Priority One: A Roddenberry Star Trek Podcast

Hello Captains! Welcome to Priority One's 142nd episode, recorded on Thursday, September 19th, 2013 and published on Monday, September 23rd, 2013 at PriorityOnePodcast.com! Tony, Elijah and James once again take to the bridge of the USS Priority One to bring us another fantastic episode. In this week's podcast, we Trek Out the NSA's secret Star Trek surveillance lair that's modeled on a certain familiar command center we all know and love. In STO News, we cover Legacy of Romulus Dev Blog #44 -- the latest Dilithium Mine Featured Project, (yawn), the Foundry Feature Episode Series, Tactical Warbird Updates and our thoughts on the 25% Zen Bonus for surveys. Next, ChivalryBean dons his warrior's garb and checks out "Hero of the Empire" by RogueEnterprise before we open up hailing frequencies and listen to an epic selection of your incoming messages. Our thoughts and prayers go out to the family of Mark "h2orat" Valentine. He was a respected artist who brought passion and commitment to Star Trek Online and its co

Hello Captains! Welcome to Priority One's 141th episode, recorded on Thursday, September 12th, 2013 and published on Monday, September 16th, 2013 at PriorityOnePodcast.com! James returns this week to re-join Tony and Elijah for another jam-packed episode of Priority One Podcast! This week, Elijah Treks Out DragonCon with Ell, Vinny (thefartheststar.net), and Adorpheus (adorpheus.com). From the sounds of it, it looks like he'll be there next year!! In STONews this week, a few changes have been made to the new Fleet Security System in Legacy of Romulus Dev Blog #41. There's also a whole lot of ship talk with the release of the new Romulan Tactical Warbirds in Legacy of Romulus Dev Blogs #42 and #43. The boys also have a great debate about the difference between Bugs & Balance, and how best to address those issues to Cryptic. In this episode's Community Spotlight, Chivalrybean continues his Foundry Review with a mission titled, " A Will and a Barkley." As always, towards the end of the episode, we'll open ha

Hello Captains! Welcome to Priority One's 140th episode, recorded on Thursday, September 5th, 2013 and published on Monday, September 9th, 2013 at PriorityOnePodcast.com! With James still working overtime on replacing the Heisenberg Compensators, that leaves the show this week - once again - in the capable hands of Elijah and Tony! This week, Priority One Treks Out a new science fiction film project titled “RuR” with Director James Kerwin and actors Kipleigh Brown & Chase Masterson. There may not have been a lot to cover in STONews this week -- but, this is usually the “quiet before the storm.” And although the boys won’t talk much about Legacy of Romulus Dev Blog #40; there's plenty of discussion regarding another STO Lobi sale, the latest Spotlight on the Foundry, and a review of this week’s patch notes. Additionally, this episode we are joined by Terilynn Shull - author of Massively.com's Captain's Log articles and host of the G&T Show - for a special Foundry/FanFiction discussion. In this episode'

Hello Captains and welcome to Priority One's 139th episode, recorded on Thursday, August 29th, 2013 and published on Monday, September 2nd, 2013 at PriorityOnePodcast.com! James unfortunately has been posted on guard duty outside John Harrison's cell this week so Elijah and Tony are in the captain's chairs as we bring you another exciting episode of Priority One. In this week's STO News, we re-cap some interesting news coming from Executive Producer Daniel Stahl in an recent interview with MOG Nation, and we’ll also look at the Lobi Store and find out what items we’ve purchased -- if any! In this episode’s Community Spotlight, we interview Wallace and Brian of the 77th Fleets and as always, we’ll open Hailing Frequencies and see what we have incoming from YOU, our listeners! Mark "H2ORat" Valentine's donation page: http://www.gofundme.com/valentine Topics Discussed: Links coming soon! Star Trek Renegades Fundraiser Progress We are Live on TrekRadio.net every Thursday at 5:30pm Pacific Time! If you’d like to j

Hello Captains and welcome to Priority One's 138th episode, recorded on Thursday, August 22nd, 2013 and published on Monday, August 26th, 2013 at PriorityOnePodcast.com! The crew are back from their epic shore leave to Star Trek Las Vegas and are back on the bridge of the USS Priority One (it's not the bridge of the Enterprise, but it's home) and bring you a show so crammed full of goodness it should be illegal! In this week's episode of Priority One, James, Elijah and Tony tell us about their favourite moments of the Star Trek Las Vegas convention; in Trek It Out we play a small chunk of our interview with Art Director Scott Nakada & VFX Artist Chris Dawson, the crew behind Star Trek Renegades and their latest fund raiser and how you, yes, you can help to get this Star Trek production to fruition (you can listen to our full interview here). Next, we head into STO News and cover Legacy of Romulus Dev Blogs 37, 38 and 39; we recap for you ALL Season 8 teasers from Star Trek Las Vegas' Dev Panel and left us

