Anvil September 2014

THE ANVIL U.S.S. Hephaestus: NCC-2004 September 2014

ALWAYS ONWARD

A MEMBER OF STARFLEET INTERNATIONAL

THE ANVIL NCC-2004

INSIDE THIS ISSUEINSIDE THIS ISSUEINSIDE THIS ISSUEINSIDE THIS ISSUE

From the Ready Room 1

XO Briefing 1

Ship’s Log 2

Starfleet Marine Corps 2

Starfleet Renewal Reminders 2

Treasury Report 3

Away Team and Activity Schedule 3

Quotable Quotes 4

Hunt for the Icon 4

Star Trek Fiction 5

Star Trek News 6

Area Conventions 6

Reviews 7

Command Structure 9

WEB LINKS

Starfleet www.sfi.org

Region 2

www.region2.org

USS Hephaestus www.usssheph.org

Editor MarkAdam Miller

Layout, Graphics and Publishing Brenda A. Miller

Marine Reporting Neil Yawn

Treasury Reporting MarkAdam Miller

HEPHAESTUS is the Greek name for the Roman

god of the forge, Vulcan. Birmingham has the

world’s largest iron statue, that of the Roman god,

Vulcan. We named our Starfleet chapter the

Hephaestus to give us ties to our city and to Star

Trek, which has had its own Vulcan since 1966.

Hephaestus forged armor and weapons for the gods.

We create our own “armor and weapons” here, in

our newsletter, so it is called The Anvil.

The Anvil, Issue 276 is the monthly newsletter of

the USS Hephaestus, NCC-2004, of Starfleet, The

International Star Trek Fan Association. All terms

and phrases from Star Trek are owned by

Paramount Pictures Corporation, a division of

Paramount Communications and all rights are

reserved.

THE ANVIL NCC-2004

USS HEPHAESTUS 1 ALWAYS ONWARD

FFrroomm tthhee RReeaaddyy RRoooomm

Greeting from your Captain, Star Trek is 48 years old this month. It is hard to believe that it has been going on that long. This month holds a special meaning in that my brother said I would never remember my niece’s birthday unless she was born on a Star Trek Date. My first niece was born on September 8th, 1986. Happy Birthday to Abigail. Another special day this month for me is my wife’s Birthday which is September 16 (no you don’t need to know the year). We will be married 22 years this coming October. Happy Birthday and Happy Anniversary to Brenda. Check out the Hunt for the Icon article to see if you found all the Icons in last month’s issue. Do you have an interesting idea for the Anvil? Do you have a theme that you might want us to explore? Do you have an article, news story or fictional story that you would like to share? Then send you idea and stories to the email address below. Capt. MarkAdam Miller [email protected] https://www.facebook.com/groups/Hephaestus2004/

Do you have an interesting idea for the Anvil. A theme

XXOO BBrriieeffiinngg

Briefing was not available at press time} Pat Hicks [email protected]

THE ANVIL NCC-2004


SShhiipp’’ss LLoogg August 9, 2014 Social

The social was very fun. Some people played Star Munchkin and others played Fluxx. We also had pizza, sodas, chips and drinks. Donald won the Star Munchkin Game. Also we watch Ender’s Game and other Star Trek videos. Video games were also played.

Attendance: 14 People

Personnel Updates:

Ensign Donald Arnold received his 7th Cadet Star Award in Ferengi Orientation College.

(If you have any news or accomplishments you would like to share with the group please email them to me at: [email protected]. Also your personal updates can give your Captain added info to help get you

recognition and awards at summit for your accomplishments).

SSttaarrfflleeeett MMaarriinnee CCoorrppss Greetings,

The 654th MSG is looking for members. There is a completely different set of Academy schools for those

trying to get the Boothby awards. There is no pressure in joining. There are two categories: Active which

means all ranks will be Marine ranks, and Reserve which means you stay primarily Fleet and only use Marine

ranks when doing marine stuff. Contact Major General Neil Yawn if you are interested or have questions.

Looking to boost your Boothby Awards? The Starfleet Marines Academy may be your answer. Check out

what SFMC Academy has for you.

