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Title: Federation: The First 150 Years
Post by: FarShot on May 05, 2013, 07:15:42 PM: Does anyone own this? I'm really curious to see how fleshed out the history is because I'm starting a personal project to fill in the missing gaps of eras with ships.

http://www.amazon.com/Star-Trek-Federation-First-Years/dp/1612184170
http://www.wired.com/geekmom/2012/11/star-trek-federation/
Title: Re: Federation: The First 150 Years
Post by: nxadam1701 on May 06, 2013, 01:20:42 AM: This is the first I see of it, I intend to buy it. Sounds interesting and unique.

What types of ships are you referring to, do you mean the lost era, Post TMP Pre TNG?

Adam :)
Title: Re: Federation: The First 150 Years
Post by: FarShot on May 06, 2013, 02:00:33 AM: My project is to fill in the gaps in this chart I made:

(https://dl.dropboxusercontent.com/u/83575522/STH/ships.png)
Title: Re: Federation: The First 150 Years
Post by: Vortex on May 06, 2013, 10:05:27 AM: Huh, always pictured the Daedalus as bigger than the NX. Nice chart, though I'd maybe move the JJ prise into an "Alternate time line" column.
Title: Re: Federation: The First 150 Years
Post by: nxadam1701 on May 06, 2013, 11:40:02 AM: Ah man, I can't see the picture, has that blue question mark. :(

Adam
Title: Re: Federation: The First 150 Years
Post by: moed on May 06, 2013, 12:14:56 PM: Thanks for the link Farshot, this is also for me the first I've seen of this.

I just might go ahead and buy it. Bit expensive though.
Title: Re: Federation: The First 150 Years
Post by: 086gf on May 06, 2013, 04:05:43 PM: Im looking at mine right now.;) As far as actual ship stuff thats not what this is for. What you've already seen is all there is in this book. It doesn't fill out the history in that kind of detail but I think its worth it to fill in the gaps as far as events goes.
Title: Re: Federation: The First 150 Years
Post by: FarShot on May 06, 2013, 04:11:26 PM: According to Memory Beta, it mentioned an Einstein class starship, what we know as the USS Kelvin, dating it to roughly 2200, making the Kelvin 30 years old. I was hoping it elaborated on that missing era quite a bit.
Title: Re: Federation: The First 150 Years
Post by: Vortex on July 11, 2013, 11:48:16 AM: Bump: Great deal going on this, just picked it up:
http://www.amazon.co.uk/Star-Trek-Federation-First-Years/dp/1612184170/ref=pd_rhf_gw_p_t_2_DHST

Also, an illustrated version coming out (No date):
http://www.amazon.co.uk/Star-Trek-Federation-First-Years/dp/1781169152/ref=tmm_hrd_title_0?ie=UTF8&qid=1373556784&sr=8-38
Title: Re: Federation: The First 150 Years
Post by: Vortex on July 17, 2013, 01:23:52 PM: Double post, but no one else has posted. :p

Just finished reading this. Absolutely loved it. It's so easy to forget that it's fiction. I certainly hope that they do another one covering the next 150-200 years.
Title: Re: Federation: The First 150 Years
Post by: Tuskin38 on July 17, 2013, 06:02:13 PM: There is a Doctor Who reference in the book to a certain female companion, see if you can spot it.

Also, I'm bugged that he said that Kirk was born on the Kelvin in the book.

Not because its a reference to XI, I loved XI, but because he was only born then because the attack caused his mother to go into early labour, according to movie writers anyways, and if it had not happened he would have been born on Earth.

Vortex: The illustrated version is just the book without the fancy stand IIRC.
Title: Re: Federation: The First 150 Years
Post by: Vortex on July 18, 2013, 12:49:38 AM: I caught that reference straight away. Since the ship wasn't destroyed, it's possible that Kirk was born on it. It bugged me a little. Never liked the Kelvin.