History Franchise / TrekVerse

The '''Trek Verse''', aka the ''Franchise/StarTrek'' [[TheMultiverse multiverse]], was invented by Creator/GeneRoddenberry for ''Series/StarTrekTheOriginalSeries''. Initially no more detailed or self-consistent than any other SpeculativeFiction 'verse, it has become a place with a continuity which outstrips that of any other project on television. It is built up by the {{canon}} details from seven television shows, two AnimatedAdaptation series, and thirteen feature films; there is also a [[Franchise/StarTrekExpandedUniverse myriad of original novels and video games]] that are not officially canon according to Creator/{{Paramount}} Pictures, which owns the franchise, but many fans consider them so anyway. (As for the several {{Comic Book Adaptation}}s, their quality varies wildly, so at least some of the older ones have fallen prey to FanonDiscontinuity.) It also spawns vast amounts of {{fanon}}, in the form of more FanFic than the human mind can safely comprehend. As for future installments, there is a fourth season of ''Series/StarTrekDiscovery'' due sometime after 2020, a fourteenth film in DevelopmentHell, and three new series on the way: ''Star Trek: Strange New Worlds'', about the adventures of Captain Pike and the ''Enterprise'' pre-Kirk; ''Star Trek: Prodigy'', a Creator/{{Nickelodeon}} animated series about lawless teenage characters aboard a derelict Starfleet ship; and a not-yet-titled series starring Creator/MichelleYeoh.

** Earth is located on the border of the Alpha and Beta Quadrants.

* '''The Gamma Quadrant'''. Home to the Dominion and variously minor species. A permanent wormhole connects the Gamma Quadrant to the star system where the Bajorans live.

The '''Trek Verse''', aka the ''Franchise/StarTrek'' [[TheMultiverse multiverse]], was invented by Creator/GeneRoddenberry for ''Series/StarTrekTheOriginalSeries''. Initially no more detailed or self-consistent than any other SpeculativeFiction 'verse, it has become a place with a continuity which outstrips that of any other project on television. It is built up by the {{canon}} details from seven television shows, two AnimatedAdaptation series, and thirteen feature films; there is also a [[Franchise/StarTrekExpandedUniverse myriad of original novels and video games]] that are not officially canon according to Creator/{{Paramount}} Pictures, which owns the franchise, but many fans consider them so anyway. (As for the several {{Comic Book Adaptation}}s, their quality varies wildly, so at least some of the older ones have fallen prey to FanonDiscontinuity.) It also spawns vast amounts of {{fanon}}, in the form of more FanFic than the human mind can safely comprehend. As for future installments, there is a third season of ''Series/StarTrekDiscovery'' due in 2020, a fourteenth film in early pre-production, and two new series on the way: ''Star Trek: Strange New Worlds'', about the adventures of Captain Pike and the ''Enterprise'', and a not-yet-titled series starring Creator/MichelleYeoh.

At least one planned series (''Assignment: Earth'') was to be set in the Trek Verse during the 1960s, but did not come to pass.

This does not include the Franchise/StarTrekExpandedUniverse, which adds an indeterminable number of extra continuities of its own. And as far as anyone knows, the other Gene Roddenberry-developed properties like ''Series/EarthFinalConflict'' and ''Series/{{Andromeda}}'' have nothing to do with Star Trek.

* '''The Pre-Trek era''': Mid 20th century to late 21st century. Radical scientific and political developments lead to devastating conflicts such as the Eugenics Wars (1992-1996) and [=WWIII=] (2026-2053) putting humanity on the verge of extinction. Later, Zefram Cochrane's launch of humanity's first ever warp-capable vessel, the ''Phoenix'', grabs the attention of Vulcans making the historic ''official'' FirstContact between humans and extraterrestrials. This paves the way for the greatest cultural and technological renaissance in human history nearly eliminating poverty, disease and war.
* '''The ''Enterprise'' era''': Early to mid 22nd century. Mankind's first forays into deep space. This era culminates with the foundation of a United Federation of Planets, of which Earth is a signatory member. ([[Series/StarTrekEnterprise ENT]])

