BREACH! Star Trek Starfleet Academy: Beta Test

Temporal Directive is a Star Trek fan podcast rewatching all of the Star Trek franchise in chronological order. That's right, everything!BUT… we are breaching our Temporal Directive to bring you a recap and discussion on the current episodes of Star Trek: Starfleet Academy. Join us in our temporal incursion as we review and discuss the latest episode, “Beta Test”. With the start of the new academic year, Caleb’s unease about his future at Starfleet Academy persists. But when a delegation from a former Federation ally arrives and Caleb is tasked with showing their leader’s daughter around campus, he must put his uncertainty aside to discover what life at the Academy is really about.We're Australian, so this episode is marked as explicit only due to our casual swearing.Temporal Directive wants to talk about Star Trek, so if you want to join in the conversation you can email Garry & Tom at [email protected] or find them on Facebook (/TemporalDirectivePodcast) or Instagram (@temporaldirective) and send your thoughts on the episode of the week, or share how you came to love Star Trek.Live Long and Prosper.

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