Region 2 "Newsletter of the Year" Award, 2012
Volume I
Region 2 "Newsletter of the Year" Award, 2nd Place, 2011, 2014
Number 91
Region 2 "Best Electronic Newsletter" Award, 2009
October 2015 (Early January 2016)
CONTENTS
UPCOMING EVENTS
•  Saturday, January 23: Republic & Treklanta Dinner Meeting
•  Saturday, January 30: Star Trek: The Ultimate Voyage Concert

NEWS & ANNOUNCEMENTS
 
Carel Struycken confirmed as Guest of Honor for Treklanta
 
Treklanta to screen Browncoats: Independence War fan film
 Plant joins Ind. Star Trek Fan Film Awards judges panel
•  Personnel Records
•  Library Computer
•  Recent Chapter Event Photos


SIDEBAR
•  Belated
October Birthdays
  September Member Reenlistments
•  December Membership Renewals
•  About the Republic
•  For More Information
•  USS Republic Online
•  Crew Roster
•   News from HollywoodReporter.com
  Crowdfunded Star Trek movie draws lawsuit from
     Paramount, CBS
•   News from Variety.com
  Star Trek crowdfunded film's producers sued by CBS,
     Paramount
•   News from Deadline.com
  Paramount sues producers of Star Trek fan films
•   News from TrekMovie.com
  Star Trek: New Voyages releases "The Holiest Thing"
UPCOMING EVENTS
USS Republic Early Winter Dinner Meeting & Treklanta Staff Meeting

7:00 p.m. Saturday, January 23, 2016
Marlow's Tavern
4156 Lavista Road, Tucker GA  30084
(678) 987-1197
All members and friends of the USS Republic, as well as all current Treklanta directors and staff volunteers (and anyone who's interested in becoming one), are cordially invited to attend our Early Winter Dinner Meeting at Marlow's Tavern, adjacent to the DoubleTree by Hilton Atlanta Northlake hotel in Tucker—where this year's Treklanta will be held!  This meeting will be a mixture of business and pleasure, social and serious, as we discuss plans for both the Republic over the next six months as well as the convention, all while enjoying a delicious dinner from Marlow's excellent menu.  Interested in joining the Republic?  Join us!  Need to renew your membership dues?  Join us!  Want to become involved with the convention?  Join us!  Just want to hang out for a while with a great group of folks who love Star Trek?  Join us!

Marlow's management has asked us to let them know if we expect more than 15 people to attend, so if you're planning to join us, please click "Join" on our Facebook event page.

Marlow's Tavern has a warm neighborhood yet contemporary feel and features the "Best of the Best" in American tavern fare served in a modern atmosphere.  The menu offers a diverse combination of classic dishes that are updated and elevated to a higher level, including a wide variety of appetizers, salads, sandwiches, burgers, entrées and desserts, as well as a full-service bar.  Appetizers range from $4.50 to $13.00, sandwiches and burgers range from $8.50 to $15.50 and dinner entrées range from $14.00 to $20.00.  For more information about Marlow's Tavern, visit their web site at marlowstavern.com.
Away Mission to Star Trek: The Ultimate Voyage Concert

8:00 p.m., Saturday, January 30, 2016
The Fabulous Fox Theatre
660 Peachtree Street, Atlanta GA  30308

Star Trek: The Ultimate Voyage brings five decades of Star Trek to concert halls for the first time in this galaxy or any other.

This lavish production includes an impressive live symphony orchestra and international solo instruments.  People of all ages and backgrounds will experience the franchise's groundbreaking and wildly popular musical achievements while the most iconic Star Trek film and TV footage is simultaneously beamed in high definition to a 40-foot-wide screen.

The concert will feature some of the greatest music written for the franchise including music from Star Trek: The Original Series, Star Trek: The Motion Picture, Star Trek II: The Wrath of Khan, Star Trek IV: The Voyage Home, Star Trek: Insurrection, Star Trek: The Next Generation, Star Trek: Deep Space Nine, Star Trek: Voyager and much more.  This never-before-seen concert event is perfect for music lovers, filmgoers, science fiction fans and anyone looking for an exciting and unique concert experience.

USS Republic Away Mission!
Make plans now to join your friends and fellow Republic crewmates for this awesome once-in-a-lifetime musical event!