* '''The Classic era''': Early to late 23rd century. A period of rapid expansion for the Federation. It is before or during this period that man reaches and surpasses the technological level of the rest of the major local species and becomes the dominant player in local politics. ([[Series/StarTrekDiscovery DIS]], [[Series/StarTrekTheOriginalSeries TOS]], [[WesternAnimation/StarTrekTheAnimatedSeries TAS]])

!! Timeline

The "active" history of the Trek Verse covers the period of time during which mankind has spread out into nearby space, a period of approximately over 400 years, separated into four eras:

* '''The Enterprise era''': Early to mid 22nd century. Man's first forays into deep space. This era culminates with the foundation of a United Federation of Planets, of which Earth is a signatory member. ([[Series/StarTrekEnterprise ENT]])

It establishes at least three separate universes -- The Main Trek Verse aka "The Prime Reality" as noted above, The MirrorUniverse (of the Terran Empire and later, uglier events in which the former subjects of the Empire are subject to backlash by everyone else), and the [[Film/StarTrek2009 Kelvin Timeline]] aka "The [[Creator/JJAbrams Abramsverse]]" (consisting of the Pre-Trek and Enterprise eras as they were while ''radically'' revamped from the Classic era onward), with hints of others, the most likely candidate being the alternate future of ''Enterprise'''s Temporal Cold War. This does not include the Franchise/StarTrekExpandedUniverse, which adds an indeterminable number of extra continuities of its own. Note, however, that so far as anyone knows, the other Gene Roddenberry-developed properties like ''Series/EarthFinalConflict'' and ''Series/{{Andromeda}}'' have nothing to do with Star Trek. It's almost as complex as the many continuities of ''{{Transformers}}'', but at least the [=TrekVerse=] mercifully interconnects them in ways that mostly make sense.

!! Species

For more information, see the Characters/StarTrekSpeciesAToM and Characters/StarTrekSpeciesNToZ.

!! Galactic Quadrants

* '''The Beta Quadrant'''. Major parts of the Klingon and Romulan empires are here. The Federation, likewise, claims some territories inside the Beta Quadrant. This is [[HufflepuffHouse the least-discussed quadrant]] in the various TV series and movies, and as such little is known about it.
* '''The Delta Quadrant'''. Home to the Borg, and several dozen other species. Seemingly the [[WretchedHive most savage Quadrant]], every other lightyear is controlled by an extremely xenophobic and hostile race. This is the quadrant that ''[[Series/StarTrekVoyager Voyager]]'' was lost in for 7 years.
* '''The Gamma Quadrant'''. Home to the Dominion. A permanent wormhole connects the Gamma Quadrant to the star system where the Bajorans live.

!! Treknology

* '''The Pre-Trek era''': Mid 20th century to late 21st century. Radical scientific and political developments lead to devastating conflicts such as the Eugenics Wars (1992-1996) and [=WWIII=] (2026-2053) putting humanity on the verge of extinction. Later, Zephram Cochrane's launch of humanity's first ever warp-capable vessel, the ''Phoenix'', grabs the attention of Vulcans making the historic ''official'' FirstContact between humans and extraterrestrials. This paves the way for the greatest cultural and technological renaissance in human history nearly eliminating poverty, disease and war.

It establishes at least three separate universes -- The Main Trek Verse aka "The Prime Reality" as noted above, The MirrorUniverse (of the Terran Empire and later, uglier events in which the former subjects of the Empire are subject to backlash by everyone else), and the [[Film/StarTrek2009 Kelvin Timeline]] aka "The [[Creator/JJAbrams Abramsverse]]" (consisting of the ''Pre-Trek'' and ''Enterprise'' eras as they were with a radically revamped ''Classic'' era), with hints of others, the most likely candidate being the alternate future of ''Enterprise'''s Temporal Cold War. This does not include the Franchise/StarTrekExpandedUniverse, which adds an indeterminable number of extra continuities of its own. Note, however, that so far as anyone knows, the other Gene Roddenberry-developed properties like ''Series/EarthFinalConflict'' and ''Series/{{Andromeda}}'' have nothing to do with Star Trek. It's almost as complex as the many continuities of ''{{Transformers}}'', but at least the [=TrekVerse=] mercifully interconnects them in ways that mostly make sense.

