Okuda also served as a technical consultant on the various "TNG"-era "Star Trek" series along with Rick Sternbach, advising the script-writers on the technology used throughout the "Star Trek" universe such as the transporters and the warp drive. This work resulted in a technical manual which was distributed to prospective script-writers along with the series bible. The manual was later published in revised and updated form as the ' by Pocket Books. Okuda then went on to write a number of "Star Trek" books with his wife, Denise. He continued working at Paramount Studios on the "Star Trek" series that followed "The Next Generation", and worked as an art supervisor on ', ' and through to the cancellation of ' in 2005. He also worked on the "Star Trek" movies that were produced while the various television series were in production. He also served as one of the producers when CBS digitally remastered and updated special visual effects for the .