From ottoh3@CFSMO.Honeywell.COM Sat Oct  5 15:01:44 1991
From: ottoh3@CFSMO.Honeywell.COM (Otto Heuer #3)
Newsgroups: rec.arts.startrek.info
Subject: FREQUENTLY ASKED QUESTIONS LIST
Date: 4 Oct 91 16:03:22 GMT
Followup-To: rec.arts.startrek
Organization: Vulcan Science Academy, Tau Ceti Sector


The file with the list of updates is currently 43K so more changes are coming.

	       PERIODIC LIST OF "FREQUENTLY ASKED QUESTIONS"
		 in REC.ARTS.STARTREK (last updated 9/25/91)

   This posting is intended to cut down on the "often asked questions" 
that seem to pop up every few months in the rec.arts.startrek newsgroup.  
It is one of a number of periodic postings posted to r.a.s:

            posting               frequency          poster/address
-------------------------------- ----------- ----------------------------------
Frequently Asked Questions List  bi-monthly  Otto Heuer
                                             ottoh@cfsmo.honeywell.com
-------------------------------- ----------- ----------------------------------
Star Trek Music                  bi-monthly  ottoh@cfsmo.honeywell.com
-------------------------------- ----------- ----------------------------------
Trek Rate                        bi-monthly  ottoh@cfsmo.honeywell.com
-------------------------------- ----------- ----------------------------------
List of Actors' Other Roles      monthly     Dan Styer
                                             djstyer@symmetry.cs.mtu.edu
-------------------------------- ----------- ----------------------------------
Star Trek Creative Works (FTP)   monthly     djstyer@symmetry.cs.mtu.edu
-------------------------------- ----------- ----------------------------------
Star Trek TNG List of Lists      bi-monthly  Mark Holtz
                        (monthly in Jul/Aug) mholtz@sactoh0.SAC.CA.US
-------------------------------- ----------- ----------------------------------
Star Trek TOS/TAS List of Lists  monthly     mholtz@sactoh0.SAC.CA.US
-------------------------------- ----------- ----------------------------------
List of TV stations showing ST   monthly     Chris Wayne
                                             cwayne%hydra.unm.edu@ariel.unm.edu
-------------------------------- ----------- ----------------------------------
Program Guide updates           occasionally Mike Brown
                                             brown@vidiot.UUCP
-------------------------------- ----------- ----------------------------------
ST:TOS Romance/Love List         bi-monthly  Richard Muirden
                                             ram@lionet.wesley.oz.au 
-------------------------------- ----------- ----------------------------------
TNG drinking game                monthly     Mark Yocom
                                             n9043860@henson.cc.wwu.edu
-------------------------------- ----------- ----------------------------------
Weekly Introduction to           weekly      Mike Shappe
REC.ARTS.STARTREK                            mikey@amnesia.ithaca.ny.us
-------------------------------- ----------- ----------------------------------
Monthly Introduction to          monthly     mikey@amnesia.ithaca.ny.us
REC.ARTS.STARTREK                            
-------------------------------- ----------- ----------------------------------
rec.arts.startrek netiquette     bi-monthly  Matt Gertz
                                             gertz@bilge.ece.cmu.edu
-------------------------------- ----------- ----------------------------------

   This FAQL is basically a list of questions that have been brought up 
and discussed to death in rec.arts.startrek, and a lot of people would 
be happy if they never resurfaced.  It also contains pointers to other 
information.

=============================================================================
 1) Acronyms
 2) Names (Kirk, Spock, McCoy, Data, Vulcans)
 3) TNG Ranks
 4) Top speed/TNG warp
 5) McCoy's "I'm a doctor, not a ___" lines
 6) Stardates, years, ages, etc.
 7) Creative stuff/ftp sites: (parodies, pictures, scripts,
    quotes files, episode guides, tech manuals)
 8) Picard's surrenders; self destructs; time travel; leaving the galaxy
 9) Addresses for Trek memorabilia
10) Crew reading USENET?
11) TOS Enterprise separation
12) Games
13) Star Trek Obituaries
14) Starfleet Military?
15) Shatner and Nimoy singing, and other music info
16) SNAFUs
17) Definitions:  "Trekkie" vs. "Trekker"
18) Crew backgrounds
19) Uniforms
20) Untelevized TOS episodes and series pilots
21) Submitting a script for TNG and Submitting a story for Pocket Books
22) Where can I see my favorite Trek stars in the nude?
23) Is Paramount making money on TNG? and salaries
24) Money in the future
25) Religion in the future
26) Future of Star Trek (TNG season 4, TNG season 5, Star Trek 6, etc)
99) Misc Trivia
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1) Acronyms:
   TOS     = The Original Series (or The Old Series)
   TAS     = The Animated Series 
   TCS     = The Cartoon Series/The Comics Series
   TNG     = The Next Generation
   TFS     = The Film Series
   TMP     = The Motion Picture (ST1)
   TWoK    = The Wrath of Khan (ST2)
   TSfS    = The Search for Spock (ST3)
   TVH     = The Voyage Home (ST4)
   TFF     = The Final Frontier (ST5)
   NCC     = Naval Construction Contract
   USS     = United Space Ship
   WF      = Warp Factor
   c       = The speed of light (186,000 miles/sec (300,000 km/sec))
   FTL     = Faster than Light (warp speeds)
   BoP     = The Romulan (and Klingon) Bird of Prey vessel
   UFP     = United Federation of Planets
   SFC     = Star Fleet Command
   SFA     = Star Fleet Academy
   SF      = Star Fleet or Science Fiction (depending on context)
   RNZ     = Romulan Neutral Zone
   KHP     = Klingon Home Planet (since TPTB refuse to give it a name)
   VISOR   = Visual Instrument and Sensory Organ Replacement
   IDIC    = Infinite Diversity in Infinite Combinations  (Vulcan Credo)
             aka Philosophy of Nome
   LLaP    = Live Long and Prosper
   SFB     = Star Fleet Battles
   SFU     = Star Fleet Universe
   FASA    = Fredonianian Aviation and Space Administration
             or Fantasimulations Associates
             (both of these come from the people at FASA)
   TFG     = Task Force Games (company that puts out SFB)
   ADB     = Amarillo Design Bureau (company that created SFB)
   ST-RPG  = Star Trek Role Play Game (FASA)
   UESPA   = United Earth Space Probe Agency
   GR      = Gene Roddenberry
   RA      = Richard Arnold
   TPTB    = The Powers That Be (usually referring to GR or Paramount)
   Bjo     = Bjo "Bee-joe" Trimble, author of Concordance
   The Great Bird = Gene Roddenberry (An in-joke from "The Man Trap"))
   The Big E = The Enterprise
   FX, SFX = (special) Effects
   K/S     = Generally refers to the "liberal" writing style of some of 
             the less-accepted Trek books and fanzines dealing with Kirk 
             and Spock being "more than close friends".
   ILM     = Industrial Light and Magic
   IMHO    = In My Humble Opinion
   FYI     = For Your Information
   teaser  = the short scene that comes before the opening credits.
   trailer = previews (commercials) for the next EXCITING episode.
   retcon  = to declare that something never happened (like Kirk's 
             middle initial being "R"). Short for RETroactive CONtinuity.
   canon   = what Roddenberry/Paramount decides is "real" Trek. Gene has 
             already declared every novel (including the one(s) he 
             wrote) to be non-canon.

If you see other acronyms (and are relatively new to UseNet), refer to 
the "often asked questions for new users" file in the news.newusers 
group (where you'll also find articles on nettiquette that will save you 
lots of grief (like keeping signature lines to a minimum)).  Episode 
names are commonly referred to by acronym; most are fairly easy to 
figure out (EaF for "Encounter at Farpoint", etc.).

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2) NAMES:

2a) Kirk's middle initial/middle name.  It is generally agreed that 
Kirk's full name is "James Tiberius Kirk".  It was only given as "James 
T. Kirk" in TOS, the "Tiberius" didn't come around until TAS ("Bem") and 
the novels.  In "Where No Man Has Gone Before", Gary Mitchell makes a 
gravestone for Kirk that says "James R. Kirk", apparently before Gene 
had settled on a middle name (or possibly proof that Gary was failing as 
a god).

2b) Spock's other name (you couldn't pronounce it, as he told the blonde 
in "This Side of Paradise") isn't given in TOS or TFS.  It is given in 
one or more of the books if you care to believe them.  According to the 
Officer's Manual, it is Xtmprszntwlfd (pronounced with six syllables).  
In "Journey to Babel" there's this exchange:
     Kirk:   Mrs. Sarek...
     Amanda: Amanda. I'm afraid you pronounce the Vulcan form.
     Kirk:   Can you?
     Amanda: In a fashion, after many years of practice.

2c) McCoy's middle initial is given in "Friday's Child" and TFS as "H".  
Some novels have it as "H"; others as "T".  Geoffrey Mandel's Officer's 
Manual lists his middle name as Horatio.

2d) Data's name was shown on a computer screen once as "Lt. Cmdr NFN NMI 
Data" ("No First Name, No Middle Initial").  

2e) As a general rule, Vulcan males have five-letter names starting with 
"S" and ending with "K" (Spock, Sybok, Sarek, etc.) in honor of Surak, 
and Vulcan females have names starting with "T'" (T'Pau, T'Pring, etc.).  
The explanations for Saavik are either "she's part Romulan, so the 
naming convention didn't hold" or "Her name is T'Saavik, but the "T'S" 
is too hard to pronounce.

2f) Other names from Geoffrey Mandel's Officer Manual: Montgomery Edward 
Scott, Itaka Sulu (though George prefers Walter and Gene and some novels 
call him Hikaru (which is what he'll be called in ST6)) , Upenda Uhura 
some sources say Nyota), Pavel Andreievich Chekov (also stated as such in 
"The Way to Eden"), and Christopher Robin Pike.

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3) RANKS: 

TOS:  (Franz Joseph's Tech Man) - all stripes 2cm wide.
     Ensign  - No stripe.
     Lt      - 1 stripe.
     Lt Cmdr - 1 broken stripe above 1 stripe.
     Cmdr    - 2 stripes.
     Capt    - 1 broken stripe between 2 stripes.
     Comdr   - 3 stripes.
     Adm     - 4 stripes.

TOS:  (Fasa rulebook)
     Recruit                    - 'Enterprise Star' (ES).
     Enlisted 2nd Class         - ES with slash underneath.
     Enlisted 1st Class         - ES with 2 slashes underneath.
     Petty Officer 2nd Class    - ES with chevron underneath.
     Petty Officer 1st Class    - ES with 2 chevrons underneath.
     Chief Petty Officer        - ES with chevron and rocker underneath.
     Senior Chief Petty Officer - ES with chevron and 2 rockers underneath.
     Master Chief Petty Officer - ES with chevron and 3 rockers underneath.
     Warrant Officer            - 1 silver broken stripe.  1cm wide.
     Chief Warrant Officer      - 1 silver stripe.
     Ensign                     - No stripe.  (officer stripes are 2cm wide)
     Lt, j.g.                   - 1 gold broken stripe.
     Lt                         - 1 gold stripe.
     Lt Cmdr                    - 1 gold broken stripe above 1 gold stripe.
     Cmdr                       - 2 gold stripes.
     Capt                       - 1 gold broken stripe between 2 gold stripes.
     Comdr                      - 3 gold stripes.
     Adm                        - Thick shaded area between 2 gold stripes.
 
Movies:  (D Schmidt's Line Officer Requirements)
     Lt, j.g.         - 1 silver pip with gold tip.
     Lt               - 2 silver pips with gold tip. Tips facing. 0.5cm apart.
     Lt Cmdr          - 1 gold bar in a silver cage.
     Cmdr             - 2 gold bars in a silver cage.
     Capt/ Fleet Capt - 3 gold bars in a silver cage.  
                        2 gold arrowheads on ends of Fleet Captain.
                        2 silver arrowheads on ends of Captain.
     Comdr            - 1 gold arrowhead on a bronze circle.
     R Adm            - 2 gold arrowheads on a bronze rectangle.
     V Adm            - 2 gold arrowheads on a bronze triangle.
     Adm              - 4 gold arrowheads on a bronze square.
     Fleet Adm        - 5 gold arrowheads on a gold pentagon.

