Once again, the Earth has completed its orbit around the sun, a journey that scientists estimate it has made over four and a half billion times. As our globe’s trek around its star begins again, many people take this time to reflect on the preceding 365 days. We at DSTN are no different, so we wanted to look back at the biggest stories that we covered in 2022. Our brief was to find the year’s most important moments, to the fans or the franchise in general. It wasn’t an easy task, but we think we came up with a pretty solid list.

The DSTN staff would like to take this opportunity to thank you, our readers, for your continued support this year as our organization went through some changes. Without your loyalty, we wouldn’t be here. We generally don’t allow comments on our posts, but for this one, we’d like your input. Let us know down below what you think of our picks and if you have different nominees that should be on the list. Please be respectful of each others’ opinions and refrain from using abusive language.

And now, without further ado, here’s DAILY STAR TREK NEWS’ TOP 5 NEWS STORIES OF 2022.

#5.  January 10, 2022: Chris Peterson reported that open-source software LibreOffice is adding The Klingon language to its app.  You know you’ve made a cultural impact when your language is added to a real-world application.

According to a report from neowin.com, the decision to include the Klingon and Interslavic languages is an effort to streamline user workload by allowing users to work with the languages without the need to use alternative translations. The Klingon language was developed for the Star Trek franchise by linguist Marc Okrand. Interslavic, on the other hand, is meant to “bridge the language gap between Slavic languages such as Russian and Polish.”

#4. November 17, 2022: David Powell broke the news that Mission Events was canceled.  It indeed was a surprise to all who’ve been attending in the past and were planning to go again.

The first of the new official Star Trek conventions, organized by ReedPop and called Star Trek: Mission Chicago, was an apparent success last April. ReedPop announced that the next official convention would be in Seattle in 2023. But that is not going to be the case after all.

In a tweet yesterday, ReedPop said on its Star Trek: Mission Seattle page that the convention would not be happening as planned. The announcement reads, “After careful consideration, the decision has been made to not move forward with the Star Trek: Mission Seattle event in 2023. We are working on new ways to bring our favorite Trek fans the optimum experience, and we look forward to celebrating together again in the future.”

#3. September 20, 2022: Thaddeus Tuffentsamer reported on IDW’s Star Trek # 400, with a special story written by none other than Wil Wheaton himself, the touching tale of a millenniums-old Wesley Crusher still needing advice from his former captain. 

The real standout story is written by Wil Wheaton himself and it’s a heart-touching special. The Traveler who used to be known as Wesley Crusher has now traveled the universe for eons, and in doing so he’s saved countless civilizations.

#2. July 12, 2022: T. Rick Jones reported that Eaglemoss, the creator of a tiny fleet of ships was in financial trouble, that looked to all like it was going the way of the M113-Salt Vampire. 

According to website downthetubes, “the company’s large debts finally caught up with them.” Eaglemoss’ operating loss by the end of 2020 was £10,504,086, up from £857,379 the year before. Their Gross Profit decrease of 72% was reportedly due to the impact of the COVID-19 pandemic. Because of the 2020 lockdown, the company’s products couldn’t be released in traditional newsagents, in addition to the impact on suppliers, logistics, and distributors, not to mention the decrease in customers, many of whom found themselves jobless that year. 

And it was indeed confirmed in an article on August 11, 2022.  

#1. April 5, 2022: David Powell reported that the entire Star Trek: The Next Generation cast would reunite as a crew on Star Trek: Picard, season 3. He wrote in part;

Season three showrunner and executive producer Terry Matalas said in a press release, “I remember watching the premiere of Star Trek: The Next Generation almost 34 years ago with my father like it was yesterday. It was the spark that ignited my love for science fiction. So, it’s most fitting that the story of Jean-Luc Picard ends honoring the beginning, with his dearest and most loyal friends from the U.S.S. Enterprise. It would be an understatement to say that giving these characters a proper send-off is an honor. The entire Star Trek: Picard team and I can’t wait for fans to experience this final, high-stakes, starship-bound adventure in season three!”