“If you’re going to try to embrace new worlds… you must try to embrace new ideas.” Dr. Phlox- Broken Bow, Date: April 16, 2151 #StarTrek #StarTrekENT #IDIC #WeAreStarfleet
September 27 “For nowhere am I so desperately needed than as among a shipload of illogical humans.” Spock- I Mudd, Stardate: 4513.3 #StarTrek #StarTrekTOS #IDIC #WeAreStarfleet
“You treat her like a lady, and she’ll always bring you home.” Dr. McCoy- Encounter at Farpoint, Stardate: 41153.7 #StarTrek #StarTrekTNG #IDIC #WeAreStarfleet
September 29 “I am a diagnostic tool, not an engineer.” Dr. Zimmerman (hologram)- The Swarm, Stardate: 50252.3 #StarTrek #StarTrekVOY #IDIC #WeAreStarfleet
September 30 “Another technical journal, Scotty?” Kirk “Aye.” Scotty “Don’t you ever relax?” Kirk “I am relaxing.” Scotty- The Trouble with Tribbles, Stardate: 4523.3 #StarTrek #StarTrekTOS #IDIC #WeAreStarfleet
October 1 “You’ll just have to read my books. What I am is pretty much there.” Samuel Clemens- Time’s Arrow, Part II, Stardate: 46001.3 #StarTrek #StarTrekTNG #IDIC #WeAreStarfleet
“Running may help, for a little while but sooner or later the pain catches up with you and the only way to get rid of it is to stand your ground and face it.” Sisko- The Way of the Warrior, Stardate: 49011.4 #StarTrek #StarTrekDS9 #IDIC #WeAreStarfleet
So another FanX: The Salt Lake Comic Convention is in the books. With how hectic my summer has been, I didn’t know if i was going to be able to make it. Starfleet Command’s Seventh Fleet was going to have a charity booth at the convention again to raise money for the American Cancer Society. Thankfully our Star Trek fan club is set up so that when real life gets in the way others can step forward. The crew of the USS Pulsar led the various volunteers for the booth. They put together a brand new photo op for convention attendees to use which was the Star Trek: Strange New Worlds transporter pad. After talking with Captain Joe Coleflesh, he stated to just come do what I could and they would handle everything else. So on Wednesday (the day before the con opened) I arrived and got the booth registered. I’m in a walking boot now, but I still had to stay off of my foot as often as I could. Luckily a friend of mine had let me borrow a knee scooter. This allowed me to move about the very large Salt Palace with some ease. It was still a toll on my body so every day of the convention was a “game time decision” on if I was going to make it.
On Thursday I rode down with a friend and was able to check out the vendors floor before the con opened (an advantage of being an exhibitor). I saw a few things that I wanted to pick up when everything was opened. I spent most of the day at the Seventh Fleet booth meeting up with new recruits and old friends who stopped by to say hello. Despite being sore, I made the trek back down on Friday and took my youngest to Kid-Con. Unfortunately, that may have been too much so I wasn’t able to come down on Saturday. If I missed meeting up with you, I hope to catch you at a future event. I will be adding some new photos to my online photo album that were taken at the con.
From a Utah vendor I was able to pick up a dice tray and a pin with a graphic of a D20 that stated “This is how I roll”. I purchased the 2022 anthology “Parliament of Wizards“. With several of the local authors in attendance, I was able to get several of them to autograph the book. My last long Dungeons and Dragons campaign allowed me to play a wizard, so I thought I might gain some inspiration from this book for future gaming sessions. Speaking of getting books signed, I also picked up The Complete Elfquest Volume One and meet the creators Wendy and Richard Pini. I’ve been a fan of this series ever since I read the first trade paperback back in the mid-80’s and I was unaware that they were even coming. While there are a lot of geeky things for sale at the con, I hardly see any role-playing books. So when I discovered that Andrew E.C. Gaska, the author of the Alien Roleplaying Game published by Free League was also present, I had to pick up the core book for him to autograph. When I told him that Aliens was my favorite movie of all time, he wrote a special message with his signature. Yes, I will be using this system in my Character Creation Challenge in 2023. And thanks to my friend Tina, I was able to pick up the autograph of Steven Weber who played Colonel Day on Star Trek: Deep Space Nine. I would have picked up more autographs but I wasn’t informed about the prices before the con so I couldn’t budget before hand.
