2016 Printed Newsletter of the Year
The Anvil U.S.S. Hephaestus: NCC-2004
ALWAYS ONWARD A MEMBER OF STARFLEET INTERNATIONAL
JANUARY 2018
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Inside This Issue From the Ready Room
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XO Briefing
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To Boldly Go…
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Ask the Terran
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While on an Away Mission
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Star Trek News & More
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Trek and Beyond
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The Hephaestus Redshirt Challenge
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Ship’s Log
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Hunt for the Icon
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Recommendations
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Captain’s Top 10
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Anvil Focus Schedule 2018
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Do You Know this Alien…
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Name the Bajoran Answers
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STARFLEET Renewal Reminders
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Away Team and Activity Schedule
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Area Conventions & Exhibits
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USS Hephaestus Command Structure
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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. Cover: STARFLEET Logo
Web Links STARFLEET www.sfi.org Region 2 www.region2.org USS Hephaestus - Group www.facebook.com/groups/Hephaestus2004/ USS Hephaestus – Page www.facebook.com/USSHephaestus/ Twitter www.twitter.com/Hephaestus2004 Anvil Back Issues www.issuu.com/ncc2004
Editor
MarkAdam Miller
Layout, Graphics and Publishing
Brenda A. Miller
NASA Reporter
Curtis Salors
Doctor Who Reporter
Matt Boyd
Field Reporter
James Davis
The Anvil, Issue 317 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.
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From the Ready Room Greetings from your Captain, Happy New Year. I hope you had a good Christmas and was able to ring in the New Year in Style. We have many opportunities to recruit people into the club. We have two panel discussions a month at Kingdom Comics which includes Exploring Trek and the new discussion group, Beyond Trek. Beyond Trek will explore other Sci-Fi related movies and TV shows that are favorites of the crew and Exploring Trek which is of course about all things Star Trek. They are the second and the fourth Thursdays of the month. We will also have a social once a month and the monthly poker game. You can also play poker online with us on Friday nights on Pokerstars.net. If interested in the on-line Poker let me know and I will give you Pete Mohney’s contact info. He is the one in charge of the online poker club. (Side note: Poker is at Dennis Evans’ this month instead of the Millers.) I’m looking at participating in local conventions to recuit new members. I have two that I am involved with already. Let me know what conventions you think might be good to consider. If you have an idea of what we can do at social then bring them up at the next meeting so we can plan to implement the ideas. As always, Live Long and Prosper and see you around the ship, Fleet Captain MarkAdam Miller cohephaestus@bellsouth.net, www.facebook.com/groups/Hephaestus2004/
XO Briefing Greetings Crew, Happy new year! . This is the new year with new resolutions. Let’s stick with them, whatever they may be. To help, Join the Red Shirt challenge so that we can encourage you in you new years resolutions. If any body has any new places to visit that is a day trip let me know so i can plan to visit and travel. If you need me, I’ll be with Section 31, Lt. Commander Phillip Mangina, phillip3056@charter.netv USS Hephaestus
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To Boldly Go… By Fleet Captain MarkAdam Miller When we talk about Starfleet are we talking about the organization that is on the TV show Star Trek or are we talking about the fan club the was created because of it? Lets look at both of these concepts.
Does this make Starfleet a military organization? There is a military feel to Starfleet but it is more for organizational purposes than it is as a fighting force. Starfleet wants to make friends with everyone but if you don’t want to be friendly (i.e. Klingons, Romulans, Borg, Dominion) then we have defense abilities. Starfleet is compared to the Coast Guard which is a good comparison as Starfleet does patrol the UFP helping ships and planets that are in distress. A more accurate description is the National Guard. They have a military aspect but they also are used to help in disasters and provide support for emergency services.
Starfleet Command The U.S.S. Enterprise (TOS) was part of an organization called Starfleet Command. In the beginning of the show several names where used for the organization that the Enterprise belonged to (Star Service, Space Central and United Earth Space Probe Agency) until under show producer Gene L. Coon it was formalized as Starfleet Command. Gene L. Coon was known to have a hand in creating the some of the framework in Star Trek (i.e., Klingons, United Federation of Planets and the Prime Directive). To explain these other names of Starfleet writers have incorporated them into the other Star Trek sereies especially Star Trek: Enterprise. This give a historical aspect to the names. Example: The United Earth Probe Agency was a forerunner of Starfleet Command. It still was a company on earth and would assist in help building ships for Starfleet command. This is similar to what Lockheed Martin does for NASA.
