The Fall of Starbase One: A Star Trek Fan Production

[Philip Guyott]

May 18, 2156

Earth's first interplanetary outpost - Starbase One - is attacked by a faceless enemy. As ground troops are sent to clear out survivors, an unlikely trio put their lives on the line and take drastic steps to stop a war - but is there more at stake?

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From the makers of:

Needs of the Many

The Derelict

Good Men

 

[Wowbagger]

Fantastic!

 

[Borgminister]

Crikey!
Unexpectedly good!

 

[Kelso]

You guys did the story I always wanted to see on Enterprise!

That made my night.

Well done!

 

[Potemkin_Prod]

Nicely done!

 

[AaronJay]

Fantastic!

Glad you enjoyed it!

Crikey!
Unexpectedly good!

Haha! Glad we could surprise you. Thank you for watching!

You guys did the story I always wanted to see on Enterprise!

That made my night.

Well done!

Aww, thanks wonderful feedback to receive! I think the Romulan War is something so many people wanted to see explored on Enterprise, myself included, so it was fun to do our own little interpretation of what could have been!

Nicely done!

Thank you so much for watching!

 

[Reanok]

Fantastic Enterprise era fanfilm bravo!

 

[Maurice]

A for effort!

But I found her tattoos distracting. Makeup!

Spoiler: The ending & its setup.

One small issue: The ending was predictable. We know the Federation isn't going to learn what the Romulans look like ergo we know what must happen. Her choice felt a bit false, too, because she herself says the mining operations would help the Romulans get a fleet to Earth's door, so how is there even a choice? The logical Vulcan response would be, "Is what they look like and from whom they are descended more important than denying them access to the mining facilities here? Logic dictates the latter option." Arguing that would have imparted more substance to and complicated the conflict. And I kept waiting for her to reply with an "And if the information does come out later? Wouldn't it be better if it came from a Vulcan ambassador—an ally—rather than some MACO who manages to gun one down?" And so forth. The choice between A and B is the meat of the story, after all, and anything which makes the viewer wonder what the right decision is makes the drama land harder.

 

[Bry_Sinclair]

It shows how creative Trek fans are even under the weight of the restrictions foisted upon them.

 

[AaronJay]

Fantastic Enterprise era fanfilm bravo!

Yay! Thanks so much for watching!

A for effort!

But I found her tattoos distracting. Makeup!

Spoiler: The ending & its setup.

One small issue: The ending was predictable. We know the Federation isn't going to learn what the Romulans look like ego we know what must happen. Her choice felt a bit false, false, too, because she herself says the mining operations would help the Romulans get a fleet to Earth's door, so how is there even a choice?. The logical Vulcan response would be, "Is what they look like and from whom they are descended more important than denying thing them access to the mining facilities here? Logic dictates the latter option." Arguing that would have imparted more substance to and complicated the conflict. And I kept waiting for her to reply in with a "And if the information does come out later? Wouldn't it be better if it came from a Vulcan ambassador—an ally—rather than some MACO manages to gun one down?" And so forth. The choice between A and B is the meat of the story, after all, and anything which makes the viewer wonder what the right decision is makes the drama land harder.

Thanks for watching, and really flattered that you found the content so engaging! I love your thoughts, and certainly something I will keep in mind for future writing!

We thought Rachel offered a different 'look' for Star Trek so we actually made a conscious decision to show her tattoos, hence the reason why her sleeves are rolled up. Sorry to hear you found it too distracting though.

It shows how creative Trek fans are even under the weight of the restrictions foisted upon them.

The guidelines certainly encourage fans to be creative, but we've never felt restricted by them in the projects we've produced - but that might have something to do with them being short films and anthology based. Thanks for watching!

 

[Maurice]

Thanks for watching, and really flattered that you found the content so engaging! I love your thoughts, and certainly something I will keep in mind for future writing!

You're welcome. You've to-date always shown yourself open to feedback, so I figured I could be straight with you in a way that I can't with some other fan filmmakers. As always, I just want to help people make the best films possible.

 

[F. King Daniel]

Nice work! A downer ending but I guess that was inevitable with what was set up.

 

[Noname Given]

Wow! Great stuff. You sure got a lot out of those original sets you made for 'Needs of the Many' and 'The Derelict'. You do amazing work with the resources you have and it really is some quality stuff. I hope you continue.

 

[AaronJay]

Nice work! A downer ending but I guess that was inevitable with what was set up.

Yeah, thinking about it now pretty much all our films end on a bit of a Debbie-Downer. Maybe I should amend that trend for the last one. Thanks for watching!

Wow! Great stuff. You sure got a lot out of those original sets you made for 'Needs of the Many' and 'The Derelict'. You do amazing work with the resources you have and it really is some quality stuff. I hope you continue.

(I also saw your comment on YouTube but I'll reply here are well ) We certainly have gotten a lot of use out of our set pieces and we're constantly adding new ones, but unfortunately they are getting to the stage of needing a retirement. They've got one more film in them and then it's time for a rest! Thank you so much for watching!

 

[surak-toc]

Absolutely awesome, I love it