TNG:  Deanna Troi's rank was given as "Lt. Cmdr" in "Encounter 
at Farpoint" (the pilot episode) and occasionally on computer displays 
(e.g. "The Child").  Wes was made an acting ensign by Picard in "Where 
No One Has Gone Before", then made full ensign  in "Menage a Troi" and 
given a uniform.  Riker was given a field promotion to Captain in "The 
Best of Both Worlds Part 2", but was back to being a commander in the 
next episode.  The "pips" (the circles on the uniform collars) signify 
rank.  A hollow circle counts as a half circle:

     0.5:  Ensign, Junior Grade
     1.0:  Ensign
     1.5:  Lt., Junior Grade
     2.0:  Lt.
     2.5:  Lt. Commander
     3.0:  Commander
     4.0:  Captain
     5.0:  Commodore/Fleet Captain

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4) WARP:

4a) The fastest the original Enterprise has gone (not counting "off the 
scale") was 14.1 in "That Which Survives".  The Enterprise-D seems to 
have a top speed slightly less than 10, not counting the time Q flung it 
a great distance.  Riker mentioned that warp 10 instigates time travel.  
In "Where No One Has Gone Before" it is mentioned that the Enterprise 
has reached or passed warp 10.  

4b) For TOS, speed is (warp ^ 3) * c, which yields:

      warp    c 
      ----  ----
       1       1
       2       8
       3      27
       4      64
       5     125
       6     216
       7     343
       8     512
       9     729
      10    1000
      11    1331
      12    1728
      13    2197
      14.1  2803.221

4c) The ST:TNG Writer's Technical Manual, third season edition contains 
the following table:

      warp    c   comment
      ----  ----  -------
       1       1
       2      10
       3      39
       4     102
       5     214
       6     392  normal cruising speed.
       7     656
       8    1024
       9    1516
       9.6  1909  maximum attainable speed for E
       9.9  3053  maximum speed for E under any circumstances
       9.99 7912
      10    infinite

    Notes not from the guide:

For warp speeds 1 through 9, the formula  w ^ (10/3) * c  provides the 
numbers shown, rounded to the integer.

4d) From Richard Arnold:  The story on transwarp drive: it doesn't work.  
The warp drive that we see on TNG is not transwarp or ultrawarp or 
whatever you want to call it.  It is an improved version of the same 
warp drive that we saw on TOS (at least the fifth generation warp drive 
according to Goldstien's Spaceflight Chronology).  The Excelsior proved 
that Transwarp wouldn't work by being destroyed by it during a test 
flight.  FASA has another category system which TPTB don't acknowledge.
According to a letter column in one of the Star Trek comics, ST6 will
include the Excelsior (and the novelization will explain that this
precedes the explosion of the Excelsior).

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5) Is McCoy a doctor?

           QUOTE                                      EPISODE
I'm a doctor, not a bricklayer                   Devil in the Dark
I'm a doctor, not a escalator                    Friday's Child
I'm a doctor, not a engineer                     Mirror, Mirror
I'm a doctor, not a mechanic                     The Doomsday Machine
I'm a surgeon, not a psychiatrist                The City on the Edge of Forever
I'm a doctor, not a coal miner                   The Empath

Some more variations on the theme occur in "The Deadly Years" where he says 
"I'm not a Magician, I'm just an old country doctor", and in "The 
Corbomite Maneuver" where he asks "What am I, a doctor or a Moon shuttle 
conductor?"  Also, in "Amok Time", Kirk asks "Well, are you a doctor or 
aren't you?" and in ST5 says something like "Dammit Bones, you're a 
doctor", and in TOS says "I'm a soldier, not a diplomat."  ST2 has a more
vague reference when Kirk says "Physician, heal thyself", McCoy says "Is
that all you've got to say?  What about my performance?", and Kirk replies 
"I'm not a drama critic".  The line may have originated with Heinlein's
1952 novel "The Rolling Stones."  In that book, Dr. Edith Stone says, "How
can I be sure?  I'm a doctor, not a fortune-teller."

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6) STARDATES, YEARS, AGES, ETC.:
     In TOS the stardates ranged from 1513 (Man Trap) to 5928 (Turnabout 
Intruder).  At this time Gene had intended for stardates to be based on 
Julian dates modulo 10000, with one stardate being 24 hours in length.  
There are numerous examples where this is false.  Some of the most 
blatant are The Immunity Syndrome (where a quick calculation shows that 
one stardate is less than 2.5 hours) and Requiem for Methuselah (where 
one stardate figures out to be about 960 hours).  There are a few 
episodes where the stardates actually decrease during the show.
     In TNG, the stardate is also supposed to be 24 hours, and is in the 
form 4xyyy.y where "x" is the season number and yyy.y is a random number 
that increases (usually) throughout the season.
     There are a few timelines (quite detailed) that get posted to r.a.s
occasionally.  They take all the info from canonical sources and use as
much as they can without conflicting too much (usually only having to throw
out two or three references).  The following is a list of the mentions that
get asked the most in RAS:
     1992-1997 Eugenics Wars (according to Off Manual/TMP novel)
     1993-1996 Eugenics War (according to Space Seed)
     2018      Last use of sleeper ships (according to Space Seed)
     2031-2039 Clone Wars (according to Off Manual (80)/TMP novel)
     2035      US gets 52nd state (according to The Royale)
     2047      Mind Control Revolt (according to Off Manual/TMP novel)
     2049      First Kzinti Invasion of Earth (according to Off Manual)
     2064      Kzinti Invasions Halt (according to Off Manual)
     2079      All United Earth "nonsense" abolished (according to 
Encounter at Farpoint)
     The year in TOS is somewhere between 2260 and 2286.
     The Officer's Manual says TMP took place in 2265.
     The year on a bottle of Romulan Ale is given in The Wrath of Khan 
as 2283(?)
     Khan was marooned for 15 years at the time of ST2.
     TNG is 93-100 years after TOS, and 78-79 years after TMP.
     TOS "Ballentine Concordance (1976)": Gives McCoy's age as 45.
     TOS "Who Mourns for Adonais": Chekov gives his age as 22.
     TOS "The Deadly Years": Kirk's age is given as 34.
     TNG "The Neutral Zone": Data gives the year as 2364.
     TNG "Encounter at Farpoint": McCoy's age is given as 137.
     TOS "Journey to Babel": Sarek's age is given as 102.437.
     TNG "Sarek": Sarek's age is given as 202.
     TNG "The Schizoid Man": Wes said "Data, chronologically, you're not 
much older than I am."
     TNG "DataLore": Data says he was found 26 years ago.
     TNG "Datalore": Data details exactly how many years he spent at the 
Academy, how many as an ensign, etc.  Counting backwards from stardate 
41xxx.x would give his grad date.
     TNG "Encounter at Farpoint": Data graduated SFA in the class of '78 
with Honors in Dextral Biology and Probability Mechanics.
     TNG "Encounter at Farpoint": The Post-Atomic Age started in 2078.
     TNG "Encounter at Farpoint" (and the Officers Manual): the New 
United Nations was formed in 2036 (the Officers Manual says this 
happened during the Clone Wars).
     Kirk was born in the year 2228 in Riverside, Iowa, where a statue 
of him has been erected.
     The book "The Final Reflection" (non-canon, but who really cares) 
puts the lifespan of a Klingon at about 40 years (terran).  Worf would 
be about 15, by this reckoning.  
     William Shatner was born on March 22, 1931
     Leonard Nimoy was born on March 26, 1931.
     DeForest Kelley was born on Jan 20, 1920

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7) HOW TO OBTAIN CREATIVE MATERIAL:
This section contains locations where you can find Star Trek parodies, 
pictures (GIFs, PostScript drawings, ASCII artwork, etc.), scripts, 
fortune/quotes files, the episode guide, and tech manuals).  The monthly
postings (FAQL, MUSIC, TOS LISTS, TNG LISTS, etc) are all archived at
milton.u.washington.edu (for FTP).  If you don't have FTP access and want
to use the mailserver, send email to amigo@milton.u.washington.edu with
the subject line of "server".  For help with the server, put the word
"help" in the body of the message followed by the word "end".

7a) The list of anonymous ftp sites with Star Trek related creative stuff
has been expanded and spun off to its own monthly posting.  Please refer to
that list if you are looking for a place to obtain Star Trek related material.

7b) Or you can telnet (not ftp) to mbbs.cc.columbia.edu (128.59.41.3), 
and follow the information given to you from there.  Essentially you'd 
be able to connect to a file server which you can download files (kermit 
or xmodem protocols only) located in several places.  Go to the 
"pictures" location and then try to get any of the "Startrek" gif files. 
These are the pictures available in the Startrek directory:
       beverly.gif      laforge.gif     strbas.gif
       bonekirk.gif     picard+yar.gif  trekview.gif
       crew.gif         picard.gif      troi.gif
       data.gif         picard2.gif     wesley.gif
       enterprise.gif   riker.gif       worf.gif
       enterprise2.gif  spock.gif       worf2.gif
       enterprise3.gif  spock1.gif      yar.gif
       kirk.gif         spock2.gif
       kirk2.gif        spockirk.gif

7c) Chuan Chee (ckchee@dgp.toronto.edu) has collected a huge number of 
the Star Trek parodies from rec.arts.startrek and alt.startrek.creative.  
They are available via anonymous ftp or via email.

anonymous ftp:  ftp.cs.montana.edu (192.31.215.202) in directory 
pub/st-parodies.  The file p.files contains an index to the parodies.  The 
parodies themselves are packed into groups; the archive p.01.tar.Z 
contains parodies 010 through 019. If you don't know what ".tar.Z" 
means, ask your system administrator.

email:  [ no longer supported - may be set back up later on some site ]

Note:  Please use ftp if you possibly can.  Sending large amounts of
email is considered bad manners by system administrators.

There's also a "fortune" file for both TOS and TNG with humorous and/or 
memorable quotes from the episodes.  These fortune files, as well as 
this FAQL and the monthly posting of Star Trek Actors' Other Roles are 
also available on ftp.cs.montana.edu (for ftp only).

7d) People without ftp access can find lots of trek-related stuff 
(including this FAQL) on the Memory Alpha BBS  (607) 257-5822.

7e) Hack-Man's TOS Guide is available fully-formatted to all who can
interpret AppleWorks IIgs formatting.  A plain ASCII version will be available
"Real Soon Now".  It contains everything you'd ever want to know about the
TOS episodes (and a lot you don't :-)

7f) Vidiot's TNG Guide (which contains all kinds of useful info like names of
actors/actresses) is available by anonymous ftp at mammoth.unr.edu
(134.197.40.241) in the /pub/guides/startrek directory as well as 
caesar.cs.montana.edu (192.31.215.202) in the /pub/guides/st-tng directory.  
All the information needed (which files to get and what to do with them 
(unpacking, printing, etc.)) is in the README file at the same sites.  The
guide is also available by anonymous UUCP from Mike Brown at
		Phone:          608-274-9275
		Baud:           19200/2400/1200
		Login:          anonuucp
		Password:       none (it will not be asked)
The main directory is ~nuucp/guides.  In there you will find a file 
called dir.list.  Get it, as it will list all of the latest files that 
are in the guides' directory.  After you get it, study it and then 
request the files that you need.  This area contains more than ST:TNG 
guides and lists.  The area will be under constant changes, as new lists 
and updates will be added.

You can also purchase a pre-printed copy from Mike himself.

