We have our Roger Korby

[AmandaSmith]

And it's Cillian O’Sullivan

Cillian O'Sullivan To Play Roger Korby in Strange New Worlds – Trek Central

EXCLUSIVE: Another Star Trek legacy character is set to appear in Star Trek: Strange New Worlds Season 3. Dr Roger Korby is set to be played by Irish-American actor Cillian O'Sullivan. The reveal of Korby's appearance in Season 3 would be no surprise to anyone paying attention through Season 2...

trekcentral.net

 

[Michael]

Easy to miss, but this was actually already discussed a few days ago in the general discussion thread, starting here.

I don’t think I’ve seen O’Sullivan in anything before, but I’m sure he’ll be fine. I wish they’d cast someone that maybe looks a bit less like another hunk like Ethan Peck, but maybe they did that on purpose. I wonder how much the Korby / Chapel storyline will take us away from the ship. And I’m curious to see if by the end of season three they will already be engaged.

 

[valkyrie013]

While I Like Chappel and her actress.. if the story requires her to leave, even if its for a season, then so be it.

 

[The Wormhole]

if the story requires her to leave, even if its for a season, then so be it.

"If I need to leave you I won't fight it. I'm ready."

 

[Campe]

While I Like Chappel and her actress.. if the story requires her to leave, even if its for a season, then so be it.

They could easily take her off the ship and still have her be a part of the show. But Korby is an important part of Chapel's story, so she definitely needs to leave Enterprise for a bit.

 

[Frontis]

I hope Chapel stays in the show, I like the character and Jess Bush as actor.

 

[Nerys Myk]

I hope Chapel stays in the show, I like the character and Jess Bush as actor.

They might “side quest” her for some episodes.

 

[Michael]

Yeah, I think them announcing who would play Korby is a pretty clear sign that he and this storyline will play some significant part in the season, indicating that although Chapel might leave the ship to meet him, we would be along for the ride. I see nothing that would tell me they are writing Jess Bush out of the show. Calling her a “breakout star” of the show probably goes too far, but I certainly feel like Jess Bush’s Chapel is pretty popular with both the viewers and the writers. So I don’t see her exiting the show anytime soon.

 

[Ronald Held]

Fi e by me if she leaves and only returns when Kirk brings McCoy as CMO.

 

[AntonyF]

While I Like Chappel and her actress.. if the story requires her to leave, even if its for a season, then so be it.

If it means the rest of the show I'm fine with that too.

Could someone provide a sentence or two summary on what Korby is about? That article made me lose the will to live. I have only watched TOS once so it's not a strong point for me.

 

[David cgc]

Could someone provide a sentence or two summary on what Korby is about? That article made me lose the will to live. I have only watched TOS once so it's not a strong point for me.

Roger Korby is a scientist specializing in archeological medicine (stealing drugs and technology from dead aliens). In the second season of SNW, Chapel applied to and was accepted into a research fellowship he was heading.

Spoiler: Spoiler-coded for probably being something that'll happen in SNW

Korby and Chapel will hit it off and get engaged. Korby will go missing on an archeological expedition in about two years.

Chapel joined Starfleet (or, I guess, rejoined) in the hopes that, while traveling around space, she'd find some clue as to what happened to him. In the TOS episode "What Are Little Girls Made Of?" the Enterprise discovers Korby's expedition on a planet. They eventually learn he discovered an ancient civilization with the technology to build perfect humanoid androids, including downloading the minds and memories of living people into robot duplicates. Korby turns out to be one of those duplicates himself, the original human Korby having died shortly after discovering the android-making machine and barely surviving long enough to copy himself into a robot body.

 

[Commander Troi]

Roger Korby is a scientist specializing in archeological medicine (stealing drugs and technology from dead aliens).

Technically, since it's not xeno-archeological medicine, he can steal from dead humans too.

 

[Tuskin38]

Chapel joined Starfleet (or, I guess, rejoined)

Spoiler: Chapel

Despite wearing the uniform, she's still a civilian in SNW, so it would be joined not rejoined.

 

[AntonyF]

Roger Korby is a scientist specializing in archeological medicine (stealing drugs and technology from dead aliens). In the second season of SNW, Chapel applied to and was accepted into a research fellowship he was heading.

Spoiler: Spoiler-coded for probably being something that'll happen in SNW

Korby and Chapel will hit it off and get engaged. Korby will go missing on an archeological expedition in about two years.

Thank you!

 

[Rahul]

Adding Korby is not to make Chapel leave the show.

Adding Korby is to further escalate the T'Pring-Spock-Chapel love triangle.

After all that happened, Chapel eloping with another man will create the maximum amount of relationship drama for everyone involved, and Spock in particular.


Having then Korby go missing in season 4 is gonna' make literally EVERYONE miserable.


They gonna' milk ALL the emotions. This is writing 101. Can't really fault them.

 

[Mr. Laser Beam]

So now that we have our Korby, will we also have our Brown?

srsly, TOS established that Christine and Brown were good friends (she often called him "Brownie") so it would make sense, wouldn't it?

 

[fireproof78]

So now that we have our Korby, will we also have our Brown?

srsly, TOS established that Christine and Brown were good friends (she often called him "Brownie") so it would make sense, wouldn't it?

Yes

He can moo.

 

[hbquikcomjamesl]

Yes

He can moo.

How now?

 

[MarcKle1964]

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