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| - The Ancient West, or the Old West, described the period of 19th-century Earth when the American West was being settled. This period in Earth's history would be romanticized in Earth literature and popular culture for centuries, most frequently in stories known as Westerns. (TOS: "Spectre of the Gun" ; TNG: "A Fistful of Datas" ; DS9: "Paradise"; ENT: "North Star") Ian Andrew Troi told Deanna Troi numerous stories about the Ancient West. (TNG: "A Fistful of Datas" )
- In the mid-19th century, the Skagarans kidnapped several thousand humans from the western United States and brought them to a planet in the Delphic Expanse. In 2153, the Enterprise NX-01 discovered a number of their descendants living in settlements that resembled the towns of Earth's Ancient West. Not having room for that many people, and being on an urgent mission to prevent the Xindi from destroying Earth, the Enterprise crew left reference materials for the population, including works on recent Earth history (ENT episode: "North Star").
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| - The Ancient West, or the Old West, described the period of 19th-century Earth when the American West was being settled. This period in Earth's history would be romanticized in Earth literature and popular culture for centuries, most frequently in stories known as Westerns. (TOS: "Spectre of the Gun" ; TNG: "A Fistful of Datas" ; DS9: "Paradise"; ENT: "North Star") In 2153, Enterprise NX-01 discovered a Human and Skagaran settlement on a planet in the Delphic Expanse that resembled the towns of Earth's Ancient West. It was noted by Charles Tucker that the resemblance was accurate down to the spittoons. (ENT: "North Star") In 2268, the Melkot trapped James T. Kirk and his landing party in an incomplete re-creation of the town of Tombstone, Arizona, where Kirk and crew were to be executed in a reenactment of the infamous gunfight at OK Corral. (TOS: "Spectre of the Gun" ) In 2369, Worf, his son, Alexander Rozhenko, and Deanna Troi participated in a holodeck adventure set during the Ancient West in the town of Deadwood, South Dakota. The program was designed by Alexander, with help from Reginald Barclay. Troi, Worf, and Alexander played this program when an experiment being conducted by Geordi La Forge and Data went awry and influenced the program, giving the main characters Data's physical characteristics and removing the holodeck safety protocols, making the 19th-century firearms deadly. (TNG: "A Fistful of Datas" ) Ian Andrew Troi told Deanna Troi numerous stories about the Ancient West. (TNG: "A Fistful of Datas" ) The term "Wild West", which was commonly associated with this period, has yet to be said in an episode or film. The script of the Star Trek: Deep Space Nine episode "Children of Time" describes the reaction of the Gaian villagers to the arrival of the Klingons as being similar to how "the inhabitants of a town in the Old West react to a visit from some friendly, if exotic Indians".
- In the mid-19th century, the Skagarans kidnapped several thousand humans from the western United States and brought them to a planet in the Delphic Expanse. In 2153, the Enterprise NX-01 discovered a number of their descendants living in settlements that resembled the towns of Earth's Ancient West. Not having room for that many people, and being on an urgent mission to prevent the Xindi from destroying Earth, the Enterprise crew left reference materials for the population, including works on recent Earth history (ENT episode: "North Star"). Beginning in the mid-22nd century, the Orions experienced a craze for 20th century Earth culture that included Westerns, after the UNSS Marco Polo sold them a number of Clint Eastwood movies and other cultural artifacts in reference stardate 0/7907.27 (c. 2150). They bought Western-style clothing, and imagined that 23rd century Earth was still inhabited by cowboys murdering Indians (FASA RPG module: The Orions: Book of Common Knowledge). By 2267, the "Old West" had achieved an almost mythological status in most people's minds (TOS - Rihannsu novel: The Romulan Way). In 2268, the Melkot created an incomplete recreation of the Ancient West town of Tombstone, and kidnapped Captain James T. Kirk and a landing party from the USS Enterprise to test them in a re-enactment of the legendary gunfight at the OK Corral (TOS episode: "Spectre of the Gun"). Kirk was also familiar with the "Western movies" of John Ford, and shared this familiarity with Spock. Years later, when Spock's friend David Rabin made reference to "Indians" as they were surrounded by nomadic natives of the planet Obsidian, Spock was able to connect the allusion to these motion pictures (TOS novel: Vulcan's Forge). Ian Andrew Troi was a fan of stories of the Ancient West, a love which he passed along to his daughter Deanna (TNG episode: "A Fistful of Datas"). He was particularly fond of the novels of Zane Grey and Larry McMurtry, and was dismayed when his daughter developed a preference for the Cowboy Ralph adventure series by Ernest Pratt (TLE novel: The Art of the Impossible). In 2369, Worf, his son, Alexander Rozhenko, and Deanna Troi participated in a holodeck program, designed by Alexander and Reginald Barclay and set during the Ancient West in the town of Deadwood, South Dakota. Whilst running the program, an experiment being conducted by Geordi La Forge and Data malfunctioned, resulting in changes to the program ranging from characters in the program taking on the appearance of Data, to the holodeck's safeguards going offline, making the simulated 19th century weapons deadly (TNG episode: "A Fistful of Datas"). Following the destruction of the Enterprise-D, Worf took a number of holodeck programs with him, including one in which he portrayed an Ancient West sheriff tracking stagecoach thieves through the New Mexico desert. After transferring to Deep Space 9, Worf had both Jadzia Dax and Kira Nerys accompany him in this program (DS9 comic: "Unhappy Trails").
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