| 1 | As a rule, ''Franchise/StarTrek'' makes no effort to maintain continuity outside of its LiveActionTelevision series and films -- in fact, for a while, there was a directive that tie-ins couldn't reference anything except the [[Franchise/TrekVerse live-action canon]]. Novels, comics, video games, roleplaying games, technical manuals etc. draw from their common origins, but exist largely independent of each other save for occasional {{Shout Out}}s or borrowed elements. |
| 2 | |
| 3 | There is a modern line of ''Franchise/StarTrek'' novels from Pocket Books which make an effort to be consistent in regards to continuity. Most novels from the year 2000 on are ''generally'' set within the same reality. This continuity is discussed on the Literature/StarTrekNovelVerse page. |
| 4 | |
| 5 | Some of the older books have been retroactively absorbed into the "Novel Verse" continuity, most have not. |
| 6 | |
| 7 | A new continuity was created with the Paramount+ series: |
| 8 | |
| 9 | * ''[[Literature/StarTrekDiscovery Star Trek: Discovery Novels]]'' |
| 10 | * ''[[Literature/StarTrekPicard Star Trek: Picard Novels]]'' |
| 11 | |
| 12 | Other show-specific Novels that have followed the new literary canon include: |
| 13 | |
| 14 | [[index]] |
| 15 | * ''Literature/StarTrekTheNextGenerationPliableTruths'' |
| 16 | [[/index]] |
| 17 | |
| 18 | There is also the ''Literature/StarTrekAutobiographies'' series that is its own continuity. |
| 19 | |
| 20 | There are (naturally) many ''Franchise/StarTrek'' comic books, including: |
| 21 | |
| 22 | [[index]] |
| 23 | * ''Star Trek'' (Gold Key series, 1967-1978) -- set during the Original Series |
| 24 | * ''Star Trek'' (Marvel series, 1979-1981) -- set after ''Star Trek: The Motion Picture'' |
| 25 | * ''ComicBook/{{Star Trek|DCComics}}'' (DC series, 1984-1996) |
| 26 | ** Volume 1 (56 issues, 1984-1988) -- set after ''Star Trek II: The Wrath of Khan'' and around the next two films, with a few issues set during the Original Series or [=ST:TMP=] era |
| 27 | ** Volume 2 (80 issues, 1989-1996) -- set after ''Star Trek V: The Final Frontier'', with several issues set during the Original Series |
| 28 | *** ''ComicBook/StarTrekDebtOfHonor'' (1992) -- Graphic novel by Creator/ChrisClaremont set between ''Star Trek IV'' and ''V'' |
| 29 | * ''Star Trek The Next Generation'' (DC series, 1988-1996) |
| 30 | * ''Star Trek Deep Space Nine'' (Malibu series, 1993-1996) |
| 31 | * ''Star Trek Deep Space Nine'' (Marvel series, 1996-1998) |
| 32 | * ''ComicBook/StarTrekStarfleetAcademy'' (Marvel series, 1996-1998) |
| 33 | * ''Star Trek: Voyager'' (Marvel series, 1996-1998) |
| 34 | * ''ComicBook/StarTrekEarlyVoyages'' (Marvel series, 1997-1998: set during Christopher Pike's command of the ''Enterprise'') |
| 35 | * ''ComicBook/StarTrekUntoldVoyages'' (Marvel mini-series, 1998: set after ''Star Trek: The Motion Picture'') |
| 36 | * ''Star Trek Deep Space Nine: N-Vector'' (Wildstorm miniseries, 2000) |
| 37 | * ''Star Trek The Next Generation: The Gorn Crisis'' (Wildstorm hardcover, 2000) |
| 38 | * ''Star Trek Divided We Fall'' (Wildstorm miniseries, 2001) |
| 39 | * ''Star Trek: Year Four'' (IDW miniseries, 2007) -- six issue mini-series, describing the ''Enterprise''[='s=] fourth year of their Five-Year Mission |
