Starship Excelsior 
Silver Age Audio; Series (Drama) — St. Paul, MN
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Embark on a journey of imagination and the human spirit with the crew of the Starship Excelsior as it flits between the stars of Gene Roddenberry's Star Trek universe. Exploring new life and new civilizations, she and her crew help chart the paths of the human experience and along the way, they are party to triumph and tragedy, choice and consequence, friends and jokes and snowball fights.
News, Reviews, & Links
Interview with creator James Heaney (The Limey Frog) (Part 1): http://thelimeyfrog.com/interview-james-heaney-of-star-trek-excelsior-part-1/ (28 Nov 2015)
Interview with creator James Heaney (The Limey Frog) (Part 2): http://thelimeyfrog.com/interview-james-heaney-of-star-trek-excelsior-part-2/ (29 Nov 2015)
Episodes
There You Are
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Season 1 100 — 01hr 11min 24sec — 28 September 2007
Refit crews apply upgrades and run diagnostics as the USS Excelsior's crew arrives for its first mission to Valendria, which is a cover for a secret operation.
Listen to this from the production website: http://www.starshipexcelsior.com/episodes/#shorts
Released on YouTube as an animation/video comic: https://youtu.be/z5XzSTOBviE
An audio commentary on this original pilot which is now in the 'Other Specials' section of their website. James Heaney and Mike Hennessy talk for an hour while listening to what they call, "this weird piece of Excelsior history!": https://starshipexcelsior.com/episodes/#behindscenes (09 Nov 2019)
The Valandrian Expedition
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Season 1 101 — 33min 48sec — 05 December 2007
A third-contact mission to open diplomatic relations puts the Excelsior and her untested crew at the center of Valendria's civil war. Cortez learns of a mysterious Oracle which has predicted that their arrival would endanger Valandria.
Turns of Events
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Season 1 102 — 45min 19sec — 25 January 2008
The Prime Directive enters play as the crew of the damaged Excelsior struggles to rescue the heavily-wounded Captain Cortez and her party. With Cortez in an artificial coma, Dovan assumes emergency command.
Debugging Entry
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Season 1 S1EA — 02min 34sec — 01 April 2008
April Fool's Day riff on the All Your Base-meme.
Wildfire
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Season 1 103 — 44min 39sec — 05 April 2008
As a telepathically-induced infection known as The Wasting sweeps the ship, civil war continues on the planet below. Dovan invokes a medical quarantine in an attempt to get the crew home alive.
Down the Rabbit Hole
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Season 1 104 — 01hr 38min 17sec — 12 July 2008
The longest day in the Excelsior's eventful history is finally coming to an end.
The First Two Deaths
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Season 2 201 — 42min 20sec — 05 October 2008
As the Excelsior heads towards home, what remains of the crew is soon drawn into events that are far beyond the ken of Acting Captain Dovan.
First episode of Season 2: MURDER IN THE BLUE MORGUE
The Investigation
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Season 2 202 — 50min 29sec — 04 January 2009
Following the explosion on board the Sizemore, Lorhrok reveals to Acting Captain Dovan that Leo Amara's death was no accident. (50:25)
Her Hardest Hue To Hold
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Season 2 203 — 50min 37sec — 29 March 2009
Rol and Lorhrok reassemble the data chip while Yubari plans her escape from the Renegade. Captain Cortez wakes up, and Dovan is appointed captain. (50:36)
The Manchurian Officer
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Season 2 204 — 38min 39sec — 01 July 2009
General Isaac Brahms is imprisoned on the Excelsior's brig and under interrogation. (38:38)
The Line
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Season 2 S2EA — 51min 50sec — 10 September 2009
An operatic, April Fool's Day special featuring eight original songs. (51:49) In addition, there is a Complete Soundtrack, "The Producers Sing!" and a note regarding the canon and lyrics
Golden Things
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Season 2 205 — 34min 33sec — 24 October 2009
General Brahms makes a break for freedom, aided by someone on the Excelsior. (34:32)
No One Gets Out Alive
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Season 2 S2EB — 01hr 04min 29sec — 26 December 2009
A Boxing Day standalone episode—not in series continuity—in which the crew confronts pain, and discover things about themselves that they would rather not have known. (1:04:29). A planned animation project based on "No One Gets Out Alive" was started but never got past a promo video which is still available on Youtube, here.
