History WebAnimation / StarTrekRedemption

* AnAesop: Several notable themes have emerged throughout the story so far, chiefly the importance of "family" (whether biological or social), and that teamwork can overcome nearly any problem.
** Also since two of the characters are lesbians, and the other crewmembers don't treat that relationship differently than any other, there's also a subtle one about tolerance.
** The three scenes that start with Kal's return to Starfleet also teach a lesson about showing kindness to others. Reyf taught his crew to be kind and work together, which means that later, Kendra Ronston gives Kal a second chance, after which she gives encouragement to Garr, who then helps her and Mitchell get back together.

* ThePowerOfFriendship: This is AnAesop of this film, much more so than the previous two.

* {{Cameo}}: The "other time frames are emerging into ours" sequence was written specifically to give Kirtemor's V'Ger 3D model some airtime.

* CrusadingWidower: Ronston's Garr from 2399; his wife (Kristie) is said to have been killed in the temporal disaster, and his efforts in the film are said to be aimed at bringing her back.

* UnfortunateImplications: The Kristie android is neither seen nor mentioned the entire film. Initially this might be taken to mean she simply went down with the Mark-I ISS ''Voyager'' at the end of the previous film, but as we go on and see Drakus' increasing insanity, it's not hard to imagine he devised some far more sinister end for her.
** This is somewhat lampshaded during the epilogue, as Ronston mentions the Kristie android from 2378, but doesn't make any mention of the one we last saw on the bridge of the ''Iron Vulture'' at the end of ''Retribution''.

* PositiveDiscrimination: Except for Kal, the female characters are portrayed as strong and independent and excellent decision-makers. In fact, except for Dr. Garr, the female crewmembers tend to come across as more decisive than their male counterparts. Meanwhile, Kal is just TheWoobie.

* NotSoDifferent: Beneath it all, Dark Garr is really just lonely and pining for lost love, a fact he raises with his counterpart from 2399 in an effort to make peace.

* Admiral Bradley Prentice. Former commanding officer of the ''Fitzgerald''. Mysterious steely-eyed stranger.
* Captain Kendra Ronston. [[TheCaptain Commanding Officer]] of the ''Fitzgerald''.
* Captain Jennifer Hargrove. [[TheLancer Acting First Officer]] of the ''Fitzgerald''.

* Drakus. BigBad.

* LimitedAdvancementOpportunities: In ''Retribution'', Kal, Mitchell, and Hargrove were Lieutenant Commanders, and Ronston and Falwell were Commanders. By the time of ''Redemption''--which takes place '''ten years later'''--everyone has moved up exactly ''one'' rank. Except for Kal, who actually ''lost'' one.

* Admiral Bradley Prentice. Mysterious steely-eyed stranger.
* Captain Kendra Ronston. [[TheCaptain Commanding officer]] of the ''Fitzgerald''.
* Jennifer Hargrove. [[TheLancer Acting first officer]] of the ''Fitzgerald''.
* Lesley Kal. Now a civilian.
* Renee Mitchell. Chief engineer.
* Dr. Braiyon Garr. OmnidisciplinaryScientist who apparently knows everything except the ''one'' thing we need to know.

* FaceNodAction: A common ActOut for this trilogy, the characters will deliver their dialogue, then nod, then exit.

** It's heavily implied that midway through their conversation, Garr realizes Kal is there, and everything that follows is a deliberate attempt to get them back together. Very possibly serving as a DefiningCharacterMoment, setting this Garr apart from Dark Garr (who reappears in the following scene), and from Drakus.

* RuleOfCool: The only possible reason why the ''Fitzgerald'' shakes when Renee powers up the warp core.
* RuleOfPlot:

* SceneryGorn: A shuttlecraft flyover of the lava-fied Earth, just to drive the point home that ThisIsNotADream.

* GettingCrapPastTheRadar. While confronting the Borg cube, there's this gem between Dark Garr and Hargrove:
-->HARGROVE: "I thought the Borg ship was supposed to be shut down by now!"
-->DARK GARR: [[DoesThisRemindYouOfAnything "So I was premature, don't take it personally!"]]

** Anytime Kendra is getting sentimental about her ex-husband, we hear a theme from [[Disney/AtlantisTheLostEmpire Disney's Atlantis]], specifically that film's own Leitmotif for the Whitmore family.

