Reign of the Clydesdale
| Star Traks: TOSsed | |
| Episode name | Reign of the Clydesdale |
|---|---|
| Season | |
| Episode number | |
| Writer(s) | Alan Decker |
| Year | 2268 |
| Stardate | Unknown |
| Chronology | |
| Previous in series | Looking Out for the Little Guy [TOS] |
| Next in series | The Khan Job [TOS] |
| Previous in timeline | Looking Out for the Little Guy [TOS] |
| Next in timeline | The Khan Job [TOS] |
Colony supply runs are about as nice and easy as it gets…most of the time.
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Author's Comments
This story started out with a one-line idea I had when I was coming up with ideas for TOSsed: The Clydesdale accidentally conquers a planet.
That's a fun idea but also not a lot to go on. I've already rambled on a bit about the difference between a concept and a story, so I'll skip most of that. And honestly, I didn't struggle too much developing this story. It came together amazingly quickly despite the overall problem of "How do a handful of people on a barely armed freighter take over an entire planet?"
The real fun for me was getting to play around with another bit of TOS, the First Federation. They had one fantastic appearance in "The Corbomite Maneuver" and then were never seen again. In some ways, I get it. The reveal of their true appearance kind of works once and after that you're stuck with a species that has to be played by child actors. But there's just so much possibility there with that species and government. How big is their territory? Did they join the Federation? How do they build those massive ships? WHY do they build those massive ships Realistically, Lower Decks is the only Trek series I could see possibly following up on them.
And none of that has anything to do with this story.
As I said above, the story really did come together quickly, and I felt all of the characters were really working well as I wrote it. Admittedly, Dr. Corbair's actions in it have no bearing on what she's been doing through the entire rest of the mini-series, but that was the point as far as I was concerned. While stuck on the Clydesdale, she was pursuing one path, but when faced with a better offer, she was more than willing to toss it all aside and go rule Dirt.
And as the next and final story shows, it might have been better for everyone if she'd been able to stay there.