Despite missing Saturday and being sore, I did enjoy getting out and seeing the creativity that our local geek community comes up with. Also a big thank you to the members of the Seventh Fleet for running a successful charity booth and to all of the fans who helped donate to the American Cancer Society. To Dan Farr and the many, many volunteers at the con, thank you for all that you do. FanX 2023 has already set the dates of September 21-23 for the next event. I can’t wait to see what amazing things we will see then. Hopefully I’ll be well enough to cosplay.
With the FanX: The Salt Lake Comic Convention taking up most of my time this month, I almost forgot to post the discount Star Trek eBooks offered by Pocket Books. They are all 99 cents and cover a wide variety of Star Trek series.
Here are the Daily Star Trek Quotes that will appear on the @STrekQuotes twitter account for the week of September 19th through September 25th.
September 19 “I despise devious people. Don’t you?” Deela “I believe in honest relationships myself.” Kirk- Wink of an Eye, Stardate: 5710.5 #StarTrek #StarTrekTOS #IDIC #WeAreStarfleet
September 20 “My name. You pronounced it ‘Datt-uh.'” Data “What’s the difference?” Dr. Pulaski “One is my name. The other is not.” Data- The Child, Stardate: 42073.1 #StarTrek #StarTrekTNG #IDIC #WeAreStarfleet
September 21 “We don’t know what to do about Humans. Of all the species we’ve made contact with, yours is the only one we can’t define.” Soval- The Forge, Date: Unknown #StarTrek #StarTrekENT #IDIC #WeAreStarfleet
September 22 “There seem to be countless rituals and cultural beliefs designed to alleviate the fear of a simple biological truth: all organisms eventually perish.” Seven- Mortal Coil, Stardate: 51449.2 #StarTrek #StarTrekVOY #IDIC #WeAreStarfleet
“I’ve never actually been a teacher, Commander, but it’s something I’ve always thought about doing.” Keiko O’Brien- A Man Alone, Stardate: 46384 #StarTrek #StarTrekDS9 #IDIC #WeAreStarfleet
September 24 Star Trek: Discovery premiered on this date in 2017 with the episodes The Vulcan Hello and Battle at the Binary Stars. https://memory-alpha.fandom.com/wiki/Star_Trek:_Discovery #StarTrek #StarTrekDiscovery #IDIC #WeAreStarfleet
“From my youth on Vulcan, I was raised to believe that service was my purpose. And I carried that conviction to Starfleet.” Burnham- Battle at the Binary Stars, Stardate: 1207.3 #StarTrek #StarTrekDiscovery #IDIC #WeAreStarfleet
September 25 “This is the flagship. We should be better than everybody else.” LaForge- Force of Nature, Stardate: 47310.2 #StarTrek #StarTrekTNG #IDIC #WeAreStarfleet
Here are the Daily Star Trek Quotes that will appear on the @STrekQuotes twitter account for the week of September 12th through September 18th.
September 12 “In the Federation, we have learned from experience, to view the Romulans with distrust. We can either choose to live with that enmity or seek a way to change it.” Spock- Unification II, Stardate: 45245.8 #StarTrek #StarTrekTNG #IDIC #WeAreStarfleet
September 13 “It’s in their nature. They were engineered to be this way. Superior ability breeds superior ambition. One of their creators wrote that. He was murdered by an Augment.” Archer- The Augments, Date: May 27, 2154 #StarTrek #StarTrekENT #IDIC #WeAreStarfleet
“There’s an old, old saying on Earth, Mister Sulu. Fool me once, shame on you. Fool me twice, shame on me.” Scotty “I know this saying. It was invented in Russia.” Chekov- Friday’s Child, Stardate: 3497.2 #StarTrek #StarTrekTOS #IDIC #WeAreStarfleet
“I’m a mirror for you as well.” Picard “Not for long, Captain. I’m afraid you won’t survive to witness the victory of the echo over the voice.” Shinzon- Star Trek Nemesis, Stardate: 56844.9 #StarTrek #StarTrekTNG #IDIC #WeAreStarfleet
“Come on, fellas. Cut the manlier-than-thou bullshit.” Cornwell- Saints of Imperfection, Stardate: Unknown #StarTrek #StarTrekDiscovery #IDIC #WeAreStarfleet
September 17 “Home is where the heart is, but the stars are made of latinum.” (75th Rule of Acquisition) Quark- Civil Defense, Stardate: Unknown #StarTrek #StarTrekDS9 #IDIC #WeAreStarfleet
September 18 “My father had a saying, captain. “Home is wherever you happen to be”.” Chakotay- Deadlock, Stardate: 49548.7 #StarTrek #StarTrekVOY #IDIC #WeAreStarfleet
Here are the Daily Star Trek Quotes that will appear on the @STrekQuotes twitter account for the week of September 5th through September 11th.
