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AndrewLyon

Star Trek's Expanded Universe

Just like Star Wars fans from the 80s, Star Trek fans haven't had any new cannon materail in over a decade. No offence to the two Star Trek films relased, but a reboot does not make fresh materail.

 

As I understand things, Star Trek Online is following one path, the novels are following another, while both connect to characters we knew and loved. Talk about a good way to leave a fan confused.

 

What I am trying to understand is which one is considered "offical" for lack of a better term. As well is it just me or have both gone into a darker universe than what the TV series had? Yes, what Roddenberry said was true that books and cartoons are cheaper to produce than shows, but that doesn't account for the dark tones I've seen in both. I mean the more I read the novels, the more I can't help but see Andrew "The Hunter" Lyon alive, and well, and loving the universe that is there. Where a Dark Knight like his is welcome and almost needed by Star Fleet.

 

One other thing that caught my attention about the novels is it seems everyone is having kids. I mean Picard and Crusher have Rene. Riker and Troi have Natasha, Data has Lal, both who came back from the dead, one via Dr. Noonian Soong, the other via Flint. I mean even Proffessor Moriarty has children, a hologram who now had a body thanks to Mr. Mudd. I can't help but wonder if all these children fill the void that kids do in Jurrasic Park/World which is to be innocent bystandard and get caught up in things outside thier respective control/responsibility. On a closing note about the young ones, anyone a bit distrubed that these carrier women who are in thier . . . older years for lack of a polite term are actualling having them? Or should motherhood have no date in the 24th century.

 

I think I am now offically ranted/raved out. Blew my top, cooled down, still confused, and sorry if I played spoilers. Just had to get it out of my system.

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Everyone is having kids in the novels? Great Bird of the Galaxy, I'm obviously not missing out on much with the current Next Gen/VOY/DS9-era novels. And I've never had the desire to play Star Trek: Online; for superior science fiction gaming I'm all about Mass Effect.

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Add one more kid to the mix, Leeta and Rom have a child. Here is hoping she takes after her mother.;)

 

Here is a shocker to all the DS9 fans. Elim Garak is the head of the Caradassian Empire. Yes the man who one of the Obsidain Order's more elite operatives is now running the whole show. I suspect Dukat is spinning in his grave at that idea.:) If there is ever proof democracy isn't the perfect system it is in the fact that Garak is running the show now (he was elected to the job, after being the Ambassador to the Federation from the Empire/Union), and has diplomatic immunity. Who wants to place odds he pardons himself for crimes he committed as a memeber of the Obsidain Order?;)

 

Just to fill more info. The Ferengi Alliance, the Caradassian Empire, both signed the The Khitomer Accords, along with the original signing Empire, the Klingons. Love to see all those races serving together on a Federation Starship.

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