Star Trek: Intrepid
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Star Trek: Intrepid is a series of live action fan films produced in Dundee, Scotland. The first video, Heavy Lies the Crown, which is set to be followed by a number of shorts, was released on May 26th, 2007. A trailer, various outtakes, cast and character information and a forum are available on their website. As the title would suggest, the production is based around the voyages of 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 [1] CNN [2], ZDF [3]and in Channel Four news features, and articles about the film have appeared in many newspapers, such as The Guardian [4] The Scotsman[5] and The Daily Record [6]. GMTV presenter Lorraine Kelly also has a brief appearance in Heavy Lies the Crown. Most recently, Intrepid was featured on the UK Sci Fi Channel's Sci Fi 360 video podcast [7].
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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.
Whilst surveying the planet, Dr. Garren and Captain Merik attempt to contact the Ariadne. Finding that both of their combadges are not functioning, they head back to the settlement.
An unknown, organic ship approaches Intrepid from the colony. When challenged, the vessel opens fire upon the Intrepid. Easily disabled by a single phaser strike, the alien vessel self-destructs to avoid capture.
The crew identify that an energy dampening field has disabled the colonial convoy, leaving them without life support. Despite their best efforts, the crew can only pin the location of the field generator down to a two kilometre radius somewhere on the planet. Against Navar's advice, he leads an away team to pinpoint the generator.
In space, a number of Surai ships drop out of warp, heading towards the planet. A fifteen-minute deadline is set for the away team. Meanwhile, having found the generator, Caed's team frantically tries to fend off drone attacks as Intrepid tries to hold off the Surai vessels.
S'Ceris, Hunter, Garren and Merik arrive, holding off the drones. As Prentice prepares to obliterate the target area, and every living thing in it, a quick-thinking S'Ceris uses his combadge to provide a precise target lock for Intrepid's phasers. The generator is destroyed, shutting off the field, and disabling the drones. The Surai vessels retreat, and Prentice opts not to pursue them.
Heavy Lies the Crown was released on May 26th, 2007. It features both actual sets and use of green screen. The exterior sequences of ships, including the titular USS Intrepid were rendered using LightWave.
[edit] The Conviction of Demons
The description of CoD on the Intrepid Encyclopedia makes it appear as more of a direct sequel to HLtC. It is 60 minutes in length, longer than Heavy Lies the Crown was.
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] Other Films
- Where There's A Sea...: 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).
- Out of the Darkness: Intrepid attempts to deal with pirate attacks as a second wave of colonists arrive at Chiron IV.
- Unnecessary Evils: This film seems to take place at the same time as Out of the Darkness.
- Bit PatternsP: Intrepid tries to decipher the mystery surrounding a hundred year old deep space probe.
- Transitions and Lamentations: The discovery of an older colony on Chiron IV leads an away team into danger. Meanwhile, Navar must decide where his loyalty truly lies. (In production.)
- Orphans of War: A collaboration between Executive Producers Nick Cook and Rob Caves, the creator of Hidden Frontier and Odyssey. Cook (Captain Hunter), his wife Lucy (Lieutenant Caed) and David Reid (Lieutenant S'Ceris) travelled to Rob Caves' studio in California to film this ten-minute film set shortly after Iliad, the first episode of Star Trek: Odyssey. The Intrepid joins forces with the Excelsior to investigate an Archein weapons system left behind from their abortive invasion of Romulan space. (Released November 13, 2007)
- Operation Beta Shield: A Work In Progress film expected to be released in 2008. It reunites the casts of Hidden Frontier and Intrepid in a full length film involving rumors of a second Archin Wormhole, and the possibility of a new invasion.
[edit] Cast and crew
[edit] USS Intrepid Main Personnel
| Character | Actor | Rank | Position |
|---|---|---|---|
| Daniel John Hunter | Nick Cook | Captain | Commanding Officer, USS Intrepid |
| Yanis Caed | Lucy Faria-Cook | Lieutenant | Chief of Operations, USS Intrepid |
| Matthew Cole | Steve Pasqua | Lieutenant | Mission Operations Officer, USS Intrepid |
| S'Ceris | David Reid | Lieutenant | Chief of Security, USS Intrepid |
| Michael Simmons | Nick Beckwith | Lieutenant | Ship's Counselor, USS Intrepid |
| Leransilia sh'Talath | Shire Smith (voice) | Captain | Former Commanding Officer, USS Intrepid (deceased) |
| Aaron Prentice | Alan Score | Rear Admiral | Commander of Operations in the Charybdis Sector |
| Jacen Navar | Alan Christison | Lieutenant Commander | Starfleet Intelligence Officer in the Charybdis Sector |
| Joseph Garren | Gordon Dickson | Lieutenant Commander | Adjutant to Admiral Prentice |
| Jago Merik | Steve Hammond | Captain, Merchant Marine | Master of S.S. Ariadne |
| Dr. Richard Garren | Mike Cugley | None | Science Officer, S.S. Ariadne |
[edit] Supporting Cast
| Character | Actor(s) | Rank | Position |
|---|---|---|---|
| Harek T'yla | Jeff Hayes | Admiral | Commander of Starbase 592 |
| Elizabeth Shelby | Risha Denney | Captain | Commanding Officer, USS Excelsior |
| Corin Gaines | Roy MacPhail | Lieutenant | Chief Engineer, USS Intrepid |
| Sanjita Raman | Ferdos Ahmed | Lieutenant | Watch Officer, USS Intrepid |
| Keran Azhan | Alex Matthews | Lieutenant Junior Grade | Starfleet Intelligence officer specializing in linguistics |
| Faldor | Martin Lejeune | Ensign | Engineer, USS Intrepid |
| Sarah Stiles | Jen Graham | Ensign | Junior Science Officer and Pilot, USS Intrepid |
| Karyn Finney | Lyn McGarrity | Governor | Leader of Chiron IV |
[edit] Film Crew
- Nick Cook - Executive producer
- Lucy Faria-Cook - Makeup artist
- David Reid - Makeup artist and set construction
- Gordon Dickson - Set construction
- David Beukes - Main score composer
- Dylan Feeney - Main theme composer
- Steve Hammond - Director of Photography, Editor, and visual effects artist
- Mike Cugley - Visual effects artist
- Jeff Hayes - Graphics and banners on the website
- Steve Pasqua - Assistant Cameraman
[edit] Ships
Star Trek: Intrepid features 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. Ariadne had a very minor role in the film, appearing in the opening montage and a brief scene in orbit only, although its crew had a larger role.
[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] The Surai
The Surai are a nonhumanoid species (interesting, since most Star Trek species are humanoid or near-humanoid) native to the Charybdis sector. They use organic-based technology, including bioships. The Surai scoutships appear to be smaller than and Intrepid class starship, placing them around the 100-metre to 200-metre mark. The scoutships use weaponry based on blue pulses of energy, similar in appearance to the pulse phasers used by the Defiant. Although the majority of Intrepid's crew do not appear to know who the Surai are, Lieutenant-Commander Navar apparently has access to a secret briefing on the mysterious species.
[edit] The Charybdis Sector
The Charybdis sector is located away from the main disc of the galaxy in the vertical plane, resulting in a fairly sparse stellar population. The sector has been surveyed, but not in great detail.
The planet Chiron IV, an earthlike planet, exists in this sector.
[edit] References
- Intrepid Website and Forums
- Heavy Lies the Crown film.
[edit] External links
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