Month: June 2026

Posted in: Quotes, Star Trek

Daily Star Trek Quotes: June 22-28

Written by TardisCaptain
Hey Nog, did you hear the joke about…

Here are the Daily Star Trek Quotes that will appear on the @STrekQuotes Mastodon account and the @STrekQuotes Bluesky account for the week of June 22nd through June 28th. Note: Because Twitter/X will use posts to train AI, we will no longer be posting on that platform. This is out of respect for the owners of Star Trek.

June 22:
Happy Birthday to Tim Russ. https://memory-alpha.fandom.com/wiki/Tim_Russ #StarTrek #StarTrekFilm #StarTrekTNG #StarTrekDS9 #StarTrekVOY #StarTrekPIC #IDIC #Quote

“I offer you a Vulcan prayer, Mr. Suder–May your death bring you the peace you never found in life.” Tuvok- Basics Part II, Stardate: 50032.7 #StarTrek #StarTrekVOY #IDIC #Quote

June 23:
“Commander, I bring all the alternatives to the Captain’s attention.” Riker- The Best of Both Worlds, Stardate: 43989.1 #StarTrek #StarTrekTNG #IDIC #Quote

June 24:
“You made a command decision. Jim would have done the same.” Dr. McCoy- The Paradise Syndrome, Stardate: 4842.6 #StarTrek #StarTrekTOS #IDIC #Quote

June 25:
“We are all explorers driven to know what’s over the horizon, what’s beyond our own shores.” Archer- Terra Prime, Date: January 22, 2155 #StarTrek #StarTrekENT #IDIC #Quote

June 26:
“Keep your ears open” (7th Rule of Acquisition) Odo- In the Hands of the Prophets, Stardate: Unknown #StarTrek #StarTrekDS9 #IDIC #Quote

June 27:
“How rare, and how beautiful. But so incongruous when spoken by a soldier.” Spock “If you will give me a moment, the soldier will transform herself into a woman.” Female Romulan Commander- The Enterprise Incident, Stardate: 5027.3 #StarTrek #StarTrekTOS #IDIC #Quote

June 28:
Happy Birthday to Alice Krige. https://memory-alpha.fandom.com/wiki/Alice_Krige #StarTrek #StarTrekFilm #StarTrekVOY #StarTrekLDS #StarTrekPIC #IDIC #Quote

“Brave words, I’ve heard them before, from thousands of species across thousands of worlds, since long before you were created. But now they are all Borg.” Borg Queen- Star Trek: First Contact, Stardate: 50893.5 #StarTrek #StarTrekFilm #IDIC #Quote

What are your favorite daily Star Trek quotes selected for this week? This article is open for discussion on the TardisCaptain dot Com Discord server. You can also email me at Carl (at) TardisCaptain.com or click on my social media links with any comments.

Posted in: Quotes, Star Trek

Daily Star Trek Quotes: June 15-21

Written by TardisCaptain
How a lot of people are feeling right now.

Here are the Daily Star Trek Quotes that will appear on the @STrekQuotes Mastodon account and the @STrekQuotes Bluesky account for the week of June 15th through June 21st. Note: Because Twitter/X will use posts to train AI, we will no longer be posting on that platform. This is out of respect for the owners of Star Trek.

June 15:
Happy Birthday to Robin Curtis. https://memory-alpha.fandom.com/wiki/Robin_Curtis #StarTrek #StarTrekFilm #StarTrekTNG #IDIC #Quote

“Sir. I have not had the opportunity to tell you about your son. David died most bravely. He saved Spock. He saved us all.” Saavik- Star Trek IV: The Voyage Home, Stardate: 8390.0 #StarTrek #StarTrekFilm #IDIC #Quote

June 16:
Happy Birthday to John Cho. https://memory-alpha.fandom.com/wiki/John_Cho #StarTrek #StarTrekFilm #IDIC #Quote

(Disobeying Spock’s order to abandon ship) “All due respect, Commander, but we’re not going anywhere.” Sulu- Star Trek Into Darkness, Stardate: 2259.55 #StarTrek #StarTrekFilm #IDIC #Quote

