UF Weekly 7-9-2006

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JULY 9, 2006 STARDATE: 63520.55
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Volume 1 issue 24
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Simulations

Live Sims

Sundays

USS Expedition NCC 76227
Co Capt. Edward Dean XO Cdr Vanessa A Lucifel
Nova Class
8:00 P.M. EST, 7:00 Central, 6:00 Mountain, 5:00 P.M. Pacific time zones
Needed crew: CSEC, CSCI, and All assistant postings
Marines and Fighter pilots.




Mondays

USS New York NCC 71868
CO Captain Eviess Radaik XO Lt Colonel Magus Stevenson
Galaxy class
10:00 P.M. Eastern, 9:00 P.M. Central, 8:00 P.M. Mountain, and 7:00 P.M. Pacific time.
Needed crew: All assistant postings
Marines and Fighter pilots.


Tuesdays

USS Aryes NCC 81204
Captain Sowren-Hunter Tirina CO Commander T'Lar
Sovereign Class
10:00 P.M. Eastern, 7:30 P.M. Central, 6:30 P.M. Mountain, and 5:30 P.M. Pacific time.
Needed crew: OPS, HELM, and CMO,
Marines and fighter pilots.


Wednesdays

101st Marine Pathfinders
Marine dedicated ground simulation.
CO Lt Colonel Keith Fox XO Major Sandra Iverson
10:00 P.M. Eastern, 9:00 P.M. Central, 8:00 P.M. Mountain, and 7:00 P.M. Pacific.
Needed crew: Marines and Fighter pilots.

Thursday

USS London UFMV-16052-B
Excalibur Class
CO Major General Alexander Hunter XO Colonel Kestra Suder Hill
Actively Crewing. 10:00 P.M. Eastern, 9:00 P.M. Central, 8:00 P.M. Mountain, and 7:00 P.M. Pacific.


Fridays

USS Pegasus UFMV 25347
Marine Battle cruiser/carrier Kennedy Class.
CO Field Marshall J. Weslynes XO Colonel Hook
10:00 P.M. Eastern, 9:00 P.M. Central, 8:00 P.M. Mountain, and 7:00 P.M. Pacific.
Needed crew: Marines and fighter pilots versatile officer

Saturdays

USS Frontier NCC 11385
Titan Class
Co Admiral Charan Taylar XO Rear Admiral Kenneth M Basal
10:00 P.M. Eastern, 9:00 P.M. Central, 8:00 P.M. Mountain, and 7:00 P.M. Pacific.
Needed crew: Marines and Fighter pilots


Board simulations

USS Vindicator UFMV 16052
Patton Class
ACO Lt Colonel Thomas Allen
Needed crew: TAC, Marines and Fighter pilots
All crew and ship activity takes place on the boards it is suggested that the crew check in daily to see if their character needs to post




USS Terrasect NCC 70000
Terrasect class
Co Flt Admiral J Harsting XO Captain Crio Ijoula
Needed crew: Marines and Fighter pilots
All crew and ship activity takes place on the boards it is suggested that the crew check in daily to see if their character needs to post


Around the Fleet

USS Expedition NCC 76227

The Crew took time to stop off at New Talaxia to administer the anti-gen, and celebrate Independence day for the old United States.


USS New York NCC 71868

Shore leave has begun on Romulus, as Captain Radaik faces an inquiry to her actions at Gaius.

USS Aryes NCC 81204

The Aryes took some time off to celebrate the ancient American Independence day.

101st Marine Pathfinders

The Pathfinders were called to the Swiss Alps, as a General part of a party of four have gone missing for 2 days. The 101st successfully rescued all.

USS London-A UFMV-16052-B

The London took in a training excersise with the USS Rhode Island. Although some early teething problems, the London would prove more then a match.

USS Pegasus UFMV 25347

The Pegasus continued it¡¦s mission at Omega Sagitarii IV. Monitoring local transmissions revealed economic, and social conditions were deteriorating.


