Post by Admiral Ashley Morgan on Jun 22, 2007 8:09:41 GMT -5
VOLUME 1 ISSUE 13bbbbbbbbbbbbbbbbbbbbbbbbbbbbbbbbbbbbbbbbAPRIL 15. 2007
SIM Schedule
USS Crusader NCC-51492 Sunday June 10, 2007 8:00 pm Eastern; 7:00 pm Central; 6:00 pm Mountain; 5:00 pm Pacific; 3:00 pm Pacific Hawaii Open Post
AENG, AMO
12:00 noon Sydney Australia, Monday Jun 11,2007; 1:00 am London United Kingdom, Monday Jun 11, 2007
USS Federation NCC-73838 Monday June 11, 2007 8:00 pm Eastern; 7:00 pm Central; 6:00 pm Mountain; 5:00 pm Pacific; 3:00 pm Pacific Hawaii Open Post
ASEC, AENG, VS, CMO, AMO, CNS
12:00 noon Sydney Australia, Monday Jun 12, 2007; 1:00 am London United Kingdom, Monday Jun 12, 2007
More ships coming soon
Board Sims
Starbase 140 USS Korgoth KX-86000 USS Striker NCC-63420 USS Victoria NCC-51106
Open Post
ASEC, VS, ASCI, MO, AMO, MXO, MAR, FP, AMB, CIV
Open Post
ASEC, AENG, VS, ASCI, CMO, AMO
Open Post
ASEC, CENG, AENG, VS, ASCI, CMO, AMO,
Open Post
CSEC, ASEC, CENG, AENG, VS, ASCI, CMO, AMO, MXO, MAR, FP
From the Desk of the Fleet Admiral!
Who are the Zentradi?
A redress version of the Super Dimensional Fortress.
It's been 7 months of our existence. In this time we have gained our first new alien. The Zentradi. For some of you, you may recognize the name. For others, here is a brief explanation. The Zentradi come out of a popular Japanese series named The Super Dimensional Fortress Macross. For us in the United States, the series was known as Robotech. To explain what the Zentradi were would take some time, so I advise you to look in Wikipedia for a historic lesson in these Giants of the past,
For those who read up, or know of the Zentradi, I have made some changes. One, they are not 40 feet tall. That would be impractical for our purposes. Instead I made a compromise at 18 feet. I also made them more technologically advance, and a bit more intelligent. I despised making them a militaristic race, so instead, I made them enforcers, and protectors. Not to take anything away from them, their ships are massive. And are able to wipe out a Star base is pressed. I did keep them a Manufactured race, with a twist.
Lt Duvall attracts the attention of her Captor, a Zentradi.
The original Zentradi had no sense of emotions, and enjoyment. This I kept with a twist. They were manufactured not to reproduce, and they have no females. I also kept the unknown Protoculture as a key to their appearance in our galaxy. To mention any more would be spilling the beans, but I assure you the pirates are still in this, and there is more conflict to follow soon. On Sunday June 10th, things will become a little clearer as far as our giant plum-ish skinned friends, so keep watching.
Fleet Admiral Vanessa Lucifel
CinC Star Trek : Generation Fleet
CO USS Federation NCC-73838
Kirk vs. Picard
Star Trek royalty (George Takei, Wil Wheaton and writer Andre Bormanis) and FanLib.com are teaming up with CBS Interactive and the Star Trek franchise for a fan-driven storytelling event that uses scenes written by you and other Star Trek fans to create a new online story.
The action starts on June 13. In case you were wondering, this is the first time CBS has ever used the Star Trek characters for an official online fan writing event.
More details follow, or you can let George and Wil explain it all in this exclusive video announcing the event: StarTrek.FanLib.com.
Here's the deal:
Kirk vs. Picard (or "KvP") is the basis for the storyline. FanLib and CBS want you to get your creative juices flowing and pit the two legendary captains against one another.
