Jeff Anderson:

Well his existing daughter betrayed him, so it seems only logical he should be looking to expand the "imperial line" and bring in new blood.

See. More proof that he is a good and insightful leader with only his people's best interests in mind, until he was killed by the vile revolutionary Flash Gordon who stirred up the masses against him.

By Gregory S Flusche (Vandar) on Saturday, April 18, 2020 - 09:33 pm: Edit

Ans how did that work out I wonder. I bet that the Hawk men and all the others were at in a civil war in just a few years over who would control it all.

By Jeff Anderson (Jga) on Saturday, April 18, 2020 - 11:11 pm: Edit

Maybe it's just me, but is it possible that Mongo would do better under the Ming Dynasty?

By MarkSHoyle (Bolo) on Sunday, April 19, 2020 - 08:25 am: Edit

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By Mike Grafton (Mike_Grafton) on Sunday, April 19, 2020 - 01:34 pm: Edit

MANY years ago I sent ADB a CD with episodes of the ORIGINAL "Flash GOrdon" on them. Got it for a dollar at a MWR sale in RC West (Dwyer II).

It was TERRIBLY cheesy at the same time actually kinda cool

By Jeff Wile (Jswile) on Monday, April 20, 2020 - 12:34 pm: Edit

I was surfing Star Trek related site this morning.

I found one titled Joseph design star ships. Yes, some guy posts a review of Star Trek star ships, and this episode was devoted to the Franz Joseph style ships.

Not a bad review, he included screen shots of the various editions, page screen shots showing the profile views and the NCC ship registry pages that give the ship names.

Then he did some thing I had not seen before.

He included film clips from various films and episodes that related to the Franz Joseph material.

Included were views of the Bridge of the U.S.S. Enterprise, from The Motion Picture (TMP) where the ships from the Franz Joseph books were shown on film. There were included the CA, DD (the beloved vanilla destroyer), SC (Scout) And the TT (tug).

He also played a clip with a sound bite that was an audio message from “the U.S.S. Entente” with the same NCC number as the Dread naught Listed in the Franz Joseph technical manual.

Pretty good video, and there are clips from the Star Trek discovery tv show as well.

By Lawrence Bergen (Lar) on Monday, April 20, 2020 - 10:01 pm: Edit

Jeff thanks for that, I just watched it. Very good indeed.

By Jeff Wile (Jswile) on Monday, April 20, 2020 - 10:35 pm: Edit

You are welcome.

I guess clicking on the link has introduced more Star Trek hits on my browser.

Now I am getting all kinds of hits on FASA game links.

The first one was a review of the FASA time line universe.

What I found funny, was the first three minutes the narrator spent discussing Star Fleet Battles, and showed box cover shots of ADB products (Including F&E). Then about 5 minutes discussing license issues that Paramount required.

After about 10 minutes in, the narrator started talking about the four years war, and comparing that to the tv show Star Trek Discovery, and war with the Klingons.

Lots of pictures of FASA miniatures.

I have no idea If the guy knows what he’s talking about license wise.

By Mike Grafton (Mike_Grafton) on Thursday, April 23, 2020 - 03:08 pm: Edit

https://boingboing.net/2020/04/23/watch-the-hosts-of-a-star-trek.html

I love this.

By Jessica Orsini (Jessica_Orsini) on Friday, May 15, 2020 - 12:19 pm: Edit

It's official: CBS All Access has given a series order to “Star Trek: Strange New Worlds” starring Anson Mount as Captain Christopher Pike, Rebecca Romijn as Number One and Ethan Peck as Science Officer Spock. The series will follow Pike, Spock, and Number One in the decade before Captain Kirk boarded the U.S.S. Enterprise as they explore new worlds.

By Ted Fay (Catwhoeatsphoto) on Friday, May 15, 2020 - 04:05 pm: Edit

I really liked Anson Mount as Captain Christopher Pike in ST:D. He was the lone bright spot in the character lineup for season 2, IMHO.

