WxMurray

That did it, thanks. :)

Is it just me or is there a chat room problem?

I've tried on Internet Explorer, Firefox, and Chrome, and all three come up with the error "application failed to run". Java being it's usual pain in the tuckus? :huh:

$70 retail price for a season of DS9 DVDs? That's considerably cheaper than when they were first released (about $120 or so per season). Prices have definitely fallen over time. Same with TNG, Voyager, and Enterprise.

Looks like a good bet, though, would be to buy all the seasons separately on Amazon (about $40 each).

Murray stood on the primary observation deck of Starbase 2. The loss of the Agincourt was beginning to sink in. But for the ship on which he had served the majority of his career, it wasn’t going to be easy.

Of the ships he served on, this one hurt the most. Two transfers and an injury combined with and leave of absence and career change…everything prior had been his own choice to one degree or another. But this…this was taken forcefully. It was like a part of him suddenly wasn’t there.

He had gotten his career back on track, having floundered around in security and the Marine Corps for so many years. Captain Davies had seen Murray’s potential and assigned him to the senior engineering staff. Finally, a chance to follow his dream. Finally, a chance to grow.

And just like that, it was gone.

Commander Prell and Kairi. Captain Davies and Colonel Harper. Commander Jones, Lt. Colonel Day. They believed in him. They helped him learn and grow. They trusted him.

And just like that, it was gone.

For all of the close scrapes the Agincourt had been in over the years. For all of the times Starfleet Corps of Engineers begrudgingly put the ship back together again.

And just like that, it was gone.

In the back of his mind, he always knew it would happen someday. He’d get promoted, transferred, or (heaven forbid) injured or killed. The ship could be damaged beyond repair or destroyed. So many ways he could have left the ship…

…and yet, it felt like it would never end. He didn’t want it to end.

“Are you ready to go, Colonel?”

He hadn’t heard General Marisa Ipswich come up behind him. He had been too zoned out to notice anything.

“Yeah,” he said, not breaking his gaze out the window. He took a deep breath. “Yeah, I’m ready.”

Ipswich looked him over, head to toe a new man in his crisp Marine uniform. “It’s good to have you back in the service. Honestly, I was beginning to worry we would never work together again.”

“Believe me,” he replied, “if it hadn’t been for the damn Tal Shiar, I’d still be out there.”

“I approved all your crew requests. Colonel Harper and Commander Kassem all had glowing recommendations for your engineering team. I’m sure Dickinson, Brady, and Williams will all fit in well in your system. I notice, though, that you haven’t selected a second-in-command.”

Murray shrugged. “It’s just a training command. Regulations don’t require an XO. Besides…” He paused for a moment. “I was kinda hoping to ask Kairi, but it’s just too awkward to ask a former superior to be a subordinate.”

They began to move toward the airlock where the USS Luther was waiting. As they approached, Dickinson, Brady, and Williams were waiting.

Murray turned to Ipswich. “You’d better hope you don’t end up giving Harper another Agincourt, else you won’t have a senior crew on this ship.”

Ipswich smiled and shook her head. “Plans have not yet been discussed, but I’ll keep that in mind. Such a group of people you had on that ship. Loyal to each other. Loyal to the last.”

“Always.”

With that, he stepped into the airlock with his friends and crewmembers and began heading for the bridge.

“We few, we happy few, we band of brothers.”

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From this day to the ending of the world,

But we in it shall be remembered;

We few, we happy few, we band of brothers;

For he today that sheds his blood with me

Shall be my brother.

Okay, I missed the day, but...

Happy birthday, us! :D

Personally, I'm a fan of the newer series more than TOS.

What do I want? A series that is well-written and well-produced. If someone can do that, it doesn't matter what the setting is.

And really, this person needs to remember the title of the TNG series finale - All Good Things (must come to an end). I loved TNG, DS9, and Enterprise, and I liked Voyager, but everything has to end sometime, and there's a reason they do. Time to stop living in the past.

"Charismatic stallion"

Please. :)

My biggest complaint with Voyager was physical: how, 70,000 light years from home, did the ship manage to get repaired to pristine condition after every episode? Having the ship starting to fall apart and age after seven years would have added an interesting dynamic, much like Season 3 of Enterprise actually gave us.

