MisterSmith

I think most of us will agree that "All good things..." was one of the best finales ever. I think that's because after not having Trek for so long, people felt at home with the TNG crew.

One important thing about "These are the Voyages..." is that it shows just how important all the missions we've seen over the last four years are. We hear Counselor Troi talk about how she had to memorize the speech in grammar school. We see how the federation was basically peiced together with the mission against the Romulans. (I honestly didn't realize that was how Shran "died" until now...silly me.)

The episode FIRMLY established Enterprise right in the middle of all the Star Trek lore.

It now might be debatable, that Jonathan Archer is the greatest, most well-known Captain in Starfleet history...over Kirk or Picard.

It's going to be interesting to see where Star Trek goes from here.

This might be a little long, but I wanted to make a discussion about the last episode. Some things that I noticed:

I thought that while it did touch on the TNG crew a little much, it really made a connection between the events of the 21st and 23rd centuries.

Who new Brent Spiner would make a special voice appearance?

Sad to see Commander Tucker go...

By setting this episode 10 years in the future...A resurrection of the series, could possibly happen...although, we all know how positively unlikely that is.

Those are just some things to start a conversation.

I think we'd all like to hear everyone's opinion.

Mr. Smith

Happy B-Day Ridire...

How can you put up with Fred for two sims a week!

Smith

So Grom...

If you guys ever do have that Grom, Jr., would you push him/her to be trek fan as he grows up. Hopefully there'll be a new series to watch with 'em.

Smith

Congrats Grommie...

You're going to post a chatlog of the wedding right here...right B)

Best Wishes,

Mister Smith

Has anyone noticed that "Rear Admiral Moose" has been added to the GM Council?

I didn't see any announcement, so it was wierd when I saw another name on the council.

Smith

Doctor Brian Smith walked onto the Bridge. After spending two years on the ship and only coming to the bridge once, he had now been on the bridge for two hours discussing his theories with the Captain.

Brian walked over to one of the science consoles and sat down, reading the current status of the probe. It had just been launched seconds ago. He then focused his attention to the screen.

Smith watched as the probe slowly appeared to move towards the ship. Right as it would have crashed into the ship, it appeared to penetrate some kind of shielding field, much like the shields of Reaent herself. Brian was astonished.The probe had literally vanished into thin air. He looked around the bridge to see many puzzled looks.

Not long after disappearing, the probe suddenly returned to the viewscreen. Brian returned his sights back to the console and began to look for a readout on the "ship". There was nothing.

After the probe arrived back at the ship, the bridge crew waited for any answers from the science technicians and engineers, who had been advised of the situation.

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Ensign Pierre La Toque was in his quarters still unpacking his belongings from his suitcases. Having just arrived to the Reaent hours before, the Assistant Science Officer was looking forward to a few hours of rest and to getting to know his way around the ship.

Just then, Pierre's comm-badge went off. "Ensign La Toque to the Bridge" it said. It was the voice of Pierre's new Science Chief, a Lt. Smith. "Sure, sir. On my way" he repled, heading out to the turbolift.

A few minutes later, Pierre arrived onto the brdge and walked to a console. He was told to work on something about a probe, and did so for about a half hour.

"What have you got, Ensign?", replied Smith. Pierre turned to his chief.

"Well, that's actually what I was going to talk to you about. The probe was sent back to the ship. There's just one problem." replied Ensign La Toque.

"I'm waiting...", butted Smith.

"There's nothing inside" said La Toque ignoring the interruption. " All the systems but propulsion and guidance are gone. We have no readouts whatsoever." The new Science Officer said. Pierre remained quite puzzled as to the absence of the probe's vital internal mechanics.

"I Haven't the slightest clue as to why this is so" he replied honestly. "I guess we work together as to finding out what happened to it" Pierre shrugged and sighed deeply. Not really wanting to have been thrust into such a complicated assignment on his first day, but what can you do?

=/\= Starfleet Personnel File: Smith, Brian =/\=

Biographical Information

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Full Name: Brian David Smith, M.d.