7g) Other good sources for information (on both series) are:
"The Making of Star Trek" by Stephen Whitfield (Ballantine/Del Ray 68)
"Star Fleet Technical Manual" by Franz Joseph (Ballantine/Del Ray 75)
"Star Trek Blueprints" by Franz Joseph (Ballantine/Del Ray 75)
"Star Trek Concordance" by Bjo Trimble (Ballantine/Del Ray 76)
"Star Trek Compendium" by Allan Asherman (Pocket Books 81, 87, 89)
"The Klingon Dictionary" by Marc Okrand (Pocket Books 85)
"Mr. Scott's Guide to the Enterprise" by Shane Johnson (Pocket Books 87)
"The Worlds of the Federation" by Shane Johnson (Pocket Books 89)
"The Writer's/Director's Guide" (new editions put out for each season)

FASA has the "Officers Manual", but it has been pulled or denounced by 
Gene since it contradicts a lot of what has been said on TNG or in the 
Writer's/Director's Guide (Betazoids are NOT from Haven, Star Fleet did 
NOT think of creating the post of counselor when they discovered 
telepaths, etc.)  Roddenberry told them to stop publishing the manual 
until they corrected the inaccuracies, but instead FASA made 2-3 more 
printings.  They will be releasing a new edition that has been worked 
out with Paramount, and Richard Arnold has said somewhat 
enthusiastically that it is going to be quite nice and meets with Gene's 
approval.

FASA recently published the long-awaited canon manual, the First Season 
Sourcebook Update.  Unfortunately, some of the information is already 
outdated, such as the Betazoid homeworld is STILL not Haven, although 
that was stated in the first season episode "Haven".

And of course you can get lots of Trek stuff from Trek cons and 
magazines (Starlog seems to be the most popular).

Lincoln Enterprises themselves are at most conventions, and they sell 
writer's guides from every season along with final scripts from 
episodes.  In fact, these scripts even have scenes that are cut out due 
to the episode running long.  

7h) rec.arts.startrek.creative's FTP site is missing.  It used to be at
scam.berkeley.edu (128.32.138.1) in the directory ~ftp/misc/info.

The deanna.gif file is available at jumbo.hartford.edu in  
./pub/tng/gif/147.gif and ./pub/tng/tga/147.tga.Z, so stop asking :-)

[ Anyone know of more sites for Postscript drawings, GIFs, ASCII 
pictures, serious scripts/novels, etc.? --ed ]

[ Any ftp site have the "Sam Donaldson as a Vulcan" picture? --ed ]

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8a) LEAVING THE GALAXY:  The Enterprise has left the galaxy in "TOS: 
Where No Man Has Gone Before", "TOS: By Any Other Name", "TOS: Is There 
in Truth No Beauty?", and "TNG: Where No One Has Gone Before".  In 
"ST5:TFF" they crossed the barrier at the center of the galaxy.

8b) PICARD'S SURRENDERS:
* "Encounter at Farpoint":  Picard says "Transmit the following in all
  languages and in all frequencies; 'We surrender'."
* "The Outrageous Okono":  Picard drops shields "In case we decide to
  surrender to them."
* "A Matter of Honor":  Picard surrenders to Riker on the Pagh.
* "The Defector":  The Romulans ask Picard to surrender, but he doesn't.
* "Peak Performance":  Riker asks Picard "Would you care to surrender now?"
  even before the wargames begin.
* "Peak Performance":  Picard surrenders to the Ferengi, but they don't accept.
* "The Last Outpost":  Picard tries to surrender to the Ferengi, but they beat
  him to it.
* "Yesterday's Enterprise":  Alternate-Picard refuses to surrender to the
  Klingons.

8c) SELF-DESTRUCTS:
* "11001001":  Picard tries to self destruct.
* "Where Silence Has Lease":  Picard tries to self destruct for Nagilum.
* "Contagion":  Virus-induced sort-of-self-destruct-like-thing.
* Kirk tried to self destruct in "Let That Be Your Last Battlefield",
  "By Any Other Name", and finally succeeds in ST3:TSFS.

See the "Lists" postings for self-destruct sequences.

8d) TOS time travel:
  1. The Guardian of Forever          ("City on the Edge of Forever")
  2. The slingshot effect             ("Tomorrow Is Yesterday")
  3. Cold-starting the warp engines   ("The Naked Time")
  4. Mr. Atoz's time travel system    ("All Our Yesterdays")
  5. Isis' time-space transporter     ("Assignment: Earth")

8e) TNG time travel:
  1. Picard from the future           ("Time Squared")
  2. Enterprise from the past         ("Yesterday's Enterprise")
  3. Riker thinks he's in the future  ("Future Imperfect")
  4. Aliens from the future           ("Captain's Holiday")

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9) Any correspondence with Paramount, Gene, the actors, etc. should be 
sent in care of Paramount at the following address:

               Paramount Studios
               Star Trek Offices
               5555 Melrose Ave.
               Hollywood, CA 90038-3197

Note that scripts have a better chance of getting accepted if you have 
an agent.  Paramount gets about 800 fan-written scripts a year and uses 
about four of them.  See the separate section in this posting on 
submitting scripts.

Lincoln Enterprises is run by Majel Barrett (Mrs. Roddenberry, formerly 
Majel Leigh Hudec), and is said to be the best source for fan 
paraphanalia, scripts, etc.  This is the best place to get a Writer's 
Guide from if you're not an established writer.  The address is:

               Lincoln Enterprises
               Box 691370
               Los Angeles, CA 90069
               (213) 462-3850 (orders only, $15 minimum by credit card)

Star Tech has some good stuff too, like the blooper reels on tape (four 
tapes for TOS and one for TNG season one), movie soundtrack CDs, etc. 
However, some of their recorded tapes seem to be "gray market", so 
beware:

               Star Tech
               PO Box 456
               Dunlap, TN 37327

               Starlog (or Starlog Press)
               475 Park Avenue South
               New York, NY   10016

               Starland
               PO Box 24590
               Denver, CO   80224
               phone: 1 303 671 8735   fax: 1 303 671 0302

               Intergalactic Trading Co.
               PO Box 1516
               Longwood, FL   32750
               phone: 1 407 831 8344   fax: 1 407 332 0142

               New Eye Studio
               PO Box 632
               Willimantic, CT   06226
               phone: 1 203 450 1943

               War Games West
               3422 Central Av SE
               Albuquerque, NM   87106
               phone: 1 505 265 6100   orders:  1 800 729 4263
               Fax:   1 505 260 0752   hotline: 1 505 299 3368

Franklin Mint came out with a Pewter Enterprise ($198.00), a pewter 
Klingon ship, a pewter Romulan Bird of Prey, and a Star Trek Chess Set 
Kirk and Khan as opposing kings (redshirts as pawns?)) a few years back
(1000), and I think CitiCorp or someone has a Star Trek VISA (with some
outrageous annual fee).  Franklin Mint is now issuing a 25th-anniversary
commemorative coins.  Timex has a line of Star Trek watches.

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10) None of the crew read Usenet (though we have a writer or two on 
here).  Wheaton and some of the "behind-the-scenes" people are on 
Compu$erve/GEnie though.  When Wil starts at UCLA, it would be easy for 
him to obtain a Usenet account, so he may be lurking.  :-)

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11) Yes, the TOS Enterprise could separate; just that it would take a 
lot more work (and a bigger effects budget) to put it back together.   
Kirk orders Scotty to "disengage nacelles, jettison if possible" in "The 
Savage Curtain" and "discard the warp drive nacelles if you have to and 
crack out of there with the main section, but get that ship out of 
there!" in "The Apple".

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12) GAMES:  The FASA Star Trek game is pretty much ignored by the r.a.s 
community, though many seem to like the variety of TOS and TNG drinking 
games that show up occasionally (see the monthly FTP posting).  There are a
few computer games based on Star Trek as well (I even wrote a few).  The
rules and board layout of the 3-D chess game Kirk kept beating Spock at are
posted every once in a while (see monthly FTP list). 

     Star Fleet Battles (SFB) is a tactical "shoot'em up" board game.  It is
very realistic.  It has a basic game, but there are all sorts of highly
complex and technical rules available to the ship's commander.  It boggles
the human mind.  None-the-less it is a very fun game.  It takes total and
complete devotion to learning the game.  Some like it others don't.  Those
that don't shouldn't knock it!  It would be best suited as a computer
simulation.

     Federation & Empire (Federation Space) is the strategic and economical
version of SFB (bigger picture).

     West End Games has three ST games out: Enterprise IV Encounter, ST-
The Adventure Game, & ST-Three Solitare Games.  All came out in 1985.
They are simple and fun box games.

     Star Fleet Battle Manual (Lou Zocchi/Gamescience) & Alien Space were
developed about the same time as SFB, but was much simpler.  Gamescience
is noteable for producing the ever popular 3" plastic models of the Enterprise
and dreadnoughts, destroyers/scouts & tugs.  Zocchi and Steven Cole (SFB)
are friends and have collaborated together in checking that they don't
replicate the same material.  SFB uses GS's plastic ships.

     Fasa has also put out 4 microadventure games with short play times and
simple rules.  They are: STIII-The Search for Spock, Starship Duel 1 & 2,
& Struggle for the Throne.

     Computer Programs (commercial/PC):
	- ST-TMP Sega, arcade.
	- ST-TMP Sega, atari.
	- Star Flite, Lance Micklus/Adventure International (aka Star Trek 3.5)
	  1981.
	- Kobiashi Maru
	- there are many others (still looking)

     Computer Programs (public domain):
	- Trek/DRS (full simulation)
	- Trek80/DRS (enhanced version of Trek/DRS)
	- TREK_DRS (same scenario each time; IBM and compat)

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13) STAR TREK OBITUARIES:

Yes, Merritt butrick is dead.  He played Kirk's son David in the 
movies as well as T'Jon an Ornaran in TNG's "Symbiosis", along-side of 
Judson Scott (who played Sobi, a Brekkian and also a person that 
served with Khan).  The actor died in March 1989 due to complications 
related to the AIDS virus.  Other recent deaths include:

Stanley Adams (Cyrano Jones)
Barry Atwater (Surak)
Lucille Ball (owner Desilu Productions) 88-91
James Blish
Roger C Carmel (Harcourt Fenton Mudd) 89/90 due to medication or lack thereof.
Ted Cassidy (Ruk)
Gene L Coon (writer/producer)
James Daly (Mr. Flint)
Michael Dunn (Alexander)
Robert A Heinlein (writer) 87-91
Kay Elliott (Stella Mudd)
Sam Gilman (Doc Holiday)
Jeffrey Hunter (Capt Christopher Pike) 70s
Jill Ireland (Leila Kalomi) 87-91
Celia Lovsky (T'Pau)
Susan Oliver (Vina, "The Cage") early 1990
Vic Perrin (Tharn, aka the voice of outter limits) 87-91
Michael Strong (Dr. Roger Corby)
Vic Tayback (Jojo Kracko)
Torin Thacther (Marplan)

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14) According to ST:TNG Writer's/Director's guide (1987):  "Starfleet is 
NOT a military organization....No saluting.  We may hear the word 'Sir,' 
but it is intended as the same kind of courtesy used by junior and 
senior officers on commercial airliners....No stories about warfare with 
Klingons or Romulans and no stories with Vulcans."  Granted the 
Romulan/Klingon/Vulcan rule has laxed,  Starfleet is still basically 
non-military (except when they are cornered, like the Borg situation).  
The fourth season ST:TNG Writer's Technical Manual says to mentally 
merge NASA, the Coast Guard and research ships like Calypso to gain a 
concept of the Enterprise's mission.  I guess we're supposed to believe 
that court-martials and brigs are non-military, huh?