Captain Picard, and Captain Kirk in the Nexus
George and Wil will be your online video "hosts" throughout KvP, and Andre Bormanis (a writer and producer of the Star Trek television and feature film franchise), will moderate and help you navigate as we write this new Star Trek story.
Andre will provide a bunch of initial story ideas for you to vote on. The most popular idea will be the foundation for your KvP story.
After the winning idea is chosen, FanLib will post an instructive "scene mission" each week. Then, you and the rest of the Star Trek community are invited to get involved by writing, reading, rating and discussing the fan-submitted scenes. Based on your feedback, Andre and the event producers will select finalists and then the online community will cast their votes.
At the end of each week, the fan-submitted scene that you have chosen will be added to the story in progress. The process will repeat each week with a new "scene mission" until the story is complete.
Writers of winning scenes and several other winners will be featured prominently online during the event and will win prizes including:
* A trip to Vegas with a VIP tour of Star Trek: The Experience
* Apple MacBook computers
* The new Apple iPhone
* Star Trek merchandise and memorabilia
For details and updates, sign up at StarTrek.FanLib.com or check back at STARTREK.COM
The Making of....
STAR TREK
THE ANIMATED SERIES
The detail of the Enterprise NCC-1701 was very accurate for the Animated Series
Story by Andy Mangels
When excited viewers sat down in front of their television sets on September 8, 1973, they weren't certain what to expect, but they knew one thing: Star Trek was back on the air! Although the adventures were in animated form, the reuniting of almost the entire original cast — as well as the contributions of numerous original Star Trek writing staff veterans — meant that Star Trek: The Animated Series would be a welcome addition to Trek lore.
Earliest Exploration
In 1969, with Star Trek only recently cancelled on NBC, Paramount began talks with animation house Filmation Studios, founded in the early 1960s by Lou Scheimer, Norm Prescott, and Hal Sutherland. The group was known for the series of super-heroic television exploits for Superman, Aquaman, and Batman, and the gold-record-earning musical adventures of The Archies.
As a recently-discovered memo from Philip Mayer, director of Special programming for Paramount, shows, the original plans for a proposed animated series were by Don Christensen. His "Concept Paper" and Filmation art roughs and sketches showed the ideas for a training ship called "Excalibur," on which versions of the familiar Enterprise crew would train their teenage counterparts. Meant to be educational as well as entertaining, the proposed series would have featured six of the seven lead cast members returning (minus Chekov), plus five multi-racial children (Steve, Bob, Chris, Tun-Tun, Stormy, and Ploof).
Although plans for this version of the show were eventually abandoned, Filmation head Lou Scheimer had made good friends with Gene Roddenberry. When a deal for the series was finally made, Roddenberry and Filmation had complete creative control, freezing the studio and network out of the development process. Roddenberry suggested that Scheimer hire D.C. Fontana to be the series' story editor and associate producer. Scheimer readily agreed.
By 1972, Star Trek was under full development. The network gave the series a two-year 22-episode commitment, with a limited budget of $75,000 per episode. Fontana brought aboard many original Trek writers to share stories, including David Gerrold, Stephan Kandel, and Samuel A. Peeples. The writers were in need of work at that time; an eight-month writer's strike prevented live-action writers from working, but animation scripts were fair game. Unfettered by budgetary restraints — anything that could be written could be drawn — as long as it allowed for limited animation, the writers invented bizarre new alien races and showcased fantastic vistas.
The Uhura character returned, along with many extra character voices for Nichelle Nichols
Almost the entire cast was reassembled, though negotiations were difficult with Leonard Nimoy, who didn't want to do the series, especially when it appeared that Nichelle Nichols and George Takei might not be rehired. For budgetary reasons, Walter Koenig was once again left out of the final cast, though he did write an episode of the series. A man of many accents, James Doohan performed almost every incidental male voice on the series, although guild rules stated he could only provide three per episode. Female voices were often given by Nichelle Nichols and Majel Barrett, while writer David Gerrold pinch-hit behind the microphone, and Lou Scheimer voiced many of the most incidental guards and minor characters. Voice recording commenced in June 1973, and although the first three episodes were recorded as an ensemble, later shows were recorded with the stars coming in to record when their schedule permitted.
