History WebVideo / PreludeToAxanar

* BaldBlackLeaderGuy: Admiral Ramirez, when he becomes C-in-C of Starfleet.

* WhatCouldHaveBeen: In "Whom Gods Destroy", Garth was originally played by Czech-American actor/playwright Steve Ihnat, who died of a sudden heart attack three years later. Here, Alec Peters plays Garth, [[NotEvenBotheringWithTheAccent not bothering with Ihnat's classically trained elocution]] (common among actors of his generation, which is why they seem to sound British) but otherwise portraying the quiet reserve Ihnat showed when Garth regained his sanity.

* IgnoredExpert:
--> '''Garth:''' [[TwoScenesOneDialogue If the Klingon High Council had listened to Kharn...]]\\
'''Kharn:''' [[TwoScenesOneDialogue If the High Council had listened to me...]]\\
'''Garth:''' They would've had D-7s at Cygnus III...\\
'''Kharn:''' The D-7 would've been ready for battle...\\
'''Garth:''' And all our new ''Ares''-class ships would've been cut to pieces.\\
'''Kharn:''' And we would have ''defeated'' the Federation.

'''Alexander:''' Garth likes to play down his contributions. Don't you believe it. What he did that day, no captain had ever done.\\

'''Garth:''' It was a new ship. They said it was tough...I wanted to see what she could take.

--> '''Travis:''' A Vulcan's gonna do what a Vulcan's gonna do, but the Andorians...''(chuckles)'' they were happy to supply us the phasers.

--> '''Travis:''' A Vulcan's gonna do what a Vulcan's gonna do, but the ''Andorians''...''(chuckles)'' they were happy to supply us the phasers.

* NicknamingTheEnemy: After the introduction of the ''Ares''-class cruisers, the Klingon start giving out nicknames to their captains, whom they now see as {{Worthy Opponent}}s. Captain Kelvar Garth becomes "Garth of Izar", which he admits is not the worst name a Klingon can call you with, while Captain Sonya Alexander gets called the far less flattering "Queen Bitch Whore of the Federation".

* CrazyEnoughToWork: Near the end of the film, Admiral Ramirez asks his three most trusted and experienced captains to come up with a plan to hold off the Klingons while the new ''Constitution''-class heavy cruisers are completed. The plan Garth comes up with is [[InformedAttribute stated to be this trope]], although the details are left to the feature film. The only thing stated is that the chosen battleground is the Axanar system, where two of the newest ships are being built (the ''Constitution'' and the ''Enterprise'').

--> '''Ramirez:''' We are facing an enemy, that is consumed and committed to our total destruction. An enemy that demands to be fought, and we will fight! But I say to you our greatest challenge, is not the might of a Klingon fleet. The greatest challenge laying before us, is to do what must be done, without undoing the dream of the Federation. For myself, I have but one fear: Destroying the dream of the Federation. Compared to such a loss, I DO NOT FEAR THE KLINGON EMPIRE!

'''Alexander:''' Garth likes to play down his contributions during the war. Don't you believe it. What he did that day, no captain had ever done.\\

'''Alexander:''' It was like a Klingon maneuver.

A full-feature film is currently in production called ''Star Trek: Axanar'', which has raised about $638,000 on Kickstarter (once again, much more than what was originally asked), partly thanks to Creator/GeorgeTakei publicly expressing interest in the film. Besides the above-mentioned returnees, the film is set to cast Garrett Wang (Harry Kim in ''Series/StarTrekVoyager'') as a Klingon cruiser commander. Currently, the production of the film is up in the air after Creator/{{Paramount}} slapped the company with a lawsuit. Additionally, Tony Todd tweeted that he has left the project several months prior to that.

In January 2017 it was announced that the suit was settled and production would continue, but in accordance with the new rules Paramount put in place for fanfilms during the lawsuit it would be reduced in length to two 15 minute parts no further public crowdfunding, and no ''Star Trek'' alum is allowed to participate outside of the original talent that worked in Prelude if they wish to return.

In January 2017 it was announced that the suit was settled and production would continue, but in accordance with the new rules Paramount put in place for fanfilms during the lawsuit it would be reduced in length to two 15 minute parts, and no ''Star Trek'' alum is allowed to participate.

--> '''Garth:''' If the Klingon High Council had listened to Kharn...\\
'''Kharn:''' If the High Council had listened to me...\\

''Prelude to Axanar'' (AKA ''Star Trek: Prelude to Axanar'' and ''The Four Years War Part III: Prelude to Axanar'') is a 2014 fan-made short film directed by Christian Gossett and written by Christian Gossett and Alec Peters. Originally crowd-funded through {{Kickstarter}}, raising over $100,000 (they only asked for $10,000). Debuted on July 26, 2014, at the San Diego Comic-Con.