Abrams Trek...

[Christopher]

There are other TAS-specific characters besides Arex and M'ress who might be used to tag a Kirk-era story as being in the TAS timeframe. There's the engineer Mr. Gabler, who was in several TAS episodes. There's Lt. Anne Nored of "The Survivor," the first female security officer in Trek screen history. There's Ensign Walking Bear, the helmsman from "How Sharper Than a Serpent's Tooth." And various bit players like science officer Ensign Bates, engineer Bell, shuttle pilot Clayton, and security guards Kolchek and Morgan.

Other indications of a TAS timeframe could include:

* The use of forcefield belts (though I find them rather silly; where's the air supply?)
* Mention of a second exit on the bridge, just to port of the main viewscreen
* Descriptions of engineering based on the TAS designs
* Use of the holographic rec room from "The Practical Joker" (though I find it anachronistically advanced given the apparent novelty of holodecks in TNG)

And of course, have a lot of description of the characters standing very, very still while they talk. And whenever they beam down somewhere, have a long, lingering description of the panoramic vista around them before anything happens.

 

[Therin of Andor]

It'd be interesting to see some Trek novels based on TAS.

Check out the last two thirds each of Alan Dean Foster's "Star Trek Log Seven", "Star Trek Log Eight", "Star Trek Log Nine" and "Star Trek Log Ten": essentially, eight original stories set squarely during TAS.

Arex and M'Ress make very brief cameos in "The Galactic Whirlpool", and have featured in all "New Frontier" novels since "Gateways: Cold Wars". P8 Blue (aka Pattie) is a regular in SCE/CoE and is a Nasat, the same species as Em/3/Green in "The Jihad" (TAS).

There's the engineer Mr. Gabler, who was in several TAS episodes. There's Lt. Anne Nored of "The Survivor," the first female security officer in Trek screen history. There's Ensign Walking Bear, the helmsman from "How Sharper Than a Serpent's Tooth." And various bit players like science officer Ensign Bates, engineer Bell, shuttle pilot Clayton, and security guards Kolchek and Morgan.

Many of whom cameo or feature in the "Crucible" trilogy.

 

[Christopher]

Check out the last two thirds each of Alan Dean Foster's "Star Trek Log Seven", "Star Trek Log Eight", "Star Trek Log Nine" and "Star Trek Log Ten": essentially, eight original stories set squarely during TAS.

Eight? I count six. There's the "Gypsy" sequel to "The Counter-Clock Incident" in Log Seven; the "jawanda hunt" extension of "The Eye of the Beholder" in Log Eight; the visit to Pandro as a "BEM" followup in Log Nine; and three original adventures in Log Ten: the story before "The Slaver Weapon" in which Spock, Sulu, and Uhura retrieve the statis box from Gruyakin Six, the story with M'Ress back on the Enterprise during the episode, and the diplomatic mission to Briamos after the episode.

 

[BolianAuthor]

I'll have to check those all out. Heck, I might even try writing a TAS story myself. I've also always thought it'd be cool to do a novel series (maybe 3 or 5 books) dealing with the Enterprise under Captain April. There's a LOT of possibility for new and fresh approaches out there.

 

[JD]

It'd be interesting to see some Trek novels based on TAS.

Check out the last two thirds each of Alan Dean Foster's "Star Trek Log Seven", "Star Trek Log Eight", "Star Trek Log Nine" and "Star Trek Log Ten": essentially, eight original stories set squarely during TAS.

Arex and M'Ress make very brief cameos in "The Galactic Whirlpool", and have featured in all "New Frontier" novels since "Gateways: Cold Wars". P8 Blue (aka Pattie) is a regular in SCE/CoE and is a Nasat, the same species as Em/3/Green in "The Jihad" (TAS).

And Phigus Simenon from Stargazer is a Gnalish, the same species as Sord, also from "The Jihad".

 

[Therin of Andor]

Eight? I count six.

Well, I was going on a very rough count, based on the fact that the previous adaptations were three episodes to a volume, and the last four episodes took up a third of the page count each.

Also because the first Kumara story was a based on a double episode script by ADF.

And Phigus Simenon from Stargazer is a Gnalish, the same species as Sord, also from "The Jihad".

I didn't add that one on purpose - because the naming of Sord as a Gnalish was a result of a conversation and suggestion I had on Psi Phi (or here?) with Michael Jan Friedman, and when I've listed him, people have said it didn't count.

 

[JD]

Oh, I see then. I figured that since MJF agreed it would count.

 

[Therin of Andor]

Oh, I see then. I figured that since MJF agreed it would count.

Me too...