Starfleet presents an interesting concept on how we need to explore space. We cannot go out with a superior attitude that we know what is best. We need to be able to see differences and be able to work with those difference without harming ourselves or others. STARFLEET Internatioanl, Inc. What does STARFLEET International have to do with Star Trek’s Starfleet. STARFLEET was started by a Star Trek fan club in Texas called the U.S.S. Enterprise. They had a very successful fan club and others wanted to copy them. On May 23, 1974 the USS Enterprise reorganized under the name of STARFLEET. By the end of 1974, fourteen chapters had been formed in the US. The newsletter (STARFLEET Communications) was also know as the best source of Star Trek News. Since Starfleet is in charge of the ships and each chapter is considered a ship; they decided to call the organization STARFLEET.
What then is Starfleet? Starfleet started out as an space exploration arm of United Earth and then evolved in to an arm of the United Federation of Planets (UFP). This seems rather simple but by exploring space you would need to have the ability to confront the unknown. This means you would need scienctists and engineers to handle unknow diseases, space anomalies and emergencies. Also you would need diplomatic skills to interact with the unknown species you encountered. If your diplomatic skills failed then you would need some defenses to keep the hostiles at bay. Starfleet is more than an exploration organization. Because of Starfleet’s unique mission they created thier own academy. Starfleet Academy trains personal needed to explore space. USS Hephaestus
Today STARFLEET International, Inc. is 231 chapters with 5,253 members as of this writing. STARFLEET is in all caps to differentiate us from the Starfleet Command in the Star Trek series. STARFLEET has rules on what it takes to be part of the club but leaves a lot open to the chapters on how they run their local club. Most of the rules are there 2
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to help keep your chapter going by having a certain number of members and reporting that your chapter is still active.
without being a member of a chapter and you can be a member of a chapter without being a member of STARFLEET. This all depends how you want to be involved. There is an annual membership fee to join STARFLEET but the benefits make the fee worthwhile.
Individual chapters have the ability to promote up to the rank of Commander. If you are involved in region and fleet level activities then you can be promoted to Captain on up to Admiral. Chapters may differ in why they meet and how often. Chapter activities may include fundraising, costuming, parties and writing (fan fiction or newsletter). Some even put on conventions. Your involvement depends on your likes and how much you to participate.
If you are interested in STARFLEET then check out these sites: http://sfi.org/ - STARFLEET International web page. https://www.facebook.com/USSHephaestus/ - The Hephaestus’s Facebook page
STARFLEET membership gives you access to the STARFLEET Communique (newsletter), possible College Scholarships (up to $1000), Discounts (Enterprise Rent-A-Car, TekDating.com, OfficeMax, Red Roof Inn, Motel 6 and Choice Hotels), access to STARFLEET Academy, STARFLEET Marine Corp membership( a more miltary like STARFLEET) , and many more. You can be a member of STARFLEET
cohephaestus@bellsouth.net – My email.
(http://memory-alpha.wikia.com/wiki/Portal:Main, https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Starfleet)
Terran Empire News intercepted transcript
Ask the Terran By Crewman Lewis Stockman Dear Lewis,
Dear Lewis
What is the most efficient way to take control of a planet and to subjugate its population?
Which side is best to tie your gold sash? Sincerely, Confused cadet
Sincerely, Wannabe Imperial Governor
Dear Confused cadet,
Dear Wannabe Imperial Governor,
Tie your sash on the opposite side of whichever hand you favor. You always want to have quick access to your knife if attacked.
Find a person or small group willing to betray their own people in exchange for power and wealth. Let them do the dirty work. Then after you have secured the planet… execute them.
I am a graduate of Starfleet Academy; I know many things. – Worf, DS9: The Darkness and the Light USS Hephaestus
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While on an Away Mission By Fleet Captain MarkAdam Miller Summary: The Hephaestus is at Deeps Space Nine for repairs. After the main computer went through a system reboot it shut down and is not coming back up. The problem was caused by someone looking for our cloaking device. The cloaking device is on its own system so it wasn’t found.
