Changes: Unpublished works

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In the long history of the Star Trek franchise there have been numerous novels, comics, games and other licensed works. However there have also been quite a few projects that never quite made it, this page chronicles those unpublished works.

See also New and Future Releases, for projects which are due to, but have not yet been published.

Prose

See unpublished prose

Comics

See unpublished comics

Video games

See unpublished games

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 In the long history of the Star Trek franchise there have been numerous novels, comics, games and other licensed works. However there have also been quite a few projects that never quite made it, this page chronicles those '''unpublished works'''.
 :''See also [[New and Future Releases]], for projects which are due to, but have not yet been published.
-==Novels==
+==Prose==
+:''See [[unpublished prose]]''
-===The God Thing===
-Originally announced in the late [[1970s]] ''The God Thing'' was a TOS novel by [[Gene Roddenberry]]. The story was originally conceived as the first Star Trek film or the start of a new Star Trek TV series, however [[Star Trek: The Motion Picture]] was made instead. The novel would reportedly deal with [[human]]ities relationship with [[Gods]]. Originally commissioned by [[Bantam Books]] the novel went through various delays and was eventually passed onto [[Pocket Books]]. Over the years several other authors have rewritten the novel, including [[Walter Koenig]] and [[Michael Jan Friedman]]. The novel is still in limbo and may someday find its way onto bookshelves.
-:''For more information see [http://www.well.com/user/sjroby/godthing.html The God Thing page] at [http://www.well.com/user/sjroby/lcars/index.html The Complete Starfleet Library].
-===Harm's Way===
-Harm's Way was to be the second trilogy of the TOS "lower decks" relaunch. The trilogy was to be written by [[Jerry Oltion|Jerry]] and [[Kathy Oltion]]. However following [[The Janus Gate]] trilogy by [[L.A. Graf]] the relaunch continued with [[Kevin Ryan]]'s [[Errand of Vengeance]].
-===[[The Yesterday Saga]]===
-Following the success of [[A.C. Crispin]]'s [[Yesterday's Son]] and [[Time for Yesterday]] the author set about a sequel, a trilogy of books taking Kirk Spock and Zar to [[Vulcan (planet)|Vulcan's]] past and the time of [[Surak]]. Working titles for the trilogy were '''Return to Yesterday''', '''Yesterday's Vulcan'' and '''Yesterday's Destiny'''. The trilogy was apparently almost completely written but for some reason was cancelled.
-===Walking Wounded===
-A [[DS9 relaunch|post-finale]] [[DS9]] novel by [[Bradley Thompson]], Walking Wounded was to cover a group of Starfleet veterans recovering from the Dominion War. The novel was cancelled in [[2005]].
 ==Comics==
+:''See [[unpublished comics]]''
-===Trial By Fire!===
+==Video games==
-Number 62 of [[Gold Key Comics]] Star Trek series, ''Trial By Fire'' was to be written by John Warner but the series was cancelled before the comic’s completion. The story was to a feature the ''Enterprise'' rushing to save a planet from a huge fireball.
+:''See [[unpublished games]]''
-:''A script and more information can be found at the bottom of [http://homepage.mac.com/mmtz/stcomix/goldkey.html this page] at the [http://homepage.mac.com/mmtz/stcomix/ Star Trek Comics Checklist].
-===Star Trek: Realities===
-''Realities'' was a "what-if?" comic series planned by [[Marvel Comics]]. At least two stories were planned before it was cancelled:
-*"What if Gul Dukat had become the Emissary?", by [[Andy Mangels]] and [[Michael Martin]], would have featured the destruction of the ''Enterprise'', the victory of the Borg, and a lead into a sequel.
-*A story by [[Dan Abnett]] and [[Ian Edginton]] showing what might have been if [[Edith Keeler]] had survived ''[[The City on the Edge of Forever]]''.
-A similar novel series "Other Times" is currently in the planning stages.
-===Star Trek: Special===
-Wildstorm Comics produced a one-shot short anthology entitled Star Trek Special, containing comic stories from the first four Star Trek television series. Star Trek Communicator writer Rich Handley was slated to write a story for that edition and submitted two entries ("The Needs of the Few," about Spock on Romulus, and "The Barber of Seville," about Mot the Barber). However, his story was cut due to space constraints.
-==E-Books==
-===Shards and Shadows tie-in===
