Vaka Rangi: In the language of the Rapa Nui, A Canoe for the Stars. Vaka Rangi is a work of comparative mythology. Vaka Rangi is an account of a spiritual journey. Vaka Rangi is a personal memoir. Vaka Rangi is an unauthorized post-structuralist critical history of Star Trek and the voyaging starship. Completely revised and expanded from the blog of the same name, Vaka Rangi Volume 2 includes critical analysis essays on Star Trek Phase II, the fan series that shares its name, the first four Star Trek feature films and every episode of Star Trek: The Next Generation's first season. Each story is re-positioned within its cultural contexts and re-examined through the lenses of utopian philosophy, cultural anthropology and anarcha-feminism.