AXANAR - Ares on Patrol

[@Robert-wm8wr]

this video is the perfect example of how music can make a video great; it adds everything to the mood and feelings

[@caseyferrill6953]

Frustratingly short but very refreshing. The spirit of TOS resonates heavily throughout this. Very excellent use of TOS' sound effects and music as well!

[@OpenMawProductions]

That's because they're using TOS and TMP music here. There's nothing new in this clip. This is all many years old now.

[@8ullfrog]

The way they just plowed through the asteroids was something else. I like it!

[@sli-fox]

Axanar is what Trek needs today.

[@kosh7911]

I could totally watch an entire series from this time period produced by you guys. Absolutely amazing.

[@pacificdragon1]

Wish the people at Paramount would fund you guys to make a series or a feature length movie!

[@1138Skinner]

Hearing the klingon battle theme as the ships came into frame gave me goosebumps.

[@DOSBoxMom]

Thanks for the lovely CGI Christmas present for all the fans!

[@HardRockologyShow]

The best 4 minutes of STAR TREK I've seen in years.

[@mikewaterfield3599]

Love the use of TOS sound effects

[@davidalangay1186]

Starships fighting in the atmosphere. That's a cool twist. Well done. 🙂

[@MoondancerRec]

reminded me of DS9's "Starship Down"

[@jonny-b4954]

Looks amazing guys. As always. Super excited even all these years later. I like the horns in the soundtrack. Nice.

[@OpenMawProductions]

It's all reused music from the movies, and this CGI is also years old.

[@jonny-b4954]

@@OpenMawProductions Oh, really? Didn't realize.

[@steveb6616]

Yeah, that was old school Star Trek TOS soundtrack but with much better ships, special effects.

[@Restilia_ch]

That wonderful reuse of the Search For Spock soundtrack, and the amazing CGI. Many years of patiently waiting and still thrilled for every small update.

[@lowellmcdonald4397]

As a lifelong trekkie...this was awesome.

[@robmckee5295]

Love those old timey weapon sound effects.

[@kevinpogue7294]

Loved the use of music and sound from both Wrath of Khan and the original series.

[@jamesdietz29]

There's some TMP in there too.

[@jasonstark5575]

A lot of Search for Spock music in there actually.

[@img00]

@@jasonstark5575 Yea the Klingon theme is from when Kruge destroys the transport ship at the start of the movie. I think the piece used for the Ares is when Grissom is orbiting Genesis. Unfortunately though the original piece used during the battle is a bit jarring compared to these and could probably use some more tweaking. Some great use of the TOS weapon and engine effects though

[@SnowyNightFlyer]

What? None of the gratuitous “pew-pew-pew” bullet hell of Abrams Trek? 🎉 My hat is off to you! 😊

[@Wrangler-fp4ei]

Far more watchable than Discovery, despite so little we we're allowed by CBS/Paramount. Thank you for keeping this alive! I hope you're folks can show the full thing some day.

[@anthonykirk6765]

I love to hear an episode of Star Trek scored with this music and this style.

[@therichieboy]

This is evidence of how putting the time and love into CGI can make it really really work. This is top notch stuff!

[@OpenMawProductions]

It's also 5+ years old. It's not new. They've reused and rehashed this stuff over and over again.

[@mikebasil4832]

It’s interesting how fan films can often seem to give Star Trek more real awe and wonder than the official shows. Happy Holidays, Axanar. 🖖🏻🖖🏼🖖🏽🖖🏾🖖🏿🎄

[@mito-pb8qg]

Love for the universe does that for you. Ship porn is REALLY important.

[@markwaldron8954]

Now the USS Ares can continue it's main mission of delivering presents to all the good little boys and girls across the galaxy. Merry Christmas!

[@suzanneroberge494]

Just the music cues told a story. Listened to this at first while I was working on a project and couldn't watch it, but I had a sense of what was happening just by hearing it. Nicely made.

[@slicerneons3300]

Merry Christmas to all Trek fans. 🌟 🎄 🇨🇽 This is so much better than anything released since Enterprise was denied a Season 5.

[@TotalyRandomUsername]

What a shame isn't it? Enterprise was the last good ST series and it had so much potential. You saw it in Season 4 wich felt like they desperatly tried to fit in all the story lines they had prepared for a way longer lasting series. Also they fixed or explained most of the plot holes of the other ST series. At this point in time the ST universe was perfectly explained and a greate platform for further way more exciting series and movies. And then they ruined it all with modernity nonsens.

[@bradherbert9414]

I loved how they explained the TOS Klingons looking more human

[@TotalyRandomUsername]

​@@bradherbert9414 Amoung lots of other things. Learning the origins of the vulcan "logic religion" was also greate. Also getting a way deeper look into Vulcan, Andorian, Orion and ancient Klingon societies. And all of this following the ST pradigm of a bright and wonderful future.

