Anyone ever do a 'Star Trek What If'? Anthology?

Dale Sams · January 11 2013, 09:45 PM

A book of short stories such as "What if the Enterprise were stuck back in time after 'Tommrow is Yesterday' and fought the Vegan Tyranny"?

vorador33 · January 11 2013, 09:56 PM

Theres the 3 Star Trek: Myriad Universes books

Dale Sams · January 11 2013, 10:04 PM

vorador33 wrote:

Theres the 3 Star Trek: Myriad Universes books

Ahh cool. Thank you.

Mr. Laser Beam · January 11 2013, 11:06 PM

Any plans for a fourth?

bfollowell · January 12 2013, 01:50 AM

Mr. Laser Beam wrote:

Any plans for a fourth?

IDW's Star Trek: The Last Generation may sort of be considered a fourth, even though it's a comic. It was published under the Myriad Universes banner.

I'd like to see some more Myriad Universes titles as well.

- Byron

Mr. Laser Beam · January 12 2013, 02:53 AM

^ Isn't that comic actually connected to the regular Trek universe though?

Therin of Andor · January 12 2013, 05:32 AM

Dale Sams wrote:

A book of short stories such as "What if the Enterprise were stuck back in time after 'Tommrow is Yesterday' and fought the Vegan Tyranny"?

There are, of course, novels such as "Crucible: McCoy" (an extensive proportion is: What if McCoy was stuck back in Edith's time and never got home?) and "Crucible: Spock" (What if Thelin of Andor continued on as first officer instead of Spock?), and alternative histories, such as "Killing Time" and "First Frontier".

JD · January 12 2013, 05:39 AM

Are you sure you don't mean The Chimes At Midnight in Myriad Universes: Echoes & Refractions? Or did both stories do their own takes on that idea?

Claudia · January 12 2013, 10:57 AM

Therin of Andor wrote:

...and "Crucible: Spock" (What if Thelin of Andor continued on as first officer instead of Spock?)

That was in Crucible: Spock? I thought that was a scene in Crucible: McCoy. I'm confused now because I don't quite remember Crucible: Spock building on TV/animated episodes like C:McCoy did...

King Daniel Into Darkness · January 12 2013, 12:53 PM

There's also the DS9 Millenium trilogy, the second of which takes place 25 years into the future, in a bizarre Federation/Fake Federation/Grigari war.

There's also the Janus Gate books, which give us a peek at a world where the Federation and Gorn have been at war for decades.

And Engines of Destiny, where we see a galaxy if the Borg had successfully assimilated Earth in 2063.

Although...

I wish I had the photoshopping skills to make a road map of the Trek multiverse, as described in DTI: Forgotten History (which I guess is version 1 of what eventually becomes the temporal observatory seen in "Cold Front")

The Wormhole · January 12 2013, 01:54 PM

Mr. Laser Beam wrote:

^ Isn't that comic actually connected to the regular Trek universe though?

True, but it still says Myriad Universes on the cover.

Markonian · January 12 2013, 04:20 PM

King Daniel wrote:

I wish I had the photoshopping skills to make a road map of the Trek multiverse, as described in DTI: Forgotten History (which I guess is version 1 of what eventually becomes the temporal observatory seen in "Cold Front")

Sounds awesome to me. Can't you find somebody with that photo-magic skills?

Christopher · January 12 2013, 06:01 PM

Mr. Laser Beam wrote:

^ Isn't that comic actually connected to the regular Trek universe though?

Yeah, it's different from the prose MyrU titles in that those are spontaneously branching timelines rather than the creations of time travel. However,

King Daniel wrote:

I wish I had the photoshopping skills to make a road map of the Trek multiverse, as described in DTI: Forgotten History (which I guess is version 1 of what eventually becomes the temporal observatory seen in "Cold Front")

I just imagine it as a set of branching, labeled lines, like a much more complex version of this diagram, or maybe something like this one (spoilers for the movie Primer). Basically a big Okudagram-like schematic showing the known parallel realities and branching timelines, plus the known time travel paths connecting or triggering them, with some of the branching paths being finite timelines that later reconverge and others being stable ones that continue indefinitely.

Therin of Andor · January 13 2013, 05:20 AM

JD wrote:

Are you sure you don't mean The Chimes At Midnight in Myriad Universes: Echoes & Refractions? Or did both stories do their own takes on that idea?

Both stories did "Thelin survives when Spock didn't" scenes.

Claudia wrote:

That was in Crucible: Spock?

Yes.

http://memory-beta.wikia.com/wiki/Thelin

I thought that was a scene in Crucible: McCoy.

Memory Beta doesn't even list Thelin as a referenced character for "Crucible: McCoy". He was a featured character in sections of "Crucible: Spock".

I'm confused now because I don't quite remember Crucible: Spock building on TV/animated episodes like C:McCoy did...

http://books.google.com/books?id=WXA...thelin&f=false

Claudia · January 13 2013, 10:16 AM

Thanks, Therin!

January 11 2013, 09:45 PM	#1
Dale Sams Captain	Anyone ever do a 'Star Trek What If'? Anthology? A book of short stories such as "What if the Enterprise were stuck back in time after 'Tommrow is Yesterday' and fought the Vegan Tyranny"?

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vorador33 Lieutenant Junior Grade Location: Derbyshire England	Re: Anyone ever do a 'Star Trek What If'? Anthology? Theres the 3 Star Trek: Myriad Universes books

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King Daniel Into Darkness Admiral Location: KingDaniel has fallen Into Darkness (in England)	Re: Anyone ever do a 'Star Trek What If'? Anthology? There's also the DS9 Millenium trilogy, the second of which takes place 25 years into the future, in a bizarre Federation/Fake Federation/Grigari war. There's also the Janus Gate books, which give us a peek at a world where the Federation and Gorn have been at war for decades. And Engines of Destiny, where we see a galaxy if the Borg had successfully assimilated Earth in 2063. Although... Like Killing Time, they are all undone at the end. I wish I had the photoshopping skills to make a road map of the Trek multiverse, as described in DTI: Forgotten History (which I guess is version 1 of what eventually becomes the temporal observatory seen in "Cold Front") __________________ Star Trek Imponderables, fun video mashups of Trek's biggest continuity errors. Episode One Episode Two

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