Besides Lower Decks and Prodigy, you mean? 😆

He is wearing a pin above his delta which I can’t quite make out but it looks like the design on the tunic he wears in TOS: “The Cage”, which is an Earth map encircled by laurel leaves.

Yep. TrekCore.com has this good clear picture of it.

That's one of the available modules!

I didn't grab that one, but I downloaded the TOS, TNG, and a Myst one. Good times.

Right now it's hard to imagine they're going to bring Kurtzman and Secret Hideout back for anything Trek-related. It's pretty clear Kurtzman's era as Trek overseer is done.

Not oligarchy, state disinformation and war mongering?

My main reaction overall to the reveal was this iteration of Paramount ownership would have cancelled something that delved into these things as fast as it did the rest of the Trek slate.

Also, it's slightly boggling that the fans who wanted this were hyped for Captain Seven (I think it's fair to say), and the premise was going to be....nah, let's do a Worf/Alexander/Klingon politics story? Who was asking for more Alexander stories?

Naturally I'm watching debates about the canonicity claim break out in assorted places.

As far as I can find, the whole “it’s canon” claim comes from Webtoons in their press release, and no one from Paramount is being quoted making that claim. Unless there’s a separate Paramount press release I can’t find.

So this whole claim is just silly.

Yes, let's finish celebrating this 60th anniversary in style! 😂

Here's another one to ponder.

I commented on social media that even though the press reports say the question is open, his "farewell" letter in the reports read to me like someone on the way out talking to his successor. And Brian Tatosky (one of the VFX team) replied:

Yes, SFA being cancelled is part of ending his tenure of Trek once we finish the work we have.

So it sure seems like the end of the road.

Unfortunately, they did a cliffhanger.

Now you have to wonder if they can untangle it into one coherent finale episode, and if Paramount will even give them the approval to untangle it in the first place.

Here's the first (big FWIW/grain of salt/etc) thing on the decision that's I've seen (besides the TrekMovie article note that 'it's no secret that the show didn't Nielsen chart'). From author Mike Chen on Bluesky.

From the few insiders I know, viewership was actually above expectations and this was more of a "future of the franchise" corporate decision. I'm expecting Trek to be in flux as there are SO MANY variables. Everything from tech stocks to Iran to midterms is impacting Paramount.

Leaving the link to his post here for reference but he has his posts hidden unless you're logged into Bluesky.

There wasn’t a goodbye letter at the time of the Variety exclusive — but Deadline and everyone has it now.

So you're saying Variety added it after the fact? It was there when I saw it, which was like 15 minutes after the time of publication.