[@bradherbert9414]

@@TotalyRandomUsername My fav one liner was Shren: "I think he likes you pink skin." Archer:"I wouldn't go that far"

[@TerryT420]

At the very end of the video, I can't help but whisper, "Goodbye David."

[@TheJhouston]

Excellent animation. I love that we finally get to see a deflector in use at 1:54. It is a sorely underutilized device in Star Trek. Those Klingons really need to fire their gunnery officer.

[@Sirithil]

He was fired. Along with everyone else aboard that cruiser. >:D

[@allenlovell1604]

Excellent fan-made film ! Navigating in that asteroid field would challenge any space pilot. That scene of the Klingon Bird of Prey chasing the USS Aries in that field 😳 of floating rocks was very realistic! Might we see more soon ?

[@usmc4good]

That was not a bird of prey, I believe its meant to be a D7 or D8, maybe a K'Tinga or a Warbird, the creator took some liberties with the design choice so i'm not 100% sure what exactly it supposed to be, but definitely something from the D7 lineage. Looks fantastic nonetheless...

[@Jager1967]

Can you just imagine how good the Ares class would look with a refit treatment in the style of the Enterprise in TMP/WoK? With the angled linear nacelles and the impulse engine assembly of the era. The one point of difficulty would be somehow translating the torpedo launcher into its smaller more blended engineering hull. I suppose from an aesthetic perspective, you could take the base torpedo launcher, split in half and trim it, protrude the launchers from the hull like light sconces and stagger the placement like steps on a staircase, mirrored on both sides.

[@xheralt]

Or maybe you don't _have_ to change the existing launchers at all? But yes, a flat nacelle refit would be awesome.

[@A1FAHx]

In the meantime something needs tuning on those impulse engines, I was worried there for a minute! GREAT VIDEO! 👍🏆

[@philstone3859]

It’s a year later, I’m in the company of true Trek geeks.

[@gusty9053]

Judging by how the ship is depicted more like a "battle cruiser" rather than a Heavy Cruiser (what the Connie is usually considered) a TMP style refit doesn't really work in my opinion, not for esthetic reasons as much as story wise. You can think of it like the Defiant of her day, built for combat but compromised in all other respects as a result. In any other role it would be too cramped and lacking in scientific facilities for exploration or ironically too large and expensive to keep as a simple border patrol ship. The Constitutions were coming online (with enough of a heavy punch for the fleet), presumably the Miranda class was not that far off either (if we accept the TOS era Miranda as canon) a much more versatile ship, plus all the smaller one nacel frigates, destroyers and other weird FASA designs :) for lighter duties.

[@SpeedRacer_IRL]

Oh cool! You don't really get to see the deflector actually doing it's job, that's a great touch that stood out to me!

[@dwightanderson8331]

Axanar would be an awesome series about Capt Garth and the Aeres during the Romulan war. Please make it happen 🙏.

[@terrencemosher3415]

That was movie quality grade. Great job on effects

[@mikethompson2650]

the visuals are great PLUS I really like that they have accurate disruptor sounds, although the Klingons seem to miss more.

[@IsabellaAndronikidis]

I LOVE the Design of the Luna TOS era class, good video😊

[@3dhotshot]

Superbly well done !!!!!!

[@rick.locke.2946]

Star Trek fan since 1966. That was beautiful. I got to watch that again.

[@abelstypewriters]

Lot's to love here. The sound design was amazingly consistent with everything mixed like it was made in the early 80s. When the ships enter the clouds - just great.

[@carlbieler9039]

Soooooo AWESOME!! Total fan! It’s just so sad that the Ares had little, if anything, to do with the destruction of the Klingon ship! ☹️

[@hallahgray3190]

Excellent work let’s see more real soon👏🏽👏🏽👏🏽

[@stevemcmillan6776]

Looks great, looking forward to seeing a full episode.

[@mt508]

Don't hold your breath.

[@jasonkowitz4598]

Excellent work on this, fitting end for that Klingon D7. I love watching these kind of videos.

[@kitfo18]

They should have given you guys the budget instead of Discovery. This is a much better story told in a true Star Trek fashion.

[@Shadowkey392]

But-but that would require that they admit we’re better than them! They can’t do that!

[@THEAdmiralXizor]

How do we *really* know, though? Prelude came out a looooong time ago.

[@zanith56]

Stuck in the past views.

[@jakemonster001]

This.

[@pan2aja]

Pray Paramount don't Sue their asses just like Hollywood did with adult Wednesday Addams

[@AndrewPonti]

So love the TOS sound FX.

[@kylek6922]

RIP James Horner. Great work Axanar :)

[@zsoca-san]

Using the shield to repel the asteroids? That is brilliant. I might be wrong but I have never seen this in any ST before. This is a top notch fan production video, like everything Axanar.