September 5 (Re: Ice Cream Sundaes) “This is called vanilla and this is chocolate. Give it a try. Oh, no. Wait. You’ve got to eat the cherry first.” Tucker- Cogenitor, Date: Unknown #StarTrek #StarTrekENT #IDIC #WeAreStarfleet
“You lost. There’s no way for you to make it back there! Give up!” Kirk “What, like you did?! I read your ship’s log, Captain James T. Kirk. At least I know what I am! I’m a soldier!” Krall- Star Trek Beyond, Stardate: 2263.2 #StarTrek #IDIC #WeAreStarfleet
September 7 “When in doubt, surprise them.” Worf- Where Silence has Lease, Stardate: 42193.6 #StarTrek #StarTrekTNG #IDIC #WeAreStarfleet
“The creature was trying to survive. It has that right, doesn’t it?” Crater- The Man Trap, Stardate: 1513.1 #StarTrek #StarTrekTOS #IDIC #WeAreStarfleet
“The structure of the ship, those huge arches, thrusting up. The whole ship is designed to receive and store energy.” Scotty “Gives me the creeps. I feel like something’s watching us.” Dr. McCoy- Beyond the Farthest Star, Stardate: 5221.3 #StarTrek #StarTrekTAS #IDIC #WeAreStarfleet
September 9 Happy Birthday to Jeffrey Combs. @jeffreycombs https://memory-alpha.fandom.com/wiki/Jeffrey_Combs #StarTrek #StarTrekDS9 #StarTrekVOY #StarTrekENT #StarTrekLowerDecks #IDIC #WeAreStarfleet
“Brunt, FCA.” Brunt “But for how much longer?” Quark “Don’t worry about me, Quark. I’m a survivor.” Brunt- Ferengi Love Songs, Stardate: Unknown #StarTrek #StarTrekDS9 #IDIC #WeAreStarfleet
“The key to opening the tan zhekran is taking the time to understand what’s keeping it closed.” Narek- The Impossible Box, Stardate: Unknown #StarTrek #StarTrekPicard #IDIC #WeAreStarfleet
“I’m going to die without a shred of honor. And for the first time in my life, that bothers me.” Torres- Day of Honor, Stardate: Unknown #StarTrek #StarTrekVOY #IDIC #WeAreStarfleet
So do you think we’ll make it through this summer?
Here are the Daily Star Trek Quotes that will appear on the @STrekQuotes twitter account for the week of August 29th through September 4th.