Hello, Captains, and a very special welcome to a very special episode of Priority One Podcast. In this rather special supplemental of Priority One Podcast we're joined by the crew of Star Trek Renegades who sit down and let us in on some interesting behind-the-scenes information on Star Trek Renegards and their latest news on their Indigogo project and what your donations to this great Trek cause will bring forth. Stay tuned throughout the coming weeks for more exclusive interviews and extra coverage recorded live from the floor of Star Trek Las Vegas, right here on Priority One Mark "H2ORat" Valentine's donation page: http://www.gofundme.com/valentine We are Live on TrekRadio.net every Thursday at 5:30pm Pacific Time! 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 tab and select IRC Chat - input your desired screen name and enter! The Priority One Network is always looking for new team members that have a passion for Star Trek. If y

Hello, Captains, and a very special welcome to a very special episode, recorded live at Star Trek Las Vegas! Live, from the bridge of the USS Enterprise NCC-1701-D, the intrepid cast and crew of Priority One bring you Even more goodies from the floor of the Star Trek Las Vegas convention. In this special edition of Priority One Podcast, we bring you some of our highlights and favourite moments from the convention floor, featuring interviews with Mission Log Podcast, Game Fob, Edward Allan Hall (most famous for his incredibly impressive cosplay), Elijah's inside thoughts on Into Darkness (including an amazing impression of Uhura), a brief chat with Mr and Mrs Al Rivera after they renewed their vows on the bridge of the Enterprise D (presided over by none other than Denise Crosby), and more! Stay tuned throughout the coming weeks for our exclusive coverage live from the floor of Star Trek Las Vegas! Mark "H2ORat" Valentine's donation page: http://www.gofundme.com/valentine We are Live on TrekRadio.net every Thu

Hello, Captains, and a very special welcome to a very special episode, recorded live at Star Trek Las Vegas! Live, from the bridge of the USS Enterprise NCC-1701-D, the intrepid cast and crew of Priority One bring you Even more goodies from the floor of the Star Trek Las Vegas convention. In this supplemental episode, we are joined by the incredibly awesome Cryptic Kate who shares with us some insights not only on her role at Cryptic Studios but also on the part she's playing in the upcoming Season 8 content, followed by Al "Captain Gecko" Rivera and Thomas "The Cryptic Cat" Marrone for an exclusive post-dev-panel discussion where we get the low down on just about everything you can expect from Star Trek Online for the coming months, including details on the Dyson Sphere, the territory control mechanics, the new Fleet Holding, the new Featured Episode series, new Duty Officer missions and much, much more! Stay tuned throughout the coming weeks for our exclusive coverage live from the floor of Star Trek Las Ve

Hello, Captains, and a very special welcome to a very special episode, recorded live at Star Trek Las Vegas! Live, from the bridge of the USS Enterprise NCC-1701-D, the intrepid cast and crew of Priority One bring you a show like never before. In this week's Trek It Out we discuss the activities taking place at Star Trek Las Vegas and what you, our listeners, can expect to hear from us over the next couple of weeks. We then warp into STO News and are joined on the bridge by Thomas "The Cryptic Cat" Marrone and Jesse Heinig as we discuss Legacy of Romulus Dev Blogs, the new Romulan Temporal Ship and much much more. Then Community Manager Brandon "BranFlakes" Felzcar drops by for a quick interview before heading over to the Star Trek Online Developer's Panel Q&A, of which we bring you the best highlights and more than a few spoilers of what you can expect in Season 8 and beyond! Finally, we open up hailing frequencies and listen to your incoming messages. Stay tuned throughout the coming weeks for our exclu

Hello Captains! Welcome to another special episode of Priority One Podcast, recorded live at Cryptic Studios! This week Elijah, Tony, James and the rest of the Priority One crew take a week off to prepare for Star Trek Las Vegas, but we still have plenty of information to bring you from our trip to Cryptic Studios! In this Special, James, Adrianne and Elijah interview Michael Henry of the Cryptic Audio Department and Christine Thompson (aka Kestrel), writer for Star Trek Online, getting all the behind the scenes info and insight into how some of the audio is created for Star Trek Online, and if that wasn't enough our intrepid away team even get the chance to step up to the microphone to record some dialogue of their very own! Stay tuned throughout the coming weeks for our exclusive coverage live from the floor of Star Trek Las Vegas! - Thursday, August 8th (5pm – 7pm PT) – The LIVE recording of Episode 138 from the bridge of the restored Enterprise-D! Community Manager Branflakes will stop by to answer a few

