To give you some idea of how mind bogglingly vast the Star Trek universe is: there are two series airing right now that are set...
To give you some idea of how mind bogglingly vast the Star Trek universe is: there are two series airing right now that are set *eight hundred years* apart, *at opposite ends of the Galaxy*
Of course that kind of thing is purely set dressing; there isn’t actually a whole galaxy of fully-developed worlds within Star Trek’s universe that you can engage with as a viewer, they just tell you such a galaxy exists. This is the nature of all fiction but maybe it’s not a good way of measuring scope? Like I’m inclined to say that e.g. LOTR is “bigger” than Star Trek because the world is more fleshed out, even if it’s diegetically smaller.
Okay, then how about this: there’s a bit character from TNG who just appeared on Lower Decks some 32 years after her last onscreen appearance. I say *onscreen* appearance, because there is a *74-novel-long series of books* about her.
I, who have been reading Star Trek novels for my entire life, have never read *even one* of the novels in this series.
Ok, fair. That’s scope!
Hogan’s Heroes and Das Boot are set in the same war