[@buu88553]

It's the deflector and that is its purpose. It deflects everything all the time but we can see it when it's the asteroids. So, it's always working on star trek (except on AbramsTrek where they shoot things in their path, presumably coz the new generation doesn't care much about the science of space travel). Sometimes, they talk about the deflector in this context; other times, they talk about using it to do something else. For example, before the battle of Wolf 359 (or maybe after), they try to kill the borg cube with the modified deflector array. If they never showed it in action in old trek, it would have had to do, one assumes, with money, technology or time constraints of the time. One of the problems of space travel we don't yet know how to solve is deflecting things when travelling very fast, as even dust will puncture our spaceships otherwise.

[@marvinmallette6795]

Personally, I would have used torpedoes or disruptors. That is what I thought the Klingons were doing. It took a few rewatches before I noticed that the Ares deployed mines, and the Klingons were destroying the mines. I would expect that the drain on the shields would be more of a concern than the depletion of ammo, given how common it is to lose shields, compared to how rare it is to deplete munitions. The fan community attempting to keep track of Voyager's torpedo rations really highlights this. A captain would want to preserve shield integrity as long as possible. Although, a slow reaction time might have cost the Ares the distance it needed for safe detonation of torpedoes. I suppose it is prior to "The Motion Picture", so Commander Decker wouldn't be countermanding a phaser order, but that is getting nerd deep in the lore. I don't know that it has been established that the deflector dish in the 23rd century can move entire asteroids as "buu88553" suggests. Though, there are "deflector screens", which I understand to be a variant of shield technology. Some of the terms might not have been fully locked down early on. Artistically, having a shield style visual effect and calling it "the deflector" kind of fits with the production standards and aesthetics of the Original Series, if not necessarily canon proper. It seems to contribute to a more authentic "feel".

[@roberthall6609]

You did an excellent job. Awesome!

[@7th_CAV_Trooper]

I love this scene! The music is great. I wonder if the captain considered swinging around to see if there were any survivors to rescue.

[@matthewcaughey8898]

The Klingons were fighting the war of least respect. Only fair that Starfleet returns the favor

[@sojourner.]

@@matthewcaughey8898 Maybe, but Starfleet is about ideals at all costs. Especially given the speech made in Axanar.

[@vintagethrifter2114]

Love the 1970s cartoon lazer sound effects.

[@StudioARMAND2012]

This looks great but with some interior bridge sequences between the exterior shots it would be perfect.🖖Keep up the good work.

[@Trueflights]

It is likely that there will be, along with voice over of the captain and crew communicating as well.

[@jaymorf7374]

Splendidly done!

[@NyeGuy-yv2dv]

This is PERFECTION!

[@VermithraxPejorative]

Looks awesome!

[@CraigWhitley-c1m]

Beautiful And Awesome Ship love the design nice and sleek great send off phenomenal warp out

[@SnowDaulphin]

Love the music too from Elaan of Troyius and ST3TSFS too.

[@Canada_411]

Beautiful - thanks very much

[@BarneyLCornett]

That was beautiful!!!

[@mrbaab5932]

Great dialog.

[@philosopher1a]

Love some of the OG/ TOS sound effects being used

[@ExiledPiasa]

Welcome to my parlor the spider said to the fly.

[@nriqueog]

THIS is what should be on streaming right now, Gene would be proud.

[@leightondoswell453]

great work. Thank you for the fun.

[@axanarfilm]

Glad you enjoyed it!

[@FusionAero]

Thanks for the lovely Kahless' day present of authentic-sounding Disruptor bolts, a thoughtful gift.

[@BreakneckWorld]

Keep 'em coming! We need true Star Trek!!! This is a great holiday surprise. Thank you!

[@OpenMawProductions]

This is all old CGI from years ago. There's nothing new in this, at all.

[@dougterhune9364]

This is the real Star trek! Outstanding!

[@dritzzdarkwood4727]

Ten times more canon than anything barfed out the last 7 years by Paramount.

[@Nergalsama01]

When outflying the enemy works just as well as outfighting them. ;)

[@nasalpolecat091]

Awesome, Awesome, Awesome! Camera angles are fantastic!

[@KirkHarrisKC]

Was listening to Rolling Stones "Get off of my Cloud" while watching this. Amazing.

[@bfldworker]

Also very nice mix of TOS sound effects and Star Trek 3 TAFS Orchestra piece introducing the Ares

[@danmacneil1895]

Very good! So many talented people out there! Sidenote many sci fi universes out there would like to see some cgi fleet action from them to!!

[@darrenjed8465]

Il take this as my Christmas present! Cheers guys n keep em comin xx

[@itsmeee303]

That warp in was so good! One of the things it feels like Star Trek has lost is the sense of scale of space.

