Ruling in Hell begins with Khan's crew being left on Ceti Alpha Five and Khan reflecting back on the events that led to them starting a new life on this planet. This recap was, of course, detailed in the ST:TOS episode “Space Seed”. The early part of the story details a month by month look at Khan and the group's struggles to adapt to the planet and its environs. As the four-issue mini-series progresses, events alluded to in Star Trek II: the Wrath of Khan fall into place. Highlights include the explosion of Ceti Alpha Six, the death of Khan's wife and the story of a power struggle within Khan's group. The mini-series concludes with the arrival of Captain Terrell and first officer Pavel Chekov from the U.S.S. Reliant

It’s looking like season 3 of Warehouse 13 is turning out to be one of the best places to watch your favorite Star Trek alumni strut their stuff. So far, TV Guide says that Kate Mulgrew (Voyager), Jeri Ryan (Voyager), and Rene Auberjonois (DS9) are making appearances (or in some cases “re”appearances ) during the upcoming season.

Star Trek Voyager's Jeri "Seven of Nine" Ryan debuts as a bride named Amanda on Aug. 1, while Kate "Captain Janeway" Mulgrew begins her four-episode run as Warehouse protector Jane in September. Both characters share a shocking connection to a series regular.

Also look for Star Trek: Deep Space Nine's Rene Auberjonois to reprise his role from last season as computer expert Hugo Miller. "We discover a little bit more about his past, too," Kenny says.

Star Trek The Exhibition has graced "shores" from Philadelphia to San Jose and all points in-between. For the first time in the southeast, though, The Exhibition will launch at Kennedy Space Center starting this Saturday (June 11th, 2011) and is set to complete it's 4-month mission in September. In what Kennedy Space Center is calling it's "Sci-fi Summer 2011" visitors can view unique Trek props and uniforms, plus ride a Starfleet shuttle simulator and enter to win more than $300,000 in prizes.

Also available to visitors at Kennedy Space Center is "Star Trek Live" produced by Mad Science. Audience members join Starfleet Academy only to be unexpectedly whisked into another adventure steeped in the grand tradition of Star Trek and the thrilling new movie. Star Trek Live combines cutting-edge special effects, unmatched audience interaction audience interaction, cool science and on-screen appearances from Captain Kirk and Spock themselves to create and exhilarating and unforgettable theatrical experience.

About Star Trek The Exhibition

Creation Entertainment is putting on quite a few conventions this year to celebrate Star Trek’s 45th anniversary, and we thought you’d like to know about the ones close to you. Here’s a short list of upcoming shows you won’t want to miss.

June 10-12, 2011 Vancouver Convention Be sure to see the now posted schedule of events for Vancouver.

We’re pleased to announce the twelfth episode of our “Life After Trek” podcast, "The Con of Wrath" special, featuring Larry Nemecek. As many of you may now know, Larry Announced a brand new and exciting documentary project called "The Con of Wrath".  The documentary chronicles the doomed "Ultimate Fantasy '82" convention held in Houston, Texas shortly after the release of "Star Trek II: The Wrath of Khan".  And... to learn more, you'll simply have to listen to the episode.  Sorry, thems the breaks.  Seriously though, Larry does a much better jobs of explaining the premise than we can.  

Not only do we discuss "The Con of Wrath", but we talk with Larry about the current state of fandom history as well as my unfortunate incident with an LP version of the ST:TMP soundtrack.  

We just heard that J.J. Abrams has announced that Leonard Nimoy is hidden somewhere within his latest film "Super 8", due out on June 10 (in the US). How Trek-tastic is that?!? Now we have yet one more reason to go see this highly anticipated film.

In an interview with Collider, Abrams stated that there are a number of hidden features in the highly secretive movie, including the Star Trek actor.

"Leonard Nimoy is in the movie somewhere if you can find him," Abrams said.

So get your popcorn and bathroom breaks out of the way before the show starts so you can keep an eye out for Spock Leonard Nimoy somewhere within the film.

It’s starting to look like every Star Trek captain will get an honorary degree this year. First it was Captain Kirk aka William Shatner who received an Honorary Doctorate of Letters from McGill University, his alma mater. Now, it seems as though it’s Captain Picard’s turn. Sir Patrick Stewart will receive an Honorary Doctorate of Letters from the University of East Anglia, this July.

UEA Registrar and Secretary Brian Summers said: “We present honorary degrees to those who have made a remarkable contribution to the arts, science, sport, and civil society. This July we will bring together 14 highly acclaimed and distinguished individuals who richly deserve this recognition.”

The honorary degrees will be awarded at this year’s graduation ceremonies which take place from July 19 to 22 at the University of East Anglia.

Sir Patrick Stewart OBE is one of Britain’s best loved actors, best known for his film roles as Captain Jean-Luc Picard in Star Trek: The Next Generation and Professor Charles Xavier in the X-Men film series.

If you like Improv, TOS, & live in the Portland, Oregon area, have we got a deal for you. The show is called "USS Improvise The Musical" and is the only place we know where you can see Kirk sing a love duet with an alien princess or Scotty sing a song about the joys of transporter travel. Staged by The Unscriptables, the show is running several weekends this month with it's debut performance tonight (June 3rd, 2011). Check out details below for dates, time, & location.

We’re pleased to announce the eleventh episode of our “Life After Trek” podcast, featuring Max Grodenchik. What's exciting about this episode is of course Max's interview, but this completes our House of Rom set with the show stopper Grand Nagus Rom! Be sure to check out the other House of Rom interview with Chase Masterson & Aron Eisenberg. We had the pleasure of hanging out with Max at BayouCon this year and he was kind enough to spend some quality time with us discussing not only his role on "Deep Space Nine", but also his time on TNG and his early years in acting.