Star Trek: Picard Bringing Queer Fun Times, Romulan Warlords to Audio

Star Trek: Picard’s largely confounding season one finale included a tiny step ahead within the wider franchise’s method to queer characters when it allowed Michelle Hurd and Jeri Ryan’s Raffi and Seven to… properly, maintain arms. Look, child steps! Anyway, whereas we’re unsure what season two may have in retailer for them, we now know at the least issues are about to get a complete lot queerer in a brand new audio drama.

As revealed on StarTrek.com right this moment, Simon & Schuster is publishing a brand new audio drama starring Hurd and Ryan referred to as Star Trek: Picard – No Man’s Land. A full-cast audio drama written by Picard co-creator Kirsten Beyer and lengthytime Trek comics scribe Mike Johnson, No Man’s Land is about instantly after the conclusion of the primary season of Picard. Taking a while away from Jean-Luc’s newfound crew aboard La Sirena, No Man’s Land sees Raffi and Seven calm down for a staycation at Raffi’s hideaway on Earth, solely to seek out peace interrupted when a Fenris Ranger request thrusts the 2 right into a aid mission on a far-flung planet. With information of a Romulan warlord’s makes an attempt to seek out a mysterious scientist who owns an equally mysterious infinity loop talisman, it’s as much as the 2 of them to assist get everybody out alive.

Plus, additionally, be queer! StarTrek.com says No Man’s Land will see Raffi and Seven “take tentative steps to explore the attraction depicted in the final moments of Picard season one.” Which is an efficient factor, as a result of leaning on a blink-and-you’ll-miss-it hand-hold within the background as your sole queer illustration on a up to date Star Trek present in 2022 is, properly, not precisely boldly going as of late. Star Trek has gotten so significantly better about bringing queer tales, characters, and expertise throughout the LGBTQ+ neighborhood to the fore currently, and Picard must be no exception. Hopefully past what occurs in No Man’s Land, we’ll additionally get to see Seven and Raffi discover their reference to one another on-screen when the sequence returns this yr, as properly!

Star Trek: Picard – No Man’s Land, which additionally stars Fred Tatasciore, John Kassir, John Cutmore-Scott, and extra, is about to launch on February 22.

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