August 29 “Creativity is necessary for the health of the Body.” Spock- The Return of the Archons, Stardate: 3156.2 #StarTrek #StarTrekTOS #IDIC #WeAreStarfleet
August 30 “It is part of our life cycle that we accept the death of those we love.” Picard- The Bonding, Stardate: 43198.7 #StarTrek #StarTrekTNG #IDIC #WeAreStarfleet
August 31 “What if your woman leaves you?” Dax “That’s what holosuites are for.” Quark- Indiscretion, Stardate: Unknown #StarTrek #StarTrekDS9 #IDIC #WeAreStarfleet
September 1 “You should consider it a high compliment. Throughout history, men have fought over the love of a woman.” The Doctor- Parturition, Stardate: 49068.5 #StarTrek #StarTrekVOY #IDIC #WeAreStarfleet
September 2 “It’s not an opinion. It’s simple logic.” T’Pol- Future Tense, Date: Unknown #StarTrek #StarTrekENT #IDIC #WeAreStarfleet
September 3 “You think that’s what I want? Become one of them? Become my own enemy?” Alexander- Plato’s Stepchildren, Stardate: 5784.2 #StarTrek #StarTrekTOS #IDIC #WeAreStarfleet
September 4 “He is a boy, Worf and boys sometimes take the wrong path. They need guidance. He needs a father—his father to give him that guidance.” Helena Rozhenko- New Ground, Stardate: 45376.3 #StarTrek #StarTrekTNG #IDIC #WeAreStarfleet
You can find my past RPGaDAY2022 catch up posts here in Part One, Part Two and Part Three. Another busy week in another busy month in another busy summer has come and gone. Again I’ve been very grateful to the family members who came to help out with our summer projects. With how things have been things are starting to look up. I can’t wait to get this cast off of my foot so I can start doing normal things again. I’ve been enjoying reading the #RPGaDAY2022 posts that I’ve come across. It makes me wish that I could get a bunch of friends around a table to actually game. When some of these time-sink projects are done, I may be a step closer to actually hosting again. Until then, here are my RPGaDAY2022 entries for days 22-28.
Day 22: Who is your current character?
This is Dr. R’imr, the Caitian Lieutenant CMO of the Saladin Class USS Acrux. This is in an online Far Trek game that is being run on the Roll20 virtual tabletop website. So far none of the other players have noticed that the character name came from Red Dwarf.
Day 23: What situation is your character currently in?
We were sent to find out why a colony was not responding to Starfleet. When we arrived we discovered Klingons on the scene who were looking for a weapon. What’s really interesting is that the adventure was written by my friend Roger Taylor and adapted to Far Trek. I’ve been on my honor to not pull up the adventure and look at the notes.
Day 24: When did you start playing this character?
At the beginning of 2022. If we are lucky we get a chance to play once a month. Even then, I’ve had to miss a few sessions due to real life getting in the way. Yes the eternal struggle of gaming.
Day 25: Where has that character been?
Boldly going. Oh, more specific than that. The colony is named Tannos IV with “Madsen’s Hope” being the main colony population center.
Day 26: What does your character do what they do?
R’imr studied medicine and joined Starfleet to get away from the homeworld of Cait. He didn’t feel like he was making a difference there so he decided to leave and offer his services to Starfleet. He loves dispensing wisdom when he uses his catchphrase “Now listen to your doctor when he says…”.
Day 27: How has your character changed?
I’m still exploring this. As I noticed changes, I’ll try to report them here.
Day 28: Style Sunday: Roll 1d8+1, tag that many friends with your favorite RPG cover art.
Well once again I can’t really tag anyone in this format. So here is my favorite cover art.
So earlier this month I received a DM from @StarTrekonPPlus asking if I wanted to receive a special mailer that would celebrate the Season Three premier of Star Trek: Lower Decks on Paramount+. Of course I was interested and I followed the instructions given to RSVP. I was thinking that this would be something that could be sent in a large envelope with a few kewl SWAG items.
Boy was I wrong. And boy am I happy about that.
As you can see from the photo above a very large shipping box arrived. It was very well packaged that it took two of us to safely get it out of the container. As my oldest clamored to find out what was inside, I had the bright idea to start taking photos of everything as we pulled them out so I could share them with you. Here is what we saw before pulling everything out.
You can hear voices singing “Aaaahhhh!!!!”
My box arrived undamaged. I had heard from some other Star Trek fans that their box had encountered mishaps during delivery which resulted in the poster being bent. Luckily everything appeared OK with my delivery. There was a combination of green paper filler and bubble wrap at the bottom to help protect the items inside. The box itself could easily be used to hold collectables. There was also a card with some details of the cookies with raisins from the Boimler Family Vineyards.
Something sweet to eat.
I don’t know why the cookies caught my attention first, but they were the first things that I wanted to look at. These oatmeal raisin cookies will be enjoyed by me while watching the first episode of season three. My family are not big raisin fans so I’ll get to enjoy them myself. These cookies are HUGE. On the back was a list of ingredients and information about Fleurs el Sel, the bakery that made the cookies.
The front label of the Ketracel White-Hot Hot Sauce.
The description on the label.
