**What is Starfleet?
**
It is the universe's most famous and inspirational coalitions of all
time. It has boldly gone where no pop culture franchise has gone before.
It is the foundation for a thriving community of passionate fans.
Creator Gene Roddenberry said Star Trek "was an attempt to say that
humanity will reach maturity and wisdom on the day that it begins not
just to tolerate but take a special delight in differences in ideas and
differences in life forms . . . If we cannot learn to actually enjoy
those small differences, to take a positive delight in those small
differences between our own kind, here on this planet, then we do not
deserve to go out into space and meet the diversity that is almost
certainly out there."
After more than 50 years, 11 television series, 13 movies, and countless
fan conventions later, Star Trek fans of all ages continue to
gather--in person or virtually-- and enjoy, share, and live up to
Roddenberry's optimistic vision of the future.
Fully authorized and filled with full-color images spanning the entire
canon, Star Trek: Starfleet is... celebrates of Roddenberry's vision.
This commemorative book highlights 50 of the key traits of the Star Trek
universe and demonstrates, through memorable images and beautiful
artwork, how these ideals are personified by everyone from Kirk and
Spock, to Picard and Janeway, to Burnham and Mariner, and their voyages
to everywhere from Earth to Vulcan, from Q'onoS to the Delta Quadrant,
and even to the Mirror Universe and back in time--and how they are
actively and sincerely lived by the Star Trek fans themselves.
What is Starfleet? Starfleet is fun. Starfleet is not always
logical. Starfleet is adventure. Starfleet is brave. Starfleet
is compassion. Starfleet is diverse. Starfleet is evolving.
And it is by sharing their passions, supporting one another through
difficult times, celebrating one another's successes, and boldly going
into a bright and hopeful future that Star Trek fans show that, above
all, Starfleet is family. Starfleet is forever.
A portion of the proceeds from Starfleet Is . . . will benefit ALS
research.
