Trivia / Star Trek The Next Generation S 7 E 4 Gambit

• Ascended Fanon:
  • Up to this point, Expanded Universe material had repeatedly stated that Earth, Vulcan, Andoria and Tellar were founding members of the Federation. "Gambit, Part 2" canonizes Vulcan's founding member status. (10 years later, Star Trek: Enterprise would do the same for the other three.)
  • The Stone of Gol, a piece of Ancient Vulcan psionic technology, and the separatist Vulcans who wanted it, are described in terms taken straight from the Kraith series of semi-pro fanfiction novellas by Jacqueline Lichtenberg with a number of co-writers. These intricately plotted stories were extremely well-written and highly influential among fans, and also with Gene Roddenberry, who reportedly passed them along to Star Trek writers and creators.
• You Look Familiar: Tallera is played by Robin Curtis, The Other Darrin for Saavik in Star Trek III: The Search for Spock and Star Trek IV: The Voyage Home. Appropriately enough, Saavik's (untold) backstory is that she's a half-Vulcan half-Romulan.

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