THE
TREKKER'S GALACTOPEDIA
by CAPTAIN MIKE
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INTRODUCTION
The Trekker's
Galactopedia is part of an intense personal project of mine to correlate
and quantify the 30+ years of Star Trek history. Similar to the Star Trek
Encyclopedia by Michael Okuda and friends, the Galactopedia intends to
expand on that base with a more precise and informed quality of entry not
achieved in that work. Also I am attempting to include extraneous information
derived from all non-canon sources of Trek material, which i feel to be
just as much a part of the Star Trek experience as those filmed adventures
which have been deemed as "all-there-is" to Star Trek by Paramount's lawyers.
In the sixties Star Trek was about Gene and his staff's intrepid attempt
to create something, but by the time the show went off the air its fate
was squarely in the hands of its dedicated fans, who organized letter-writing
campaigns, conventions and a massive base of written and illustrated fiction
in both fan and professionally published licensed formats. After the creators
had moved on and the only concern of those who own the name Star Trek was
how much money they could make from it, it becomes clear to me that the
true spirit of Star Trek truly lives on in the novels, comics, games and
animation and not in the sad attempts at recapturing a lost spirit on screen
being attempted by the soulless corporation. So here i present, the only
place to find out about the Trek they dont want you to see...
UPDATE - The Galactopedia
Project.
Update: December
2001. I have decided to make the Galactopedia a collaborative effort. Enlisting
the help of my cohorts at the Flare Sci-Fi Forum, The Galactopedia Project
will now include entries from several contributors, who will maintain mirror
sites if they so desire.
Galactopedia Project Members:
CaptainMike;
Spike;
Jack_Crusher;
JohnB;
Galactopedia Partner Sites:
Coming soon!
Galactopedia Project Sources:
If you are serious about
participating in the Galactiopedia Project, visit
The
Galactopedia-Board
Flare
Sci-Fi Forums
The following sites are where
I got many of my pictures:
Spike's
Star Trek Page
Ex
Astris Scientia - Trekmania - Star
Trek in Sound and Vision
HOW TO READ THE GALACTOPEDIA.
The Galactopedia
is divided up like a regular encyclopedia into alphabetical sections. Each
section is further divided on the basis of filesize for easy viewing. I
do not intend to let any file exceed 75K-100K, therefore the letter 'A'
is represented by six smaller files. If you are viewing the frames version
of this page, there is an alphabetical bookmark bar occupying the top 20%
of your window. Otherwise you can always return to this page by clicking
the transporter icon at the bottom of each file, or browse through them
successively using the back and forward arrows at the bottom. Under construction
is an additional bookmark bar to the left which will take you to key sections,
hyperlinking you directly to the anchor for the entry 'Spock' for example.
Coming soon, each entry will contain multiple hyperlinks to any other entry
referenced within its text, for example if your are reading the entry for
'Enterprise, U.S.S.', you can click on 'Constitution-class' within that
entries text to further read about the vessel. Also within the Galactopedia
will be directories to all episodes and stories containing a list of references
contained within them. I will also begin to offer production information,
reviews and opinions in those entries. Therefore, clicking on TOS episodes
will show you a list of each episode and all the referenced characters
and items portrayed and hyperlinks to their entries in the main body.
The Galactopedia
is of course written as a real encyclopedia from the eyes of an observer
in the 24th century. I have taken liberties to include information that
is not common knowledge to the general public of that time period unlike
the Okuda version, simply for completeness sake. Even though Kirk promised
to keep Zefram Cochrane's continued existence a secret, I wil impart that
information to you in the main body. Think of yourself as a near omniscient
citizen of the galaxy for being able to know about these secret events.
In other ways the entries are similar to those used in the Star Trek Encyclopedia,
except i have taken additional care to assure that entries are sourced
accurately. If i put an assumption or conjecture in i will mark it as such.
Michael Okuda likes to make up very unlikely things and pass them off as
fact when they are not sourced from any valid Trek literature except for
his own head. I am taking additional efforts to ensure that any additional
information about production and real world filming is separated from the
entries of the Trek universe. Anything from our world and viewpoint will
be included in italics after the main body of the entry, as to not upset
the illusion of 24th century reading. This includes sources and references
to actors and filmmakers involved in the series. I also am changing Okuda's
style so as not to include an entry source withing a main body, so as not
to disrupt the flow of the article. Okuda would cite a fact and at the
end of every sentence place an episode name, which is distracting. Visually
the main text is blue against black background, with entry titles color
coded.
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Rose
entries refer to ships and installations,
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Orange
is governments or organizations,
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Yellow
is people or (intelligent) species
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Grey
is terms, objects or technology,
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Green
is places or locations.
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So a sample entry:
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Academy
commandant.
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Starfleet officer in command
of Starfleet Academy, usually the
rank of admiral. In 2372 the Academy commandant was a Bolian
admiral who was part of Admiral Leyton's conspiracy
to take over Earth. Other Academy commandants
have included Admiral Brand and Admiral Pradesh.
Captain Picard turned down this
position in 2364 when offered it by Admiral Quinn.
("Coming
of Age" [TNG]; "The First Duty"
[TNG]; "Paradise Lost" [DS9 #84]; "Prime
Directives" [Marvel SA #1]). The Bolian admiral, whose name
wasn't alluded to in the episode, was played by Rudolph Willrich.
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The title is yellow
because it refers to a individual person.
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The main body is blue, with
hyperlinks underlined.
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(The source is always parentehesesed
and within quotes for any story name, followed by a production number).
Extraneous information about the production is italicized also here.
Note that the entry has
multiple sources, all of which are at the end, rather than interspersed
so as not to break the article's flow. A sideline picture is included.
The Trekker's Galactopedia was designed
for Internet Explorer 4.0+ at 800 by 600 resolution. Other resolutions
may distort the text and graphics relationships. The Fullscreen feature
of IE4+ is recommended.
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