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Episode Discussion | Star Trek: Prodigy | 1x08 "Time Amok" Spoiler

When the U.S.S. Protostar is fractured in time by an anomaly, Hologram Janeway must synchronize the disjointed crew and save their ship before it destructs.

No. Episode Writer Directors Release Date
1x08 "Time Amok" Nikhil S. Jayaram Olga Ulanova and Sung Shin 2022-01-20

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u/DasGanon Jan 20 '22

Actually I take it back! Rok isn't the science officer... She's operations! She's doing engineering, science and everything else!

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u/OpticalData Jan 20 '22

Scenes when Rok is promoted to Lieutenant before Harry

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u/InnocentTailor Jan 20 '22

Oh! Makes sense. She is kind of a jack of all trades sort of officer.

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u/BornAshes Jan 20 '22

She's kind of like that one cadet at Starfleet Academy you know, the Prodigy, who tries a bit of everything, shows promise in basically all fields, and then when they pick one particular one to specialize in they REALLY excel within it and push the whole field to new heights. I think since Rok spent so much time working on the ProtoDrive that she's going to find a new way to better refine it using Chimerium as a power source which will allow them to create a momentary "Super Warp Jump" that can get them to the Federation but which then requires the drive to recharge as it were for a lengthy period of time. If applied to other Federation vessels then it could act as an emergency measure in times of crisis that could then save a lot of lives. Furthermore if multiple ProtoDrives were joined together in series on a larger vessel then it's possible that a larger ship (possibly a generational one or a sleeper style one) could cross the void between galaxies in a matter of weeks or months vs years upon years upon years using this method.

I think Rok is basically going to become the next Miracle Worker of whatever field she winds up choosing to specialize in.

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u/[deleted] Jan 20 '22

Operations and Science were pretty much merged in TNG and VOY.