About this episode

The episode discusses Spock's dire situation and the involvement of Orion pirates in a unique storyline from The Animated Series.

Spock is dying and the only cure is in the hands of Orion pirates willing to blow up an asteroid to protect their neutrality. Dom Bettinelli, Jimmy Akin, and Fr. Jason Tyler on the TAS episode written by a 19-year-old. The post The Pirates of Orion (TAS) appeared first on StarQuest Media .

People in this episode

Host: Dom Bettinelli

Guests: Jimmy Akin, Fr. Jason Tyler

Topics covered

• Star Trek
• The Animated Series
• Orion pirates
• Spock
• asteroid
• neutrality

Keywords

• Spock
• Orion pirates
• asteroid
• The Animated Series
• Star Trek
• Dom Bettinelli
• Jimmy Akin
• Fr. Jason Tyler

Mentioned in this episode

Organizations: StarQuest Media

Books & works: The Pirates of Orion, TAS

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