By Lawrence Bergen (Lar) on Friday, May 15, 2020 - 07:24 pm: Edit

I have been watching Enterprise (never saw it as I cannot stand Scott B as an actor). The rest of the crew is decent. I like the doctor as he is not as annoying as Neelix or Quark. They cannot help themselves with the sex appeal.

The worst part of the entire thing is the opening. THANK THE STARS that I can skip it. Its like being in 'the booth'.

The plots are fine so far just crossed into season 2 but I cringe every time they propose that Archer defined the original series staples such as the Prime Directive. Garbage.

I will keep watching as I did through the Next Gentrification as painful as that was.

By MarkSHoyle (Bolo) on Friday, May 15, 2020 - 07:31 pm: Edit

What irked my about Enterprise..
Everyone denied Time Travel was possible...
But was able to measure half-life in a negative to show it was from the future....

By Mike Grafton (Mike_Grafton) on Wednesday, May 20, 2020 - 04:38 pm: Edit

Opera singer does the Star Trek theme.

https://boingboing.net/2020/05/20/watch-this-opera-singers-won.html

By Mike Grafton (Mike_Grafton) on Thursday, May 21, 2020 - 12:27 pm: Edit

Star Trek "Social Distancing" coffee mug

https://boingboing.net/2020/05/21/mug-depicts-social-distancing.html

By Garth L. Getgen (Sgt_G) on Monday, May 25, 2020 - 02:31 pm: Edit

Just a little filler segment in an on-going story I'm writing:


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“I’m telling you, Jim, you should have seen her,” Boatswain’s Mate Craig Smith was saying to his friend as they walked into the crew’s break area. He gestured with his hands, “She had the biggest ....” He stopped talking and walking in mid-sentence. “Well, hello.” Smith halted so suddenly that his friend, Petty Officer James Hunter, nearly collided with him.

Hunter looked to see what had grabbed Smith’s attention and did a double take at what he saw. The break area, it wasn’t a room so much as a wide area on Deck Four where several corridors converged near Main Engineering, had six tables and a food service system. It was empty save for one lone figure sitting at a table. Smith and Hunter looked at each other. “Somebody’s pet, maybe,” Hunter suggested, wondering where its owner might be.

Smith shrugged, “Probably the ship’s mascot. They put it in a uniform of sorts.” The creature appeared to be a large monkey of some kind, not a chimpanzee or gorilla but rather more like a spider monkey or a macaque, perhaps a hundred forty centimeters tall (about four-and-a-half foot) with a meter-long tail. Its fur was a tannish-orange, much the color of an African lion, with a rusty-brown mane around its neck. The creature was wearing a police-blue vest with a logo for the Police Frigate Edmund Randolph embroidered on the chest.

It gnawed on a hard tuber in one hand and held a PADD in the other. It looked up at them with inquisitive brown eyes, and in a tiny child-like voice said, “Me no pet. Me ’lectrician.” He turned slightly and pointed to the Electrician’s Mate Second Class insignia pinned just below the ship’s logo.

Smith laughed, “You hear that, Jim, he’s an eeelectrician, just like you.” Hunter gave him a dirty look. Smith walked over to the counter, “What do you think, Jim. Maybe it wants a banana,” he said as he picked up a fruit basket.

The creature shook its head. “Senji no eat ’nanas. Too much ’tassium. No good for Senji”

“Oh, your name’s Senji. Funny name.”

“Don’t tease him, Craig,” Hunter advised. “He might think Smith is a funny name.”

The creature’s eyes widened. “Oh. Smith. You Smith and Jones, yes? You related Tina Smith, yes?”

Smith shook his head. “No, I wish. That’s a different Smith family.” He looked at Hunter, “If I was related to Smith and Jones Shipping and Freight, do you think I’d be here?” He looked back at the creature. “Is that all you eat, Senji?”

“My name Felix,” the creature corrected him. “My kind Senji. My kind omnivore. Some Senji still hunt old way.”

