The War of the Masters

The War of the Masters is a shared universe of fan fiction based out of STO's official forum.

The series takes place in an increasingly altered timeline from STO's actual canon and has one primary stipulation that sander233 calls the Law of Natural Consequences: For every action taken, there will be multiple unexpected reactions. The stories deal equally heavily with the geopolitics of the Star Trek universe and with small-scale interactions.

While the storyline incorporates a mixture of TV canon, STO canon, and licensed fiction, in terms of story elements there are a number of diversions from official material. Rather than the Iconians as in STO, the true villain of the universe is a cabal of ancient -like intelligences called the Good Masters that has been influencing the course of galactic events for millions of years, most recently through various servitor species. Also, most of the Federation makes use of a type of artificial intelligence first developed in the 21st century and referred to as Atticus Unlimited, sentient computer intelligences governed by a set of laws loosely based on the biblical Ten Commandments.