I don't care what Reid thinks about Obama, or black people. But the fact that he assumes the racism of white voters makes him, by definition, a racist. He is assuming behavior and attitudes about white voters, based upon their skin color. He is assuming that white voters would be more likely to vote for him because he looks white and talks white, and that is stupid and racist. What Trent Lott said years ago was wrong and stupid, and doesn't compare to this. But there is an undeniable double standard here. If a Republican had said this, they would be calling for his or her head, and probably getting it. Reid is a democrat, who is involved in an unconstitutional conspiracy with Pelosi and Obama in order to plunge this great country into the depths of socialism. Reid could put on a white sheet and hood and get away with it. The message here is that the democratic leadership thinks nothing of voters. They are easily manipulated racist fools, and are only valuable for their tax dollars and votes. That is what is revealed by Reid's mouth. Again, I say, don't you dare call me a racist.
Monday, January 11, 2010
Sunday, January 10, 2010
Kapact's Rant: Kapact to Mister Obama: "You lie!"
"We will have a public, uh, process for forming this plan. It'll be televised on C-SPAN.... It will be transparent and accountable to the American people." --Barack Obama, November 2007
"That's what I will do in bringing all parties together, not negotiating behind closed doors, but bringing all parties together, and broadcasting those negotiations on C-SPAN so that the American people can see what the choices are, because part of what we have to do is enlist the American people in this process." --Barack Obama, January 2008
"[T]hese negotiations will be on C-SPAN..." --Barack Obama, January 2008
"We're gonna do all these negotiations on C-SPAN so the American people will be able to watch these negotiations." --Barack Obama, March 2008
"All this will be done on C-SPAN in front of the public." --Barack Obama, April 2008
"I want the negotiations to be taking place on C-SPAN." --Barack Obama, May 2008
"[W]e'll have the negotiations televised on C-SPAN, so that people can see who is making arguments on behalf of their constituents, and who is, who are making arguments on behalf of the drug companies or the insurance companies." --Barack Obama, August 2008
"We will work on this process publicly. It'll be on C-SPAN. It will be streaming over the Net." --Barack Obama, November 2008
Well, it turns out this administration has as much respect for their own campaign promises as they do for the Constitution and the Declaration of Independence (that archaic bit about 'endowed by their creator with certain inalienable rights', as opposed to 'endowed by Obama/Reid/Pelosi with certain rights that they decide you can handle', and some obscure reference to taxation without representation). The legislature has handed down its latest decree, indicating that there would be no typical conference committee on the competing House and Senate versions of the health bill, as "leaders" opted instead for private negotiations with "key" congressmen and senators, none of whom is Republican. Once an agreement is reached, each legislative chamber will vote again and send the unified bill to the president.
Without a conference committee, a rule requiring public access to the conference report for at least 48 hours before a vote would conveniently not apply. This is just the kind of trickery and crooked shenanigans we've come to expect in a very short time from the Obama administration. This is a worse administration than the last one (not an easy thing), more ineffective and damaging internationally and domestically than the Carter Administration (seemingly impossible, but somehow true), and more corrupt than the Nixon administration.
So what does our legislature have to say about it? House Speaker Nancy Pelosi (D-CA) "There has never been a more open process for any legislation in anyone who's served here's experience." Speaks for itself, doesn't it? Ms Pelosi, you won't read this, and you wouldn't care if you did, but you are also a liar. A corrupt liar, and I hope you lose your job very soon.
So why is it they're so worried about hiding this glass of legislative poison? On page 1,020, the Senate bill states: "It shall not be in order in the Senate or the House of Representatives to consider any bill, resolution, amendment or conference report that would repeal or otherwise change this subsection."
What's in the subsection in question? The infamous "death panel" -- the Independent Medicare Advisory Board (IMAB), whose objective will be to "reduce the per capita rate of growth in Medicare spending" (in other words, to ration health care).
In effect, the bill creates an eternal law by prohibiting future elected Congresses from making changes to this subsection. We must simply pray that Republicans have the courage to take this illegal rag to the Supreme Court, and further pray that the Supreme Court has the integrity to strike it down.
I'll also add this about Harry Reid, soon to be ex-senator from Nevada.... if a Republican had said what you said, they would be called racist. And what is really wrong with what you said is that it assumes that every white voter is racist. Don't you dare call me a racist. Don't you dare.
