UF Weekly 7-23-3006

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JULY 23, 2006 STARDATE: 63558.90
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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: CSCI, CSEC, 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



Captain Dean, Commander Lucifel meet Admiral Janeway, and receive their next mission. The crew enjoy their last moments of shore leave.


USS New York NCC 71868

The New York has came across a debris field of what appears to be hull damage from a Breen ship. This has Captain Radaik, as well as the rest of the bridge crew wondering, what are they doing so far from Breen, and in Romulan space?

USS Aryes NCC 81204

The Aryres enjoyed a breather as their investigation at Ocampa continues.

101st Marine Pathfinders

Took in a practice mission with paintball arms. The Officer just barely defeated the enlisted corp.

USS London-A UFMV-16052-B

The USS London has nothing to report.

USS Pegasus UFMV 25347

The Pegasus concentrate their questioning of the Orion Captain Haelmuk, while certain facts of the upheaval on the planet has the bridge crew wondering how much of this is truly the work of the Orions.


USS Frontier NCC 11385

The Frontier took some time off to get in some shore leave on Bajor.

Board Sims

USS Vindicator UFMV 16052

Lt Colonel Allen continues to get to know his crew.


USS Terrasect NCC 70000

The Terrasect finds itself squaring off with the Ktarnian fleet, after a transport exploded. The transport was carrying Fleet Admiral Harsting, and his Away team. The Terrasect begins to investigate this incident as well.

New Recruits

The USS Vindicator
Akoval Idrani an Andorian male, the recruiter was Ensign Chuck Norris


Resignation

Marine Captain Jennifer Morgan and Ensign Mike Redman have resigned from the USS Vindicator


Birthdays

Robert O'brien of the 101st Pathfinders July 19th.

Tecaz of the USS New York, and Aztec of the USS Vindicator July 23rd.



New Poster Sends Clues to Direction of Next Movie



A picture, even a mere image that hints at a broader picture, can instantly give you a snapshot of things to come.
The production team that now holds the creative reins for the next Star Trek movie project has released a piece of artwork this weekend (to coincide with Comic-Con) that provides a Polaroid of an era past, as well as a vision yet to be revealed. With this familiar imagery, the direction of the next movie is now officially open to speculation.
J.J. Abrams and Damon Lindelof are the film's producers; Bryan Burk, Alex Kurtzman and Roberto Orci are executive producers. The film is slated for release in 2008.
The first people to get their hands on this iconic image are those who visit the Paramount Pictures booth this morning at Comic-Con in San Diego.
Three versions of this image are available now as Desktops and AIM Icons.
Several lucky Star Trek fans will win their own copy of this unique poster. Click here to enter for your chance to win!
Stay tuned to STARTREK.COM for continuing coverage about this upcoming feature film.

Star Trek.com/ST XI



Alien Corner
VIDIIANS

A Normal Vidiian female.

Encountered by USS Voyager in 2371, the Vidiians suffer from a disease known as "the Phage" which attacks every part of their bodies. The Vidiians have no cure for the Phage, and are forced to replace body parts on a regular basis. Despite possessing advanced medical knowledge, including genetic engineering, the Vidiians apparently lack the ability to clone bodies for replacement parts. They therefore frequently attack other species and steal their organs for transplants.
This has led to the average Vidiian having a wide variety of alien organs and skin on their body, resulting in a hideous 'Frankenstein' appearance. Voyager first encountered the species when two Vidiians stole a lung of Neelix whilst he was on an away mission, and have subsequently attacked the ship or crew on several occasions. Vidiian technology is generally in advance of that of the Federation, making them formidable opponents.


Most Vidiians have gradually replaced most of their body parts
with those of alien species, resulting in a more unusual look
Voyager passed out of Vidiian space sometime after late 2372 but although there was no further direct contact, this was not the last the Federation ship has heard of the species. In 2375 Voyager was contacted by the "Think Tank", a small group of aliens who specialize in solving problems for other species. The Think Tanks representative, Kurros, informed Captain Janeway that his group had recently found a cure for the Vidiian Phage. It can only be hoped that with the end of this great burden on their civilization, the Vidiians returned to a more peaceful lifestyle.



The Board Count

Last weeks Board count was taken at 3:30 pm, July 16, 2006.
This weeks Board count was taken at 2:40 pm, July 23, 2006.
Last weeks board count was 10,811
This week¡¦s board count is 11,095.

Total Post 284


Live Sims
USS EXPEDITION NCC-76277


Ship Name This Week Last Week Non Logs Total Post
Expedition 469 406 1 62
New York 1616 1564 1 51
Pegasus 2030 2005 1 24
Frontier 817 808 1 8
London 29 22 0 7
Aryes 358 355 0 3
101st Pathfinders 393 393 0 0

5712 5553 155

Top Posters

This week goes to LtJG Ashley Morgan, Ensign Farzon Jaran, with Commander Vanessa Ann Lucifel, taking third.
The Top Ten
Name Current Last Week Total Post Ship
Ashley Morgan 78 60 18 Expedition
Farzon Jaran 22 8 14 Expedition
Vanessa Lucifel 365 352 13 Expedition
Rey Drek 38 28 10 Expedition
Jane Vadaldie 83 73 10 New York
Anarra Danrrea 301 292 9 New York
Victoria Love 44 38 6 Pegasus
McFerrin 126 120 6 New York
Tecaz 5 0 5 New York
Teshurr 5 0 5 New York
Amber Bond 105 100 5 Expedition
Zandille Rey-Baccus 130 125 5 New York


General board areas
Announcements

PHP/MySQL Programmers Wanted

Persons with PHP/MySQL programming experience wanted for the creation of a member¡¦s 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
Reprint from 7-9-2006
===From the Office of Captain Crio Ijoula --- USS Terrasect===

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For this next question, I'm going to extend the time frame for answering by the next issue, 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?

The winners will be posted in the next issue.
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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.

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Humor
By Andrus Elbrun
Top 12 things likely to be overheard if you had a Klingon Programmer


12) "Specifications are for the weak and timid!"

11) "This machine is a piece of GAKH! I need dual Pentium processors if I am to do battle with this code!"

10) "You cannot really appreciate Dilbert unless you've read it in the original Klingon."

9) "Indentation?! - I will show you how to indent when I indent your skull!"

8) "What is this talk of 'release'? Klingons do not make software 'releases'. Our software 'escapes' leaving a bloody trail of designers and quality assurance people in its wake."

7) "Klingon function calls do not have 'parameters' - they have 'arguments' - and they ALWAYS WIN THEM."

6) "Debugging? Klingons do not debug. Our software does not coddle the weak."

5) "I have challenged the entire quality assurance team to a Bat-Leth contest. They will not concern us again."

4) "A TRUE Klingon Warrior does not comment his code!"

3) "By filing this SPR you have challenged the honor of my family. Prepare to die!"

2) "You question the worthiness of my code? I should kill you where you stand!"

1) "Our users will know fear and cower before our software! Ship it! Ship it and let them flee like the dogs they are!"


Star Trek: Klingon Programmer Jokes



Trek Life
Star Trek.com

Image of the week.
By LtCdr Vanessa A Lucifel

The Stiletto is the newest fighter to join the fleet. Piloted by 1st Lt Stephanie Morgan on the USS London.

2nd Lt Rhian Khev

The Expedition leaving Starbase 234

And some fancy LCARS work.


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
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