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Star Trek: “We, the Living Dead” [possible satire]
From perfection to imperfection; from finity to infinity
Abstract
In this fan episode of the Television show Star Trek: Deep Space Nine, we discover the true essence of the Q Continuum, and meet some “living dead”: conscious beings (including humans) who reportedly died, but actually were saved and still live a prosperous life some place else in the universe, as well as “vampires”: individuals who never died and have instead remained alive since they were born.
A Star Trek episode to end all Star Trek episodes, (and — more generally - a story to end all stories).
Read Online or Download (Formats)
EPUB eBook - (free download).
Raw HTML - (view online without style and formatting).
PDF - (view online or download for free).
Version control repository for the screenplay’s source on GitHub. It is useful for cloning, sending pull requests, and filing bugs/issues in the bug tracker
Screenplay’s Homepage on the Star Trek Fan Art Wikia (so-called “Star Trek Expanded Universe”)
Common Elements in the Story
This episode will contain many elements, a lot of them are common in other stories of mine:
Geek girls and female hackers.
Computers, software, maths, logic and technology.
Neo-Tech and Objectivism and related topics like individualism, greed and free economy.
Modern life.
History of the old world (Near East, Europe, etc.).
Individualism, carving your own destiny and anti-Fatalism.
Religion, Philosophy, and Mysticism.
Friendship, love, and human relationships.
All of these will be integrated into one coherent (or completely incoherent) whole.
I consider this piece, my most far-fetched (or as we say in Hebrew: “הזוי” or “deluded”) piece yet. However, a Star Trek enthusiast who read it said he had read much more far-fetched Star Trek fan-fiction. A likely candidate for such a work, might be Harry Potter and the Return of James T. Kirk, which I have not read, but indeed seems extremely far-fetched.
Links
Star Trek Links
Memory Alpha, the Star Trek Wiki - a comprehensive wiki for Star Trek.
The Star Trek Expanded Universe Database - a wiki for Star Trek fan fiction.
Screenplay’s Homepage on the Star Trek Fan Art Wikia (so-called “Star Trek Expanded Universe”)
Star Trek Deep Space Nine fan fiction over at FanFiction.net. (More Star Trek shows fan fiction is available under their T.V. shows directory.)
The Hitchhiker’s Guide to Star Trek - The Next Generation - a wonderful cross of both the Hitchhiker’s Guide to the Galaxy, and Star Trek: The Next Generation.
Free ebook: From Memories of the Future Volume One - by Wil Wheaton, under CC-by-nc-sa.
Links to the Philosophy Behind the Story
“Guide to Neo-Tech” - a small article I wrote introducing a willing reader on getting started with Neo-Tech.
Links to Judaism and Israel
Israeli Images - it’s not all desert, not all Jews there are orthodox, it is an industrialised country, and people there lead happy, peaceful lives.
“Dispelling some Myths about Israel.” - an essay I wrote.
Define “Zionism”! - an essay I wrote about: 1. Why Zionism now has several meanings. 2. What Israel is doing wrong? and - 3. How people confuse anti-Zionism, anti-Israelism, and anti-Semitism.
A solution to the Israeli-Palestinian Conflict - another essay of mine.
Psychological Bicameralism on the Wikipedia - explains about Julian Jaynes’ theory about the emergence of human consciousness (meaning “sentience” - not “awareness”) relatively late in history at around 1300 BC to 300 BC, presented in his book which makes a good read from the historical perspective and similar perspectives, whether or not it actually happened.
Links about Hackerdom
“Open Source, Free Software and other Beasts” - an essay I wrote introducing the free and open-source software world to people who are not familiar with it.
The Human Hacking Field Guide - another story I wrote about hackerdom.
See Also
Selina Mandrake - The Slayer (a Buffy parody) - a parody and modernisation of the show Buffy the Vampire Slayer that has many ties to this screenplay, and also features some characters and concepts from Star Trek: Deep Space Nine, and from other sources.
The Selinaverse (= Selina-universe) the world in which both screenplays take place.
Coverage
Archive of Our Own
Star Trek - We the Living Dead - shlomif [Archive of Our Own] (with some discussion). On Archive of Our Own, a site for syndicating, discovering, and discussing fan art, including crossovers.