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15)  MUSIC & SOUND:
     The first three seasons of TNG are in stereo, the fourth and fifth are in 
Dolby Surround stereo.
     For lyrics to any of the various Star Trek songs, see accompanying 
posting "Star Trek Music"
     Both Shatner and Nimoy have attempted to sing and have a few albums 
out (from the early 70s, I believe).  They are *extremely* bad and only 
good for comic relief.
     Nichelle Nichols originally sang the tune Uhura was singing in ST5, 
but TPTB decided a few days before the film was released to dub in 
Hiroshima singing the song.
     The band T'Pau (named after the Vulcan priestess from TOS "Amok 
Time") claim they are not Star Trek fans; they just liked the name.  DJs 
enjoy putting a few lines from "Amok Time" during the opening of the 
song "Heart and Soul" (McCoy: "Do you know who that is?  That's T'Pau!"  
T'Pau: "Thees ees da Voolcan heart; thees ees da Voolcan soul...")
     The Minneapolis band (now based in New York) "Information Society" 
likes putting Star Trek quotes in their songs.  "Pure Energy" had 
Spock's line "pure energy" (from the "Errand of Mercy") in it (and later 
releases of the song have McCoy saying something like "we're not out of 
this yet"), "Think" has Kirk saying "Think about it" (from "Mirror, Mirror"),
"Something in the Air" has a long scream (apparently taken from TOS), and
there's another song (the name escapes me) that has a line from Spock,
Scott, or both.  Adam Nimoy (Leonard's son) is a fan and friend of the group.
     Leonard Nimoy was on the cover of the Bangles' first album.  He was
also in one or two of their videos from that album.
     Susan Vega has a reference to Star Trek in one of her songs.
     The German band Nina mentions "Captain Kirk" in their songs "99 
Luftballoons" and "99 Red Balloons".
     Captain of the Starship - Canadian pressing of William Shatner-Live!
2 12" LP album.
     Captain of the Starship - another Canadian pressing of William Shatner
Live!  2 12" LP album, K-TEL Record, #9400.
     The Green Hills of Earth and Gentlemen, Be Seated - Robert A Heinlein,
read by Leonard Nimoy, 12"LP, Caedmon Records #TC 1526.
     Halley's Comet: Once in a Lifetime - narrated by LN, audio cassette,
Caedmon Cassette #S1788, 1986.
     The Illustrated Man - Ray Bradbury, read by LN, 12" LP, Caedmon
Records #TC1479.
     Inside Star Trek - Gene Roddenberry, Columbia Records, #34279.
     The Martian Chronicles - Ray Bradbury, read by LN, 12" LP, Caedmon Records,
#TC1466.
     Mimsy Were the Borogoves - Henry Kuttner, read by William Shatner, 12" LP,
Caedmon Records, #TC1509.
     The Mysterious Golem - narrated by LN, 12" LP, JRT Records.
     The Psychohistorians - read by WS, 12" LP, Caedmon Records, #TC1508
     Star Fleet Beat, Phasers on Stun - special 20th anni., 12" LP, Penguin
Records.
     The Star Trek Philosophy and Star Trek Theme - GR, from Inside Star Trek,
7" 45rpm, Columbia Records, #3-10448.
     Star Trek Tapes - press recordings, Jack M Sell.
     Sterling Bronsan: Space Engineer - Inter Audio Associates, parody on 
four cassettes.
     The Transformed Man - performed by WS, 12" LP, Decca Records, #DL75043.
     The Transformed Man and How Insensitive - from The Transformed Man, 7"
LP 45rpm, Decca Records, #32399
     Trek Bloopers - 3rd season TOS, 12" LP, Blue Pear Records, #1.
     Voice Tracks, USMC Toys for Tots - readings by LN and others, 7" 33 1/3rpm,
Warner Bros.-Sevent Arts Records, #PRO381.
     The Voyage of Star Trek - The Source, promotional copy, 12" LP 1982.
     The War of the Worlds - H.G. Wells, read by LN, 12" LP, Caedmon Records,
#TC1520.
     William Shatner-Live! - 2 record album, Lemli Records, #9400.
     Beyond Antares and Uhura's Theme - Nichelle Nichols, 7" 45rpm, R-Way
Records, #RW-1001.
     Consilium and Here We Go 'Round Again - sung by LN from The Way I Feel,
7" 45rpm, Dot Records, #45-17175.
     Dark Side of the Moon - sung by NN, 2 7" LP 45rpm, Americana Records, EP-1.
     Disco Trekin' and Star Child - sung by Grace Lee Whitney, 7" 45rpm,
GLW Star Enterprises.
     Down to Earth - sung by NN, 12" LP, Epic Records, #BNZ6351.
     Leonard Nimoy Presents Mr. Spock's Music from Outer Space (DOT) -  by LN,
12" LP, Dot Records, #DLP25794.
     - British version, diffusion, 1973, #25156.
     The New World of Leonard Nimoy - 12" LP, Dot Records, #DLP 25966.
     Outer Space/Inner Mind - 2 record set combines amny LN works, 2 12" LP,
Paramount Records Famous Twinsets PAS, 2-1030.
     Please Don't Try To Change My Mind and I'd Love Making Love to You - by LN
>from The Way I Feel, 7" 45rpm, Dot Records, #45-17125.
     Space Odyssey - cuts from LN Dot Records, Pickwick/33 Records, #SPC3199.
     The Sun Will Rise and Time to Get it Together - by LN from The New World of
Leonard Nimoy, 7" 45rpm, Dot Records, #45-17330.
     Take a Star Trip - GLW, 45rpm.
     The Touch of Leonard Nimoy - LN, Dot Records, #DLP25910.
     Two Sides of Leonard Nimoy - 12" LP, Dot Records, #DLP25835.
     Uhura Sings - AR-Way Productions, album or cassette, 1986.
     Visit to a Sad Planet - LN from Mr Spock's Music from Outer Space, 7"
45rpm, Dot Records, #17038, 1967. (also cassette)
     The Way I Feel - LN, 12" LP, Dot Records, #DLP25883. (also reel to reel).

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16) SNAFUs:
     TOS "Space Seed":  As Kirk is bashing in Khan's glass coffin, his 
phaser falls off his belt.  McCoy keeps looking down at it, like he's 
wondering when they're going to yell 'cut' so they can re-shoot the scene.  
They never did re-shoot because they didn't want to invest in more glass.
     TOS "The Enemy Within":  Bad-Kirk's scratch on his face switches sides.
     TOS "Operation: Annihilate!":  In a well-known ST blooper, the 
amoeba-creature accidentally hits Spock's rear end instead of his back.
     TOS "Court-Martial":  Kirk says "Gentlemen, this computer has an 
auditory sensor.  It can, in effect, hear sounds.  By installing a 
booster we can increase that capability on the order of one to the 
fourth power" (which the writers seemed to think sounded more impressive 
than "one")  :-)  (and we just have to assume that the voices and other 
ship noises were masked out like the heartbeats were)
     TOS "The Squire of Gothos":  Trelane sees Earth history 900 years late,
but since he talks of Alexander Hamilton's death (1804) and of how he
admires Napoleon (whose reign started in 1804).  This would put the episode
sometime just after 2704.  This is more than four centuries too late.
     TOS:  There were numerous episodes where people's uniforms changed
without them leaving a room or turbolift ("Charlie X", "The Enemy Within",
and "What Are Little Girls Made of" get mentioned a lot).
     ST2:TWoK:  When Khan comforts his fallen comrade (the guy with the 
blond hair) you can see that guy closed his eyes even though he is "dead".
     TNG "The Royale":  The surface temperature of the planet is less 
than absolute zero.  Also, after they beam the piece of the ship out of 
orbit, O'Brien and Riker pick it up with their bare hands (coming from 
space, it should have been close to zero Kelvin itself).
     TNG "Skin of Evil":  after Riker is sucked into the tar pit, Geordi
accidentally drops his phaser half into the pit.  They fade to commercial
and when they come back, his nice clean phaser is back on his belt.
     TNG "Conspiracy":  Riker says "Mr. LaForge, ahead warp six."  Geordi
responds with "Aye, sir, full impulse."
     TNG "Sins of the Father":  The sound effects people must have fallen
asleep every time someone got slapped.
     TNG "Brothers":  Data's password doesn't match what was displayed on 
the screen.

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17) What are we?
Trekkie:  A groupie fan.  Someone who wears Spock ears and thinks that 
makes them important.  Asks questions like "what did you have for 
breakfast on the Tuesday when you shot scene 46a of episode 5?"  The 
most die-hard fan, who lives, eats, and breathes Star Trek.  Term 
originated in the late 1960s when it meant "any fan of Star Trek".

Trekker:  A fan who is interested in the show and the idea of Star Trek, 
but doesn't let it interfere with his/her life.  This is apparently 
being added to an upcoming edition of Webster's Dictionary.  Term came 
into popularity in the 1970s when the press gave "Trekkie" a bad name.

trekker:  (with a small "t") A person who travels vast distances.

Trekologist:  A fan who enjoys collecting  Star Trek  technical literature and
trying to logically and rationally explain continuity errors in the show.

Treknician:  A fan who enjoys  collecting data  (and debating  with others) on
the technical aspect  of Star  Trek (warp  technology, transporter technology,
etc.).

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18) CREW BACKGROUNDS:
     James Tiberius Kirk is from Riverside, Iowa; he was married in 
"Paradise Syndrome", and is now a widower.  He was also in love (if he 
knows the meaning of the word) with someone named "Ruth" ("Shore 
Leave"), and mentioned that he almost married that little blonde lab 
tech that Gary Mitchell steered Kirk's way ("Where No Man Has Gone 
Before") which some have guessed to be none other than Carol Marcus.  
See also the "Love Interests" monthly posting for further details.
     Leonard McCoy was in love with someone named "Nancy", whom the 
salt-sucker takes the form of in "The Man Trap".  They were going to 
mention in one episode that he had been married with a daughter named 
Joanna, but it never made it on film.
     Chekov's ex-girlfriend (Irena [Irini?] Galliulin) is seen in "The 
Way to Eden".
     Saavik was half Vulcan and half Romulan.  This wasn't mentioned in 
the movie (probably cut to save time), but it was in the novelization, 
the trailer shown on Siskel & Ebert, and was mentioned by Stewart in the 
special showing of "The Cage".
     William T. Riker is from Valdez Alaska.  His mother died while he 
was young (three?).  His father was shown in "The Icarus Factor".  Wil 
has turned down three captaincies (the Drake mentioned in "Arsenal of 
Freedom" (and "Encounter at Farpoint"?), the Aries in "The Icarus 
Factor", and the Melbourne in "Best of Both Worlds").  He enjoys Jazz 
music (his middle name is supposedly the name of a jazz musician), plays 
the trombone, is a master of poker, and enjoys cooking.  The character 
was based on Decker.
     Jean-Luc Picard is from France.  He never married, has an 
artificial heart (from his wild younger days), enjoys Shakespeare, 
horseback riding, Dixon Hill novels, and Earl Grey tea.  He is 
responsible for the death of Jack Crusher.  (aside: Patrick Stewart left 
school at the age of 15 because he was "not interested".)
     Data has an ultimate storage capacity of eight hundred quadrillion 
bits.  His total linear computational speed has been rated at sixty 
trillion operations per second (from "Measure of a Man").  He was built 
by Dr. Noonian Soong, who was taught by the guy in "The Schizoid Man".  
He and Tasha Yar were "more than friends" ("The Naked Now").  The 
character was based on Questor, from "The Questor Tapes".
     Worf's parents were killed at Khitomer in a Romulan attack.  His 
adopted parents, Mr. and Mrs. Rojenko, (from the planet Galt) were shown 
in "Family".  He has a brother (Commander Kurn), a dead girlfrined 
K'Ehleyr, a bastard son Alexander ("Reunion"), and a bonded son Jeremy Astor
("The Bonding").
     Geordi LaForge is named after a Star Trek fan with muscular dystrophy
who passed away in 1975 (George La Forge).  The character LaForge 
was born blind, given sight by Riker ("Hide and Q") which he decided he 
didn't want, and decided against a sight operation by Dr. Pulaski in "Loud
As A Whisper"
     Deanna Troi has a Betazed mother (Lwaxana) and a human father 
(a deceased Starfellet officer), enjoys chocolate, and was imzade (sp?) to
Riker.  She used to have a betazoid cat (from the episode where Picard was
with the holo-horse).  Her character was based on Ilia.
     Beverly Crusher is a widower and mother of Wes Crusher, whose 
father (Jack) was killed while serving under Picard.  She was head of 
Starfleet Medical for one year.
     Miles Edward O'Brien enjoys kayaking and poker, and was married in 
season four.
     Guinan has only been on the Enterprise for a few years [episode?], 
and didn't know Picard before coming on board [episode?] but somehow has 
known Picard for a long, long time [episode?].  Her relationship with 
Picard is more than family; more than friends (from "Best of Both Worlds 
II").  She is left-handed (not surprising, since Whoopi is).