STARFLEET security has been notified. Fortunately the Dejah Thoris was near by to help so they are covering our patrol till we are up and running again. Wernher von Braun is only 12 parsecs away so DS9 is protected for now. Anything I am missing?” The XO looked up from his P.A.D.D, “That sounds like that covers it.. Poker Friday?” “Yeah,” MarkAdam said, “I have a holosuite at Quarks set up. I going to talk to Captain Kira to see if she can get me a better price. I think Quark needs his books looked at, the cheat.” “I’ll let those who play know,” Phillip piped up. “Anything you want me to do that night while you are at poker?” “Just keep looking to find out what happen? Also keep security on its toes. Make sure James has all security posts changing on regular intervals to keep them alert. Lets hope we get to the bottom of this.”
“Tribble Fur,” exclaimed Fleet Captain Miller. “Main computer is still down. Looks like Admiral Potts is using some old computer tech till he can get the system up again. Luckily we are back in port at DS9. At least another week till all systems are up and running. The problem is we still don’t know if they were trying to sabotage our cloaking device or steal it.
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“Check,” replied Phillip, “Good Luck. Make sure you let them keep some of their money.” “Their money! I need to just make sure mine doesn’t get away from me!”
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Star Trek News & More New place to Star Trek Shop It seems that Amazon is going where everyone has gone before. Amazon has jumped on the Star Trek shop band wagon. The shop will have exclusive tees, cases and pop sockets featuring Star Trek Discovery and Star Trek: The Original Series themed items. The other series will be added in later months. This may be so that CBS can promote its new series by offering it on this exclusive basis. Only time will tell if this will be a good place to get Star Trek items. Looking through some of the items there were a few t-shirts that would be interesting to have but the prices seemed a little high for exclusive items. (www.startrek.com)
Belated Happy Birthday to Nichelle Nichelle Nichols, the original Uhura, celebrated her 85th birthday on December 28, 2017. Ms. Nichols’ portrayal of Uhura broke down many racial stereotypes of the time making her the first African American to be seen as something other than a maid. Her role allowed her to speak up for those who were not getting equal treatment. An example: Ms. Nichols worked with NASA to recruit women and African Americans for programs that were seen as white male dominant. Ms. Nichols celebrated her birthday with friends and family at La Piazza Restaurant at The Grove in Los Angles. (www.treknews.net)
Tarantino’s Star Trek Has A Writer Quentin Tarantino’s Star Trek looks like it is a possiblitiy. Paramount Pictures has tapped Mark L. Smith to write the script for Tarantino’s film. Mr. Smith is best know for the file The Revenant (starring Leonardo DiCaprio and Tom Hardy). Patrick Stewart is interested in being a part of the film so that he can work with Tarantino. (www.treknews.net)
NASA and Quantum Computing – By Crewman Curtis Salors NASA houses a quantum computer at its NASA Advanced Supercomputing (NAS) facility. In addition to housing and testing the computer, which is dubbed "D-Wave Two", it also invests heavily in quantum computing efforts. NASA has joined with Google and non-profit Universities Space Research Association (USRA) to form the Quantum Artificial Intelligence Laboratory (QuAIL). Together they are exploring the emerging significance of quantum computation. How is a quantum computer different from a classical one? Theoretically, the superiority of the quantum computer is exponential. Classical computers (including supercomputers) use binary code to switch the voltage of tiny wires Off or On. Binary code is the 'zeros and ones' used by software engineers to tell the computer's processing unit (CPU) what wires within itself to switch Off/On. Quantum computers, on the other hand, delegate to nature, allowing nature to do the computational work. Similar to how the nuclear bomb utilizes the natural atom to harness its power; the quantum computer utilizes electrons, photons and the quantum entanglement of particles to harness computational power. It isn't easy. USS Hephaestus
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The computer needs a built-in refrigeration system capable of cooling it's Quantum Processing Unit (QPU)to almost 459 degrees below zero. This renders the special metals within the processing unit as superconductors. Moreover, magnetic and radiation shields must be built-in to shelter the sensitive computer chip. The approximate price for a quantum computer? Around $10 Million USD. The leverage that quantum computers give to society is hard to explain, even for computer scientists. Primarily, quantum computers will assist society only where classical computers cannot achieve the task. In such a time as this, when the volume of certain databases long ago exploded beyond human fathom; even classical supercomputers may not have the processing power to analyze big data and form it into helpful and actionable instructions for humans. Especially in cases where variables within that data continue to increase dramatically; as in the case of drug interactions/reactions data bases and in financial markets data. One of the physics-related reasons behind the awesome power of a quantum computer is its capacity for a mysterious, computational indecision (which may bring about true AI). As opposed to classical computers which have tiny circuits that are, decidedly, turned either On or Off, quantum computers have qubits that can remain "undecided" until the calculation is over. This puts the D-Wave's processing unit into a "superposition" to analyze big data. At any rate, the mysteries of quantum computing continue and NASA and QuAIL intend to bring them to light. https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Quantum_entanglement, https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/D-Wave_Two https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/D-Wave_Systems, https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=YZTry5r6NAw
Doctor Who News – By Ensign 1st Class Matt Boyd Hello Whovians!!! I hope you had a Happy Christmas, Happy Chanukah, Happy Kwanza, and Happy New year! This Christmas Special has come and gone, and we now have a new Doctor! I watched the Special a little bit after it aired (So I could fast forward through the commercials, haha!! Take that adverts.) While watching the show I laughed, I cried, I literally laughed and cried, I was very emotional. You see, when a Special is also the changing of the guard, there tends to be emotions. This time was no different. We mourn the loss of the current Doctor and there is anxiety for the show, we ask ourselves will we like the new actor. Will we like the new story they have written? Sometimes it takes a while for the new one to get settled in. I think this time the Doctor will have it together from the get go.
