Away Mission to the USS Hornet – Apollo 11 Day (Stardate 2011.0723)
Engineering Report (2011.0816)
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
Captain’s Blog … Stardate 2011.0728
Captain’s Blog, Stardate 2011.0728…
It is with this entry that I hereby mark the inauguration of the ship’s blog for the Ambassador class cruiser USS Loma Prieta. This blog shall serve as the primary channel through which the senior staff will publish their reports, the contents of which shall be compiled to make up the ship’s newsletter on a bi-monthly basis. This will include posts such as the Captain’s Blog (general updates from the CO), Away Team Debriefings (field trip follow ups), Personnel Reports (promotions and updates to membership), reports from department heads and other special posts.
When our engineering team is ready to launch the Loma Prieta’s full website, this blog will be incorporated into the structure. Given this new information and the subsequent changes in policy towards in-chapter communications, a revised edition of the USS Loma Prieta handbook will be forthcoming.
Until then, standby for a personnel report… Perkins, out.
~Cmdr. Zach Perkins
Commanding Officer
USS Loma Prieta
Starfleet, Region 4
SYSTEMS CHECK … STANDBY …
SYSTEMS CHECK … STANDBY …
Website Coming Soon
The engineering department is hard at work creating our website. Please check back soon!
The USS Loma Prieta is a San Francisco chapter of Starfleet International: the world’s largest Star Trek fan club! We hold monthly meetings in the San Francisco bay area that usually devolve from civilized discussion of Trek episodes into a booze fueled and costumed free-for-all with hilarious games of Artemis: The Starship Bridge Simulator.
Curious to learn more? Contact us at USSLomaPrieta@gmail.com