PLEASE NOTE: THE USS REPUBLIC WILL BE SEATED AS A GROUP IN SECTION "UP GRB" (Gallery Right B, Upstairs), WHICH IS IN THE LEAST-EXPENSIVE, "NOSE-BLEED" SECTION OF THE THEATER.
The least-expensive tickets available for this concert are $27.50 plus a $12.70 "ticket fee" for a total sales price of $40.20 each when purchased online.  Note: "Better" seats are still available in the theater at a total sales price of over $60 each, but the Republic has decided to sit as a group in the lowest-priced seats available.
TO PURCHASE YOUR TICKET AND SIT WITH THE REPUBLIC:
CLICK HERE, THEN SCROLL DOWN TO THIS IMAGE:
Click on the "GRB" section to be taken to the following image:
The green circles represent seats that are still available for sale.  Make sure to click one or more green dots in the "Section UP GRB" section to choose one or more seats with the Republic, then click "Continue" to pay for your ticket(s).

Once you have completed your purchase, please contact the Captain and let him know so we'll know how many people to expect and plan for.
NEWS & ANNOUNCEMENTS

Carel Struycken confirmed as Guest of Honor for Treklanta
Treklanta is delighted to announce that Carel Struycken has been confirmed to appear at our 2016 convention!  Treklanta is the annual Star Trek and space opera convention hosted by the USS Republic.
Best known to the general public for playing Lurch in The Addams Family (1991), Addams Family Values (1993) and Addams Family Reunion (1998) motion pictures, Mr. Struycken is best known to Star Trek fans for playing Mr. Homn, Lwaxana Troi's assistant and valet, in five episodes of Star Trek: The Next Generation (1987-92) and The Spectre in the Star Trek: Voyager episode "The Thaw" (1996).  Mr. Struycken also played King Terak in the Star Wars TV movie Ewoks: The Battle for Endor (1985), The Giant in five episodes of Twin Peaks (1990-91), Trader in the Babylon 5 episode "Soul Mates" (1994) and Arquillian in Men in Black (1997).  He most recently played Matthew Kinkaid in The Blacklist episode "The Mombasa Cartel (No. 114)" (2014).

Mr. Struycken was born in The Hague, Netherlands.  When he was four years old, his family moved to Curaçao, an island in the Caribbean, where, at age 15, he composed several Caribbean waltzes.  At 16, he returned to his home country, where he finished secondary school and graduated from the directing program at the film school in Amsterdam.  After that, he spent a year at the American Film Institute in Los Angeles.  An avid photographer, Mr. Struycken lives in the Los Angeles area with his wife, with whom he has two children.

Mr. Struycken will attend Treklanta's exclusive VIP Champagne Reception on Friday night of the convention, host a Q&A hour with his fans on Saturday and Sunday afternoons, serve as a judge for the Miss Klingon Empire Beauty Pageant on Saturday evening and serve as a presenter at the Independent Star Trek Fan Film Awards on Sunday afternoon.  He will also be available for autograph signings and portrait photo opps throughout the weekend.

Additional Guests of Honor include Mr. Jack Stauffer (Lt. Bojay from Battlestar Galactica), Fan Guests of Honor Mr. & Mrs. John & Bjo Trimble (the "Saviors of Star Trek") and Author Guest of Honor Mr. Keith R. A. DeCandido, whose Star Trek writing credits are... well, enormous.  Treklanta will present live performances by the Atlanta Radio Theater Company and puppeteers Felt Nerdy, as well as Dirty Harry's Karaoke Cantina, our second annual Star Trek Stand-Up Comedy Show, Mr. Stauffer's "How Come I Never Got the Girl?" cabaret, our annual Treklanta Masquerade, the Independent Star Trek Fan Film Festival (presenting two dozen new fan films released in 2015), two tracks of programming devoted to Star Trek and space opera, and MUCH more.

Treklanta will be held April 15-17 at the DoubleTree by Hilton Atlanta Northlake hotel in Tucker, Georgia.  Memberships are only $40 for adults, $20 for children 6 to 12, and free for kids under 6 (with registered adult).  Hotel rooms are only $91 a night. Prereg and book your room NOW at www.treklanta.org!
Treklanta to screen Browncoats: Independence War fan film
Treklanta is pleased to announce that Browncoats: Independence War will be screened at our convention in April.