Seeing Stars‌ Star Trek Las Vegas Convention, August 1-5, 2018. TOS: William Shatner, Nichelle Nichols, Walter Koenig TNG: Michael Dorn, Marina Sirtis, Brent Spiner, Denise Crosby, John de Lancie DS9: Terry Farrell, Nicole de Boer VOY: Kate Mulgrew, Jeri Ryan ENT: Linda Park, Connor Trinneer, Dominic Keating, Anthony Montgomery and John Billingsley DIS: Jason Isaacs, Mary Chieffo, Wilson Cruz, Kenneth Mitchell and James Frain Make-up Artist Michael Westmore will also be there to turn a celebrity in to a Cardassian.
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Never Forget… Bruce Gray – 13 December 2017 (age 81) Bruce was a Canadian-born actor who started acting on stage in the 60’s and moved to TV and Movies in the 70’s. He played many roles, but Trekkies know him for playing Surak in the ENT: Awakening, Admiral Chekote in DS9: The Circle, and Sky Marshal Dienes in Star Ship Trooper. He was also in Babylon 5, Stargate SG1 and made a brief appearance on Boston Legal with William Shatner and John Larroquette. Jon Paul Steuer – January 1, 2018 (age 33) In Star Trek he was the first to play Worf’s son, Alexander Rozhenko, in the episode Reunion. He won the part because he was the only child to be able to sit still for the 3 hours it took to make the Klingon facial prosthetics. He lost the part a year later to Brian Bonsall because he had not grown much, and his voice was not deep enough. He played Quentin Kelly on the show Grace Under Fire. He left the show because of the lead actress Brett Butler’s erratic behavior. He quit acting because all job interviews would be asking about Brett Butler instead of him. May we all give up a Klingon death yell so that Sto-Vo-Kor may know of his coming. Patricia Hicks – January 4, 2018(age 73) Pat served as First Officer under Danny Potts and continued as my First Officer when I took over as Commanding Officer. Pat enjoyed writing short stories, researching family genealogy, and traveling. She loved her cats. She received her undergraduate degree at Samford University and her Master of Library Science at the University of Alabama. She was a member of Alpha Delta Kappa, International Sorority for Women Educators. She taught 11th grade English at Mortimer Jordan High School from the late 60's to the late 70's before becoming a librarian at Bragg Middle School where she retired. She is survived by her sister Florence (Flo) Hurst who is our chief engineer. John Young – January 5, 2018 (age 87) Young was an American astronaut, naval officer and aviator, test pilot, and aeronautical engineer. He became the ninth person to walk on the Moon as Commander of the Apollo 16 mission in 1972. He enjoyed the longest career of any astronaut, becoming the first person to fly six space missions (with seven launches, counting his lunar liftoff) over the course of 42 years of active NASA service. He was the only person to have piloted, and been commander of, four different classes of spacecraft: Gemini, the Apollo Command/Service Module, the Apollo Lunar Module, and the Space Shuttle. In 1965, Young flew on the first manned Gemini mission, and commanded another Gemini mission the next year. In 1969 during Apollo 10, he became the first person to fly solo around the Moon. He drove the Lunar Roving Vehicle on the Moon's surface during Apollo 16, and is one of only three people to have flown to the Moon twice. He also commanded two Space Shuttle flights, including its first launch in 1981, and served as Chief of the Astronaut Office from 1974 to 1987. Young retired from NASA in 2004. (Did I miss a news item or news item that might be of interest to your fellow crew members? Then write it up and send it to cohephaestus@bellsouth.net)
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Trek and Beyond Collectively, the panels that we will be doing at Kingdom will be called Trek and Beyond. It will consist of two different panels. The first panel is Beyond Trek (2nd Thursday of the month) which will be discussing Science Fiction movies, TV shows and books not Trek related. The second panel will be Exploring Trek (4th Thursday of the month) which will continue with discussions on all things Star Trek. You do not want to miss these discussion as we have some of the best people in the Hephaestus giving insights that span over sixty years of experience. Come join the fun. Snacks and Drink provided. All programs start at 7PM.