* '''The Modern era''': Mid to late 24th century. A period of internal conflict and consolidation. Despite tacit peace with the other local major powers, wars with distant powers such as the Romulan Empire, the Borg and the Dominion weaken the Federation. ([[Series/StarTrekTheNextGeneration TNG]], [[Series/StarTrekDeepSpaceNine DS9]], [[Series/StarTrekVoyager VOY]], [[Series/StarTrekPicard PIC]])

* '''Ferengi:''' [[PlanetOfHats An entire race]] of [[CorruptCorporateExecutive slimy capitalists.]] The big-eared, big-nosed Ferengi value profit above all else, cheat and swindle as a way of life, have [[SpaceJews big ears and noses]], and are played by primarily Jewish actors. The Ferengi were originally meant to be the new BigBad for The Next Generation in the way that the Klingons were for the original series, but that fell through after one or two episodes when it became apparent how silly they were. Ferengi were later relegated to comedy relief, most famously in the character Quark on Deep Space Nine.

The '''Trek Verse''', aka the ''Franchise/StarTrek'' [[TheMultiverse multiverse]], was invented by Creator/GeneRoddenberry for ''Series/StarTrekTheOriginalSeries''. Initially no more detailed or self-consistent than any other SpeculativeFiction 'verse, it has become a place with a continuity which outstrips that of any other project on television. It is built up by the {{canon}} details from seven television shows, two AnimatedAdaptation series, and thirteen feature films; there is also a [[Franchise/StarTrekExpandedUniverse myriad of original novels and video games]] that are not officially canon according to Creator/{{Paramount}} Pictures, which owns the franchise, but many fans consider them so anyway. (As for the several {{Comic Book Adaptation}}s, their quality varies wildly, so at least some of the older ones have fallen prey to FanonDiscontinuity.) It also spawns vast amounts of {{fanon}}, in the form of more FanFic than the human mind can safely comprehend. As for future installments, there is a third season of ''Series/StarTrekDiscovery'' due in 2020, a fourteenth film in early pre-production, and two new series on the way: ''Star Trek: Strange Mew Worlds", about the adventures of Captain Pike and the ''Enterprise'', and a not-yet-titled series starring Creator/MichelleYeoh.

The '''Trek Verse''', aka the ''Franchise/StarTrek'' [[TheMultiverse multiverse]], was invented by Creator/GeneRoddenberry for ''Series/StarTrekTheOriginalSeries''. Initially no more detailed or self-consistent than any other SpeculativeFiction 'verse, it has become a place with a continuity which outstrips that of any other project on television. It is built up by the {{canon}} details from seven television shows, an AnimatedAdaptation series, and thirteen feature films; there is also a [[Franchise/StarTrekExpandedUniverse myriad of original novels and video games]] that are not officially canon according to Creator/{{Paramount}} Pictures, which owns the franchise, but many fans consider them so anyway. (As for the several {{Comic Book Adaptation}}s, their quality varies wildly, so at least some of the older ones have fallen prey to FanonDiscontinuity.) It also spawns vast amounts of {{fanon}}, in the form of more FanFic than the human mind can safely comprehend. As for future installments, there is a third season of ''Series/StarTrekDiscovery'' due in 2020, a fourteenth film in early pre-production, and two new series on the way: ''WesternAnimation/StarTrekLowerDecks'', an animated comedy series, and a not-yet-titled series starring Creator/MichelleYeoh.

* '''The Beta Quadrant'''. Major parts of the Klingon and Romulan empires are here. The Federation, likewise, claims some territories inside the Beta Quadrant. This is the least-discussed quadrant in the various TV series and movies, and as such little is known about it.

* '''The Modern era''': Mid 24th century to early 25th century. A period of internal conflict and consolidation. Despite tacit peace with the other local major powers, wars with distant powers such as the Romulan Empire, the Borg and the Dominion weaken the Federation. ([[Series/StarTrekTheNextGeneration TNG]], [[Series/StarTrekDeepSpaceNine DS9]], [[Series/StarTrekVoyager VOY]], [[Series/StarTrekPicard PIC]])

