"Judgement Day" A Star Trek Fan Film
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- Опубликовано: 25 янв 2022
- The fate of a colony of refugees hangs in the balance between the Starship Niantic and the Doomsday Machine.
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After you see this, check out "The Gorn Imperative" which is a 3 part story featuring an alternate view of the events surrounding the Gorn attack on Cestus III.
Part 1 of 3 • "The Gorn Imperative" ...
Part 2 of 3 • "The Gorn Imperative" ...
Part 3 of 3 • "The Gorn Imperative" ...
Give this another watch, and then, in a few hours, tune in to "Doomsday" another fan film by Neutral Zone Studios. The countdown is on!
• DOOMSDAY: A Star Trek ... 
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These fan films understand something the current gurus of the subsequent Star Trek series never did understand. We loved how the original series sounded. The phaser sounds, the senor readings, the music. Most of those wonderful sounds are absent from current incarnations of the show including, I'm afraid, the latest explorations of 'strange new worlds.'
Absolutely a thousandfold! The TOS score, phaserfire, bridge controls (appearance and sound effects), etc.
This video is a little over reliant on the sound effects.
Watch Star Trek Continues here on RUclips. Sound effects and music from TOS. Episodes continue the end of the 5 year mission.
Strange New Worlds does use many of those sounds...have you watched it? Also parts of the design has throwbacks to the OG Enterprise (the Jeffries Tubes, nacelles, etc)
@@donborvio In fact, I have. Guess I'll have to review this.
The final voyage of the Niantic... giving their lives in the finest tradition of Starfleet.
A sacrifice no-one will ever know of.
Thank you for putting a very intersting story to one of my Detroyat class starships.
I had the USS Niantic presumed destroyed by the doomsday weapon the USS Constellation encountered, as this ship was patrolling in neighbouring vicinties/sectors that the USS Constellation was patrolling in and around in when SHE encountered the doomsday machine in that episode.
Neither ship knew what happened to each other and the Niantic went months without any contact with neighbouring Federation planets OR with any Star Bases, space stations or even Star Fleet Command, which led to an investigation by Star Fleet Command that the USS Niantic and her crew were assumed destroyed by the very same doomsday machine the USS Constellation encountered and was destoyed by. No survivors ever found or ever reported in.
Very nice story.
I'm really thrilled you found this! I tried to find you online before I did the film, and I did credit you as the originator! So glad you liked it!
I love Doomsday Machine it's one of my favorite Star Trek episodes. Awesome and thanks for posting this it was cool.
Ditto.
Awesome fan theory! It explains how Ceti Alpha 6 could explode, and how Ceti Alpha 5 could have shifted orbit. It does leave in place one major nitpick about Star Trek II, however, that the Reliant and her crew did not detect evidence of this cataclysm, either in the form of debris or odd orbital shifts throughout the system. That said, your story is an elegant explanation as to how a planet could just explode suddenly. Also, cool ship design, and a wonderful addition to my head canon.
If the planet-killer fulfilled its function and took in the debris of Ceti Alpha 6 for fuel, Reliant wouldn't have found debris.
Another thing to consider was that USS Relient had been assigned to support Project Genesis, and the crew were obviously growing tired of searching for a lifeless world for a planetary scale test. The Relient could have been so focused on finding a viable candidate world, that they may have disregarded evidence of a cataclysm, that they would have determined to have happened years earlier, as not of immediate concern.
The focus was to vet Ceti Alpha VI for the Genesis team. And since even a successful test wouldn't mean immediate colonization of Ceti Alpha VI,
the Relient would have had plenty of time for a more extensive investigation of the system's history which could have led to referencing the
logs of the USS Enterprise, USS Constellation, and the USS Niantic.
Maybe that explains the fifth planet theory in our solar system.
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That means there may be a planet killer roaming about in the asteroid belt.
In case you were wondering, the ship is "detroyat class" although it is possibly a variant of this, because the saucer does not have the main weapon that you are having.
Interesting theory... the Space Seed episode was 13 episodes before the Doomsday Machine episode... half a season. And Ceti Alpha VI exploded 6 months after Khan was left in that system.
