Kevin and Rob dodge oddly insistent questions about what it's like to kill a person in order to discuss the relative merits of "What is Starfleet?" (SNW). Inspired by this episode's "space dragon", they revisit a couple of other giant space creatures of episodes past, in "Datalore" and "Silicon Avatar" (TNG), and "Tin Man" (TNG).SNW 3×07 <a href="https://memory-alpha.fandom.com/wiki/What_Is_Starfleet%3F_(episode)">What is Starfleet?</a> Giant space creaturesTNG 1×01/02 <a href="https://memory-alpha.fandom.com/wiki/Encounter%20at%20Farpoint%20(episode)">Encounter at Farpoint</a> TNG 1×13 <a href="https://memory-alpha.fandom.com/wiki/Datalore%20(episode)">Datalore</a><a href="https://memory-alpha.fandom.com/wiki/Crystalline%20Entity">Crystalline Entity</a><a href="https://memory-alpha.fandom.com/wiki/Lore">Lore</a> TNG 5×04 <a href="https://memory-alpha.fandom.com/wiki/Silicon%20Avatar%20(episode)">Silicon Avatar</a><a href="https://memory-alpha.fandom.com/wiki/Whale%20Probe">Whale probe</a> TNG 3×20 <a href="https://memory-alpha.fandom.com/wiki/Tin%20Man%20(episode)">Tin Man</a><a href="https://memory-alpha.fandom.com/wiki/Gomtuu">Gomtuu</a> <a href="https://music.apple.com/au/album/datalore-omicron-destination-home-sweet-home/426826767?i=426826780">Ron Jones’ score for Datalore on Apple Music</a>TOS 2×19 <a href="https://memory-alpha.fandom.com/wiki/The%20Immunity%20Syndrome%20(episode)">The Immunity Syndrome</a>TOS 2×18 <a href="https://memory-alpha.fandom.com/wiki/Obsession%20(episode)">Obsession</a><ul><li>(00:00) - Episode 79: Giant Space Creatures (SNW 3×07 What is Starfleet?)</li>
<li>(00:44) - SNW 3×07 What is Starfleet?</li>
<li>(16:57) - Giant space creatures</li>
<li>(17:42) - TNG 1×13 Datalore</li>
<li>(22:43) - TNG 5×04 Silicon Avatar</li>
<li>(30:33) - TNG 3×20 Tin Man</li>
</ul> Music: <a href="https://brigittehandley.bandcamp.com/track/dist-nt-mind">Distänt Mind, Brigitte Handley</a>

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 &lt;p&gt;Kevin and Rob dodge oddly insistent questions about what it's like to kill a person in order to discuss the relative merits of "What is Starfleet?" (SNW). Inspired by this episode's "space dragon", they revisit a couple of other giant space creatures of episodes past, in "Datalore" and "Silicon Avatar" (TNG), and "Tin Man" (TNG).&lt;/p&gt;&lt;p&gt;&lt;strong&gt;SNW 3×07 &lt;/strong&gt;&lt;a href="https://memory-alpha.fandom.com/wiki/What_Is_Starfleet%3F_(episode)"&gt;&lt;strong&gt;What is Starfleet?&lt;/strong&gt;&lt;/a&gt;&lt;/p&gt;&lt;p&gt;&lt;br&gt;&lt;/p&gt;&lt;p&gt;&lt;strong&gt;Giant space creatures&lt;/strong&gt;&lt;/p&gt;&lt;p&gt;TNG 1×01/02 &lt;a href="https://memory-alpha.fandom.com/wiki/Encounter%20at%20Farpoint%20(episode)"&gt;Encounter at Farpoint&lt;/a&gt;&lt;/p&gt;&lt;p&gt;&lt;br&gt;&lt;/p&gt;&lt;p&gt;&lt;strong&gt;TNG 1×13 &lt;/strong&gt;&lt;a href="https://memory-alpha.fandom.com/wiki/Datalore%20(episode)"&gt;&lt;strong&gt;Datalore&lt;/strong&gt;&lt;/a&gt;&lt;/p&gt;&lt;p&gt;&lt;a href="https://memory-alpha.fandom.com/wiki/Crystalline%20Entity"&gt;Crystalline Entity&lt;/a&gt;&lt;/p&gt;&lt;p&gt;&lt;a href="https://memory-alpha.fandom.com/wiki/Lore"&gt;Lore&lt;/a&gt;&lt;/p&gt;&lt;p&gt;&lt;br&gt;&lt;/p&gt;&lt;p&gt;&lt;strong&gt;TNG 5×04 &lt;/strong&gt;&lt;a href="https://memory-alpha.fandom.com/wiki/Silicon%20Avatar%20(episode)"&gt;&lt;strong&gt;Silicon Avatar&lt;/strong&gt;&lt;/a&gt;&lt;/p&gt;&lt;p&gt;&lt;a href="https://memory-alpha.fandom.com/wiki/Whale%20Probe"&gt;Whale probe&lt;/a&gt;&lt;/p&gt;&lt;p&gt;&lt;br&gt;&lt;/p&gt;&lt;p&gt;&lt;strong&gt;TNG 3×20 &lt;/strong&gt;&lt;a href="https://memory-alpha.fandom.com/wiki/Tin%20Man%20(episode)"&gt;&lt;strong&gt;Tin Man&lt;/strong&gt;&lt;/a&gt;&lt;/p&gt;&lt;p&gt;&lt;a href="https://memory-alpha.fandom.com/wiki/Gomtuu"&gt;Gomtuu&lt;/a&gt;&lt;/p&gt;&lt;p&gt;&lt;br&gt;&lt;/p&gt;&lt;p&gt;&lt;a href="https://music.apple.com/au/album/datalore-omicron-destination-home-sweet-home/426826767?i=426826780"&gt;Ron Jones’ score for Datalore on Apple Music&lt;/a&gt;&lt;/p&gt;&lt;p&gt;TOS 2×19 &lt;a href="https://memory-alpha.fandom.com/wiki/The%20Immunity%20Syndrome%20(episode)"&gt;The Immunity Syndrome&lt;/a&gt;&lt;/p&gt;&lt;p&gt;TOS 2×18 &lt;a href="https://memory-alpha.fandom.com/wiki/Obsession%20(episode)"&gt;Obsession&lt;/a&gt;&lt;/p&gt;&lt;p&gt;&lt;/p&gt;&lt;ul&gt;&lt;li&gt;(00:00) - Episode 79: Giant Space Creatures (SNW 3×07 What is Starfleet?)&lt;/li&gt;
&lt;li&gt;(00:44) - SNW 3×07 What is Starfleet?&lt;/li&gt;
&lt;li&gt;(16:57) - Giant space creatures&lt;/li&gt;
&lt;li&gt;(17:42) - TNG 1×13 Datalore&lt;/li&gt;
&lt;li&gt;(22:43) - TNG 5×04 Silicon Avatar&lt;/li&gt;
&lt;li&gt;(30:33) - TNG 3×20 Tin Man&lt;/li&gt;
&lt;/ul&gt;&lt;br&gt;Music: &lt;a href="https://brigittehandley.bandcamp.com/track/dist-nt-mind"&gt;&lt;strong&gt;Distänt Mind, Brigitte Handley&lt;/strong&gt;&lt;/a&gt;
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Episode 79: Giant Space Creatures (SNW 3×07 What is Starfleet?)

Episode 79: Giant Space Creatures (SNW 3×07 What is Starfleet?)

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