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The Doctors McCoy are hashing it out in episode three of Star Trek: Eridani, babey!

And ensign Terrance Riley is NOT having a good time.

Read all about it in my newest little fic here:

https://archiveofourown.org/works/65276386

And yeah, Sopek is there too 🥴

Save Terrance, guys.

lol PSA an oopsie happened but you can still sign up for Eridani episode prompts!!!

I’m currently writing up something right now, and you bet your ass Terrance Riley (and Sopek) are gonna be featured in it… 🥴

The S1 Prompt for Star Trek Eridani have been mistakenly removed from the collection (I am sorry, I'm still learning how to use the collection setting of the prompt meme). They are now up once more and you can sign up again in the claims you had, or if you're new, find new and interesting prompts! We were so glad to see such interest and I hope we can count on all of you again, despite this technical mishap.

Link to the collection and prompts Here.

Once again, many apologies.

Eridani character dynamics map!!

(Just pretend the arrows all align 😭)

Also side note Marithyk isn’t introduced until season 3

🎉🥳🥳

THANK YOU ALL FOR FOLLOWING! Such rapid growth is astounding and we are so grateful!!

Art by @parallelfallout

Another Eridani post? Within 24 hours of the last one?

@startrek-eridani

This is so awesome I’m freaking outtt

Concept art for an Eridani poster featuring the superior officers. It looked better in my head but it’s also 4 am and I really should be sleeping. so I can’t be sure how good this actually is because my eyes aren’t reliable narrators after 2am

I got a burst of energy and now I want to make so many posters for this series

@startrek-eridani

POOB HAS IT FOR YOU

A new series has warped to Poob -- Star Trek: Eridani is now available.

Follow @startrek-eridani for updates on the series, and start your 7 day free trial of Poob to watch.

This is where the fun begins, Saavik!

Obligatory Star Trek three musketeers episode (!!!)

Saavik as Athos in S1 Ep4 One for All and All for One

Is it better to die from the consequences of your own hubris, or to be forced to live with them?

This is a chart depicting David Marcus’ injuries post-botched-Genesis resurrection on Star Trek: Eridani.

SOPEK AND MALACHI FANART ON MY FEED IM GONNA FREAKKK ITS SO PERFECT OH MY GOD

Absolutely YES Sopek would so so show up in Malachi’s office and bother him but not at all consider it to be therapy and the DETAILSS this drawing has im so in love

Made another drawing involving the Eridani Crew… I have been looking at their bios one by one and in Dr. Cohen’s I saw the fact that Saavik and Sopek both refuse therapy and I can imagine Sopek finding time to talk to Malachi to try and understand human behaviors and Malachi being like “you do know that this is technically therapy” and Sopek being like “No, that’s not what this is” I think they would be good friends.

I love their designs and I love how Malachi’s Kippah matches his uniform

@startrek-eridani

Sketch of Saavik and Ambassador Spock speaking in front of the view port after her trial's conclusion toward the end of season 1 finale, By Star Benign II (Season 1 ep20)

Rb for the late crowd

I love how Sopek is like giving the ultimate middle finger to his mother and father by doing the Starfleet Thing. That’s so cunty 😜

THEE cunt

I love how Sopek is like giving the ultimate middle finger to his mother and father by doing the Starfleet Thing. That’s so cunty 😜

THEE cunt

Star Trek: Eridani is a fan project, by fan, for fans, featuring the crew of the U.S.S. Eridani, a starship commanded by Captain Saavik, with at her side Science Officer David Marcus and CMO Dr. Joanna McCoy, as well as a full crew of characters integrating themselves into the TOS timeline or directly taken from it.

Developed by purple_iris_bloom ( @purple-iris) and ghostofgoldendays ( @parallelfallout), this story is meant to be build upon, with the biography of the characters being already established, as well as prompts representing the synopses of the episodes of the four seasons of Star Trek: Eridani

https://archiveofourown.org/collections/StarTrek_Eridani

Here it is! The official AO3 collection for Star Trek: Eridani is opened, with the prompts ofor the season 1 episodes available for fulfillment! It can be art, fic, analysis, meta and more!

