"Death of the Valiant" - The Fate of Earth's First Starship
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Published 2012-05-31
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• "The Valiant" - Earth's First Starship
The SS Valiant was Earth's first true interstellar starship hastily developed shortly after Zefram Cochrane's first warp flight by the United Earth Space Probe Agency (UESPA) using easily obtainable parts and materials. Only the landing module and warp nacelles were designed and built from scratch, while the fusion reactor was adapted from maritime naval use. Following Cochrane's success, a mission to those star systems known to contain planets become an immediate priority, even among the war-ravaged population who viewed the mission as a symbol of Earth's recovery and future among the other races of the galaxy.
UESPA was not the space agency of a unified world government, which would not fully exist for another hundred years, but rather the major space powers of the New United Nations.
SS Valiant from the Star Trek: Encyclopedia:
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Sorry about the sound glitches, not sure why those happened.
Tried so many ways of doing the magentic storm, still wasn't happy with it...
Alot of aspects of the story are based on the novel "The Valiant" with my own bits of extrapolation.
The SS Valiant model has been released for download at the Star Trek Mesh Collection www.trekmeshes.ch
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Valiant 3D Model
by
VideoSpaceFX
Ship interior corridor
by
Reif Dietmar
Planet Texture Map
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Matt Davis
Music
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Ron Jones
Valiant Mission Patch
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Kristian Trigwell
Based upon the Star Trek episode
"Where No Man Has Gone Before"
by
Samuel A. Peeples
and the novel
"The Valiant"
by
Michael Jan Friedman
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All Comments (21)
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Only just saw this for the first time after 11 years. I'm awestruck, as a lifelong Trekkie, by the creativity and direction that this went in. Literally clapped when it was done. You should still be very proud of the short you created here.
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Why this was a treat to watch: 1) No bad acting by amateurs. 2) Story line that does not include war. 3) Real imagination centering on human desire to survive and explore. 4) Simple in concept but expertly told through outstanding visual effects and a wonderful score. Great Job.
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According to the novel, the colony grew and developed technology similar to Earth and was rediscovered by the Stargazer in 2333.
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This was a perfect tie in between the Star Trek episode and the Novel. Thank you for your time, effort and of course talent.
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Another awesome video! I honestly got chills when you showed that hallway on the Valiant, giving the impression that Agnarsson was stalking the ship. Very scary and claustrophobic, a la Alien. Thank you for doing these! :D
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Nice work. The episode "Where No Man..." has haunted me since childhood. I always thought that Mitchell would awaken from that grave pit!
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"Captain: Repair time lieutenant!" Lieutenant: Next century sir!"
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Yeah the novel just says that, but I added the idea that the crew in the escape pods developed extra powers to enable them to survive. By their reckoning they were outside the galaxy edge, but solitary star systems and rogue planets have been shown to exist and they could have stumbled on this by chance.
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Intriguing idea. A story told entirely with 3D models, SFX, and artwork, with no actors. Interesting and well done!
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The idea that we need to take nukes out with us on the first voyage into interstellar space didn't sit well with me. Especially considering that this is just after WW3. Perhaps it shows a certain naivety in the Humans of the day regarding the dangers of space. That said the ship still has lasers.
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I like the idea of "small scale stories" set in the Star Trek universe because they can stand-alone in content but ultimately fit together like a jigsaw puzzle. It is less demanding on the producers because the actors may only appear in 1 to 3 episodes, and the writers could "go crazy" telling a mosaic of Trek stories all over the map! I like the Valiant story and it should remind all fans that space is dangerous and not all crews will make it home! Some might be imprisoned on alien worlds, marooned, eaten, kept as "pets" or ???. The likelihood of getting enhanced physical or mental abilities seems "far out" (slim chances) compared to all the other things that could happen, but that's what going where no man has gone before is all about!
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Good story would been nice to have the ending connect to "Where No Man Has Gone Before" when the enterprise find the probe from the valiant.
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I just wanted to let you know, I REALLY enjoyed this. I've been a ST fan for 40 years and know way too much about it, and was really impressed how tense this was with only narration. Really would like to see a future one along the same line of creation, a video showing something described in ST but never seen and with only narration.
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"Absolute power corrupting absolutely..." Kirk to Dr. Dehner
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Some time between "First Contact," and "Enterprise" lies this forgotten tragedy of Starfleet history. It would have been nice for this to have been referenced in dialogue by Archer's crew, for it would have surely left an impact on their era, and on their mission. it might have even explained the Vulcans' insistence that they remain cautious in exploring.
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As a old TOS fan, and a long ago cellist, the background music was excellent and practically told the story without ever seeing what was happening inside the ship. I don't think your average person realizes the importants of good background music playing alone with the story..... A well told story. Great Job! ~Safe Journeys,Space Fans,Wherever you are~
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Wow. Good stuff. Why back in my day we had to actually READ fan fiction!
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The USS car muffler.
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This short followed a Star Trek novel titled "Valiant" which followed Picard and the Stargazer crew. They encountered the descendants of the Valiant's crew who called themselves Magnians named after a 21st Century social movement on Earth. The Stargazer also encountered descendants of the Kelvans from the episode "By Any Other Name." The book switched between the Valiant crew in the aftermath of the barrier encounter and the Stargazer interactions in the 24th Century. Pretty good novel.
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With an epic detailed story line this has to be one of my favorite old Starfleet ( AKA UESPA ) history ☺