| 40 | * ''Star Trek Countdown'' (IDW miniseries, 2009) -- Billed as the "official prequel" to the rebooted ''Star Trek'' film and written by the screenwriters, it initially wasn't clear whether this is merely a part of the Expanded Universe, or canon in its own right. After being questioned on certain (minor) inconsistencies between the comic and the final version of the movie, the screenwriters declared it non-Canon. |
| 41 | * ''ComicBook/StarTrekMissionsEnd'' (IDW miniseries, 2009, takes place after ''Series/StarTrekTheOriginalSeries'' but before ''Film/StarTrekTheMotionPicture'') -- Details the final official mission of the ''Enterprise's'' "Five year mission". |
| 42 | * ''ComicBook/{{Star Trek|IDW}}'' (IDW series 2010-2016) -- Initially a retelling of Original Series episodes based on the alternate timeline started off by the 2009 film. It later started telling original stories, and also crossed back over into the original timeline at points. |
| 43 | * ''ComicBook/StarTrekTheNextGenerationDoctorWhoAssimilation2'' (IDW miniseries, 2012) -- Crossover miniseries with ''Doctor Who''; also part of the Franchise/DoctorWhoExpandedUniverse |
| 44 | * ''Star Trek: Waypoint'' (IDW series 2016-) -- An anthology comic telling stories from across the ''Star Trek'' universe (original timeline). |
| 45 | * ''Star Trek The Next Generation: Broken Mirror'' (IDW series 2017-) -- A comic book series featuring Captain Picard in the Mirror Universe and his crew trying to revive the Terran Empire. |
| 46 | * ''ComicBook/StarTrekVsTransformers'' (IDW series 2018-2019) -- A {{crossover}} with ''Franchise/TheTransformers'' using the art-style of the original animated series. |
| 47 | * ''ComicBook/StarTrekTheQConflict'' (IDW series 2019) - A {{crossover}} between TOS, TNG, [=DS9=] and VOY |
| 48 | * ''Star Trek: Year Five'' (IDW series, 2019-2021) -- Replacing ''Mission's End'' as the final mission, the series tells of final missions of the crew of the ''Enterprise'', attempting to stop a plot by the Tholians. |
| 49 | * ''Star Trek: Lower Decks'' (IDW series, 2022) -- a three issue mini-series starring the crew of the ''Cerritos''. |
| 50 | * ''Star Trek: Strange New Worlds - The Illyrian Enigma'' (IDW series, 2022-2023) -- a five issue mini-series taking place between ''Series/StarTrekStrangeNewWorlds'' season one and two dealing with the events of the season one finale. |
| 51 | [[/index]] |
| 52 | |
| 53 | There are also a number of novels prior to the Novelverse. Some of these are: |
| 54 | [[index]] |
| 55 | * ''Literature/MissionToHoratius'' (1968) [[note]] It has been reprinted in 1996 and February 1, 1999.[[/note]] |
| 56 | * ''Literature/SpockMustDie'' (1970) |
| 57 | * ''Literature/StarTrekTheNewVoyages'' (1976) |
| 58 | * ''Literature/TheCovenantOfTheCrown'' (1981) |
| 59 | * ''Literature/WebOfTheRomulans'' by M. S. Murdock (1983) |
| 60 | * ''Literature/TheWoundedSky'' by Diane Duane (1983) |
| 61 | * ''Literature/TheFinalReflection'' by John M. Ford (1984) |
| 62 | * The Literature/{{Rihannsu}} series by Diane Duane, starting with ''My Enemy, My Ally'' (1984)[[note]] The first two books are of this era, while the last three were written much later but do not fit into the Novelverse continuity.[[/note]] |
| 63 | * ''Literature/{{Ishmael|1985}}'' (1985) |
| 64 | * ''Literature/TheVulcanAcademyMurders'' (1984) |