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19) UNIFORMS:
The uniforms were changed from the spandex one-piece suits (that 
made the cast look muscular) to the wool two-piece suits (that make them 
look flabby but are more comfortable).  The new uniforms cost $3000 
apiece to manufacture.  Most of the extras are still wearing the old 
uniforms.  Another reason for the switch is that Brent Spiner suffers 
>from some back injury.  Because spandex is skin-tight, he couldn't wear 
his brace underneath.  The wool is loose enough and you can occasionally 
see the top of the brace under the costume if you look at his chest.  In 
just about every episode you can see Picard (and others) tugging at 
their uniforms as they ride up.  This has been known on and off the set 
as "the Picard maneuver".

If you want a Star Trek uniform:  Look for Simplicity or McCalls pattern 
book in your favorite fabric shop. In the back there are Star Trek 
uniforms for adults and children, both sexes. You can also get the 
patterns from Paramount's "Star Trek: The Official Fan Club" (both TOS 
and TNG uniforms).  There are about 14 unique patterns to choose from.

If you're not "sew" talented and want one pre-made, Intergalactic 
Trading Post of Tampa Florida is one of many companies that make them in 
several sizes.  They generally show up at Star Trek/SF conventions.

19b) UNIFORM COLORS
          TOS:
               Yellow/Gold      Command
               Blue             Science
               Red              Engineering/Fodder  :-)

          TNG:
               Red              Command
               Yellow/Gold      Support (Security/Technical)
               Blue             Medical
	       Cleavage		Psychiatric  :-)
     
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20a) Untelevized TOS episodes:
          The Cage
          He Has Walked Among Us (unfilmed)
          Paleface
          (other titles I can't remember)

     "Patterns of Force" was never shown in Germany, and a few TNG episodes
have apparently been cut in the UK.
     A black and white original of "The Cage" was pieced back together 
with the color clips stolen for "The Menagerie" which has since been 
televised.  Just before the premier of TNG, Paramount "found" a copy of 
"The Cage" which was all in color (which they then televised).  It is 
marred by drastic changes in the Talosians' voices in mid-sentence, 
otherwise it is fun to watch (along with a grinning, shouting Spock).  
The color version they show now has been cut down to an hour and has 
Spock's famous "grinning at the singing plants" scene removed.  Sigh.

20b) Yes, "Assignment Earth" was indeed a pilot that never got off the 
ground.  One of a few.  Gene wanted to create some more shows.  The 
reference for this is in the book The Making of Star Trek, (the white 
cover, not the silver one).
     
20c) The Great Bird was involved with pilots for three different new TV 
series in the early seventies.
     Three different pilots were apparently shot for one of the series, 
not unlike the series of pilots that had to be shot to get "Star Trek" 
into production.  The first of these was "Genesis II," starring Alex 
Cord and Mariette Hartley.  In it, Dylan Hunt, a NASA scientist doing 
research on suspended animation in an underground lab, gets accidentally 
buried for a half millennium or so, and emerges into a 
post-nuclear-holocaust world.  The story concerns the interaction of two 
societies, one devoted to Good Works and the progression of all 
humankind, and the other to being Nazi-style lords and masters.  "Planet 
Earth" was the second pilot.  Set in the same future, with minor 
alterations in background and format, it starred John Saxon as Dylan 
Hunt, with folks like Diana Muldaur and Janet Margolin in major parts.   
It was just an extended TV episode with some good stuff in it; a mutant 
warrior race called the Kriegs (sp? never saw a script in print) look a 
*great* deal like retconned Klingons.  The third movie, apparently a 
sort of a last-ditch attempt to produce a network-acceptable pilot, was 
called "Strange New World," and completely gutted the earlier forms of 
the series format.  It starred John Saxon in the lead, but no one else I 
ever heard of, and was such a lox I can understand why G.R.'s name 
wasn't on it.  It seemed to be three scripts pasted together, 
end-to-end.
     Roddenberry made two other pilots during this era:   "Spectre" and 
"The Questor Tapes."  "Spectre" was a lovely idea that could have made a 
great series, since its format allowed the inclusion of most major 
horror fiction, even including H.P. Lovecraft's "elder gods."   It 
starred Robert Culp and Gig Young, and is a *FUN* movie, if you ever get 
a chance to see it.  I believe it would have gone series, if made in the 
last few years, but at the end of the Nixon era, horror, even humorous 
horror, was unacceptable fare to the majority of TV watchers.  
("Spectre" deals with an occult investigator and his M.D. sidekick, who 
keep getting involved with nasty superbeings from other times and 
dimensions; the hero's housekeeper is a witch, and puts a no-drinking 
geas on the alcoholic M.D. sidekick in the opening scenes.)
     "The Questor Tapes" starred Robert Foxworth and Mike Farrell, 
providing some of the best acting ever seen in a a TV SF movie.   
(Foxworth does a scene as the robot learning how to use vocal inflection 
while carrying on a conversation with the first human it's ever spoken 
with.)  The movie suffers a bit from the obviousness of the series 
format it sets up; noble alien with sideck, on the run from various 
governmental authorities, while trying to learn human emotions and 
fulfill its mission to help the human race.   A bit of a yawn in print, 
but it could have been a *good* series, with decent writing.
     Dorothy C. Fontana wrote a novelization of "The Questor Tapes" in 
paperback, and you might be able to find it in a used book store.  I 
believe scripts for at least the best four are available from "Lincoln 
Enterprises," or folks like that.

20d) In the still shots during the credits of "The Immunity Syndrome" (and
others) there is a picture of a rubbery-faced man with blank eyes.  This is
>from "All Our Yesterdays", but wasn't aired with the episode.  Sargon was
building android bodies, which were actually actors covered in latex-like
rubbery stuff.  They filmed him as he was removing the latex (in the
background, a props man is saying, "You wanted showbiz, you got
showbiz...").  One still of this ended up in the credits.  The whole shot
ended up on the blooper reel for that season.  As far as I know, it is the
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21a) SUBMITTING SCRIPTS FOR TNG:
     Paramount has finally received permission from its legal department 
to read and purchase fan-submitted scripts. You do NOT need an agent 
(though it helps), and the scripts do NOT have to be solicited.  It's 
now gotten so bad that there is a room filled to the rafters with boxes 
which are labeled by month (the month the script came in).  There are 3 
or 4 people on staff who do NOTHING but read the scripts, and submit the 
more interesting ones up for further consideration.  These people are 
not, and CANNOT be, Star Trek fans...they are there to judge a story on 
its merits.
     You do have to send for a Paramount Release Form, which has to be 
legally executed. Address a stamped, self-addressed, legal-size envelope 
and send it with the request for a Release Form to Michael Piller or 
Eric A. Stillwell (Star Trek Script Coordinator) at the address given 
for Paramount under "Addresses" in this posting.
     Also, it may be a good idea to ask for the one-page ST:TNG Script 
Submissions suggestions as well.  Paramount STRONGLY suggests that you 
obtain a ST:TNG Writer's Guide from Lincoln Enterprises, since they do 
NOT send out sample scripts.  They want a teaser of 3-5 pages and five 
Scenes of 9-11 pages.  Total scripts should be 53 to 58 pages.  After 
the Powers That Be make enough cuts, it'll end up as about 43 minutes of 
airtime.  For an agent, contact the Writer's Guild of America (one in 
NYC and one in LA) and ask them to send you an Agent list, then start 
writing query letters to those agents that have indicated they are 
willing to consider new authors.
     Besides the Writer's Guide, here's some other useful information 
you can get from Lincoln Enterprises:

         8001 - ST:TNG Writer's Guide                  $9.95
         1106 - How to sell a script by D.C. Fontana   $3.95
         1101 - Original (TOS) Writer's Guide          $4.95
         1109 - ST:TNG Character Biographies           $7.95

Include $2.00 shipping for up to $10.00 worth of merchandise, $0.50 for 
each additional $5.00 worth of merchandise.  Prices accurate as of 7/90.


21b) SUBMITTING A STORY TO POCKET BOOKS:
     This comes through Peter David from Kevin Ryan at Pocket Books: the 
official Pocket Books Star Trek Novel Submission guidelines.

** Due to the overwhelming number of submissions that we receive, Pocket 
Books can only accept solicited, agented manuscripts.  A comprehensive 
list of agents can be found in THE LITERARY MARKETPLACE **

FORMAT: All manuscripts must be submitted typed, double-spaced, on one 
side of non-corrasable typing paper.  The page number and your name 
should be at the top of each page.  Your full name and address should 
appear on the first and last page of the manuscript (yes, include your 
phone number).

PROCEDURE: Submit the first three chapters with a detailed synopsis 
(four to six pages) of the entire plot.  Due to the large volume of 
submissions we receive, our reply can take anywhere from one to six 
months...so please be patient.  If we're interested in publishing your 
novel, we'll contact your agent with an offer.  We may ask for 
revisions, and may also ask to see the completed novel before reaching a 
decision.

CONTENTS: We're only interested in full-length adventure novels of 
roughly 70,000 words (about 250-300 pages).  We cannot use short 
stories, poetry, biographies, romances, blueprints, or trivia books.  

In a one-sentence description, we're looking for exciting science 
fiction stories featuring the Star Trek characters we all know and love.  
All material is subject to the approval of Paramount Pictures, who are 
very concerned about maintaining the integrity of the characters and the 
Star Trek universe.  Absolute consistency is a practical impossibility, 
but some major themes to avoid include:

* Traveling in time to change history or learn something, rescue 
someone, etc.

* Having a tear in the fabric of reality which could destroy the 
universe.

* Pon farr in Spock.

* Death of a major, established character.

* Any plot which hines on or describes in detail sexual relations 
(normal, abnormal, and so on).  We are not interested in books that 
suggest anything other than friendship between Kirk and Spock or any 
other crewmembers.

* Any plot that mixes the Next Generation and the original crew.

* Data becoming human.

Plot elements to avoid with respect to specific characters:

Kirk:  no offspring or close relations not already established.  Also, 
no childhood or current sweethearts; though, you can create temporary 
love interests.

Spock:  no sisters, brothers, half siblings (beyond Sybok), offspring, 
sudden reversions to emotion, sex.  The Vulcan mind-meld has already 
been seriously overused of late.  No explanations of the "Vulcan Way" 
beyond what has already been done in the TV series or movies.

McCoy:  no offspring or close relations not already established.

We can no loner use castmembers who have left the show (no Tasha Yar or 
Dr. Pulaski).

For any regular castmembers--same rules as per Kirk.

Also, other crewmembers:  in general, avoid trying to definitively map 
out a character's history much beyond what has already been done in the 
movies or television episodes.

Of course there are guidelines.  Disobey them at your own peril if 
necessary to your story--but remember, you were warned.

Thank you for your interest in STAR TREK and good luck with your 
writing.
                               Best,

                               The Star Trek Editors.

The address for Pocket is Simon & Schuster Building, 1230 Avenue of the 
Americas, NY, NY 10020.  The editors are Dave Stern and Kevin Ryan.

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22) NAKED TREK:

 -  Marina Sirtis: Brief breast-baring scenes in "The Wicked Lady"
    (1983) and "Blind Date" (1984, starring Kirstie Alley).  In both
    films, Ms. Sirtis' roles are fairly small<*>.  Be aware that this
    "Blind Date" is _not_ the 1987 Blake Edwards bomb of the same title.
    which starred Bruce Willis and Kim Basinger.  Both "Wicked Lady" and
    the 1984 "Blind Date" are available on videotape. Any GIFs you miught
    find of Sirtis are probably snarfed from these movies.

    <*>_Please_ folks, let's not have any sophmoric jokes about
       ratios of size of roles to size of anatomical parts, okay?

