Trelane
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| Trelane | |
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| Full Name: | Trelane |
| Species: | Q |
| Gender: | Male |
| Affiliation: | Q Continuum |
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Trelane was a member of the Q Continuum who the crew of the USS Enterprise encountered in 2267. Trelane harassed the crew of the Enterprise before he was found by his parents and taken home. At the time Trelane was fascinated with 18th century French culture. (TOS episode: "The Squire of Gothos")
Trelane later escaped from his parents again. The Enterprise again encountered Trelane in 2269 while investigating the disappearance of several vessels. During their second encounter, Trelane had became fascinated with the First World War. Trelane attacked the Enterprise with a space vessel made to resemble an early biplane. Kirk and the Enterprise crew were able to defeat the biplane, but Trelane then subjected several Starfleet officers to a simulation of a period German village. Kirk was again able to disrupt Trelane's power, and Trelane's nanny discovered him and took him away. (TOS video game: Judgment Rites)
- Alternatively, the player could have Kirk talk Trelane into taking him to a simulation of a real World War I battlefield, rather than the romanticized version Trelane had created. After Kirk tries to convince Trelane that there's nothing romantic about war, Trelane loses interest in holding the Enterprise or the other ships, and allows them to leave.
In the 24th century, the crew of the USS Enterprise-D encountered Trelane, and finally learned that he was a member of the Q Continuum. Working with Q, they managed to keep Trelane from merging all the different universes into a single universe. (TNG novel: Q-Squared)
[edit] Related stories
- A Little Man-to-Man Talk (TOS comic)
- An Infinite Jest (TOS/TNG comic)
[edit] Connections
- Trelane article at Memory Alpha, the wiki for canon Star Trek.
- Trelane article at Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia.
