Star Trek: Unity (crossover)

The Star Trek: Unity crossover (aka Project Unity) was a large fan fiction crossover to celebrate the 35th anniversary of Star Trek in 2001.

Involved series

The following series were involved in the crossover:

• Star Trek: Adventure
• Star Trek: Dragon
• Star Trek: The Cantabrian Expeditions
• Star Trek: The Courageous
• Star Trek: The Excalibur Epics
• Star Trek: The Legend Continues
• Star Trek: The Scipio Chronicles
• Star Trek: The Farthest Star (as Star Trek: Swiftfire)
• Star Trek: USS Providence

Background

Joseph Gatch, author of the fanfic Star Trek: Adventure, originally had the idea of a crossover involving as many fan fiction series as possible. The crossover was based on a storyline by Jon Wasik of Star Trek: Dragon where the Federation gained the wrath of the Vendoth, a species from another galaxy. It was split into two parts. The first part was made up of individual stories involving the Vendoth across time and space, which could be done because the nature in which they travelled from their galaxy to the Milky Way was temporal in nature. The second part was to have multiple authors write about the Vendoth attack on Earth from the perspective of their crews. This section was the centerpiece of the series and the various different stories were later combined into a single edition called "United We Stand - Together".

Nine different fanfic series were involved in Part One. Five of these nine series also contributed to Part Two: Star Trek: Adventure, Excalibur Epics, Providence, The Legend Continues and Swiftfire. Excalibur, Adventure and Dragon also did follow-up stories on the aftermath of the battle.

In 2022, Walter George, author of The Excalibur Epics revived the project with the Second Wave. The events expanded on Unity with a second hostile species from the Kalium Galaxy, the Kiklar, as the main antagonist.

The Vendoth

The Vendoth are the villains of the series. From the distant Kalium galaxy, they are a tyrannical race, split into two castes, the warrior or "Ven" and the scientists or "Doths". They rule over a large section of their home galaxy, and are firm believers in "an eye for an eye".

Prologue

These stories are in chronological order with the exception of USS Dragon, which sets up the entire series. All back the last two take place before the central battle.

• Dragon - Freedom's Price
• The Excalibur Epics - Deux Ex Machina
• Scipio Chronicles - Scipio's Betrayal
• Swiftfire - The True
• Adventure - Honor Above All
• Providence - The Better Part of Valor
• The Legend Continues - The Clam Before the Storm
• The Cantabrian Expeditions - Howl
• The Courageous - Galaxy's Pyre

United We Stand - Together

Contributors to "United We Stand - Together":

• The Excalibur Epics - Deep as a Well...Wide as a Church Door
• Adventure - Once More Unto the Breach
• Providence - Our Sacred Honour
• Swiftfire - United We Stand
• The Legend Continues - Sleeping Giants

Aftermath

• The Excalibur Epics - Upon a Painted Ocean
• Adventure - Resolution
• Dragon - Trials of Command

Second Wave

• The Excalibur Epics - We Were Dead of Sleep

External link

• Star Trek: Unity 2001 on Facebook
• Star Trek: Unity Second Wave on Facebook
• Star Trek: Unity crossover website 
  wbm