Enterprise only had four seasons to explore the early days of Star Trek.
Luckily, there’s more out there for fans to discover.
This is good news for fans of the show.
They werent the only ones who wanted to further explore this time period, either.
I think that would have been the primary tale I would have loved to [have] told.
Even though the show came to an end, as Coto said these ideas did not disappear.
Instead they continued to be explored in other media.
Novels continued the story of Archer and his crew, and the years before the Federation.
We were given two directives.
These events included the controversial death of the character Commander Charles Trip Tucker III.
Not violating continuity while working in the prequel era was not just something the books had to consider.
The TV show also had to deal with this challenge.
He had to be careful with a lot of continuity along the way.
Star Trekhas a very detailed continuity that fans are particularly conscious of and are very picky about.
One example is the Romulans inThe Original Series.
It was the first meeting of the Romulans on screen [in the episode Balance of Terror].
It was said that the Romulans and humans had never seen each other, Coto said.
They worked with a timeline to decide how events that took place during this period should be included.
Where are the characters now?
Where is the universe now?
Are they directly involved with it or is it just are we aware that this is happening?
They always say that a villain doesnt believe that hes a villain.
If he believes hes a villain, hes insane.
The Joker believes hes a villain, hes insane.
Darth Vader doesnt think hes a villain.
Lex Luther doesnt think hes a villain.
They looked at the holodeck story as similar to someone reading a history book.
He figures out what really happened with Trips death and about more issues with the timeline.
The syncing up and dealing with the timeline however is part of what made the books enjoyable for Mangels.
This became a real event in the novel.
They had to figure out what Kobayashi Maru was and why it was so important inStar Trekhistory.
There were a lot of question marks.
What does this mean?
What is Kobayashi Maru?
Its a prime example of the challenges faced in revisiting events fans have already heard of.
That is the slippery slope of the prequel and also the fascinating aspect of the time period.
The challenge has not slowed down the exploration of this era though.
Why has the appeal remained to explore this area inStar Trekhistory more fully?
I think that resonates with todays world asStar Trekalways does, he said.
What kind of conflicts they had morally.
What kind of conflicts they had physically.
What kind of conflicts did they have scientifically?
And what kind of conflicts did they have politically?
Theyd already been dealt with.
Because we already knew what happened afterwards so what part did they play in history?
These questions and situations continue to make the time period an attractive one to explore.