Released on YouTube as an animation/video comic: https://youtu.be/-ADMFu0Rz-Q
Every Good Captain Has Admiral Issues
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Season 3 301 — 01hr 16min 09sec — 19 March 2010
As Captain Dovan and Admiral Parker work through a disagreement, the disgraced former captain of the Excelsior, Joshua Underwood, returns to the ship as a diplomat. (1:16:09)
First episode of Season 3: THE SWORD OF DAMOCLES. Ever wonder what happened to those nasty parasites from TNG's 1st season episode, "Conspiracy?" Here's your answer!
The Pursuit
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Season 3 302 — 01hr 12min 17sec — 09 May 2010
As the Excelsior pursues the SS Anbar, Underwood chases Dovan, while someone is chasing the Excelsior.
Sunset
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Season 3 S3EA — 01hr 40min 03sec — 07 August 2010
This April' Fool's Day special provides background information through the "final" episode of a series called Star Trek: Anbar.
Safeties Off
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Season 3 S3EB — 05min 22sec — 08 September 2010
On the way to Anbar the Excelsior's crew relaxes on the holodeck - a vignette recorded live, with all voice actors in the same place at the same time. (5:22)
The Wreck in the Hesperus
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Season 3 303 — 35min 29sec — 20 October 2010
The crew of the SS Anbar struggles to survive after passing through the Galactic Barrier to the Milky Way. Meanwhile, a parasite pursues Excelsior's crew. (35:28)
The Infestation
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Season 3 304 — 52min 58sec — 26 December 2010
Dr Sharp wrestles the parasite for control of her body, which is to be used for an assassination attempt. (52:58)
Trust, But Verify
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Season 3 305 — 53min 48sec — 06 February 2011
Dovan fights for his life while the Excelsior battles an ion storm to rescue an away party on the Anbar in an alliance with Brahms and Rol. (53:48)
Swordplay: A Recap (A Sword of Damocles Preview Event)
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Season 3 3D — 54min 29sec — 01 April 2011
A special, 'Swordplay: A Recap' was released to allow people who do not wish to listen from the beginning of the series to catch up and to clarify important plot points in Season Three. (54:29)
The Man from Syracuse
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Season 3 306 — 01hr 26min 33sec — 01 June 2011
General Brahms is sorry because he is going to give an explanation which he had hoped to spare his listeners. (1:26:33)
Ozymandias
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Season 3 307 — 01hr 17min 01sec — 26 December 2011
The Excelsior must destroy two Bluegill battle cruisers before they return to base, or unleash the horror of the Borg-Bluegill war on an unsuspecting galaxy. (1:17:00)
Five-Minute The Excelsior Returns
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Season 3 3E — 24min 49sec — 01 April 2012
An April Fool's Day special which recaps the first season. (24:28)
What Happened on Gevinon Prime
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Season 3 308 — 01hr 04min 02sec — 08 July 2012
As the Excelsior crew hides in a gas cloud surrounded by the enemy and prepares their most audacious plan, the Away Team struggles to stay alive on Gevinon Prime. (1:04:02)
The Graceful End
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Season 3 309 — 02hr 28min 22sec — 12 July 2013
On January 25, 2343 at 0400 hours, Zero Hour arrives.
Picking up the Pieces
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Season 4 401 — 01hr 17min 21sec — 17 January 2014
The Excelsior detects subspace nodules which appear to attack the ship. Don't listen to this episode until you've heard Season 3. (77:21)
First episode of Season 4: EX ASTRIS MIRIFICENTIA ...
One More Piece: Home and Dry
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Season 4 4A — 04min 11sec — 15 September 2014
A vignette that sets the stage for the season. (4:11)
Guards, GET THEM!