Thank you. In all honesty, I'm really surprised that no one that I know of connected the events. It's not canon, but it could be canon, lol!
@@Raymar3d My theory was that Section 31 did it, but the Doomsday Machine theory makes more sense.
@@Raymar3d It definitely sounds like fanon. Shrinks the universe. Everything doesn't have to be connected somehow.
It is definitely fanon. It's a fan film, and by definition, fanon. I'm not presuming canon. Just my interpretation of what could have happened. I don't see how a connection shrinks the universe though.
I'm an SFB Player. If i encountered a Planet Killer like that Heavy Destroyer did, I wouldn't have kept trying to fight it. I would have stayed out of range of its weapon and called for help.
As would I. A single ship cannot combat it. The Niantic's captain made an unfortunately bad decision.
Cool! I like how you've tied together two prominent storylines with this film. Your solution to the Ceti-Alpha question is creative and realistic according to previous Star Trek world building. Decker still needs a shower and shave.
Man OH, MAN!
Thank you, ever so much, for this AWESOME UPLOAD!
I just purchased the kindle version of "To Reign In Hell"! A few months ago. Khan, and poor former Lt. McGivers. Khan was never aware that their colony wasn't totally abandoned on Ceti Alpha V. He spent all those years, slowly going mad.
Blaming Kirk, for his wife's death.
I've read those awesome novels. Part of the impetus to make the doomed planet Ceti Alpha VI was because the explanation for its destruction wasn't revealed in the novels or anywhere else, that and Spock's line, "Nothing but debris where we charted several star systems last year." Last year being season 1 of TOS and the Enterprise having been in the region. Kind of works. :)
Very ambitious, but an excellent story.
Loved how it addressed that weird oddity from ST2 about Ceti Alpha 6
What an inventive way to produce a fanvid...with neither sets, props, costumes, or even onscreen actors, you told at story and used cannon to fill a fairly important mystery. Well done.
Thank you! :)
This film captures the essence of the original show and what made it great with the sound effects and music
Thank you very much!
Outstanding video! Love the way you tie in the Khan angle with a logical theory about Ceti Alpha 6. Another interesting point about the Doomsday Machine was brought up in the STTNG fan novel, Vendetta: TOS theorized that it came from another galaxy and used planets as fuel...except there aren't planets in the voids between galaxies, that we know of...so no fuel. Which would make its origins even more mysterious.
also in the STnG novel Vendetta we learn that the Doomsday Machine was built by a now extinct advanced alien race specifically to combat the Borg. Good novel.
If the Doomsday Machine was meant to fight the Borg, then how old is the Borg given the composition, size and power of the titular weapon? Producing such a destroyer would necessiate enormous amounts of despair, technology, power and personnel not to forget unrelenting determination and will.
That was actually very good. Thank you so much for doing this. Far better than what they make nowadays.
Good flick! An excellent blending of two of the best TOS episodes. I recently wrote a novel-length fanfic in which Matt Decker was the main character and it never occurred to me to make this connection. Kudos, upvotes, and other expressions of approval. 👍🏻
I'd enjoy reading that id you have a link. :)
The music of Sol Kaplan sure brings out the danger of the Doomsday Machine.
Agreed 100%!
This is a hoot! Flipping the script on the traditional fan film, you flip the script by an episode where SFX scenes make up the entirety of the episode...one ballsy move!
Brings back memories, of good old Star Trek !!!!
I am so utterly ashamed that it never occurred to me that this is why ceti-alpha 6 exploded. I always just took it to be a natural disaster. Nice work, Kenneth!
Nobody ever explained it, but to me, it made sense. Spock had said they'd charted several systems in the area the last year, and that was around when "Space Seed" occurred. It was one thing that just struck me one day. Planets (Krypton aside) don't usually spontaneously explode. They'd be really unstable if they did. Well, Carillon in BSG did, but....
@@Raymar3d Tylium doesn't react well to LASER fire and there was a lot of tylium in the crust of Carillon.