The '''Trek Verse''', aka the ''Franchise/StarTrek'' [[TheMultiverse multiverse]], was invented by Creator/GeneRoddenberry for ''Series/StarTrekTheOriginalSeries''. Initially no more detailed or self-consistent than any other SpeculativeFiction 'verse, it has become a place with a continuity which outstrips that of any other project on television. It is built up by the {{canon}} details from six television shows, an AnimatedAdaptation series, and thirteen feature films; there is also a [[Franchise/StarTrekExpandedUniverse myriad of original novels]] that are not officially canon according to Creator/{{Paramount}} Pictures, which owns the franchise, but many fans consider them so anyway. (As for the several {{Comic Book Adaptation}}s, their quality varies wildly, so at least some of the older ones have fallen prey to FanonDiscontinuity.) It also spawns vast amounts of {{fanon}}, in the form of more FanFic than the human mind can safely comprehend. As for future installments, there is a second season of ''Series/StarTrekDiscovery'' due in January 2019, a fourteenth film in early pre-production, and two new series on the way: ''WesternAnimation/StarTrekLowerDecks'', an animated comedy series, and a not-yet-titled live-action series in which Creator/PatrickStewart will reprise his role as [[Series/StarTrekTheNextGeneration Jean-Luc Picard]].

* '''Romulans:''' Secretive diaspora Vulcan sub-species who rejected the Vulcan drive for logic, but have cloaking devices, which makes up for it. [[ScaryDogmaticAliens Highly xenophobic and reliant on their secret police to keep order]], they are [[FantasyCounterpartCulture loosely inspired by the Roman Empire]] and their territory is the Romulan Star Empire. They are also somewhat a ProudWarriorRace [[CombatPragmatist but have fewer qualms about sneaky tactics]] and value honor for the Empire higher than personal honor. They once got along with the Klingons but these fundamental differences and some nasty wars mean Romulans and Klingons hate each other's guts. [[spoiler:The new [[Film/StarTrek2009 Trek reboot movie]] makes it canon that the Romulan homeworld was destroyed by a supernova, sending Nero back in time for revenge and starting the AlternateTimeline.]]

* '''The Modern era''': Mid to late 24th century. A period of internal conflict and consolidation. Despite tacit peace with the other local major powers, wars with distant powers such as the Romulan Empire, the Borg and the Dominion weaken the Federation. ([[Series/StarTrekTheNextGeneration TNG]], [[Series/StarTrekDeepSpaceNine DS9]], [[Series/StarTrekVoyager VOY]], [[Series/StarTrekPicard PIC]])

* '''The Modern era''': Mid to late 24th century. A period of internal conflict and consolidation. Despite tacit peace with the other local major powers, wars with distant powers such as the Romulan Empire, the Borg and the Dominion weaken the Federation. ([[Series/StarTrekTheNextGeneration TNG]], [[Series/StarTrekDeepSpaceNine DS9]], [[Series/StarTrekVoyager VOY]])

** In practice, of course, ships [[TravelingAtTheSpeedOfPlot TravelAtTheSpeedOfPlot]] -- it's not uncommon for characters to travel from one side of the Federation to the other inside a single episode if the story demands it.

* '''The Delta Quadrant'''. Home to the Borg, and several dozen other species. Seemingly the [[CrapsackWorld most savage Quadrant]], every other lightyear is controlled by an extremely xenophobic and hostile race. This is the quadrant that the ''[[Series/StarTrekVoyager U.S.S. Voyager]]'' was lost in for 7 years.

* FasterThanLightTravel, in the form of Warp Drive. Starships can travel several times, or even several hundred times, the speed of light -- but only under rare, [[StatusQuoIsGod non-repeatable]] conditions can they cross the entire galaxy in less than several decades. Starships under warp are fully aware of the sub-light universe they're travelling through, and may even (DependingOnTheWriter) engage each other in combat while travelling at warp speed.
** Speeds while travelling faster than light are given in warp units, where Warp 1 is equal to the speed of light and higher warp numbers represent progressively faster speeds. During the filming of TOS, there was no official warp speed scale, but after the series concluded it was unofficially decided that warp X = X[[superscript:3]] times the speed of light. In TNG, the system was formalized as warp X = X[[superscript:3.33333...]] times the speed of light ''up to warp 9'', and speeds asymptotically approached infinity at a hypothetical Warp 10. In the alternate future of the TNG finale, though, a starship was stated to be going "warp 13".
** It was established in an episode of TNG that [[GreenAesop excessive use of the warp drive damages the fabric of reality]], leading the Federation to establish a "speed limit" of warp 5 except in [[GodzillaThreshold emergency situations]]. The amount of attention paid to this detail in later episodes [[DependingOnTheWriter varies]], of course.
** Certain HigherTechSpecies such as the Borg and the Voth use "transwarp" technology, which is far faster than conventional warp drive, capable of crossing the galaxy in weeks or months instead of decades.