The visual look of the series was developed by Don Christensen as Art Director, supervising the design work by Bob Kline. From the live-action series, 35 millimeter film was cut apart for the animators and designers to "rotoscope" (trace over), thus providing detailed and realistic human forms and a U.S.S. Enterprise that looked almost as real as the original special effects model. To keep the budget in check, Filmation personnel developed a style of reusing animation, utilizing the same figures or faces in slightly different ways. One trick that allowed for less animation per frame was to show characters covering their mouth with their hands while speaking, thus obfuscating the need for animating the mouth. Another shortcut was to show silhouettes of the characters as they moved through alien habitats or among spaceship corridors.
Replacing Chekov on the bridge — and functioning as Uhura's relief operator — were two new characters, added to create alien "diversity" on the bridge. Lieutenant Arex, a three-armed, multi-legged Edosian helped helm the ship, while the communications console was sometimes helmed by Lieutenant M'Ress, a feline member of the Caitian species (voiced by Majel Barrett). Other crewmembers were occasionally given a spotlight, including the Comanche helmsman Ensign Walking Bear, the first Native American crew person shown on Star Trek (predating Voyager's Chakotay by decades).
The Debut
The first Star Trek animated episode debuted on September 8th, 1973, seven years to the day after the original series had debuted. Fittingly, the debut episode, "Beyond the Farthest Star" was written by Samuel A. Peeples, who had also created the pilot for the original Trek. It was an auspicious beginning that promised viewers a return to the "five year mission" they knew and loved.
Takei's Sulu character caused some political fall out in Los Angeles
Oddly, in Los Angeles, viewers were treated first to "Tomorrow Is Yesterday" (although some sources cite "Yesteryear") instead of "Farthest Star." Because actor George Takei was running for City Council at the time, an FCC ruling did not allow television stations to air the other episode, as Sulu had approximately thirty seconds of dialogue, and the situation was deemed as giving him an unfair advantage!
Fans soon learned that although it was a Saturday morning series, Star Trek was not treated as a children's show. The writers made certain that the scripts did not "dumb down" Star Trek for the kiddy crowd (an inflatable Enterprise in one episode notwithstanding). The Los Angeles Times review said, "it is fascinating fare, produced and executed with all the imaginative skill, the intellectual flare and the literary level that made Gene Roddenberry's famous old science fiction epic the most avidly followed program in TV history, particularly in high IQ circles."
Beyond the Farthest Star" aired first and introduced us to new tech, like the Life Support Belt
Those who tuned in each week were rewarded not only by good storytelling and the familiar characters, but also by returning favorites from the live series. Returning to their Trek roles were Roger C. Carmel (as Harry Mudd), Stanley Adams (as Cyrano Jones), and Mark Lenard (as Sarek). Fans also saw new elements introduced that would show up in later versions of Trek, including a holodeck, Captain James Tiberius' Kirk middle name, Spock's pet Sehlat, Commodore Robert April, the first commander of the Constitution-class Enterprise, and even the second exit for the Enterprise's bridge.
Filmation co-founder Hal Sutherland directed the entire first season, but he was joined in the second season by Bill Reed. Other notable staff members included science fiction writer Larry Niven (bringing along the Kzinti race from his novels and short stories), Howard Weinstein, Marc Daniels, Margaret Armen, and others.
On May 28, 1974, Lou Scheimer attended the First Annual Emmy Awards for Daytime Programming (for the 1973-1974 season). Star Trek had received a nomination in the category of "Outstanding Entertainment Childrens Series," based on the submission of the episode "Yesteryear," written by D. C. Fontana. Filmation was competing with itself; its own Fat Albert and the Cosby Kids had also been nominated, as had the live-action Zoom and Captain Kangaroo.
