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Five Year Mission
Origin	Indianapolis, Indiana
Genres	rock, alternative rock
Years active	2010 (2010)–present
Members	Noah Butler Andy Fark Patrick O'Connor Mike Rittenhouse Chris Spurgin
Website	www.fiveyearmission.net

Five Year Mission is a band formed in

.

Origin

Mike Rittenhouse was the founder of the band, being an obsessive

around 2005 and the concept changed," says Rittenhouse. When he came up with the idea, he had originally planned not to name the songs after the episodes and only vaguely reference them. However, soon this changed, and they decided to name every song after the episode it was written about.

Noah Butler joined second, followed by Chris Spurgin and Patrick O'Connor, but they still needed a drummer. They started auditioning people, but the first couple of drummers did not work out. Then they discovered Andy Fark, who was looking for a new band to play in. "After one practice," Rittenhouse says, "it was as if he had been in the band all along!"

Originally, the band was going to be an occasional hobby, but as members joined and the band kept getting shows, playing out and practicing became a regular thing.

The first single from the band was Miri, which was released in July of 2010. Year One followed closely after, being released in November of the same year.

The second single was Errand of Mercy, which was released in the July of 2011. Year Two was released in December of the same year.

Year One

Number	Title	Composer
1	The Cage	Rittenhouse
2	The Man Trap	Butler
3	Charlie X	O'Connor
4	Where No Man Has Gone Before	Butler
5	The Naked Time	Spurgin
6	The Enemy Within	Rittenhouse
7	Mudd's Women	Rittenhouse
8	What Are Little Girls Made Of?	Butler
9	Miri	O'Connor
10	Dagger of the Mind	Spurgin
11	The Corbomite Maneuver	O'Connor
12	The Menagerie, Part 1	O'Connor
13	The Menagerie, Part 2	Spurgin
14	The Conscience of the King	Butler
15	Balance of Terror	Spurgin
16	Shore Leave	Rittenhouse
17	Year 2 Preview

Overview

Year One is a very diverse album. There are several

. The Naked Time and Balance of Terror both focus on one aspect of the episode, rather than the plot as a whole. The last song on the album is a preview of Year Two voiced by Fark.

Year Two

Number	Title	Composer
1	The Galileo Seven	Butler
2	The Squire of Gothos	Spurgin
3	Arena	Rittenhouse
4	Tomorrow is Yesterday	O'Connor
5	Court Martial	Spurgin
6	The Return of the Archons	Butler
7	Space Seed	Spurgin
8	A Taste of Armageddon	Rittenhouse
9	This Side of Paradise	O'Connor
10	The Devil in the Dark	O'Connor
11	Errand of Mercy	Rittenhouse
12	The Alternative Factor	Butler
13	The City on the Edge of Forever	Spurgin
14	Operation: Annihilate!	Rittenhouse
15	Amok Time	Butler
16	.
17	Who Mourns For Adonais?	O'Connor
18	Year Three Preview

Overview

While Year One is diverse, Year Two is even more so. The Squire of Gothos has a Spanish sound, while The Devil in the Dark sounds Middle Eastern. Court Martial is the only Five Year Mission song that could be classified as

. As on Year One, Fark closes the album with a preview of the next album.

Shows

Five Year Mission attends many

throughout the year, as well as all ages shows and bars.

Local

They frequent

, and in December at Starbase Indy. Both Year One and Year Two were released at Starbase Indy, and they plan on releasing Years Three, Four, and Five there as well.

Nonlocal

They first played at a Wizard World convention in Chicago in 2011, and appeared at the Wizard World Convention in New Orleans in January 2012 where they opened for

Captain Kirk

) to play at Trek Fest.

The Trouble With Tribbles

For this iconic episode, each of the five members (including Andy Fark, who has never composed or sung a song for Five Year Mission) are writing a song, and the fans will vote on which is their favorite. The winning song will be the one to appear on Year 3.

Links

• http://www.facebook.com/5yearmission
• http://fiveyearmission.net/
• https://twitter.com/#!/5yearmission
• http://www.youtube.com/fiveyearmission
• http://www.myspace.com/5yearmission
• http://www.last.fm/music/Five+Year+Mission