ScreenRant's Grant Hermanns caught up with Jeri Ryan about her role in Leverage: Redemption season 3, and asked the Star Trek: Voyager fan-favorite about Captain Seven's warp command in Star Trek: Picard season 3. Ryan says there was a greater idea about Seven's warp order that would have kept the mystery going. Check out her quote below:
We didn't [see it in Picard season 3], but I've kind of heard the most evil and brilliant recommendation, and I kind of love it. They said, "I think we should never hear what her tagline is. They should cut every time she's getting ready to say it." [Laughs] I think that's just pure evil genius. I love it. I'm gonna have to tell you that's a mystery. I'm not gonna tell you what tagline we played with, or used, or potentially had waiting. You're gonna have to wait to see.
Seven of Nine's Star Trek Warp Command Is An Important Part Of Her Enterprise Captaincy
How Does Captain Seven Live Up To Picard's "Engage!"?
With Captain Seven of Nine following in the footsteps of Captain Jean-Luc Picard (Patrick Stewart), her warp command is an essential aspect of her new role as Captain of the Enterprise. Picard's famous order, "Engage!", popularized the Captain's warp command on Star Trek: The Next Generation. Star Trek Captains are now judged by their warp commands. Captain Christopher Pike (Anson Mount) says, "Hit it!" on Star Trek: Strange New Worlds, and Star Trek: Lower Decks' new Captain, Jack Ransom (Jerry O'Connell), orders, "Engage the core!"
Star Trek: Picard season 3's ending set up Captain Seven of Nine leading the USS Enterprise-G with a crew consisting of First Officer (and Seven's love interest) Commander Raffi Musiker (Michelle Hurd), helmsman Lieutenant Sidney La Forge (Ashlei Sharpe Chestnut), and Ensign Jack Crusher (Ed Speleers), whose role is Special Counselor to the Captain. Having her own distinct warp command is a crucial component in establishing the USS Enterprise-G as Captain Seven's starship and continuing its legacy.
Our Take On Captain Seven Of Nine's Mystery Warp Command
Star Trek: Legacy Needs To Happen
Whatever Captain Seven of Nine's warp command is, and it sounds like there were ideas in play that were not broadcast in Star Trek: Picard season 3, it would have to be uniquely hers and fitting for the former Borg drone turned Starfleet heroine. Seven of Nine's ascension to Captain was one of the most exciting aspects of Picard season 3's finale that set up a potential spinoff, which has been dubbed Star Trek: Legacy. Star Trek: Picard's producers understand the imporance of Captain Seven having a distinct warp command.
Captain Seven's unknown tagline is one of the mysteries, along with Q's (John de Lancie) return to haunt Ensign Jack Crusher (Ed Speleers), that fans need answered in Star Trek: Legacy. Although Paramount+ has opted to pursue other Star Trek projects, hope springs eternal that Star Trek: Legacy will happen one day, if not as a series, then as a Star Trek streaming movie under the auspices of showrunner Terry Matalas. But if Star Trek: Picard's masterminds' "evil plan" comes into play, as Jeri Ryan described it, Captain Seven of Nine's warp command may hilariously not be heard even if Star Trek: Legacy happens.