Browncoats: Independence War is a not-for-profit fan film inspired by the universe created in the Joss Whedon TV show Firefly.  It is a labor of love by a group of "Browncoats" (Firefly fans) that span both northern and southern California, though the epicenter of the project is California's Silicon Valley.  It is a not-for-profit production designed for contests, festivals and fan conventions.
Originally planned as a 25-minute fan film short and funded with multiple crowdfunding campaigns, writer and director Francis Hamada later expanded the film into a full-length, 98-minute feature.  Treklanta supported the production of this film with a donation in July 2014 and received a copy of the final film in December 2015.

It is April in the year 2511.  For six months, sixteen combat brigades of the Independence Army had held off an Alliance assault on the planet Hera.  After fighting for months, the final battle of the war begins.  This film deals with several squads of the 5th Battalion of the 76th Combat Brigade.  The soldiers are tasked with a dangerous mission: Evacuate civilian refugees who have been caught in the Valley before they are all killed by the inevitable Alliance assault.

Browncoats: Independence War will be screened at Treklanta as part of our Space Opera programming track.  Treklanta will be held April 15-17 at the DoubleTree by Hilton Atlanta Northlake hotel in Tucker, Georgia.  Memberships are only $40 for adults, $20 for children 6 to 12, and free for kids under 6 (with registered adult).  Hotel rooms are only $91 a night. Prereg and book your room NOW at www.treklanta.org!
Emmett Plant joins Independent Star Trek Fan Film Awards judges panel
Treklanta is pleased to announce that Emmett Plant has joined our panel of judges for the 2016 Independent Star Trek Fan Film Awards.  Treklanta is the annual Star Trek and space opera convention hosted by the USS Republic, and the Independent Star Trek Fan Film Awards were introduced at this past year's convention.

Mr. Plant is a writer, composer, sound designer and producer who has produced over twenty Star Trek audiobooks for CBS Studios and served as the audio engineer for "How to Speak Klingon," in stores now.  As a writer, his work has been featured on Salon, The Wall Street Journal and Gawker Media's io9.com.  He has served as a Slashdot Author and the Editor-in-Chief of Linux.com.

In addition to his work on Star Trek that has spanned the last decade, Mr. Plant has composed soundtracks and designed sounds for over fifty video games on many different platforms, including PC, Mac and mobile devices.  He currently serves as the creative director for his production company, Clockwork Jetpack.

Mr. Plant was a guest of honor at TrekTrax Atlanta (now Treklanta) in 2011, 2012 and 2013.  He lives in Arizona.

Mr. Plant joins previously seated judges Diana Dru Botsford, Keith R. A. DeCandido, Matthew M. Foster, Robert Greenberger, Lawrence M. Schoen, Rick Sternbach and Bjo Trimble.  The Independent Star Trek Fan Film Awards Ceremony will be held on Sunday, April 17, at Treklanta.  Memberships to Treklanta are currently only $40 for adults.  Please visit www.treklanta.org for more information about Treklanta and the Independent Star Trek Fan Film Awards.
Personnel Records
STARFLEET Academy Course Completions
Congratulations to Ens Charles Brent Chapman, who received a grade of HONORS for the STARFLEET Academy course "Officer's Training School" from the Institute of Leadership Studies, completed on December 15, 2015.
Congratulations to Ens Charles Brent Chapman, who received a grade of DISTINCTION for the STARFLEET Academy course "TOS Rank Recognition" from the Institute of Military Studies, College of Security, completed on December 16, 2015.
Congratulations to Ens Charles Brent Chapman, who received a grade of DISTINCTION for the STARFLEET Academy course "Citizens' Band Radio, Family Radio Service & General Mobile Radio Service" from the Institute of Science & Technology, STARFLEET Officers Radio School, completed on December 15, 2015.
Congratulations to Ens Charles Brent Chapman, who received a grade of DISTINCTION for the STARFLEET Academy course "Amateur Radio" from the Institute of Science & Technology, STARFLEET Officers Radio School, completed on December 15, 2015.
   
STARFLEET Academy is a special collection of correspondence courses available to every STARFLEET member.  Over 60 Academy Colleges offer courses spanning all aspects of Star Trek and science fiction; some courses even cover non-sci-fi real world topics.  Each college offers dozens of different courses at varying levels of challenge from super-easy to really hard.  In total, there are nearly 1,000 different courses available.  Take a course today!