Miss Ginny's Diary Jan 10th 2010
Meow to you out there, it’s me, Miss Ginny. It is early in the evening in our household. HD is at work and we have had our supper. My sister ShooShoo got into real trouble (again!). Grandma Carrie had just finished eating her supper and my sister chased her out of the kitchen and into the bedroom. Grandma is very old and while she is in good health, she is somewhat fragile and walks as she wants. ShooShoo doesn’t like Grandma Carrie and never really has. So HM did her bun! (as the English folk say) and she and my sister had a very long talk. ShooShoo is lucky HD wasn’t home. He truly loves ShooShoo and gets very upset with her when she is naughty. He would have sent her to her bed for a while. HM told her she is on a warning to behave or she will be sent to bed early. The interesting thing about all this is that ShooShoo seems to understand what HM says and she is behaving and has joined me on the big bed. We have been thinking about all the animals that live in the areas that are so very cold right now. I have told you that we are going to live in a much colder climate than where we are now. Did you see the zoo animals on television who are trying to cope with the cold in the state of Florida (USA) and in Europe? HM said that they used to have a cat in Canada, a long time ago and he used to like to eat the snow. I don’t think I would like that. HM says that we will have to get used to some very different animals and birds in our new home, than what we see at our current home. She said that you get an animal called a squirrel in our new town and they are busy little animals and move quickly and in the fall they gather lots of nuts and bread crusts to store in trees and other places, so that they have food to eat when it is very cold. She said that they used to have a red squirrel in Canada that would always come along the fence when they were having breakfast and sit and wait for the crusts from the breakfast toast. My cat mother, Lapper loves toast crusts and sometimes but not often, HM gives her a little one. Well it is the next day now and again it is early in the evening. It is cold today and HM once again has gotten into bed early and we have all joined her. HD is at work and he calls during his shift and likes to know what we are doing and how we all are. He is a nice person and brings us treats. HM calls him the ‘cat whisperer’. My sister likes to go to the phone when he calls in as she likes to hear his voice. We have heard a lot of sirens in our city today. None of us like to hear them. ShooShoo always cries and HM more often than not has to pick her up and give her a cuddle. She especially hates the fire engines. We are near the corner of a street and the man driving the fire engine often has to put the siren on high volume to get people to move out of the way on the crossing and to get cars to go to the left to let the engine pass. It is this high volume noise that ShooShoo doesn’t care for. HM has gotten up to go and get herself something to eat and I might get up and go with her to see if there will be any treats put out. So, I will talk to you tomorrow and in the meantime keep warm and safe.
Meow to you from me, Ginny and HM says hello.
Meow to you from me, Ginny and HM says hello.
Chatter With Kate Jan 10th 2010
COLD WINTER NIGHTS
Hello to you all. My goodness – I have been watching the Weather Channel covering the exceptionally cold weather for those folk who live in the American east, their Midwest and their northern plains. There was one place today that was going to have a wind chill of -52 degrees. Wow, you would need every bit of warm clothing you have and lots of layers of clothing to cope with this kind of a temperature. As the good folk on the Weather Channel said, it is too dangerous to be out in this weather for long and not to go if you don’t have to. In Europe it looks just as bad especially in England which looked like a total whiteout. I got caught in a whiteout once while I was driving a visitor to the airport in Colorado Springs (USA). It came on really quickly and was quite scary. Fortunately for us we were close to the turnoff for the airport and coasted quietly behind another car going to the airport. I worry about the folk who live on the streets – it cannot be easy to deal with. I bless the fact that I have a roof over my head, a kind husband and some crazy cats to keep me company on these cold nights. I like to put a big saucepan (kettle) on the stove and have on-going soup available to eat in this weather. I generally start with water of course and from there I put in all sorts of things. It is a nice change from coffee and tea etc. to have a mug or cup of soup broth. I have a small container on the kitchen bench where I try to put little leftover bits so I can throw them out for the little birds who brave the winter winds and snow. When we move to a new state soon (a very snowy one!) right near the Canadian border, I am going to try and get an old card table and put it outside and then get some cheap wild bird seed and suet so the little birds have food. When we lived in Illinois (USA) we used to do this and we got a pair of cardinals coming regularly to feed. I so love the cardinals. The male with his very bright red feathers looks truly wonderful against a snowy background. One thing that bothers me when I look at all this icy, snowy weather is the way that only the minority of drivers seem to take things carefully. Why is it that drivers still tend to go way too fast when the road police and weather folk are all telling them to slow down? One would think that sensibility would set in but judging by all the accidents and videos of cars spinning out etc. that we are seeing on the news, a lot of drivers don’t seem to be learning any lessons. Well that’s it for me for today. Take care and keep safe, well and cosy and warm, wherever you are.
If you would like to chat with me, please feel free to do so. I love to hear from folk around the world. It’s a great planet. Let’s look after it and learn about each other.
Cheers, Kate.
