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Planet X: The Next Generation: Planet X (Star Trek: The Next Generation) Paperback – April 17, 2012

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" It's the damnedest thing. Back on the old Enterprise , the thing I hated most - the thing that would always make me cringe - was hosting one of those Federation ambassadors from hell. The kind who shows up thinking he knows more than the captain and ends up demonstrating he knows nothing at all." "And?" "And now, I've become the thing I hated. Now I'm the all-fired ambassador." "I see." "And just like all those other stuffed shirts, I've managed to make a mess of things by pulling rank. By insisting the captain do things my way. It's a good thing Jim's not around to see this."

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• Became Their Own Antithesis : After McCoy becomes frustrated with Picard's apparent hesitation and unwillingness to take decisive action during the negotiations with the Romulan Senate to take custody of the Unificationists, McCoy officially takes command of the Enterprise and tries to negotiate directly with the colony governor that captured the Unificationists. However, this results in the colony governor realising that he has Spock in custody, ending negotiations as the possibility of interrogating Spock offers far more benefits than any deal he could make with the Federation. Faced with this revelation, McCoy retreats to Ten-Forward, bitterly musing that he has become the kind of admiral he always hated when he was on the Enterprise , the admiral who steps in and takes over thinking he knows everything only to reveal that he actually has no idea and ends up making the situation worse.
• Becoming the Mask : The spy winds up coming to believe in Surak's philosophy and refuses to identify Spock.
• Big Damn Heroes : Scotty transports Spock and the Unificationists out of harms way just in time.
• Big Damn Reunion : Scotty's Big Damn Heroes moment above leads to him and Spock meeting for the first time since he awoke in the future.
• Break Out the Museum Piece : Scotty steals the USS Yorktown and an old-school Romulan cloaking device from a Starfleet museum to rescue Spock. He's aware that neither will hold out for long if he has to fight, but they're good enough that he's able to basically take the Romulans by surprise.
• But for Me, It Was Tuesday : Invoked; while Spock is surprised to see Scotty basically unaged after an absence of over seventy-five years, he reflects that if anyone could find a way to pull that off he's not surprised that it was Montgomery Scott.
• Star Trek S3 E2 "The Enterprise Incident" : The cloaking device acquired in that episode plays a central part in Scotty's plan to enter Romulan space.
• Star Trek S2 E24 "The Ultimate Computer" : Scotty refers back to this episode when putting together a control system for the Yorktown that allows him to run it by himself.
• Star Trek S1 E4 "The Naked Time" : Kevin Reily's son shows up and Scotty refers back to the episode's events to convince him to help.
• Star Trek S2 E13 "Obsession" : The USS Yorktown return from that episode having been converted into a museum which Scotty steals in order to get to Constanthus.
• Star Trek: The Next Generation S1E1 "Encounter at Farpoint" : Admiral McCoy's visit to the Enterprise-D and Data's tour are referenced.
• Star Trek: The Next Generation S6E4 "Relics" : Scotty returns still piloting the shuttlecraft from that episode and one again encounters the original Enterprise bridge.
• The Enterprise's original bridge module was removed during the refits prior to Star Trek: The Motion Picture .
• Chekhov's Gun : The strange behavior of the Stugg is introduced early on and the odd movements of Romulan vessels are noted several times by various characters, before McCoy realizes that both side are building up for a potential conflict and uses that information to make the Romulans back down.
• Face Death with Dignity : Spock and his student refuse to bend even in the face of death.
• Establishing Character Moment : McCoy's frustration with how hesitant and timid Starfleet has gotten in his view is nicely set up in his first chapter.
• Hero Insurance : McCoy pulls some strings at the end to get Scotty off for stealing the USS Yorktown to save Spock.
• I Am Spock : The Unificationists pull this off to prevent Spock from giving himself up to save them.
• Jerkass Has a Point : At the end, Picard concedes McCoy was right that decisive action was necessary to save Spock.
• Jerkass Realization : As McCoy notes he always hated it when some self-important Federation official was on board his Enterprise back in the day, now he's realized he was acting exactly the same way.
• Jerk with a Heart of Gold : Admiral Leonard McCoy clashes with Picard over his handling of the mission and winds up reliving him of command at one point, but he's desperate to save one of his few remaining friends.
• My God, What Have I Done? : McCoy, when he realizes his presence gave away that Spock was among the Unificationists
• Nice Job Breaking It, Hero : McCoy and Scotty wind up giving Spock away when the Romulans look up their service records.
• Obfuscating Insanity : Scotty acts like he's a delusional war hawk out to get the Romulans, to throw them off when they capture him.
• Pragmatic Villainy : The Romulan Procounsel is forced to let the Enterprise-D go when McCoy points out that the Romulan Empire can't afford to start a war with the Federation due to the potential conflict with the Stugg.
• Rescue Reversal : Riker, Data, and La Forge wind up having to be rescued by Scotty after they get captured by the Romulans looking for him after he'd already escaped.
• Screw Politeness, I'm a Senior! : McCoy doesn't hesitate to loudly call out Picard on his own bridge.
• Still Wearing the Old Colors : Scotty dons the old Red Shirt uniform again on the Yorktown , noting it feels a little embarrassing but he needed something fresh to wear.
• Title Drop : Picard notes that Constanthus means "Crossover" in Romulan.
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Michael Jan Friedman is the author of nearly sixty books of fiction and nonfiction, more than half of which bear the name Star Trek or some variation thereof. Ten of his titles have appeared on the New York Times bestseller list. He has also written for network and cable television, radio, and comic books, the Star Trek: Voyager® episode “Resistance” prominent among his credits. On those rare occasions when he visits the real world, Friedman lives on Long Island with his wife and two sons.