Something special going on in your life?  Submit your Personnel Record for publication in the next issue of The Republiqué!
Library Computer
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From the 2002 Dragon*Con, here's the 7-foot-tall Carel Struycken at his TrekTrak Q&A with the 6-foot-tall Eric L. Watts, when the latter was Dragon*Con's Director of Star Trek Programming and four years before being elected Commanding Officer of the USS Republic.  In case you missed it, Mr. Struycken has been confirmed as a Guest of Honor for this year's Treklanta in April.
Recent Chapter Event Photos
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North DeKalb Mall Halloween Bash &
Star Trek Fan Film Mini-Festival  ||  October 31, 2015
ENS3 Carly May, ENS3 John May, Lt. JG Tiffany Johnson, Lt. JG Lee Johnson, Ens Gaylen Greve, Ens Vicki Greve, Russell Adams, ENS1 Tracey S. Harwell, José Cepeda, FCapt Eric L. Watts, Renee Cooper
Ens Vicki Greve and
Ens Gaylen Greve
Lt. JG Lee Johnson and
Lt. JG Tiffany Johnson
Republic CO FCapt Eric L. Watts with Star Trek Natures Hunger creator, producer and star José Cepeda (left) and longtime friend of the Republic Kathy Graham Wynn (right)
Ens Gaylen Greve, Lt. JG Lee Johnson, Kathy Graham Wynn and Lt. JG Tiffany Johnson enjoy some delicious pizza from Dantonio's
José Cepeda, Lt. JG Tiffany Johnson, FCapt Eric L. Watts, Lt. JG Lee Johnson and Russell Adams (Admiral Robins in Star Trek Natures Hunger) talk about what's happening in the independent Star Trek fan film community
Four of the best independent Star Trek fan films to be released recently were screened at the Mini-Festival.  Renee Cooper made sure that hailing frequencies were open.
Adm Kelly S. Hilliard, CDT4 Zarena Tucker, ENS1 Zannetta Tucker, ENS1 Richard Tucker, Adm Mike Henigan, ENS1 Tracey S. Harwell and Ens Gaylen Greve enjoying food, friendship and fan films
ENS1 Tracey S. Harwell, Kathy Graham Wynn, Russell Adams, Lt. JG Tiffany Johnson and Lt. JG Lee Johnson are captivated by a fan film
Vic Mignogna as Captain Kirk and Todd Haberkorn as Mr. Spock in an emotionally charged scene from "The White Iris," a recent episode of Star Trek Continues

BELATED OCTOBER BIRTHDAYS

Friday, October 2
ENS1 Nelson M. Barnhouse

Wednesday, October 7
Ens Richard Blake

Wednesday, October 14
Ensign "Wolfy"

Saturday, October 24
ENS1 Mark A. Ozanick

MEMBER REENLISTMENTS
These members renewed their SFI and chapter dues in September.  Thank you!

ENS1 Russell J. Broomfield
ENS1 Tasheka Gipson

DECEMBER MEMBERSHIP RENEWALS
These members' dues expired in
December.  Please renew now!