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Season 4 402 — 01hr 27min 26sec — 29 November 2014
Orbiting Mantua, the Excelsior 's crew is curious about a suspiciously powerful energy field that is being emitted from the medieval planet, ravaged by a plague. This episode is a great entry point for new listeners. (87:00)
At Death's Door
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Season 4 403 — 01hr 20min 19sec — 26 December 2014
Attempting to escape a null-particle shockwave, the Excelsior's crew is faced with the ultimate foe. (80:00)
Only Murder
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Season 4 404 — 01hr 16min 51sec — 01 July 2015
A Day In The Park
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Season 4 405 — 01hr 17min 39sec — 19 November 2015
Meeting Minutes
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Season 4 406 — 40min 32sec — 01 May 2016
Fear Itself
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Season 4 407 — 01hr 22min 26sec — 23 June 2016
The Mapstone
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Season 4 408 — 01hr 13min 47sec — 26 August 2016
The Excelsior scours the galaxy seeking an Iconian artifact said to lead to a treasure trove that could save the Federation.
Direct Download (High Quality): http://starshipexcelsior.com/download/forceDownload.php?file_id=88
Direct Download (Low Quality): http://starshipexcelsior.com/download/forceDownload.php?file_id=89
iTunes: http://itunes.apple.com/WebObjects/MZStore.woa/wa/viewPodcast?id=301405577
Google Play: https://play.google.com/music/listen?u=0#/ps/Ixz25hyl2excirorsdxsvryg2gm
Tomorrow's Excelsior
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Season 4 409 — 01hr 40min 44sec — 08 September 2016
Five decades after the U.S.S. Enterprise‘s five-year mission, the Starship Excelsior, NCC-2000, is patrolling the Romulan Neutral Zone, her crew in mourning after a devastating loss. When the Excelsior receives an impossible distress call, from a ship claiming to be the Starship Excelsior, NCC-2000-C, her legendary crew is drawn into a crisis that threatens the galaxy — past, present, and future!
Listen to this from the production website: http://starshipexcelsior.com/episodes/
Listen to this from iTunes: http://itunes.apple.com/WebObjects/MZStore.woa/wa/viewPodcast?id=301405577
Listen to this from Google Play: https://play.google.com/music/listen?u=0#/ps/Ixz25hyl2excirorsdxsvryg2gm
This 50th Anniversary special episode starred Walter Koenig and Nichelle Nichols as Captains Uhura and Chekov, and featured a number of Star Trek alumni in various roles.
"Starship Excelsior Fiftieth Anniversary Show" on TrekToday: http://www.trektoday.com/content/2016/09/starship-excelsior-fiftieth-anniversary-show/ (16 Sep 2016)
And Miles To Go Before I Sleep
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Season 5 501 — 01hr 03min 30sec — 31 August 2017
First episode of Season 5
Relief Operation DIV-1096
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Season 5 502 — 14min 29sec — 26 December 2017
I.O.U.
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Season 5 503 — 06min 52sec — 11 May 2018
E.U.L.A.
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Season 5 504 — 49min 33sec — 15 September 2018
Better Angels
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Season 5 505 — 55min 21sec — 26 December 2018
Dovan's attempts to save Neshent lands Neeva and Kestra in hot water! (Oh, sorry, that's another human idiom.) The exciting conclusion to the story we started in September... and Happy Boxing Day!
Listen to this from the production website: http://starshipexcelsior.com/episodes/
Lost In Trillslation
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Season 5 506 — 11min 00sec — 14 February 2019
An audio vignette
Listen to this from the production website: https://starshipexcelsior.com/episodes/#s5
Cover graphics by Dorrie Lemaster.
Fast Friends
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Season 5 507 — 23min 00sec — 02 November 2019
Starship Excelsior breaks it's long episode drought with a full episode penned by cast member Larry Phelan
Listen to this from the production website: https://starshipexcelsior.com/episodes/#s5
The Committee Archives
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Season 5 508 — 12min 22sec — 26 December 2019
A year of windows into the day-to-day life of the Committee to Save the Galaxy -- Parker, Cox, Underwood, Masterson, and the suspicious Captain Kel -- as they try to preserve the Sword of Damocles aboard the Starship Voltaire. (The Round Table, Side Project)
Download & stream from the website: https://starshipexcelsior.com/episodes/#s5
All Men Lie
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Season 5 509 — 14min 46sec — 14 February 2020
First Officer Lorhrok's throwing another of his secret parties, and you're invited!
Listen to this from the production website:: https://starshipexcelsior.com
A vignette written "by fan Alexandra Whitley who quickly joined the production staff, and, by the time all was said and done, ended up leading post-production on her own episode!"
