Recollection: A Star Trek Story starts with a familiar sci-fi setup: strangers waking up with no memory of who they are. But episode 1, "Only in the Memory of Others," gives that idea a distinctly Star Trek feel.
Instead of opening with a huge action sequence, the story pulls readers in through its atmosphere, striking artwork, and the uneasy dynamic of someone with no memory suddenly having to face an impossible situation.
With that in mind, the following pages examine Recollection episode 1's character development, artwork, and storytelling, which is written by New York Times bestselling author Sam Maggs.
3. Character Development
Episode 1 obviously can’t give us a full picture of the lone character, who is the protagonist (per the Recollection press release), when she doesn't even remember who she is. The only other entity aboard the vessel is JAID (Joule-Aided Industrial Design), which is the ship's "automated pilot, maintenance, and repair system."
JAID also seems to be withholding valuable information from the woman with amnesia, but the limitations work in the story’s favor. Instead of relying on backstory, the episode starts defining the mystery woman and JAID through how they react to the situation and one another.
The protagonist works especially well as the audience’s way into the story because she is discovering the ship right alongside us. Her memory loss gives her a natural reason to question what she sees and dig deeper into what’s happening, but she never comes across as someone who just waits for answers. Instead, her reactions make it feel like she’s actively trying to piece together a dangerous and confusing situation.
Recollection has plenty of room to make the amnesia more than just a convenient plot device. If the series continues to reveal the protagonist's personality through choices and conflict, the mystery could become just as much about discovering who she really is as the story is about figuring out what happened to her.
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