"The Emissary" -- a Star Trek fan production

Starfleet Command has dispatched the crew of the Starship Webster to the Eyrie, homeworld of the Skorr, and location of Starbase 18. Previous negotiators have been less than welcome, but Lieutenant Solandra St. James has an idea of a unique approach that just might secure the treaty...
Starring Alyssa Rice as Communications Officer St. James, Karen Fonville as Transporter Chief O'Dell, Lara Johnson as Science Officer T'Varik, and Tommy Gatton as Captain Prescott.
Written, directed and edited by Randall Landers. VFX by Ross Trowbridge. Music by Nathan Pendleton. Wardrobe and Costume by Laura Johnson. Assistant Producers: Karen Fonville, Matthew Raymond, Billy Swanson. Associate Producers: Michael Day, David A. MacKenzie, Ross Trowbridge. Producers: Tommy Gatton, Laura Johnson, Alyssa Rice. Co-Executive Producer: Rick Foxx. Executive Producer: Randall Landers.
From the Starship Webster Creative Group
Produced by Potemkin Pictures.
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[@Potemkin1711]

As usual, stay tuned after the credits for a bit of a treat.

[@ianmitchell4231]

Good little short film and the part after the end credits made me smile.

[@8ballali]

Good giggle, and loved the tweet at the end. I mean, treat at the end.

[@thecopycat7153]

Birds of a feather indeed.

[@robertf3479]

I hope Alyssa Rice had as much fun with the role as her dance in the end tag leads me to think. Well done!

[@Raggedymannn]

Super job all, Actors, camera people, lighting, sound, CGI, editing and all others, super story, well done🖖

[@writerman242]

I almost missed the dance😁Well done 👏👏👏👏👏👏👏

[@bovnycccoperalover3579]

Glad to see the dance at the end. Love to see joy, hope, optimism and fun back in the Star Trek Universe!

[@markbishop9743]

Another solid effort thank you for all the stimulating entertainment

[@elizabethjansen2684]

Adorable dance at the end. Intriguing plot premise too

[@Lyraa357]

LOL great fun. I wouldn't dance 20 hrs straight for anybody! What a trooper!

[@jeffreyfloyd7806]

Excellent production. Well performed. Great script.

[@ryanc5572]

The dance at the end was great, haha. Loved it

[@leiaclark8388]

Great effort. Good sci-fi isn’t just about special effects and technology, it’s much more about exploring ideas. The idea of a Federation officer on a diplomatic mission dressing “native” and immersing into another culture is so cool. Btw, this mini movie has a brilliant idea that I’ve never seen on any other Star Trek show or movie, big company or fan made: on hand supplies for away teams in the transporter room. That detail is most impressive. Quite often away teams will come in “hot”, needing some sort of immediate attention or sustenance upon arrival. A transporter room like yours would have emergency medical supplies, maximizing precious seconds for away team members with fatal wounds. One question that gets asked, why not just beam the wounded directly to sickbay? Answer: the transporter room has dedicated equipment to help rematerialization of corrupted matter, environmental controls in the transporter room can be adjusted to prevent shock upon arrival like getting the bends due to rapid pressure change, and the transporter pads are guaranteed clear zones to safely beam someone in. In the med bay, you’d have to make sure you didn’t beam someone into another person or object.

[@Potemkin1711]

There's actually a real first aid kit next to the mini-fridge. I figured that a transporter room would have things like that in it. In Tomorrow Is Yesterday, they had a food dispenser slot. I thought about doing that as well. ;)

[@andytay5507]

Brief, succinct, and very 'rewarding'! Thanks!

[@Potemkin1711]

Great costume, wasn't it? Laura did a great job with it.

[@MatthewCaunsfield]

Short but fun!

[@DLeif-bk3ye]

Wonderful!😁

[@cwtnc]

Cool! The things diplomats have to do to get the job done (LOL).

[@FPjr-filkferretproductions]

Nicely done :)

[@mongke1000]

A builtin cool drinks cabinet in the transporter room, for real? I knew the Federation was decadent but this...

[@JB-ym4up]

I'll bet you can't make a star trek short that makes sense about dancing in a giant chicken suit. Hold my romulan ale!

[@Capt.Marco-Hawk-L.L.A.P]

oh no! a diplomatic situation that calls for the birdie song, oh why does it have to be the birdie song, Lieutenant Solandra St. James I take my hat off for you, I never want to be posted to that place

[@wernerlouderback6796]

Great work guys 😎

[@rahadyans199]

I really enjoyed this! Created an article, based on the info here, on this fan film on the Star Trek Expanded Universe wiki, and also added it to the Latest releases page there.

[@Potemkin1711]

Thank you!!!

[@rahadyans199]

@@Potemkin1711 Always very welcome. If it brings more eyes to your fine works, I'm very happy.

[@Potemkin1711]

@@rahadyans199 as are we all!

[@wernerlouderback6796]

St. James looked as tired as I feel after working both my jobs 😏 oooooooo😯😴

[@Potemkin1711]

She did a great job acting for this production.

[@drmayeda1930]

Dancing for 28 hours brother. No wonder she was tired. I wouldn't be sitting on the transporter stage. I would be flat on my back and have her beam me to my quarters. Interesting there was a mini fridge in the transporter room. No replicator?

[@Potemkin1711]

@@drmayeda1930 replicators havent been perfected yet

[@CommodoreProductions01]

interesting vid

[@neilfranklin5644]

Dancing 28 hours some marathon.

[@DishNetworkDealerNEO]

Lol

[@Atlas_System01]

Wait was lt st James doing the chicken dance for 28 hours???

[@Potemkin1711]

No, just a silly bit of fun suggested by Laura, Karen and Alyssa after the shoot. It really has nothing to do with the story. Fun Note; there are around 850 Skorr in that shot.

[@barryon8706]

Fun little story! Was the avian costume off the shelf?

[@Potemkin1711]

Thanks! Glad you enjoyed the story! It was one of five COVID limited cast productions we shot. We saw a dozen bird costume videos on KZbin, and I asked Laura Johnson, our wardrobe and costuming director, to see if she could construct a similar costume. We're very proud of the work she did. It came out perfectly, and it suited the character of Comm Officer Solandra St. James perfectly!

[@barryon8706]

@@Potemkin1711 Thank you! The costume turned out wonderfully.