June 17:
“On the sphere I come from we try to find other ways to resolve differences. Peaceful solutions, Negotiations.” Chakotay- Nemesis, Stardate: 51082.4 #StarTrek #StarTrekVOY #IDIC #Quote

June 18:
Happy Birthday to Carol Kane. https://memory-alpha.fandom.com/wiki/Carol_Kane #StarTrek #StarTrekSNW #IDIC #Quote

“Do you have a good reason to steal the ship?” Pelia “I am having what you Humans call a hunch.” Spock “A Vulcan with a hunch? That’s a new one!” Pelia- The Broken Circle, Stardate: 2369.2 #StarTrek #StarTrekSNW #IDIC #Quote

June 19:
Happy Birthday to Zoe Saldana. https://memory-alpha.fandom.com/wiki/Zo%C3%AB_Saldana #StarTrek #StarTrekFilm #IDIC #Quote

“Uhura, no way. That’s the name I was gonna make up for ya. Uhura what?” Kirk “Just Uhura.” Uhura “They don’t have last names on your world?” Kirk “Uhura is my last name.” Uhura- Star Trek (2009), Stardate: 2233.04 #StarTrek #StarTrekFilm #IDIC #Quote

June 20:
“In a way, I am not that different from anyone else.” Data- Time’s Arrow, Stardate: 45959.1 #StarTrek #StarTrekTNG #IDIC #Quote

June 21:
“When I first took command of this post, all I wanted was to be somewhere else. Anywhere but here. But now, five years later, this station has become my home, and you have become my family.” Sisko- Call to Arms, Stardate: Unknown #StarTrek #StarTrekDS9 #IDIC #Quote

What are your favorite daily Star Trek quotes selected for this week? This article is open for discussion on the TardisCaptain dot Com Discord server. You can also email me at Carl (at) TardisCaptain.com or click on my social media links with any comments.

Posted in: Quotes, Star Trek

Daily Star Trek Quotes: June 8-14

Written by TardisCaptain
I’m sure by the time this blog entry is posted this GIF file will still be relevant to some BS happening in our world.

Here are the Daily Star Trek Quotes that will appear on the @STrekQuotes Mastodon account and the @STrekQuotes Bluesky account for the week of June 8th through June 14th. Note: Because Twitter/X will use posts to train AI, we will no longer be posting on that platform. This is out of respect for the owners of Star Trek.

June 8:
Remembering James Darren who was born on this date in 1938. https://memory-alpha.fandom.com/wiki/James_Darren #StarTrek #StarTrekDS9 #IDIC #Quote

“The truth shall set you free.” Fontaine- Tears of the Prophets, Stardate: Unknown #StarTrek #StarTrekDS9 #IDIC #Quote

June 9:
Star Trek V: The Final Frontier premiered on this date in 1989. https://memory-alpha.fandom.com/wiki/Star_Trek_V:_The_Final_Frontier #StarTrek #StarTrekFilm #IDIC #Quote

“I have found myself and my place. I know who I am.” Spock- Star Trek V: The Final Frontier, Stardate: 8454.1 #StarTrek #StarTrekFilm #IDIC #Quote

June 10:
“We must consider all options, Doctor, and not let our personal feelings impede our judgment.” Picard- Transfigurations, Stardate: 43957.2 #StarTrek #StarTrekTNG #IDIC #Quote

June 11:
“One voice can be stronger than a thousand voices. Your mind is independent now, with it’s own unique identity.” Janeway- The Gift, Stardate: 51008 #StarTrek #StarTrekVOY #IDIC #Quote

June 12:
“Mythology often has a basis in fact.” T’Pol- Chosen Realm, Date: Unknown #StarTrek #StarTrekENT #IDIC #Quote

June 13:
Happy Birthday to Malcolm McDowell. https://memory-alpha.fandom.com/wiki/Malcolm_McDowell #StarTrek #StarTrekFilm #IDIC #Quote

“Aren’t you beginning to feel time gaining on you? …It’s like a predator. It’s stalking you.” Dr. Soran- Star Trek Generations, Stardate: 48650.1 #StarTrek #StarTrekFilm #IDIC #Quote