Hello to you all. My goodness – I have been watching the Weather Channel covering the exceptionally cold weather for those folk who live in the American east, their Midwest and their northern plains. There was one place today that was going to have a wind chill of -52 degrees. Wow, you would need every bit of warm clothing you have and lots of layers of clothing to cope with this kind of a temperature. As the good folk on the Weather Channel said, it is too dangerous to be out in this weather for long and not to go if you don’t have to. In Europe it looks just as bad especially in England which looked like a total whiteout. I got caught in a whiteout once while I was driving a visitor to the airport in Colorado Springs (USA). It came on really quickly and was quite scary. Fortunately for us we were close to the turnoff for the airport and coasted quietly behind another car going to the airport. I worry about the folk who live on the streets – it cannot be easy to deal with. I bless the fact that I have a roof over my head, a kind husband and some crazy cats to keep me company on these cold nights. I like to put a big saucepan (kettle) on the stove and have on-going soup available to eat in this weather. I generally start with water of course and from there I put in all sorts of things. It is a nice change from coffee and tea etc. to have a mug or cup of soup broth. I have a small container on the kitchen bench where I try to put little leftover bits so I can throw them out for the little birds who brave the winter winds and snow. When we move to a new state soon (a very snowy one!) right near the Canadian border, I am going to try and get an old card table and put it outside and then get some cheap wild bird seed and suet so the little birds have food. When we lived in Illinois (USA) we used to do this and we got a pair of cardinals coming regularly to feed. I so love the cardinals. The male with his very bright red feathers looks truly wonderful against a snowy background. One thing that bothers me when I look at all this icy, snowy weather is the way that only the minority of drivers seem to take things carefully. Why is it that drivers still tend to go way too fast when the road police and weather folk are all telling them to slow down? One would think that sensibility would set in but judging by all the accidents and videos of cars spinning out etc. that we are seeing on the news, a lot of drivers don’t seem to be learning any lessons. Well that’s it for me for today. Take care and keep safe, well and cosy and warm, wherever you are. If you would like to chat with me, please feel free to do so. I love to hear from folk around the world. It’s a great planet. Let’s look after it and learn about each other.
Cheers, Kate.
Kate’s Cooking: COFFEE STREUSEL SLICE
Greetings and at the start of today’s column, I would like to say that I am thinking of those of you living in the areas of northern hemisphere where there has been some ferocious winter weather. My goodness, the snow and frosts and very bad wind chills have all combined in some cases, to be just awful. Lots of layers of clothes and cups of broth and masses of toast work wonders in this weather. I feel for the folk who live on the streets and I applaud the efforts of the many charities around the globe who are helping them by finding warm coats, other clothing, shoes and food and handing these things out to the less fortunate amongst us. Well done you.The column today involves what is probably my favourite thing to eat with coffee or to have amongst other goodies for an afternoon tea with friends. It is not too expensive to make and is truly delicious in flavour. I have given this recipe out a lot over the years and I thought you all might like to try it. The recipe may look like a lot of work at first glance, but this really isn’t so and you will, I am sure, enjoy it. So here then is COFFEE STREUSEL SLICE.
BASE
125gm (4 ounces) butter or margarine
¼ cup sugar
1 ¼ cups flour
½ teaspoon baking powder
Cream the butter and sugar and stir in the flour and mix to a firm dough. Press evenly into a greased swiss roll tin or an expandable baking dish that gives you a 12x10” base (approx.) Bake in a moderate oven for about 10 minutes then follow this by spreading the base with the filling and then grate the topping over the filling and bake for a further 10 to 15 minutes until the topping feels firm. Stand for at least 15 minutes before cutting into bars and leave to cool on a wire rack.
FILLING
400gm can sweetened condensed milk
30gm (1 ounce) butter or margarine
2 tablespoons maple syrup (golden syrup in British countries is good)
3 teaspoons instant coffee powder
approx. 1/3 cup chopped walnuts
Combine the condensed milk, butter or margarine, syrup and coffee in a saucepan and stir over a medium heat until mixture begins to show signs of a bubble or two and stir fast until mixture becomes thick and starts to catch on the base. (about 3 minutes) Stir in the walnuts.
TOPPING
1 cup flour
2 teaspoons cinnamon
1/3 cup brown sugar, firmly packed
125gm (4xoz.) butter or margarine
Sift the dry ingredients into a bowl and rub in the butter or margarine. Mix to a firm dough and refrigerate for at least 30 minutes.
Take care out there and enjoy this lovely coffee slice and keep well and warm.
A NOTE FOR YOU: did you know that a camel can close its nostrils in a sandstorm. How’s that for a strange ending to a cooking column.
Cheers everyone, Kate.
Thursday, January 7, 2010
Chatter With Kate Jan 7th 2010
So my advice to you is just keep on truckin’ – do what my husband has done, keep faith in yourself and persevere. We human beings are unique. WE CAN DO ANYTHING!
See you later. Keep warm out there folks.
Kate.