| 65 | * ''Literature/UhurasSong'' by Janet Kagan (1985) |
| 66 | * ''Literature/FortunesOfWar'' by Creator/DianeCarey (1999 reprinting of novels initially released in 1986) |
| 67 | * ''Literature/DeepDomain'' (1987) |
| 68 | * ''Literature/DreamsOfTheRaven'' by Creator/CarmenCarter (1987) |
| 69 | * ''Literature/HowMuchForJustThePlanet'' by John M. Ford (1987) |
| 70 | * ''Literature/FinalFrontier'' by Diane Carey (1988) |
| 71 | * ''Literature/SpocksWorld'' by Diane Duane (1988) |
| 72 | * ''Literature/StarTrekTheKobayashiMaru'' by Julia Ecklar (1989) |
| 73 | * ''Literature/DoubleDouble'' by Creator/MichaelJanFriedman |
| 74 | * ''Literature/DoctorsOrders'' by Diane Duane (1990) |
| 75 | * ''Literature/IceTrap'' by Creator/LAGraf (1992) |
| 76 | * ''Literature/StarTrekFederation'' by Judith and Garfield Reeves-Stevens (1994) |
| 77 | * ''Imzadi'' by Peter David |
| 78 | * ''Literature/StarTrekCrossover'' by Creator/MichaelJanFriedman (1995) |
| 79 | * ''Literature/ShipOfTheLine'' by Diane Carey (1997, reprinted in 1999) |
| 80 | * ''Literature/StarTrekShatnerverse'' |
| 81 | * ''Literature/StarTrekTheEugenicsWars'' |
| 82 | * ''Literature/NoTimeLikeThePast'': Written in 2014, but referencing Spock's son Zar from ''The Yesterday Saga'', placing it in this "continuity." |
| 83 | * ''Literature/TheThreeMinuteUniverse'' by Barbara Paul (1988) |
| 84 | [[/index]] |
| 85 | |
| 86 | There are also the Animated Series Novelizations by Alan Dean Foster, ''Literature/StarTrekLogs'' which not only novelize, but also expand the plotlines of the Animated Series. |
| 87 | |
| 88 | There are also many ''VideoGame/StarTrek'' games that have their own page. |
| 89 | |
| 90 | [[index]] |
| 91 | * ''VideoGame/StarTrekStrategicOperationsSimulator'': An arcade game released by Creator/{{Sega}} in 1983. |
| 92 | * An NES game which is essentially an unofficial sequel to the original series episode, "A Piece of the Action". |
| 93 | * ''VideoGame/StarTrek25thAnniversary'': An episodic point-and-click adventure game featuring the cast of the original series. |
| 94 | ** ''[[VideoGame/JudgmentRites Star Trek: Judgment Rites]]'': The sequel to ''25th Anniversary''. These two games are generally considered, alongside (or for some fans, instead of) ''[[WesternAnimation/StarTrekTheAnimatedSeries The Animated Series]]'', to comprise the final two years of the ''Enterprise'''s five-year mission under Captain Kirk. |
| 95 | ** ''[[VideoGame/AFinalUnity Star Trek: The Next Generation: A Final Unity]]'': The third point-and-click adventure game of the franchise, this time focusing on the ''Enterprise-D'', and featuring the full cast of ''The Next Generation''. |
| 96 | * ''VideoGame/StarTrekKlingon'': An InteractiveMovie in which the player enacts the role of a neophyte Klingon warrior in a holodeck program. |
| 97 | * ''VideoGame/StarTrekBorg'': A [[ThematicSeries thematic sequel]] to ''Star Trek: Klingon'', this time about a young cadet who is taken by Q on a TimeTravel adventure to learn more about the circumstances of his late father's death and possibly SetRightWhatOnceWentWrong. |
| 98 | * ''VideoGame/StarTrekStarfleetAcademy'': A space battle simulator using video footage. |
| 99 | * ''VideoGame/StarTrekKlingonAcademy'': A sequel to ''Star Trek: Starfleet Academy'' where you play a Klingon warrior. Also serves as a {{Prequel}} to ''Film/StarTrekVITheUndiscoveredCountry.'' |