The following year, on May 15, 1975, Star Trek did win its first-ever Emmy Award for Excellence in Children's Programming (for the 1974-1975 season) in the category of "Outstanding Entertainment Childrens Series." The nomination had come with the submission of the second season episode "How Sharper Than a Serpent's Tooth," written by Russell Bates and David Wise. Lou Scheimer accepted the award at a ceremony on the Hudson River Dayliner in the New York harbor. Scheimer didn't expect the award, having heard from his son — who had been exploring the ship below-decks — that he had overheard that Captain Kangaroo had won (The Pink Panther was the other show in the running). Luckily for Scheimer, the announcements his son heard were simply rehearsals, and Star Trek did win after all.
Cyrano Jones.
Although its ratings were good, Star Trek reached the end of its second year in the fall of 1975, and cancellation again awaited the famed franchise. The animated episodes were hardly forgotten however; Alan Dean Foster serialized them all in 10 volumes of the Star Trek Logs book series. Although early books adapted three episodes per volume, later books saw Foster expanding the scripts into short stand-alone novels.
The Animated Series and Questions of Canon
Although fondly remembered by early fans, Star Trek: The Animated Series (as it came to be known to differentiate it from The Original Series) was controversial when it came to canonical history. During production on the series Star Trek: The Next Generation in 1987, word came down from Gene Roddenberry's office that the animated adventures were officially "decanonised." This led to the removal of some animated characters from the Star Trek comics and novels, but the decision would not last long.
Robot transport.
Following Roddenberry's death in 1991, as well as internal personnel changes, Star Trek: The Animated Series came back into favor. References to the series popped up on Star Trek: Deep Space Nine, then become commonplace on the more recent Star Trek: Enterprise. Paramount also allowed animated references back in the novels and comics, and Skorr, Catians, Nasats, Edosians, and others who had once been a part of animated history were given life again.
On November 21, 2006, thirty-three years after its television debut, Paramount released Star Trek: The Animated Series as a complete DVD package. Included in the set were commentary tracks, storyboards, documentary featurettes, a booklet, and more. This deluxe set, treated with the same care and attention paid to the live-action Star Trek releases, was perhaps the best example that Star Trek: The Animated Series was once again a part of the family.
Star Trek.com
Editors Note: The Delta Triangle featured in ST:GF was taken form Star Trek The Animated Series. The Time Trap.
New Members
Master Chief Petty Officer Bueraguard "Bull" Clooney
AENG - Starbase 140 May 30, 2007
Ensign Jennifer Vatta TAC - USS Federation May 7, 2007
Lt Knera CSEC - USS Korgoth April 16, 2007
Birthdays
April 18th Ensign Mylantra Kova
April 24th Warrior 1st Class Karlassa
April 26th Lt Juliet James, Lt E'Lita Jarani, Lt Juliet Jurot, Captain Naru Tholia
May 3rd Lt Vickie Love, Ensign Novelle Parma
May 26th Marine Captain Andrus Wrenn
June 5th Admiral Ashley Morgan, Commander Jennifer Morgan
June 13th Ensign M'Pel
June 16th Rear Admiral Kempec, Lt Rol'Yat
TREK LIFE
Star Trek.com
Image of the week
Captain Naru Tholia
One might ask what makes this render so special? Captain Naru is my first, and only correct version of a Bajoran female. Sorry guys, I can only do females.......for now.
Aurora Initiative.
Star Date 64407.89 The USS Aurora captured a Pirate Frigate. Once again the crew disintegrated in captivity, but they uncovered some information concerning the Pirates, and the Zentradi in the action.