Miss Ginny's Diary Jan 7th 2010
Hello there – meow to you, it’s me Miss Ginny. Its late afternoon here and in the south west we have had nice sun today and HM says enjoy it and have some sympathy for the larger part of our great country that is suffering through a giant deep freeze. My sister and I are nice and warm because we are tucked up in bed with HM as she has gone to bed early and we have sorted out a spot on the big bed and there we will probably stay until the morning alarm clock goes off. Here comes Grandma Carrie doing the same thing. I like to sit and think about things when I get into bed after the day has finished. HM has been putting things in boxes. She said that we can’t travel anywhere at the moment because it is still way to cold for us to travel. She takes great care about these things. She said she is going to make coats for us out of nice fleece. I want a pink coat! We each have our own travel blankets and I always travel in the same cage as my sister because we fit easily into one as we are small cats. Grandma Carrie is up and moving about. ShooShoo got into trouble yesterday for chasing after her. HD was home and he and my sister often argue about things. She hisses at him if she doesn’t like what he says to her and then she will give him one of her ‘stare outs’ that she is known for. HM gets cross with my sister when she does this. She says that she didn’t raise her to have bad manners. HM sometimes calls my sister ‘Miss Botswana’ as she has the face of a lioness – her coloring is about the same as a lioness around her face. Botswana is a country in Africa that has lots of interesting animals living there. HM is frowning as she is looking at the bad weather in the east. Lots and lots of snow and very cold days and nights. HM’s aunty who lives in Indiana has snow up to the second story of her farmhouse. HM checked to see that she is okay and she said she is fine and the oil heaters are working okay and she has plenty of food. HM says that the cars that are out in this bad weather, are driving way too fast on icy roads. HM says that you must eat and drink well in this very cold weather because by doing this you will give your body fuel and energy to cope. HM is making herself some drop egg noodle soup with chicken for her supper and she had put garlic in it. I hate the smell of garlic and she said I didn’t have to sit there twitching my nose as I wasn’t going to get any. (Cats cannot eat garlic as it is quite bad for them like chocolate.) We are all up as Grandma Carrie took a wander into the kitchen to see what she could find. There is still some of our soft food left if we want nibbles of something. When Grandma does a wander round we all do to see if she gets any extra treats. HM says that as she has managed to live to the same amount of years as a 155 year old human she deserves treats from time to time. We usually get the treats to. Golly me! GAD just did a huge sneeze. HM told her she shook the building. She is a big big cat and does giant sneezes. HM has finished making her soup. Thank goodness! I hope she eats the garlic first. She says that garlic is very good for humans in the colder months as it helps them keep good health and puts good vitamins in their systems. Wow – a red car on the TV just skidded in a full circle on an icy road as it was going round a corner. HM said ‘scary’. Well we are all back in bed again and I might go to sleep until HD comes home from his work. He just might come in with treats – yeah!!
Keep warm out there and HM says stay safe. Meow to you from your friend, Miss Ginny (and HM too).
Good night.
Keep warm out there and HM says stay safe. Meow to you from your friend, Miss Ginny (and HM too).
Good night.
Monday, January 4, 2010
Kapact's Rant: Don't Tread on We The People
There is nothing in the Constitution that specifically gives Congress the power to require that people purchase a good or service. Insurance is a state concern, and therefore doesn't come in under the laws regulating
interstate commerce, nor is it connected to the authority that Congress once exercised to regulate the speed limit. And our liberal congress members seem to think that they can grant themselves this power. They forget that their power does not come from themselves, or any bills that they propose. Their power comes from We The People. If you'd like to see an example of this shocking mix of ignorance and arrogance, consider that at least two (in fact, many more) Congressional leaders cannot or will not explain where in the Constitution they are given the power to require that people purchase insurance. I have here information from CNSNews.com, quoting, amongst other places, the Conservative Action Project. Here is the information, which really speaks for itself:
Aside from constitutional questions about Sen. Ben Nelson's deal with Democrats on behalf of Nebraskans, conservatives are eyeing the bill's individual mandate the requirement that every American citizen must
purchase health insurance."Mandating that individuals must obtain health insurance, and imposing any
penalty, civil or criminal, on any private citizen for not purchasing health insurance is not authorized by any provision of the U.S. Constitution," says The Conservative Action Project, a group of prominent conservative activists. "As such, [the bill] is unconstitutional, and should not survive a court challenge on that issue." Supporters of the Democrats' health care bill have incorrectly contended that the individual mandate is authorized by the Commerce Clause, the General Welfare Clause, or the Taxing and Spending Clause, the Conservative Action Project said. But since the federal government has limited jurisdiction having only
enumerated powers, unless a specific provision of the Constitution empowers a particular law, then that law is unconstitutional. There is no authorization for the individual mandate, the group said. The Commerce Clause, which allows the federal government to regulate interstate commerce, does not apply to the health care bill, "because there is no interstate commerce when private citizens do not purchase health insurance," The Conservative Action Project said. The Commerce Clause covers only those matters where citizens engage in voluntary economic activity. "Government can only regulate economic action; it cannot coerce action on the part of private citizens who do not wish to participate in commerce," the conservative group said. Nor is the bill's individual mandate authorized under the General Welfare Clause, which applies only to congressional spending. "It applies to money going out from the government; it does not confer or concern any government power to take in money, such as would happen with the individual mandate. Therefore the mandate is outside the scope of the General Welfare Clause." And finally, the Conservative Action Project says the individual mandate is not authorized under the Taxing and Spending Clause or Income Tax. The
Constitution only allows certain types of taxation from the federal government, and the health care bill does fall in those categories.
As for the argument that the health care bill's individual mandate can be compared to laws requiring auto insurance an argument President Obama has made such arguments are invalid: "Only state governments can require people to get car insurance," the Conservative Action Project said. "While the federal government is limited to the powers enumerated in the Constitution, the states have a general police power. The police power enables state governments to pass laws for public safety and public health. The federal government has no general police power, and therefore could not require car insurance." Moreover, states require auto insurance only as a condition for those people who voluntarily choose to drive on the public roads. "If a person chooses to use public transportation, or use a bicycle instead of a car, or operate a car only on their own property, they are not required to have car insurance, and cannot be penalized for lacking insurance."
'Where in the Constitution...?"