Happy Birthday to Fred Tatasciore. https://memory-alpha.fandom.com/wiki/Fred_Tatasciore #StarTrek #StarTrekLDS #StarTrekPRO #StarTrekFilm #IDIC #Quote

“I don’t care how many times you come back to haunt me. I’ll never let you win.” Shaxs “You can’t fight me, because I am you, Papa Bear.” Alt-Shaxs “No. You’re a freaky little monster that lives in my brain.” Shaxs- Upper Decks, Stardate: Unknown #StarTrek #StarTrekLD #IDIC #Quote

June 14:
“That’s all you men of other worlds can speak of, duty and responsibility.” Elaan- Elaan of Troyius, Stardate: 4372.5 #StarTrek #StarTrekTOS #IDIC #Quote

What are your favorite daily Star Trek quotes selected for this week? This article is open for discussion on the TardisCaptain dot Com Discord server. You can also email me at Carl (at) TardisCaptain.com or click on my social media links with any comments.

Posted in: Conventions, Dungeons and Dragons, Pirates, Role Playing Games, Science Fiction, Star Trek

SaltCON-Summer 2026 After Action Report

Written by TardisCaptain
Standard picture of loot from SaltCON.

So just a heads up, while there might be some negative things in this after-action report, none of them are due to the many volunteers at SaltCON. The many volunteers and coordinators at the event were beholden to the same issues that affected the con as a whole, and they did an excellent job under the circumstances.

Bottom line up front (BLUF): Attendance was down at this particular event due to the economy.

When I talked with several coordinators, they mentioned that they had seen the same pattern previously over the past seventeen years. When money gets tight, the attendance drops as people try to trim the budget. How this affected me and some of the other volunteer gamemasters is that some scheduled events didn’t “fire”. This is the metric that the convention uses to state that the game started on time with players. All three of my scheduled games did not “fire” which disappointed me. With the lower attendance, the players flocked to the games that had other attendees signed up so that they could get a full experience (kind of hard to play in a game with only 1-2 players). At first I wondered if I had picked the wrong games or time-slots, but I saw that other GMs had the same issues that I had. So while talking with the RPG coordinators, they encouraged me to continue to volunteer as they appreciated my efforts. So yes, I’ll be signing up to run some games at SaltCON-End of Summer in September. Hopefully the economy will not be as skitterish as it is now (crosses-fingers).

There, now that the elephant in the room is out of the way, I can tell you what I enjoyed this weekend. First, the hugs. Thank you to those who provided or accepted them. I had a chance to see a few friends that I see regularly and a few that I hadn’t seen in a while. A convention is also a chance to network with other geeky people. I had a chance to meet the organizer for ICON, a gaming convention that happens in eastern Idaho three times a year (once in Pocatello and twice in Idaho Falls). I’m giving some thought to possibly volunteering to GM some RPG one-shots at this event in the future. But there is more logistics that will have to be put into place before I can commit to it.

The game swap room was moved to a larger location which was very nice. Usually it’s stuck in a narrow room where the attendees are shoulder-to-shoulder as they try to look over the selections. I liked the additional room much more and I hope that we can keep this at the new location. I’d like to thank those who brought in roleplaying books. I was able to pick up the Creature Codex and the Tome of Beasts at a decent price. From the photo above you can also see that the free boardgame was something called Tiffin (which I honestly picked up because it was the smallest game to grab). As my thank you gift for GMing at the con, I picked up a $20 gift certificate to The Queen’s Realm. The convention t-shirt is blue with a pirate crab and a pirate parrot playing cards with the caption “It’s all fun and games until someone loses an eye.” My geek wife liked mine so much that she asked me to pick her up one as well.

An interesting twist this year is that a collectable card event was happening in the same convention center on Saturday. I walked through it since it was free. But I didn’t pick up anything since it was mostly Pokemon and sports cards. A nice thing about having that part of the convention center open was the better food options were available within. I wonder if this event will happen again at the same time next summer?

Mini-posters the convention used to advertise my games.

