Second Officer Slog

We’re back at the end of the year with one short episode about two short episodes of Star Trek trying to sell you on keeping your CBS All Access account going during the lean months where there is no Star Trek. They did not succeed, but we’re going to talk about the shorts anyway, giving them the good old Star Trek critique like anything else. Please join us in this short, silly episode! If you wo...

It’s all been building to this! The final chapter of this first ten book arc of the DS9 relaunch crashes home as all the threads of story collide in this … ending? Will Bajor enter the Federation? Will the Parasite threat destroy all our heroes have built? Will Quark and Ro Laren ever actually communicate? And most importantly, will Ben Sisko return? All this and more as we close this chapter and...

We’re back again for the second adventure into the world of Klingons as Martok rebuffs an attempted coup and we get deep into Worf’s efforts to properly educate the youths of space. If you would like to get exclusive podcasts, writing, or even help create an episode of this show, please visit patreon.com/abnormalmapping to support us and find out how! Send any questions or comments about this or a...

The Dominion War is over, but the rhythms of war will never be purged from the Klingon heart! Join us as we return to the decade of Klingon politics as we watch the rise of Gowron, the challenge of the Duras, and the arrival of Martok onto the stage of history. Bat’leth will bleed as we toast to all those who cross Worf and find themselves in Sto-Vo-Kor for their troubles. Join us in a song for th...

We take a break from Star Trek for a duo of media inspired by Trek and taking it on as a sort of meta-parody with one of the best Star Trek movies and a well-regarded Trek-adjacent book! What happens when people comment on Star Trek? Does anyone actually try to critique the world of Star Trek or does it just become about television production? We will never give up and never surrender as we tackle...

It's been six months of DS9 relaunch. New friends have been made, tragedies have struck, and through it all Ezri and Bashir are still together. Let's put all of that aside for today as we follow one confused boy and his misadventures as Jake Sisko heads into the wormhole in search to the prophecy of B'Hala and maybe something more! Please send any questions or comments to podcast@abnormalmapping.c...

After a long, long absence we have returned to the world of the Deep Space Nine relaunch, but before we can tackle the final stretch of the first arc, we must step back and read a little book called: The Lives of Dax. Nine short stories for every Dax host, we talk a lot this episode about the weird mess that is The Trill. It's good to be back with Star Trek. We are, as always, a Patreon supported...

The Second Officers (that's us, we're workshopping it) return for a new episode of your favourite Star Trek podcast! The stresses on our schedule are starting to clear, and so we've read the latest Discovery book for you all. It was, tragically, not a great note to come back on. But between that and Jackson's first exposure to the animated series, we spun it into an excellent 1 hour and 15 minutes...

There's a mistake in the timeline! We ditch our book and episodes for a month due to scheduling and instead turn our eyes to a little, forgotten corner of Star Trek lore. Once upon a time, a man named J J Abrams was given the keys to make a new vision of Star Trek. What we got wasn't exactly fresh, nor was it particilarly visionary, which means we get to enjoy tearing it apart! Join us, as we bold...

James Kirk is dead (again), until he isn't. He's wishing he could see Spock (again), until he does. He's at cross purposes with Picard (again), until they aren't. The more things change, the more they stay the same was we wrap up the third book in the first Shatnerverse trilogy. We return to Chal, talk about the failures of the Federation, and reflect on just how arrogant Vulcans are as we wrap up...

James Kirk is dead. Once, on the Enterprise-B, sacrificing himself to save a ship of strangers. Twice, on Veridian III, giving his life to save a planet of unknown aliens. And now? Well ... there are always possibilities, especially when the actor playing you is both wildly infamously egotistical and knows how to write books. Thus, The Return, William Shatner's second foray into writing the furthe...

The finale of Discovery is here! We talk about the very final episode of Star Trek's return to television (on the internet), and after a season of ups and downs it all comes down to one question: will they stick the landing? Yes. Yes they absolutely do. Spoilers.