Assignment: Universe: Nurturing Life
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Season 5 510 — 01hr 05min 58sec — 03 April 2020
Centaurus Foods is home of the most beloved baby-food brands in the League of Forty Systems. So why do its employees keep disappearing?
Listen to this from the production website: https://starshipexcelsior.com/episodes/#s5
First announced on April Fools Day, this surprised everyone by being a very real "Assignment: Earth" fan production. There are currently no plans to continue this as a series.
Shakedown
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Season 5 511 — 17min 58sec — 01 June 2020
The latest episode, a vignette by Michael Blais, is a prequel set four years before the Excelsior's first mission to Valandria in "There You Are".
Listen to this from the production website: https://starshipexcelsior.com/episodes/#s5
Listen
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Season S05 512 — 01hr 24min 54sec — 02 October 2020
Communication is the exchange of information, but what if you *are* message?
Listen to this from the production website: https://starshipexcelsior.com/episodes/#s5
Written by Colin Hayman.
Excelsior Biographies: Alcar Dovan
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Season S05 Bio3 — 25min 48sec — 26 December 2020
Excelsior's 2020 Boxing Day Special is the story of Alcar Dovan prior to his assignment to the Excelsior. As with most of our episodes on the Feast of Stephen, it's not a full episode, just the third installment of our eight-year-old "Excelsior Biographies" miniseries.
Listen on the Excelsior website: https://starshipexcelsior.com/episodes/
...And Bear Witness
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Season S05 513 — 01hr 19min 42sec — 24 March 2021
In the season finale: Dovan is no stranger to trouble but has he reached the end of the line?
Listen on the Excelsior website: https://starshipexcelsior.com/episodes/
Wires and Lights in a Box
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Season S06 01 — 01hr 16min 36sec — 26 August 2021
Two very different ships are converging on Parudon Six. Why?
Listen to this from the production website: https://starshipexcelsior.com/episodes/singleEpisode.php?value=6A
This premiere episode of Season 6, 'The Odyssey', was written by Aaron J. Bossig.
Dream of Disembodiment
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Season S06 02 — 23min 18sec — 26 December 2021
Triassa shows Janath the Mindhome -- and how a certain species came to final woe.
Listen to this from the production website: https://starshipexcelsior.com/episodes/singleEpisode.php?value=6B
The Fall of Kinjalis Part I
Dream of Disobedience
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Season S06 03 — 18min 58sec — 18 January 2022
Two objectors to the Zero way of life face trial for incitement.
Listen to this from the production website: https://starshipexcelsior.com/episodes/singleEpisode.php?value=6C
The Fall of Kinjalis Part II
Bound to the Starless Midnight
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Season S06 04 — 01hr 45min 06sec — 30 June 2022
They say that Romulus was born in fire. But they were wrong. Romulus was born... in silence.
Listen to this from the production website: https://starshipexcelsior.com/episodes/singleEpisode.php?value=6D
The Odyssey, Episode II. "Starship Excelsior is proud to announce the release of its 53rd episode, I almost want to call this an audio movie, instead of an episode, because "Bound to the Starless" has such a sweeping, galactic scope."
The Unpardonable Sin
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Season S06 05 — 29min 16sec — 27 October 2022
First, cast out the plank from your own eye.
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The Odyssey Episode III
Saudade
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Season S06 06 — 54min 38sec — 20 May 2023
The ship: critically damaged. The date: very, very wrong.
Listen to this from the production website: https://starshipexcelsior.com/episodes/singleEpisode.php?value=6F
The Fire In Which We Burn
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Season S06 07 — 01hr 00min 12sec — 18 September 2023
The hour-long conclusion to the storyline started last episode in ‘Saudade’
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Afters
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Season S06 08 — 14min 50sec — 26 December 2023
Thanks to some heroic last-minute efforts, the tradition of releasing a vignette on the day after Christmas has resumed!
Listen to this from the production website: https://starshipexcelsior.com/episodes
The Witness
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Season S06 09 — 01hr 22min 31sec — 24 July 2024
Why are the Orion Syndicate afraid of a twelve year old boy?
Listen to this from the production website: https://starshipexcelsior.com/episodes