In recent months, CNSNews.com has asked various members of Congress where specifically the U.S. Constitution grants Congress the authority to enact an individual health insurance mandate. Many had no idea.
(CNSNews.com) Senate Judiciary Chairman Patrick Leahy (D-Vt.) would not say what part of the Constitution grants Congress the power to force every American to buy health insurance--as all of the health care overhaul bills currently do. Leahy, whose committee is responsible for vetting Supreme Court nominees, was asked by CNSNews.com where in the Constitution Congress is specifically granted the authority to require that every American purchase health insurance. Leahy answered by saying that "nobody questions" Congress' authority for such an action.
CNSNews.com: "Where, in your opinion, does the Constitution give specific authority for Congress to give an individual mandate for health insurance?"
Sen. Leahy: "We have plenty of authority. Are you saying there is no authority?"
CNSNews.com: "I'm asking--"
Sen. Leahy: "Why would you say there is no authority? I mean, there's no question there's authority. Nobody questions that."
When CNSNews.com again attempted to ask which provision of the Constitution gives Congress the authority to force Americans to purchase health insurance, Leahy compared the mandate to the government's ability to set speed limits on interstate highways--before turning and walking away.
CNSNews.com: "But where, I mean, which"
Sen. Leahy: "Where do we have the authority to set speed limits on an interstate highway?
CNSNews.com: "The states do that."
Sen. Leahy: "No. The federal government does that on federal highways."
Prior to 1995, the federal government mandated a speed limit of 55 miles an hour on all four-lane highways. The limit was repealed in 1995 and the authority to set speed limits reverted back to the states Technically, the law that established the 55 mile-an-hour limit--the Emergency Highway Energy Conservation Act of 1974--withheld federal highway funds from states that did not comply with it. The law rested on the
Commerce Clause, which gives Congress the authority to regulate interstate commerce, and Congress' authority to dole out federal tax revenue. Someone who does not buy health insurance, critics have argued, is not by that ommission engaged in interstate commerce and thus there is no act of interstate commerce for Congress to regulate in this situation. All versions of the health care bill currently being considered in Congress mandate that individuals buy heatlh insurance. Americans who don't would be subject to a financial penalty.
Attorney David Rivkin Jr., who worked in the Justice Department under both Presidents Ronald Reagan and George H.W. Bush, said that Sen. Leahy's response about the constitutional authority to mandate the purchase of health insurance "is wrong."
"None of Congress' enumerated powers support an individual purchase mandate," said Rivkin. "We have made this case in considerable detail in our recent articles in The Washington Post and The Wall Street Journal. Indeed, the Congressional Research Service, an entity that is usually deferential to Congress' prerogatives and prone to take an expansive view of congressional powers, when asked by the Senate Finance Committee Chairman Max Baucus about the constitutionality of individual purchase mandates could only say that this is a 'novel question.'"
"This mandate can only be based upon a view that Congress can exercise general police powers, a view profoundly at odds with the Framers' vision of the federal government as one of limited and enumerated powers," he said. "If the federal government can mandate an individual insurance purchase mandate, it can also mandate an unlimited array of other mandates and prescriptions, including the mandate to buy health club memberships or even to purchase a given quantity of fruits and vegetables."
"This state of affairs would completely warp our constitutional fabric, vitiate any autonomous role for the states and eviscerate individual liberty," said Rivkin. "It is profoundly un-American."
This is not the first time Congress has considered forcing Americans to buy health insurance. In 193-94, an individual mandate was a key component of then-President Bill Clinton's health care reform proposal.
The non-partisan Congressional Budget Office said in a 1994 report that for federal government to order Americans to buy health insurance would be "unprecedented," adding that the government had "never required" Americans to purchase anything. "A mandate requiring all individuals to purchase health insurance would be an unprecedented form of federal action," CBO found. "The government has never required people to buy any good or service as a condition of lawful residence in the United States," said the CBO report.
"An individual mandate would have two features that, in combination, would make it unique. First, it would impose a duty on individuals as members of society. Second, it would require people to purchase a specific service that would be heavily regulated by the federal government." Although Sen. Leahy said that "nobody" questions that Congress has the authority to force Americans to buy health insurance, Republican members of the Senate Finance Committee did question whether Congress had that authority when the health-care bill was being debated in their committee. Sen. Orrin Hatch (R.-Utah) tried to offer an amendment that would expedite judicial review of the bill were it enacted, but Senate Finance Chairman Max Baucus (D.-Mont.) ruled that Hatch's amendment was out of order.
(CNSNews.com) When CNSNews.com asked House Speaker Nancy Pelosi (D-Calif.) on Thursday where the Constitution authorized Congress to order Americans to buy health insurance--a mandate included in both the House and Senate versions of the health care bill--Pelosi dismissed the question by saying:
"Are you serious? Are you serious?"
Pelosi's press secretary later responded to written follow-up questions from CNSNews.com by emailing CNSNews.com a press release on the "Constitutionality of Health Insurance Reform," that argues that Congress derives the authority to mandate that people purchase health insurance from its constitutional power to regulate interstate commerce. The exchange with Speaker Pelosi on Thursday occurred as follows:
CNSNews.com: "Madam Speaker, where specifically does the Constitution grant Congress the authority to enact an individual health insurance mandate?"