-There were plans for a [[mirror universe]] ''[[Star Trek: Corps of Engineers]]'' ebook to be released at the same time as the mirror universe short story anthology ''[[Shards and Shadows]]''. Unfortunately the original e-book line was put on hiatus before that time and as such the CoE story was cancelled. The story could not be added into the anthology itself as there was not sufficient budget to add a thirteen story at that stage, so CoE remains unpresent in the {{ST|Mirror Universe}} series.<sup>[http://www.trekbbs.com/showthread.php?t=65606&page=3]</sup>
-==Short stories==
-===Now You See Her...===
-This story by Fred Bronson was originally to be published in the [[TNG 20th Anniversary]] [[anthology]] ''[[The Sky's the Limit]]''. Bronson had to pull out due to other commitments. ''The Sky's the Limit'' has stories set in every season of TNG except season four, so presumably this story would have filled that gap.
-==Games==
-===Borg Assimilator===
-'''Borg Assimilator''' was game by [[Activision]] in which the player attempted to assimilate ever more resistant worlds in the hopes of acquiring the right technologies to create a stable omega molecule.
-The game would have featured the player fighting through 12 campaign levels while converting living lush worlds into Borg Nanogrids amd facing increased resistance from the local races. Players would have started off with existing colony structures that consisted of a nanogrid generator, an ore refinery and several drones which, over the course of the game, would expand to include regeneration acloves, research centers and even a Borg Queen Hive.
-:''For more information see the [http://gaming.trekcore.com/borgassimilator/ Borg Assimilator] page at [http://www.trekcore.com/ TrekCore.com].
-===Secret of Vulcan's Fury===
-This game was an original series tale cantered around [[Vulcan (planet)|Vulcan]], a relic from its history; the divesting space station ''Vulcan's Fury'' and a [[Romulan]] plot to go to war with the [[Vulcan]]'s under the guise of peace.
-The game was cancelled, however, there is a great deal of interest in getting the material from the game released in some form by fans as it was the last time the entire Original Series cast contributed to a Star trek project. Fan schemes range from getting a new company to complete the game, the materials being realised for them to do so, or a new [[TAS]] episode being created around it. Unfortunately so far, much of the material for the game seems to have been misplaced and for the time being it remains a project that is not to be.
-:''For more information see the [http://gaming.trekcore.com/secretofvulcanfury/ Secret of Vulcan's Fury] page at [http://www.trekcore.com/ TrekCore.com].
-=="Non-fiction Books"==
-===The Unseen Frontier: Declassified Images from the History of the Federation===
-A book of new computer generated images by [[Adam "Mojo" Lebowitz]] inspired by the success of the [[Ships of the Line calendars]], chronicling the history of the Federation in a National Geographic style layout. After several years of delays the book was cancelled.
-A [[Ships of the Line]] book was published in [[2006]] collecting together images previously published in the calendars but other than the covers not including any original images as this book would have.
-==Enterprise Season 5==
-In the wake of [[Star Trek: Enterprise]]'s cancellation a number of planned stories were not told:
-*[[Shran]] the [[Andorian]] was to join the crew of the [[Enterprise (NX-01)|''Enterprise'']] as a regular character.
-*The construction of the first [[Starbase]] was to be shown, as hinted at in the [[episode]] ''[[Bound]]''.
-*''Enterprise'' was to visit the planet [[Ardana]] from the ''[[TOS]]'' episode [[The Cloud Minders]]. Whilst not an ''Enterprise'' story, Ardana was revisited in the ''[[CoE]]'' story ''[[Signs From Heaven]]''.
-*Further tales from the [[mirror universe]] were planned. [[Mike Sussman]], the writer of Enterprise's mirror universe episode ''[[In a Mirror, Darkly]]'', co-wrote a sequel, ''[[Age of the Empress: The Reign of Sato I]]'', with [[Dayton Ward]] and [[Kevin Dilmore]], published in [[2007]].
-*[[Section 31]] were due to be featured again after their appearances earlier in the series.  They play a key role in the ''Enterprise'' relaunch novel, ''[[The Good That Men Do]]''.
-*Finally a visit to Dr [[Phlox]]'s homeworld of [[Denobula]] was planned.
+[[Category:Star Trek media]]
-==Connections==
-*[http://www.well.com/user/sjroby/lostbooks.html Lost Books] page at '''''[http://www.well.com/user/sjroby/lcars/index.html The Complete Starfleet Library].
-[[Category:Media]]