CRR Karl Dissinger
ENS1 Todd Dissinger
ENS1 Germaine M. Webb

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The USS Republic NCC-1371 was originally commissioned as a chapter of STARFLEET International on May 14, 1988, at the Dixie-Trek convention in Atlanta, Georgia.  As of January 17, 2016, the Republic crew includes 40 members who are active members of STARFLEET in good standing.
The Republic plans and coordinates an active schedule of events for its members, but does not hold meetings on a consistently fixed date each month.
Because the USS Republic is a duly commissioned chapter of STARFLEET International and is bound and governed by its Constitution and By-Laws, membership in STARFLEET is a prerequisite for membership in the Republic.  STARFLEET dues for one person are $20 for a "Standard Membership" or $10 for an "E-Membership" and chapter dues are $10 per person for either membership option.  A combined payment for all dues is collected by the Republic (family discounts are available with certain conditions and restrictions).  Additional information about the two STARFLEET membership options, amounts due for additional family members, payment options and payment instructions is on the "How to Join" page of our award-winning web site.
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NEWS from
Crowdfunded Star Trek movie draws lawsuit from Paramount, CBS
By Eriq Gardner
December 30, 2015
Axanar aims to be a professional-quality prequel and has raised more than $1 million.
For decades, Paramount and CBS have tolerated and even encouraged fans of the Star Trek franchise to use their imagination at will, but on Tuesday, the entertainment companies went to their battle stations and launched a legal missile at a production company touting the first independent Star Trek film.
Axanar, the subject of a lawsuit filed on Friday in California federal court, is no ordinary Star Trek film.  The forthcoming feature film (preceded by a short film) is the source of more than $1 million in crowdfunding on Kickstarter and Indiegogo.  The producers, led by Alec Peters, aim to make a studio-quality film.  As the pitch to investors put it, "While some may call it a 'fan film' as we are not licensed by CBS, Axanar has professionals working in front and behind the camera, with a fully professional crew—many of whom have worked on Star Trek itself—who ensure Axanar will be the quality of Star Trek that all fans want to see."
Paramount and CBS see a violation of their intellectual property.
"The Axanar Works infringe Plaintiffs' works by using innumerable copyrighted elements of Star Trek, including its settings, characters, species and themes," states the complaint.
Axanar has become one of the biggest film projects in Kickstarter history and has been nearing warp speed with the reported help of Star Trek actor George Takei.  The film mines subject areas referenced in the late 1960s Gene Roddenberry television series and appears to be a prequel.
According to a description of the movie on the defendants' web site, "Axanar takes place 21 years before the events of 'Where No Man Has Gone Before,' the first Kirk episode of the original Star Trek.  Axanar is the story of Garth of Izar, the legendary Starfleet captain who is Captain Kirk's hero.  ... Axanar tells the story of Garth and his crew during the Four Years War, the war with the Klingon Empire that almost tore the Federation apart.  Garth's victory at Axanar solidified the Federation and allowed it to become the entity we know in Kirk's time.  It is the year 2245 and the war with the Klingons ends here."
By August, Peters was giving interviews expressing confidence that the project would survive any legal heat.  He spoke to The Wrap that month and reported having a meeting with CBS.  He says he was told the film couldn't make money—and evidently, he took that to be a good sign that his film would be tolerated as long as it wasn't a commercial endeavor.  "CBS has a long history of accepting fan films," Peters told the entertainment site.  "I think Axanar has become so popular that CBS realizes that we're just making their brand that much better."
Not so fast.
Paramount and CBS, represented by attorneys at Loeb & Loeb, are now demanding an injunction as well as damages for direct, contributory and vicarious copyright infringement.  Although the plaintiffs have allowed ample cosplaying over the years and even permitted other derivatives like amateur Star Trek shows to circulate, the lawsuit illustrates that there is a place where no man has gone before, where the entertainment studios are not willing to let be occupied: crowdfunded, professional-quality films that use copyrighted "elements" like Vulcans and Klingons, Federation starships, phasers and stuff like the "look and feel of the planet, the characters' costumes, their pointy ears and their distinctive hairstyle."
In an interview with The Hollywood Reporter following the filing, Peters says, "We've certainly been prepared for this and we certainly will defend this lawsuit.  There are a lot of issues surrounding a fan film.  These fan films have been around for 30 years, and others have raised a lot of money."
Peters, who notes he is a lawyer and has licensed other products from CBS, says he asked CBS to give guidelines similar to what Lucasfilm has done for fans of Star Wars, but that CBS/Paramount haven't, in his opinion, "because of fear they are going to give up some rights."
Paramount and CBS gave us this joint statement after the posting of our original article: "Star Trek is a treasured franchise in which CBS and Paramount continue to produce new original content for its large universe of fans.  The producers of Axanar are making a Star Trek picture they describe themselves as a fully professional independent Star Trek film.  Their activity clearly violates our Star Trek copyrights, which, of course, we will continue to vigorously protect."
