Even the ship needed some work after the long patrol. The first written rendition of the federation vs klingon war that happened in the 23rd cetury by fasa corp, the writers of the original star trek the role playing game. The four maquis characters all appear as part of chakotays maquis cell in your humble rewatchers the brave and the bold book 2, the first half of which tells the story of how and why tuvok. The concept was derived by robert greenberger, and the series was originally intended as a trilogy, starting with. Mario villani was 38 years old when he was held in up to four detention and torture centres for four years. This is a collection of stories by various authors set during this turbulent era and. Continues, a new trek series, beams down with exciting adventures of the federations most heroic crew led by captain james. The war began with the battle of axanar on reference stardate 2251. The first and third novels focus on the crew of the uss enterprise, while the second and fourth novels are novelizations of a sevenepisode arc from deep space nine s sixth and seventh seasons. I blame this on bry sinclair, alec peters and axanar, the klingon empire. Set in the star trek universe, the film stars kate vernon, tony todd, richard hatch, gary. Published by user, 10 years ago the last book in the series of a time to novels, explaining what happened to the enterprise and her crew between the last two star trek tng films, and immediately after the fight with shinzon in star trek nemesis. Prior star fleet marquis personnel were welcomed back at their former ranks, thus providing an immediate gain of experienced, trained personnel that were sorely needed due to war losses. The four years war united trek united trek star trek.
Now the cooper had to transport some scientist to axanar, site of the first battle between the federation and the klingons in the four years war. Heres a look at 10 historic moments in star trek weve already lived through. It was published as a paired set with the scenario book return to axanar. The episode routinely pops up on best of lists for its series and for the franchise as a whole, and its the. Jonathan frakes talks directing the far future for star. As of november 2019, approximately 850 novels, short story anthologies, novelizations, and omnibus editions, have been published. Start by marking return to axanarthe four years war star trek rpg 2book set as want to. Return to axanar the four years war star trek rpg 2 book set theisen, john a on. The four years war is a series of fan fiction novels based in the early 2250s of the established star trek. Here is an interview with stephen and information on his books. Heston class memory beta, noncanon star trek wiki fandom. Goodreads helps you keep track of books you want to read. This is what the axanar fan film, and perhaps star trek discovery, tooks a lot of inspiration from. Axanar, hosts christopher jones and alec peters are joined by axanar director and renowned artist christian gossett, who also collaborated with alec on the story.
Four years war is a fan fiction series created by dragonboy546 that takes place during the mid23rd century and thats based off of the fasa rpg book that went out of print some years ago. He has written over two dozen novels, as well as short stories, nonfiction, ebooks, and comic books, most of them in various media universes, among them star trek, world of warcraft, starcraft, marvel comics, buffy the vampire slayer, serenity, resident evil, gene roddenberrys. It had its public debut july 26, 2014 at the san diego comiccon. Decandido was born and raised in new york city to a family of librarians. The landmark alternate timeline episode from the middle of star trek. Return to axanar the four years war star trek rpg 2 book set. Return to axanar the four years war star trek rpg 2 book set john a theisen on. Tbonz on mar 2 marchapril 2020 trek conventions and appearances by. The original series, an epic new trilogy that stretches from the earliest voyages of the starship enterprise to captain kirks historic fiveyearmissionand from one universe to another. The third season finds the crew of the uss discovery 930 years in the future, setting the show beyond all known star trek canon. His writing credits span several media, including television for episodes of star trek.
Four years war novels by stephen fender axanar productions. Frakes told stm about the practicalities of this challenge. Four years war memory beta, noncanon star trek wiki fandom. Star trek fans have been curious for years about the battle of axanar, the decisive turning point in the war against the klingon empire. One brave woman ventures alone into a parallel universe to save her old shipmates, exiled there decades. Compiled, edited and annotated by academician sir kenneth a. In this, the premiere episode of the official podcast of star trek. This sourcebook was released as a scenario for star trek. Prelude to axanar is a 2014 fanmade short film, directed by christian gossett and written by. Memory beta, noncanon star trek wiki is a fandom books community. The hestonclass was a type of federation starship, classified as a cruiser, in starfleet service in the 23rd century during the time period of the four years war the first of the hestonclass vessels entered service on reference stardate 19105, beginning a series of sixteen vessels that would be in service for decades afterwards in the mid23rd century. Prelude to axanar is a 2014 fanmade short film, directed by christian gossett and written by gossett and alec peters. Brighton, professor of psycho history, star fleet museum, memory alpha.