The Generation Weekly
Editor : Fleet Admiral Vanessa Ann Lucifel
Reporter: Admiral Ashley Morgan
WANTED- Staff, and Article, heck I'll take an Editor LOL
Generation Weekly
Star Trek : Generation Fleet
SIM Schedule
USS Crusader NCC-51492 Sunday June 10, 2007 8:00 pm Eastern; 7:00 pm Central; 6:00 pm Mountain; 5:00 pm Pacific; 3:00 pm Pacific Hawaii Open Post
AENG, AMO
12:00 noon Sydney Australia, Monday Jun 11,2007; 1:00 am London United Kingdom, Monday Jun 11, 2007
USS Federation NCC-73838 Monday June 11, 2007 8:00 pm Eastern; 7:00 pm Central; 6:00 pm Mountain; 5:00 pm Pacific; 3:00 pm Pacific Hawaii Open Post
ASEC, AENG, VS, CMO, AMO, CNS
12:00 noon Sydney Australia, Monday Jun 12, 2007; 1:00 am London United Kingdom, Monday Jun 12, 2007
More ships coming soon
Board Sims
Starbase 140 USS Korgoth KX-86000 USS Striker NCC-63420 USS Victoria NCC-51106
Open Post
ASEC, VS, ASCI, MO, AMO, MXO, MAR, FP, AMB, CIV
Open Post
ASEC, AENG, VS, ASCI, CMO, AMO
Open Post
ASEC, CENG, AENG, VS, ASCI, CMO, AMO,
Open Post
CSEC, ASEC, CENG, AENG, VS, ASCI, CMO, AMO, MXO, MAR, FP
From the Desk of the Fleet Admiral!
Who are the Zentradi?
A redress version of the Super Dimensional Fortress.
It's been 7 months of our existence. In this time we have gained our first new alien. The Zentradi. For some of you, you may recognize the name. For others, here is a brief explanation. The Zentradi come out of a popular Japanese series named The Super Dimensional Fortress Macross. For us in the United States, the series was known as Robotech. To explain what the Zentradi were would take some time, so I advise you to look in Wikipedia for a historic lesson in these Giants of the past,
For those who read up, or know of the Zentradi, I have made some changes. One, they are not 40 feet tall. That would be impractical for our purposes. Instead I made a compromise at 18 feet. I also made them more technologically advance, and a bit more intelligent. I despised making them a militaristic race, so instead, I made them enforcers, and protectors. Not to take anything away from them, their ships are massive. And are able to wipe out a Star base is pressed. I did keep them a Manufactured race, with a twist.
Lt Duvall attracts the attention of her Captor, a Zentradi.
The original Zentradi had no sense of emotions, and enjoyment. This I kept with a twist. They were manufactured not to reproduce, and they have no females. I also kept the unknown Protoculture as a key to their appearance in our galaxy. To mention any more would be spilling the beans, but I assure you the pirates are still in this, and there is more conflict to follow soon. On Sunday June 10th, things will become a little clearer as far as our giant plum-ish skinned friends, so keep watching.
Fleet Admiral Vanessa Lucifel
CinC Star Trek : Generation Fleet
CO USS Federation NCC-73838
Kirk vs. Picard
Star Trek royalty (George Takei, Wil Wheaton and writer Andre Bormanis) and FanLib.com are teaming up with CBS Interactive and the Star Trek franchise for a fan-driven storytelling event that uses scenes written by you and other Star Trek fans to create a new online story.
The action starts on June 13. In case you were wondering, this is the first time CBS has ever used the Star Trek characters for an official online fan writing event.
More details follow, or you can let George and Wil explain it all in this exclusive video announcing the event: StarTrek.FanLib.com.
Here's the deal:
Kirk vs. Picard (or "KvP") is the basis for the storyline. FanLib and CBS want you to get your creative juices flowing and pit the two legendary captains against one another.
Captain Picard, and Captain Kirk in the Nexus
George and Wil will be your online video "hosts" throughout KvP, and Andre Bormanis (a writer and producer of the Star Trek television and feature film franchise), will moderate and help you navigate as we write this new Star Trek story.
