Starship Farragut

Starship Farragut is a Science Fiction Web Originals series based on Star Trek created by Gene Roddenberry.

Developed by John Broughton and Paul R. Sieber - who also play Captain John T. Carter and Security Officer Lt. Henry Prescott, respectively - the series follows the adventures of the crew of the Starship Farragut during the wild and woolly days of The Federation of the Original series era.

A new live-action episode, The Price Of Anything, is due for release in October 2012.

To date the following live-action episodes have been released:

• The Captaincy
• For Want of a Nail

Starship Farragut: the Animated Episodes:

• Power Source
• The Needs of the Many

Two shorter eps called "Crew Logs":

• A Rock and a Hard Place
• Just Passing Through.

Tropes used in Starship Farragut include:

• All Planets Are Earthlike
• Badass Damsel: Don't mess with geologist Angela Bishop - you'll get a rock aimed at your head, or end up disintegrated with a phaser.
• The Cameo: the crew of Star Trek: Phase II show up in "The Captaincy".
• The Captain: Captain John T. "Jack" Carter.
• Captain's Log: Duh - it's Star Trek.
• Cool Starship: the Farragut. Also, The Enterprise.
• The Danza: Commodore Broughton in the episode "The Captaincy" is played by John Broughton Sr.
• Energy Weapon
• Explosions in Space
• Flawed Prototype: the Klingon weapon is easily taken out out by a phaser set to overload.
• Getting Crap Past the Radar: Carter to Bishop - I've never seen a woman so excited about rocks!"
• Good Old Fisticuffs: And how.
• Klingon Scientists Get No Respect: Averted. the Klingons are very eager to get more Unobtainium for their new weapon.
• Moment Killer: In A Rock and a Hard Place, Carter and visiting geologist (and old flame) Angela Bishop get interrupted by attacking Klingons.
• Never Bring a Knife to A Fist Fight
• Real Life Relative: John Broughton Sr., who plays Commodore Broughton, is the father of actor/executive producer John Broughton.
  • And Communications Officer Alissa Moretti is played by his wife Tonya Bacon.
  • XO Robert Tacket is played by Michael Bednar and Lt. Commander Smithfield is played by Holly Bednar.
• Red Shirt: Averted. For a change, the typical redshirt Security guards are actually useful.
• Scenery Porn: the title sequence.
• Shout-Out: to the scene in TOS episode "Charlie X" where Kirk wrestles with his security chief. Although, we never see Carter and Prescott wrestle.
• Time Travel
• Tomboyish Name: Lt. Commander Michelle Smithfield is always called "Mike".
• Whole-Episode Flashback: "Just Passing Through".
• Would Hit a Girl: Lt. Commander Smithfield gets knocked out by a Klingon. She gets him back, though.