The first few stories, beginning with "Spock's Affirmation", were published in the T Negative fanzine, a publication edited by Ruth Berman.
[2] The series' emphasis on stories with sociological, psychological and emotional plotlines had an impact on Star Trek fan fiction.
The series, however, set out to question the presentation, in Star Trek, of humans as the dominant race throughout the galaxy.
[8] Lichtenberg's stories showed this as reflecting the overall attitude of the Earth-dominated Federation toward unaffiliated and member worlds, which other cultures and species, which would have different values and might reject capitalism, would object to.
One of Lichtenberg's plot arcs concerned the idea that Kirk, having been in contact with a number of telepathic alien species, had gained telepathy.