetings, Captains! You're listening to Episode 182 of Priority One Podcast, the premier Star Trek Online podcast! This episode was recorded on Thursday, July 10th, 2014 and published on Monday, July 14th 2014 at PriorityOnePodcast.com! Unfortunately, this week, Jayce had to visit with relatives on Ceti Alpha V. As a result, an old friend joins us this week to fill in for the Professor! This week, we Trek Out a basement that rivals most Star Trek Exhibits and a series of Star Trek Comics from 1979 that have rarely been seen. In STONews, we discuss Costumes, Crafting, Patch Notes, Star Trek Las Vegas and FOUNDRY. In this week’s community spotlight, we're joined again by Star Trek Online's Community Manager, Trevor "CaptainSmirk" McNesby to give us the latest on Season 9.5 and Star Trek Online's Official Panel at #STLV! Towards the end of the show, we'll open Hailing Frequencies to see what’s incoming from you -- our listeners. Support Priority One Podcast and earn AMAZING Star Trek Online Rewards! Topics Disc

Greetings, Captains! You're listening to Episode 181 of Priority One Podcast, the premier Star Trek Online podcast! This episode was recorded on Thursday, July 3rd, 2014 and published on Monday, July 7th 2014 at PriorityOnePodcast.com! This week, Cookie returns from Shore Leave and rejoins Jayce and Elijah. Around the web this week we Trek Out what has been trending in Star Trek with an official TNG Season 8 mockumentary and a new skit from Robot Chicken! In STONews, the crafting convo continues with a couple of new dev blogs, tweets, and forum posts from Cryptic. In this week’s community spotlight, we're joined again by Tommy Kraft, creator of Star Trek: Horizon to give us an update on the progression of the independent film project that involves the Iconians! Towards the end of the show, we'll open Hailing Frequencies to see what’s incoming from you -- our listeners. Support Priority One Podcast and earn AMAZING Star Trek Online Rewards! Topics Discussed TNG Season 8 Mockumentary Robot Chicken -- The Night

Greetings, Captains! You're listening to Episode 180 of Priority One Podcast, the premier Star Trek Online podcast! This episode was recorded on Thursday, June 26th, 2014 and published on Monday, June 30th, 2014 at PriorityOnePodcast.com! Captains, this week Elijah and Jayce stay on the straight and narrow while CookieCupcakes is on an away mission this week! But, don't fret -- Cookie will be back for episode 181 of Priority One Podcast! At the start of the show, we go around the web and Trek Out what has been trending in Star Trek this week; including our reaction to an interview by Nerdist Channel's Humans From Earth with Roberto Orci. In STONews, a new blog by System’s Designer AdjudicatorHawk has been released that continues the introduction into the new Crafting System hitting Holodeck later in July. We'll also discuss your concerns over the loss of Exploration Clusters. Then, in our last edition of Field Notes, Professor Jayce and I review a defensive build for cruisers and put the theories from the las

Greetings, Captains! You're listening to Episode 179 of Priority One Podcast, the premier Star Trek Online podcast! This episode was recorded on Thursday, June 19th, 2014 and published on Monday, June 23rd, 2014 at PriorityOnePodcast.com! Captains, we Trek Out a webcomic that's been around for some time, but may have slipped under your Trek-Radar with its creator Mark Farinas! In STONews, D'Angelo announces Season 9.5 will arrive in late July with Season 9 Dev Blog #24. There is then a followup RP letter from Commander Jenna Romaine of Memory Alpha explaining the changes to "R&D," and a quick introduction to some of the changes to crafting materials from STODesigner, Jesse Heinig. But, to really answer our questions about the coming Crafting update we welcome Star Trek Online's Lead Designer Al "Captain Geko" Rivera! With an Al Rivera Interview, we'll forgo the Community Spotlight this week and open Hailing Frequencies to see what’s incoming from you -- our listeners. Support Priority One Podcast and earn

Greetings, Captains! You're listening to Episode 178 of Priority One Podcast, the premier Star Trek Online podcast! This episode was recorded on Thursday, June 12th, 2014 and published on Monday, June 16th, 2014 at PriorityOnePodcast.com! Captains, we start the show by Trekking Out a few interesting Star Trek related news items that have been trending this week including: Official Star Trek Beer finally coming to the US! (WoOoT); Then, Redditors strike again with an awesome new video compilation you won't want to miss; and some interesting Trek to Life developments happening in science. In STONews, some End-of-Game and Quality of Life patches hit STO; but, generally everyone's on summer vacation and too busy sippin' mojitos on the sandy beaches of Risa In our Community segment this week, we spotlight Caspian Rising and interview Fleet Admiral BlackMagnum. And of course as always, we’ll open hailing frequencies and see what’s incoming from you -- our listeners. Be sure to check out Priority One Production's Th

Greetings, Captains! You're listening to Episode 177 of Priority One Podcast, the premier Star Trek Online podcast! This episode was recorded on Thursday, June 5th, 2014 and published on Monday, June 9th, 2014 at PriorityOnePodcast.com! Back from his extended diplomatic away mission, Elijah returns and picks up Cookie on his way! Together they bring you the latest news this week starting with a first look at the trailer to Prelude to Axanar with creator Alec Peters and Star Trek veteran, Gary Graham. In STONews we've got summer sun, cuz something's begun on the Pleasure Planet Risa with new swimwear, hoverboards, pet monkeys, sand castles, and a new Risian Luxury Cruiser! Later, CookieCupcakes Treks Out the Star Trek Exhibit during her visit to the Mall of America in Minnesota. In our Community Spotlight segment, Chivalry Bean presents an Foundry Officer's Report of "Diplomacy in the Gamma Quadrant" by Mark Hawkman. And of course as always, we’ll open hailing frequencies and see what’s incoming from you -- ou

Greetings, Captains! You're listening to Episode 176 of Priority One Podcast, the premier Star Trek Online podcast! This episode was recorded on Thursday, May 29th, 2014 and published on Monday, June 2nd, 2014 at PriorityOnePodcast.com! Unfortunately Elijah's still held behind enemy lines, captivated by those green girls, so Cookie has launched an offensive to go and turn the green girls pink and get Elijah back! So with Elijah and Cookie out, we're joined by Tony, Jayce and James! In this week's Trek It Out, we take a look and find it's not only in a book but also on Kickstarter! In STO News we bring you all the lastest from around the galaxy including the Risa Summer Event and the Shuttle Weekend! Then Professor Jayce takes us back to school and we learn how to cover our asses as he teaches us all about defence, before finally we open Hailing Frequencies and hear what's incoming from you, our listeners! Be sure to check out Priority One Production's The Guard Frequency. This new show is focused on the lates

Greetings, Captains! You're listening to Episode 175 of Priority One Podcast, the premier Star Trek Online podcast! This episode was recorded on Thursday, May 22nd, 2014 and published on Monday, May 26th, 2014 at PriorityOnePodcast.com! Elijah has been abducted by the Orions and sold into slavery (he could never resist those green girls) so until we've formulated a plan to get him back, Cookie and Jayce are stuck with-- err, joined by Tony! This week we Trek Out Star Trek 3 now that Robert Orci is confirmed to be directing, and we discuss if this is actually a good thing. In STO News we bring you everything that's happening around the galaxy including Season 9, Dev Blog #21, the latest Patch Notes to hit Holodeck and how the changes made to the graphics and rendering in STO have left one or two people a little confused and unhappy, and what you can do to ensure you're getting the best possible performance. Next up is a fleet admiral interview as Jayce talks to Fleet Admiral V'Lor and we learn all about the Qu