LCARS:Recommended Media

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This is not an exhaustive list of media that will be useful to getting in the right mood for this SIM, but it is a list you can poke through if you're looking for inspiration. One or both of the command team have partaken of all items listed here, feel free to ask us if you have any questions!

Star Trek

We recommend any and all Star Trek, but in particular episodes that involved Starfleet Intelligence and/or Section 31. Please have seen some Star Trek before joining this sim, it helps you fit in with the universe if you're familiar with it.

Books

  • Cryptonomicon by Neal Stephenson
  • The works of John le Carré, particularly:
    • Tinker, Tailor, Soldier, Spy
    • The Spy Who Came In From The Cold
  • The works of Ian Fleming, particularly:
    • From Russia with Love
    • Casino Royale
  • The works of Robert Ludlum, particularly:
    • The Bourne Identity
    • The Bourne Ultimatum
  • The works of Tom Clancy, particularly:
    • The Hunt For Red October
    • Patriot Games
  • Our Man in Havana by Grahame Greene
  • The Company by Robert Littell
  • Spy vs Spy (available in Mad Magazine and compilations)

TV & Movies

  • Any of the books mentioned above in visual form.
  • Spooks
  • The Grid
  • The Avengers
  • The Man From U.N.C.L.E
  • The Saint
  • Homeland
  • Chuck
  • Warehouse 13
  • Spy
  • 24
  • Agent Carter
  • Agents of SHIELD
  • Alias
  • Archer
  • Burn Notice
  • Danger Mouse
  • Salt
  • Get Smart
  • RED
  • Kingsmen
  • Mission Impossible
  • Mr and Mrs Smith
  • James Bond
  • Person of Interest
  • The Professionals
  • Tetris
  • Operation Mincemeat (recommended you read the wiki entry below *first* as there was creative license taken by Netflix with this one)

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