As for the games that I played, Everyday Heroes was a time-travel adventure where we had to prevent Professor Moriarty from messing with time by preventing the Titanic from not being sunk. We were only able to get through one scenario since we had to create characters from scratch. But I was a pirate from the 1800’s which helped with the naval theme. Since one of my games didn’t ‘fire’, I ended up jumping into my first ever HeroQuest game, which was interesting. It was a cross between an RPG and a board game. The Savage Worlds one-shot was also fun. Apparently it was for a sci-fi setting that had just been released called the Han Cluster. It was ‘technology is magic’ based and was an interesting challenge. I had forgotten that I had already played Savage Worlds previously (and it was from the same GM). But it was good to be reminded about the system. Lorecraft 5e was very different. It was a homebrewed game that took Fifth Edition and added some additional items to it. Which explains why I wasn’t able to find anything for it online. But the GM/designer put a lot of work into it. The character sheet alone was a laminated folder with character and equipment card slots. You would write on any side with a dry-erase marker and included a booklet for additional abilities and equipment slots (see photos below since he let all players keep their characters for possible future gaming sessions). He had an interesting lazy-susan grid-playing field where he could put on our figures and terrain (all held with magnets). He could spin the playing field around to move characters or point things out. What I really appreciated with this GM was the way he handled two young RPGers (possibly 14 years old) at the table who attended all seven of his events that were all linked together. They were really getting into the system and their characters. When he cornered me after the session I played in he really wanted to ask me some feedback questions about his works. I let him know the encouraging things that I saw in the game. I didn’t really see any improvements he needed to make, but perhaps I could have noticed something if I had played in other sessions.

The back of the Lorecraft 5e character folder.
The front facing the other players and GM.

Again, if you are looking for a good gaming convention, please check out SaltCON. There are a ton of board games, card games, roleplaying games and more. The next two conventions at the Davis Conference Center in Layton, Utah are September 4-6 and March 11-14. I thinking of making a homebrew game for the Spring 2027 event.

Do you have any questions about the convention weekend? This article is open for discussion on the TardisCaptain dot Com Discord server. You can also email me at Carl (at) TardisCaptain.com with any comments.

Posted in: Quotes, Star Trek

Daily Star Trek Quotes: June 1-7

Written by TardisCaptain
Me when I realize it’s time for another SaltCON.

Here are the Daily Star Trek Quotes that will appear on the @STrekQuotes Mastodon account and the @STrekQuotes Bluesky account for the week of June 1st through June 7th. Note: Because Twitter/X will use posts to train AI, we will no longer be posting on that platform. This is out of respect for the owners of Star Trek.

June 1:
Remembering Rene Auberjonois who was born on this date in 1940. https://memory-alpha.fandom.com/wiki/Rene_Auberjonois #StarTrek #StarTrekDS9 #StarTrekFilm #StarTrekENT #StarTrekPRO #IDIC #Quote

“Then I met you… and the others—Sisko, Dax, even Quark. And now… when I hear one of you call me “Odo” I no longer think of myself as nothing. I think of myself as me.” Odo- Heart of Stone, Stardate: 48521.5 #StarTrek #StarTrekDS9 #IDIC #Quote

Star Trek III: The Search for Spock premiered on this date in 1984. https://memory-alpha.fandom.com/wiki/Star_Trek_III:_The_Search_for_Spock #StarTrek #StarTrekFilm #IDIC #Quote

“The word…is ‘no.’ I am therefore going anyway.” Kirk- Star Trek III: The Search for Spock, Stardate: 8210.3 #StarTrek #StarTrekFilm #IDIC #Quote

June 2:
Happy Birthday to Anthony Montgomery. https://memory-alpha.fandom.com/wiki/Anthony_Montgomery #StarTrek #StarTrekENT #IDIC #Quote

“If there’s one thing I’ve learned from Captain Archer, it’s that you don’t give in to people like this. You’re only going to encourage more attacks, not just against you, but other cargo ships.” Mayweather- Horizon, Date: January 10, 2153 #StarTrek #StarTrekENT #IDIC #Quote

Happy Birthday to Zachary Quinto. https://memory-alpha.fandom.com/wiki/Zachary_Quinto #StarTrek #StarTrekFilm #IDIC #Quote

“Doctor, the needs of the many outweigh the needs of the few.” Spock- Star Trek: Into Darkness, Stardate: 2259.55 #StarTrek #StarTrekFilm #IDIC #Quote