Andre will provide a bunch of initial story ideas for you to vote on. The most popular idea will be the foundation for your KvP story.
After the winning idea is chosen, FanLib will post an instructive "scene mission" each week. Then, you and the rest of the Star Trek community are invited to get involved by writing, reading, rating and discussing the fan-submitted scenes. Based on your feedback, Andre and the event producers will select finalists and then the online community will cast their votes.
At the end of each week, the fan-submitted scene that you have chosen will be added to the story in progress. The process will repeat each week with a new "scene mission" until the story is complete.
Writers of winning scenes and several other winners will be featured prominently online during the event and will win prizes including:
* A trip to Vegas with a VIP tour of Star Trek: The Experience
* Apple MacBook computers
* The new Apple iPhone
* Star Trek merchandise and memorabilia
For details and updates, sign up at StarTrek.FanLib.com or check back at STARTREK.COM
The Making of....
STAR TREK
THE ANIMATED SERIES
The detail of the Enterprise NCC-1701 was very accurate for the Animated Series
Story by Andy Mangels
When excited viewers sat down in front of their television sets on September 8, 1973, they weren't certain what to expect, but they knew one thing: Star Trek was back on the air! Although the adventures were in animated form, the reuniting of almost the entire original cast — as well as the contributions of numerous original Star Trek writing staff veterans — meant that Star Trek: The Animated Series would be a welcome addition to Trek lore.
Earliest Exploration
In 1969, with Star Trek only recently cancelled on NBC, Paramount began talks with animation house Filmation Studios, founded in the early 1960s by Lou Scheimer, Norm Prescott, and Hal Sutherland. The group was known for the series of super-heroic television exploits for Superman, Aquaman, and Batman, and the gold-record-earning musical adventures of The Archies.
As a recently-discovered memo from Philip Mayer, director of Special programming for Paramount, shows, the original plans for a proposed animated series were by Don Christensen. His "Concept Paper" and Filmation art roughs and sketches showed the ideas for a training ship called "Excalibur," on which versions of the familiar Enterprise crew would train their teenage counterparts. Meant to be educational as well as entertaining, the proposed series would have featured six of the seven lead cast members returning (minus Chekov), plus five multi-racial children (Steve, Bob, Chris, Tun-Tun, Stormy, and Ploof).
Although plans for this version of the show were eventually abandoned, Filmation head Lou Scheimer had made good friends with Gene Roddenberry. When a deal for the series was finally made, Roddenberry and Filmation had complete creative control, freezing the studio and network out of the development process. Roddenberry suggested that Scheimer hire D.C. Fontana to be the series' story editor and associate producer. Scheimer readily agreed.
By 1972, Star Trek was under full development. The network gave the series a two-year 22-episode commitment, with a limited budget of $75,000 per episode. Fontana brought aboard many original Trek writers to share stories, including David Gerrold, Stephan Kandel, and Samuel A. Peeples. The writers were in need of work at that time; an eight-month writer's strike prevented live-action writers from working, but animation scripts were fair game. Unfettered by budgetary restraints — anything that could be written could be drawn — as long as it allowed for limited animation, the writers invented bizarre new alien races and showcased fantastic vistas.
The Uhura character returned, along with many extra character voices for Nichelle Nichols
Almost the entire cast was reassembled, though negotiations were difficult with Leonard Nimoy, who didn't want to do the series, especially when it appeared that Nichelle Nichols and George Takei might not be rehired. For budgetary reasons, Walter Koenig was once again left out of the final cast, though he did write an episode of the series. A man of many accents, James Doohan performed almost every incidental male voice on the series, although guild rules stated he could only provide three per episode. Female voices were often given by Nichelle Nichols and Majel Barrett, while writer David Gerrold pinch-hit behind the microphone, and Lou Scheimer voiced many of the most incidental guards and minor characters. Voice recording commenced in June 1973, and although the first three episodes were recorded as an ensemble, later shows were recorded with the stars coming in to record when their schedule permitted.
