Should Star Trek: The Lost Era be added to this? -- 8of5 21:40, 10 July 2006 (UTC)

How many titles does a potential series need before it's considered a "series"? Like, for example, Star Trek: Challenger was intended to be a series, but only had one novel released under the banner of Star Trek: Challenger. So I assume only one title isn't enough. But what is the minimum number?

Also, should the Starfleet Academy video game series count? It has an original cast of characters, a few distinct games (including the one for super nintendo, the one for PC, and a few expansions for the PC game), and a novelization. I understand that most video game series fall into one pre-existing series or another, such as the Armada games and the Elite Force games, for example. But Starfleet Academy seems different to me in that it focuses on a cast of original characters, with TOS characters having only guest roles.

Another question. Since "The Original Series" seems to cover a wide range of stories, ranging from Robert April's command of the Enterprise to stories about Spock in the 24th century. Given that, it seems strange to me that "early voyages" and "the animated series" are considered separate series. Both are clearly based around characters from the TOS tv series. Perhaps they could be classified as some sort of sub-series of TOS? Which would make the template look like this:

Star Trek series
Enterprise • Vanguard • The Original Series ( Early Voyages • The Animated Series • Captain Sulu Adventures ) • The Lost Era • Stargazer • The Next Generation • Deep Space Nine • Voyager • Starfleet Academy • New Frontier • Corps of Engineers • Klingon Empire • Titan • Online
Series listed in chronological order based on the starting date of the primary era each series takes place in.

Although "Captain Sulu Adventures" could be argued to be a separate series from TOS, much in the same way that Titan is separate from TNG. Both feature a new crew and new ship. I included it in this version to show that other potential TOS "sub-series" as I'm calling them could be included in the parenthesis like that.

One last thing. Should "The Lost Era" be considered a series? I haven't had the chance to read it, but it seems like it's a miniseries that fills in backstory material for characters from TOS, TNG, DS9, and Voyager. In which case it probably shouldn't be considered that in my opinion -- it's a crossover miniseries, like Star Trek: Destiny, that deals with characters from a few different series but has no series of its own. -Xaqimorp 20:00, February 13, 2012 (UTC)