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Kingdom Comics – the place for all your Star Trek needs
The Hephaestus Redshirt Challenge I will start posting somewhat of a schedule of places to walk and times to possibly to meet and walk. If anyone has any suggestions let me know so I can post it on the challenge. – Lt. Phillip Mangina Jr. (1st Officer), Director, Hephaestus Red Shirt Challenge I would like to start a challenge this year of reading. I will try to post what books I am reading and give at least a rating if not a review. I am looking for others to tell what they are reading and at least a rating of the books they are reading. Lets see if we can read 100 books total before the end of the year. So if we get ten people reading then it would be ten books per person. Let’s get reading. – Fleet Captain MarkAdam Miller (If you have a goal for weight loss, quitting smoking or New Year’s resolution then let us know what you are working on through the Facebook page https://www.facebook.com/Red.Shirt.Challenge/ so we can encourage you)
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Ship’s Log December 9, 2017 – Social
time to spend to celebrate Christmas as friends and fellow crewmen.
We had a low attendance because of the weather. We still had a fun time. We played Star Trek Road Trip the Curtis won. That is the second time that Curtis won. He won when we played it at Thanksgiving.
Attendance: 4 people December 31, 2017 – New Year’s Eve Myself, Phillip and Curtis and Brenda went to dinner and spent the time together to ring in the New Year. We were at the Best Western as Curtis had to be at work at 11. We played Kings in the Corner. Brenda smoked us all in the game. We rang in the New Year with sparkling grape juice.
Attendance: 10 people December 16, 2017 – Texas Hold’em – Cancelled Due to Christmas activities and family obligation, the poker game was cancelled. We will go to Dennis Evans house in January so that he doesn’t lose his turn
Attendance: 4 People Log entries: If you have did something you think the crew would be interested in then write up a personal log and send it to cohephaestus@bellsouth.net. Let your crewmates know what you are up to.
Captain’s Log December 20, 2017 – Christmas Program Myself, Phillip, Curtis and Brenda went together to a dinner and a Christmas program. This gave us
Hunt for the Icon Last month there were five Christmas stockings hidden in the Anvil. Did you find them all? If not, they were here: 1. pg. 2 – 1st Column at the end of beginning sentence of the second paragraph 2. pg. 7 – right side at beginning of the 2nd paragraph in the NASA article 3. pg. 12 – James’ personal Log 1st column, 1st paragraph in the middle on the right side 4. pg. 17 – Name the Omnipotent Being Answers before Adra (Marta Dubois) 5. pg. 21 – second event on the page after Jingle Bell Breakfast This month Five STARFLEET icons are hidden in the Anvil. If you are the first to send in the correct answer you will get recognized in the next issue and get to suggest February’s hidden icon. Send your answers to cohephaestus@bellsouth.net.
General Order 1: No starship may interfere with the normal development of any alien life or society. – Kirk, TAS: The Magicks of Megas-Tu
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Recommendations By Fleet Captain MarkAdam Miller Some shows to look forward to in 2018.