Gender: Male

Race: Human

Marital Status: Single

Age: 32

Height: 6'2"

Weight: 83kg

Hair: Red

Eyes: Blue

Place of Birth: USS Hope NCC-14903, while docked at Starbase 12

Father: Capt. Jonathan Smith, CO, USS Hope NCC-14903

Mother: Dr. Sara Smith, CMO, USS Hope NCC-14903

Siblings: Brother: Lt.(Jg.) Andrew Smith, Chief of Starbase Operations, Starbase 343 (Married to Amanda Smith, Two Children: Charles and Stephanie, Twins)

Brian was born on the USS Hope NCC-14903, where his mother was the Chief Medical Officer, and his father was the Executive Officer. Shortly after, his father was promoted and offered command of the Hope. His father accepted the position, and Brian stayed on the ship with his parents. Five years later, his mother gave birth to his younger brother Andrew.

When he was 16, Brian was offered a chance to intern with Lt. Bobby Harts, the Hope's Chief Engineer. It was after only a month that Brian decided that a career in medicine would benefit him more.

Under the guidance of his mother, Brian has participated in Starfleet’s field training program, as assistant to the CMO, on the Hope. Growing up on a hospital ship, the USS Hope, Brian has learned many medical techniques from his mother, and knows Human, Klingon, and Vulcan physiology by heart.

After graduating the academy and going through medical school, Brian decided to draw upon his medical and engineering background, attending the Advanced Sciences School and achieving a degree in Bio-Engineering Sciences, dealing with his interest in the function of the Bio-neural jel packs.

Education

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Starfleet Academy, Basic Training (With Honors)

Starfleet Medical Academy, General Practicioner

Starfleet Advanced Sciences School, Bio-Engineering Studies

Current Assignment Information

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Assignment: USS Reaent, NCC 3345-G

Rank: Lieutenant Commander

Position: Assistant Science Officer

Service Awards

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Bronze Good Conduct Medal

Service Stripe (4x)

Merit Award*

Starfleet Distinguished Service Metal

U.S.S. Cairo Investigation Citation

Probe Citation

Reaent 10-Year Anniversary Citation

Tholian Military Assistance Citation

I.S.S. Oddysey Investigation Citation

Nebula M-8312 Mission Citation

Beta-Gamma Wormhole Citation

Reaent 15-Year Anniversary Citation

*It is important to note that, to date, Lieutenant Commander Smith remains the only member of Reaent's crew to recieve the prestigious Captain's Merit Award.

Complete Service Record

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50301.20 Entered Starfleet Academy

50301.29 Promoted to rank of Ensign by Captain Hayden Dacotah and Commodore Atragon 9, Starfleet Academy

50302.02 Assigned as Assistant Medical Officer to U.S.S. Reaent, NCC-3345-G, Under Captain Fred Michaels

50306.12 Promoted to rank of Lieutenant, Junior Grade by Captain Fred Michaels

50401.22 Promoted to rank of Lieutenant by Captain Fred Michaels

50411.11 Promoted to rank of First Lieutenant by Captain Fred Michaels

50503.23 Reassigned to position of Chief Science Officer by Captain Fred Michaels

50603.10 Passed Starfleet Bridge Officer's Examination

50703.08 Promoted to rank of Lieutenant Commander by Captain Fred Michaels

50804.17 Began serving as Acting First Officer, Under Commander Aidan Ridire

50807.06 Returned to role as Chief Science Officer, Under Captain Fred Michaels

50909.01 Reassigned as Assistant Science Officer, Under Captain Patrick McQueen

=/\= End File =/\=

You know...the amount of attendance amazes me...I mean...who'd really want to spend a whole weekend with Fred, Atragon and the rest of the GM's... <_<

Can I please have: Can you believe I made it out of the academy?

No...I was saying that we'd keel over and die from shock...I LOVE Enterprise and I think this is the best season yet.

Smith

Wouldn't it be interesting if we're all sitting down watching 'These are the Voyages...' and they say, "The Episode will not be shown tonight, as in a breaking development, Enterprise has been renewed for another season. Please tune to _____ to continue viewing the series."

I think we'd all keel over and die!

I think it might be interesting to do a show about say the S.C.E. The Starfleet Corps of Engineers could do alot of things.

