Star Trek: Picard
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Kore Soong , one of the breakout stars ofStar Trek : Picard , has returned to the enfranchisement … as a villain . When fans last see Kore , she was inscribe by Wesley Crusher to join the occult Travelers . Now , inStar Trek#20,Sisko and the crew of theTheseushave genuinely hold up where no one has give out before , and the Travelers – and Kore , are not glad about it .
Star Trek#20 is written by Jackson Lanzing and Collin Kelly and reap by Megan Levens . Thanks to the efforts of T’Lir and Mister Scott , theTheseushas dawn the Galactic Barrier , and entered the Pleroma . After adjusting to their surroundings , the ship receives a transmission . Kore Soong look on - screen , representing the “ Aegis , ” or the bosses of the Travelers . Kore informs Sisko that she was once human too , but this is not a berth for them . She informs them that they can not stay , nor disseminate the engineering science that got them there .
Finally , she ominously declares they will be “ umade . ”
Kore Soong Has Ties to aStar TrekIcon
The Soong Dynasty Is Still Having an Impact on theStar TrekTimeline
The Soong family has had a major impact on theStar Trekuniverse , and not all of it dependable .
Introduced during time of year two ofStar Trek : Picard , and played by actress Isa Briones , Kore Soong was the clone daughter of Adam Soong . The Soong family has had a major wallop on theStar Trekuniverse , and not all of it good . Chronologically , Kore ’s Church Father Adam , is the first member fans meet . Living in the twenty-first century , and model after the technical school giants of today , Adam Soong was a ruthless concern person and scientist , keen on creating the perfect human . Kore was the end result of his experiment .
Except for Kore , every member of the Soong family has been played by Brent Spiner .
In time of year two ofPicard , the gang travel back to the twenty-first 100 , where Adam is trying to prevent the launching of the Europa Mission . His scheme are foil by Picard and company , and at season ’s end , Soong ’s funding for his genetic experiments is pulled . However , the time of year powerfully connote that Soong would be behind the wage increase of Khan , the genetically organize autocrat responsible for the Eugenics Wars . Other member of the Soong dynasty include Arik , who live in the mid-22nd century and continued his ancestor ’s fascination with genetics . Adam was an root of Noonian Soong , Data ’s inventor .
The Travelers Are A Powerful, and Mysterious,Star TrekGroup
The Travelers Ensure theStar TrekUniverse Keeps Flowing Smoothly
Kore was confronted with the truth of her creation , and rebelled against her father . In thePicardseason two finale , “ Farewell , ” Kore leaves Earth , and our plane of existence . She was recruit by Wesley Crusher to fall in the Travelers , and she leap at the chance . When Wesley approached Kore , she was doubt herself , having just determine she was the next in a foresightful line of genetic experiments . Wesley say Kore her gifts were better suited to being a Traveler , and while he did not promise her safety , it would still be the experience of a lifetime .
The first Traveler fans meet is played by Eric Menyuk , and he would seem in three episodes ofStar Trek : The Next Generation
The Travelers remain an enigma in theStar Trekuniverse . Capable of travel through time and space , the nearest pop culture doctrine of analogy would beDoctor Who’sTIme Lords . The Travelers were introduced in the first seasonNext Generationepisode “ Where No One Has Gone Before , ” in which they showed a vested interest in Wesley Crusher . At the time , it was believed the entity Wesley befriended in that episode was called " the Traveler . " Later , in the seventh time of year sequence “ Journey ’s End , ” it was revealed they were an total organization , and Wesley left everything behind to join them .
Season two ofPicardrevealed more about the Travelers , connecting them to the “ Supervisors ” bring in in the Original Series . In the episode " Assignment : Earth , " Kirk and theEnterprisetravel back to 1968 , where they encounter Gary Seven , who identifies himself as a " Supervisor . " He tell Kirk he has been sent by a mysterious agency to help guide on Earth ’s development . Seven was not seen again , but the thought of the Supervisors was picked up inPicard’ssecond season , which touch base them with the Travelers . The two radical work in conjunction to keep the creation function .
Star TrekFans Have Met the Aegis Previously
The Aegis Is Cold and Ruthless, and It Has Rubbed Off on Kore
Lanzing and Kelly , the writers ofStar Trek , used the Aegis , the Travelers and the Supervisors during their epicYear Fiverun . They unwrap the Aegis , who remained unseen , was harsh and demanding bosses . While they remain a enigma , it is known the Aegis abducts species from across the beetleweed . The Aegis then use them as pawns in their plans , send off them throughout the galaxy . The Aegis also performed genetic experiments on their agent . Star Trek : yr Fiveshowed Gary Seven ’s beginning : he was live a normal life until his lord summon him . Subjecting him to a stamp battery of experiment , they then send Seven to Earth .
Although Seven was portray as a good cat in " Assignment : Earth,“Star Trek : yr Fiverepurposed him , and his boss , as baddie . Seven actively tries to undermine the last days of Kirk ’s mission , but he at last rise up against the Aegis . The series ends with Doctor McCoy attempting to undo the genetic conditioning the Aegis performed on Seven . Lanzing and Kelly took a far more dense view of the Aegis , one that may not at first colloidal gel with their enactment on - CRT screen . However , so much about the Aegis , the Travlers and the Supervisors remains unknown .
Has Kore Soong Become a NewStar TrekVillain?
Or Will She Join Gary Seven in Rebelling Against Her Overlords?
Kore Soong is just the courier , but the one she convey to Sisko is a grave one . She does not define what “ being unmade ” means , but it does not fathom pleasant . The Travelers , with their instruction over space and meter , are capable of unmaking someone . With such power at their disposal , there is a risk they could lose their empathy and see themselves as " above " other radical . Whether Kore has internalise this remains to be experience , but if she has , the Soong bequest of iniquity will stretch on . InPicard’sseason finale , Kore leave alone to embark on a great risky venture , but as seen in this issue , it has stripped her of her humanity .
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