Major General Neil Yawn, OIC 1 BN, 2BDE, OIC 654 MSG

SSTTAARRFFLLEEEETT RREENNEEWWAALL RREEMMIINNDDEERRSS

Robinson 09/15/14 Arnold 11/30/14 Youngblood-Yawn 11/30/14 Potts Family 03/05/15

Mohney Family 03/11/15

Mangina 05/15/15

Green 06/04/15 Hicks family 06/16/15 Lindsay 06/18/15 Miller Family 08/26/15

}

THE ANVIL NCC-2004


TTrreeaassuurryy RReeppoorrtt

JJuullyy

Description Payments Deposits Balance

Beginning Balance $ 70.00

Ending Balance $ 70.00

AAwwaayy TTeeaamm aanndd AAccttiivviittyy SScchheedduullee

DATE EVENT/TIME LOCATION/ACTIVITY Sept. 5, 2014 Anvil Deadline [email protected] Sept. 12, 2014 Poker – 7 pm Miller’s House Sept. 13, 2014 Social – 7 pm Mohney’s House Oct. 3, 2014 Anvil Deadline [email protected]

Oct. 10, 2014 Poker – 7 pm Burtyk’s House

Oct. 11, 2014 Social – 7 pm Mohney’s House Nov 1, 2014 Anvil Deadline [email protected] Nov. 7, 2014 Poker – 7 pm Mohney’s House Nov. 8, 2014 Social – 7 pm Mohney’s House Dec 6, 2014 Anvil Deadline [email protected] Dec 12, 2014 Poker – 7 pm Potts’s House Dec 13, 2014 Social – 7 pm Mohney’s House

ALL EVENTS AND TIMES SUBJECT TO CHANGE, PLEASE REFER TO THIS

SECTION FOR UP TO DATE INFORMATION

II ssiiggnneedd aabbooaarrdd tthhiiss sshhiipp ttoo pprraaccttiiccee mmeeddiicciinnee,, nnoott ttoo hhaavvee mmyy aattoommss ssccaatttteerreedd bbaacckk

aanndd ffoorrtthh aaccrroossss ssppaaccee bbyy tthhiiss ggaaddggeett.. ---- MMccCCooyy ((SSppaaccee SSeeeedd))

THE ANVIL NCC-2004


QQuuoottaabbllee QQuuootteess

""...... aa ddrreeaamm tthhaatt bbeeccaammee aa rreeaalliittyy aanndd sspprreeaadd tthhrroouugghhoouutt tthhee ssttaarrss"" ---- KKiirrkk ((WWhhoomm GGooddss DDeessttrrooyy))

""JJuusstt bbeeffoorree tthheeyy wweenntt iinnttoo wwaarrpp,, II bbeeaammeedd tthhee wwhhoollee kkiitt aanndd kkaabbooooddllee iinnttoo tthheeiirr eennggiinnee rroooomm,, wwhheerree tthheeyy''llll bbee

nnoo ttrriibbbbllee aatt aallll.."" ---- SSccoottttyy,, eexxppllaaiinniinngg hhooww hhee ggoott rriidd ooff tthhee ttrriibbbblleess ((TThhee TTrroouubbllee WWiitthh TTrriibbbblleess))

""II ddiiddnn''tt mmeeaann ttoo ssaayy tthhaatt tthhee EEnntteerrpprriissee sshhoouulldd bbee hhaauulliinngg ggaarrbbaaggee.. II mmeeaanntt ttoo ssaayy tthhaatt iitt sshhoouulldd bbee hhaauulleedd aawwaayy

AASS ggaarrbbaaggee"" ---- KKoorraaxx ((TThhee TTrroouubbllee WWiitthh TTrriibbbblleess))

""MMrr.. SSppoocckk,, tthhee wwoommeenn oonn yyoouurr ppllaanneett aarree llooggiiccaall.. TThhaatt''ss tthhee oonnllyy ppllaanneett iinn tthhee ggaallaaxxyy tthhaatt ccaann mmaakkee tthhaatt

ccllaaiimm.."" ---- KKiirrkk ((EEllaaaann ooff TTrrooyyiiuuss))

SSppoocckk:: EEmmoottiioonnaall,, iissnn''tt sshhee??

SSaarreekk:: SShhee hhaass aallwwaayyss bbeeeenn ssoo..

SSppoocckk:: IInnddeeeedd.. WWhhyy ddiidd yyoouu mmaarrrryy hheerr??

SSaarreekk:: IItt sseeeemmeedd tthhee llooggiiccaall tthhiinngg ttoo ddoo aatt tthhee ttiimmee..

