The attributes of the Kazarites and Zaranites were described by Robert Fletcher in his costume notes for Star Trek: The Motion Picture. The customizable TMP-era shuttles with their “plug-in” modules come from a design sketch done for the movie by Andrew Probert. Minara is from “The Empath” by Joyce Muskat, and Beta Niobe is from “All Our Yesterdays” by Jean Lissette Aroeste. The Wraith stealth shuttle is from Star Trek: Traitor Winds by L.A. Graf. Mr. Leslie was played by Eddie Paskey and appeared in dozens of TOS episodes. Captain Terrell (the late, great Paul Winfield) comes from Star Trek II: The Wrath of Khan. Admiral Morrow (Robert Hooks) comes from Star Trek III: The Search for Spock. And young Ensign T’Lara will grow up to become Admiral T’Lara (Deborah Strang) from Deep Space Nine: “Rules of Engagement.”
Well, this has been fun. Let’s do it again for the fiftieth anniversary!
About the Author
CHRISTOPHER L. BENNETT is the author of Star Trek: Ex Machina, the critically acclaimed follow-up to the events and character threads of Star Trek: The Motion Picture. The Darkness Drops Again marks his return to the post-TMP milieu, as well as his first return to the eBook format since Star Trek: S.C.E.#29: Aftermath, now available in trade-paperback form. His other Star Trek fiction includes Titan: Orion’s Hounds and stories in the anthologies Deep Space Nine: Prophecy and Change, Voyager: Distant Shores, and Star Trek: Constellations, plus the upcoming novel Star Trek: The Buried Age, detailing Captain Picard’s missing years between the Stargazer and the Enterprise-D. His other works include two original novelettes in Analog Science Fiction and Fact, the novel X-Men: Watchers on the Walls, and an upcoming Spider-Man novel.
More information, original fiction, and cat pictures can be found at http://home.fuse.net/ChristopherL Bennett/.
About the eBook (v1.0)
This eBook originated from a text file found on eMule, it was then converted into html & reformatted using a style sheet.
—Agent Orange, June 2007
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