Well, if you like sci-fi and love anything that has to do with space exploration, there’s a fair chance the seeds of it were sown by this icon of pop culture. Then, if you like gadgets, you might have heard about Star Trek and the technology ideas it spawned which we take for granted today: from the cell phone to the iPad.
Star Trek is a cultural phenomenon. Its impact on interstellar exploration can be compared with the moon landings. NASA named its first Space Shuttle Orbiter Enterprise, after the starship in the show. Among Star Trek fans or Trekkies you can count astronauts, astronomers, inventors, and of course dreamers like you and me who still hope of going where man has never gone before.
Outer space is still far away. Let’s live the dream within the other universe we know – the World Wide Web and see what it offers the Trekkie and their love for Star Trek.
Star Trek Official Site
If it’s official Starfleet business, then you know that you have to head here. The official website covers everything on Star Trek’s six television series and eleven movies. The site encourages participation and you can go from an ‘Ensign’ to a ‘Fleet Admiral’ depending on your level. You can take part in the message boards, upload images, or comment on various posts.
The video section has lots of exclusives on behind the scenes work as well as scenes that never got to the screens. You can also watch full episodes in HD. The site is really a fan’s delight and did I forget to mention that it’s designed on the lines of the touch screen interface (PADD) from Star Trek.
Memory Alpha
Memory Alpha is a seriously authored and moderated wiki on everything and anything that’s Star Trek. Think of it as a collaborative encyclopedia (32,427 pages) on Star Trek. The name is taken from the Federation’s library of knowledge. You can browse the different portals that cover people, technology, arts…the entire Star Trek universe.
Memory Alpha also publishes breaking news and if you aren’t careful, you may be hit with a spoiler or two.
TrekWeb
Going back to 1996, it is one of the oldest Star Trek fansites on the web. The site has episode information, galleries, biographies, polls, breaking news, merchandise information, reviews of all kinds, and one of the largest gatherings of Trekkies you can find in one place.
Being one of the oldest sites, it also has one of the largest collections of original interview features with the famous Trek personalities, the Mission Logs. You can also chat with other Trekkies.
Ex Astris Scientia
The phrase stands for – From the stars, knowledge. The site’s main focus is on the technology that propels Star Trek (Treknology) as well as the other creative aspects of the franchise. So, you get to go through a Starship Database, Starship Articles, Fleet Charts, Treknology Encyclopedia and the treatises on Time Travel and Investigations.
Some of the pictures and scans are exclusively available on this website. You can also take a detailed look at all the classes of starships in the fleet.
Star Trek Minutiae
The Star Trek fan site is a compilation of little known nuggets of Star Trek information along with regular doses of articles. Check out The Humor Archive which looks at the funny stuff inspired by the series.
TrekCore
This Star Trek website is the ultimate resource for HD screencaps (300,000+), sounds, and other multimedia tidbits. Check out the Specials section for offbeat and rare photos related to Star Trek. TrekCore also has a YouTube channel with loads of episode trailers.
Sector001
With an AOL or AIM account you can join The United Space Federation, a Star Trek based role playing and SIM group. You basically play by ‘simulating’ yourself as a Starfleet officer on a ship and live the experiences. The SIM game has 20+ separate Star Trek simulations that you can take part in. The SIM guide takes you through all the role playing requirements.
Star Trek Freedom
Like the earlier chat based role playing game, this one uses email for the role-play. Five ships with ten people each interact in the role of characters from the Federation. Initially, each new user is assigned to the Star Fleet Academy were grammar skills are checked.
Hailing Frequency
The podcast site covers all industry related news on Star Trek gaming. Catch the trailers and sneak previews covering the Star Trek MMORPG happenings. The podcasts are released every two weeks. But every day you can catch news and interviews with personalities from the Star Trek universe.
Star Trek Animated
The animated series has a fan following among the younger Trekkies. This site is worth a look for the free Star Trek greeting cards you can send and the five little Star Trek games you can play online.
The Star Trek universe is a gigantic federation of likeminded souls. We have two Trekkies amongst us who brought out Star Trek themed posts a while back. Check them out too –
Watch Full Star Trek Episodes Online on YouTube
Get Yourself Star Trek Computer Sounds
Also, if just one social network is a measure, Facebook alone has nearly 600,000 Trekkies. Are you one of them? Make it so!
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