 -  Denise Crosby: At least one nude or semi-nude photo in Playboy
    back in 1979 or 1980; I don't recall the exact date of the
    issue.  I've also heard that she had a small topless scene in
    "48 HRS," the 1982 Eddie Murphy/Nick Nolte film.  "48 HRS" is
    available on videotape.

 -  Gates McFadden was in some 1970s movie in a skimpy top and bikini briefs
    (who *wasn't* in the 70s?).

 -  Jennifer Hetrick ("Vash" in "Captain's Holiday" and "Qpid"): Had
    a couple of topless scenes in a 1979 movie called "Squeeze
    Play."  She was credited as "Jenni Hetrick."  "Squeeze Play" is
    available on videotape.

 -  Lycia Neff ("Ensign Gomez" in a couple of episodes): Gets
    honorable mention for playing a topless three-breasted hooker in
    "Total Recall" (1990), even though all three of them were latex
    prosthetics rather than her actual breasts.  (Sure looked real,
    though.)  "Total Recall" is available on videotape.

And that, alas, is about as far as it goes, at least to my knowledge.  I've
never even heard any good rumors about Whoopi Goldberg, Diana Muldaur,
Rosiland Chao ("Keiko O'Brien"), Suzie Plakson ("Dr. Selar" and "K'Eylar")
or April Grace ("Transporter Technician" in a bunch of 4th-season
episodes), which I think is the entire list of regular or recurring TNG
actresses.

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23a) IS PARAMOUNT MAKING MONEY ON TNG?

     Yes.  Tons.  The following is stolen from industry trade magazines 
VARIETY and BROADCASTING, as well as Roger Tang:

     FIRST:  License fees (the fees studios charge individual stations 
to run their programs):  Let's say Paramount charges each station $2,000 
to run the first run package.  That's ball park; other stations can get 
$10-20K per episode in top 20 markets.  Also, Turner can expect $800,000 
to $1 million per episode show of THE WONDER YEARS when it goes into 
backend syndication.  $2,000 per episode times 238 stations yields 
$476,000 per episode shown in first run syndication (which does NOT 
count the later syndication or backend syndication).

     SECOND:  Commercial fees:  According to Vidiot, Paramount has seven 
minutes of national advertising in each show.  BROADCASTING has published 
figures of $60-80,000 per 30 second spot. (They have also mentioned that 
rates for the third and fourth seasons are around $135,000 per 30 second 
spot).  Paramount is garnering $1,890,000 per showing of an episode.

     THIRD:  But wait!  Shows are shown more than once even in first run 
syndication.  Let's assume a cut rate of $50,000 per spot in reruns 
(doubt it, since people are STILL watching during reruns).  Even a rerun 
episode will garner $700,000 in commercial revenue.

     THE BOTTOM LINE:  $476,000 + $1,890,000 + $700,000 = well over $3 
million in revenue per episode in first run syndication.  And we all know 
studios base their financing on just breaking even in backend syndication.  
So the claim that Paramount is losing $8 million is just creative financing.

     Then again, we can throw away our calculations and take Richard 
Arnold's word that (at least in Season One) TNG was grossing $10 million 
per episode.

23b) The average episode COSTS Paramount $1.6 million (was $1.4 million), 
including the weekly paycheck of Stewart ($100,000) and Burton ($100,000).
(DeForest Kelley mentioned at a con once that TOS cost $200,000 for an
average episode, though records seem to show it as $100,000 to $120,000).

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24) MONEY IN THE FUTURE
     TOS "Catspaw":  Lt.(Cmdr?) DeFalco says "I'll bet credits to navy beans we 
can punch a hole in it."
     TOS "Mirror, Mirror":  Mirror-Kirk says "You want credits, Spock? 
I'll make you a rich man."
     TOS "Operation--Annihilate":  Kirk says "I don't care what it takes 
or costs, just help him."
     TOS "The Doomsday Machine" (possibly also "Balance of Terror"):  Kirk
says "Scotty, you've earned your pay for the week."  He says the same to
Sulu in "The Apple" (?)
     TOS "Amok Time":  Kirk says "Do you know how much Starfleet has
invested in you?", to which Spock begins to reply "twenty-two thousand, two
hun...".  Might be hours, exercises, food quantity but seems to be money.
     NOVEL "Crisis on Centaurus":  Kirk uses back salary to purchase a 
great deal of wilderness land on Alpha Centauri.  There are offers to 
buy it should he fall behind on his taxes, but he refuses to sell or 
allow it to be developed.
     NOVEL "Enterprise":  Kirk orders the computer to "close out his 
[bank] account".
     NOVEL "The Wounded Sky":  The reward money for passing through a 
singularity, to be awarded to the E's crew, is enough to "buy 
starfleet".  Also, at one point, Kirk mentions to himself something 
along the lines of "Starfleet personnell are tax-exempt."
     ST4:  Kirk tells the female lead that there is no money in the 
future (but he might just mean that they don't have U.S. dollars, or 
any "hard" cash, which is what she was enquiring about).
     TNG "Encounter at Farpoint":  Bev Crusher buys a roll of cloth and 
has her account on the ship billed.
     TNG "The Neutral Zone":  Picard mentions that they don't have money.
     TNG:  People are always offering to buy each other coffee, etc in 
Ten Forward, but this may just be a gesture, since we never see anyone 
pay for anything.

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25) RELIGION IN THE FUTURE
     TOS "Bread and Circuses":  McCoy says "If you speak of worship, we 
serve many beliefs".  Uhura figures out that they aren't worshipping the 
sun, but the "Son of God".
     TOS "Errand of Mercy":  Spock says "Even the gods did not spring 
into being overnight".
     TOS "Obsession":  Scotty says "Thank heavens", to which Spock 
replies "Mr. Scott, there was no deity involved; it was my 
cross-circuiting to B that recovered them."  McCoy then says "Wee, then 
thank pitchforks and pointed ears!"
     TOS "The Paradise Syndrome":  Kirk is thought (by the Indian 
populace) to be a god when he emerges from the temple.
     TOS "The Trouble with Tribbles":  Someone said "Kirk may be a 
swaggering, overbearing, tin-plated dictator with delusions of godhood, 
but he's not soft."
     TOS "The Ultimate Computer":  M5 says "Murder is contrary to the 
laws of man and God."  Kirk says "Daystrom felt that such an act was an 
offense against the laws of God and man, and the computer that carried 
his engrams also believed it."
     TOS "The Way to Eden":  Space-hippies search for the mythical 
planet Eden.
     TOS "Where No Man Has Gone Before":  Gary Mitchell gets god-like 
powers and creates a "Garden of Eden" on a desolate planet
     TOS "Who Mourns for Adonais":  Apollo journeyed to earth 5000 years 
ago from Pullox 4 and was worshipped along with the other gods by the 
populace.  Chekov says "Sorry, I've never met a god before."  McCoy says 
"Scotty doesn't believe in gods."
     TNG "Who Watches the Watchers":  Picard is thought to be a god by 
the populace.
     TNG "Data's Day":  Data mentions that it's a Hindu holiday.

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Some might consider the next sections as

                       ***** S P O I L E R S *****

so if you don't want spoiler about upcoming TNG or TFS, skip to section 99.


26) THE FUTURE OF STAR TREK

26a) TNG SEASON 5 TIDBITS:

Upcoming TNG episodes:

"Redemption Part 2" (9/23 - 9/29):  Whoopi Goldberg & Denise Crosby 

"Darmok" (9/30 - 10/6):  Like Enemy Mine with Paul Winfield (captain of the
Reliant in ST2) as the alien Darmok.  Directed by Rick Colby.

"Ensign Ro" (10/7 - 10/13):  This episode introduces the  title character, who
will be  a  recurring  character  (like  O'Brien)  and  will  generally sit at
Wesley's old Conn/navigator-helm position.  She  was created  to represent all
the displaced people in the world (Palestinians, Kurds, etc) since her race or
community or whatever was displaced by the Cardassians, who we  will be seeing
more of.  The character has one of those TNG foreheads (tm), an altered bridge
of the nose, and part of this episode was also shot  on location.   Written by
Rick Berman and Mike Pillar.

"Silicon Avatar" (10/14 - 10/20):  Features the Chrystalline Entity, which .

"Past Perfect" (10/21 - 10-27):  Finally!

"Disaster" (? - ?):  Picard & kids & the Science Fair.  Directed by
Gabrielle Beaumont ("The Bonding").

"The Game" (? - ?):  Who knows...

"The Unification" (11/__ - 11/__):  Leonard Nimoy as Starfleet Ambassador
Spock, who is on an unauthorized mission into the Romulan Empire.  The crew of
the Enterprise must retrieve him and find out why he left.  Also features the
death of Sarek (his father) played by Mark Lenard.

"The Unification: part 2" (11/__ - 11/__):  Leonard Nimoy as Starfleet
Ambassador Spock.

     We should be getting the annual appearance of Lwaxana Troi, at least one
story with Q, several more episodes with Guinan (she has confirmed this AFTER
her statements on Arsenio), and a "few" episodes with Wes coming home for
"spring break" (Wil is at UCLA; his character Wes is attending Star Fleet
Academy).  They are looking for scripts (GOOD ones) to bring back Barclay,
Lwaxana, Q, and Selar.

     Frakes should be directing two or three more episodes.  So far he has done 
"The Offspring", "Reunion", and "Drumhead".  Apparently, TPTB are impressed
with his work.  Gates McFadden and Brent Spiner each want to try their hand at 
directing.

     Denise Crosby will be seen in three episodes as a number of different
characters.

     (The following from Richard Arnold):  Leonard Nimoy was presented 
with an idea for a ST:TNG two-part episode which was given a working 
title of "Return to Forever".  The "official" word is that midway 
through negotiations Nimoy's agent suddenly started asking for $1 
million.  Since, at the time, the budget for an average week's episode 
was $1.4 million (it's now $1.6 million), this was a clearly 
unreasonable demand.  The script with Spock is still supposedly floating 
around somewhere.  But the "official" word is that Leonard is simply 
more interested in working on movies (mainly directing) than he is in 
making guest appearances on TV.  This was the news until late 1990.  Nimoy
has recently (August 1991) told us himself that he will be in an episode or
two of TNG during the November Sweeps (1992), but it won't be "return to
Forever" (Guardian of Forever script?) or "Broken Mirror" ("Mirror Mirror
sequel?).
     Geordi MIGHT get married.
     Q MIGHT bring the Enterprise into the continuum if they use "Q and 
Order".
     There is the possibility of Nichelle Nichols showing up in season 
five as either Guinan's mother or daughter.
     The Borg will also be back, but they have changed a little. 
[speculation: my guess is that we get to see some other species that the 
Borg have stolen bodies from (Klingon, Romulan, and/or Ferrengi; I 
*hope* the change is not that they have gained compassion --ed]
     It now sounds like if they use the script they had for following up 
on the bugs from "Conspiracy" it'll have to be pushed back to season 
five.
     O'Brien MIGHT get a kid.

26b) STAR TREK 6:  THE UNDISCOVERED COUNTRY
     The sixth TOS movie (to celebrate the 25th anniversary of Star Trek) is
scheduled for release on December 13th, but it might end up being released
in 1992.  Filming has been completed.  Its working title is "The
Undiscovered Country" (previously "The Infinite Voyage") and it is based on
a story idea by Leonard Nimoy, with a lot of the polishing done by Nicholas
Meyer.  The action takes place five years after the events of ST5.

