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10''Starship Farragut'' is a ScienceFictionWebOriginals series based on Franchise/StarTrek created by Creator/GeneRoddenberry.
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12Developed 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 TheFederation of the Original series era.
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14A new live-action episode, ''The Price Of Anything'', is due for release in October 2012.
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16To date the following live-action episodes have been released:
17* ''The Captaincy''
18* ''For Want of a Nail''
19Starship Farragut: the Animated Episodes:
20* ''Power Source''
21* ''The Needs of the Many''
22Two shorter eps called "Crew Logs":
23* ''A Rock and a Hard Place''
24* ''Just Passing Through''.
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26!!''Starship Farragut'' provides tropes examples of:
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28* ActionGirl: Don't mess with geologist Angela Bishop-- [[spoiler: you'll get a rock aimed at your head, or end up disintegrated with a phaser.]]
29%%* AllPlanetsAreEarthLike
30* TheCameo: [[spoiler:The crew of ''WebVideo/StarTrekNewVoyages'']] show up in "The Captaincy".
31* TheCaptain: Captain John T. "Jack" Carter.
32%%* CaptainsLog: Duh -- it's Franchise/StarTrek.
33%%* CoolStarship: The Farragut. Also, [[spoiler: The Enterprise.]]
34%%* EnergyWeapon
35%%* ExplosionsInSpace
36* FlawedPrototype: [[spoiler:the Klingon weapon is easily taken out out by a phaser set to overload.]]
37%%* GoodOldFisticuffs: And how.
38* KlingonScientistsGetNoRespect: Averted. [[spoiler: The Klingons are very eager to get more Unobtainium for their new weapon.]]
39* MomentKiller: In ''A Rock and a Hard Place'', Carter and visiting geologist (and old flame) Angela Bishop get interrupted by [[spoiler: attacking Klingons.]]
40%%* NeverBringAKnifeToAFistFight
41* RedShirt: Averted. For a change, the typical redshirt Security guards are actually useful.
42%%* SceneryPorn: The title sequence.
43* ShoutOut: To the scene in TOS episode "Charlie X" where Kirk wrestles with his security chief. Although, we never see Carter and Prescott wrestle.
44%%* TimeTravel
45* TomboyishName: Lt. Commander Michelle Smithfield is always called "Mike".
46%%* WholeEpisodeFlashback: "Just Passing Through".
47* WouldHitAGirl: Lt. Commander Smithfield gets knocked out by a Klingon. [[spoiler: She gets him back, though.]]

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