...and Enterprise (interesting development of the technology, nice battleship-grey deck plating and bulkheads, but I do wonder where he keeps getting all this fresh food in deep space without having replicators or a giant hydroponics bay).

Not sure it's ever stated outright, but they do have cargo bays to store products, and since they're not nearly as far away from home as in the other series, they'd be much closer to Earth and affiliated outposts, as well as the Earth merchant ship routes. Just a thought. Season 3 would be where this thought gets a bit dicey, though.

I don't know which I'm more sad about - that I thought it was on last week and I had forgotten about it when I was home, or that I missed it this week because I don't have Science in my apartment. :(

Have nothing to do on Wednesday nights?

 

Looking for a new or additional sim to play in?

 

Want to ride in a giant garden spade?

 

Interested in playing in a future Star Trek timeline?

 

Want to be a Marine?

 

Have a need to fight evil blue aliens and save the galaxy?

 

Want to sim with Murray?

 

 

If you said yes to one or more of these questions, then you could qualify to be a part of the wonderful and exciting crew of the USS Agincourt. Most positions are available, so please feel free to contact you local STSF Personel officer. Or come on by and say hi to Colonel Harper and her band of misfits...I mean crew...

 

We play on Wednesday nights at 10pm.

 

 

*This message was paid for by the Agincourt Engineering Comittee.* (Ok maybe not paid for, but I'm sure Murray could give you a doughnut.) ^_^

Fixed that for you. :P

Now no one can resist the invitation!

Ick. I'm creeped out just reading that. No snakes for me, thanks.

That's kinda what I'm getting at. We care so much about the nuances of eyebrow raises and spacial coordinates that it became all that mattered to us. Plot didn't matter, story didn't matter. We forgot that it was plot and story that drew people to Trek to begin with.

 

If Trek could have been said to be dead we were the ones that killed it.

I agree, but I would say that some blame lies with producers trying the same old thing over and over again and beating a dead horse.

I would also agree in that I think it's too soon. A) There's a movie series going on that's a different continuity. Let that one have it's time before muddying the waters with something different. B) It just hasn't been long enough. It's not been 10 years since Enterprise was canceled. As I (and presumably some others) said when Enterprise started on the heels of Voyager, Star Trek needs people to want to watch it, and I don't think the masses of fans are there yet. It needs at least another five years or so.

And I say this as someone who was a die-hard Trekkie back in the day. If it was on TV, I was watching it. Now, I can honestly say I've not watched any episode or movie of Star Trek in probably about five years now. I watch other things, and I don't sit around saying, "Boy, I wish that were still on the air!" I do a little, but then I look at my other options, and I move on.

I think now I know how people in the south feel when I make fun of them for freaking out at a snowflake...

But, no matter if this new Trek series gets off the ground or not, it's not going to please all of the Star Trek fans.

I think we've reached the point...and Enterprise was the real proof of this (and to some degree, anything beyond TNG)...that nothing is going to please everyone, and the biggest pains in the butt about it are also the loudest, no matter how small a group. These days, people are likely to start flaming something if Spock raises his eyebrow wrong.

My first earthquake.

And before I get to truly experience my first tornado. Go figure.

It's funny you mention that. Because we did have a fish doctor thingy on Agincourt when I first started. I think Harper, Murray, and myself might be the only ones left on the ship that remember Tethra Shoeny.

Wouldn't have remembered on my own, but now that you mention it...

The biggest problem I've had lately in creating the newest member of the Murray family is that in order to keep them from all being identical, I decided to make this one from a different part of Earth. Question is, how exactly do you play with an accent in a text-based sim? :wacko: Whoops. :P

Thanks. :)

Rule number one of poking around a pre-warp civilization: don't get spotted.

They'd been spotted.

As if they weren't up a creek already trying to clean up the contact mess made by the previous group, now the Hood had been spotted and made contact with the locals. Run and hide wasn't exactly an option, as they had actually been spotted, and the locals would go out of their way to search for the running people. So it's down to actually making contact with the people.

Murray chose to let Commander Zareh take the lead, partly because he was the most experienced of the group, and partly because he's the commander (which pretty much renders any other point useless). As Zareh chatted up the locals, Murray couldn't help but run through the scenarios in his mind. There weren't many options - would they or would they not be discovered - but the implications were significant.