* HardWorkMontage: Overlaps with ATeamMontage after the Battle of Beta Stromgren, showing the two crews working to repair their ships and find a way to stop Drakus once and for all. Set to a piece of SugarWiki/AwesomeMusic, "International Code" from the film ''Film/IndependenceDay''.

** Kendra Ronston does this herself a whopping '''three times''': once when she tells her past self that Merv Ronston is "absolutely" worth it, then again when she tells Prentice's past self that Merv is a good man (a subtle hint to Prentice not to pursue her and potentially disrupt any potential relationship between herself and Merv), and a third time when she begs Merv Ronston's past self to stay patient with her past self, no matter what happens. Doubles as a SugarWiki/{{Heartwarming Moment|s}} when you recall what Kendra and Merv said to teach other in the previous film.

* StarTrekShake: Seen several times near the beginning of the film when the ship gets hit by shock waves. Seen continuously for about two minutes before the planet explodes. In one case, the Poser camera was shaken and the actors pretended to lose their balance; in the other, it was an effect added in post-production.
** Doubles as SugarWiki/VisualEffectsOfAwesome once you realize how it was done. WordOfGod says software limitations forced the editor to chop any shots which used the smaller, constant shaking into 27-frame chunks. The math got even more complex for any shots that didn't line up exactly with multiples of 27.

* UndersideRide: To avoid detection by their past selves, the 2399 crew docks their shuttle on the hull of the 2378 ''Fitzgerald'' in a very obscure place, though it wasn't on the ''bottom'' of the ship per se (It was next to "the ventral nacelle pylon," you see). Setting down on the underside of the same part of the ship [[WhatMightHaveBeen would have]] [[SugarWiki/VisualEffectsOfAwesome looked cooler]], but would have risked discovery from all the ships and work bees flying around.

* WhatDoesSheSeeInHim: In 2378, Lt. Erickson has this conversation with her future self about her ex-husband-to-be. In a bit of a SugarWiki/{{Heartwarming|Moments}}, the future self immediately says yes, no doubt a reference to Merv's [[SugarWiki/MomentOfAwesome heroic self-sacrifice]] in 2399 to save her from the Cardassians.

Like its predecessors, ''Redemption'' was initially released onto YouTube as a series of webisodes, with a final full cut posted once it was complete.

* HardWorkMontage: Overlaps with ATeamMontage after the Battle of Beta Stromgren, showing the two crews working to repair their ships and find a way to stop Drakus once and for all. Set to a piece of CrowningMusicOfAwesome, "International Code" from the film ''Film/IndependenceDay''.

** Kendra Ronston does this herself a whopping '''three times''': once when she tells her past self that Merv Ronston is "absolutely" worth it, then again when she tells Prentice's past self that Merv is a good man (a subtle hint to Prentice not to pursue her and potentially disrupt any potential relationship between herself and Merv), and a third time when she begs Merv Ronston's past self to stay patient with her past self, no matter what happens. Doubles as a CrowningMomentOfHeartwarming when you recall what Kendra and Merv said to teach other in the previous film.

* WhatDoesSheSeeInHim: In 2378, Lt. Erickson has this conversation with her future self about her ex-husband-to-be. In a bit of a CrowningMomentOfHeartwarming, the future self immediately says yes, no doubt a reference to Merv's [[CrowningMomentOfAwesome heroic self-sacrifice]] in 2399 to save her from the Cardassians.

** The reaction of the 2399 crew when the cargo transporter fails ''with them still standing on it'', and a moment later the cargo bay door opens, and in walks a security team led by none other than Captain Ronston's past self. [[{{Understatement}} And she looks pissed.]]

** Doubles as VisualEffectsOfAwesome once you realize how it was done. WordOfGod says software limitations forced the editor to chop any shots which used the smaller, constant shaking into 27-frame chunks. The math got even more complex for any shots that didn't line up exactly with multiples of 27.

* UndersideRide: To avoid detection by their past selves, the 2399 crew docks their shuttle on the hull of the 2378 ''Fitzgerald'' in a very obscure place, though it wasn't on the ''bottom'' of the ship per se (It was next to "the ventral nacelle pylon," you see). Setting down on the underside of the same part of the ship [[WhatMightHaveBeen would have]] [[VisualEffectsOfAwesome looked cooler]], but would have risked discovery from all the ships and work bees flying around.

* OrchestralBombing: The Battle of Beta Stromgren employs "Retreat," Jerry Goldsmith's Borg chase music from StarTrekFirstContact.