The TrekRumors offices have been hit with a plague that left both The Admiral and The Captain feeling like they’d been on the receiving end of the Genesis Wave. Thankfully, the antibiotics seem to be doing their job, so we’re back, and we’ve got a juicy rumor to start things off with, coming from “IntrepidCommand,” one of our best spies.

While Paramount publicly states the reason for pushing back Star Trek is the studio’s confidence in the movie as a summer tentpole, there’s a different story happening behind the scenes. Literally five minutes after the WGA struck their new deal and ended the strike, my cellphone lit up and I was told to report to the set ASAP to set up an emergency writer’s room. They’ve got a team of five rewrite guys going over the script right now, making changes both major and minor to the film’s script. There’s already a new “significant” character added to the movie, who’ll be inserted into already-shot scenes for reaction shots and the like. Her name? Janice Rand. I’ll get you more as soon as I know it.

While Grace Lee Whitney may be a bit too old to handle the role now, can we hope that Hayden Panettiere may don the miniskirt? Stay tuned!