| 100 | * ''VideoGame/StarTrekBridgeCommander'': As the previous two entries, exactly the space simulator it sounds like. Set in the ''TNG'' era, just after the events of ''Deep Space Nine''. |
| 101 | * ''Star Trek: Away Team'': An Isometric, Real Time Strategy game set two years after the Dominion War. |
| 102 | * ''VideoGame/StarTrekArmada'': The prime example of a ''Star Trek'' [[RealTimeStrategy RTS]] game. Got one official sequel. |
| 103 | * ''VideoGame/StarTrekNewWorlds'': Trek's second entry in less than a year to the already horrendously overcrowded RTS market of the TurnOfTheMillennium, focused on planetside colonization. Vastly inferior to ''Armada'', what with it being a ''Star Trek'' game largely without starships. |
| 104 | * ''VideoGame/StarTrekStarfleetCommand'': Turn-based strategy starship combat. An odd kludging together of the venerable ''TabletopGame/StarFleetBattles'' ruleset and settings with ''Trek'' canon. Got a whopping ''two'' official sequels. |
| 105 | * ''Star Trek: VideoGame/BirthOfTheFederation'': A FourX strategy game set in ''The Next Generation'' era. |
| 106 | * ''VideoGame/StarTrekGenerations'': A ''VideoGame/{{Doom}}''-era FirstPersonShooter by Microprose with adventure game elements, serving as a game adaptation of ''Film/StarTrekGenerations''. |
| 107 | * ''VideoGame/StarTrekEliteForce'': a First Person Shooter set on ''Voyager'' (for the first game) and the ''Enterprise''-E (for the second). |
| 108 | * ''Star Trek: Deep Space Nine: The Fallen'': a Third Person Shooter ''loosely'' based on the book trilogy of the same name. |
| 109 | * ''VideoGame/StarTrekHiddenEvil'': A third-person FixedCamera ActionAdventure game tie-in to ''Film/StarTrekInsurrection''. |
| 110 | * ''VideoGame/StarTrekLegacy'': A video game spanning all of the ''Star Trek'' eras dealing with a rogue Vulcan scientist. |
| 111 | * ''VideoGame/StarTrekOnline'', which presents a different vision of the post-''Nemesis'' Trek galaxy than the ''Star Trek'' Novelverse. |
| 112 | * ''VideoGame/StarTrekTheVideoGame'', an {{Interquel}} between the 2009 rebooted film and ''Into Darkness'', which follows Kirk and Spock as they investigate a terrifying new alien threat. |
| 113 | * ''TabletopGame/AKlingonChallenge'', a VHSGame where you play against a Klingon that has taken over the ''Enterprise-D''. |
| 114 | * ''VideoGame/StarTrekTimelines'', an online game where you collect characters and ships from across ''Star Trek'' history. |
| 115 | * ''Star Trek: Fleet Command'', a FourX mobile game set in the Kelvin timeline, but also containing characters from later series such as ''The Next Generation'' and ''Deep Space Nine''. |
| 116 | [[/index]] |
| 117 | |
| 118 | There are also several audio dramas, including: |
| 119 | [[index]] |
| 120 | * ''AudioPlay/PassageToMoauv'' |
| 121 | * ''In Vino Veritas'' |
| 122 | * ''The Crier in Emptiness'' |
| 123 | * ''The Time Stealer'' |
| 124 | * ''To Starve a Fleaver'' |
| 125 | * ''A Mirror for Futility'' |
| 126 | * ''The Logistics of Stampede'' |
| 127 | * ''The Man Who Trained Meteors'' |
| 128 | * ''The Robot Masters'' |
| 129 | * ''Dinosaur Planet'' |
| 130 | * ''The Human Factor'' |
| 131 | [[/index]] |
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