Beyond Antares- posted for the 2021 Uhura Bang
“Nyota travels home, though her destination is unexpected.”
This was partially inspired by @strawberrypatty and others in the Spuhura discord, who told me that Uhura served under Spock when he was Captain. Here, I took the story prompt of “Captain Uhura”, and switched their positions. (She’s playing his lyre in the third image, and I was initially going to draw him in the final slide, though I think the implication that she travelled with him to the Kelvinverse timeline is clear here). The deltas in the final image also pay homage to the Star Trek: Discovery uniforms.
Beyond Antares
“I’ll be back, though it takes forever
Forever is just a day
Forever is just another journey
Tomorrow, a stop along the way.”
- Wilbur Hatch, Gene L. Coon
[Image ID: Drawings of Nyota Uhura. The first image shows the view from a space shuttle as it departs Nairobi Spaceport (based on an image of Nairobi airport), as the sun sets. Text in the top corner of the frame reads “I’ll be back”. The second image shows Uhura from The Original Series sitting at her desk on the bridge of The Enterprise. She has her hand raised to her ear as she listens to her earpiece, and is facing towards the viewer. Text running across the bottom of the screen reads “Though it takes forever.” The third image shows Nyota with her eyes closed, playing a Vulcan Harp in a room with a green background. She is wearing a similar uniform to the previous slide, except she has three stripes on her sleeves, implying she’s a Captain now, and the collar of her shirt is golden. In the fourth image, the Enterprise flies through space with a rainbow warp trail behind it. Text at the top reads “Forever is just another journey.” The fifth image shows Uhura from Star Trek: 2009 standing in front of a white background, looking up and smiling. Her hair is being blown forwards onto her face by the wind. Text reads “Tomorrow”. In the sixth and final image, elder Uhura from The Original Series steps off the shuttle, and greets her. Her grey hair is being blown backwards, and her hand is raised in the Vulcan ta’al. She is wearing a two-toned uniform which is dark red on the left, and bright red on the right. The collar is black on the left and splits into red on the right, covered in little grey Starfleet deltas. [End Image ID]