---- ((JJoouurrnneeyy TToo BBaabbeell))

Hunt for the Icon Last months I introduced hunt for the Icon. Last month’s Icon was {. There were five of them hidden in August’s Newsletter. Did you find them all? If not then here are where they are at:

1. On the table of content after the Star Trek Fiction Title 2. Treasury Report by the Ending Balance 3. Star Trek Fiction after the 2nd paragraph 4. In the citation for the NASA and Kirk Tweet 5. Command Structure by the Ambassador Mike Burtyk’s Name

I hope you found them all. This Month the Icon will be } the mirror universe ship. There are five of them excluding the example above.

THE ANVIL NCC-2004


Star Trek Fiction

Star Trek: The New Adventures: “Diplomatic Negotiations”

By: Donald Arnold

Bill took his call to Qo’nos with as much seriousness as possible and when he arrived, found a full scale war

over Qo’nos. He used his powers to simply disable all the ships where their weapons didn’t work. He then

hailed all ships and said, “You know who I am. You know why I’m here. Your weapons will be back online

once everything’s straightened out. I’ll have the leaders of each of the factions in the Conference Room on my

ship in 30 Earth minutes so make your arrangements now. I’m a peaceful man, but the Klingons are friends of

mine and that’s got a certain meaning to me. It means, if they need my help, I’m here. Okay, begin your

arrangements. Kirk out.” First he looked around the bridge. He said, “Wynonna Uhura, Spock III, Leah McCoy,

and Alexander will be in the Conference Room for discussions. Wynonna, Alexander, you two are my

translators. Spock, get your grandfather here ASAP, please. Leah, if anything goes wrong, we’re going to need

our Doctor. Data B4 Soong, you and Jinaru H. Sulu, will be standing on each side of the door. I’ll have security

guarding the computers, so if someone tries to take my bridge, I’ll know. Get to those posts. Spock, once you’re

done, you’re in the Conference Room with us. Jack B. Crusher, get your dad to call on the fleet. We’ll need

Captain Crusher and the rest of the fleet if this goes wrong because we will be at war.”

Half an hour later, Gul Dukan, The Andorian High Commander, Shrun, and Chancellor Martok were there with

Ambassador Spock and the posted bridge crew. Bill spoke first. He said, “I want to welcome you all. Now,

Andoria, Cardassia had no reason to attack you and that will be addressed but right now, even if you did find it

floating in space, that Sword isn’t yours. You’re not keeping it. It’s just not happening.” Dukan became enraged

raising his voice as he said, “You are merely attacking Cardassia with accusation!”

It took four hours to complete these negotiations. It took an hour after they sedated Gul Dukan. Nonetheless,

Martok decided he wouldn’t keep the Sword of Kahless on Qo’nos. To end the present adventure, Bill was

asked to guard it. He had just made a handful of Cardassian enemies but he didn’t mind. He was protecting

something that Cardassia had no right to have. Or did they?

THE END…?

Don’t forget to check out my next story in the Anvil. We will discover things we didn’t know about Cardassia,

the Klingons, and some long forgotten alliances. Surak and Kahless? The staff’s connection? Do the

Cardassians have a right to the Sword of Kahless? Find out all this and more in my next story entitled: “Who’s

Right Is It Anyway?”

(Donald Arnold is a member of the Hephaestus and has written many Star Trek fan fiction. If you have any fan fiction you would like

to submit then send me your stories at [email protected])

THE ANVIL NCC-2004


SSttaarr TTrreekk NNeewwss

Wil Wheaton Project cancelled

Those who were a fan of the Wil Wheaton Project on SyFy I am sorry to say that it has been not renew for

the next season. Sighting low rating the executives of the SyFy channel felt that the ratings did not give reason

to another season. You can read my review of the Wil Wheaton Project in June 2014 Anvil.}

(www.trektoday.com)

(Did I miss something? You have an interesting news item from Star Trek? Then send me your suggestions and

articles at [email protected])

Area Conventions For additional Cons please go to http://www.southernfan.com/calendar.htm

This section lists Cons that might be if interest to our group. It is not intended to be a complete list. It appears that there are no more Cons in our area of interest for the rest of the year. If I’ve missed one, please let me know so I can list it in the next issue.