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Star Trek: Every Comic Book Crossover, Ranked

Comic book adaptations of properties allow for more crossovers than TV shows or movies, and this especially proved true for Star Trek comics.

Crossovers between the different eras of the  Star Trek  franchise are rare but highly valued by fans of the iconic sci-fi property. In film and television, Star Trek has never intersected with other genre franchises, but in comic books, they've crossed over with a surprising number of them.

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Star Trek has made the most of the comic book medium by interacting with a variety of sci-fi franchises but also comic book-native ones, including the X-Men and Legion Of Super-Heroes , bringing the sandbox dreams of fans to four-color life.

10 Crossover With The Transformers, The Ghostbusters, & G.I. Joe

Infestation is one of the most ambitious comic book crossovers in recent years. It brought together all the major entertainment licenses IDW holds, including Star Trek , Transformers , G.I. Joe , and Ghostbusters in a space and time-spanning adventure.

This 2011 epic saw hordes of zombies infiltrate the individual universes of these franchises and they join forces to stop them. This wouldn't be the last crossover between Star Trek and the Transformers for IDW, with this story being one of the most essential Transformers comics .

9 Crossover With Star-Spangled War Stories

Star Trek 's first-ever crossover in comics is also one of its strangest. This crossover occurred in 1974 during the Gold Key Comics era of Star Trek . The most interesting thing about it is that it's not really a crossover at all, but a subtle sequel to an earlier story.

Star Trek  #22, written by Gerry Boudreau, with art by Alberto Giolitti, is an unbilled sequel to two of Boudreau's works from DC Comics' Star-Spangled War Stories — issues #170 (June 1973) and #180 (May-June 1974). The character Rhuna gives the backstory of the DC comics in Star Trek , connecting the two separate works. This unusual circumstance was revealed later by the writer in a blog post about Gold Key .

8 Crossover With Bloom County

The blink and you'll miss it Gold Key crossover isn't the strangest Star Trek interaction with another franchise though. Writer Peter David wrote the 1980s DC Comics version of the comic, as well as numerous best-selling Star Trek novels like Imzadi. He included a sly and quick crossover, of sorts, to a popular comics strip called Bloom County .

In issue #51, Captain Kirk hallucinates that Spock, Scotty, and Sulu have been replaced by the  Bloom County characters of Opus, Portnoy, and Hodge-Podge.

7 Crossover With Green Lantern

Star Trek crossed over with a major DC Comics superhero many years later. In many respects, the connection to Green Lantern is obvious. The Green Lantern Corps is as much about exploration and security in the galaxy as Starfleet is. But the crossover didn't take place at DC, but IDW Comics.

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IDW's two crossovers took Green Lantern Hal Jordan to the alternate Kelvin Universe for Mike Johnson's Star Trek/Green Lantern: The Spectrum War (2015) and its sequel, Star Trek/Green Lantern: Stranger Worlds (2016). Green Lantern is perhaps an easy crossover; many X-Men would make good Green Lanterns as well.

6 Crossover With The Legion Of Super-Heroes

The original Prime timeline of Star Trek crossed over with another cosmic group from DC Comics, the Legion of Super-Heroes. This event again was brought to life by IDW Comics, rather than DC.

In this miniseries, the U.S.S. Enterprise  encounters the Legionnaires after both groups end up on 23rd-century Earth, but it's not the earth either recognizes. The two teams work well together, proving that Legion Of Super-Heroes, like the Green Lantern Corps, is an easy group for other heroes to cross into.

