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Years ago I tried to recreate the scene from the Star Trek TAS episode "How Sharper Than a Serpents Tooth". Back then I was not so happy with it, so here is a new try.

Freely adapted from the Star Trek The animated series (TAS) Episode "How Sharper Than a Serpent's Tooth" in which the USS Enterprise encounter Kukulkan, a ancient being and the last of his species. He travels in a spaceship equipped with an holographic device which mask it as an giant winged snake.

Kukulkan was a being of immense power, he comes from a race that was spacefaring and powerful before humanity even discovered fire. Lonely, he traveled to Earth to teach the civilizations there peaceful ways, so they would not go the way of his own once-destructive civilization.

On his visit, he was instrumental in the technological and architectural advances of the Egyptian, Mayan, and Aztec civilizations. He also taught them new techniques in art and agriculture. He hoped that they would combine this knowledge to complete Kukulkan's city and live in peace.

Kukulkan's visit to Earth is manifested in history by legends of a winged serpent creature that came from the sky bringing knowledge. These records were available in the library computer of the USS Enterprise.
He has also been identified with the lore of Quetzalcoatl, as well as the legend of the Chinese dragon.

In 2270, Kukulkan sent a space probe to Earth, but he was angry to find that humanity was more brutal and warlike. When Captain Kirk and his crew aboard the U.S.S. Enterprise encounter Kukulkan, he traps the vessel and tests the humans to see if they should be destroyed. Eventually, Kirk and the others convince him that his children are grown and seeking peace in their own ways, and he departs with the knowledge that his long-ago teachings may have helped humanity after all.

Rendered in 3d Max 10
No Post Work

Constitution class by David Metlesits thefirstfleet
Kukulkan by SMITE

Background Space Nebula by ERA7

More TOS Era images:

Description

Years ago I tried to recreate the scene from the Star Trek TAS episode "How Sharper Than a Serpents Tooth". Back then I was not so happy with it, so here is a new try.

Freely adapted from the Star Trek The animated series (TAS) Episode "How Sharper Than a Serpent's Tooth" in which the USS Enterprise encounter Kukulkan, a ancient being and the last of his species. He travels in a spaceship equipped with an holographic device which mask it as an giant winged snake.

Kukulkan was a being of immense power, he comes from a race that was spacefaring and powerful before humanity even discovered fire. Lonely, he traveled to Earth to teach the civilizations there peaceful ways, so they would not go the way of his own once-destructive civilization.

On his visit, he was instrumental in the technological and architectural advances of the Egyptian, Mayan, and Aztec civilizations. He also taught them new techniques in art and agriculture. He hoped that they would combine this knowledge to complete Kukulkan's city and live in peace.

Kukulkan's visit to Earth is manifested in history by legends of a winged serpent creature that came from the sky bringing knowledge. These records were available in the library computer of the USS Enterprise.
He has also been identified with the lore of Quetzalcoatl, as well as the legend of the Chinese dragon.

In 2270, Kukulkan sent a space probe to Earth, but he was angry to find that humanity was more brutal and warlike. When Captain Kirk and his crew aboard the U.S.S. Enterprise encounter Kukulkan, he traps the vessel and tests the humans to see if they should be destroyed. Eventually, Kirk and the others convince him that his children are grown and seeking peace in their own ways, and he departs with the knowledge that his long-ago teachings may have helped humanity after all.

Rendered in 3d Max 10
No Post Work

Constitution class by David Metlesits thefirstfleet
Kukulkan by SMITE

Background Space Nebula by ERA7

More TOS Era images: