Star Trek: The Original Series the 23rd century bearing a crew dedicated to exploring the Milky Way Galaxy. Roddenberry noted a number of influences on his idea, some of which includes A. E. van Vogt's tales of the spaceship "Space Beagle", Eric Frank Russell's "Marathon" series of stories, and the film "Forbidden Planet" (1956). Some have also drawn parallels with the television series "Rocky Jones, Space Ranger" (1954), a space opera which included many of the elements that were integral to "Star Trek"—the organization, crew relationships, missions, part of the bridge layout, and some technology. Roddenberry also drew heavily from C. S. Forester's Horatio Hornblower
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