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Rare Treks: Official but Obscure
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1. Actually, canon is whatever the people currently holding Star Trek’s IP say it is. That’s CBS right now, but in five years it might be Disney. Or Byron Allen. Or me. Yeah, that’s right. I’m rich enough to buy Star Trek if I wanted to. So screw you, Byron.
2. Check out Prodigy.
Canon should not be the high-watermark for whether something is worthy or not. None of it is ‘real’ anyway.
I think these little side-jaunts are interesting in and of themselves. Before seeing this thread I never knew that Q went full Borg for a game, for example. Seeing John DeLancie in full Borg make up is really cool.
Each and every one of these little sideshows says something about Star Trek and where it was in the culture at the time. I think they are, without exception, quite fascinating.
I think these little side-jaunts are interesting in and of themselves. Before seeing this thread I never knew that Q went full Borg for a game, for example. Seeing John DeLancie in full Borg make up is really cool.
Each and every one of these little sideshows says something about Star Trek and where it was in the culture at the time. I think they are, without exception, quite fascinating.
Thanks. I'm nearly certain that I've found all of the Rare Treks (although I don't have a complete recording of "Star Trek Live" and have nothing of "Orion Rendezvous," Data's Federation Science videos, and the unreleased "Borg Q-Uest" except one still and the box), but I plan to also make a list of Star Trek skits such as "Star Trek V: The Restaurant Enterprise" and "The Love Boat: The Next Generation" and another for commercials and infomercials with a Trek theme or starring Trek actors.
That Powergen advert is burned into my mind from childhood. I loved that console in the TNG engineering room, when I was a kid it looked so cool! It was like, "yeah mad shit is still happening to the TOS crew between movies, you're just not seeing most of it"
I added videos of "Federation Science" and The Game Show.
Four of the nineteen remain unavailable: the "Orion Rendezvous" planetarium show, the unreleased VHS boardgame "Borg Q-Uest," and complete recordings of "Star Trek Live" and Shriv's Stream.
Four of the nineteen remain unavailable: the "Orion Rendezvous" planetarium show, the unreleased VHS boardgame "Borg Q-Uest," and complete recordings of "Star Trek Live" and Shriv's Stream.
Well,ccommon sense isn't common.
Still a great thread, thanks for all the additions. Glad it wasn't censored.
How to Host a Mystery
STARDATE 47729.25: An eight-member away team from the USS Enterprise-D has found the legendary Orb of Knowledge. However, later at a celebratory banquet, Captain Jean-Luc Picard discovers that the Orb has disappeared, and several of the personnel guarding it have been assaulted. A brief investigation leads to the fact that only someone in the away team could have committed the assault and subsequent theft of the Orb. But which one could it be – Commander William T. Riker, Dr. Beverly Crusher, Lt. Cmdr. Data, Counselor Deanna Troi, Lt. Worf, Ensign Ro Laren, Lt. Cmdr. Geordi La Forge or Ten Forward hostess Guinan?
Blinded by the Light
When Starfleet receives a secret report that spells doom for all, Commander LaForge is assigned to infiltrate Fenrac III and uncover the mystery of its infestation by some dark characters. Laforge arrives to find Fenrac III under the command of an old childhood friend and in deep turmoil. Geordi senses danger immediately as his secret mission unfolds.
In this exciting and dangerous mission you will discover a traitor, renegade aliens, light visions, and Geordi's inner strength... Will the renegades' desperate escape end in a flash of light?... Who is the traitor in the base?... Will Geordi's dear frlend survive a vicious attack?... Follow La Forge in a mission of danger and intrigue in Blinded by the Light.
(Play it here.)
Phaser Battle
Two articles.
Again thanks for finding and sharing these. I wish this BBS had more Reddit style resources such as this.
I just discovered that a direct rip of the second half of "Borg Invasion 4D" was posted ten months ago.
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Just yesterday, I discovered a German-exclusive Rare Trek in the form of a very short live performance (badly subtitled in English by YouTube's AI) followed by a short film (helpfully officially subtitled in English) before a rollercoaster ride which launched in 2017.
"Operation Enterprise" is the nineteenth produced video Rare Trek out of twenty overall.
The soundtrack was released on compact disc.
Along with the Prometheus novel trilogy—released in German in 2016 and then in English translations and unabridged English audiobooks over the next couple years—this is one of just four official Star Trek stories created in a foreign language.
Now, I think I really have found them all (although "Orion Rendezvous" and "Borg Q-uest" remain completely unavailable and "Live" and Shriv's Stream partly so).
"Operation Enterprise" is the nineteenth produced video Rare Trek out of twenty overall.
The soundtrack was released on compact disc.
Along with the Prometheus novel trilogy—released in German in 2016 and then in English translations and unabridged English audiobooks over the next couple years—this is one of just four official Star Trek stories created in a foreign language.
Now, I think I really have found them all (although "Orion Rendezvous" and "Borg Q-uest" remain completely unavailable and "Live" and Shriv's Stream partly so).
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