The next item that I pulled out was the Ketracel White-Hot Hot Sauce. “Locally Sourced” from Gama Quadrant ingredients. I also had to snap a photo of the description as it was bottled for Quark Industries. Since my family is not big on hot sauce and it is factory sealed, I can see myself keeping this as just a collectors item. There wasn’t an actual company listed for creating the product, but the ingredients label did state it was distributed by HSH Inc out of North Port, Florida. I wonder if there will be a reference to this hot sauce in a season three episode?
The Lower Decks III hat to cover your head.
The tye-dye reversible cap caught my daughter’s attention. She begged for this item after I was done blogging about this SWAG. She has already worn it around the house. Created by a company called Simplicity, the tag states that it offers 100% UV protection. Because I won’t be able to resist the puppy dog eyes of my child, I don’t think I’ll be the owner of this for very long.
Now I just need a Star Trek pen.
This special min-notepad had a special message from Ensign Brad Boimler on the last page (see sub-note at the end of the blog). There was no indication on which company created this wirebound notepad. I’m not certain what I’m going to do with this (use or keep as a collector’s item).
Starfleet Strong
Next was a pair of blue Starfleet exercise wrist bands. I could see Mariner wearing these. There was no indication on the package or on the bands of who made them. My daughters may end up fighting over these as they don’t fit my wrists very well.
Singing: Yo, I got myself a fanny pack. They were having a sale down at the GAP.
I haven’t owned a fanny pack in years. I can also see myself using this item on certain occasions. It is transparent so I could use it for carrying items into areas where they need to do quick inspections before entering. Like some of the other items, there was no indicator of who made this SWAG.
The Rutherford poster arrives undamaged.
One of the things I noticed from other Star Trek fans posting their SWAG on social media is that the poster was random. My poster contained the character of Ensign Sam Rutherford as voiced by Eugene Cordero. As mentioned above, some fans had damaged posters when they opened up their box. Luckily, mine came through with no issues.
Thank you to the gang at Paramount Plus for these kewl items. We had fun unboxing everything and looking things over. I’ve always loved Star Trek: Lower Decks because the writers and artists put a ton of Star Trek Easter Eggs in the show for fans to find. I’ve been eagerly waiting for the third season ever since I chewed out Mike McMahan on Twitter for the tear jerker ending of season two.
Sub-Note: I was just kidding, there is no special message from Boimler in the notebook. Just the thought of a bunch of fellow Star Trek fans scrambling to see if they had missed something made me chuckle. I’m certain my wife will allow you to smack me on principle when you see me.
A big thank you to everyone who helped me this past weekend.
Here are the Daily Star Trek Quotes that will appear on the @STrekQuotes twitter account for the week of August 22nd through August 28th.
August 22 “I believe there are still people alive down there and I’m going to give them every chance.” Troi- Disaster, Stardate: 45156.1 #StarTrek #StarTrekTNG #IDIC #WeAreStarfleet
August 23 “Bonk! Bonk! On the head! Bonk! Bonk!” Onlies- Miri, Stardate: 2713.5 #StarTrek #StarTrekTOS #IDIC #WeAreStarfleet
“I have to ask myself some questions. Am I really ready to have a child? Am I prepared to give that child the attention and devotion it deserves? Am I capable of taking on such a huge responsibility?” Kes- Elogium, Stardate: 48921.3 #StarTrek #StarTrekVOY #IDIC #WeAreStarfleet
August 25 “Greed leads to misjudgment and that can result in a loss of profits.” Hanok- Starship Down, Stardate: 49263.5 #StarTrek #StarTrekDS9 #IDIC #WeAreStarfleet
“To the Enterprise… and to absent friends.” Kirk- Star Trek Beyond, Stardate: 2263.2 #StarTrek #IDIC #WeAreStarfleet
August 27 “Good manners, madam, are never a waste of time.” Cyrus Redblock- The Big Goodbye, Stardate: 41997.7 #StarTrek #StarTrekTNG #IDIC #WeAreStarfleet
August 28 “You say this is a place to purge emotions? Looks like somebody had to purge pretty bad. He bashed the door in.” Tucker- The Andorian Incident, Date: June 19, 2151 #StarTrek #StarTrekENT #IDIC #WeAreStarfleet