@@PhilDrury It has to be the refined Tylium, because if it were the unrefined state, there's no way the planet could have successfully formed to begin with.
@@Raymar3d Certainly not naturally. Unless it had something to do with the ship of lights - I can see them making unlikely planets. So many possible things we never got to see.
Although it makes no sense that the planet killer stopped at ceti alpha 6 if that's indeed what happened, It usually goes from planet to planet and then when it's full goes somewhere else.
Very interesting take on two of my favorite TOS episodes! Well Done!
I still have my posters of the Detroyat Class Heavy Destroyer.... awesome rendering!
I was 16 when TOS came on TV, and I fell in love: I've been in love with Star Trek ever since. (until recently...) Its not only Wonderful that a new generation of youngsters have taken ST to heart, but I am also Proud of you for this episode. Long life and prosperity.
Thank you!
Same here, I was a TOS baby in the ’60s and never stopped loving pretty much all of Trek.
Got you beat, I was seven.
The Niantic looks cool...
Looks like an ancestor of the Centaur
Good video and theory.
It would explain how Ceti Alpha 6 exploded and how Ceti Alpha 5 orbit shifted.
It also explains why Reliant didn't detect signs of Ceti Alpha 6 exploding.
The planet killer could have blown up Ceti Alpha 6 into rubble and consumed most of the pieces for fuel leaving the remnants to either float in space or collide with ceti Alpha 5.
Ace , much appreciated.
When Matt Decker speaks it reminds me of the old Cluch Cargo cartoon. Clever how you tied the two stories together.
Not Khan ?
Clutch Cargo looked much more realistic.
I love the way you tied in the story, great work.
The fact that the starship survived that many planet busting shots is really impressive...
Edge of the beam
They were not at the focal point of the beam but in the widest part so energy less concentrated...a bit like a magnifying glass...
Mostly because the PK had just arrived in the Galaxy and the Niantic interrupted its breakfast. It was very hungry and just woke up after millennia crossing intergalactic space. :) Still too weak to handle a starship easily after blowing up Ceti Alpha VI and not feeding yet.
IMHO: the first ship should have been one of those single-nacelle Frigates. Like a Hermes or Saladin!
@@spaceace1006 Saladin will be part of many upcoming films. :)
The music, sound effects,pacing. OG style Trek just makes happy
Fun! Great blend of two episodes.
An interesting ship design, like a blend of the Anton class cruiser and the Antares class freighter.
Also an interesting way to tie the two episodes together.
Looks like most ships of that era were all pretty much Constitution Variants!
In case you were wondering, the ship is "detroyat class" although it is possibly a variant of this, because the saucer does not have the main weapon that you are having.
Nice way to tie in two of my favorite TOS episodes. True the Khan and Decker scenes were rough but you did the best you could.with what you had and I applaud the effort. My only real gripe is more of a nitpick. The planet killer tends to smash entire solar systems rather than cherry pick individual planets. I would have expected it to move on to Ceti Alpha 5, then 4, 3, 2 and so on. Here it just moves on after consuming one planet. Maybe it only needed enough fuel to top off the tank? I don't know. There are number of reasons it could have for deviating from its usual course of action. No need to let that get in the way of.a good story.
The Niantic did their best to lure it away, and apparently succeeded, at the cost of their lives.
Starfleet must have a wonderful selection process at Starfleet Academy so as to find SOOO many people willing to die in the line of duty and not to seek out new ideas and new solutions to deadly problems. I am reminded of Tuvok's friend Dmitri who willingly ignored a fateful warning and died from an exploding console. Insane and stupid.
I was always amused by that giant "ham in space"!
Great job, thanks!
Love this and send a huge thanks to the creators! As all TOS fans over analyze everything I of course am no different, a warp core breach created a smaller blast than an impulse engine on overload? Or maybe the damage inflicted then allowed the constellations explosion to destroy it? I did love the explanation for SETI Alphas planet explosion, great way to tie stories together!! Seems like Star Fleet would of been investigating the loss of this ship in that area long before Chekov got there and blundered in to Kahn though 😅
The warp core breach was probably not as explosive due to safety mechanisms in place to mitigate damage in the event of an accident, while the intentional detonation of impulse engines was set up for maximum destructive output. I did intend for this to cause enough damage to make the Constellation's later destruction to be effective. Had the Niantic not been destroyed as it was, would the Constellation's destruction have succeeded? It's just a way to make the PK seem even more deadly.