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NEWS from
Star Trek crowdfunded film's producers sued by CBS, Paramount
By Dave McNary
December 30, 2015
Paramount Pictures and CBS Studios have sued the makers of the upcoming crowdfunded Star Trek film Axanar for alleged copyright infringement.
Axanar Productions and Alec Peters have been named in the suit, filed in federal court in Los Angeles.  The project raised $638,471 on Kickstarter and another $565,531 on Indiegogo.
The producers have asserted on their web site that Axanar uses the intellectual property of CBS under the provision that Axanar is totally non-commercial.
"That means we can never charge for anything featuring their marks or intellectual property and we will never sell the movie, DVD/Blu-ray copies, t-shirts or anything which uses CBS-owned marks or intellectual property," they note.
Paramount and CBS are alleging three claims of copyright infringement in the suit: "The Axanar Works infringe plaintiffs' works by using innumerable copyrighted elements of Star Trek, including its settings, characters, species and themes."
The action alleges that producers of Axanar have "unabashedly" taken the CBS and Paramount intellectual property to "look and feel like a true Star Trek movie."  Paramount and CBS are seeking an injunction along with damages for direct, contributory and vicarious copyright infringement.
Peters told Variety he's perplexed that Paramount and CBS had filed the suit since he's pledged that it won't be a money-making venture.
"All the money that's been donated goes into the production and our goal is to do good for Star Trek," he added.  "We are huge fans.  They are picking a fight with the wrong guys."
The project's web site says the film will go into production in January.  The producers posted a short film, Prelude to Axanar on YouTube as part of their fundraising efforts.
The production company describes Axanar as taking place 21 years before the events of the "Where No Man Has Gone Before" episode in the original Star Trek television series.
"Axanar is the story of Garth of Izar, the legendary Starfleet captain who is Captain Kirk's hero.  We met Garth in the third season TOS ('The Original Series') episode 'Whom Gods Destroy.'  Kirk called Garth the role model for all future Starfleet officers.  Garth charted more planets than any other captain and was the hero of the Battle of Axanar, the story of which is required reading at the academy."
The first Star Trek episode aired in 1966 and the series ran for three years.  Four other TV series have aired and Paramount has released a dozen Star Trek movies with Star Trek Beyond due out in July.
Paramount and CBS are represented by attorneys at Loeb & Loeb.  The news was first reported by The Hollywood Reporter.
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NEWS from
Paramount sues producers of Star Trek fan films
By David Robb
December 30, 2015
Paramount Pictures and CBS Studios have filed a copyright infringement suit against the producers of Axanar, which bills itself as a "ground-breaking independent Star Trek film."  The suit, filed Tuesday in U.S. District Court in Los Angeles, seeks monetary damages and an injunction restraining the producers from distributing, marketing and selling the film.
The producers already have produced a short film titled Star Trek: Prelude to Axanar and have raised close to $1 million through crowdfunding to produce a full-length Star Trek movie.
"The Axanar works infringe plaintiffs' works by using innumerable copyrighted elements of Star Trek, including its settings, characters, species and themes," the suit states.  "The Axanar works are intended to be professional-quality productions that, by defendants' own admission, unabashedly take Paramount's and CBS's intellectual property and aim to 'look and feel like a true Star Trek movie.'  On information and belief, defendants have raised over $1 million so far to produce these works, including building out a studio and hiring actors, set designers and costume designers.  The Axanar works are substantially similar to, and unauthorized derivative works of, plaintiffs' Star Trek television series and movies, in contravention of the copyright laws of the United States."
The suit notes that the two films are "substantially similar to the Star Trek copyrighted works," with Vulcans, Klingons and many of the original franchise's characters portrayed throughout.
"We're doing what other fan films have done for 30 years," Alec Peters, the producer of the Axanar films, told Deadline.  "Maybe CBS feels threatened by the quality of what we're doing."
Peters, a named defendant in the suit, declined to comment on the specifics of the suit, but said, "We plan to fully defend it."  He said the feature film will start shooting in February.
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NEWS from
Star Trek: New Voyages releases "The Holiest Thing"
By Brian Drew
January 18, 2016
The fan production Star Trek: New Voyages has released the latest installment in their long-running series.
The new episode, "The Holiest Thing," is the tenth entry in the series and features an appearance by someone very familiar to Star Trek fans.
From the episode summary:
Captain Kirk and the Enterprise investigate the devastation of Lappa III, apparently by the terraforming efforts of Dr. Carol Marcus.
The episode is written by Rick Chambers and stars Brian Gross as Captain Kirk, Brandon Stacy as Mister Spock, John Kelley as Dr. McCoy and Jacy King as Carol Marcus.  Daren Dochterman, who was the visual effects supervisor for the Director's Edition of Star Trek: The Motion Picture, directs.
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