The visual look of the series was developed by Don Christensen as Art Director, supervising the design work by Bob Kline. From the live-action series, 35 millimeter film was cut apart for the animators and designers to "rotoscope" (trace over), thus providing detailed and realistic human forms and a U.S.S. Enterprise that looked almost as real as the original special effects model. To keep the budget in check, Filmation personnel developed a style of reusing animation, utilizing the same figures or faces in slightly different ways. One trick that allowed for less animation per frame was to show characters covering their mouth with their hands while speaking, thus obfuscating the need for animating the mouth. Another shortcut was to show silhouettes of the characters as they moved through alien habitats or among spaceship corridors.
Replacing Chekov on the bridge — and functioning as Uhura's relief operator — were two new characters, added to create alien "diversity" on the bridge. Lieutenant Arex, a three-armed, multi-legged Edosian helped helm the ship, while the communications console was sometimes helmed by Lieutenant M'Ress, a feline member of the Caitian species (voiced by Majel Barrett). Other crewmembers were occasionally given a spotlight, including the Comanche helmsman Ensign Walking Bear, the first Native American crew person shown on Star Trek (predating Voyager's Chakotay by decades).
The Debut
The first Star Trek animated episode debuted on September 8th, 1973, seven years to the day after the original series had debuted. Fittingly, the debut episode, "Beyond the Farthest Star" was written by Samuel A. Peeples, who had also created the pilot for the original Trek. It was an auspicious beginning that promised viewers a return to the "five year mission" they knew and loved.
Takei's Sulu character caused some political fall out in Los Angeles
Oddly, in Los Angeles, viewers were treated first to "Tomorrow Is Yesterday" (although some sources cite "Yesteryear") instead of "Farthest Star." Because actor George Takei was running for City Council at the time, an FCC ruling did not allow television stations to air the other episode, as Sulu had approximately thirty seconds of dialogue, and the situation was deemed as giving him an unfair advantage!
Fans soon learned that although it was a Saturday morning series, Star Trek was not treated as a children's show. The writers made certain that the scripts did not "dumb down" Star Trek for the kiddy crowd (an inflatable Enterprise in one episode notwithstanding). The Los Angeles Times review said, "it is fascinating fare, produced and executed with all the imaginative skill, the intellectual flare and the literary level that made Gene Roddenberry's famous old science fiction epic the most avidly followed program in TV history, particularly in high IQ circles."
Beyond the Farthest Star" aired first and introduced us to new tech, like the Life Support Belt
Those who tuned in each week were rewarded not only by good storytelling and the familiar characters, but also by returning favorites from the live series. Returning to their Trek roles were Roger C. Carmel (as Harry Mudd), Stanley Adams (as Cyrano Jones), and Mark Lenard (as Sarek). Fans also saw new elements introduced that would show up in later versions of Trek, including a holodeck, Captain James Tiberius' Kirk middle name, Spock's pet Sehlat, Commodore Robert April, the first commander of the Constitution-class Enterprise, and even the second exit for the Enterprise's bridge.
Filmation co-founder Hal Sutherland directed the entire first season, but he was joined in the second season by Bill Reed. Other notable staff members included science fiction writer Larry Niven (bringing along the Kzinti race from his novels and short stories), Howard Weinstein, Marc Daniels, Margaret Armen, and others.
On May 28, 1974, Lou Scheimer attended the First Annual Emmy Awards for Daytime Programming (for the 1973-1974 season). Star Trek had received a nomination in the category of "Outstanding Entertainment Childrens Series," based on the submission of the episode "Yesteryear," written by D. C. Fontana. Filmation was competing with itself; its own Fat Albert and the Cosby Kids had also been nominated, as had the live-action Zoom and Captain Kangaroo.