Pelosi: "Are you serious? Are you serious?"
CNSNews.com: "Yes, yes I am."
Pelosi then shook her head before taking a question from another reporter. Her press spokesman, Nadeam Elshami, then told CNSNews.com that asking the speaker of the House where the Constitution authorized Congress to mandated that individual Americans buy health insurance as not a "serious question." "You can put this on the record," said Elshami. "That is not a serious question. That is not a serious question."
Later on Thursday, CNSNews.com followed up on the question, e-mailing written queries for the speaker to her Spokesman Elshami."Where specifically does the Constitution authorize Congress to force Americans to purchase a particular good or service such as health insurance?" CNSNews.com asked the speaker's office.
"If it is the Speaker's belief that there is a provision in the Constitution that does give Congress this power, does she believe the Constitution in any way limits the goods and services Congress can force an individual to purchase?" CNSNews.com asked. "If so, what is that limit?"
Elshami responded by sending CNSNews.com a Sept. 16 press release from the Speaker's office entitled, "Health Insurance Reform, Daily Mythbuster: 'Constitutionality of Health Insurance Reform.'" The press release states that Congress has "broad power to regulate activities that have an effect on interstate commerce. Congress has used this authority to regulate many aspects of American life, from labor relations to education to health care to agricultural production." The release further states: "On the shared responsibility requirement in the House health insurance reform bill, which operates like auto insurance in
most states, individuals must either purchase coverage (and non-exempt employers must purchase coverage for their workers)or pay a modest penalty for not doing so. The bill uses the tax code to provide a strong incentive for Americans to have insurance coverage and not pass their emergency health costs onto other Americans but it allows them a way to pay their way out of that obligation. There is no constitutional problem with these provisions."
most states, individuals must either purchase coverage (and non-exempt employers must purchase coverage for their workers)or pay a modest penalty for not doing so. The bill uses the tax code to provide a strong incentive for Americans to have insurance coverage and not pass their emergency health costs onto other Americans but it allows them a way to pay their way out of that obligation. There is no constitutional problem with these provisions."
That is the end of the piece I obtained from CNSNews.com. I didn't write this report myself, but I found it so honestly astounding and frankly terrifying that I felt it needed to be passed along.
warrant a response for three days!), but it is war, and it is real. If you understand that the Cold War was in fact World War Three, then what we have now, that doesn't interrupt Mister Obama's golf game, is World War Four. Sorry to say (because I try to see the best in everybody), but Mister Obama would react quicker to losing his socialist takeover of the government than he did to someone trying to blow up an airliner on Christmas Day.
Sunday, January 3, 2010
Fantasy Trek: Summary of Events Stardate 0110.04
Have you ever wanted a Star Trek game that took in all aspects of Trek?
Strategic multi-fleet deployement in a long-term campaign. Fleet versus
enemy fleet. Ship-to-ship combat. Boarding parties facing off in the heat of
battle. Starships in deadly cat and mouse orbital combat. Troops on the
ground defending planets from ruthless enemies. And, of course, solid
story-telling that has always been at the heart of Star Trek. Fantasy Trek
is all of that and more. Using your unique skills in the Trek universe,
whether they are tactical or strategic combat or problem-solving and RPG
story-telling, you contribute toa no-limits perpetual Star Trek universe.
There is no cost, no software to install, and no minimum system
requirements. Fantasy Trek is an imagination-based PBEMMORPG(Play By Email
Massively Multiplayer Online RolePlaying Game) that uses maps and online
documents (available at fantasytrek.blogspot.com), email, simple rules, and
common six-sided dice (or a random number generator, also available at
fantasytrek.blogspot.com).
Strategic multi-fleet deployement in a long-term campaign. Fleet versus
enemy fleet. Ship-to-ship combat. Boarding parties facing off in the heat of
battle. Starships in deadly cat and mouse orbital combat. Troops on the
ground defending planets from ruthless enemies. And, of course, solid
story-telling that has always been at the heart of Star Trek. Fantasy Trek
is all of that and more. Using your unique skills in the Trek universe,
whether they are tactical or strategic combat or problem-solving and RPG
story-telling, you contribute toa no-limits perpetual Star Trek universe.
There is no cost, no software to install, and no minimum system
requirements. Fantasy Trek is an imagination-based PBEMMORPG(Play By Email
Massively Multiplayer Online RolePlaying Game) that uses maps and online
documents (available at fantasytrek.blogspot.com), email, simple rules, and
common six-sided dice (or a random number generator, also available at
fantasytrek.blogspot.com).
To start your tour of duty in the center seat, just answer the following
questions:
Game Type:
Pure Combat
(Do you play for pure combat? You know that other events might decide the
nature of that combat, but you just want to blow things up. And think about
this: Do you like to micromanage combat, allocating power to personalize
your attack/defence strategy, making combat a personal match of wits, or do
you just like quick matches that can be over in minutes?)
Non-Combat
(You don't care about the combat. You like to write and you want to
explore.)
Mix
(You appreciate both aspects of game play. You accept that the ship you love
to write about may lose battles from time to time.)