It establishes at least three separate universes -- The Main Trek Verse aka "The Prime Reality" as noted above, The MirrorUniverse (of the Terran Empire and later, uglier events in which the former subjects of the Empire are subject to backlash by everyone else), and the [[Film/StarTrek2009 Kelvin Timeline]] aka "The [[Creator/JJAbrams Abramsverse]]" (consisting of the ''Pre-Trek'' and ''Enterprise'' eras as they were with a radically revamped ''Classic'' era), with hints of others, the most likely candidate being the alternate future of ''Enterprise'''s Temporal Cold War. This does not include the Franchise/StarTrekExpandedUniverse, which adds an indeterminable number of extra continuities of its own. Note, however, that so far as anyone knows, the other Gene Roddenberry-developed properties like ''Series/EarthFinalConflict'' and ''Series/{{Andromeda}}'' have nothing to do with Star Trek. It's almost as complex as the many continuities of ''{{Transformers}}'', but at least the Trek mercifully interconnects them in ways that mostly make sense.

* FasterThanLightTravel, in the form of Warp Drive. Starships can travel several times, or even several hundred times, the speed of light -- but only under rare, [[GameBreaker non-repeatable]] conditions can they cross the entire galaxy in less than several decades. Starships under warp are fully aware of the sub-light universe they're travelling through, and may even (DependingOnTheWriter) engage each other in combat while travelling at warp speed.

* FTLRadio, over [[SubspaceOrHyperspace subspace]]. DependingOnTheWriter, subspace radio either propagates infinitely fast (allowing for instantaneous two-way communication between distant starships and starfleet HQ), or takes days to cross the larger interstellar distances. A quadrant-spanning subspace relay network is usually involved, whether deliberately mentioned or not.
* RayGun, in the form of Federation phasers and Klingon disruptors. There are small handheld, and large starship-mounted, varieties. Hand-held phasers have a [[StunGuns "stun" setting]], useful for knocking out an adversary without killing it. Ship-mounted varieties are usually powerful enough to weaken an enemy ship's shields, but not so powerful as to destroy their target in a single hit. Depending on the scriptwriter (and the era), phaser beams travel either ''at'' the speed of light, or many times faster than light.

** It also failed once one screen due to a [[Series/StarTrekEnterprise technical malfunction]].

It establishes at least three separate universes -- The Main Trek Verse aka "The Prime Reality" as noted above, The MirrorUniverse (of the Terran Empire and later, uglier events in which the former subjects of the Empire are subject to backlash by everyone else), and the [[Film/StarTrek2009 Kelvin Timeline]] aka "The [[Creator/JJAbrams Abramsverse]]" (consisting of the ''Pre-Trek'' and ''Enterprise'' eras as they were with a radically revamped ''Classic'' era), with hints of others, the most likely candidate being the alternate future of ''Enterprise'''s Temporal Cold War. This does not include the Franchise/StarTrekExpandedUniverse, which adds an indeterminable number of extra continuities of its own. Note, however, that so far as anyone knows, the other Gene Roddenberry-developed properties like ''Series/EarthFinalConflict'' and ''Series/{{Andromeda}}'' have nothing to do with Star Trek. It's almost complex as the many continuities of ''{{Transformers}}'', but at least the Trek mercifully interconnects them in ways that mostly make sense.

[[InternetBackdraft No matter what the fans say.]]

* '''Romulans:''' Secretive diaspora Vulcan sub-species who rejected the Vulcan drive for logic, but have cloaking devices, which makes up for it. [[ScaryDogmaticAliens Highly xenophobic and reliant on their secret police to keep order]], they are [[FantasyCounterpartCulture loosely inspired by the Roman Empire]] and their territory is the Romulan Star Empire. They are also somewhat a ProudWarriorRace but have fewer qualms about [[TryingToCatchMeFightingDirty sneaky tactics]] and value honor for the Empire higher than personal honor. They once got along with the Klingons but these fundamental differences and some nasty wars mean Romulans and Klingons hate each other's guts. [[spoiler:The new [[Film/StarTrek2009 Trek reboot movie]] makes it canon that the Romulan homeworld was destroyed by a supernova, sending Nero back in time for revenge and starting the AlternateTimeline.]]

