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Scope and ApplicabilityDisclaimersTerms of UsePrivacy PolicyNetiquette
Scope and Applicability
Scope
The following disclaimers and rules apply to Ex Astris Scientia (EAS) and, unless otherwise noted, to The Starfleet Museum, the Advanced Starship Design Bureau (ASDB), the Journal of Applied Technology (JoAT) and all other sites in the EAS Network, collectively referred to as the "site" below.
Some sub-sites may have shared ownership. The legal contact for all matters concerning the site is Bernd Schneider, referred to below as the "site owner".
These legal notices do not apply to hosted sites or to social media pages associated with EAS. Rules for the embedded Disqus commenting system are listed on a on a separate page.
Changes
All clauses below may be changed at any time without notice. Only the current version published on the server is valid.
The last update was on 13 May 2026.
Disclaimers
General disclaimer
This website is not endorsed, sponsored or affiliated with CBS Studios Inc. or the Star Trek franchise. Star Trek trademarks and logos are owned by CBS Studios Inc.
Ex Astris Scientia is a strictly non-commercial fan website. The site does not use paid services, merchandise sales, advertising, sponsorships, paid memberships or donations. All operating costs are covered by the site owner.
Content
Star Trek™ and many related terms are registered trademarks of CBS Broadcasting Inc. and Paramount Pictures Inc. No copyright infringement is intended by this site. Copyrighted material from CBS or Paramount is included under accepted fair use principles.
To the best of the site owner's knowledge, all other content is used with permission from the respective copyright owners or publishers. If there are any objections, please contact the site owner.
Liability for content
This site and all information on it are provided "as is" without warranty of any kind.
The site owner and contributors are not responsible for incomplete, inaccurate or outdated information. Content may be updated, corrected, expanded or removed at any time without specific notice. All decisions regarding the content of the site are made solely by the site owner.
The statements and opinions expressed at EAS may occasionally coincide with the official views of Paramount Pictures Inc., but generally do not represent them. EAS follows Paramount's canon policy by treating only on-screen information as official unless otherwise noted. More information about this policy can be found in the Canon FAQ and the article "What is Canon?". Canon information presented at EAS is accurate to the best of my knowledge, but some topics may remain debatable or may need to be updated.
This site may include user-generated content such as guestbook entries, comments, polls or submitted links. The site owner is not responsible for such content. User-generated content is reviewed regularly for legality. Illegal content will be removed as quickly as possible. The site owner also reserves the right to delete content considered offensive or inappropriate.
Some information on this site may originate from external servers not controlled by the site owner. This currently includes Trek Feeds, EAS Today, Star Trek TV Blog, the Disqus comments and embedded YouTube, Vimeo or Facebook videos.
The web hosting provider is only responsible for hosting the site and not for the opinions, statements or other content published on it. Any legal concerns regarding this site must be directed to the site owner.
AI content policy
The site owner may use AI-based tools to assist with editing, proofreading, formatting, translation or refinement of human-written text. All published content remains subject to human review and editorial control.
This site does not use generative AI to create artwork, diagrams or other images presented as original visual content. The Fan Fiction section is exempted from this rule.
Technical liability
Neither the site owner nor the server administrator is responsible for any harmful effects that viewing this site may have on a visitor's computer system.
This site does not display advertisements or open pop-up windows.
Third-party content such as Trek Feeds, EAS Today, Star Trek TV Blog and the Disqus commenting system may include scripts that are outside the control of the site owner. To improve privacy and security, Disqus scripts are disabled by default and are activated only if requested by the user.
External links
Links from this site to external websites do not imply endorsement or guarantee of their content.
The site owner is not responsible for the operation, content, opinions or statements found on linked websites.
If you believe that a website linked from EAS contains illegal or harmful content, please contact me through the site's contact page.
Terms of Use
Copyright
Unless otherwise noted, all text and some artwork on this site were created specifically for the site and are protected by copyright. This content is not public domain.
Excerpts may be reproduced under the following conditions:
1. Material should only be republished as excerpts, not as complete copies of pages. Reproducing the site's layout or visual design is not permitted.
2. Appropriate credit to the site must be provided, including a hyperlink. A mention on a general credits page is acceptable for small excerpts, but larger excerpts require clearly visible attribution.
3. For material credited to third parties, permission must be obtained from the original creator or copyright holder. This especially applies to content from the SF Museum, JoAT, ASDB, Fan Fiction and Canon Fodder sections. Some contributed material may also have special usage terms.
4. The site owner reserves the right to withdraw permission if the material appears in an inappropriate context. This includes, but may not be limited to: political propaganda, promotion of illegal activities, misleading quotations, distortion of graphics from this site or commercial exploitation of the site's content.
The site owner reserves the right to take legal action against misuse of the site's intellectual property, especially for commercial purposes.
I appreciate being informed in advance if you would like to use material from the site under these terms. Requests are usually approved.
Reproducing site content through AI systems in ways that obscure the original source, remove attribution, misrepresent the site's views or present the material as someone else's work is not permitted.
Hotlinking
Hotlinking, meaning loading images directly from this server for display on other websites, is permitted in discussion forums and social media if the image is relevant to the discussion.
