r/Star_Trek_

TREKMOVIE: "The rules for the new auction remain the same as the previous ones, requiring bidders to be residents of Ontario or place a deposit with a Canadian bank. Bids can be placed online, but you need to pick up items in person as 403 auctions is not shipping anything. And like the previous auctions, there is a wide variety of items available including large set pieces, furniture, knickknacks, and everyday items used by the production. And due to the restrictions, some real bargains could be found. [...]

And again, this is just a tiny sample of what you can find, but like with all of the 403 Auctions sales, you need to really dive into the catalog and look at each lot to find things, as they provide limited search and sorting.

Star Trek: Auction #5 will be held at Dixie & HWY 401 Area, Mississauga, Ontario, beginning Friday May 22nd at 4PM and concludes Thursday May 28th with the 1st lot ending at 4PM. For more details on all the lots and instructions on how to bid, visit 403auction.com — and the company has confirmed there is at least one more auction from Mississauga to come."

Full article:

https://trekmovie.com/2026/05/20/auction-of-set-pieces-from-star-trek-strange-new-worlds-coming-this-friday/

Not the end of the season for DS9, but Voyager was about to close a chapter for its first two seasons with the Kazon. The idea of the crew being stranded on the planet, with their ship having been taken over by the big antagonist is a great idea of a cliffhanger on paper. But with the Kazon, it never felt as grand. They just didn’t really pan out as a memorable antagonist. Seska was a bit more of potentially compelling case, but having her at the side of the Kazon didn’t really compliment that. Now, imagine if it was the Jem’Hadar doing something like this, that feel more believable than these people who can’t produce water.

Wesley whips up a human brain, teases it, and then turns it off.

WESLEY: I've loaded the neurological behaviour programme.

BRAIN: THE WORLD IS A BLACK VOID. I AM ALIVE. I THINK, THEREFORE I AM.

WESLEY: This sensor pad should allow the computer to process whatever information the game sends at it.

ROBIN: Let's see what happens. It's activating the reticular formation.

BRAIN: THERE ARE OBJECTS I SEE. I AM COMPELLED TO DIRECT THEM TO THE FUNNEL. OH SUCH JOY IS THIS!

WESLEY: There's heavy synaptic activity all over the place.

ROBIN: I wonder what happens after prolonged exposure?

WESLEY: Speed up the processor and we'll find out.

BRAIN: SUCH ECSTASY, SUCH JOY. MORE. FASTER. MORE. FASTER

ROBIN: The effect seems centred around the frontal lobe.

WESLEY: Computer, enhance frontal lobe, full spectrum.

ROBIN: It's stimulating the septal area.

WESLEY: That's the pleasure centre of the brain. Whatever this thing does, it must feel pretty good.

BRAIN: LET IT NEVER END!

ROBIN: No wonder it's so popular.

WESLEY: Look at this. Serotonin levels are way off. Let's run a neurochemical analysis.

ROBIN: I'm seeing widespread bonding to neuro-receptors.

WESLEY: Correct me if I'm wrong, but this looks like a psychotropic reaction.

BRAIN: I NEED. I NEED. GIVE ME MORE!

ROBIN: Are you saying you think the game's addictive?

WESLEY: What's going on in the prefrontal cortex?

ROBIN: Doesn't that area control higher reasoning?

WESLEY: Yeah, it sure does. I'd better go talk to the Captain.

BRAIN: AND THEN THEY TURNED ME OFF. I CEASE TO EXIST. DID I HAVE A SOUL WHEN I LIVED? DO I GO TO DIGITAL HEAVEN WITH ALL THE LITTLE TOASTERS. IS THIS ALL I AM?

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=NFNhwQNsIeY

YT told me out of nowhere to watch this. What do you think? Would it land good back in the days, and would it land good today?