Officers on a D7 is another reference.

IMHO, the Weapons Officer (and their team) is who is doing the scanning.

By Stewart Frazier (Frazikar3) on Tuesday, July 12, 2022 - 06:25 pm: Edit

Hmmm, think it depends - if along the ship's flight path, it's under Helm/Nav (Sulu, Chekov), if off the flight path, it's Science (Spock).

Plus, IIRC, Sulu had something for phaser fire but I think only for Season 1 ...

By Garth L. Getgen (Sgt_G) on Wednesday, July 13, 2022 - 07:30 am: Edit

One of the biggest differences between on-screne ST:TOS and SFB is the lack/use of Enlisted personnel. There is a published list of crew positions for the Burke-class FFG, and it places enlisted Petty Officers in roles normally held by Ensigns / Lieutenants on the TV show.


Garth L. Getgen

By Joseph Jackson (Bonneville) on Wednesday, July 13, 2022 - 01:27 pm: Edit

In Prime Directive: Federation, the Western worlds get about a paragraph each. Does anyone know any additional references to them? Like CL scenarios or stories? Or maybe some historical scenarios.
They seem like a fascinating region of space. I was curious to learn more about them.

By Gary Carney (Nerroth) on Wednesday, July 13, 2022 - 07:35 pm: Edit

As listed here, there is a datafile on the Western Worlds in Captain's Log #41. (It's also one of the Captain's Log articles compiled in Away Team Log.)

By Joseph Jackson (Bonneville) on Wednesday, July 13, 2022 - 10:36 pm: Edit

Oh for @#% sakes!
I have a copy of Away Team Log on the shelf, on my desk, and I'm looking right at it, right now!
Please, next time I ask a question, would everyone just respond:
It's right in front of you!
In the mean time, thanks a bunch. As you can clearly see, I need help.
Psychotherapy would be best, but I'll take what I can get.

By Steve Cole (Stevecole) on Thursday, July 14, 2022 - 07:33 am: Edit

It is a big universe. It wasn't written in a day. There are lots of things lots of places.

By Joseph Jackson (Bonneville) on Thursday, July 14, 2022 - 10:31 am: Edit

Thank you, Zen Master.
I needed that.

By Joseph Jackson (Bonneville) on Saturday, July 16, 2022 - 06:21 pm: Edit

Say Garth (and/or anybody), I was reading page #20 of Captain's Log #47, the article on the Federation Police Cutter, Deck #3.
The authors name looked familiar, I'm sure I've seen it somewhere. But where? Who can say?
Couple of Questions.
This police siren, is it something that was unique the cutter? Or would it be fitted to other police ships as well?
Also, Where are y'all hiding the rest of the deck plans at?
Thanks much.
P.S. in this instance, please ignore my request to answer all future questions with:
It's right in front of you!
I, through the teachings of my Zen Master, have achieved a Zen-like state, and moved beyond such stressed out, overloaded, heat-induced rants.
Thanks again.
Peace out.
Speak softly and carry a mega-phaser wing bolted to your back.
Remember the golden rule, do unto others before they do unto you.
And remember the wise words of Ringo Star, because I forgot them.
Like Captain America, I can do this all day.
But I'll spare you. Some gifts aren't meant to be shared with others. And others like it that way.

By Garth L. Getgen (Sgt_G) on Sunday, July 17, 2022 - 10:02 am: Edit

Joseph,

I'll answer that in another thread, just to keep all the POL deck-plans stuff together.


Garth L. Getgen

By Joseph Jackson (Bonneville) on Saturday, July 30, 2022 - 09:20 pm: Edit

I was reading through the History of the General War. In Y177 the Klingons instigated Operation Nutcracker. Part of the basis for that operation was the successful outcome of a Klingon fighter swarm destroying a Tholian BATS.
If there is a Captain's Log account of it, or a historical scenario I could look up (even play, cause it sounds awfully fun), a point in the right direction would be super helpful.
Also, any additional info, input, thoughts, comments, or insights are very welcome.

By Gary Carney (Nerroth) on Saturday, July 30, 2022 - 10:44 pm: Edit

According to my electronic copy of SFB Module G3A, you might be looking for (SL085) THE SWARM from Captain's Log #4.

By Joseph Jackson (Bonneville) on Sunday, July 31, 2022 - 10:17 pm: Edit

I havn't got G3A, but I do have CL #4!
There it is, in black and white, on page #51. Much obliged.

By Joseph Jackson (Bonneville) on Monday, August 15, 2022 - 11:11 pm: Edit

I've been reading PD: Klingons (and PD: Federation) and I was just wondering about the organization of the the Klingon Deep Space Fleet Academy.
I understand that the Klingons have a wide variety of military schools in a wide variety of locations.
So my question is:
Is the DSF Academy similar in scope to Federation Star Fleet Academy?
Does it compete with other schools or is there a clear pecking order?
Would you find DSF classrooms on Klingon Starbases? And DSF remote learning opportunities on Klingon warships?

By Steve Cole (Stevecole) on Tuesday, August 16, 2022 - 03:16 am: Edit

Is the... yes, although SFA has more courses in humanities than DSFA.

Does it... It is top of the military pecking order. There are a lot of Klingon civilians who don't go there or care what DSFA does.

