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- I think that people who
make it look really easy,

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half the time are winging it, do you know?

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But underneath all that is the skillset,

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and is absolutely the
abilities have been honed,

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and she is a highly trained
pilot and a capable soldier,

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and we've seen time and
again, Pike trusts her,

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so there's that whole history
to their relationship,

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and to their time on the ship

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that I think fans have really embraced.

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I was under no illusion

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that this was a big role
I was stepping into.

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And so for me, you know, sitting there

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and not having it all worked out,

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and, you know, panicking as well,

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as all good things in life requires

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some sort of panic to make them excellent.

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But when I sat down, I was just like,

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"I need to know what I'm doing here,"

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because the fans are gonna know

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if it doesn't look like
I know what I'm doing,

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the fans are gonna know that.

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But when I first got to
the bridge on our set,

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and everybody was like,

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"Ooh, ah, it looks like the TOS bridge,

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and this is so wonderful,
and we're on "Star Trek."

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And really that was
like, my first thought,

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and then my immediate second thought was,

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"How do I fly this thing?"

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There was no, "How to Fly
the Enterprise" manual.

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I was hoping for one,
expecting one, I'd gotten on.

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But what I did get was
an amazing team of people

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in front of and behind the scenes

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who have a long history
with all of "Star Trek."

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I was getting explanations about nacelles,

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and the workings of a starship,

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because I felt like, if I understand that,

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that then feeds into my performance,

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and all of that just works for me.

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And so I've spoken before about

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how I would ask our
wonderful graphics team

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to create, for example,
for our evasive maneuvers,

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you know, I'd say, "What does
that look like on the screen?"

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And they would, rightfully so, say,

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"You know, that necessarily
won't play on the screen,

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so the audiences won't see it."

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And I'm like, "Yeah, but I'll see it."

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And so that helps me give
truth to what I'm doing.

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And so, hearing after season one came out,

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from, you know, actual
pilots, and, soldiers,

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and people in the Navy,

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and people who like,

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you know, actually manned giant vessels,

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and they were like,

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"It looks like you were
flying that thing."

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And I'm like, "Yes."

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Do you know, I have one job,
really, at the end of the day,

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is to fly the ship.

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"Star Trek: Strange New
Worlds," season two,

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is out right now, streaming
on Paramount Plus.

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