5 Crossover With The X-Men

Star Trek and the X-Men may not seem as natural a fit as the cosmic entities of DC Comics, but the two franchises share a deep appreciation of diversity and exploration of the human condition.

It wasn't a huge surprise then that the two finally intersected in the 1996 one-shot Star Trek/X-Me n. Though limited in scope, this story likely ranks high among the best X-Men crossovers for some fans due to the inventive way it happens. Gary Mitchell, the villain from "Where No Man Has Gone Before"— one of the best episodes of the original Star Trek — rips open reality.

4 Crossover With Doctor Who

It wasn't only the original Star Trek crew that did all the crossing over—  The Next Generation era got in on the act as well. Given how intrinsic time travel is to both Star Trek and Doctor Who , it's no surprise the two franchises found each other in the IDW epic event  Star Trek: The Next Generation/Doctor Who: Assimilation2 .

The Borg, some of the greatest Star Trek villains of all time, team up with the Cybermen to unleash a robotic horde on the universe. The crew of the Enterprise-D joins forces with the Eleventh Doctor to stop them.

3 Another Crossover With The X-Men

The X-Men would team up with Star Trek again, but this time with The Next Generation crew.  Star Trek: The Next Generation/X-Men: Second Contact , written by Dan Abnett & Ian Edginton and with art by Cary Nord & Scott Koblish, debuted in 1998.

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In this story, Kang The Conqueror diverts the Enterprise to an alternate 20th century where they encounter the X-Men, and work together to stop Kang from another attempt to rewrite history.

2 Crossover With Planet Of The Apes

IDW Comics and Boom! Studios joined forces to unite the franchises of Star Trek and Planet Of The Apes in grand fashion. 2014's Star Trek/Planet of the Apes: The Primate Directive  saw the crew of the original Enterprise team up with the heroes of the original Planet Of The Apes movie, including Cornelius, in order to fight back Klingon invaders from another time. The Klingons join up with the ruling apes to make it a fierce but fun battle for fans of both franchises.

1 Animated Series-Inspired Crossover With The Transformers

One of the most unique crossovers was 2019's Star Trek Vs. Transformers by IDW Comics. This five-issue limited series combined the casts of Star Trek: The Animated Series and the 1984 Transformers animated series, the original and still best Transformers cartoon .

This unique story saw the Enterprise encounter Decepticons trying to steal dilithium to take back to their own time. The series had been meant to be only four issues, but the positive reaction bumped it up to five.

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Star trek: discovery just did a secret strange new worlds crossover.

Star Trek: Discovery season 5 brought Captain Burnham to the Mirror Universe's Starship Enterprise. If the sets look familiar, it's because they are.

Warning: SPOILERS for Star Trek: Discovery Season 5, Episode 5 - "Mirrors"

• Star Trek: Discovery Season 5, Episode 5 was a crossover with Strange New Worlds' Enterprise sets.
• Captain Burnham found the Mirror Universe's ISS Enterprise in interdimensional space.
• The two Star Trek series share sets in Toronto and they have filmed on each other's sets before.

Star Trek: Discovery season 5, episode 5, "Mirrors," was a secret crossover with Star Trek: Strange New Worlds . Written by Johanna Lee & Carlos Cisco and directed by Jen McGowan, Star Trek: Discovery season 5, episode 5 sent Captain Michael Burnham (Sonequa Martin-Green) and Cleveland Booker (David Ajala) into interdimensional space in pursuit of Moll (Eve Harlow), L'ak (Elias Toufexis), and the next clue to the ancient treasure of the Progenitors. Burnham never expected to find the derelict ISS Enterprise from the Mirror Universe within the dangerous wormhole.

Star Trek: The Original Series season 2, episode 4, "Mirror, Mirror", introduced the Mirror Universe and the ISS Enterprise , the alternate reality counterpart of the USS Enterprise. The ISS Enterprise hadn't been seen since, but Star Trek: Discovery revealed refugees attempted to flee the Mirror Universe aboard the Constitution Class ship. The passengers, including Science Officer Dr. Cho, abandoned the Enterprise in interdimensional space and made it to Star Trek 's Prime Universe. Later, Dr. Cho returned to hide her clue to the Progenitors' treasure aboard the ISS Enterprise.

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Star trek: discovery season 5 filmed on strange new worlds’ enterprise set, discovery and strange new worlds film on adjacent sets in toronto.