Would you...Yes.

By Mike Dowd (Mike_Dowd) on Tuesday, August 16, 2022 - 04:30 am: Edit

"Is the... yes, although SFA has more courses in humanities than DSFA."

Of course! The DSFA would have more courses in Klingonities....

Yes, I'll report to the booth....

By Jeff Anderson (Jga) on Tuesday, August 16, 2022 - 11:44 am: Edit

Two thoughts come to mind regarding SFA vs. DSFA with regards to courses in humanities.

First: As is established in ADB/SFU Canon, Klingon officers are both commissioned as Naval AND Marine officers. That suggests to this 4-F Civvie that they needed to take dual track courses just for their basic graduation requirements; a much greater academic load.

Second: I remember reading somewhere in the background developed by ADB/SFU that Klingons have shorter lifespans than what Canon (Paramount) Trek Klingons live and, if I remember the quote exactly, Klingon cadets graduate the Academy at about the same age that Terran/Human cadets enter theirs. This suggests (again, to this 4-F Civvie) that Klingon catets may not even have as much time at the academy as Terran/Human cadets, so there is likely even LESS time for soft courses (such as the humanities).

At least that's my take.

By Joseph Jackson (Bonneville) on Sunday, September 04, 2022 - 04:18 pm: Edit

I don't even know if this is close to the right place to ask, but roughly, any speculation on the dimensions of a standard 25 box cargo pod?

By Joseph Jackson (Bonneville) on Sunday, September 04, 2022 - 05:44 pm: Edit

Well, to answer my own question, there seems to be some small freighter info in CL #23. I'll look into that. Still open to additional info, input, and opinions. Thanks much.

By Joseph Jackson (Bonneville) on Sunday, September 04, 2022 - 05:52 pm: Edit

I'm having a devil of a time (pun intended) pinning down the source material(s) concerning:
The Diablo Asteroid field.
I know it's associated with an Orion base.
It's in F&E hex 2106, same hex as the Western Worlds.
And that's about all I got.
Any info would be equal to or greater than fantastic!

By Steve Cole (Stevecole) on Monday, September 05, 2022 - 06:12 am: Edit

Jeff: Good guesses, and correct, but it's more complicated than that.

Note that in Europe people graduate from college in 2 or three years, while in the US it takes four or five years. The difference is that Americans repeat a bunch of high school courses at college level in general subjects (world history, US history, state history) that Europeans think is dumb since they had all that in (their equivalent of) high school. Considering how much the average student retains/uses such information, you could make a good case that the US is doing it wrong.

Klingons get humanities and soft subjects but they don't cover the same subjects two or three times in their education path like humans do.

Remember that education is a lifelong process. US military officers get (example) infantry (armor, artillery, engineer, finance) officer basic, infantry officer advanced, staff officer school, command school (masters degree), war college (doctorate).

Klingons also graduate college (taking their line officer basic courses there) and also take a semester or two of advanced courses (technical school, staff school, leading up to command school) over the next 20 years. It would be pointless to give every cadet staff officer school (half of them will leave the military before they would need it) and command school (less than 5% get/need it).

By Mike Grafton (Mike_Grafton) on Monday, September 05, 2022 - 07:41 am: Edit

true story. My Godfather was in Vietnam in the early 70s, commanding a unit and he was told something like 'You're going to be a General someday, so you need to go to grad school."

He replied something like "OK, lets wait until the war here ends, and I'll go."

They say, "NO you go in 3 months, we've already gotten you into Harvard, and if you don't like it you can get out of the Army."

Si he sucks it up and says OK. THEN he gets extended in Combat and misses his place at Harvard. Big Army says, 'it's OK, we got you into the Illinois Institute of Technology..."

He is very irked, so he deliberately gets a degree that they will never make him use; "PhD in Computer Science, Operational, and Game Theory."

Which pretty much makes his career afterward. Couple years in the Pentagon basement putting in some state of the art computer, and then a couple years with a "Major Command" (Armored Brigade, Division, Corps, Army, Theater) Repeat. He got 4 stars that way but didn't get to go to Desert Storm. Much to his dismay.

By Jeff Anderson (Jga) on Monday, September 05, 2022 - 11:20 pm: Edit

Ya know, thinkin' about it, didn't H.R. McMaster earn his Doctoral degree while he was a Lieutenant Colonel?

I should'a remembered that; good officers go from field to school to field to school, never stopping their formal education as well as the eductation from the "School of Hard Knocks" (i.e.: real life experiences).

"Good" officers do; "Not Good" officers retire their commissions early.

By Mike Grafton (Mike_Grafton) on Tuesday, September 06, 2022 - 07:35 am: Edit

It's not optional at the higher levels. At the very least you get a Masters in something.

By Guillaume Williams (Uioor1) on Monday, January 15, 2024 - 07:03 pm: Edit

Had a couple of ideas for a piece of fiction, but wanted to see if there was any existing lore that might either contradict or help the story that I'm considering writing.

Is there any information on how the Federation (or any other empire) handles outbreaks of disease or other maladies on a planetary scale? Like on a new colony, for example. Is that something that could even happen given the high-tech nature of the setting? Is a form of quarantine something that could potentially be a possibility?

Thanks ahead of time for any info!