Star Trek

mataHmeH maSachnISTo Survive, We Must Expand! – Worf, The Way of the Warrior Qapla’ Warriors of the Empire!  We have been tasked with giving an orientation to the new recruits who have decided to join the noble Klingon Empire. I’m Korrath, and these are my compatriots: G’hargh, Hauk, and Deyvid. We are the Warriors of Sto’vo’kor and have gathered ...

It seems like just a couple of weeks ago that Dan Stahl, Star Trek Online’s executive producer, approached me and said “Season 6 is coming. We're going to need to get started on starbases soon. You'll need to figure out what they look like.” Now, we're wrapping up the artwork on what I think is going to be one of the most exciting features we've ever added to Star Trek Online:...

“There's got to be a way to have our cake and eat it, too” - Captain Janeway, speaking to an alternate timeline future version of herself, but also summing up how “Endgame” wound up being the best of all possible conclusions for Voyager. This week marks the 11th (!) anniversary of the airing of the final episode of Voyager. I know it makes more sense to do reflections e...

Logan Kugler and two dozen colleagues “Made it so” last Saturday in Illinois. The www.sendpicardtospace.com team launched action figures of Picard, Riker and Data (aboard a model of the Enterprise-D) and Kirk, J.J. Abrams and Roberto Orci (aboard the Enterprise NCC-1701) into the stratosphere via a giant latex Kaymont balloon also fitted with multiple cameras and tracking systems. T...

There are a lot of lessons to be learned if you are going to collect screen-used props and costumes. And telling the stories about collecting is one of my favorite things to do. I recently started working with CBS on the Star Trek archive, the collection of original props and costume spread through the Star Trek Exhibit and the Star Trek Experience. The Enterprise "D" Saucer Section Sometimes...

Listen, I know I'm supposed to have a "One Trek Mind" and all. Heck, I'm not even supposed to look at another science-fiction franchise - but I must confess, I saw The Avengers. Twice. You probably did too, and I'm guessing you loved it. Kids around the world are getting together with their friends to play Marvel team-up, because the characters are so strong – but I'm here to tell you, yo...

As early as when watching Star Trek: The Original Series as a teenager in Germany, I wondered about the purple and orange planets the crew seemed to be orbiting every other week. From my astronomy books, I knew that the planets in our Solar System were certainly interesting and colorful, but they didn’t have quite that sherbet-like coloring from Star Trek. Much later, while in astronomy g...

It's hard to believe it's been three years since Star Trek (2009) finally launched onto screens. Part of me still thinks of it as “the new one,” but another part of me has already accepted Chris Pine's cocky smile, Zachary Quinto's raised eyebrow and J.J. Abrams' ubiquitous lens flares as a part of Trek legacy. Like many of you, I followed every half-rumor leading up to the release...

I tell ya, folks, I was planning to make this week's One Trek Mind a searing, intellectual look at the Kirk-Spock-Bones troika as a symbol of Freudian psychology. I had 90% of it written and then my annoying cat jumped on the keyboard, deleting the file and all the backups. Pets! They make you sneeze, they crap in the house and they still haven't figured out a way to cook their own food. In th...

In this Guest Blog, StarbaseUGC stops by to let players know how they can play community-authored Star Trek Online Foundry missions, and learn to create their own missions. Space…The Final Frontier… For many, these words were the beginning of a journey of imagination, introspection and adventure. When it was announced that Star Trek was going to be coming to the world as a Massiv...