The team would have to be ready for immediate damage control. The Prime Directive iss not taken lightly by Starfleet Command, and they were probably already ankle-deep in Starfleet legal poo as it was. Absolutely all equipment would need to be accounted for, as well as all contacts with the natives. Books, phasers, tricorders, personal music players...no matter how large or small, there could be no risk of contamination.

This was going to be one exhaustive away mission.

Welcome to the Hood.

Starfleet Command Personnel File

Ensign Landon Wilfred Murray

USS Hood NCC-1703

Name: Murray, Landon Wilfred

Rank: Ensign

Service Number: SC-2729S5816

Current Assignment: USS Hood NCC-1703

Position: Security

Species: Human, Male

Height: 1.88 meters

Weight: 111.13 kilograms

Place of birth: Penarth, Wales, Europe, Earth

Year of Birth: 22x1

Parents: Dafydd and Briallen Murray

Marital Status: Married - KatieSue Lilly

Education: Starfleet Academy 22xx-22xx

Starfleet Career Summary:

Stardate xxxx.xx: Assigned to USS Hood as a security officer.

Background:

Murray was born in 22xx to Dafydd and Briallen Murray in Penarth, Wales. There he lived until age nine when his father's job forced the family to move to Boston. Murray's schooling suffered in Boston as a result of bullying and taunting over his vocabulary and accent. Murray taught himself to speak in a neutral American accent and began playing gridiron football.

As a linebacker, Murray's physical appearance changed, and his increasing size put an end to the bullying. His physique was also useful in intimidating robbers when the family's home was broken into in 22xx. With the house to himself that evening, Murray, whose bedroom was in the basement, ascended the stairs and stood over the would-be thieves as they rummaged through his parents' valuables. When the thieves turned around to find Murray, they were so startled and scared that they fled the house through the closed sliding glass door. When questioned by the police, the thieves stated that they had thought the house to be empty and at first glance believed Murray was a bear.

After apprehending thieves who had broken into the football team's bus, Murray decided to take his talents to Starfleet. While receiving numerous offers of football scholarships from universities across the country, Murray instead committed to attending Starfleet Academy to become a security officer.

During his sophomore year at the Academy, Murray attended party and met KatieSue Lilly. Lilly was accosted at the party by a drunk member of the Academy rugby team. Despite her attempts to spurn his advances, the man continued his assault and attempted to take her to a bedroom. Murray intervened, and afterward he and Lilly began dating. The two married shortly after graduating from the Academy.

Murray's first assignment was to the USS Hood.

Notes:

Little official information is available regarding the party incident at Starfleet Academy. The man in question was too drunk to remember anything, and no one else at the party volunteered information to the police. Medical evidence suggests the victim's head was smashed into a door before he fell/was thrown down a flight of stairs, but this has not been corroborated.

Murray is a noted baker. He would regularly provide baked goods and pastries for his high school football team and would occasionally treat his Academy classmates with nibbles during lectures. He also baked and decorated his own wedding cake. Murray dreams of opening a bakery upon his retirement from Starfleet.

This file will be updated as deemed necessary.

Happy birthday, Reaent! I've got but six years on her, and it's been a blast. I'm proud to call it my first sim. :P Fifteen more, Reaent! :)

And Germany wins their second straight third-place in the World Cup with a 3-2 win over Uruguay in a wet, rainy match. Bit tense for the Germans there at the end as Uruguay's Forlan had the chance for the equalizer with a free kick at the edge of the box, but he shot it off the bar. Very close to extra time.

Paul goes seven-for-seven on Germany in the World Cup. There's one expensive octopus right there. :P

Lord of the Rings + Vuvuzelas = <You Tube link removed; you can see it yourself by typing in "Galdalf goes to the World Cup" there>

A. Mazing. For the first time ever, both finalists from the previous tournament fail to make it out of the group stage. Italy tries and fails, and France just...fails. Repeatedly.

It'll be interesting to see what, if any, changes are made, and how qualifying for Euro 2012 shakes out.

I think I injured myself in celebration of Donovan's goal.

(No, seriously, my left knee hurts a bit.)

USA! USA! USA!

I took off work for each of the three U.S. match days. :)