Uhura Squad! Maybe they can save Paramount+!
Previously on Midlife Crisis Crossover:
Creation Entertainment, one of America’s longest-running convention companies, runs an annual Star Trek gala in Las Vegas that invites scores of Trek cast and crew members to mingle with fans at Vegas prices and at a considerable remove from more than a few states. As a sort of outreach to us faraway fans, in 2024 Creation has launched a “Trek Tour” comprising much smaller versions of that vaunted Vegas show on the other side of the Rockies. This past weekend it was Chicago’s turn. The location was convenient and the guest lineup included so many missing names on Anne’s Trek-actor checklist, we did something we haven’t done in ages: we attended all three days, from the opening minutes Friday morning to the very end of the final panel Sunday night…
Before we get into the anecdotes and panel rundowns, fandom law requires us to post costume photos ASAP. Please enjoy this modest collection of cosplayers who brightened our weekend around the show floor. We regret we can only represent some of the total cosplay wonderment that was on display throughout the weekend. We’re just an aging couple doing what we can for happy sharing fun. Enjoy! Corrections welcome for those we misidentified!
Kai Ken! Bringing Bajoran faith to Barbieland.
D’Vana Tendi from Lower Decks and fellow crew.
Tendi in an Enterprise uniform-themed dress, Captain Janeway and Commander Chakotay.
Lt. Commander Billups with his royal accessories from the most NSFW Lower Decks episode, “Where Pleasant Fountains Lie”.
Christine Chapel and Spock from Strange New Worlds.
Geordi LaForge and crewmen across other series, one wielding a Trident Scanner (f.k.a. the Ray Generator Tool).
Borg!
Borgpool!
Ensign Lucy Ricardo (nice nod to the original series’ producers at Desilu)…
…carrying a bottle of Vitameatdilithium. Tastes like space candy!
Zefram Cochrane from First Contact.
Fenris Ranger Annika Hansen from Picard season 1.
Mark Twain from the Next Generation two-parter “Time’s Arrow”.
Sherlock Holmes and Dr. Watson technically from the Next Generation episode “Elementary, Dear Data”.
Worf, Picard, Data and LeForge trapped in Merry Men costumes in “Qpid”.
Captain Data sailing the holodeck seas at the beginning of Generations.
Katie Nickolaou, a meteorologist at WLNS in Lansing, won the official costume contest as Captain Janeway lugging around a macrovirus from the Voyager episode “Macrocosm”.
To be continued! Other chapters in this very special miniseries:
Part 1: The Stars in Our Galaxy
Part 3: Friday!
Part 4: Saturday!
Part 5: Sunday!
Part 6: And the Rest!
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