I'm glad you enjoyed the film. :)
Terrific fun! Well done!
First, not bad. Second, I always wondered why no one on the Constellation OR the Enterprise fired any photon torpedoes into the machine. Thirdly, Khan is amazingly calm watching the neighboring planet blow up.
The Doomsday Machine neutralised Antimatter aboard ships within close range...warp drive and torpedoes would be useless
@@jyralnadreth4442 I may have answered this elsewhere, but the photon torpedo in TOS was never said to be antimatter. It was referred to in "Balance of Terror" as a 'proximity blast phaser' in fact, which I always took to be just a setting, and too much of a mouthful so they started calling that setting "Photon Torpedo" later. They were not encased in shells like the film version. Doesn't mean you're wrong, just that it was vague enough that it was worth doing a shot down the throat of the PK, especially since they didn't try it in the canon episode. Why not see what it would do? That's what I was thinking. Didn't do much, dimmed the lights a little, that was it.
Interesting way to tie-in two unrelated stories. I always wondered how a neighboring stable planet could blowup by itself and cause the catastrophe on CetiAlpha 5 we are told about in Star Trek II. This gives us a plausible explanation. WELL DONE!!!
Everyone knows Ceti Alpha 6 exploded due to global warming. Nice try though.
LOL! I'd say it warmed up a lot under an anti-proton beam. :)
good job with this. good to see real star trek again
This is good stuff. I love it
Gotta say... I loved it... Cheesy yes but right on for the 60s!!! You guys rock
I totally love the tie in to known Trek lore.
Great job. Really enjoyed this.
You done did a Masterpiece of story telling!! I Loved every second of it! Please, I beg of You. Keep up the great works! The way you tied it into Star Trek 2 was so Amazing!!!
Thank you! I'm working on more films! :) This always makes my day!
The giant cornucopia of death.... My mom had one on her buffet table ,during the show, I thought fruit was going to roll out
I have always wanted a Trek episodes to be seen from the point of view of one of a sympathetic ally motivated antagonist. This iconic depiction of the Gorn is an ideal choice.
I recall comnents from leading scientists as standing on the shoulders of giants, aka Isaac Newton. Fan productions are the greatest homage to TOS. I find them all a delight to watch.
That's a really cool way to look at it. I'm really glad you enjoyed it! Thanks for watching! :)
Very creative way of explaining how Ceti Alpha 6 would have exploded. I never understood how a planet could explode. A star yes, but not a planet. Nice story telling.
Thank you! I'm glad you enjoyed it!
Thanks for filling in some blanks!
I effing loved this! Tieing in Ceti Alpha 5 and the planet killer was genius.
Thanks! I'm glad you enjoyed it!
Very good. Great take on why Ceta Alpha 6 was destroyed.
Loved it, mixed old with the new! Welcome to my new trekies!!!
Really well done! Thank you for letting me be a part of it all! A great tie-in to one of the top episodes of TOS.
Thank you for being part of it, Curt! :)
Hear-Hear! And BTW, thank you for "Logical Thinking With Mr. Spock" I'm a big fan of this series. :)
"Star Trek Continues" is another great fan tribute, so great Paramount felt the need to stomp it out.
They implemented guidelines that shut down a lot of productions but they allowed them to finish their series. I was lucky to have had a chance to contributes some virtual set extensions to their productions. I got to know Vic during filming of Star Trek Phase II "Kitumba."
CBS/Paramount issued the fan film guidelines because of Axanar and Alec Peters being overly greedy. If not for Axanar being too commercial, Star Trek Continues would have almost certainly been allowed to finish their series the way they had planned.
This is the absolute best Star Trek movie I've ever seen. It's a million times better than strange new worlds or discovery
Great Work & a lovely tie in! Best Wishes Johnny
Decker is being very Decker today.
