Is Star Trek Online canon?

Is Star Trek Online canon? by ratbrainbasher on 2015-07-03 01:23:00 UTC

Technically, it's not canon by Tira on 2015-07-03 02:25:00 UTC Reply

With Star Trek, anything that's not from the live-action movies or tv shows isn't canon, end of story. However, a lot of people will declare elements of non-canon works part of their personal canon. So unless something in one of the episodes contradicts it, feel free to use it, though maybe put a comment in the author's notes or something.

(The EU moment that's totally part of my personal canon? The part from Spock's World where Amanda responds to a tabloid headline about her having married a little green man by saying "There's nothing little about my husband.")

Okay. by ratbrainbasher on 2015-07-03 03:25:00 UTC Reply

So, as long as I don't contradict the tv shows or movies, I should be safe. Unless the episode is threshold, in which case, everyone should try contradict it as much as possible.

What do you think about the 'Canon Spectrum' idea? I think it might be funny to have one, in order to go along with the suevian colour spectrum.

I googled that episode... by Desdendelle on 2015-07-03 13:44:00 UTC Reply

But my Star Trek-fu is weak; please enlighten me and tell me what's so bad about "Threshold".

There may be more accurate sources... by the Irish Samurai on 2015-07-03 14:33:00 UTC Reply

... but for sheer speed it's hard to beat Tv Tropes.

Here's what they have to say on the matter: http://tvtropes.org/pmwiki/pmwiki.php/Recap/StarTrekVoyagerS2E15Threshold

Depends on what it's a canon spectrum for by Tira on 2015-07-03 03:33:00 UTC Reply

If you mean for the PPC, I'm not sure how often it would apply. It's really only relevant for series with expanded universes. That said, I do think there's already an explanation of the differences between canon/fanon/headcanon. If you mean just for Star Trek, I'd have to say no. Personally, I find the Star Wars canon levels to be way too confusing to keep track of, and I like that the Star Trek rule is immediately discernible.

Though a Star Wars Canon Spectrum... by [EvilAI]UBEROverlord on 2015-07-03 07:48:00 UTC Reply

Is actually not a bad idea. Since everything is a big mess right now, it actually might helpful for judging violations among other things. What do you all think? If you are interested in that I can work on one to add to the Wiki.

Well, why not? by ratbrainbasher on 2015-07-03 08:37:00 UTC Reply

It could, at the very least, provide some fuzzy guidelines for people to follow. I hope it can still be an in-universe gag, though.

I see no reason why not. by [EvilAI]UBEROverlord on 2015-07-03 08:49:00 UTC Reply

Just really remarking on what a mess the Star Wars Canon is right now. I'll see what others think.

You can if you want to! by Tira on 2015-07-03 05:30:00 UTC Reply

If you can get a funny line or a decent plot point out of it, I say give it a shot.