The '''Trek Verse''', aka the ''Franchise/StarTrek'' [[TheMultiverse multiverse]], was invented by Creator/GeneRoddenberry for ''Series/StarTrekTheOriginalSeries''. Initially no more detailed or self-consistent than any other SpeculativeFiction 'verse, it has become a place with a continuity which outstrips that of any other project on television. It is built up by the {{canon}} details from six television shows, an AnimatedAdaptation series, and thirteen feature films; there is also a [[Franchise/StarTrekExpandedUniverse myriad of original novels]] that are not officially canon according to Creator/{{Paramount}} Pictures, which owns the franchise, but many fans consider them so anyway. (As for the several {{Comic Book Adaptation}}s, their quality varies wildly, so at least some of the older ones have fallen prey to FanonDiscontinuity.) It also spawns vast amounts of {{fanon}}, in the form of more FanFic than the human mind can safely comprehend. As for future installments, there is a fourteenth film in early pre-production, a second season of ''Series/StarTrekDiscovery'' due in January 2019, and an animated comedy series (''WesternAnimation/StarTrekLowerDecks'') in early development.

The '''Trek Verse''', aka the ''Franchise/StarTrek'' [[TheMultiverse multiverse]], was invented by Creator/GeneRoddenberry for ''Series/StarTrekTheOriginalSeries''. Initially no more detailed or self-consistent than any other SpeculativeFiction 'verse, it has become a place with a continuity which outstrips that of any other project on television. It is built up by the {{canon}} details from six television shows, an AnimatedAdaptation series, and thirteen feature films; there is also a [[Franchise/StarTrekExpandedUniverse myriad of original novels]] that are not officially canon according to Creator/{{Paramount}} Pictures, which owns the franchise, but many fans consider them so anyway. (As for the several {{Comic Book Adaptation}}s, their quality varies wildly, so at least some of the older ones have fallen prey to FanonDiscontinuity.) It also spawns vast amounts of {{fanon}}, in the form of more FanFic than the human mind can safely comprehend. As for future installments, there is a fourteenth film in early pre-production, and a second season of ''Series/StarTrekDiscovery'' due in January 2019.

The '''Trek Verse''', aka the ''Franchise/StarTrek'' [[TheMultiverse multiverse]], was invented by Creator/GeneRoddenberry for ''Series/StarTrekTheOriginalSeries''. Initially no more detailed or self-consistent than any other SpeculativeFiction 'verse, it has become a place with a continuity which outstrips that of any other project on television. It is built up by the {{canon}} details from six television shows, an AnimatedAdaptation series, and thirteen feature films; there is also a [[Franchise/StarTrekExpandedUniverse myriad of original novels]] that are not officially canon according to Creator/{{Paramount}} Pictures, which owns the franchise, but many fans consider them so anyway. (As for the several {{Comic Book Adaptation}}s, their quality varies wildly, so at least some of the older ones have fallen prey to FanonDiscontinuity.) It also spawns vast amounts of {{fanon}}, in the form of more FanFic than the human mind can safely comprehend. As for future installments, there is a fourteenth film in early pre-production, and a second season of ''Series/StarTrekDiscovery'' due sometime in 2019.

The '''Trek Verse''', aka the ''StarTrek'' [[TheMultiverse multiverse]], was invented by Creator/GeneRoddenberry for ''Series/StarTrekTheOriginalSeries''. Initially no more detailed or self-consistent than any other SpeculativeFiction 'verse, it has become a place with a continuity which outstrips that of any other project on television. It is built up by the {{canon}} details from six television shows, an AnimatedAdaptation series, and thirteen feature films; there is also a [[Franchise/StarTrekExpandedUniverse myriad of original novels]] that are not officially canon according to Creator/{{Paramount}} Pictures, which owns the franchise, but many fans consider them so anyway. (As for the several {{Comic Book Adaptation}}s, their quality varies wildly, so at least some of the older ones have fallen prey to FanonDiscontinuity.) It also spawns vast amounts of {{fanon}}, in the form of more FanFic than the human mind can safely comprehend. As for future installments, there is a fourteenth film in early pre-production, and a second season of ''Series/StarTrekDiscovery'' due sometime in 2019.