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This animation is very good for a non studio corporation production.
i like that starship design!
In this scenario I would have maneuvered around and above the doomsday machine and locked on with tractor beams riding it like a remora stays with a shark. This would buy time to get all systems back on line.
Interesting tactic. I like it. :)
@@Raymar3d Ride'm Cowboy!
As Doomsday Machine is programmed to go after objects of a certain size within a certain distance of it, this would keep it going around in circles till fuel is depleted.
Wow beautiful but sad story. Sometimes helping others has a high personal price for us to pay but it doesn't make it less worthy even if it feels like a lost cause.
I thank you for that. To quote Captain Picard, "It is possible to do everything right, and still lose."
@@Raymar3d It emphasizes how captains can make poor decisions. Decker and this captain choosing to engage while being so thoroughly outmatched show that misjudging a situation will always be a factor.
Along with ignoring recommendations to evacuate/retreat while there is still time: this captain and Grand Moff Tarkin. ;-)
"What do you say? It’s useless?...I know, ah yes! But one cannot fight hoping only for success! No! No: it’s still more sweet if it’s all in vain!" (Act V, "Cyrano de Bergerac," Edmond Rostand)
Love the design of the Niantic, and a great explaination on why Ceti Alpha 5 was not where it was supposed to be. 👍
The Niantic is a Detroyat Class Starship.....
@@jyralnadreth4442 I can't say I am familiar with that class of ship but it looks great.
One thing is for sure, in the future there will still be terrible mics out there lol
Destroyat Class. That's not a misspelling for those who don't know. Heavy destroyer. You get an upvote just for making such a unique choice of ship!
Actually, it's spelled "Detroyat", but excellent eye and recognition of this heavy destroyer class! LLAP! 🖖
@@rickhunter6516 Yeah...typo. Human error. Can't blame autocorrect on this one. LLAP Brother.
Epic awesomeness !!!!!
Nice little story. I like how it ties in several Star Trek elements from the series and movies.
Thanks! I'm glad you enjoyed it!
Cool!
Enjoyed it Ken, keep up the good work.
There is an STTNG novel called Vendetta (non canonical please note and very minor spoilers) that indicates this device may be from not only outside the galaxy, but is possibly a Preserver weapon. A "Borg Killer" similar to the Federation's USS Defiant, but FAR larger and immensely more powerful. And also there is a second version of this weapon depicted in the novel. It is much larger, has the same "maw" as the Doomsday weapon, but falls off at a 90 degree angle into a gigantic spiral spinning downward. Perhaps either a newer, more powerful version, or simply a different design whose aim was for a more formidable threat than the previous version could handle. Also in the novel, the second version seems to require an organic "pilot" to make it work correctly. The first version was completely automated by all readings.
This implies that the berserker nature of the first weapon was perhaps in error and a more advanced, more precise version was created. But it was not launched in time. Perhaps for the best, as if the Borg were somehow able to take control of this monster, then the devastation would have been far worse for the galaxy at large. Also, it has been potentially speculated that perhaps the weapon may have been an advanced scouting weapon sent by the Kelvan Empire in the Andromeda Galaxy, but there is little to no evidence to support the claim. However due to their aggressive nature and highly advanced technology, it still remains a remote possibility. If Rojan was still around, perhaps he would know if Kelva sent this.
I have read it. It was written by Peter David. I enjoyed the story. :)
Hello, "SNL Network" fans here! Great work, love the visuals. Keep them coming. If you need voice actors, let me know how to get in touch!
I have a new theory as to why nobody noticed that Ceti Alpha VI exploded. The system presumably has an asteroid belt between Ceti Alpha V and VI... Maybe the Shockwave of Ceti Alpha VI's explosion somehow shifted a fair portion of the asteroids to where Ceti Alpha V used to be and combined into a rough planet sized rock..... It read as a planetary mass on sensors. Unless a ship got close enough to actually see the planet... It wouldn't appear to be out of the ordinary. Meanwhile Ceti Alpha V somehow shifted to where Ceti Alpha VI used to be. The Ceti Alpha System is far enough from Federation space that it would be extremely unlikely that anyone would report the change. There may have even been a law similar to the one that made travel to Talos IV or Genesis illegal. Only authorized Federation Starships could actually enter the system as Starfleet didn't want to risk another Space Seed incident. Kirk couldn't check on the Colony as he was never given the chance to. He probably thought about it but couldn't get the clearance. After a while he just forgot about it lol.
