# Star Trek Question--Hyper-Obscure, for Grand Master Trekkies. **URL:** \ **Category:** Cafe Society\ **Created:** [November 28, 2016, 12:52am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/star-trek-question-hyper-obscure-for-grand-master-trekkies/773252 "2016-11-28T00:52:43Z")\ **Posts on this page:** 10\ **Page:** 1
**Author:** ![Bosda\_Di\_Chi\_of\_Tricor](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/bosda_di_chi_of_tricor/32/16845_2.png) [@Bosda\_Di\_Chi\_of\_Tricor](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Bosda_Di_Chi_of_Tricor)\ **Post date:** [November 28, 2016, 12:52am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/star-trek-question-hyper-obscure-for-grand-master-trekkies/773252/1 "2016-11-28T00:52:43Z")
In the 1970s, Gene Roddenberry had a publishing house, with limited run publications about _Star Trek_. It was called **Lincoln Enterprises**. It published a book that included a biography of a character from _Star Trek: The Animated Series_, called Lieutenant M’ress (spelling correct). What is the title of this volume? ISBN Number? And, any leads on where I could get one? ---
**Author:** ![galen\_ubal](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/galen_ubal/32/4440_2.png) [@galen\_ubal](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/galen_ubal)\ **Post date:** [November 28, 2016, 3:31am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/star-trek-question-hyper-obscure-for-grand-master-trekkies/773252/2 "2016-11-28T03:31:18Z")
[This page](http://www.danhausertrek.com/AnimatedSeries/MRessBio.html) claims to have the exact text of her biography from Lincoln Enterprises - I followed links from Memory Alpha to find it. There’s a couple of more links on that page, but going through all of this on my tablet is a bit clunky. Hope it helps! ---
**Author:** ![GythaOgg](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/g/49beb7/32.png) [@GythaOgg](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/GythaOgg)\ **Post date:** [November 28, 2016, 3:05pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/star-trek-question-hyper-obscure-for-grand-master-trekkies/773252/3 "2016-11-28T15:05:01Z")
I wouldn’t really call Lincoln Enterprises a publishing house. Their main offering was xeroxed copies of scripts from Star Trek and other TV shows, as well as things like some production cels, Star Trek key rings and stickers, IDIC necklaces, and other small items. The M’ress biography was probably no more than a couple of pages copied out of the ST-TAS series proposal or bible on demand. I ordered some items from them here and there and had several of the catalogues. They were indistinguishable from many fan dealers that sold similar items at conventions and through the mails. They definitely weren’t a publishing house as the term is generally used. ---
**Author:** ![Dale\_Sams](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/d/779978/32.png) [@Dale\_Sams](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Dale_Sams)\ **Post date:** [November 28, 2016, 9:45pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/star-trek-question-hyper-obscure-for-grand-master-trekkies/773252/4 "2016-11-28T21:45:53Z")
One of the animated series adapted stories has background info on her…including some bit with the bridge getting destroyed because…well…its right on top of the damn ship! ---
**Author:** ![erysichthon](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/e/d07c76/32.png) [@erysichthon](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/erysichthon)\ **Post date:** [November 28, 2016, 10:27pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/star-trek-question-hyper-obscure-for-grand-master-trekkies/773252/5 "2016-11-28T22:27:41Z")
**GythaOgg** is correct. Back in the 70s I had one of Lincoln Enterprises’ crude, amateurish catalogs, and it was the same junk you’d see on dealer tables at fan conventions. The “publications,” if you can call them that, were mostly just straight photocopies of production documents. Here’s an [image](https://www.flickr.com/photos/birdofthegalaxy/3587938128/) of a typical catalog page. Note the “official biographies” (20 cents each!) listed in the lower right corner; that M’Ress biography was undoubtedly something similar. ---
**Author:** ![erysichthon](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/e/d07c76/32.png) [@erysichthon](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/erysichthon)\ **Post date:** [November 28, 2016, 11:05pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/star-trek-question-hyper-obscure-for-grand-master-trekkies/773252/6 "2016-11-28T23:05:45Z")
I forgot to mention that Lincoln Enterprises merchandise does occasionally show up on eBay. **Bosda** , I’d suggest you keep an eye out; a copy of the “bible” for the animated series might turn up. ---
**Author:** ![Quimby](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/q/22d042/32.png) [@Quimby](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Quimby)\ **Post date:** [November 29, 2016, 2:36am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/star-trek-question-hyper-obscure-for-grand-master-trekkies/773252/7 "2016-11-29T02:36:35Z")
In the recent books the 50 Year Mission, they talk some about Lincoln Enterprises. Some things they mentioned Gene and his wife selling were film cells from the show and at one point he took the still in progress TNG Show bible (prior to the show coming out) and sold xeroxes of that. Beyond things like that, it definitely had the air of cashing in on whatever they thought Trekkers would buy. ---
**Author:** ![Dale\_Sams](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/d/779978/32.png) [@Dale\_Sams](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Dale_Sams)\ **Post date:** [November 29, 2016, 3:23am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/star-trek-question-hyper-obscure-for-grand-master-trekkies/773252/8 "2016-11-29T03:23:48Z")
Speaking of cheap 70’s Trek…i used to buy the posters that came out with stuff with it like maps and time lines including the bit in the novelization of “Tomorrow is Yesterday” where Scotty refers to a Vegan Tyranny ---
**Author:** ![Elendil\_s\_Heir](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/e/7cd45c/32.png) [@Elendil\_s\_Heir](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Elendil_s_Heir)\ **Post date:** [November 30, 2016, 3:54pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/star-trek-question-hyper-obscure-for-grand-master-trekkies/773252/9 "2016-11-30T15:54:43Z")
Here’s more on M’Ress: [M'Ress | Memory Alpha | Fandom](http://memory-alpha.wikia.com/wiki/M%27Ress) > [@Dale\_Sams](#): > > One of the animated series adapted stories has background info on her…including some bit with the bridge getting destroyed because…well…its right on top of the damn ship! I believe that was in this Alan Dean Foster adaptation: [Star Trek Log 5 | Memory Alpha | Fandom](http://memory-alpha.wikia.com/wiki/Star_Trek_Log_5). IIRC there was a brief section on her childhood and her early Starfleet career (including being badly wounded by Orion pirates who attacked her ship). ---
**Author:** ![NoCoolUserName](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/n/5fc32e/32.png) [@NoCoolUserName](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/NoCoolUserName)\ **Post date:** [November 30, 2016, 6:59pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/star-trek-question-hyper-obscure-for-grand-master-trekkies/773252/10 "2016-11-30T18:59:50Z")
In “Reasons I love the Dope” (when I get around to listing them) will be an entry: Because there is a user named **GythaOgg** who is ALSO a Star Trek trivia master. It just doesn’t get any better than that. Will you be at the 2017 Discworld Convention in New Orleans?