It establishes at least three separate universes -- The Main Trek Verse aka "The Prime Reality" as noted above, The MirrorUniverse (of the Terran Empire and later, uglier events in which the former subjects of the Empire are subject to backlash by everyone else), and the [[Film/StarTrek Kelvin Timeline]] aka "The [[Creator/JJAbrams Abramsverse]]" (consisting of the ''Pre-Trek'' and ''Enterprise'' eras as they were with a radically revamped ''Classic'' era), with hints of others, the most likely candidate being the alternate future of ''Enterprise'''s Temporal Cold War. This does not include the Franchise/StarTrekExpandedUniverse, which adds an indeterminable number of extra continuities of its own. Note, however, that so far as anyone knows, the other Gene Roddenberry-developed properties like ''Series/EarthFinalConflict'' and ''Series/{{Andromeda}}'' have nothing to do with Star Trek. It's almost complex as the many continuities of ''{{Transformers}}'', but at least the Trek mercifully interconnects them in ways that mostly make sense.

* '''Romulans:''' Secretive diaspora Vulcan sub-species who rejected the Vulcan drive for logic, but have cloaking devices, which makes up for it. [[ScaryDogmaticAliens Highly xenophobic and reliant on their secret police to keep order]], they are [[FantasyCounterpartCulture loosely inspired by the Roman Empire]] and their territory is the Romulan Star Empire. They are also somewhat a ProudWarriorRace but have fewer qualms about [[TryingToCatchMeFightingDirty sneaky tactics]] and value honor for the Empire higher than personal honor. They once got along with the Klingons but these fundamental differences and some nasty wars mean Romulans and Klingons hate each other's guts. [[spoiler:The new [[Film/StarTrek Trek reboot movie]] makes it canon that the Romulan homeworld was destroyed by a supernova, sending Nero back in time for revenge and starting the AlternateTimeline.]]

The '''Trek Verse''', aka the ''StarTrek'' [[TheMultiverse multiverse]], was invented by Creator/GeneRoddenberry for ''Series/StarTrekTheOriginalSeries''. Initially no more detailed or self-consistent than any other SpeculativeFiction 'verse, it has become a place with a continuity which outstrips that of any other project on television. It is built up by the {{canon}} details from five television shows, an AnimatedAdaptation series, and thirteen feature films; there is also a [[Franchise/StarTrekExpandedUniverse myriad of original novels]] that are not officially canon according to Creator/{{Paramount}} Pictures, which owns the franchise, but many fans consider them so anyway. (As for the several {{Comic Book Adaptation}}s, their quality varies wildly, so at least some of the older ones have fallen prey to FanonDiscontinuity.) It also spawns vast amounts of {{fanon}}, in the form of more FanFic than the human mind can safely comprehend. As for future installments, there is a fourteenth film in early pre-production, and [[Series/StarTrekDiscovery a new TV series]] due in January 2017.

At least one planned series (''Assignment: Earth'') was to be set in the TrekVerse during the 1960s, but did not come to pass.

It establishes at least three separate universes -- The Main Trek Verse aka "The Prime Reality" as noted above, The MirrorUniverse (of the Terran Empire and later, uglier events in which the former subjects of the Empire are subject to backlash by everyone else), and the [[Film/StarTrek Kelvin Timeline]][[note]]Not the official in-universe canonical term for this movie continuity[[/note]] aka "The [[Creator/JJAbrams Abramsverse]]" (consisting of the ''Pre-Trek'' and ''Enterprise'' eras as they were with a radically revamped ''Classic'' era), with hints of others, the most likely candidate being the alternate future of ''Enterprise'''s Temporal Cold War. This does not include the Franchise/StarTrekExpandedUniverse, which adds an indeterminable number of extra continuities of its own. Note, however, that so far as anyone knows, the other Gene Roddenberry-developed properties like ''Series/EarthFinalConflict'' and ''Series/{{Andromeda}}'' have nothing to do with Star Trek. It's almost complex as the many continuities of ''{{Transformers}}'', but at least the Trek mercifully interconnects them in ways that mostly make sense.