The FAQ of the collectiok hopefully can answer any questions about the collection.

THE AO3 site for STAR TREK: ERIDANI is open for you guys to sign up to make your own stories/art/whatever based on the episode plots, or just to read the lore/posts on the collection the creator @purple-iris made (plus some artwork from me!) !!!

This AO3 work aims at centralizing all information regarding the character biographies and episode synopses for the Star Trek: Eridani fan project, a for-fans-by-fans series. This series will be hosted as an opened prompt meme challenge, with the prompts being the various episode summaries written by purple_iris_bloom ( @purple-iris ) and ghostofgoldendays ( @parallelfallout) , the co-creators and hosts.

https://archiveofourown.org/works/64461667/chapters/165521569#main

If you wish to read the characters biographies, meta analysis and episode synopses more easily on AO3!

It also aims to be a ressource/reference for anyone wanting to start thinking about writing or creating something for the Eridani Project...

Alright folks! The season one Star Trek: Eridani plot summaries are out, feel free to give them a look! I’ll be posting some comics and there’ll be some more stuff on the @startrek-eridani page for the specific episodes soon!!

Season 1 synopses masterpost

Episode 1 to 5 Here

Episode 6 to 10 Here

Episode 11 to 15 Here

Episode 16 to 20 Here

What if: Saavik performed a mind meld on David Marcus on the Genesis planet? Find out what happens next on Star Trek: Eridani

Concept written by @purple-iris , art by me :)

Read more about the retcon here:

Woohoo!!

STAR TREK Eridani Season 1 episodes (1994-1995)

Voyages of the Eridani

River, weep gently for us

What's in a name

One for all and all for one

Hey Joan

The Merchant

Butchers and paupers

Stage Q

Where one must thread

Under thy skin

Green thumb

Two birds with one stone

The first born

The Dreamers

From a cut of a scalpel

Smoke and Mirrors

Does the abyss stare back?

The time-sifter

By star benign I

By star benign II

LOOK AT THIS BEAUTIFUL CONCEPT ART FOR THE USS ERIDANI STARSHIP OMGGG

I made concept art the bridge of the USS Eridani for @startrek-eridani which is a concept for a Star Trek Series. Thank you for letting me design this! I hope you like it!

Plus close ups:

The Operation department of the U.S.S. Eridani

Art by @parallelfallout

Med crew!!

The medical crew of the U.S.S Eridani

Art by @parallelfallout

Head astrophysicist Lt. Sopek, son of Stonn. Read his bio here (but you probably already know who he is 🥴)

The crew is officially all here!! We’ll be making posts of the main groupings of the crew, and I’m going to post some comics soon providing further context for some of the Star Trek: Eridani lore^TM , plus some more Sopek goodness

Xeno-botanist Marithyk Ry’Anauk, read his bio here:

Marithyk Ry’Anauk

Marithyk is Kyral’s younger brother by 4 years. Since his brother’s departure from the Andorian Imperial Guard, Marithyk had been fiercely protected by Kyral, but also very much encouraged by him when he expressed his interest in a scientific field, which Kyral believed to be safe. When he decided to follow a specialisation in xenobotany, it became clear he would have to work on planets after his schooling on Earth, the planet on which the relocated after Kyral’s Ushaan duel and his entry at the Academy, and that was far less pleasing to the older brother. 

He had an ever curious personality, with a great enthusiasm for any plant life, from its biological composition, ideal terrains, chemical structure and even symbolic meanings to various cultures. His general demeanour made him seem naive and unassuming, but his brother’s Ushaan and following months of fear on Andoria before they left for Earth, along with Kyral’s constant near paranoia made him very aware of the dangers of the world. 

