Per Aspera Ad Astra: Charting the Stars of Star Trek
Ever since the publication of Star Trek Star Charts back in 2002 I had wanted to do a 'deep dive' into the placement of all the worlds and sectors in Star Trek and how they related to each other; after many false starts over the years, I finally buckled down and completed my "Star Trek Cartography" - or at least the initial stage! The focus here is on the Alpha/Beta Quadrant of the Star Trek galaxy; to run through all the placements in STSC - and over the years, added to by the followup two editions of Stellar Cartography and that the ST TV shows began using the maps as 'canon' in the shows themselves, making it easy to place new worlds - and put them all together - but also go through all the planets/systems mentioned, and the alien races, and other references to places. But that is only the beginning, because this is just the foundation for a broader look at the Star Trek universe and its evolution over time through various licensed sources. I've al...