But as of the new movie creating a separate timeline...IT HAS BEGUN. From the FAQ:
Q: How does the new Star Trek movie affect Star Trek Online?
A: Star Trek Online exists in the Star Trek universe's "standard timeline," whereas the latest Star Trek movie exists in an alternate timeline created when Nero and Spock entered a singularity and were transported back in time. For a full explanation, please see our article explaining how Star Trek XI affects Star Trek Online.
And in the full article (which has movie spoilers if you haven't seen it):
In the movie, two characters travel back in time from the year 2387. When Nero arrives in the year 2233, he disrupts the time continuum, creating an alternate reality from the point of his arrival. Star Trek (the new movie) takes place in this alternate reality. This is explained in the film in a conversation between Uhura and Spock on the bridge of the Enterprise.
Star Trek Online is set in the "prime" Star Trek reality. This is the timeline of the five television series and the first 10 movies. It is the world in which the Gorn attacked Cestus III, Kirk fought Khan in the Mutara Nebula, Picard explored the galaxy, the Federation fought the Dominion War, Voyager was stranded in the Delta Quadrant and Captain Archer and the crew of the NX-01 showed us how it all began.
Events in the movie that happened in the prime timeline (the destruction of Romulus, and the disappearance of Spock and Nero) have affected STO. You can learn more about the aftermath of these events in the Path to 2409 and in STO itself.
So how can the movie and STO be in different realities? When working on Star Trek, screenwriters Roberto Orci and Alex Kurtzman referenced the theory of quantum mechanics, which allows for the simultaneous existence of parallel timelines and universes. Parallel universes are self-contained, separate realities that exist as a consequence of different choices and outcomes. This concept was explored in the TNG episode "Parallels," in which there were thousands of alternate timelines (and thousands of Enterprises!). It also is seen in the Mirror Universe, which is a darker take on the world of the Federation.
There are many, many stories to tell in the prime universe. The fallout of the destruction of Romulus and the upheaval that causes in the Alpha and Beta quadrants creates storytelling opportunities that we at Cryptic didn't even imagine when we first began working on STO. We're excited by the possibilities, and fans should be as well. The best is yet to come.
Just kind of interesting on a geeky level. I guess I'm Trek geek enough to be glad the "prime" universe is continuing :)
it was bound to happen. if you keep cranking out shows and movies it is inevitable.
ReplyDeletei think it's happened on the Simpson's twice already.
I was gonna say I think a rare exception might be the Doctor Who franchise. They came up with the fairly clever device of having the Doctor reborn periodically in new bodies to explain all the different portrayals. BUT...I think they've got a limit approaching. Something prophetic where there's only supposed to be 12 Doctors ever or somesuch.
ReplyDeleteIn a show that's actually built on time travel and crazy sci-fi, though, you could even overturn that plot point if you wanted.
The Doctor is a Time Lord. Time Lords can regenerate into a new incarnation twelve times, giving them a total of 13 lives. It's a racial limitation, not a prophecy- all Time Lords could do it. One Time Lord, The Master, has somehow gotten around this limit, but since he's a renegade and the Doctor's archenemy, I don't see him sharing that information.
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