June 3:
“They are inquisitive. They wonder how you would endure.” Klag “Endure what?” Riker “Them.” Klag (Riker looks at the Klingon women) “One, or both?” Riker- A Matter of Honor, Stardate: 42506.5 #StarTrek #StarTrekTNG #IDIC #Quote

June 4:
Star Trek II: The Wrath of Khan premiered on this date in 1982. https://memory-alpha.fandom.com/wiki/Star_Trek_II:_The_Wrath_of_Khan #StarTrek #StarTrekFilm #IDIC #Quote

“Jim Kirk was many things, but he was never a boy scout.” Dr. Carol Marcus – Star Trek II: The Wrath of Khan, Stardate: 8130.3 #StarTrek #StarTrekFilm #IDIC #Quote

June 5:
“If you’re going to be a starship officer, you’ve got to accept that adversity comes with the job.” Kim- Nightingale, Stardate: 54274.7 #StarTrek #StarTrekVOY #IDIC #Quote

June 6:
Happy Birthday to Jason Isaacs. https://memory-alpha.fandom.com/wiki/Jason_Isaacs #StarTrek #StarTrekDSC #IDIC #Quote

“We choose our own pain. Mine helps me remember.” Lorca- Choose Your Pain, Stardate: Unknown #StarTrek #StarTrekDSC #IDIC #Quote

June 7:
Happy Birthday to Karl Urban. https://memory-alpha.fandom.com/wiki/Karl_Urban #StarTrek #StarTrekFilm #IDIC #Quote

“You know when I dreamed about being stuck on a deserted planet with a gorgeous woman there was no torpedo.” McCoy- Star Trek: Into Darkness, Stardate: 2259.55 #StarTrek #StarTrekFilm #IDIC #Quote

What are your favorite daily Star Trek quotes selected for this week? This article is open for discussion on the TardisCaptain dot Com Discord server. You can also email me at Carl (at) TardisCaptain.com or click on my social media links with any comments.

Posted in: Role Playing Games, Science Fiction, Star Trek

Prepping for SaltCON Summer 2026

Written by TardisCaptain
Some of the games that I’ll be running at SaltCON-Summer 2026.

Holy cow. It has been so busy for me that summer sneaked up on me. In a few days it will be time to geek out with my fellow RPGers at SaltCON-Summer at the Davis Conference Center.

I volunteered to run three different games this round. I signed up for three games so far, but I’m keeping this year pretty flexible and I may sign up for some games on the spot. I will also be packing my Convention Backpack that I have documented about in a previous blog post.

I’m really excited about my Star Trek Adventures 2nd Edition one-shot since I’m running something special. I can’t really talk about it until certain things have passed. But the players in my upcoming STA2e campaign will also get to experience it as well. I will be running Basic Fantasy 4th Edition on Friday and on Saturday I’ll get a chance to run a game that I got as part of a Secret Satan gift exchange a long time ago. Mutant Crawl Classics. This last game is my ‘unusual’ entry that I always try to come up with. It makes the conventions unique by allowing others to participate in a game that they might not normally get a chance to play.

As mentioned above, I’ve signed up for three games. The first being Everyday Heroes that a friend is running. Yes, I ran it at the 2026 Spring SaltCON, but I want to actually play to see how it looks from the other side of the GMs screen. I’m going to get a chance to play a sci-fi Savage Worlds one-shot. The third game is something called LoreCraft 5E. From the description, it sounds like a sci-fi/fantasy combo that may or may not be like Spelljammer. I haven’t been able to find out anything from it from an online search so I’ll have to report back later.

Once again I’d like to give a tip of the hat to the volunteers and coordinators for SaltCON. I hope you realize how much these events are helping me out this year. I’m looking forward to leaving the real world behind when I enter the convention center doors. I’ll see you there. If you are coming to the convention, please come up and say Hi. I’ve met a few readers of this blog face-to-face at this event.

What should I be on the look out for? Any recommendations for the games I’m going to be playing? This article is open for discussion on the TardisCaptain dot Com Discord server. You can also email me at Carl (at) TardisCaptain.com with any comments.

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