Hello Captains and welcome to Priority One's 137th episode, recorded on Thursday, July 25th, 2013 and published on Monday, July 29th, 2013 at PriorityOnePodcast.com!!! James has taken the Argo for a spin to Las Vegas ahead of the rest of the away team so this week Tony and Elijah have the bridge and bring you yet another awesome batch of news as well as your feedback! In Trek It Out Tony tells us of NASA's research into warp drive, and why it may not be too far from reality. In STO News we cover Dan Stahl's State of the Game address, the Mogai and Valdore C-Store ships, Legacy of Romulus Dev Blog #34, news from Trek Radio about a small event happening in Vegas shortly, and bring you a summary of the patch notes. Next, we head at warp 9.5 into this weeks Dev Interview with special guest Charles Gray, Cryptic's Lead Content Designer, and finally we open up hailing frequencies and review your incoming messages. This week's Community Questions: What are you most looking forward to? Is it the Gateway? Is it the ne

Hello Captains and welcome to Priority One's 136th episode, recorded on Thursday, July 18th, 2013 and published on Monday, July 22nd, 2013 at PriorityOnePodcast.com!!! This week we have a fearsome foursome as we're joined by the one and only Adrianne Grady joining James, Elijah and Tony as they bring you all the latest from Cryptic Studios, literally! In Trek It Out, we look at how the classic Star Trek Control panel can become a Do-It-Yourself project. In STO News we bring you our highlights of the Cryptic tour plus some brief discussions of the latest news hitting Star Trek Online, including an STO Podcast blog by our good friend MidniteShadow7, part 2 of TeriLynn’s Captain’s Log article and Legacy of Romulus Dev Blog #32 (the improvements to the Carrier Command Interface). Next we put thrusters to full as we interview Star Trek Online’s Executive Producer Daniel Stahl! As always, we’ll close the show by opening hailing frequencies and reviewing your incoming messages! This week's Community Questions: When

Hello Captains! This is a very special presentation of Priority One Podcast recorded on Monday, July 15th, 2013 - on location - at Cryptic Studios!! With Elijah visiting friends in San Francisco, it only made sense to schedule a visit with the team at Cryptic Studios!... .....Fortunately, they came to the door when the team showed up. Our first report for you is an audio interview with Lead Designer, Al "CaptainGeko" Rivera. Not only did CaptainGeko take time away from his schedule to sit down with us, but he also acted as our most gracious host. A very special thanks to Mr. Rivera for his patience and hospitality! So sit back and have a listen as we review current player concerns and look into the future of Star Trek Online! STAY TUNED: - On Friday, July 19th, we plan to publish our on-site interview with Al "CaptainGeko" Rivera - Lead Designer for Star Trek Online AND our first video montage of some of the amazing secrets we saw from our Art Department Tour - On Monday, July 22nd, we plan to publish our on-

Hello Captains and welcome to Priority One's 135th episode, recorded on Thursday, July 11th, 2013 and published on Monday, July 15th, 2013 at PriorityOnePodcast.com!!! Elijah has decided to run for the hills following last weeks hostile takeover by the British, so this week James and Tony have kicked out the limeys and have given a great dose of Freedom to the podcast. In this week's Trek It Out we cover Optilithic Data Rods (or "Superman Memory Crystals" as the creators insist on calling them). In STO News we cover the latest dev blogs, the recent Zen promotions and what the devs are doing to fix the Killer DOff issue, and finally we open up hailing frequencies and hear your incoming messages. This week's Community Questions: What are your thoughts on the Scimitar? Does it leave something to be desired or is it too overpowered? Mark "H2ORat" Valentine's donation page: http://www.gofundme.com/valentine Topics Discussed: Links coming soon! We are Live on TrekRadio.net every Thursday at 5:30pm Pacific Time! If

Hello Captains, a fortuitous and glorious welcome to a special episode of Priority One, recorded at Buckingham Palace on Thursday, 4th July 2013 and published on Monday, 8th July, 2013 at PriorityOnePodcast.com! Right-o! Rule, Britannia, Britannia rules the waves! With the recent happenings going on in the good ol' US of A, the decision was taken that the former colonies were no longer capable of governing themselves and so it is with great pleasure and under direct orders from Her Majesty Queen Elizabeth II that we are hereby taking back the colonies, on Independence Day too! Oh the irony! This week's Questions we ask the Community: Do you believe that Earl Grey is the ultimate beverage, or are you wrong? Mark "H2ORat" Valentine's donation page: http://www.gofundme.com/valentine -- he's a spiffing chap, so spare a few bob! Topics Discussed: Prince William and the Duchess of Cambridge: will there be any scandals? How can we ensure the colonies keep Piers Morgan? Now that Andy Murray has won Wimbledon, should