Another idea is say...have an event like voyager that kills the entire senior staff of a ship, and a new group of young kids have to take over until replacements are arrived. There is tons of character development that could happen. These would be people with only 2 or 3 years experience running the ship...

I think we could go on and on about ideas...All that matters, is what they decide will please us fans the most.

My 10 cents,

Dr. Smith

I think it took me 9 or 10. I think the GM's have a very keen sense of who is ready to graduate. For me it was when I least expected it...I've told my graduation story a million times...but I'll tell it again...

I was CSEC in Dac and Atragon's Wednesday Academy...

We had a mission involving some ambassador...My job was to keep the ambassador safe...One of her assistants ends up shooting her in Main Engineering...Regardless...I did keep her off of Dac's bridge, and to my suprise I graduated.

I found my self on Reaent, my lone sim, and I wouldn't trade it for any other ship.

The biggest advice for a new simmer that I can offer is to not create a character to early. The idea of the academy is for you to get a feel for the different positions and even to experiment as being different races...So I would wait till I got onto an advanced sim (In what ever position) to decide what kind of race you're going to bring to life.

Just a penny this time,

Smith

So pretend it really is you...Who are the people in the picture? :lol:

I actually remember the internal discussions about that image. Most are not appropriate for public display, but I will say this: We, the GMs, do not get dressed in business attire to run a sim.

So is that actually some of you in that picture?

At the beginning of the season I thought...eh...last season if you missed more than 1 or two episodes, you missed alot of the story behind later events...But I think it was working this season.

After watching last night's show, I don't know how the ratings were so poor. After reading the Startrek.com production report and knowing a little about what happened, I was still suprised by some of the things that happened. Shran's breakdown with the Tellarite's and the blood, the ship cloaking as Enterprise (although it was very predictable) and destroying the Rigelian ship, and when the Aenar crewman was revealed at the end of the show...I was puzzled when I saw what appeared to me as an andorian, and then I came back to ST.com and I saw "The Aenar" and I remembered. And then there was the preview for next week...

Of course when I went to the Episode Listing, there was the thing we all expected...

Written by: Andre Bormanis (Teleplay), Manny Coto (Story)

It seems like the greatest Enterprise episodes really have been the ones where Berman and Braga have no hands in the Writing...They're good at being producers (we must admit they did a pretty good job at casting and all the behind the scenes stuff in the beginning), but they've run out of ideas for compelling shows.

If the show is done right, they can win back many of the original TOS fans, and I think the only way to do that is to give over the control to fans like Manny Coto.

So...Let's finish watching this season...and push for three more.

Dr. Smith

Cadet Fourth Class Jonathan Swane entered the medical labs on Molokai Station. He was at the top of his class at Starfleet Medical Academy. He had been granted the internship of a lifetime that would, hopefully, turn into a full time job once he graduated from the academy. But It wasn't just that.

Jonathan's grandfather had died from Calkins disease. Finding some kind of cure would be special to him. He had heard stories of the pain and suffering that his grandfather had gone through, and he wished it on nobody else. It was this passion for searching for a cure that had ultimately lead to him entering medical school, and getting him to where he is.

He had overheard some of the doctors talking about a "Special Patient" that was being transfered to Molokai. This would be his first real chance to see Calkins disease in action. Not a good thing, but a chance for him to do some research and make a contribution to the continuing effort that was happening at Molokai and other stations around the Federation.

While he was on the station, Jonathan was going to be under the direction and 'care' of a Dr. Myra Donatelli. She was going to be leading the team studying this "Special Patient". Many of the people assigned to the team were of all ages, sizes and species. This was a rare chance for starfleet scientists, and they weren't going to blow it.

John entered the lab and sat down at the table with the rest of the doctors, most of which were old enough to be one of his parents. Dr. Donatelli was about to start a briefing about just how "special" this new patient was going to be.

I've been pulled deeper into the Trek world. The "A time to..." series is very good. I have all the books that are out right now.

