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101 Things We've Learned From TrekLit

56) if you're a Klingon who appeared on screen, chances are good you'll appear in a KRAD novel at some point. quite possibly on the Gorkon's crew.
 
57) Number One changed her name more often than Chrisitine Vale changes hair styles.

(Awesome replies everyone. I laughed aloud to several. I'll admit I stole this idea from the Star Wars EU bbs I read.)
 
58. It's possible to go for a walk in the woods and find someone to marry.
59. The lives of great men are sometimes made by petty admirals trying to sink the careers of young upstarts.
 
63) Everything important Christopher Pike did while captain of the Enterprise happened around the time of his visit to Talos IV.
 
64. When the Starfleet first contact crew visited the Lynx constellation and found planet Cait, they weren't surprised by who they found living there. Meow. And when they were in Starfleet, they wanted to be out. And when they were out, they wanted to be in.

65. Of course Mr AtoZ is a librarian! All of him! Which set us on the path to Hotep the pyramid-shaped alien, the cat-like Eeiauoans, the rocky Brikars, three-legged Arex of Triex, and so many others.
 
68) Every planet has caves, but not all caves are on a planet

69) Upon receiving the rank of Admiral, you go to the Evolved Vulcan Intelligence Learning Annex (The A is silent) for additional training
 
(70) The female Romulan Commander (from "The Enterprise Incident") is actually at least three different people.

(71) Kirk and Spock were sometimes a little bit gay for each other, but most of the time they weren't.

(72) Transporters were first introduced in the 2150's, then again in the 2230's.

(73) Spock had a kid he just never ever talks about.

(74) There actually are gay people in Star Trek, they were always just off-camera.

(75) Starfleet cadets are prone to amazing adventures, the likes of which many trained crews couldn't dream of.

(76) The Enterprise is designed after a set of blueprints made by Franz Joseph in the 1970's.
 
77) During the days of the TOS films, a lot of stuff happened that never made it to the screen. During the TNG films, very little happened that never made it to the screen...but Kirk died differently.
 
78) Ro reunited with Enterprise D crew members twice before the end of the Dominion War, but she never saw Picard or any of the E-D crew until after the DW ended.
79) She also never met Kira until she was stationed on DS9, except for that one time that they met and worked together.
 
80. Onedayrealsoonnow, some Treklit author will plan to rescue the Andorian ambassador from the surface of Sylax IV. ["Trekkies Bash New Star Trek Film As 'Fun, Watchable'", (The Onion, 2009.)]
 
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