USS Frontier NCC 11385

Admiral Taylar has a sneaky suspicion about the traffic patterns around the planet, as well as questions for the prisoner they have about why they want this child. With a sensor echo on their tails, the Frontier launches a fighter in hopes it answers what it truly is.

Board Sims

USS Vindicator UFMV 16052

Lt Colonel Allen continues to get to know his crew.


USS Terrasect NCC 70000

The Ktarnian fleet has rendezvoused with the Terrasect, as the fleet makes it¡¦s way to Ktarnium Prime.

New Recruits

The USS Aryes welcomes:
Ensign Warblade Aybara, a human male posting as a Fighter Pilot.


Birthday

Ensign Tailkinker celebrated her birthday on July 4th.
Lt J¡¦Den celebrated his birthday on July 7th.
Colonel Keith Fox, and Commander Guy Montag celebrate their birthday on July 13th.

Class of 2385

Junes Alumni:

Marine Captain Del Kara June 3, 2385
1st Lt Deborah Vassat June 25, 2385

July Alumni:

Captain Inid Kiara July 25th, 2385

State of the Fleet.


By Marine Captain Jennifer Morgan

Well, it¡¦s the summer, the weather hotter, the beach or pool beckons, and Star Trek is the last thing on your mind.
Lets face it, we are all guilty of it. Just yesterday I was trying on 2 new skirts, and a tube top, its here, and things are kind of slow in the recruit room.
Let¡¦s face it, we love Star Trek, and could never go cold turkey, but like festival on planet Beta III, the summer calls to us all. Well, Landru is not of the body of summer fun, but we haven¡¦t lost our free wills totally.
Every member should once in a while, pop in the Recruit room, stick around a bit, and role play awhile. This is what makes us a great group, so on those off nights, stop by for a betazoid tea, and some role play.
We also need some active recruiting, and who¡¦s not better then the actual members in the United Forces. Our recruit room is infamous for its water balloon fights as well. You who have AIM shouldn¡¦t be left out as well. We have the UF Lounge that sits alone, with barely a soul. Lets throw a Klingon Toga party folks. The lights are on, Mom, and Dad went to aunt Gladys house, let¡¦s party.
So before you end up at a dead spot in your summer, don¡¦t forget the fun you can participate in your UF chat rooms. Don¡¦t forget, the chat rooms are accessible through the board, you must be registered, and logged in.


Alien Corner

HUMANS

1st Lt Stephanie Morgan. Typical human female


One of the most influential and important species in the Alpha quadrant, Humans originate from the planet Earth in the Sol system. The early history of the planet was remarkable in many respects - chiefly for the number of contacts with alien civilizations which occurred. All of these proved to be of a very limited type however, and it was not until 2063 that the first official First Contact occured. At this point Earth was suffering the effects of a large scale nuclear war and was at a particularly low point. A group of scientists working under Zefram Cochrane had been working on a method of faster than light drive system for spacecraft when the war occurred. Despite having no official funding and poor living conditions the team pressed on with their project, and by 2063 they where able to launch the Phoenix, making Humanity only the second of the current major species in the alpha quadrant to utilize this form of propulsion.


Zefram Cochrane warp ship the Phoenix.
Cochrane's flight attracted the attention of a Vulcan survey vessel which was in the system; the Vulcans subsequently sent a shuttlecraft down to make contact with Cochranes team. The discovery that they where not alone in the universe had a profound impact on mankind, bringing all the people of the Earth together as never before.
Rapid progress followed, and by 2113 poverty, hunger and war had been abolished from the planet.

NX Class
In 2151 Humanity launched the NX class, their first true long range interstellar vessels. Their sphere of influence began to expand rapidly as new colonies were established and new trading routes opened. Finally, in 2152 they encountered the Romulan Empire; the two powers subsequently fought a brief but intense war which was ended in when the Romulan Neutral Zone was established in order to provide a buffer zone between the two powers.
The Romulan War proved to Humanity that they had over-reached themselves, and they sought to form an alliance of different civilizations in order to provide for greater stability and prevent further conflicts. The United Federation of Planets was established in 2161 when the Humans and Vulcans signed the Federation Constitution. Although the Federation is regarded as a model of inter-species cooperation, Humans have always tended to dominate it - to the extent that the Klingons once dubbed it a Homo Sapiens only club!