The ones I've read:

A Time to Be Born

A Time to Die

A Time to Sow

A Time to Harvest

Ones I've got (Not read yet):

A Time to Love

A Time to Hate

Ones not out yet:

A Time to Kill

A Time to Heall

A Time for War, A Time for Peace

You'll notice that each story (except for the final book) runs across two books, with the titles being opposites. It's a good series that explores the events between Insurrection and Nemesis, dealing with everything including:

Wesley and his adventures as a traveler

Beverly and her career

Will and Deanna's marriage

Data and his emotion chip

Just my 2 cents

Dr. Smith

I think they all have something unique about them. But I think Vex's sends all the messages we're trying to accomplish:

Our name

the fact that we sim on computers (the keys)

and it also has a Trek Logo.

One change would be to make the Trek logo take over the entire key...Still good

Both my cents,

Smith

I definitely saw it...I was going to post something up here, but decided against it...anyhow...Even if Enterprise does run off the air, it won't be the last time we see a series...We can definitely be sure of that. But nonetheless, we've got to keep watching, so the series will survive!

Smith

A while ago they did an advertisement for DS9 and TNG on Fridays. They shoewed Picard and said something catchy, and then they said something similar about Sisko...I think that is what it is. I believe the clip from Sisko is when he tells someone (forgot who...) "Every time I close my eyes, I see her!"...

I think that's what it was, but even I only vaguely remmeber it...

Hope I helped,

Dr. Smith

WARNING: This is NOT meant to degrade ANY ONE that is not an American...IT IS JUST a little bit of information

I'm not a historian or an expert on governments, but as an example, in the United States government, the order of sucession is as follows:

President

Vice President

Speaker of the House

President of the Senate Pro Tempore (Oldest tenured member of the majority party of the Senate)

Secretary of State

Secretary of the Treasury

Secretary of Defense

Attorney General

And down the list of the cabinet through:

Secretary of Veterans Affairs

Secretary of Homeland Security

So....

If STSF decided to use that as their example government then it would probably be as follows:

Atragon

Sovak

Fred

Huff

Blu

Webby...and then the rest of the GM's To Be Named Later ^_^

So there is one example...but I guess it's really up to the big guy...

=/\= Starfleet Personnel File: Decker, Johnathan=

Full Name: Jonathan Decker

Rank: Lieutenant

Gender: Male

Race: Human

Marital Status: Single

Age: 32

Height: 6'1"

Weight: 70kg

Hair: Blonde

Eyes: Blue

Place of Birth: San Diego, California, United States, Earth

Father: Harold Decker

Mother: Deborah Decker

Siblings: None

Jonathan was born in San Diego, California, and he lived there much of his life. Throughout his school years, he always thought that hi favorite subject was history. He chose not to become a hustorian. Instead he studied Engineering and Computer Science.

He met his boss, Admiral Smith, while he was preparing the systems on the Enterprise, then an Ensign. Smith became fond of his work, and asked him to become the head technician for the Science Division. And thus, the Science Divison of Starfleet recieved it's second employee (It is currently staffed by the two of them and their secretary).

Currently, he is working on the installations for the Challenger.

=/\= End File =/\=

=/\= Starfleet Personnel File: Smith, Brandon=

Full Name: Brandon James Smith

Rank: Admiral

Gender: Male

Race: Human

Marital Status: Single

Age: 50

Height: 6'4"

Weight: 95kg

Hair: Brown

Eyes: Black

Place of Birth: Chicago, Illinois, nited States, Earth

Father: William Smith

Mother: Laura Smith

Siblings: Brother: Charles "Charlie" Smith

Brandon was born in Chicago to William and Laura Smith. From an early age Brandon loved to explore science.

When he turned 18, he attended Florida State University, where he majored in starship engineering with a minor in Astronomy.

Upon graduation he was invited to help in the design of the warp 5 complex, and he took a job as head of science system design for the first Warp 5 Capable ship, the Enterprise.

Before he was able to complete his duties, he was told that the Enterprise project would be pushed back 10 years. Not wanting to wait, he took a job as head of the Science Division at Starfleet. He ended up taking back the job he left.

He has worked to develop the science station on all 4 existing NX class ships, and he is currently designing the systems for the next 4, including the Challenger.

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