Heavy Lies the Crown 

ha ha lucky they were not using the real accent - as a SCOT - i have trouble understanding the AMERICAN accent -yi ken whit a mean ??ha ha

For the record, this series is directly connected to Hidden Frontier. Nick, who places Captain Hunter, has played his character in parts of the Hidden Frontier universe too.

I wish we had that excuse, but no. This was our first film, not only did we not really have a clue what we were doing but it was shot on an early 2000s consumer camcorder. Back then, hard drive space was more expensive so the editor opted to capture and cut it in 512 resolution to save space. :)

@@StarShipIntrepid Makes sense. Good job for what you had and the time period.

Thanks. I think we’re still learning and growing, and I’d like to think we’ve gotten a a bit more polished over the years.

And they didn't have an American chief engineer. I am so insulted.

Some of the crew are probably related to Scotty.

@@jpasby779 Scotty was born in Linlithgow: there is actually a plaque commemorating his birthplace !

Thank you very much, I’m glad you enjoyed it. We made this a long time ago, and it shows, so I hope you might check out some of our newer efforts. Either way, thanks for watching and taking the time to comment. :)

Elvis?

James Crowley is an Elvis impersonator

I caught that the 1st time I watched. Thanks for reminding me, I'm laughing all over again.

Bit more trivia, this is set in the same universe as Star Trek Hidden Frontier (in case you didn't get it by the fact that it was their Shelby.) and James Cawley actually appears as Mackenzie Calhoun in that series.

That's why I stopped by; loved that!!!

Thanks for watchIng and commenting. :)

Thanks. We shut this a long time ago, and to be fair made some decisions in post we wouldn’t now. But you live and learn. Thanks for watching. :)

Who doesn’t love a good eye roll? ;) Thanks for checking us out. This is a pretty old film, if you’re so inclined feel free to check out some of our more recent efforts. :)

Oh it’s aged. And so have we lol. :) Glad you enjoyed it.

Thank you for watching, glad you enjoyed it. This is a very old film, and while we’re proud of it, it does have a lot limitations, not to mention things we’d do differently. If you’re so inclined, please check out some of our more recent efforts. :)

Thanks, I’m glad you enjoyed it. :)

Thank you! We made this almost 20 years ago and was our first foray into film making. It has lots and lots of issues, but I’m glad you enjoyed it. Thanks for watching. :)

@@StarShipIntrepid you are welcome

Yep! Check her IMDB. I remembered about this today and decided to see whether it was online somewhere.

Editorial decision at the time based on the cost of hard drives. The files took up a lot of space and we didn’t have a lot of money, so the editor opted to capture at 512. I don’t recall why the upload was lower than that, it was a long time ago. We’ve often spoken about releasing it in 512 and making some updates to the edit, but the director/editor is the only person with the footage, and he simply hasn’t had the time or energy to devote to it.

There’s a lot I would change about this in hindsight, but the sound is a big issue. I have experimented with looping some of the worst scenes, but unfortunately I don’t have the raw footage, and not all the cast are available any more. Maybe one day.

Sorry, you’ll need to be more specific. This film’s nearly 20 years old, so I don’t recall specific lines. Do you have a timecode for this reference? :)

I viewed it just the other day for the first time so for me it is new. I believe in civilian rule OVER the military in real life and in my view of the Star Trek universe. Archer bringing together the 4 disparate life forms to create the Federation to deal with the Romulans required force hence Starfleet. I didn't care for the timeline of the Terran empire where might makes right. Granted Starfleet is a benevolent entity but it serves the FEDERATION. There is a civilian Federation President. Even in Bernam's time. Here NOW we have many military dictatorships and there the needs of the few outweigh the needs of the many. Not a logical approach .

I know somewhere in those 47 minutes the preeminence of Starfleet OVER the overall Federation prompted my original statement here and no I will not review the episode. If you feel I don't know what I'm talking about fine....I have other fan films to watch. The best-STAR TREK CONTINUES

Unfortunately yes. We shot this nearly 20 years ago, it’s a product of the time, and the decisions we made at that time. :)

Yeah, but in our defence we shot it nearly 20 years ago.

Half Romulan. He defected. :)

Probably about the same thing as Worf. He was fine.

It’s whatever plot determines it needs to be. ;)

Hi. To answer your question, because we shot this 16 years ago and were limited by the equipment we had access to at the time. :)

Thank you for sharing.

Limitations of the equipment we had when we shot it back in 2004/5.

Ah, ok. I've seen other productions by the same outfit that looked much better. My thought was someone copied it in a very poor manner

No problem. :)

The two sets of uniforms were used on the actual star trek series Deep Space nine, during the time of the war with the dominion. Using the two uniforms at the same time was a way of crossing over to the new style permanently. And yes, there were command uniforms in that blue-green colour. They were used for ambassador status commands.

+NotoriousBroadcasts. Thanks for the information. However on ds9 they had two style uniforms at the beginning. The tunic with the color on top represented a special assignment duty uniform and the one from tng was standard. The new uniform during the dominion war was a new standard uniform and they just changed it. Nothing special as to why. Also no where in canon star trek did we ever see an admiral or ambassador where a blue/green tunic. So you cannot say they did have. Show me a pic or tell me which episode in canon star trek had a color other than red.

and to add what you are saying this personal is a commodore and not ambassador. i guess they just needed different uniforms to be different and didn't care if it made sense, low budget i get it can't blame them. but it is the attention to detail that make it count as well. that is why star trek continues is doing so well

RSH21 -- There is also such a thing artistic liberty - This is supposed to take place in the original timeline after the end of the actual cannon. It's conceivable that Star Fleet would have developed new uniforms and procedures for a changing federation.

BTW - Kirk wore a green shirt for nearly a whole season in STOS. It was V cut

Who?

It’s an old film. We shot it with a Handycam back in 2007, so it is what it is. :)

Everybody's a critic.