Hello Captains and welcome to Priority One's 134th episode, recorded on Thursday, June 27th, 2013 and published on Monday, July 1st, 2013 at PriorityOnePodcast.com!!! With the weather systems failing on Risa and Tony trapped in a beach hut, this week it's just Elijah and James tackling the latest from Star Trek Online. In this week's Trek It Out, we discuss how once again real life is borrowing from Gene Roddenberry's vision to create something awesome. In STO News we celebrate diversity in the Star Trek universe, cover the Luhlunat Festival on Risa and what cool goodies you can scoop up as well as the latest Duty Officer Pack full of your Tau Dewa favourites. In this week's Field Notes we cover an issue with some of the latest Duty Officers that have left the game unplayable for certain gamers, and how these changes affect you and your playstyle, and finally we open our hailing frequencies and review your incoming messages. This week's Community Questions: Are you building a fleet? Do you struggle with compl

Hello Captains and welcome to Priority One's 133rd episode, recorded on Thursday, June 20th, 2013 and published on Monday, June 24th, 2013 at PriorityOnePodcast.com!!! Hello Captains! This week Elijah, James, and Tony bring you the latest in the world of Star Trek Online. First, they Trek Out some amazing technology coming out from Samsung - the 46" transparent Smart Monitor. In STONews, the guys touch on the upcoming Summer Event thanks to the latest Captain's Log article from Terilynn Shull. They also update you on the latest Dev Blogs regarding the new Dilithium Mine holding. Later, we're fortunate to have Aron Eisenberg (Nog) to talk about his fondest memories as part of the cast of Deep Space Nine. Finally, we open Hailing Frequencies and review your incoming messages! This week's Community Questions: Are you building a fleet? Do you struggle with completing projects and pooling resources from your members?... What are YOUR thoughts on the new Dilithium Mine fleet holding... do you think it will help? Le

Hello Captains and welcome to Priority One's 132nd episode, recorded on Thursday, 13th June, 2013 and published on Monday, 17th June, 2013 at PriorityOnePodcast.com!!! With James currently on the run after the NSA's Prism operation discovered his stash of Caitian... err... adult material, Tony and Elijah are left in command where in this episode of Priority One they Trek Out the darker side of Star Trek and spend some time chatting about Priority One's plans for Vegas. In STONews we get down and dirty with some interesting patch notes from Tribble that shed light on the new Fleet Holding, and then we invite an old friend and previous guest, PhyrexianHero to chat about what the new Fleet Holding means to players and fleets. Finally, we’ll open hailing frequencies for your incoming messages! This week's Community Questions: Do you have an awesome idea for a 60-Second Strategy? Perhaps you have the ultimate ship build, or just can't quite believe that players don't know some of the tricks of the trade that you d

Hello Captains and welcome to Priority One's 131st episode, recorded on Thursday, 6th June, 2013 and published on Monday, 10th June, 2013 at PriorityOnePodcast.com!!! Tony, James and Elijah enter the bridge of the USS Priority One to bring you up to the minute news from the front lines of Star Trek Online. In this episode of Priority One we Trek Out some special Priority One news for our Klingon warrior brothers. As game news is currently as bleak as the landscape of Nimbus III there's not much to cover in this week's STO News (at least not homepage news items), but Legacy of Romulus is still on fire and more and more players are flying through the cosmos under the raptor's wings. Next, we move on to our interview with the biggest of cheeses, Executive Producer Dan Stahl to talk about everything post Legacy of Romulus. Finally, we open hailing frequencies for an epic review of your incoming messages! This week's Community Questions: Now that Legacy of Romulus is live and you’ve had about a week to play around

Episode 1 - The Premiere ft. StormShade | Listen for a chance to win 10K C-Store Points! Brandon and Mark get together with special guest-host Stormshade, Cryptic's Online Community Representative for STO, to discuss the latest STO news and your great ideas! We also bring you the first "Blank of the Week." Mark "H2ORat" Valentine's donation page: http://www.gofundme.com/valentine We are Live on TrekRadio.net every Thursday at 5:30pm Pacific Time! 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 tab and select IRC Chat - input your desired screen name and enter! The Priority One Network is always looking for new team members that have a passion for Star Trek. incoming@priorityonepodcast.com Please know that all of our positions are volunteer, but we do offer a well known outlet for your work. If you have a particular skill that you believe could enhance our content, then send your contact information and experience along with a few writ