Wolf 359 Prelude, Parts I and II

[Ithekro]

I read somewhere an interesting idea that there were actually two ships at the battle named Melbourne. One was being decommissioned and it's replacement was finishing test trials. Desprjte for vessels they sent both ships to Wolf 359

My guess is someone decided that the Excelsior that delivered Shelby and Hanson to the Enterprise was the Melbourne, rather than the wrecked Nebula-class ship at Wolf 395. Like Hanson telling Picard that Riker had been offered the Melbourne in a way that was, "yes it is right there, he can be captain in five minutes if he just takes it and beams over there".

 

[David cgc]

The first scene of the next part has been released as a teaser.

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ETA: There's also a text update with some screenshots from other scenes.

Happy Belated New Year Everyone!

I hope you had a nice Holiday Season! Mine was fine. After the miserable year I had in 2024, my holiday's were nice and quiet. The perfect way to cap off the year for me. So far 2025 has been reasonable for me, I hope it continues.

On to Wolf 359...

Back in December, I stated that I completed the first half of the video. Well since early January, I've been working tirelessly conceptualizing and shooting the scenes for the battle and the remainder of the video.

I'm happy to report that as of this update that "Wolf 359: The Massacre, Part II" can now be watched in full from start to finish. All the scenes have been conceptualized, and the music is in place.

The vfx in some of the smaller sequences have been completed, like the Enterprise arrival at the graveyard. However, most of the shots are in various states of completion, some with nothing but the hero ship for the shot and the star background. It was simply a matter of getting the shots churned out so I could get this behemoth edited together.

As such, it will still be some time before release.

That's whats been taking me so long. Coming up with new and different angles of ships being destroyed, thinking and rethinking the story elements so that everything flows better, making sure the music matches the action and transitions smoothly between tracks and on and on.

I want Part II to be better than Part I was.

Now, with most of the editing done and music inserted, I have to work on the various elements that will be composited together. Adding in the phaser and torpedo effects, wreckage's, explosions, debris, etc. and compositing. Lots and lots of compositing.

As there is still a while yet before this juggernaut is released, I wanted to give you guys something in the meantime. So I decided that I would go ahead and release the opening segment which is about 3 minutes long to act as a teaser. This segment will be in the full release, but this way everyone will be able to get a taste of what Part II has to offer in terms of action and story while you wait.

I'm working on wrapping up this segment now and it should be released sometime later this month. So keep your eyes peeled!

 

[Akiraprise]

Man, he's good. Wish Paramount would get on board and release the Wolf 359 Massacre as a ShortTrek on P+ when complete.

 

[Dukhat]

Man, he's good. Wish Paramount would get on board and release the Wolf 359 Massacre as a ShortTrek on P+ when complete.

Huh? This is a fan project not made by Paramount.

 

[Akiraprise]

I know. Doesn't mean in some alt universe Paramount regularly acknowledges some fan projects are better than, or a strong complement to, their own stuff and works with the creators to showcase them for the betterment of all Trekdom.

 

[Dukhat]

I’m not sure how that helps us, but I acknowledge that you’re being facetious.

 

[Akiraprise]

I'll just say the work is great and I think Paramount should hire and give him creative freedom then.

 

[Dukhat]

I'll just say the work is great and I think Paramount should hire and give him creative freedom then.

I also think the work is great, and the people who made it clearly did their homework in regards to the types of ships used (and quite better than that STO version of which ships participated in the battle.) Unfortunately CBS/Paramount are not in the habit of hiring fans for their productions, which is too bad in this case because the guys seem to know what they're doing. At this point, I would think that if Paramount ever decided to recreate the battle, that they would royally screw it up by having some guy who doesn't understand design lineages make ships that would look completely out of place for the time period.