Very cool ....nice nod
Nicely done
Good Job!
Great tie-in, explained ST TWOK.
It's an interesting idea to have the Planet Killer be the reason Ceti Alpha 6 was destroyed thus laying waste to Ceti Alpha 5 Where Khan, Lt. McGivers and the Superhumans had colonized. However, the Planet Killer cut planets up to use them as fuel and not to just destroy them and leave. So it would have remained to fuel up with the rubble from Ceti Alpha 6. Also, it would have likely continued cut up and consume the remaining planets in the Ceti Alpha system true to form as depicted in "The Doomsday Machine".
The idea was that Niantic was able to draw the planet killer far enough to leave the system. It might be a stretch, but that was why they stayed to fight it.
I actually like all the tie ins....very clever....
USS Niantic? I see what you did there! ;oP
So THATS how Ceti Alpha 6 got destroyed! I’ll buy that!
Thank you for your video i enjoyed watching it.
Quite a good explanation for the destruction of seti alpha six and the lack of star fleet checks on seti alpha 5.
This was great
One point... if the Doomsday Machine was destroyed by an overloaded and exploding impulse engine (what was it, 97 megatons give or take), why wouldn't a warp core collapse and the resulting matter/antimatter explosion also destroy it? The latter has to be far more powerful than the former.
Kirk was fortunate the Niantic had already done some damage. :)
Let's make sure history never forgets, the name NIANTIC! 7:20 Brave Crew and Ship!
Well that was sad. That brave crew lost and I really liked their ship.
ah planets don't just BLOW up unless they have a wee bit of help
Well done with the music, the tie in with established Trek Lore, fantastic job all around!
Thanks, William. :)
Most excellent! Great nods and tie-ins to established Trek lore, while at the same time, adding to the larger story! Fantastic spfx, and production designs. Congrats to all involved! Well done, indeed.
Thank you my friend. :)
Agreed! It also shows that the full story of what happened to the Constellation is a story worth telling even if we already know the sad ending.
Very cool 😎. It adds a dimension to what is happening and due to time constraints, also what is missing from the original story.
Would have been a great choice for a two part story.
I can hear the ad right now, “stay tuned for part two: “will the enterprise survive, or will a whole galaxy die?”
Great work!
Thanks for your interesting episode... more please 👏👏👏🤝✨☮️👍
More to come. :)
Interesting way to tie two classic stories together and a plausible theory for one of the biggest unanswered questions in Star Trek History, what happened to Ceti Alpha VI?
Great show! I do believe I have a kit of the U.S.S.Niantic. If I remember, I got it from Starships Modeler Store.
I'm glad you enjoyed it! I had no idea anyone made a physical model kit. Pretty cool!
Thanks so much
Just super
That is one scary Khan...
Might have been better if they'd just left Khan and his followers to their fate. To quote Kirk from Star Trek 6: Let them die!
🖖😎👍Very nicely well done and very well executed in every way shape and form and detail provided with a very nicely told story line to it as well, A job very wonderfully nicely done indeed!,👌.
Thank you! :)
So how would the Reliant not know Ceti Alpha VI blew up? With all the sophisticated technology at Starfleet’s disposal it seems odd Checkov and Terrell wouldn’t know what happened in the Ceti Alpha system. The Wrath of Khan is a great movie, but I always wondered about this.
It's a good question. Human error? Khan did say the orbit of Ceti Alpha 5 shifted, so perhaps that is the reason.
Raymar3d They should still have noticed the explosion of a planet. TWOK is a great movie; it’s just always been a question.
Not bad at all!
This is freakin' awesome.
Thanks! You just made my day!