The dominion war crossover miniseries depicts events leading up to the dominion war. It followed the voyages of the starship uss enterprise on its fiveyear mission, the purpose of which was to. The four years war was one of a few hot wars fought between klingons and the. The four years war memory beta, noncanon star trek wiki. Four years war is a fan fiction movie created by dragonboy546, that takes place during the mid23rd century and thats based off of the fasa rpg book that went out of print some years ago. Various retired leaders discuss their experiences of the four years war, a war between the federation and the klingons, and the build up to a battle at axanar that caused a major turning point in the war. Written by susan sackett and with a preface by gene roddenberry, the book offers a detailed account from sacketts point of view as well as. The next generation reading list is centered around the next generation relaunch, which chronicles events following star trek. The fourth year of the original fiveyear mission continues with idws star trek. The four years war is a roleplaying game sourcebook detailing a mid23rd century war with the klingons, a prelude to the cold war seen in star trek. Like a cliffs notes version of seemingly randomly picked star trek episodes, this book relates some of the most dramatic scenes from the series, including the classic heartbreaking climax of the city on the edge of forever. The original series characters in the years between the end of the fiveyear mission and the events of star trek.
This 21minute short film, prelude to axanar, premiered saturday, july 26th, 2014, at san diego comic con, and features richard hatch, tony todd, kate vernon, jg hertzler and gary graham gary. Garths victory at the battle of axanar was the pivotal moment in the four years war. Just in time for the milestone 50th anniversary of star trek. The text and timeline chronology contained in this publication should be made available, either as general knowledge or specific library information, to anyone in star fleet requesting such. The novels are set up as a series of chronological short stories that outline the war from start to finish. The war started when the federation colony on archanis iv was attacked which resulted in the death of 112 federation citizens.
The star trek series has interacted with real world events. Star trek, a time for war, a time for peace, a novel by k r a decandido. Return to axanar the four years war star trek rpg 2. Star trek has a fiftytwo year history of tiein fiction, beginning with the 1967 publication of james blishs star trek 1. Return to axanarthe four years war star trek rpg 2book set. The four years war is a roleplaying game sourcebook detailing a mid23rd century war with the. The four years war was one of a few hot wars fought between klingons and the united federation of planets in the 23rd century, between reference stardates 194 and 198. All convoys, before departing their assigned ports of call, must first log all planned routes of travel with federation security personnel at the nearest established starbase or outpost in relation to the convoys point of origin. David mack is the awardwinning and new york times bestselling author of more than thirty novels of science fiction, fantasy, and adventure, including the star trek destiny and cold equations trilogies. The four years war saratoga into the fray authors note. First look at axanar, the star trek war movie weve waited. However, summaries rarely, if ever, pack the same punch as an original work, so, id suggest watching the actual episodes instead.
Discovery completely shattered the series status quo. Star trek is an american media franchise based on the science fiction television series created by gene roddenberry. The four years war was a protracted conflict between the united. And now, a new unofficial movie will show what really. In order to save the universe from an apocalyptic ai system, discovery needed to be sent far into the future. The lost years is a fourbook pocket tos series, published by pocket books between 1989 and 1995. Deep space nine, film, short fiction, and comic books. The motion picture, which chronicles the journey of star treks revival from a new television series as envisioned in 1975 to the feature films release four years later. In the mid23rd century the klingon attack on the federation colony at archanis iv ignited what was to become known as the four years war, a period of violent hostilities between the federation and the klingon empire which would create a rift between the two powers which lasted half a century. The four years war, as it later came to be known, was a late22nd century conflict between the united federation of planets and the klingon empire. Star trek producer rick berman defined it perfectly in the book star trek. Four years war memory beta, noncanon star trek wiki. The first television series, called star trek and now known as the original series, debuted on september 8, 1966 and aired for three seasons on nbc. Star trek source book the four years war free download as pdf file.
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