Then

Now

THE ANVIL NCC-2004


Reviews

Marvel Agents of S.H.I.E.L.D. (Blu-Ray) By MarkAdam Miller }}}}

(Spoiler Alert – May be spoilers in the article)

I picked up the Blu-Ray of Marvel’s Agents of S.H.I.E.L.D. It is the first season of the show. You can read my review of the show in the October 2013 edition of the Anvil. The format for the Blu-Ray is done very well. Three of the episodes have commentaries. Each commentary is with the writer of the episode and 2 of the actors. The best was the one with Clark Gregg (Agent Coulson) and Chloe Bennet (Skye). There is also the special feature about making the Marvel movies and the TV show which is a very good overview of the tie-in between the movies and the TV show. They have a blooper real and several deleted scenes. The set includes behind the scenes look at the sets and the visual effects. There also is a feature on the San Diego Comic-Con

If you haven’t seen the show it is a good way to see it before the new season starts. I have liked the show and think people who didn’t were bored by the set up they were trying to do in the first several episodes. Once the show went through the set up, it really got going. Its tie in with Thor: The Dark World and Captain America Winter Solider also made it move along at a pretty good clip. I highly recommend the show and the Blu-Ray experience just makes it that much better.

A nice feature of the Blu-Ray is if more than one person is watching the series you can make a tag that you can personalize that keeps track of what episode you are on. So person A can be on episode 3 half way through and person B could be on starting episode 9. Then person A can pull up their tag and it will tell them which disk to put in and once the right disk is in then it will start the program where they left off. This is really good.

Only thing I did not like about the set is the deleted scenes are all together in one section. I have been watching The TV series Blue Bloods on DVD and the deleted scenes are with the episode they corresponds too. This makes it nice to watch the deleted scenes right after watching the episode. The deleted scenes do say what episode they are from but you would have to flip between disks if you wanted to see the deletes scene and how it went with its episode.

RATING: AAAAa

The Godfather (Throwback Review) By Donald Arnold

(Spoiler Alert – May be spoilers in the article)

RATING: AAAAA

I recently saw the first installment in the trilogy, The Godfather. It was amazing. It was uncut. It was action

packed and enough to make you jump off the edge of your seat and put you the edge of the seat if you weren’t

already there. There were moments of triumph, moments of intensity, terror, excitement, and of course,

vengeance. It was a great movie. If you ever get an offer to see it, I have to say it is an offer you cannot refuse.

(Did I miss something? You have an interesting movie or TV show you would like to review or be reviewed?

Then send me your suggestions and articles to [email protected])

THE ANVIL NCC-2004


Alabama Phoenix }Festival http://www.alabamaphoenixfestival.com

IS

PROUD TO SUPPORT

STARFLEET

Please use us for all Your

Trek Fantasy Comic

&

Gaming Needs!!!

(205) 978-0600

www.kingdomcomics.net

THE ANVIL NCC-2004


USS HEPHAESTUS

COMMAND STRUCTURE

COMMAND STAFF EXECUTIVE COMMITTEE

MarkAdam Miller, Captain – Commanding Officer Pat Hicks, Fleet Captain – 1st Officer

Brenda Miller, Lt Cmdr – Second Officer

SueEllen Mohney, Captain Denby Potts, Rear Admiral Danny Potts, Rear Admiral

SCIENCES NAVIGATION

Roy Green, Brigadier, SFMC – Archaeology and Anthropology

Pete Mohney, Admiral

COMPUTER SCIENCES ENGINEERING

Danny Potts, Rear Admiral Flo Hurst, Commander

COMMUNICATIONS SECURITY

Brenda A. Miller, Lt Cmdr Pat Simmons, Lt Cmdr

Melissa Boartfield, Crewman

Roy Green, Brigadier, SFMC – Security Intelligence, Chief

OPERATIONS MARINES

SueEllen Mohney, Captain – Chief of Operations and Counselor

Shelia Benton, Lt Col – Stampede Coordinator, SFMC

Neil Yawn, Major General, SFMC Roy Green, Brigadier ,SFMC

Shelia Benton, Lt Col Brenda A. Miller, Lt Cmdr

– Ships Administrative Assistant Lynnette Yawn, Lt. – Ships Galley Officer

MEDICAL AMBASSADORS

Shelia Benton, Lt Commander – Chief Medical Officer, SFMD

Mike Burtyk

CADET TRAINING UNASSIGNED CREW AND CIVILIANS

Matthew Potts, Petty Officer Katrina Mohney, Cadet Crewman

Tara Mohney, Cadet Athena Youngblood, Cadet

Gloria Greening, Lt Edward deGruy, Lt Cmdr

Renee Gainer, Lt JG Donald Arnold, Ensign Diedra Robinson, Ensign

Haley Youngblood, Crewmen Phillip Mangina, Red Shirt

Dennis Evans, Fleet Captain(ret.)

Anvil September 2014

Documents

Transcript of Anvil September 2014