[@pianobypc1031]

This is real Star Trek. I hope the music was not still copyrighted.

[@cowboygeologist7772]

Excellent! Love it.

[@anothergoogleuser]

Thanks for sharing.

[@bryanboatwright1671]

From Prelude to current, one can see why CBS developed an inferiority complex when it came to fan production. 4:31minutes beats 5 seasons of STD(Discovery) in all forms.

[@nilocblue]

People at Axanar really "get" Star Trek. Kurtzman and his team have just been ruining it, and he doesn't even hide it. He said the vitriol from the fans just motivates him more to change everything.

[@CameronDavis666]

If Paramount pictures top people had any brains they'd hand all future Star Trek production over to you guys. You guys are awesome 🖖🏼

[@tomb7942]

At least treat the fan films as a farm league.

[@wolfstriker3992]

Screw axanar. they ruined it for fanmade films Alec made sure of that.

[@gups4963]

@@wolfstriker3992 Not a fan of Alec, but no they were just an early casualty of this. Star Wars and Warhammer 40k off the top of my head have issues here too. Look into the 40k stuff games workshop did. it actually surpassed this in sadistic assholery

[@sansoo9497]

@@gups4963 I feel as if paramount's actions were a prelude of what's to come for the Warhammer community once I learned of the axanar controversy and the announcement of Warhammer plot, I thought of the old saying "people who don't learn from history are doomed to repeat it." are man was it repeated. also is something similar happing to Star Wars?

[@gups4963]

@@sansoo9497 What WH40 did using contracts to mislead people into thinking they were hired by 40k is what got all the indie stuff killed. Now people really should no better than to sign any contract with a company as predatory as the black library even more so. If you've seen Astartes, emperor's text to speech or the flashgitz animations among others. That is why there isn't anything really coming out now. SW is more low level paramount shenanigans. I think they are too scared of the fanbase at this point to go further than that. Basically just making to where people can't even try to break even on a project. Which was a dramatic change from sw under lucas

[@thenotoriousgryyn342]

Awesome!!! 👍💯

[@thedatatreader]

A massive improvement over the original. I was always a huge fan of this episode in particular, and this level of polish will make it an even greater experience on rewatch. I'm optimistic for this series and sincerely hope to see the entire body of work complete so the Star Trek community can finally have this work of art in its final form. You guys deserve as much. Thanks for continuing to make content and keeping this project alive.

[@LordBort]

This is so beautiful. Just beautiful. I wish paramount would wake the hell up!

[@Scott-pn3np]

My awesome dog Ares approves of your awesome work.

[@asifkhan506]

Brilliant ❤

[@bobtalley2981]

This is the first time I've come across this. My first impression is I like it.

[@PjayDiablo]

excellent starship/space animation!

[@DGPPhysics]

The truly Federation-Klingom war, master piece of Star Trek love you work, Axenar the truly history of Star Trek, and not one third class cheap copy they made that call discovery.

[@whitefam2000]

Love the 360 panoramic view of the bird of prey during this sequence. Haven't seen that much detail before. Sorry it's taken so long to catch up, but life gets in the way at times. Good job, and I hope you can keep it up, especially since this was a year ago. You are doing so well with your sequencing of shots and angles. Wish the other Star Trek franchises did the same. Been watching since 66, so the nay Sayers can just shut up. Love it. ------ Mike W.

[@vishnu79]

Agree with you about the beauty shots, the lighting is very nice as well, not so many lens flares. Although, that's a D-5 battlecruiser, not a BoP chasing the USS Ares.

[@paulhudson8321]

Looks fantastic. Love the original series music and I’ve always loved the look of the Klingon warships.

[@holdfasthomie5768]

Well done.

[@NoMoReBoTz99]

Better then any Star Trek in last ten years

[@CASA-dy4vs]

The design of that federation starship is actually fire

[@Starbat88]

Incredible work! Thanks so much for making this.

[@abrahamsorby8193]

For the Algorithm!! For Axanar!!!

[@BigDaddyBouncer100]

They were really pushing those impulse engines to the brink!

[@jamesphilip6737]

Pretty incredible work!

[@turbopokey]

The only complaint I have is that the federation ship is barely firing. It’s like you have aft weapons, right? SHOOT AT SOMETHING!! You know, PEW-PEW? 💥💥 Other than that it looks awesome.

[@yuwish6320]

Is the saturation this low for a reason? Love hearing that ST:TMP Klingon BGM. Goosebumps!

[@dougsguitarlounge7927]

That was awesome! Great cgi!🖖

[@jackuber7358]

Just freaking awesome!

[@vger9084]

The helmsman of the Ares really needs to take it out of first gear! 😂😂😂

[@Ingens_Scherz]

1:33 That's straight out of Star Trek II. And that's fine!