On AMC
On SYFY
On CW
Captain’s Top 10 Instead of a Top Ten list this month, here is a challenge that is on Twitter. If you would like to see some people response, then check out #30DayStarTrekChallenge. Day 1. Favorite TOS Episode Day 2. Favorite Federation Race Day 3. Favorite Starship Day 4. Best Captain Day 5. Saddest Event Day 6. Happiest Event Day 7. Favorite TNG Episode Day 8. Favorite Federation Enemy Day 9. Favorite Character Day 10. Most Shocking Moment Day 11. Crew Position You Would Want Day 12. Crew Position You Would Not Want Day 13. Favorite DS9 Episode Day 14. Favorite Time Travel Episode Day 15. Best First Officer
Day 16. Favorite Trek Game Day 17. Favorite Trek Novel Day 18. Favorite Non-Federation Race Day 19. Favorite Voyager Episode Day 20. Character You Are Most Like Day 21. Least Favorite Character Day 22. Favorite Trek Film Day 23. Best Trek Tech Day 24. Best Overall Space Vessel Day 25. Favorite Enterprise Episode Day 26. Planet You Would Most Like To Visit Day 27. Character You Would Date Day 28. Name Your Own Starship. Day 29. Favorite Trek Quote Day 30. Favorite Trek Series
Does The Anvil cover stuff that you are interested in? Did you disagree with a review or point of view in one of the articles? Did we miss some news article that you think should have been covered? The staff is looking for your feedback to help us send out something that you are interested in. Send your feedback to: cohephaestus@bellsouth.net USS Hephaestus
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Anvil Focus Schedule 2018
Do you know this Alien?
January – STARFLEET International February – James T. Kirk March – The Mirror Universe April – Jean-Luc Picard (Feel free to send me an article on any of these topics. Your fellow crew members would love to know your thoughts on these.)
Name the Name the Bajoran Answers Mullibok (Brian Keith), DS9: Progress, S1E15 Akorem Laan (Richard Libertini), DS9: Accession, S4E17 Lenaris Holem (John Doman), DS9: Shakaar, S3E24 Jaro Essa (Frank Langella), DS9: The Homecoming, The Circle, The Siege Razka Karn (Roy Brocksmith), DS9: Indiscretion, S4E05
Keeve Falor (Scott Marlowe), TNG: Ensign Ro S5E03 Sito Jaxa (Shannon Fill), TNG: Lower Decks, S7E15 Luma Rahl (Kira Nerys) (Nana Visitor), DS9: Wrongs Darker Than Death or Night, S6E17 Tahna Los (Jeffrey Nordling), DS9: Past Prologue, S1E03 Porta (Robert Symonds), DS9: Accession, S4E17
If you have suggestions for new challenges or questions, then send them to cohephaestus@bellsouth.net Answer to Do you know this alien? (pg. 16) Bomar (Chris Month) and Girmar (Pia Zadora), Santa Claus Conquers the Martians
STARFLEET Renewal Reminders Bentley Stockham Potts Family Lathem Arnold Mohney Family Bishop Petty Boyd Family Green
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Brown Burton Youngblood-Yawn Family Davis Family Salors Miller Family Mangina Hosley Lindsay Family
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Away Team and Activity Schedule Date Jan 6, 2018 Jan 13, 2018 Jan 20, 2018 Feb 3, 2018 Feb 10, 2018 Feb 17, 2018 Mar 3, 2018 Mar 9-11, 2018 Mar 17, 2018 Mar 17, 2018 Apr 7, 2018 Apr 14, 2018 Apr 21, 2018
Event/Time Anvil Deadline Social – 7 pm Poker – 2 pm Anvil Deadline Social – 7 pm Poker – 2 pm Anvil Deadline Region 2 Summit Poker – 4 pm Social – 7 pm Anvil Deadline Spring Cookout – 2 pm Poker – 2 pm
Location cohephaestus@bellsouth.net Mohney Evans – Location change cohephaestus@bellsouth.net Mohney Potts cohephaestus@bellsouth.net Madison, AL Mohney Mohney cohephaestus@bellsouth.net Mohney Evans
ALL EVENTS AND TIMES SUBJECT TO CHANGE, PLEASE REFER TO THIS SECTION FOR UP TO DATE INFORMATION Looking for the following people to help with the Anvil:
News Repoters Wanted For Hephaestus Anvil
Reporters for the Following: Star Wars News (assigned) Dr. Who News (assigned) Firefly News NASA News (assigned) Latest Sci-Fi/Fantasy books
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Reviewers: Books, Movies Games, Conventions Convention Scouts: Someone to find conventions in a 2 3 hr. driving distance of Birmingham. Write a short synopsis and give possible websites
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Area Conventions & Exhibits For additional Cons please check out www.southernfan.com/calendar.htm
January January 13-14, 2018 – BrickFair, Birmingham, AL https://www.brickfair.com/ Come see MOC (My Own Creation) Lego creations. Find interesting and hard to find Lego models. Also find fan-created memorabilia. January 26 – 28, 2018 – Kami-Con – Birmingham, AL http://kamicon.net/ Kami-Con is an annual three-day anime convention held during January in Birmingham, Alabama at the Birmingham–Jefferson Convention Complex by the Bama SOS Brigade, a student organization from the University of Alabama.