Typical Human male, Sgt Forrest Langley.
Physically, Humans are bilaterally symetrical bipeds whose skin and hair can vary considerably between individuals. As with most species there are two genders, male and female, but unusually there are several different racial groups. In most other respects Humans are physically close to the average for an Alpha quadrant species.
The Borg designation for humanity is Species 5618; the borg class Humans as originating in Grid 325; they regard Human physiology as inefficient, with below-average cranial capacity, minimal redundant systems and limited regenerative abilities.



The Board Count

Last weeks Board count was taken at 2:45 am, July 2, 2006.
This weeks Board count was taken at 1:35 pm, July 9, 2006.
Last weeks board count was 10,425
This weeks board count is 10,574.

Total Post 149


Live Sims
USS NEW YORK NCC-71868


Ship Name This Week Last Week Non Logs Total Post
New York 1525 1469 1 55
Frontier 803 797 0 6
Pegasus 1999 1991 2 6
Expedition 346 343 0 3
London 16 14 2 0
Aryes 349 349 0 0
101st Pathfinders 389 389 0 0

5427 5352 70

Top Posters

This week goes to Ensign Matthew McFerrin, and Lt Anarra Danrrea, with Marine Captain Amber Bond, and Marine Captain Will Hunter.
The Top Ten
Name Current Last Week Total Post Ship
McFerrin 99 78 21 New York
Anarra Danrrea 285 274 11 New York
S'anara Aimne 28 22 6 New York
Jane Vadaldie 57 51 6 New York
Zandille Rey-Baccus 123 119 4 New York
Vanessa Lucifel 347 343 4 Expedition
Victoria Love 37 34 3 Pegasus
Yuna Tremayne 40 37 3 Frontier
Candela Montag 253 250 3 Frontier
Melvin Moon 24 22 2 New York
tailkinker1 35 33 2 Pegasus
Yhea Hrienteh 236 234 2 New York


General board areas
Announcements

Commander Vanessa Ann Lucifel announced:
3D Renders: Expecting a new set of Props on July 13thfor the Marine Ground forces, also new 3D render props include a tri-corder (large, and small), hand phaser, Quarter sets (bed, table, seat), and a replicator.
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PHP/MySQL Programmers Wanted

Persons with PHP/MySQL programming experience wanted for the creation of a members area on the Star Trek:United Forces Website.

This project includes:

-Dynamic Rosters updatable by users with certain security criteria
-Member Profiles
-Private Messaging System on the UF Website
-Member Exclusive Areas

If you are interested, please contact Fleet Admiral Harsting at [e-mail]


Crio's Trivia Corner
===From the Office of Captain Crio Ijoula --- USS Terrasect===

I got some more participation in last week's trivia question. Keep it up. I'd like to see more people joining in.

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Last week's question was a Deep Space Nine (DS9) question, carrying a difficulty rating of 1.5



=/\= According to Ben Sisko and Jadzia Dax, Curzon Dax's name is revered by what race, because of spending so much time among them?

<ANSWER>
The Klingons

Correct answer received by:
Lt. Anarra Danrea
Lt. Karin Aidair
Lt. J'Den

*Eager-beaver question*
When Jadzia underwent the Trill zhin'tara ritual to allow her to 'meet' all of Dax's previous hosts, who embodied Curzon, and what was the real reason why Curzon washed Jadzia out of the Initiate program?

<ANSWER>
Odo 'embodied' Curzon, and the reason was because Curzon was in love with Jadzia.

Correct answer received by:
Lt. Anarra Danrea
Lt. Karin Aidair

<The Eager-Beaver question was based from the episode "Facets" (DS9)>
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For this next question, I'm going to extend the time frame for answering by a couple of weeks, due to the difficulty level.

This question carries a difficulty level of 5, and is based on one of the movies.

<Star Trek: First Contact>


=/\= What three Enterprise officers set the auto-destruct sequence, and tell me the authorization codes used by each of the officers in question.

