Star Trek: The Animated Series Star Trek: The Animated Series Star Trek: The Animated Series ("ST: TAS"), originally aired as Star Trek and as The Animated Adventures of Gene Roddenberry's Star Trek, is an American animated science fiction television series created by Gene Roddenberry. It originally aired from September 8, 1973 to October 12, 1974 on NBC, spanning 22 episodes over two seasons. The second series in the "Star Trek" franchise, it is the first sequel to "". Set in the 23rd century, when Earth is part of a United Federation of Planets, it follows the adventures of the Starfleet vessel USS "Enterprise" as it
Star Trek: Vanguard Star Trek: Vanguard Star Trek: Vanguard is a series of "Star Trek" books set during the time period of the original television series. It consists of seven novels, one novella collection, and one eBook. A "Star Trek: S.C.E." eBook, "Distant Early Warning", also acts as a prequel to the "Vanguard" storyline. The current novel series "Star Trek: Seekers" acts as a sequel to "Vanguard". The books largely take place on board the Federation space station Starbase 47, also known as "Vanguard", which serves as a support facility for a colonization push by the United Federation of Planets into an interstellar