As a result of being very sheltered by his brother, he had a deep longing for freedom of choice, which translated in his desire for pursuing sciences and space explorations in his domain of xenobotany. He was especially interested in rare flora, hoping one day to be able to analyse one sample of the botanical specimens grown in the Genesis Cave on Regula in the second phase of Project Genesis. 

After his brother’s departure as the Eridani’s First Officer, he began joining exploratory science vessels, and even returned to Andoria for the first time since he was 10 years old. 

Marithyk was introduced in the third season of Star Trek Eridani, when he became a commissioned xenobotanist on board the ship, but he was mentioned beforehand by his brother Kyral in many instances.  

Dr. Malachi Cohen, read his bio here:

Dr. Malachi Cohen, ship psychologist

As the ship’s psychologist, Dr. Cohen had one of the most important jobs on the Eridani. At least, that was what he told reluctant patients. He was known to use a direct approach, being a very good listening ear and an expert at encouraging self-reflexion and the development of proper coping mechanisms among crew. A very pragmatic man, he did not believe in space madness or other superstitions, which he often joked as being ironic, given that he was a practicing religious man. Inside and outside of his work, he tended to use a lot of sarcasm, using it to diffuse the atmosphere as well as blowing off steam when needed. 

As a psychologist, it was his professional opinion that everyone could benefit from counseling and therapy, and he attempted many times to convince even the Vulcan crew members to attempt it at least once, proposing a logical approach reminiscent of the teaching of Surak used by mind-healers in Gol. It was one of his greatest sources of frustration on the ship as Captain Saavik and Sopek repeatedly refused. 

While being a friendly person, his unique line of work made him stand apart from a lot of the crew, mainly due to patient confidentiality, and he struggled with that loneliness. Despite that, he felt too fulfilled by his work on exploration ships to change careers and opted to consult a fellow therapist himself via holocalls. 

Nurse Anise Freeman

Born and raised in San Francisco, Anise Freeman started as a paramedic and trauma nurse, before gaining further certification at King’s College in London, England. She then returned to her home city and joined Starfleet. Between her career and studies, she had two husbands. The first passed away not long after their marriage, and her second divorced her as their relationship did not work out, with Anise still being distraught at the loss of her first husband. 

Professionally speaking, she was a very level-headed nurse, with a stern, but gentle demeanor. As head nurse of the Eridani, she can be quite strict about certain procedures. She and Dr. McCoy worked very well together, employing a good-cop, bad-cop procedure with more reluctant patients. Like many nurses, she was very devoted to her job and neglected self-care, frequently using her time off to indulge in drinks. 

At the start of the Eridani's 5 year mission, she was 36 years old. Family-wise, she had a younger brother and a nephew she loved very much, Alonzo.

Terrance Riley, son of Kevin Riley, read his bio here:

(I love him I fear)

Ensign Terrance Riley, tactical department 

Son of Kevin and Niamh Riley, Terrance Riley was born in 2274 in San Francisco, but spent most of his summers in Donegal when he was growing up. As a teen and even a young adult, he was a bit embarrassed by his father’s big personality, but grew to be more accepting of his heritage and family. 

During his time at the Academy, he often was Sopek’s “human studies club” fact checker, not by will but rather due to the Vulcan’s insistence. A meek and mild mannered boy, he tended to be pushed around easily. Despite a certain annoyance with Sopek’s attitude, the Vulcan also defended him from bigger bullies in the optic of “conserving the club’s fact checker”, which created a certain respect between the two. His demeanor came in great part from growing up learning not to complain about things and not asking for help, as he has many siblings. His interactions with Sopek inadvertently taught him to stand up for himself. 

As a tactical officer, he was a very quick thinker, and easily came up with strategies on the spot. Captain Saavik often liked to hear his ideas in times of crisis. 

He became an ensign in the tactical department at 22 years old on the Eridani for the ship’s five year mission in 2296.