#exeo

Captain Azeri Sull - I love them. Absolute spouse material, too bad I'm not a spaceship so I'm probably not their type. I'm really excited to see what kind of Captain Azeri is, and by extension, what kind of Captain Sam plays. I like the times when Azeri chose to pull rank and the times they chose to sit back and observe. Azeri already seems to be very soft for EXEO which is extremely valid and DAMN IT I am going to have to work hard if I want to stop myself from shipping it (but also why would I ever want to stop myself?) Also, I am already preemptively on board the Azeri/Aliza's Klingon Captain ship.

Commander EXEO - What a precious bean! I can already tell EXEO's character development is going to break my heart at least twice. Like WOW I really can't wait for the malfunctioning programming/holo-emmitter plots! I just know Gina is going to knock it out of the park. "Food is memories!" = my 2nd favorite line of the episode. I absolutely love the voice she's doing too, it occasionally sounds just slightly artificial, which is a great touch. I am also 100% here for Gina interacting with more pretend animals. EXEO & Theq brOTP!

Lieutenant Junior Grade Jane Lakat - Of all of the characters, Jane is the one I find most intriguing. I've seen just enough Trek to know how buck wild a Cardassian member of Star Fleet is and her "How do you know that?" line was probably my favorite from the entire episode. I want Jane's backstory VERY BADLY. I'm extremely interested to learn how much her standoffishness is due to shyness vs previous bad experiences with fellow Star Fleet members. She seems like a character that others find arrogant and I can't wait to find out how wrong or right that is. Orwell is 100% going to get into some shenanigans. Oh, and it hasn't escaped my notice that Lieutenant Junior Grade is kind of a low rank for a Chief Science Officer.

Ambassador Olyn Madzhin-Nil - I'm really into the prospect of getting a bunch of first contact storylines! I'm so excited to see that promenade in use, and see some rad diplomacy missions. I'm also really looking forward to learning more about Aki as a player. I don't know whether forgetting about some details of the intruder's message was character nerves or player nerves, but I thought it was a great touch. Also I really love that Olyn went and told the Captain about the intruder asap. Even though Eric was prompting them to tell someone about it, I can still see a world where the Ambassador didn't know who to trust and kept it to themself. I also adore Patience, and I'm really interested to get the backstory on when/why a Deltan Ambassador chose to adopt an Earth dog.

Chief Theq Lynadas - I. Love. Him. The accent, the excitability, the lack of propriety! Chief Theq is friendshaped. Holographic cookies that play memories and provide emotional resonance? What a SWEET BOY! I'm dying to know what Rogan did to get on the bad side of someone who seems to work hard at not having a bad side. Also the black shirt with yellow trim looked great with Xander's blue hair! What a Look. Xander seems so comfortable with the character already, and I'm really excited to learn more about him! And I am HERE for more vaguely ominous interactions with Jane!

Lieutenant Commander M'qrell - I can't wait to meet her next episode! But even without meeting her, I'm excited for that thing that Bonnie is so good at doing where she has these huge character secrets that she doesn't reveal to the audience for AGES but allows to inform her character choices. Occasionally frustrating when a character makes choices you don't understand, but really rewarding when the pieces fall into place. And SO fun when you rewatch the whole show!

Lieutenant Commander Yeri Prahl - Star Fleet is Very Serious Business and nobody knows that better than Yeri. I'm anticipating some tension between the Chief of Security and the Captain. I don't know if Eric will take it fully in this direction, but I'm intrigued by the idea of having a member of Senior Staff who does his duty but doesn't really care for the Captain. We'll see if he gets on board with Azeri's management style after some time to adjust.

COMMANDER!