Star Trek: Intrepid
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Star Trek: Intrepid is series of live action fan films from a Dundee-based group. The first film, which is set to be followed by a number of shorts, and titled "Heavy Lies the Crown" is currently in post-production. A trailer and blooper reel, as well as cast and character information and a forum are available on their website. Intrepid is completely filmed in Scotland, and as the title would suggest, is set on the USS Intrepid, the prototype for the Intrepid-class, the same type of vessel as the USS Voyager. Footage from Intrepid has appeared On GMTV and in Channel Four news features, and articles about the film have appeared in many newspapers, such as The Guardian and The Scotsman.
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[edit] Films
[edit] Heavy Lies The Crown
Stardate: 59422.9
Heavy Lies the Crown is set a few years after Nemesis, and features the Federation Starfleet and the Merchant Service attempting to colonise the Charybdis Sector, a region far from the Federation's core. Characters include Commodore Aaron Prentice, Commander Daniel Hunter, Lieutenant Yanis Caed and Lieutenant S'Ceris, amongst others. This film is currently in post-production. The latest release date says that the film will be released before the end of 2006, but it failed to meet this deadline. It features both actual sets and use of green screen, at generally good quality. The exterior sequences of ships, including the titular USS Intrepid are created with CGI as opposed to models.
[edit] Next In Line
Stardate: 59502.1
The 15 minute long short is described on Intrepid's encyclopedia as:
The discovery of the remains of an older, abandoned colony on a nearby planet leads an Away Team into danger.
[edit] Where There's A Sea...
Stardate: 59733.4
This 11 minute short revolves around the Ariadne escorting a supply colony when it comes under attack (probably from Orions, since the casting information requires 5 Orions as antagonist).
[edit] Machinations
Stardate: 60113.1
This 8 minute short is mentioned on the Intrepid encyclopedia.
[edit] Out of the Darkness
Stardate: 60701.5
Intrepid attempts to deal with pirate attacks as a second wave of colonists arrive at Chiron IV.
[edit] Unneccesary Evils
Stardate: 60701.5
This film seems to take place at the same time as Out of the Darkness.
[edit] The Conviction of Demons
Stardate: 61275.3
The description of CoD on the Intrepid Encyclopedia makes it appear as more of a direct sequel to HLtC:
While the Merchant Service prepares to make a final stand to defend the colony, Intrepid desperately hunts the one man who may hold the key to averting disaster.
[edit] Bit Patterns
Stardate: Unknown
A sequel to HLtC, Bit Patterns is mentioned on the Intrepid Encyclopedia as:
Chiron IV was originally discovered by a pair of deep space probes, whose ultimate fate was unknown. When some wreckage is uncovered on the surface, it proves to be from one of the probes but not the other. This leads to the possibility that second probe is still in the system and, as it's a piece of history, Intrepid goes on a search. However as events prove, what happened to the probes was not benign and Intrepid is heading into danger.
[edit] Cast and Crew
- David Beukes - David composed the score for the film.
- Alan Christison - Alan plays Commander Navar, an Intelligence Officer of Intrepid.
- Lucie Cook - As well as playing Lieutenant Caed, Lucie is on the makeup team.
- Nick Cook - Nick wrote the screenplay, plays Commander Hunter and worked on the costumes and most of the props.
- Mike Cugley - Mike is one of the visual effects team, and also plays Rick Garren in the film
- Gordon Dickson - Gordon plays Lieutenant Commander Joseph Garren and assisted on set construction.
- Dylan Feeney - Dylan composed the theme for the film.
- Steve Hammond - As well as directing editing and helping with visual effects, Steve plays Captain Merik.
- Jeff Hayes - Jeff created the banners and graphics featured on the film's site.
- Steve Pasqua - Steve plays Lieutenant Cole and does some camerawork.
- David Reid - As well as playing S'Ceris, David does makeup and set construction
- Alan Score - Alan plays Commodore Prentice.
- Shire Smith - Shire plays Captain Talath.
[edit] Ships
Star Trek: Intrepid follows two vessels, Starfleet's Intrepid, and the Merchant Service's Ariadne.
[edit] USS Intrepid (NCC-74600)
Intrepid was the prototype of the Intrepid-class. The Intrepid was launched from Utopia Planitia Shipyards on November 12th, 2370. It can sustain Warp 9.984 for 12 hours, or Warp 9.992 for twenty minutes. It has a number of shuttlecraft, including Reyga and Nazca (Type 9 shuttles), Dathon (Type 11 shuttle), Ballard and Forest (Type 16 shuttlepods) and the Aeroshuttle Gabriel Bell. The Intrepid's dedication plaque has a quote from Arthur C. Clarke, "The only way to discover the limits of the possible, is to go beyond them into the impossible."
[edit] SS Ariadne (NAR-11402)
The second ship that Star Trek: Intrepid follows is the SS Ariadne, which (unlike the canon Intrepid-class Intrepid) is an original design from Ships of the Starfleet (volume 2). The Ariadne is a retired Starfleet ship of the Akyazi-class, now operated by the Merchant Service. She is commanded by Captain Merik, and in 2382 was assigned to the Chiron Colonial Colony in a joint effort between Starfleet and the Merchant Service to colonise Chiron IV. The science officer is Dr. Richard Garren, and the engineer Gita Nagaraj. Ariadne is armed with phasers but probably not photon/quantum torpedoes or other weapons that Starfleet ships have.
[edit] The Chiron Colonial Convoy
A number of ships make up the Chiron IV Colonial Colony. Most of the vessels are quite old; many are pre-TOS, and with spherical hulls bear resemblance to the Daedalus class of this era. Also in the conovoy is an old Oberth-class science ship from the TOS era. Ariadne and Intrepid were assigned to this convoy. As its name might suggest, the goal of the Chiron Colonial Colony was to successfully colonise the planet of Chiron IV, on the fringes of Federation space. However, the convoy ran into a few problems in the form of the alien race known as the Surai in the attempt.
[edit] Captain Talath
Interestingly, the Andorian captain of Intrepid, Talath has not been shown on any images, nor on any of the trailers. The staff of Intrepid have mentioned that, "There is a reason for this which will become apparent eventually." We have two quotes from Talath, one which is heard in the trailer for Heavy Lies the Crown, and the other which is quoted on the Intrepid Encyclopedia.
- "...The helm isn't responding, I'm going to try and....."
- "There is a world of difference between pushing buttons and flying, Mister Hunter."
[edit] The Surai
The Surai are a nonhumanoid species (interesting, since most Star Trek species are humanoid or nearhumanoid) native to the Charybdis sector, and appear to be the principle antagonists of Intrepid. They use organic-based technology, including bioships. Through the trailers, we have seen Surai ships, though we have yet to see any of the Surai themselves (the Surai themselves will not appear in Heavy Lies the Crown, but in later shorts). The Surai scout ships appear to be smaller than and Intrepid class starship, placing them around the 100-metre to 200-metre mark. The scout ships appear to use weaponry based on blue pulses of energy, similar in appearance to the pulse phasers used by the Defiant. The producers have stated that they are similar to the Melkotians from The Original Series, perhaps being xenophobic and protective of the Charybdis sector.
[edit] The Charybdis Sector
The Charybdis sector is away from the main disc of the galaxy in the vertical plane, meaning that there are very few stars. Also, the Charybdis sector has not been explored, since most of Starfleet exploration has taken place on the horizontal plane relative to the galaxy.
[edit] External links
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