“How’s that? With bow and arrow?”

Felix barked out something of a laugh. “No. Senji run prey down. Catch and bite neck. Rip throat out.” Felix smiled, pulling his lips back to reveal an impressive set of razor-sharp teeth, causing both men to pull back in alarm. He said that just as another man walked into the break area.

“Easy, now, Felix,” Chief Boatswain’s Mate Scott King said, “you don’t want to scare the rookies on their first day.” He looked at the others. “Hunter and Smith, right? Let’s go talk.” He led the pair to the turbolift.

A few minutes later, they arrived at Chief King’s office. “Have a seat, gentlemen,” he instructed as he sat down behind his desk. “So, both of you were jumped up right out of tech school. Maybe you think that earns you extra privileges. Think again. I’m a Chief Petty Officer; you’re both Third Class. Ergo, you come to me; I shouldn’t have to go looking for you. Also, you shouldn’t be wandering around the ship alone until you’ve had the grand tour. That break area is for Second-class and above.”

“We didn’t know, Chief,” Hunter admitted.

“No, you didn’t know,” King admonished them. “You didn’t even know to ask. Well, at least you met your new supervisor.”

The young men looked at each other, mouths agape. “How’s that going to work, Chief,” Smith asked. “That thing can barely speak!”

“That ‘thing’ is a Petty Officer Second Class in the Federation Space Police Force,” Chief King snapped. “You will give him the due respect he has earned. As far as not talking very well, Senji anatomy wasn’t designed for human speech. Petty Officer Tawny has an IQ higher than both of yours put together. Keep your mouth shut and eyes open, and you just might learn something for him. Clear?”

“Yes, Chief,” both men replied. Hunter rubbed his chin in thought. “Felix Tawny. I’ve heard that name before.” He snapped his fingers. “My sister is into poetry; she’s been raving about a new book by a Felix Tawny.”

“One and the same,” King confirmed. “Poetry’s not my thing, but the way Felix paints pictures with words is magical. He also writes action-adventure novels, some real page-turners. Like I said, don’t judge him by his looks or his speech patterns.” He looked at the timepiece. “Alright, now that that’s out of the way, let me take you down and introduce you to your division officer, Lieutenant Sinclair.”

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By Garth L. Getgen (Sgt_G) on Friday, May 29, 2020 - 02:47 am: Edit

A lady over on Trek-BBS posted a video of how she painted her son's bedroom.


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By Garth L. Getgen (Sgt_G) on Thursday, June 18, 2020 - 01:11 pm: Edit

These TOS-Enterprise deck plans are insainly good. I love the alternate bridge design that explains the offset turbolift placement.


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By Mike Grafton (Mike_Grafton) on Thursday, June 18, 2020 - 01:45 pm: Edit

I always knew the turbolift was offset so the mini fridge full of banana pudding could be next to it/

By Jessica Orsini (Jessica_Orsini) on Thursday, June 18, 2020 - 07:13 pm: Edit

They removed the bowling alley on Deck 21.

By Jack Bohn (Jackbohn) on Thursday, June 18, 2020 - 08:21 pm: Edit

Take me home again, Kathleen!

By Jeff Anderson (Jga) on Thursday, June 18, 2020 - 10:52 pm: Edit

Removed the bowling alley?!? We should go on strike!!

Okay, the Slirdarians have me pinned, so I may be a while.

Fortunately, thanks to cloning around, I've picked up a spare.

By Garth L. Getgen (Sgt_G) on Friday, June 19, 2020 - 02:58 am: Edit

The artist said: There is one bowling lane. Just one. It is aft of the swimming pool, Deck 21. It runs left-to-right, not front-to-back, so you might not recognize it.


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By Jeff Wile (Jswile) on Friday, June 19, 2020 - 07:33 am: Edit

I thought that was the shuffle board area!?!

By Steve Stewart (Stevestewart) on Friday, June 19, 2020 - 09:57 am: Edit

Back to the booth for Mr Anderson after that strike.