The Mute

The Mute is the sixth episode of Star Trek: The New Adventures. It aired on the 31st of January 2020.

Description
The Valentine brings a mute ambassador to a worn torn planet to end the civil war between the two parties.

Teaser
The planet Huages IV which is war torn and desperate for peace asks for Verox who is known to their people as a saviour and legend among them. The USS Valentine is dispatched to Nerib to pick up Verox and bring him to Huages IV to mediate over the situation. Captain Jeffery Johnson, Harrison Newman and Nelan Decker beam to the sanctuary of Nerib. However, they find nothing in the sanctuary.

Act One
Eventually, Verox comes with three other people, Kobe, Senolec and Bytarn, who claim their his "chorus" and speak for him since he is mute and cannot talk. They claim they are the "scholar", the warrior and the one that binds them both. Verox comes from a species which 50% of them cannot talk, their ambassadors have to be mute because the people who talk, with the exception of the chorus, are savage and only speak curse words, which disturbs the Valentine crew. Meanwhile, Decker compliments the method. Verox accepts the compliment and stares into her eyes like he is in love. (More to come)

Background information

 * The actor who played Verox who wasn't credited for his role is mute in real life (even though the actor who is actually the character is deaf and credited).
 * The characters Kobe and Bytarn are anagrams and names are based on the deceased Lakers star Kobe Bryant. Directors Peter Moore and Thomas Reilly agreed that in honor of him, they should name them after Bryant.

Starring

 * Nicholas Herbert as Captain Jeffery Johnson
 * William D. Alexander as Commander Adam Williams

Also starring

 * Matt Bomer as Lt. Cmdr. Harrison Newman
 * Simon Cowell as Lt. Cmdr. Gregory Jeffers
 * Paula Hughes as Counselor Nelan Decker
 * David McPaul as Richard Green

And
 * Russell Crowe as Lt. Cmdr. Paul Schmidt

Special guest star

 * Alexa Mulhall as Doctor Maria Allman

Guest stars

 * Alice Herrera as Senolec
 * Peter A. Copeland as Kobe
 * Mario Trujillo as Bytarn

Co-stars

 * Jimmy Fowler as Warrior #1
 * Barry Williams as Warrior #2
 * Eoin O'Herlihy as Transporter Chief
 * Yuri V. Reznikov as Lieutenant

Uncredited co-stars

 * Barry Berg as McCormack
 * Michelle Santana as sciences crewwoman
 * Kenneth Castillo as Verox
 * Thomas Silverman as operations division officer
 * Jeff Poltart as command division officer
 * Thomas J.M. Morgan as Durland
 * Unknown performers as
 * Female conn officer
 * Huagian lieutenant