Engineering – USS Loma Prieta • NCC-26848

After hearing months of silence, Ensign Ian Sayre could finally report to the crew that Cubify.com would need users to test their new Star Trek app that allows users to submit photos of themselves to be replicated into a 3D model of them in traditional 23rd Century uniforms! Needless to say, the crew of the USS Loma Prieta were quite intrigued by such a fascinating opportunity to view 21st Century Replicator 3D Printing technology up close.

Ensign Sayre put out a call for volunteers and soon a few intrepid crew members sent their photos off to be made into 3D models.

On the evening of June 1st, 2013 an away team consisting of Captain Zach Perkins, Commander Jon Sung, Lt. Commander Tom Hesser, Captain Erik Roberts, Ensign Tiffany Bukowski, Ensign Kelly Jensen, Ensign Andrew Rogge, and Ensign Scott Spencer arrived at Cubify for a night of pizza, filming, 3D printing, and video games.

While at Cubify’s San Francisco office, the team got a full tour of the facility where they saw the various modes of 3D printing available. After the tour it was time to reveal the 3D figures to the lucky crew members. Everyone was very thrilled with their figures, which turned out great and were the spitting image of their larger counterparts.

The night was capped off in true Loma Prieta fashion with a few rounds of Artemis.

=^= EN Ian Sayre
Replicator Systems Specialist
USS Loma Prieta

Engineering has been spending many man-hours up to their elbows in the inner workings of Artemis, which is the tactical program the USS Loma Prieta uses for combat scenarios. First, using a PC emulator called Wine, I created an Artemis app that runs on the Mac, no Windows needed. Runs pretty well except for a quirk or two. Also, our Captain discovered an awesome mod that replaces the stock ships and the previous TOS mod we used, with Movie-era ships from the Federation, Klingon, etc. At the Captain’s request, I tweaked the setting to use the Excelsior class (pictured above) instead of the default Miranda class. I’m also trying my hand at building an Ambassador class model to more accurately simulate the Loma Prieta in action.

Finally, there is a shared Dropbox folder for everyone to use for Starfleet manuals, images, etc. Just ask me (Tom) or the Captain to add you. You’ll need a Dropbox account, which you can get for free here. Engineering out.

~Lt(jg). Tom Hesser
Engineering Officer
USS Loma Prieta
Starfleet, Region 4

Category: Engineering

Engineering Log (2013.0501): Replicating the Crew at Cubify 3D Systems

Engineering Report (2011.0816)