145: Star Trek Origins: Cloaking Device

Star Trek Origins: Cloaking Device In this episode of Standard Orbit, we launch into our second origins outline looking at the deployment and use of the cloaking device from its initial debut in Balance of Terror, to its evolution over the course of the franchise through The Next Generation and Deep Space Nine. A game changing piece of technology, we explore how having the cloaking device adds such a huge tactical advantage to those who have it, try to understand the reasoning behind Starfleet not using it themselves (until the Dominion War) and its applications beyond starships such as personal cloaking tech and cloaked mines. Hosts Ken Tripp and Zach Moore   Feature Welcome to Standard Orbit! (00:01:11)  Balance of Terror/The Enterprise Incident (00:01:57)  TOS Films (00:14:35)  The Next Generation Era (00:26:26) Starfleet: To Cloak Or Not To Cloak? (00:33:06) The Defiant (00:36:21) Starfleet: To Cloak Or Not To Cloak?, Cont. (00:40:00) The Jem'Hadar (00:42:12) "All Good Things..." Enterprise-D (00:45:45) Cloaked Mines (46:49) Final Thoughts (00:48:43) Thank You for Listening to Standard Orbit (00:52:32)   Production C Bryan Jones (Executive Producer), Ken Tripp (Executive Producer), Matthew Rushing (Executive Producer), Charlene Schmiedt (Executive Producer), Zach Moore (Editor), Renee Roberts (Associate Producer), Richard Rutledge (Associate Producer), Aaron Harvey (Associate Producer), Richard Marquez (Production Manager)   Send us your feedback! Twitter: @trekfm   Facebook: http://facebook.com/trekfm Voicemail: http://www.speakpipe.com/trekfm Contact Form: http://www.trek.fm/contact Visit the Trek.fm website at http://trek.fm/ Subscribe in iTunes: http://itunes.com/trekfm Support the Network! Become a Trek.fm Patron on Patreon and help us keep our shows coming to you every week. We have great perks for you at http://patreon.com/trekfm Sponsor Audible is the premiere source for audiobooks with more than 150,000 titles to choose from, and new titles coming every week. From classics to current bestsellers, and even some of the most famous Star Trek books like Prime Directive, Federation, and Spock’s World, Audible has something for everyone.As a Trek.fm listener you can get a free audiobook of your choice along with a 30-day trial to see just how great Audible is. So give it a try today, catch up on all those classic Star Trek books you’ve yet to read or that latest novel from you favorite author and support the network and our programming at the same time! Release Date Monday, October 31, 2016 Duration 00 hour 56 minutes 41 seconds URL http://traffic.libsyn.com/standardorbit/so-145