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You may be looking for Star Trek: Ships of the Line or Ship of the Line.

Ships of the Line is a hardcover reference book which collects the images of the Star Trek: Ships of the Line calendars, accompanied by captions written by Michael Okuda from an in-universe perspective.

The first edition of the book was released to mark the 40^th anniversary of Star Trek. It features a large proportion of the images from the 2001-2006 calendars (the 2002 calendar images were not included), cropped to fit the book format.

A second edition of the book will be released in October 2014, and will be updated to include the images produced for the 2007-2014 calendars, adding 75 new images. It will also be made available in eBook formats for the first time.

Summary

From the book jacket (first edition)

They dared to risk it all in a skiff of reeds or leather, on a ship of wood or steel, knowing the only thing between them and certain death was their ship. To explore, to seek out what lay beyond the close and comfortable, every explorer had to embrace danger. And as they did so, what arose was a mystical bond, a passion for the ships that carried them. From the very first time Humans dared to warp the fabric of space, escaping from the ashes of the third World War, they also created ships. These vessels have become the icons of mankind's desire to rise above the everyday, to seek out and make the unknown known. And these ships that travel the stellar seas have stirred the same passions as the ones that floated in the oceans.

While every captain has wished that their starship could be outfitted in the same manner as the sailing ship H.M.S. Beagle – without weapons – that proved untenable. From the start, Starfleet realized that each vessel, due to the limited range of the early warp engines, must be able to stand alone against any attack. Thus arose the idea, taken from the days of wooden sailing ships, that every Starfleet vessel must stand as a ship of the line. Through the actions of their captains and crews, countless starships have taken on that role. Here we remember some of those ships and their heroic crews.

In celebration of the fortieth anniversary of Star Trek, here for the very first time collected together are the spectacular images from the highly successful and acclaimed Star Trek: Ships of the Line calendars. Gloriously rendered, each of these illustrations was created exclusively for Pocket Books. With text by Michael Okuda (The Star Trek Encyclopedia), the story of each of these valiant starships comes to life.

Excerpts of copyrighted sources are included for review purposes only, without any intention of infringement.

Background information

The book is an off-shoot from the undeveloped Star Trek: The Unseen Frontier - Declassified Images from the History of the Federation project.

Doug Drexler noted that, according to editor Margaret Clark, the first printing of the book sold out in four days. [1]^(X)

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 {{Sidebar reference book|
 | image             = Ships of the Line cover.jpg
+| imagecap          = First edition cover
 | Author            = [[Michael Okuda]]
 | Artist            = ''various''
 | Publisher         = [[Pocket Books]]
 | Editor            = [[Doug Drexler]] and [[Margaret Clark]]
-| Published         = {{d|7|November|2006}}
+| Published         = {{d|7|November|2006}} (first edition)<br />{{d|28|October|2014}} (second edition)
-| Pages             = 184
+| Pages             = 184 (first edition)<br />336 (second edition)
-| ISBN              = 1416532439
+| ISBN              = 1416532439 (first edition)<br />ISBN 9781476782584(second edition, hardback)<br />ISBN 9781476792675 (second edition, [[eBook]])
 }}
 :''You may be looking for [[Star Trek: Ships of the Line]] or [[Ship of the Line]]''.
+'''''Ships of the Line''''' is a hardcover [[reference book]] which collects the images of the [[Star Trek: Ships of the Line|''Star Trek: Ships of the Line'' calendars]], accompanied by captions written by [[Michael Okuda]] from an in-universe perspective.
-'''''Ships of the Line''''' is a book created in honor of the 40th anniversary of ''[[Star Trek]]''. It features a large proportion of the 2001-2005 "[[Star Trek: Ships of the Line|Star Trek: Ships of the Line calendar]]" material, most of them being created by [[CGI|computer-generated]] images. The book is an off-shoot from the earlier conceived "[[Undeveloped_novels_and_reference_books#Unseen_Frontier|Star Trek: The Unseen Frontier Declassified Images from the History of the Federation]]"-project, that was not followed through. [[Michael Okuda]] provided the images with captions from a, sometimes, conjectural historical in-universe prospective. Like its source material, the book is considered non-[[canon]]. Noteworthy is that none of the [[Star Trek: Ships of the Line (2002)|2002 calendar]] material is included.
+The first edition of the book was released to mark the [[anniversary#2006 (40th)|{{nth|40|sup}} anniversary]] of ''[[Star Trek]]''. It features a large proportion of the images from the 2001-2006 calendars (the 2002 calendar images were not included), cropped to fit the book format.
-According to Editor [[Margaret Clark]], in the Trek Radio interview of 22 January 2011, the first printing of the book sold out in four days. [http://drexfiles.wordpress.com/2011/01/30/drexler-on-the-air-trek-radio-part-ii/]
+A second edition of the book will be released in {{m|October|2014}}, and will be updated to include the images produced for the 2007-2014 calendars, adding 75 new images. It will also be made available in [[eBook]] formats for the first time.
-==Summary==
-;From the book jacket
+== Summary ==
+;From the book jacket (first edition)
 :''They dared to risk it all in a skiff of reeds or leather, on a ship of wood or steel, knowing the only thing between them and certain death was their ship. To explore, to seek out what lay beyond the close and comfortable, every explorer had to embrace danger. And as they did so, what arose was a mystical bond, a passion for the ships that carried them. From the very first time Humans dared to warp the fabric of space, escaping from the ashes of the third World War, they also created ships. These vessels have become the icons of mankind's desire to rise above the everyday, to seek out and make the unknown known. And these ships that travel the stellar seas have stirred the same passions as the ones that floated in the oceans.''
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 :''In celebration of the fortieth anniversary of ''[[Star Trek]]'', here for the very first time collected together are the spectacular images from the highly successful and acclaimed ''[[Star Trek: Ships of the Line]]'' calendars. Gloriously rendered, each of these illustrations was created exclusively for [[Pocket Books]]. With text by [[Michael Okuda]] (''[[Star Trek Encyclopedia|The Star Trek Encyclopedia]]''), the story of each of these valiant starships comes to life.''
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+== Background information ==
+*The book is an off-shoot from the undeveloped ''[[Undeveloped_novels_and_reference_books#Unseen_Frontier|Star Trek: The Unseen Frontier - Declassified Images from the History of the Federation]]'' project.
+*[[Doug Drexler]] noted that, according to editor [[Margaret Clark]], the first printing of the book sold out in four days. {{DrexFiles|2011/01/30/drexler-on-the-air-trek-radio-part-ii/}}
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