If you are a hardcore fanboy of the long -established science fiction series, you probably fall into one of the two camps: you are either a shooter who remains within the parameters of what is considered a canon, or you are so brazen to explore all Nook and cranny on Your favorite fictional universes that happily pull out of the canon and read novels on spinoff and comics that serve as you-if the chops of the established narrative. If you are the last type of fan, you must have a great deal of tolerance for the new one that adds little franchise values. But sometimes, while tearing through these non-canonic works, you hit a gem.

In 1985, Pocket Books released a slim novel "Star Trek" titled "Ismail". This book fell between "Star Trek III: The Search for Spack" (Who killed a spinoff of Cannes) and "Star Trek IV: The Voyage Home", and was expecting the narrative for the second with a trip conspiracy with Spack stuck in the 1860s Seattle, Washington, where it must prevent Clingon's mission that, if it is Successful, it will erase the United Planet Federation before ever having a chance. It's a fun small novel, but it worked well enough for the fans and Minders at the Star Trek store that one aspect of it became Canon. That he did it from the wedding universe, born with another, very different television series of the 1960s with a small "Trek" link, did something like outside the Canon Classic.

If you are a passionate reader of science fiction and fantasy novels, or if you just spend any time using these paths in your local bookstore or the library, you are undoubtedly familiar with the name Barbara Hamble. She is a fruitful author of the genre, responsible for the series such as "Darwat's trilogy", "Sunwolf and Starhawk" and "Winterlands", and she also woke up in the enlarged "Star Wars" universes. She is a well -respected writer in her area and shows no signs of slowing at the age of 73.

When she wrote "Ismail", the Star Trek franchise reached the level of mainstream popularity that she avoided Because the "original series" debuted on NBC In 1966, he did so by predicting the death and rebirth of his most popular character, Spack. Writing a novel about Spack made sense. Sending it in the 19th century Pacific northwest with a long carcinoma Western comedy, however, seemed a bit.

And yet, there was a method of madness of Hamble. The series in question, "Here are the brides", starring Robert Brown as announcing greetings, which is trying to convince his male employees by importing a 100 qualified Western diploma, premiered in 1968 and despite mostly Enthusiastic examinations, lasted A. Weak two seasons. What is about this with Star Trek? In the show, Brown's business enemy owns Pilani, who made a huge bet that this socializing scheme would prove to be a loser. The name of this character is Aaron Stampel, and he was played by Mark Lennard, who played by Spack's father, Sarek in "Star Trek: The Original Series", "Star Trek: The Animated Series" and three of the films.

In Ismail, Stampel is responsible for giving a foreign invasion of the country during the 19th century, something the clingonons would like to happen a lot. An amnesian Spock is able to prevent Stampel's assassination and return to the company's bridge by the end of the novel.

It is an independent, non-canonic adventure, but left an imprint at the official "Star Trek" Orevis.

At the end of "Ismail", Kirk reviews Spack's staff record and reveals that his friend's mother, Amanda Grayson, carried Stampel's middle name; Ergo, she was a descendant of the owner of Sawmill, whose life Spack saved him in the distant past. In other words, Spack's mission was not just to preserve the federation; He also provided its existence. It's pretty hard for a non-Canonian novel and, obviously, the Star Trek Starwell Starvala liked Hamble's work enough that they decided to make a canon.

In that record, staff lists the full name of Spack: s'chn T'gai Spock. 24 years after the release of "Ismail", Jey Abrams's film "Old Trek" entered this name in the canon of Kelvin's timeline; In 2022, "Star Trek: Strange New Worlds" made the name Completely officially.

As a fan only on Canon of Star Trek, if I allow non-Canonic works to influence as much as the wrong facade in the official timetable, I choose to believe that Eddie Murphy revealed the real name of Spack Halle Berry in the romantic comedy in 1992 "Boomerang". In my mind, he is, and will always be, Spack Ennkins.