                 Director:  Nicholas Meyer
                 Music by:  James Horner (who did 2 and 3)
                 Composer:  Cliff Eidelman (Crazy People, Delirious)
                 Producer:  Ralph Winter
       Executive Producer:  Leonard Nimoy
                   Editor:  Ronald Roose
              Guest Stars:  Christopher Plummer (Klingon General Chang)
                            David Warner (Klingon Chancellor Gorkon)
                            Rosana DeSoto (Azetbur, Gorkon's daughter)
                            Kim Cattral (Valerius, with pointy ears)
                            Jack Palance (as ?)
                            Curtwood Smith (Federation President)
                            Grace Lee Whitney (Janice Rand)
                            Paul Rossilli (Admiral Donald)
                            Leon Russom (Brigadier Kerla)
                            Mark Lenard (Sarek)
                            Iman (Martia, a shape-shifter)
                            Brock Peters (Starfleet Admiral Cartwright from ST5)
                            John Schuck (Klingon Ambassador from ST5)
                            Michael Dorn (Colonel Worf; TNG Worf's grandfather)
                            Whoopi Goldberg (Klingon Empress)

     ILM should have the FX done by September or October.  They finished the
storyboarding earlier this year.  There are supposed to be intensive,
complicated computer special effects, similar to ST2, and the level of
action is also supposed to be comparable to ST2.
     The three ideas that have been brought up (and shot down) for ST6 are
Shatner's script, Harve Bennet's (sp) "Academy Days" script, and Walter
Koenig's script.  The tabloids are spreading wild rumors about Spock getting
married (to Valerius), Kirk becoming a monk, and the rest of the regulars
dying.  
     More reliable information says it features Klingons, Romulans, Saavik 
not Robin Curtis), Sulu with command of his own ship, and will definitely
be the last movie, and it will be written as such, although none of the
regulars will die.  It will be the last because if it flops, Paramount
DEFINITELY won't put up the money for STVII, and if it's good, they want to
go out with a bang.  But of course if it makes a lot of money they'll be
tempted to make ST7.
     Paramount was in debate as to whether or not reshoot several scenes to
pave the way to a possible ST7.  This is the kind of stuff that has gone on.
     They were going to film in Alaska, but that got axed due to 
budgetary constraints.  It features a Klingon ice-covered prison planet
Aura Penthe and Camp Khitomer.  Another rumor boasts a crucial trial in a 
Klingon courtroom.
     The budget for ST6 is $45 million.  The action will take place 
mainly on the Enterprise, and Klingons will be heavily featured.  It's 
written pretty much as a self-contained story.
     According to a letter column in one of the Star Trek comics, ST6 will
include the Excelsior commanded by Sulu (and the novelization will explain
that this precedes the explosion of the Excelsior).

26c) Creation is also planning a huge convention in California next year 
around the 25th anniversary date (Sept 8, 1991).  The cost is $163 if 
you want to sit within the first 10 rows all three days.  Beyond the 
first 10 rows, the price is $140.00.  They have been taking orders for 
tickets for close to a year.  The address is:

          Creation
          145 Jericho Turnpike
          Mineola, NY  11501

26d) The cast of TNG have signed 6-year contracts and have the option of 
another year.  After this, plans are to create TNG movies.  Rumors are 
floating of a third series, either another generation *after* TNG or the 
years between TOS and TNG.

26e) Peter David's upcoming novel "Q-In-Law" (in which "Q goes 
toe-to-toe with the one opponent he can't handle--Deanna Troi's mother" 
as he put it) sounds like it should be really good.  The quotes I've 
heard from it sound excellent!  It also sounds like it might be his last 
Star Trek novel.

26f) "Moontrap II:  The Pyramids of Mars" began filming in December.  
Walter said contract negotiations are still going on, but he's pretty 
sure he'll be in it.  "Moontrap" was a science-fiction thriller starring 
Koenig released ONLY ON VIDEOTAPE in 1988.  It did pretty well for a 
video-only movie.  "Moontrap II", however, will be released in the 
theaters.

26g) After ST VI, there would be the POSSIBILITY of TOS characters  
appearing, since the film series would be once and for all over.

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99) MISC TRIVIA

For a list of awards that TOS and TNG have won/been nominated for, please
reference Hack-Man's TOS Guide and Vidiot's TNG Guide.

TOS:  Gene Roddenberry has been known as "The Great Bird of the Galaxy" as
an in-joke from the cast of TOS ever since a line Sulu said to Janice Rand
in "The Man Trap" ("You're the great bird of the galaxy.")  It has also been
referenced in TNG (see below).

TOS:  James Doohan is missing the middle finger of his right hand.  It can be
seen in brief shots (especially in the early episodes).  Whenever they needed
to show Scotty's hands (like when he operated the transporter) they had a
stand-in and showed a close-up.  ("Cut!  All right, bring in the stunt 
hands.")  It is very noticable in ST5 when Uhura tosses Scotty a bag of 
SmartFood.

TOS:  Majel Leigh Hudec is Majel Barrett's real name.  She took the name 
Barrett to fool NBC so they would hire her for Christine Chapel (they 
never knew that the blond Majel Barrett was the same person as the 
brunette whom they fired as Number One).  Some volume of "The Best of Trek"
stated that Number One and Christine Chapel were sisters.

TOS:  The Klingons and the Romulans had a trade agreement of sorts, for 
technology.  The Klingons got cloaking devices (according to non-canon 
sources), the Romulans got Klingon warships (ref "The Enterprise 
Incident") and warp technology (from non-canon sources).  Also, there is 
some speculation (again, non-canon) that the BoP as seen in TSFS and 
TVH, plus several times in TNG, was originally a Romulan design.

TOS "The Man Trap":  Spock says that Vulcan has no moon (when Uhura 
mentions romance).  Some of the books say it has one or two moons/sister 
planets.

TOS "The Devil in the Dark":  Every 50,000 years the race of Horta all 
die except the one mother Horta.

TOS "Balance of Terror":  Neutral zone outposts 1, 3, 4, and 8 were 
trashed by the Romulan ship before the Enterprise was able to engage (#4 
was the one they saw get destroyed on the viewer)

TOS "The Tholian Web":  The name of the Tholian commander who first 
attacks the Enterprise after Kirk is lost is Commander Loskene.

TOS "Wolf in the Fold":  The names that the entity was referred to by 
were Jack the Ripper, Baratis, Redjac, Kesla, Mr. Hengist (and yes, that 
was John Fiedler, the wimpy guy from the Bob Newhart Show).

TOS "Amok Time":  T'Pau was the only person to ever turn down a seat on 
the Federation council.

TOS "Amok Time":  The episode where Ensign Chekov makes his debut (1st 
episode, 2nd season).  "Catspaw" was the one he was first filmed in, 
although this aired after "Amok Time".

TOS "The Menagerie":  The ONLY doorknob seen in a Federation setting 
(ship or starbase etc.) was on the door to Christopher Pike's quarters, 
which was kind of ironic, since he's about the only person who COULDN'T 
use a doorknob!  :-)  The door to Dr. Tom Lathom's house in "The 
Conscience of the King" has a doorknob, but may not be a Federation 
setting.

TOS "Plato's Stepchildren":  The first inter-racial kiss on television 
took place between Kirk and Uhura,

TOS "The Paradise Syndrome":  "He Has Walked Among Us" and "Paleface" 
were combined into "The Paradise Syndrome", according to speculation by 
Allen Asherman and David Gerrold.  Reportedly, only Gene Coon knew for 
sure, and of course he's been dead for about 15 years...

TOS "City on the Edge of Forever":  If you want H. Ellison's original 
script for "City on the Edge of Forever", look for a book called "Six 
Science Fiction Plays", edited by Roger Elwood.  It's a paperback, 
published in 1976 by Pocket Books under the Washington Square Press 
imprint.  It was distributed in the U.S. and Canada by Simon & Schuster.  
I have no idea if it's still in print.  If it isn't, check your local 
library, used book stores, and the dealer's room at your next 
convention.  There must be copies out there somewhere.  According to 
Elwood's foreword, this was the first time Ellison's original uncut 
script was published.  It's preceded by a ten-page introduction that 
Ellison wrote especially for this book, telling his version of the 
transformation of his script into what was eventually telecast.  The 
book also contains these scripts:
     "Sting!" by Tom Reamy
     "Contact Point" by Theodore R. Cogswell and George Rae Cogswell
     "Stranger with Roses" by John Jakes
     "The Mechanical Bride" by Fritz Leiber
     "Let Me Hear You Whisper" by Paul Zindel
("Sting!" is a movie screenplay; "The Mechanical Bride" is a teleplay; 
the others are stage plays)

According to the Star Trek Compendium:
     Kirk:   was in 79 TOS episodes
     Spock:  was in 79 TOS episodes + "The Cage"
     McCoy:  was in 74 TOS episodes
     Uhura:  was in 65 TOS episodes
     Scotty: was in 61 TOS episodes
     Sulu:   was in 47 TOS episodes
     Chekov: was in 33 TOS episodes

ST: TMP: The oval things on the belts were originally supposed to be 
biorhythm devices. In the novelization of ST:TMP, the little oval things 
are described in a footnote.  They are called "perscan" devices and are 
used to monitor crew members life signs from sick bay.  Only the CMO 
gets to see the captain's perscan output.  According to the footnote, 
the lower abdomen is supposed to be an ideal location for a medical 
scanner.  Making it into a belt buckle seemed the obvious way to 
integrate it into the Fleet uniforms.  

ST4:  A storyline cut was a bunch of lines which indicated that Saavik was
pregnant.  When they started running out of screen time, these scenes were
cut, since they were not essential to the main story in the movie.  Of course,
this means that, officially, IT NEVER HAPPENED.  :-)

ST4: Kirk Thatcher:
     - Was associate producer of ST4.
     - Was the actor who played the Punk on the Bus in ST4.
     - Wrote the song "I Hate You" which the punk was listening to.
     - Is a member of the band "Edge of Etiquette" which performed the song.
     - has recently done work on the "Dinosaurs" series (Co-producer and
       creature creator?) which had an episode with the same plot as TNG
       one week.
     - Is Margaret Thatcher's son. ("THE Margaret Thatcher?")

ST5:  Yes, the marshmallow (or rather "marshmellon" (read the book)) 
dispenser used by Spock in the campfire scenes was available from Kraft 
for a number of proofs-of-purchase when the movie came out.  It would 
hold several marshmallows and dispense them one at a time.  I think the 
end credits for the movie even said "Kraft--the official marshmallow of 
ST5" or some such thing.

There's no real explanation as to why the Klingons have spiny foreheads 
in TFS and TNG but not in TOS.  Gene says "they always looked like this" 
and we're supposed to ignore the lack of the pizza bats on the foreheads 
in TOS.  Theories outside of Gene run from genetic engineering to 
"several races of Klingons".

According to FASA the prime directive states: "As the right of each 
sentient species to live in accordance with its normal cultural 
evolution is considered sacred, no Star Fleet personnel may interfere 
with the healty development of alien life and culture.  Such 
interference includes the introduction of superior knowledge, strength, 
or technology to a world whose soceity is incapable of handling such 
advantages wisely.  Star Fleet personnel may not violate this Prime 
Directive, even to save their lives and/or their ship, unless they are 
acting to right an earlier violation or an accidental contamination of 
said culture.  This directive takes precedence over any and all other 
considerations, and carries with it the highest moral obligation."

According to Geoffery Mandel's book the prime directive states: "When
contacting a planet making normal progress toward a free and united
society, a Starfleet officer shall make no identification of self or
mission; no interference with the social development of said planet; no
references to space, or to the fact that there are other worlds or more
advanced civilizations.	 The Prime Directive of Non-Interference - revised
2278"

TNG is shot on film in the studio.  Final editing is done via video.  
The film shooting is done for quality purposes...you get better pictures 
and sound by using film.  The video editing is done for practical 
purposes...it's fast and (relatively) cheap.

TNG: The main viewscreen in supposed to be 3-D.  When you see a side 
view of the bridge crew looking at the screen, the view on the screen is 
a side view (like the sides of faces when talking with people).

TNG:  People keep asking about the weird production schedule.  Why do we 
keep getting breaks of repeats when it isn't summer yet?  A lot of shows 
(especially the hour-long ones) go to repeats around December and March.  
The average episode of TNG takes about ten days to film.  They start 
well before the season begins, but they wouldn't be able to keep ahead 
for the entire season.  So while we're watching the December repeats, 
they're trying to get a few episodes ahead of the viewers again!

