Spacegate Station Productions - Star Trek Fan Films

[Peter Carafano]

Hey all,

The Spacegate Station films are TOS based stories rooted in the Star Trek Universe. These films position Spacegate Station as one of the most consistently strong independent Star Trek fan film creators on the web. They are intended to be both a homage to the Star Trek Universe and as a resource to engage students and ignite their imagination regarding the future of space exploration. They presently have six films, three of the USS Defiant Trilogy and three of the CSO Cadet Trilogy. In addion several shorts are available leading up to the lates fil premiering in the Spring 'USS Republic".

You Tube URL: https://www.youtube.com/channel/UC0CNxuM3bi7uoXEVw7eIfqg

Check it out and let us know what you think!

 

[Maurice]

Hey all,

The Spacegate Station films are TOS based stories rooted in the Star Trek Universe. These films position Spacegate Station as one of the most consistently strong independent Star Trek fan film creators on the web. They are intended to be both a homage to the Star Trek Universe and as a resource to engage students and ignite their imagination regarding the future of space exploration. They presently have six films, three of the USS Defiant Trilogy and three of the CSO Cadet Trilogy. In addion several shorts are available leading up to the lates fil premiering in the Spring 'USS Republic".

You Tube URL: https://www.youtube.com/channel/UC0CNxuM3bi7uoXEVw7eIfqg

Check it out and let us know what you think!

Hi. Welcome.

For those who see this and want a peek, here's the latest segment I see on the channel:

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[BillJ]

Hi. Welcome.

For those who see this and want a peek, here's the latest segment I see on the channel:

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AI cover page is not a promising start.

 

[Maurice]

I, too, wish people would stop leaning on that. I want to see something representative, not some generic computer poster.

At a cursory glance, the shows do not appear to use AI. Maybe @Peter Carafano can clarify.

 

[Peter Carafano]

There are six films total, the two best are: "Before the Terror":

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" The Path of Honor" :

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[Peter Carafano]

I, too, wish people would stop leaning on that. I want to see something representative, not some generic computer poster.

At a cursory glance, the shows do not appear to use AI. Maybe @Peter Carafano can clarify.

These fan films were filmed with real people on actual sets. AI was used for developing the thumbnails. There are two series The USS Defiant and the CSO Cadet series. Spacegate Station is at heart an educational STEM Channel produced by teachers in Duval County, Florida (spacegatestation.com). The Star Trek Fan films are their yearly projects which focuses on involving Middle and High Schools Students in video production using the amazing Star Trek Universe as its foundation. The last three productions involved actual theater students portraying the main characters. The program is expanding the CSO cadet series with the USS Republic, a training vessel for cadets. Set construction is going on now and it should come out in the Spring of 2027

 

[Peter Carafano]

AI cover page is not a promising start.

AI was only used for the thumbnails. These are actual live video productions.

 

[BillJ]

These fan films were filmed with real people on actual sets. AI was used for developing the thumbnails. There are two series The USS Defiant and the CSO Cadet series. Spacegate Station is at heart an educational STEM Channel produced by teachers in Duval County, Florida (spacegatestation.com). The Star Trek Fan films are their yearly projects which focuses on involving Middle and High Schools Students in video production using the amazing Star Trek Universe as its foundation. The last three productions involved actual theater students portraying the main characters. The program is expanding the CSO cadet series with the USS Republic, a training vessel for cadets. Set construction is going on now and it should come out in the Spring of 2027

So you guys are like the school in Florida that has been doing KOTOR fan films. The King’s Academy.

Will definitely have to check you guys out.

 

[Peter Carafano]

The Spacegate Station team proudly presents The Last Full Measure — (Definitive Edition 2026), a fully rebuilt version of our first Star Trek fan film. Originally released in 2021, this new 35‑minute edition directors cut features upgraded AI graphics and improved pacing.

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[Maurice]

AI was only used for the thumbnails. These are actual live video productions.

I think the AI thumbnails are not doing these productions any favors. It just looks generic, and the people in them aren't even your cast.

 

[korblborp]

I, too, wish people would stop leaning on that. I want to see something representative, not some generic computer poster.

At a cursory glance, the shows do not appear to use AI. Maybe @Peter Carafano can clarify.

it actively drives me away from watching things, even when i know for sure the video itself is not ai generated. there are a bunch of old scifi movies popping up in my recs lately that i refuse to watch because they have generated thumbnails, although they at last have put the movie title into the machine.

 

[korblborp]

I think the AI thumbnails are not doing these productions any favors. It just looks generic, and the people in them aren't even your cast.

it doesn't even look generic, it looks bad.

 

[Maurice]

I notice they tend towards orange and brown backgrounds, which increases the sameness.

 

[Mudd]

Nice productions.

 

[AntonyF]

AI cover page is not a promising start.

I hate this reflexive luddite negativity.

This is a FAN production. Look at it for a few minutes. If AI helps them achieve a THUMBNAIL so be it.

They've not removed a job from anyone. They weren't going to commission a designer to create one.

I'm a writer. Have you ever used a spellchecker? Well screw you for doing me out of work.

And as always, it's easy to sit and shit from a far on people - but where's YOUR fan production with paid-for artwork?

 

[Tosk]

How much do you charge for your spellchecking service?

 

[BillJ]

I hate this reflexive luddite negativity.

This is a FAN production. Look at it for a few minutes. If AI helps them achieve a THUMBNAIL so be it.

They've not removed a job from anyone. They weren't going to commission a designer to create one.

I'm a writer. Have you ever used a spellchecker? Well screw you for doing me out of work.

And as always, it's easy to sit and shit from a far on people - but where's YOUR fan production with paid-for artwork?

Don’t ever change.

 

[AntonyF]

Don’t ever change.

No plans to, no need to. Was that in question?

Ignore them @Peter Carafano there's a lot of people here that just float around giving advice that was not asked for and rudeness that is not warranted. Not everyone is like it...

 

[BillJ]

No plans to, no need to. Was that in question?

You really do. Because if you had read the whole thread, you wouldn’t have made the knee jerk reply…

So you guys are like the school in Florida that has been doing KOTOR fan films. The King’s Academy.

Will definitely have to check you guys out.

 

[AntonyF]

I really do what?