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The Trekker's Choice Awards were an online fan vote produced by Paramount Digital Entertainment and the Microsoft Network in September 1996, to mark the 30th anniversary. Voting for the Trekker's Choice Awards took place on Star Trek: Continuum on the MSN network. Almost 250,000 votes were cast.
The winners were announced preceding each commercial break of the Star Trek: 30 Years and Beyond special.
Awards and Winners[]
| Award | Winner(s) |
|---|---|
| The 'Ingenious Engineering' Award | Scotty for his efforts in "That Which Survives". |
| The 'Unresolved Romance' Award (or 'Favourite Love Interest Who Had to Leave, Got Left Behind, Died, or Turned Out to Be a Villain') |
Picard and Vash |
| The 'Fish Out of Water' Award | Scotty for Star Trek IV: The Voyage Home's encounter with a Macintosh. |
| The 'I Went to Medical School for This?' Award for best I'm a doctor, not a... |
Dr. McCoy for "...bricklayer." ("The Devil in the Dark") |
| The 'Music Hath Charms' Award | Jean-Luc Picard for "Lessons". |
| Favorite Starship Design Award | USS Enterprise-D, USS Defiant, USS Voyager |
| The 'Oft Heard but Never Seen' Award for the favorite historical moment only alluded to in Star Trek |
World War III |
| The 'Cute and Cuddly' Award for the favorite Star Trek pet |
Tribbles, Spot, Targ |
| The 'Gross Galactic Grub' Award | gagh |
| The 'The One You Love To Hate' Award | Q |
| The 'Infinite Diversity' Award for the favorite non-humanoid alien |
Tribbles |
| The 'What I Did on My Summer Vacation' Award | Visiting Risa |
| The 'Get Out Your Hanky' Award | Spock's death in Star Trek II: The Wrath of Khan |
| The 'Great Bird of the Galaxy' Award for the best representation of Star Trek value and ideals |
"Let's see what's out there. Engage!" - Jean-Luc Picard in "Encounter at Farpoint". |