interstellar space travel theme
A people travels outside its original solar system. Note: As space travel is present as the backdrop in every Star Trek episode, the theme is used only when a particular point is made about it in the story line.
Examples
Captain Picard explained the Federation's mission in detail in tng1x01 "Encounter at Farpoint".
151 total · 2 choice · 50 major · 99 minor
| Story | Level | Motivation |
|---|---|---|
| ds93x22 | choice | Benjamin and Jake flew a rickety solar sail spacecraft all the way to Cardassia in imitation of the Bajorans of old. |
| ent1x01/02 | choice | Archer commanded the newly christened Enterprise on its first interstellar flight. |
| Collection: Star Trek: Voyager | major | Star Trek is all about zipping around in space, seeing what we can find, and building an intergalactic civilization |
| movie: Breach (2020) | major | The story follows the crew of a massive interstellar ark, called the Ark, as they go on a six month journey to the distant planet New Earth. |
| movie: Crusher Joe: The Movie (1983) | major | The story was about different factions trying to get a hold of an experimental warp drive technology. In general, traveling around the galaxy was no big deal for people. |
| movie: Dark Star (1974) | major | The starship Dark Star crew were on a mission to destroy unstable planets in order to help pave the way for future colonization of other planets. |
| movie: Dune (1984) | major | A highly coveted substance, called "the spice", enabled instantaneous interstellar travel through the folding of space. |
| movie: Earth Star Voyager (1988) | major | The story premise is that a crew of mostly teenagers are sent on a 26-year long mission to visit a planet in another star system as a prelude to colonization. |
| movie: Forbidden Planet (1956) | major | Mission sent to the Altair system to ascertain the status of a lost expedition. |
| movie: Message from Space (1978) | major | Everyone was flying around the galaxy. |