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IN THE RAPTOR’S CLAWS
In The Raptor’s Claws: Earth, Romulus and War that Birth the Federation is the seminal work on the national rivalries and personalities that plunged the Beta Quadrant into the largest war seen until the Dominion War. The book brings to life the great luminaries of the mid-22nd Century: the adventurous test pilot turned admiral turned President Jonathan Archer; the brash Admiral Shran; the calculating President T’Pau and her brilliant foil Administrator T’Pol; and the schemes of the Praetor D’Deridex and the disgraced Valdore.
Professor Zyn ch’Mordan (UNC Chapel-Hill) and his colleagues Dr. Jeksneri Vale (Starfleet Academy) and Ralasha Karre (Federation Interstellar University – New Xindus) capture the story of this era’s triumphs and misunderstandings with verve and a biographer’s care, as they unfold, sometimes as tragedy and other times as farce, with consequences that still echo into today.
Part of the Earth-Romulan War Project. Twitter: @erwproject61
ODYSSEY’S END
In 2380, Starfleet would launch a ship that would forever alter its image. Forged in the fires of the Post-Dominion galaxy, the Odyssey Class was the pinnacle of Starfleet ingenuity, and was pinned to lead the Federation into the 25th century. Fate, however, would say otherwise. Gradually, the majestic beasts stopped leaving their ports. Some would be left to the dark for spares, while a select few managed to stay in service. But despite its promise, the Odyssey would be relegated to history only 20 years after it had entered service.
And so the question remains; why? Why would Starfleet build a vessel of such scale and power? What happened to force them out of service? And most importantly, what will Starfleet do with these vessels at Odyssey’s end…
Welcome to Odyssey’s End: The Rise and Fall of the Odyssey Class. This project aims to document the history of the Odyssey Class, from it’s origins in the Dominion War to the fateful events of Frontier Day 2401. As we explore the Odyssey Class, we’ll discover Starfleet’s prior experience with building super-capital vessels, the technologies that made the Odyssey revolutionary and why it’s service ended so soon after it was introduced.
Regular lore updates, wip sections and various other updates can be found over on the Odyssey’s End Blusky, Deviantart and the Tranquility Press Discord Server.
And so the question remains; why? Why would Starfleet build a vessel of such scale and power? What happened to force them out of service? And most importantly, what will Starfleet do with these vessels at Odyssey’s end…
SAN FRANCISCO 2161
47 Days that changed the galaxy and created the United Federation of Planets
The San Francisco Conference of 2161 occurred on Earth between June 26 and August 12, 2161 C.E. During this time, fifteen delegations, fresh from the bloodiest war many of them had ever seen, met to discuss the future. What might such a future look like? What values from more than a dozen delegations representing thousands of political, economic, societal, and scientific traditions would be enshrined in a single, static document? How would bad actors attempt to disrupt the proceedings? Why wouldn’t the Justice Committee let outside folks sit at their lunch table? Most importantly, how do we continue to define and redefine our utopia?
Author of “San Francisco: The First 500 Years” and “NOT ME, US; the Biography of Grethe Zhor”, Aubrey B. Marincola covered the San Francisco Conference as a reporter for the San Francisco Tribune, 2158-2171, communications director for Federation Councillor Lydia LIttlejohn (217) and Camila Benso (2173) before beginning his successful and long running “A Night with…” lecture series through Marquette-Beloit University. During this series, he interviewed dozens of delegates to the San Francisco Conference and more than one hundred observers and attendees.
These nearly two decades of work, and his own personal notes of the conference, provide the bulk of new insights in this electrifying, fresh telling of the conference that birthed the Federation. Through anecdotes, recently declassified documents, and personal insight, Marincola helps us understand the personalities and characters that provided the blueprint for the United Federation of Planets. Though it ended in a small compromise, it began in large dreams.
Start reading this riveting history of the conference now, and keep up with updates on our discord or on Bluesky.
FROM THE ASHES
The Fall and Rise of the Romulan Empire, 2315-2415
From the Ashes is a long-form in-universe history, chronicling the history of the Romulan Empire from 2315 to 2415, written from the perspective of a Federation historian and/or pundit. In doing so it attempts to marry the disparate events of canon with the plethora of Beta canon sources, primarily Star Trek Online and the Diane Duane Rihannsu novels.
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PATHFINDER PROJECT
No Longer Alone – How Project Pathfinder lit the way home for the USS Voyager
Inspired by Wolf 359 Project, this book aims to tell the Federations story of the USS Voyager. How the ship came to be, how the crew came together, how Starfleet worked to get them home and what happened when they got back. Covering everything from the development of the Intrepid Class through the establishment of Pathfinder and the aftermath of Voyager’s sensational journey.
Bluesky: @pathfinder-project.bsky.social
FROM THE BAY TO BEYOND
The Golden Gate has always held its doors open to opportunities beyond the horizon. Ever since First Contact, those opportunities have stood among the stars. And from the stars, comes knowledge.
“From The Bay To The Beyond” is a 350-year chronicle of the history of Starfleet Academy, from it’s early days under the United Earth Starfleet, through the Rise of the Federation & Cold War tensions to the Brave New World of the 25th century!
Bluesky: @fb2b.bsky.social
INTO THE ABYSS
An Oral History of the Xindi Attack and Operation Vanguard
Into the Abyss chronicles the devastating Xindi attack on Earth as well as Operation Vanguard, the eight months in which Enterprise searched the Delphic Expanse for the Xindi weapon. Award-winning Romulan War reporter Kelly Wright, who served as correspondent during the mission, takes testimonies from the crew of Enterprise, as well as Starfleet officers, United Earth politicians, Vulcans, Xindi, and citizens who had their lives forever changed by the March 22 attack
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Bluesky: https://bsky.app/profile/intotheabyss53.bsky.social
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