TNG: ILM did the "Encounter At Farpoint" FX and a bunch of stock 
footage.  They NEVER did the bulk of the effects work.  They are 
credited at the end of the show because their stock footage (which means 
shots of the Enterprise flying by, etc.) is still used.  I noticed in 
TBOBW2 that the Enterprise fly-by looked a lot better, so maybe the TNG 
folks have ordered new stock footage from their special effects people 
(The Post Group, I *think*.)

According to the fourth season ST:TNG Writer's Technical Manual, when 
the Enterprise separates, only the battle section has warp capabilities 
(earlier we were told that the saucer could only go as fast as warp 
four).

TNG:  Data isn't supposed to be able to utter any contractions, though 
he seems to be speaking something awfully close.  Perhaps his "I have"s 
and "I am"s are just being spoken rapidly enough so they sound like 
"I've" and "I'm".

TNG:  In "The Battle" Deanna Troi says of the Ferengi ship captain 
Daimon Bok, "Captain, I sense considerable deception from Bok and 
danger"; in "The Price", Deanna's powers help against the Ferengi; in 
"Menage a Troi" the Betazoid Ambassador says "We betazoids are 
uncomfortable around the Ferengi, whose minds we cannot read"; which was 
collaborated in "The Loss".  Data also started to explain once why he 
suspects that Betazoids can't read Ferengis: "Perhaps it is because the 
Ferengi brain is separated into four..."  So two episodes claim 
Betazoids *can* read Ferengi minds and another two claim they *can't*...  
The only explanation that could really account for this is that *Deanna* 
is able to (at least partially) read Ferengi minds because she is only 
part Betazoid.

There are *tons* of anime references (far too many to list here) in TNG, 
>from the names of ships and alien races to the scribblings on the wall.  
Rick Sternbach and others are big fans of "Dirty Pair" and other 
japanimation.  There are also reference to other SF shows; "4077" shows 
up in sickbay a lot (Mike Okuda is a MASH fan).  Some of the references
can be found in Mike Brown's TNG Guide, appendix G.

TNG season 1:  According to Marina Sirtis, during the first season the 
very small dressing rooms were marked with "funny" identification.  Hers 
was "Token Betazoid", Wheaton's was "Token Teen", Burton's was "Negro in 
Space", and Stewart's was "Unknown Shakespearean Actor" (after an early 
ST:TNG review).

TNG season 1:  Dr. Crusher's orderly (ensign Freeman) was supposed to be 
gay (according to the script writer).

TNG seasons three and four: When Gates McFadden came back after her year 
leave, her hair was a bit longer than The Powers That Be thought looked 
acceptable for a medical person.  Gates didn't really want to get it 
cut, so she wears a wig.  She has mentioned that her real hair can 
occasionally be "completely unmanageable" with just how curly it gets 
when wet (or sweaty).

TNG "Encounter at Farpoint":  Lets get this straight, once and for all.  
What we have is a "Special Appearance by DeForest Kelley" in which he 
plays an unnamed officer who just happens to have the following 
traits/qualities:
(1) He is a retired Admiral from Starfleet Medical division
(2) He has a definite affection for starships named 'Enterprise'
(3) He is 137 years old, which is (in the eyes of the Federation) an 
    exceedingly long Terran life span, which could be explained, 
    possibly, by carrying the spirit of a Vulcan around inside him for 
    an extended period of time
(4) He has a pronounced aversion to the use of transporters
(5) He has an unusual reaction to Vulcan-style logic
(6) He just happens to look, walk, talk, act, and in every other 
    conceivable way behave exactly like Leonard 'Bones' McCoy :-).
Given these criteria, we can only logically conclude that this was, in 
fact, not Leonard McCoy, but rather some little known Admiral who would 
have no special meaning to anyone watching Star Trek, but deserved four 
minutes of an episode devoted to him. :-)  Actually, in the letter column
of the first issue of a TOS comic mini-series, it is mentioned that Richard
Arnold said:
   - that IS Dr. McCoy in EaF
   - that IS Spock's wedding that Picard was at.

TNG "Where No One Has Gone Before":  The UFP has explored 11% of the 
galaxy.

TNG "Where No One Has Gone Before":  After the Enterprise jumps 
2,700,000 light years it is mentioned that it will take 51 years for a 
message to get back to SFC via subspace, and that it will take the 
Enterprise 300 years to get back.  There next jump takes them over a 
billion light years away.

TNG "11001001":  Binary 11001001 is decimal 201, and 2:01 kept showing up on
displays in the episode.

TNG "Home Soil":  You can hear in the background "Three[?] are trapped 
in a turbolift and two[?] are trapped in the programmers' restroom."  
So, I guess we have proof that there are restrooms on the Enterprise-D 
(as well as the two references in the movies (on the Excelsior, and Kirk 
in the Brig in ST5 ("do not use in spacedock")) as well as the one you 
can't really see in "Q-Who" when the Borg slice up the Enterprise).

TNG "Skin of Evil":  No, contrary to the rumors, you can't see Troi's 
bra in this episode.  What people were seeing was a shadow (and with the 
flasing red light, it appeared red).

TNG "The Royale":  The scene where Data was shooting craps seemed to be 
lifted right out of "The Questor Tapes".  In both cases, the android and 
his companion(s) needed some quick cash, and so they play at the craps 
table.  In both cases, the android placed the dice in his hand and 
applied the correct pressure to rebalance the dice, thus altering the 
odds.

TNG "The Defector":  Yes that was Stewart as one of the King's men with 
Data on the holodeck.  The other man was NOT Frakes, however.

TNG "Q Who":  The general consensus is that it *was* Spiner playing the 
part of Borg#1.  There is no screen credit, however.

TNG "The High Ground":  "He Has Walked Among Us" was reportedly a minor 
inspiration for "The High Ground", albeit uncredited (this coming from a 
Creation con). "THG" was one of those supposedly conceived during the 
strike as a possible filler (a la "The Child"), and the use of the older 
TOS script ("The Paradise Syndrome") would have made it acceptable under 
the union crap edicts.

TNG "Up the Long Ladder":  No, that is *not* Eddie Murphy as one of the 
clones, though it does look a bit like him.

TNG "Deja Q":  Q gives his IQ as 2005.

TNG "The Nth Degree":  Barclay estimates his IQ to be between 1200 and 
1450.

TNG "Yesterday's Enterprise":  A lot of people seem to be having trouble 
understanding the time travel involved in this episode (and cluttering 
up the net every few months because of this).  I'm not the best at 
explaining these sorts of things, and if anyone else can in less space, 
feel free to email me.  Anyway... in "YE" they start out in the 
"peaceful" timeline (PT) indicated by the top line in the diagram below.  
When the Enterprise-C broke through the barrier, it changed history as 
we know it (from the time of the battle onward) to a more hostile one 
(in which the Klingons are at war with the Fed and Tasha never died).  
When they sent the Ent-C back through the rift. it fixed whatever went 
wrong with the Klingons/Federation, and restored the timeline to the one 
we know (including Yar being dead at the hands of the slime beast in a 
Glad Bag).  So no, Yar isn't still alive these days.  And also no, Yar 
didn't "never exist and thus couldn't have died due to slimey".  
*Everything* we know about the time before "YE" happened exactly as we 
saw because sending the alternate-Yar back repaired all the damage to 
time.

                  Tasha dies
           ---------> (B) ---------> (C)
          /
Ent-C   (A) <-------------------------
battle    \                           \
           ---------> (D) ---------> (E)
               Tasha doesn't die

TNG:  Dr. Selar appeared in "The Schizoid Man" and has been mentioned in 
"Yesterday's Enterprise" (paged in background) and "Remember Me" (Bev 
can't find Dr. Selar or Dr. Hill).

TNG:  The storage capacity of the Galaxy Class Exploration Cruiser is 
125,575,500 terabytes, 1 terabyte being 1 quadrillion bytes, according 
to FASA's (non-canon) Star Trek TNG Officer's Manual.  In the twentieth 
century, a terabyte is still 10^12 bytes (one trillion).

TNG:  Data is NOT Asmovian and does NOT obey Asimov's Laws of Robotics.
The only connection is that Data has a positronic brain.

TNG:  In a War of the Worlds episode ("Thy Kingdom Come"), there is a 
kid playing with action figures.  One of them is in the likeness of Yar, 
Data, Picard, or Riker and he mentions something about Ferengi.

TNG:  Captain Garrett's crew took the E-C to glory at Narendra III, 
which was NOT Khitomer (the planet where Worf's father and mother died).

TNG:  In the opening credits (and occasionally in the same shot during 
the show) you can see a man walking by the large vertical windows of the 
ready room.  It is the slow flyby of the Enterprise (from lower left to 
upper right) after all the quick flybys.  There are large windows just 
beyond the bump in the saucer section, and if you look closely (and it 
helps to have a giant screen TV) you can see a man walking from left to 
right past the windows, then someone walking from right to left behind 
him.  NOTE: It's harder to catch it with freeze-frame since pausing a 
VCR loses half the resolution, so just watch it at normal speed a few 
times until you figure out where on the ship you're supposed to be 
looking.

TNG:  Paramount has confirmed that the bar on the enterprise (with its 
"Whoopi cushion") is non-alcoholic.

TNG "Ensigns of Command":  The original script called for Data to have 
sex with the leading lady in order to get her cooperation later.  This 
idea never made it through the first draft.  Gene's reason for dropping 
it: "Only a human male would use a woman like that"...

TNG "The Schizoid Man":  Shots of Genesis, Yar, "Encounter at Farpoint" 
scenes, etc. in Data's psych test.

TNG "The Naked Now":  When Data was looking through records, we see a 
parrot with nacelles which was an in-joke started in TOS (see TOS item above).

TNG "The Neutral Zone":  There as a family tree for Clare Raymond (one 
of the 20th century frozen people).  When they created the tree, they 
populated it with members of the cast and characters from other shows 
(MASH, Giligan's Island, etc.)  I think Riker was married to Picard.

TNG "Sarek":  The quote is "Amanda, Spock, Perrin", not "Amanda, Spock,
burried" and there is NOTHING that claims that Sock is dead.

TNG:  Mike Okuda and Rick Sternbach have said that they still use 
models, not computer-generated ships.  Richard Arnold has said they 
haven't used the captains yacht because low bid for it is something like 
$50,000.  Though according to Mike Okuda they've stretched the envelope 
on this so far that it's now pretty cost effective to throw in new ships 
(witness the Klingon cruiser).  Even the leap into warp space is 
non-computer-generated.  It is an incamera job using slit scanning.

TNG is now available on video tape.  It is the first series *ever* to be 
available while still in first-run.  It is through the CBS Video Club 
(Cutsomer Service number is (800) 457-0866).  The only really bad thing 
is that the copy of "Encounter at Farpoint" is the two one-hour version 
(which has scenes missing and other scenes re-ordered from the original 
single two-hour broadcast).

TNG was not broadcast in Dolby for the first three seasons. There was 
out-of-phase-but-equal-amplitude stuff in the ST:TNG soundtrack, which 
your Dolby Stereo decoder recognizes as "rear channel information".  
They mostly put the ship's noise (a low thundering sound of the engines) 
on the rear and some times when ships pass by or shoot.  Starting with 
the fourth season, TNG *is* in Dolby Stereo.

TNG satellite uplink times:
     Sat 1800 EDT T301-9
     Sun 1400 EDT T301-9

History of the Star Trek newsgroups:  Roger Noe was the force behind creating
a group just for discussing Star Trek, and thus was created net.startrek,
which later was renamed rec.arts.startrek during "The Great Renaming".  A
couple years ago, people got tired of seeing large parodies, scripts,
artwork, etc in r.a.s, and there was a proposal to create a new group called
rec.arts.startrek.creative.  There was some controversy over copyrights
(that apparently didn't matter in r.a.s) so the vote was abandoned.  During
the proposal and vote, someone created alt.startrek.creative, which serves
the purpose, except that it is unmoderated, and only about half the sites
actually carry the group.

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