March March 9-11, 2018 – Region 2 Summit – Madison, AL http://www.raventune.fluctis.com/Starfleetsummit.html STARFLEET International Region 2 Summit. This is where all the ships of Region 2 come together to learn what is going on in STARFLEET, Star Trek and other related Sci-Fi. Hosted by the Dejah Thoris, Wernher Von Braun and the Hephaestus. March 24- 25, 2018 – Alabama Comic Con – Birmingham, AL https://www.facebook.com/ALComicCon/ Alabama Comic Con is a two day event being held at the Birmingham–Jefferson Convention Complex (2100 Richard Arrington Jr. Blvd. N., Birmingham, AL 35203) and will bring together a diverse list of guests, vendors, artists, and fan groups, in an affordable, family friendly environment.
Local Attractions (Only events relative to Star Trek are shown, Check the websites for more information) Alabama Theater – Birmingham, AL - www.alabamatheatre.com Birmingham Zoo – Birmingham, AL - www.birminghamzoo.com McWane Center – Birmingham, AL - www.mcwane.org/ Southern Museum of Flight – Birmingham, AL - www.southernmuseumofflight.org/ U.S. Space and Rocket Center – Huntsville, AL - www.rocketcenter.com /
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USS HEPHAESTUS COMMAND STRUCTURE Command Staff
Marines
MarkAdam Miller, Fleet Captain – Commanding Officer Phillip Mangina, Lt Cmdr – 1st Officer Brenda A. Miller, Captain – 2nd Officer
James Davis, Captain, SFMC (Reserves), OIC Roy Green, Brigadier, SFMC (Reserves) Shirley Burton, Major (Reserves)
Executive Committee
Medical
Sue Ellen Mohney, Captain Denby Potts, Rear Admiral Danny Potts, Admiral
Neil Yawn, Lt General, SFMC Andrew Boyd, Ensign 1st Class
Redshirts and Civilians Navigation
MarkAdam Miller, Fleet Captain Brenda A. Miller, Captain
Mark Lindsay, Captain Dean Brown, Cmdr Shirley Burton, Lt Cmdr Pamela Lindsay, Cmdr Nicole Bentley, LtJG Donald Arnold, Ensign 1st Class Trey Petty, Ensign Krista Boyd, Crewman Kendra Lance, Crewman Michelle L. Lindsay, Crewman Matthew Potts, Crewman Karen Burtyk, Civilian Carly Strickland, Civilian Brenda Tiner, Civilian
Operations
Ambassadors
Sue Ellen Mohney, Captain – Chief of Ops, Counselor Brenda A. Miller, Captain – Ship Admin Assistant Lynnette Youngblood Yawn, Lt – Ships Galley Officer Kris Bishop, Crewman – Linguistics
Mike Burtyk, Civilian
Pete Mohney, Admiral
Sciences Roy Green, Fleet Captain – Archaeology and Anthropology
Computer Sciences Danny Potts, Admiral
Engineering
Cadet Training Katrina Mohney, Crewman Apprentice Tara Mohney, Cadet 1st Class Athena Youngblood, Cadet 1st Class Anya Davis, Cadet Kimberly Davis, Cadet in Training
Communications Brenda A. Miller, Captain James Davis, Lt Matthew Boyd, Ensign 1st Class Dennis Lathem, Crewman Lewis, Stockham, Crewman Curtis Salors, Crewman
Retired Dennis Evans, Fleet Captain Flo Hurst, Cmdr Pat Simmons, Lt Cmdr
Security Roy Green, Fleet Captain – Chief of Security Intelligence Sandra Hosley, Lt USS Hephaestus
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Always Onward
For More Information Contact: Fleet Captain MarkAdam Miller 1204 Southwind Dr. Helena, Al 35080 cohephaestus@bellsouth.net
Lt Cmdr. Phillip Mangina 3056 Fox Trail Fultondale, AL 35068 phillip3056@charter.net