Alignment:
Federation
Klingon
Romulan
Other (specify)
Ship name
Command crew
(You can stick to the TOS crew configuration of science officer, helm,
navigator, communications officer, etc, or you can use the TNG idea of
Operations Officer combining some duties.You can also customize your bridge
crew configuration. You're the Captain)
Note: unless you have something else in mind, all players in this stage of
the game get a Heavy Cruiser to start. The 'something else in mind' I
mentioned is if you decide you want a mission-specific ship like a scout or
police ship, which is likely to be a frigate or destroyer. Just remember
that you might be limiting yourself in a case like that. And don't be
intimidated by the need to create a command crew. If you're a story-teller,
you're used to this, but it isn't necessary to start. And if you're in it
for pure combat, the command crew is recommended but not necessary.
That is really all you need to start. I will happily walk any new players
through the first few missions. If you are concerned that you don't have
enough time to contribute, don't be. This game is as casual as you want.
Exploring takes as much or as little time as you want. Write once a day or
once a week. A hundred words or a thousand. The most intense level of this
game, heavy combat takes a commitment of no more than one email a day. And
even in that case, if you miss a day, it's forgivable. Even the moderator
has a RL and the occasional computer issue. The game is turn-based. Combat
results will be posted online daily. And if it still doesn't make sense,
think of it like your favorite role-playing/writing group gathering for some
table-top game playing.
TNG Era:
Kri'staK Sector
Ab'Qaff Battle Group
Ab'Qaff Class Klingon Heavy Command Cruiser (KCVC) IKS Ab'Qaff
General Kapact Commanding
cha'Hom System-
The Heavy Cruiser Temujin monitored the Vulcan courier on its way to the
ChaHom system. The courier is traveling in a Blalock Class Fast Penetration
Cruiser. Once the courier has taken possesion of a sample of the 2,000 year
old hull material, the battle group will proceed to the wejHom system.
Games in Play:
"DusaQ VeS"
Mission 7: "Hard Target"
As the Ab'Qaff Battle Group enters the rift it is revealed that the series
of explosions in the Tal'Ihnor Gates system have rendered the rift extremely
unstable. There is no guarantee that the ships will survive the journey, but
they have no choice. The ha'dibah who invaded Klingon space will not give
up. They will repair their rift and come back with a vengeance. Push through
the rift.
On the other side of the rift, you discover a starbase and two heavy
cruisers. Energy readings coming from the starbase match those of the device
that was destroyed in the Tal'Ihnor Gates system. Pull the two heavy
cruisers away from the starbase and destroy them. Then swing back and attack
the starbase. Bring down the starbase's shields (10/15 damage), then beam
sufficient boarding parties to overwhelm the base's 20 teams of defenders.
Once you've captured the base, you'll have access to all of the enemy
intelligence and technology, and a base from which to strike.
Objectives:
Assist in the destruction of the two heavy cruisers
Help bring down the Sha'kurian starbase's shields
Command the boarding parties to capture the base
100+ word log
"You must never hesitate to pass through the unknown on the way to victory.
Whatever dangers you may face in the unknown don't compare to the sure and
certain dread of a vengeful enemy with the opportunity and motivation to
rebuild, regroup and come back for you. But once you make it to the enemy's
stronghold, don't destroy potentially valuable resources. Remember that one
piece of enemy intelligence is worth more than a hundred dead enemy
soldiers. And a secure base from which is worth thousands."
Stardate 0110.03 Command candidate Sompek, IKS tIHoy. Tal'Ihnor Gates system
As we began to push through the Sha'kurian rift, sensors showed an
instability in the wormhole-like subspace structure, possibly a result of
the destruction of the invader's device. A quick analysis suggested that
ships passing through the rift could be destroyed. I advised General Kapact.
I was not surprised (though I was pleased) to learn that he had detected the
same thing, and we would not be deterred in our quest. As we passed through,
I could see the other ships, all so much larger than the tI'Hoy, and knew
that any of them could be destroyed without the glory of battle.
But finally, we were through. The entire fleet made it safely through. Then
we were faced with a truly daunting sight. A massive Sha'kurian starbase,
with two of their heavy cruisers holding station. Through a secure channel,
General Kapact ordered us to draw the heavy cruisers to away from the
protection of their base and destroy them.
KCVC IKS Ab'Qaff rolls:125 25eacho/70d
KFF IKS tI'Hoy rolls:4 o/d
KCA IKS Stovokor rolls:60 o/d
KCA IKS DuranQo rolls:30 o/d
KCA IKS Temujin rolls:20 o/d
KCL IKS Hammer rolls:8 o/d
KCL IKS Capikus rolls:40 o/d
SCA SRS Chivalry rolls:10 70(Ab'Qaff)o/d
SCA SRS Liege rolls:60 o/d
Results:
KCVC IKS Ab'Qaff: damage /25
KFF IKS tI'Hoy: damage /25
KCA IKS Stovokor: damage /25
KCA IKS DuranQo: damage /25
KCA IKS Temujin: damage /25
KCL IKS Hammer: damage /25
KCL IKS Capikus: damage /25
SCA SRS Chivalry: destroyed
SCA SRS Liege: destroyed
The battle was over almost as quickly as it began. The two heavy cruisers
were destroyed, and we circled the starbase and began to target it. Our
objective: bring down the shields, and flood it with troops to capture the
station. That would not only give us access to a massive store of enemy
intelligence, but also a secure base from which to strike.