The USS Discovery is back in the Prime universe, and the war has gone very badly. What beacon of hope can we turn to in these moments of peril? Surely not the leader of the evil space fascists. That wouldn't make sense. No sir. But here, in the penultimate episode, all sorts of bullshit will go down as we scream into the ending of this, the first season of Star Trek in over a decade. 

It's a bit of a down week here in Second Officer Slog but we're still bringing Star Trek Discovery takes to the people. Last time, we were wrong about literally everything that it is possible to be wrong about, and this time the possibility space closes up and we watch everyone punch each other.

The Mirror Universe spins off in complicated directions as we ponder the possibilities of existence and Em tries very hard to not say that Kelpians probably taste delicious. A lot happens as we begin to head to the end of this season! 

Second Officer Slog makes a glorious return as we begin the epic journey that is The Shatnerverse. In this month's book we deal with Kirk's Horny Middle Aged Crisis and greatly relish in the thinly veiled metaphor it all is for the difficulty of being William Shatner. It's a really good podcast and it's spoiler free for DS9 and most important Star Trek so if you've been cautious about listening th...

In this week's Discovery, everything happens at once , and in this raucous episode of SOS, we stumble upon some of the most troubling deep lore possibilities yet. Here's the IGN article we talked about this week!

It is a turbulent time for Abnormal Mapping, but we just had to talk about the latest Star Trek: Discovery. It's a fucking stealth sequel to an episode of Enterprise, it could not possibly be more atop its bullshit if it tried, come on in and enjoy the return of everyone's favourite show. Here's the buzzfeed article that we referenced in this episode. And here's the GoFundMe if you want to help ou...

Second Officer Slog, December 2017, we're here at the very beginning of Star Trek to talk about both the pilot that started it all and the latest book about the very latest Trek. Vulcan nonsense, the aesthetics of the pre-Kirk Enterprise, and the politics of the Federation in the 23rd Century take the stage in this big episode about just how much we enjoy what Discovery has done to change the teno...

We're here at the end of all things, where the Pahvans misstepped and made a terrible mistake, where the Discovery makes a daring gambit to take the next step forward, and we all boldly go for one last time in 2017 as the first half of the season comes to a dramatic conclusion. Join us for "Into the Forest I Go", and thoughts from listeners on what they've enjoyed from Discovery so far. Support th...

Hello friends, and welcome back to our continuing Discovery coverage. Today we talk about "Si Vis Pacem, Para Bellum," the penultimate episode of the fall half of this season. The table is set and Saru gets owned as we wonder about Cornwell and talk about how nice it is to have Trek book sensibilities on a show like this. Please support us on patreon.com/abnormalmapping if you can!

Discovery barrels through the first half of the season but we still have books to read, and this week we complete our journey through the Mission Gamma series! It is one of the most wild books we have read in sheer terms of holy shit moments per page, and specifically tuned to the stuff we love about Trek. It is a very, very good time. This episode was brought to you by our patrons. To support our...

Hello everyone! Welcome back to our Discovery recaps! We're here to talk about episode 7, "Magic to Make the Sanest Man Go Mad", and deviate into our thoughts on Tilly, Mudd in DIS versus ToS, our hopes for the show, and the Ash Tyler problem. It's a good show, even if we're very punchy from recording our Book Club right before (which will be up next week). Please support us on patreon.com/abnorma...

We go on for ages about this week's Discovery, which is the most deep lore nonsense for episode six of a brand new star trek show! Sarek's Brain! Lorca's Scars! Klingon Spies! It's all kicking off, and we're just along for the ride.

We're back for another journey down Discovery lane, as we reach a conclusion to the Tardigrade saga, open a door into possibilities dark and mysterious, and contemplate a real speed bump in the timeline of the show we've been presented with so far. Please enjoy this talk of Discover episode 5, "Choose Your Pain"