Friday 10 September 2010

What is Good? - Star Trek is Good

On the day of James Kirk's birth, his father dies on his ship in a last stand against a mysterious alien vessel. He was looking for Ambassador Spock, who is a child on Vulcan at that time, disdained by his neighbors for his half-human nature. Twenty years later, Kirk has grown into a young troublemaker inspired by Capt. Christopher Pike to fulfill his potential in Starfleet even as he annoys his instructors like young Lt. Spock. Suddenly, there is an emergency at Vulcan and the newly commissioned USS Enterprise is crewed with promising cadets like Nyota Uhura, Hikaru Sulu, Pavel Chekov and even Kirk himself thanks to Leonard McCoy's medical trickery. Together, this crew will have an adventure in the final frontier where the old legend is altered forever even as the new version of it is just beginning.



A prequel series, set 100 years before the original Star Trek series, which focuses on the early years of Starfleet, leading up to the formation of the Federation and the Earth-Romulan Wars. The series is set aboard the Earth ship Enterprise NX-01, captained by Jonathan Archer.
In the early twenty-second century, the starship Enterprise is launched. Her mission is to explore strange new worlds, seek out new life and new civilizations and to boldly go where no humans have gone before. Along with an alien chief medical officer and first officer, this crew with only NASA-level training and what the Vulcans know of local space, begin to explore and begin the legacy set for other Enterprise crews and captains like Robert April, Christopher Pike, James Kirk, John Harriman, Rachel Garrett, Jean-Luc Picard, William Riker, Edward Jellico and others.


Star Trek: Deep Space Nine, also known as "DS9", is set during the last years and the immediate post-years of The Next Generation (2369–2375) and was in production for seven seasons, debuting the week of January 3, 1993. Like Star Trek: The Next Generation, it aired in syndication in the United States and Canada. It is the only Star Trek series to take place primarily on a space station rather than aboard a starship. It is set on the Cardassian built space station originally known as Terok Nor, which was redesignated DS9 by the united federation of planets, located near the planet bajor and a uniquely stable wormhole that provides immediate access to the distant Gamma Quadrant The show chronicles the events of the station's crew, led by Commander (later Captain) Ben Sisko, played by Avery Brooks and Major (later Colonel) Kira Nerys, played by Nana Visitor Recurring plot elements include the repercussions of the lengthy and brutal cardasian occupation of Bajor, Sisko's spiritual role for the Bajorns as the Emissary of the Prophets and in later seasons a war with the Dominio


tar Trek: The Next Generation, also known as "TNG", is set approximately a century after The Original Series (2364–2370). It features a new starship, the Enterprise d and a new crew led by Captain Jean - luc picard Patrick Stuart) and Commander Willian Riker The series introduced alien races new to the Federation as crew members, including Deanna Troi a half - Bettazoid counselor played by Marina Sirtis and worf as the first Klingon officer in Starfleet, played by Michael Dorn. It also featured Gates McFadden as Dr. Berverley Le Var Button as chief engineer Geordi la Forge the android Data portrayed by Brent Spinner and Dr. Crusher's son Wesley Crusher played by Will Wheaton. The show premiered on September 28, 1987, and ran for seven seasons, ending on May 23, 1994.



Eugene Wesley "Gene" Roddenberry (August 19, 1921 – October 24, 1991) was an American screenwriter, producer and futurist, best known for creating the American science fiction series Star trek. Born in El Paso, Texas, he grew up in Los Angeles, California where his father worked as a police officer. Roddenberry flew 89 combat missions in the USAF during WW11 and worked as a commercial pilot after the war. He later followed in his father's footsteps, joining the LAPD to provide for his family, but began focusing on writing scripts for television.

As a freelance writer, Roddenberry wrote scripts for High way patrol, have gun, will travel and other series, before creating and producing his own television program, The Liutenant In 1964, Roddenberry created Star Trek, and it premiered in 1966, running for three seasons before cancellation. Syndication of Star Trek led to increasing popularity, and Roddenberry continued to create, produce, and consult on Star trek films and the television series, The next generation until his death. Roddenberry received a star on the Hollywood walk of fame and he was inducted into the Science fiction hall of fame and the Academy of television arts and sciences' Hall of Fame. Years after his death, Roddenberry was one of the first people to have his ashes Buried in Space.






Below are some blue prints of some of the space craft that are used through out the star trek series.





Below are some ship designs for the spin of Star Trek series Deep Space Nine. They were created by the artist Jim Martin. I particular like the style that they have been drawn in, for example they are mostly black and white but do have some bright colours like the red and the blue that make the pieces stand out.




Star Trek is an American science fiction entertainment franchise. The original Star Trek is an American television series, created by Gene Roddenbury which debuted in 1966 and ran for three seasons, following the interstellar adventures of Captain james t . Kirk and the crew of the Federation Starship Enterprise, following an earlier pilot film 'The Cage' which starred Jeffery Hunter as Captain christopher pike.

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