Larry Nemecek Larry Wayne Nemecek is a noted " Star Trek " author , editor , archivist , host , consultant , and producer . He is married to onetime script coordinator Janet Nemecek and now develops a number of projects under his Trekland banner , including the new Portal 47 monthly deep - dive fan experience . A native Oklahoman , Nemecek began considering news and communications as a career in high school after being inspired by a teacher in his journalism class . He majored in theater at college with a journalism minor , and began writing about " Star Trek " because " all the Will Rogers and Sooners football books had been written . " He also cites Stephen Edward Poe ' s classic " The Making of Star Trek " and Bjo Trimble ' s " Star Trek Concordance " as seminal influences in entertainment and genre writing . " Star Trek " fandom . As an undergrad at East Central University , Nemecek started a science - fiction fan club with his best friend Kevin Hopkins , called " Starbase ECU " . His favorite TOS character was Leonard McCoy and in make - up class , he chose a Tellarite for his non - realistic character project . While a young newspaper reporter and editor , he chaired publicity for Oklahoma City ' s SoonerCons and in founded ThunderCon there as an all - media / " Star Trek " charity convention . In , after the publication of his first professional book , Nemecek began sharing his stories and archives with humor as a guest at conventions worldwide . Nemecek had a long - distance correspondence with fellow " Star Trek " fan and artist / author Geoffrey Mandel , growing out of points in the " Star Fleet Medical Reference Manual " ( Ballantine ) . Early drafts of " Star Trek " star maps that Nemecek had created led them to work together when Mandel intended to publish them in fanzine form , but when Mandel was asked to finish the incomplete " Star Trek Maps " for Bantam Books , he managed to include Nemecek ' s data in the revised format scale . In , Nemecek began writing an annual episode guide and concordance fanzine for the then - new . " " I wrote it as an update of Bjo ' s " Concordance " when TNG started because it needed one – no Internet , no pro books [ about the new series ] , I was told Bjo was in line but wasn ' t working on it , " " Nemecek remembered . " " If nothing else , I ' d have it / need it for my own use . Each one covered each season , as released . " " ( " Information from Larry Nemecek " ) In , Nemecek met with Gene Roddenberry in his office . He was personally thanked by Roddenberry for writing the annual reference works , which the staff used as an ongoing update to their writer ' s guide . Though he had initially planned to publish a collected edition of his annual TNG guides , Nemecek was confronted by the constantly changing nature of the " Star Trek " publishing world . " " Before I got a chance to collate them , " " he said , " " the world had turned and the " Encyclopedia " was done . " " ( " Information from Larry Nemecek " ) Nemecek was , however , credited ( along with Bjo Trimble ) as having served as one of two Research Consultants for the " Star Trek Encyclopedia " , as the writers of that book had used his writings ( and Trimble ' s ) to help jumpstart their work on that book , due to a short deadline . Professional career . In , Nemecek was the author of the classic " " . He later updated this in and in . His text commentary also appeared in the . In , after moving to Los Angeles , Nemecek and his wife Janet pitched and sold a story , " Reflections " , for the yet - to - air series . It was shelved for six years before being updated and written as , an episode for " Voyager " s last season in . His earlier work with the franchise ' s fictional / factual astrography came full - circle with the late 2013 publication of " " , an officially licensed book and 10 - map poster set he authored and oversaw for becker & mayer ! and 47North / Amazon . That project , in turn , updated and expanded 2002 ' s " " – a reunion of sorts with onetime " Star Trek Maps " colleague Mandel , where he had contributed the chapter openers and other research . He now hosts " The Trek Files " on the Roddenberry Podcast Network , launched in January 2018 as a weekly 15 - minute look with a guest at papers , letters , memos and other document from Gene Roddenberry ' s own archives . On the same day , he tackles " big picture " current Star Trek topics on " Trekland Tuesdays LIVE " each week on his own Facebook " Trekland " page at 1 pm Paciffic time . In 1996 , Nemecek co - wrote " " , published by Titan Books in the UK from material he , Ian Spelling , and Lou Anders wrote for Titan ' s magazine specials on the film . He also authored the original 1998 museum artifact placards and the 2002 timeline update in the museum area of " " , and was a consultant there as well as on such projects as the " " European tour and the " Star Trek World Tour " guidebooks and image references . From until , after publication of " Star Trek : The Next Generation Companion " , Nemecek served as managing editor of " " , overseeing the planning , writers , content and look of the licensed magazine of the Official Star Trek Fan Club . He has been a regular columnist in " Star Trek Magazine " since 1998 , and contributed dozens of articles to " Star Trek Fact Files " , for which he worked all six years as Los Angeles photo editor and consultant . The topics researched and obscure references and sources tracked fueled the work of the UK - based " Fact Files " , later seen in the US in . He was also the sole " Star Trek " - affiliated contributor to " " , a Fact Files / DVD partwork project for Japan , and continues two regular columns of his for " Star Trek Magazine " . For many years , Nemecek was a contributor and producer on the official " Star Trek " website . In , he was its first - ever chat guest , its managing editor one day a week , and from 1996 - 99 wrote much of its early database as a consultant . In December 2007 , however , on his latter - day stint with the site , he and the entire StarTrek . com production team were laid off by CBS Interactive , the result of restructuring at the company . Since 1986 , Nemecek has conducted over five hundred archival interviews of " Star Trek " writers , designers , crew , and actors , most of them multiple or annual updates over the years and unpublished . Segments are now being produced under his own brand as " Trekland : On Speaker " . He has appeared as a documentary guest on titles such as " Trek Nation " and " The Captains of The Final Frontier " , and numerous installments of the " Next Generation " and " Enterprise " Blu - ray collection documentaries . He currently serves as outreach spokesman for the global , non - profit Enterprise in Space project , sponsored by the National Space Society and aiming to launch 100 + student experiments and over a dozen aerospace affiliate demonstration projects in 2021 aboard a winning contest - designed orbiter craft honoring heroically inspiring sci - fi and space history , and return — the NSS " Enterprise and the " " first real " Enterprise " in space . " " " Other contributions to " Star Trek " . Nemecek is currently producing and directing " The Con of Wrath " , a documentary based on the infamous 1982 " Ultimate Fantasy " convention and arena show in Houston , Texas . Along with " survivor " fans , dealers , and organizers , it will also feature George Takei , Nichelle Nichols , Walter Koenig , Laura Banks , James Doohan ' s widow Wende , publisher Kerry O ' Quinn , and producer Harve Bennett in his last filmed interview . In , the shuttle " Nenebek " , featured in the " The Next Generation " episode , was named in his honor by Jeri Taylor . She had not yet met him but , like other writing staffers , had his fanzine concordances on her desk . She did not think to tell him the story until . As an actor , Nemecek , in 2013 , portrayed Dr . McCoy in the first two episodes of award - winning independent web series " Star Trek Continues " . He also appeared in two episodes of the fan film " Star Trek : New Voyages " , in and , and in the " lost " 2005 / 2011 vignette " No - Win Scenario " as a Tellarite , Grolst . In , Nemecek was interviewed for the bonus features ( " Star Trek Moments and Memories " ) on the seventh season DVD for " Star Trek : The Next Generation " . He spoke again in interviews for the new 20th anniversary DVD set for TNG in 2007 , and served as Special Consultant on the overall project . In , Nemecek appeared with other cameo guests and crew in , the last episode of . His costume was a reuse of Avery Brooks ' suit from . Nemecek recounted his experience filming the episode in his " Endgame " column in .