Although no characters from Star Trek: Strange New Worlds appeared in Star Trek: Discovery season 5, episode 5 - which makes sense since the two series are set over 930 years apart in Star Trek 's timeline - "Mirrors" was filmed on Strange New Worlds ' USS Enterprise sets which doubled for the ISS Enterprise. Star Trek: Discovery and Strange New Worlds shoot in Toronto on adjacent soundstages and both shows have access to each other's sets. In an interview with Screen Rant , David Ajala confirmed that Discovery filmed its scenes in late 2022 after Strange New Worlds season 2 wrapped production.

Sharing sets is a Star Trek tradition going back to the 1990s Star Trek series.

This type of 'crossover' between Star Trek: Discovery and Star Trek: Strange New Worlds has happened before . Strange New Worlds season 2, episode 2 , "Ad Astra Per Aspera" shot its courtroom scenes for Lt. Commander Una Chin-Riley's (Rebecca Romijn) trial in Discovery 's Federation headquarters set. Sharing sets is a Star Trek tradition going back to the 1990s Star Trek series when Star Trek: The Next Generation , Star Trek: Voyager, and Star Trek: Deep Space Nine would film on each others' sets as a cost-saving measure.

Star Trek VI: The Undiscovered Country redressed Star Trek: The Next Generation 's 10 Forward set to become the office of the Federation President (Kurtwood Smith).

Can Discovery & Strange New Worlds Have A Real Star Trek Crossover?

It's unlikely, but not completely impossible..

Star Trek: Discovery season 1's finale and season 2 can be credited as the first Star Trek 'crossover' of the Paramount+ era when the USS Enterprise, Captain Christopher Pike (Anson Mount), Lt. Spock (Ethan Peck), and Number One joined the show. The trio proved so popular, fans clamored for them to receive their own spinoff set aboard the Starship Enterprise, which became Star Trek: Strange New Worlds . Star Trek: Discovery then jumped forward to the 32nd century, and it was a one-way trip that left the Enterprise and the 23rd century permanently behind. But can a Discovery and Strange New Worlds crossover still happen?

Yet there are possibilities for a Discovery and Strange New Worlds crossover.

There won't be a crossover with Star Trek: Discovery season 5 outside of Burnham, Book, Moll, and L'ak occupying the ISS Enterprise in "Mirrors" . Discovery season 5 has long since wrapped production and the hunt for the Progenitors' technology doesn't leave room for any time travel to see Strange New Worlds' characters . Yet there are possibilities for a Discovery and Strange New Worlds crossover. Star Trek: Strange New Worlds season 3 is in production and the series is renewed for season 4. Perhaps a way could be found to have Captain Burnham see Captain Pike and Spock one more time. Or both show's characters may meet on neutral ground through various sci-fi means on Star Trek: Starfleet Academy . Where there's a will, there's a way to still crossover Star Trek: Discovery and Star Trek: Strange New Worlds .

New episodes of Star Trek: Discovery season 5 stream Thursdays on Paramount+

The future of crossover episodes between Star Trek series' appears to be in doubt

S tar Trek made a lot of fans happy not too long ago when Strange New Worlds and Lower Decks crossed over for some shenanigans. The crossover took place in Strange New Worlds' second season and saw two of Lower Decks' best; Brad Boilmer (Jack Quaid) and Beckett Mariner (Tawny Newsome) go from animation to live-action.

It was an episode fans loved, and many had hoped for more in the coming years but recently, Trek higher-up and legendary actor and director Jonathan Frakes has seemingly put the kibosh on any future crossovers. At least for now.

Speaking to TrekMovie.com's podcast , Frakes revealed that Alex Kurtzman doesn't seem too keen on doing any more crossovers, saying;

“I think the (crossover) show did so well. You know, [co-showrunner] Akiva [Goldsman] would would certainly take the swing like that. I think [co-showrunner] Henry Alonso Myers would too. I’m not sure how Paramount Plus or Alex [Kurtzman] would feel about it, but it worked.”

The fact that Kurtzman's views on a further crossover seem unknown suggests that Kurtzman may not be as on board as Frakes and others. Considering the financial situation at Paramount+ and Paramount Global as a whole, this isn't surprising.

The only Star Trek show that Paramount+ has any say over at the moment is Strange New Worlds, and if Netflix greenlights a third season of Prodigy, they would likely have the final say if those characters could be used on a Strange New Worlds or vice versa.

With the franchise seemingly toning down television shows on the service to the point that only Strange New Worlds exists and instead focusing on cheaper Star Trek films to make, the likelihood that another Trek series crossovers over with Strange New Worlds, or even beyond isn't very likely to happen.

Now, things can always change but right now it doesn't seem likely that a genuine, character-focused crossover, will end up happening again in the immediate future.

This article was originally published on redshirtsalwaysdie.com as The future of crossover episodes between Star Trek series' appears to be in doubt .