ST09 "Lost Era"

[Nerys Myk]

Any of you author types thinking about the period between the destruction of the Kelvin and the launch of the Enterprise as a setting? The "new" status of Romulan/Federation relations would seem to be fertile ground for story. Sarek, Winona Kirk and Pike would provide good character "hooks."

 

[LutherSloan]

From what I understand the upcoming ST09 books aren't going to have any real effect on the 'Abramsverse' canon, which is being left up to Abrams or whoever directs STXII. So I don't know if anyone is going to be authorized to write prequel stories about the Abramsverse Kelvin, Sarek, etc. just yet.

 

[Captaindemotion]

I'd be more interested in seeing how the 24th Century 'Prime Timeline' events referred to by old Spock are dealt with; the destruction of Romulus etc. Did this result in a diaspora throughout the galaxy, did other vengeful Romulans 'do a Nero', but in their own era, did the Klingons or other species see an opportunity and try to fill the vacuum left by the Rommies? And how did the Federation and Starfleet deal with the disappearance (and presumed death?) of such an iconic figure as Spock?

 

[seigezunt]

I'd be more interested in seeing how the 24th Century 'Prime Timeline' events referred to by old Spock are dealt with; the destruction of Romulus etc. Did this result in a diaspora throughout the galaxy, did other vengeful Romulans 'do a Nero', but in their own era, did the Klingons or other species see an opportunity and try to fill the vacuum left by the Rommies? And how did the Federation and Starfleet deal with the disappearance (and presumed death?) of such an iconic figure as Spock?

Ditto this.

 

[Thrawn]

^ Well, we're still several years away from that, and not progressing too quickly. Typhon pact is early 2382, Articles was 2380, and that was a 5 year gap in publishing time. Unless there are more time jumps (which I feel are totally valid storytelling methods, and might provide a solution), there's going to be a long time before the destruction of Romulus happens.

 

[Christopher]

From what I understand the upcoming ST09 books aren't going to have any real effect on the 'Abramsverse' canon, which is being left up to Abrams or whoever directs STXII. So I don't know if anyone is going to be authorized to write prequel stories about the Abramsverse Kelvin, Sarek, etc. just yet.

I'd think just the opposite. The movies are going to be going forward. I doubt they'd revisit the Kelvin or the like. If anything, prequels would probably be the safest path to take, since they'd be less likely to be contradicted than books set after the movie.

 

[Greg Cox]

From what I understand the upcoming ST09 books aren't going to have any real effect on the 'Abramsverse' canon, which is being left up to Abrams or whoever directs STXII. So I don't know if anyone is going to be authorized to write prequel stories about the Abramsverse Kelvin, Sarek, etc. just yet.

I'd think just the opposite. The movies are going to be going forward. I doubt they'd revisit the Kelvin or the like. If anything, prequels would probably be the safest path to take, since they'd be less likely to be contradicted than books set after the movie.

You know, that's what I thought when I wrote my first UNDERWORLD prequel. The past is safe. They're never going to go backwards in the movies.

Then RISE OF THE LYCANS came along . . .

 

[Christopher]

^Good point. If the Thor movie starring Chris Hemsworth is a hit and he becomes a star, maybe Paramount will want to do a Star Trek: Kelvin movie. You never know.