The following year, on May 15, 1975, Star Trek did win its first-ever Emmy Award for Excellence in Children's Programming (for the 1974-1975 season) in the category of "Outstanding Entertainment Childrens Series." The nomination had come with the submission of the second season episode "How Sharper Than a Serpent's Tooth," written by Russell Bates and David Wise. Lou Scheimer accepted the award at a ceremony on the Hudson River Dayliner in the New York harbor. Scheimer didn't expect the award, having heard from his son — who had been exploring the ship below-decks — that he had overheard that Captain Kangaroo had won (The Pink Panther was the other show in the running). Luckily for Scheimer, the announcements his son heard were simply rehearsals, and Star Trek did win after all.
Cyrano Jones.
Although its ratings were good, Star Trek reached the end of its second year in the fall of 1975, and cancellation again awaited the famed franchise. The animated episodes were hardly forgotten however; Alan Dean Foster serialized them all in 10 volumes of the Star Trek Logs book series. Although early books adapted three episodes per volume, later books saw Foster expanding the scripts into short stand-alone novels.
The Animated Series and Questions of Canon
Although fondly remembered by early fans, Star Trek: The Animated Series (as it came to be known to differentiate it from The Original Series) was controversial when it came to canonical history. During production on the series Star Trek: The Next Generation in 1987, word came down from Gene Roddenberry's office that the animated adventures were officially "decanonised." This led to the removal of some animated characters from the Star Trek comics and novels, but the decision would not last long.
Robot transport.
Following Roddenberry's death in 1991, as well as internal personnel changes, Star Trek: The Animated Series came back into favor. References to the series popped up on Star Trek: Deep Space Nine, then become commonplace on the more recent Star Trek: Enterprise. Paramount also allowed animated references back in the novels and comics, and Skorr, Catians, Nasats, Edosians, and others who had once been a part of animated history were given life again.
On November 21, 2006, thirty-three years after its television debut, Paramount released Star Trek: The Animated Series as a complete DVD package. Included in the set were commentary tracks, storyboards, documentary featurettes, a booklet, and more. This deluxe set, treated with the same care and attention paid to the live-action Star Trek releases, was perhaps the best example that Star Trek: The Animated Series was once again a part of the family.
Star Trek.com
Editors Note: The Delta Triangle featured in ST:GF was taken form Star Trek The Animated Series. The Time Trap.
New Members
Master Chief Petty Officer Bueraguard "Bull" Clooney
AENG - Starbase 140 May 30, 2007
Ensign Jennifer Vatta TAC - USS Federation May 7, 2007
Lt Knera CSEC - USS Korgoth April 16, 2007
Birthdays
April 18th Ensign Mylantra Kova
April 24th Warrior 1st Class Karlassa
April 26th Lt Juliet James, Lt E'Lita Jarani, Lt Juliet Jurot, Captain Naru Tholia
May 3rd Lt Vickie Love, Ensign Novelle Parma
May 26th Marine Captain Andrus Wrenn
June 5th Admiral Ashley Morgan, Commander Jennifer Morgan
June 13th Ensign M'Pel
June 16th Rear Admiral Kempec, Lt Rol'Yat
TREK LIFE
Star Trek.com
Image of the week
Captain Naru Tholia
One might ask what makes this render so special? Captain Naru is my first, and only correct version of a Bajoran female. Sorry guys, I can only do females.......for now.
Aurora Initiative.
Star Date 64407.89 The USS Aurora captured a Pirate Frigate. Once again the crew disintegrated in captivity, but they uncovered some information concerning the Pirates, and the Zentradi in the action.
The Generation Weekly
Editor : Fleet Admiral Vanessa Ann Lucifel
Reporter: Admiral Ashley Morgan
WANTED- Staff, and Article, heck I'll take an Editor LOL
Generation Weekly
Star Trek : Generation Fleet
