Once upon a time I wrote a fan fiction manuscript based in the Star Trek universe. It referenced a couple of starships and some characters from that universe, but it was original EXCEPT for the names and characteristics of the races. The Klingons, Romulans, Cardassians, Borg, etc… were an integral part of the story and therefore subject to the copywrites held by Paramount and Sony. I tried to publish the story only to be told that if Paramount and Sony wanted a Star Trek story, they would hire a writer to write one. Literary agents treated it like it was for sale on the Ferengi black market and wouldn’t even glance in its general direction.

A month ago I decided that I had put too much time and effort into this story only to see it collect digital dust inside of my computer, so I began to re-write it and purge all things Star Trek from it. After having watched Star Trek Discovery and heard rumors about what Star Trek Picard was like it seemed like a suitable time to distance my story from that franchise. The writing and concepts on Discovery looked like they came straight from a Pak’led’s brain. The Mushroom Drive was either genius or a pile of Spoo (shameless Babylon 5 reference). I lean toward Spoo on that one.

After a month of editing and changing the names to avoid another Axanar Incident the end is finally in sight. I am a big Star Trek fan and had hoped my story would have contributed to the enrichment of that universe, but alas it is not to be. Instead, like a branch in the road of quantum physics a new universe is born where the Unified Cooperative is watch and waiting.

The Cultivation of the Earth Alliance is almost ready for Beta reading.