*Eager-beaver question*

There is a reference in the movie to Data being "fully functional-programmed in multiple techniques." To what incident in the past was he referring to when answering the Borg Queen's question about how long it had been since he'd used those techniques?

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Thank you for supporting Crio's Trivia Corner

The answer will appear in next week's edition of the UF Weekly newsletter. Good luck to everyone.

As always, please email your answers or guesses to [e-mail] Please put either "Trivia", or "Crio's Trivia Corner" in the subject line.


Humor
By Andrus Elbrun

Bones Jokes


Kirk: What is that ensign's name, Bones? He reminds me of a horse.
Bones: He's Ed, Jim.

Kirk: Bones, what's happened to Ensign Hunger?
Bones: He's fed Jim.

Kirk: What club is the patient vactioning with, Bones?
McCoy: He's Med, Jim.

Spock: Jim! McCoy is lying on the floor not breathing after being hit by a
laser! What's wrong with him?
Kirk: He's bones, Spock.

Kirk: Where's Spock? Last I heard, he was getting really sick of these
jokes!
Bones: He's fled, Jim.

Kirk: What's my cat doing on the couch?
McCoy: He's shed, Jim.

Kirk: Bones! Its Ensign Paper! Is he ...
McCoy: Yes, he's shred, Jim.

Kirk: Bones, what about Ensign Toboggan?
Bones: He's sled, Jim.

Kirk: Bones, what about Ensign Yeast?
Bones: He's bread, Jim.

Kirk: Who's that one at the end of the list?
McCoy: He's Zed, Jim.

Kirk: So what happened to Jimmy Page, Bones?
McCoy: He's Led, Jim.

Kirk: Bones, is he from the FBI?
McCoy: He's Fed, Jim.

Kirk: Bones, that man just ran by at warp speed!
McCoy: He sped, Jim.

Kirk: Bones, who's that new crew member who calls himself Clampett?
McCoy: He's Jed, Jim.

KIrk: Bones, what about ensign Pb?
Bones: He's Lead, Jim.

][] Chris/2 ][] "Bones, that feels wonderful!" "It's head Jim"

village.vossnet.co.uk/l/lalo/bones.txt
By Lt Annara Danrea

Top 11 reasons to come to sickbay
(why 11, because that¡¦s how many I came up with)

11. If your injured, sick or usually unconcious and being carried in the - only way most come in willingly.

10. Any Prescription can be filled, no matter what the species.

9. Friendly Doctors to treat you.

8. No needles involved period. End of Story. Honestly it¡¦s the 24th century why would we have needles.

7. There is little chance of it exploding, unlike engineering

6. Doctors don¡¦t bite, Security however might.

5. You might become famous after I find your blood holds the cure to a deadly disease and I name the cure after you.

4. Physicals are not painful! How many times do I have to tell you people this.

3. Its not painted gray like the rest of the ship.

2. Come for the treatments, stay for the lively banter and conversation with the bored doctors.

1. Doctors, (specifically I) will resort to incentives such as food for you to come to sickbay.




Trek Life
Star Trek.com


Image of the week.
By LtCdr Vanessa A Lucifel
This week features ships, and some renders.

USS Philadelphia

USS London (Early 2385)

USS Aryes

Ensign Rey Drek

Ensign Warblade Aybara




Make sure you give Name, Rank, Race, and typical description (hair color, skin color, body type, etc¡K). I have yet to make enlisted pips, but they are a work-in-progress for now.


UF Weekly Staff:
Marine Captain Jenn Morgan ¡V Editor and Chief
LtCdr Vanessa A Lucifel ¡V Assistant Editor, Reporter, and Visual Graphics
Ensign Ashley Morgan ¡V Field Report for Naval Operations
1st Lt Stephanie Morgan ¡V Field Reporter for Marine Operations
Lt Candela Montag ¡V Reporter, special assignment
Commander Crio Ijoula ¡V Staff writer, reporter
Admiral Kenneth Basaal ¡V Humor, and contributor
Field Marshall Jenina Weslynes ¡V UF Weekly Chief Executive Officer

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