Hotlinking is generally enabled on the EAS server, but misuse may result in blocking of the referring URL. In such cases, the server may automatically replace the image with a notice that hotlinking has been disabled.
All images shown at EAS are hosted on my own server, whose operation I pay for personally. External content only appears in the form of feeds or embedded videos.
Spam
Spamming the guestbook, link lists, contact forms, statistics or other parts of the site is prohibited. Entries unrelated to Star Trek or to this site may be deleted without notice at the discretion of the site owner.
Collecting addresses from this site for unsolicited e-mail or commercial purposes is also prohibited.
Misusing domain names owned by me for spam or fraudulent e-mails is identity fraud. I cannot prevent forged e-mails that falsely appear to come from my server, but such messages can usually be identified by examining the full e-mail headers.
Spidering
Automated crawling of the site by search engines and AI indexing systems is generally permitted if it serves the purpose of correctly locating, representing, referencing or summarizing the site's own content and viewpoints.
Spidering or downloading the site with automated tools is generally permitted, but this permission may be restricted at any time to prevent excessive traffic loads.
Regular spidering intended to build mirrors or archives requires explicit permission from the site owner. The site owner reserves the right to block downloads by specific tools or IP ranges.
Submissions
All submitted text, images, multimedia or other material remain the intellectual property of the original creator. Unless otherwise agreed, the site owner does not claim co-ownership or exclusive publishing rights.
By submitting material, contributors grant the site the irrevocable right to publish it publicly. Once published, submissions will only be removed if the site owner considers it appropriate or if legally required.
Visitor submissions of any kind are always appreciated. Because of the complexity of the site, workload, storage limits, bandwidth limits and changing priorities, I may not be able to use all submissions, even when they are of high quality.
Linking
Except for prohibited image hotlinking described above, external websites may link to this site without explicit permission.
However, links to this site do not create any obligation for reciprocal links.
The site owner disapproves of links from websites containing illegal or extremist content, defamatory material, misinformation about this site, distorted banners representing this site, intermediate exit/advertising pages after clicking the link to this site or any method of displaying this site inside frames or similar layouts that alter or add to its normal appearance in the browser.
The site owner may configure the server to block referrals from websites that violate these rules.
Privacy Policy
Data collection
Visitors can browse the entire site without providing personal information.
Interactive features such as feedback forms, guestbooks, comment sections, submissions or link lists may request personal information such as names or e-mail addresses. This information may be stored and processed automatically or manually by the site owner for the specific purpose connected to the form.
Visitors may contact the site owner to ask which personal data is stored or to request removal of their data.
User submissions, messages and other visitor-provided data are not used by the site owner to train artificial intelligence systems.
Disclosure of information
Information explicitly submitted as confidential will be treated confidentially. Personal information shared in communication with the site owner will not be disclosed to third parties without consent.
Unless otherwise requested, non-personal information relevant to the site may be published and credited to the contributor.
Please indicate if you do not want your e-mail address published for spam protection. I will only add links to external websites if I expect them to remain active.
The site owner does not collect e-mail addresses beyond personal correspondence and explicitly requested services such as newsletters. The site owner does not send unsolicited mass e-mails or automated messages unless explicitly requested by the visitor.
E-mail addresses are never shared with third parties except where legally required, such as in copyright disputes.
Third-party plug-ins
Disqus comments are hosted and operated independently from this site. Please refer to the separate posting rules and to the Disqus terms of service.
Disqus scripts are disabled by default and are only activated if requested by the user. Other social plug-ins may also be included on the site and likewise become active only on explicit user request.
Some pages include embedded YouTube videos. YouTube may collect data about visits to those pages.
Usage statistics
This site collects anonymous usage statistics for internal analysis. This information is not shared with third parties.
Cookies
This website does not store information about visits on the visitor's computer.
However, embedded third-party services such as YouTube may use cookies.
Netiquette
The following notes are not legally relevant, but may be useful guidelines for guestbook entries and e-mails. I always try to follow these principles myself.
1. Just call me "Bernd". There is no need to address me as "Herr Schneider" or "Dr. Schneider".
2. You may write to me in either English or German.
3. Please choose a meaningful subject line when sending an e-mail, rather than something vague like "Hello", "Request" or "Something I noticed".
4. If you have a general question, you are probably not the first person to ask it. Please check the comprehensive FAQ before contacting me.
5. Please do not overwhelm me with requests. I am neither an encyclopedia nor a design service. I try to answer as many questions as possible, but in many cases I would simply consult Memory Alpha or a search engine myself, so you may want to do the same first. I am usually happy to give advice or feedback on your own work, but I am unable to spend hours researching, writing, scanning or designing for you.
6. EAS is a completely free private website that I maintain in my spare time and fund entirely myself. Although suggestions from other fans have contributed greatly to the site, I cannot promise to fulfill every request or suggestion. Some ideas may not fit the scope of the site, may require unrealistic amounts of work or may simply not match the format or priorities of the site. It is also not my goal to publish every available image or create exhaustive lists of every single topic ever mentioned.
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