IKS Ab'Qaff rolls:100 100o/d
KFF IKS tI'Hoy rolls:12 10o/d
KCA IKS Stovokor rolls:60 o/60d
KCA IKS DuranQo rolls:50 o/50d
KCA IKS Temujin rolls:40 o/40d
KCL IKS Hammer rolls:8 o/8d
KCL IKS Capikus rolls:16 o/16d
SSB1 rolls:100 0o/100d
Results:
IKS Ab'Qaff: damage /25
KFF IKS tI'Hoy: damage /25
KCA IKS Stovokor: damage /25
KCA IKS DuranQo: damage /25
KCA IKS Temujin: damage /25
KCL IKS Hammer: damage /25
KCL IKS Capikus: damage /25
SSB1: damage 10/15
Sha'kurian Starbase shields down
Fleet drops shields to transport boarding parties (4 boarding parties
each=28 )
IKS Ab'Qaff rolls:50 20o/30d
KFF IKS tI'Hoy rolls:24 o/24d
KCA IKS Stovokor rolls:60 40o/10/10(tI'Hoy)d
KCA IKS DuranQo rolls:40 30o/10d
KCA IKS Temujin rolls:40 30o/10d
KCL IKS Hammer rolls:40 30o/10d
KCL IKS Capikus rolls:40 30o/10d
SSB1 rolls:200 20(StoVoKor)/180d
Results:
IKS Ab'Qaff: damage 10/25
KFF IKS tI'Hoy: damage 10/25
KCA IKS Stovokor: damage 20/25
KCA IKS DuranQo: damage 10/25
KCA IKS Temujin: damage 10/25
KCL IKS Hammer: damage 10/25
KCL IKS Capikus: damage 10/25
SSB1: damage 10/15
Boarding Parties safely aboard. Fleet shields back up.
The battle to capture the Sha'kurian starbase was savage, and more than a
third of our heroic warriors were lost to the invaders, but our numbers, as
well as our spirit, lifted by the rightness of our cause and the honored
memory of our ancestors carried the day. I was proud to personally lead a
large number of troops capturing the vital engineering section, while
General Kapact led soldiers into the command level. We will now study the
enemy computer core and determine their plans, and our next move.
Klingon Academy:
Mission 04: Dogs of War
IKS qul mIwI': Insurrection, DD
Primary Objectives
Patrol & Clear DeGaulle
Patrol & Clear Eisenhower
Patrol & Clear Bernard
Loyalty to a Comrade
Report to Schroeder Drydock
Secondary Objectives
Call Strike Fleet in DeGaulle
Call Strike Fleet in Bernanrd
Avenge the tlHoy
(0110.03) Command candidate Kapact (Elite), IKS qul mIwI': Insurrection, DD.
Punjab System
The loss of all but five ships (command candidates) has left me and my
classmates watching our backs. The spectre of defeat haunts us all. But the
campaign goes on. Chang's brilliant illusion tactic is working well. The
Federation forces are in disarray, but the offensive must be maintained, or
the enemy will be able to regroup. Commander Thok Mak has once again
assigned the Pipeq and the Chuvon as my escorts, and provided the following
patrol route:
Patrol & Clear DeGaulle System
Patrol & Clear Eisenhower System
Patrol & Clear Bernard System
Report to Schroeder Drydock
We arrived cloaked in the DeGaulle system and immediately detected several
Federation heavy cruisers. While it would have been glorious to engage these
ships, I decided that it would also be foolhardy. As per orders, I contacted
the Strike Fleet for assistance. I was ordered to leave immediately and
proceed to our next objective. Discretion, in this case, was a bitter pill
to swallow, but defeat and dishonor would have been worse.
Arriving cloaked in the Eisenhower system, we encountered two Oberth Class
frigates. I ordered my escorts to warp to the USS Meredith while I went
after the USS Antilles
(0110.03) KDD IKS qul mIwI' vs FFF USS Antilles
KDD IKS qul mIwI' rolls:30 30o/d
FFF USS Antilles rolls:24 o/24d
results
KDD IKS qul mIwI' damage: /25
FFF USS Antilles damage: 6/15
KDD IKS qul mIwI' rolls:6 o/6d
FFF USS Antilles rolls:4 o/4d
results
KDD IKS qul mIwI' damage: /25
FFF USS Antilles damage: 6/15
KDD IKS qul mIwI' rolls:18 18o/d
FFF USS Antilles rolls:16 o/16d
results
KDD IKS qul mIwI' damage: /25
FFF USS Antilles damage: 8/15
KDD IKS qul mIwI' rolls:36 12o/24d
FFF USS Antilles rolls:4 o/4d
results
KDD IKS qul mIwI' damage: /25
FFF USS Antilles destroyed
(0110.03) KDD IKS Chuvon vs KDD IKS Pipeq FFF USS Meredith
KDD IKS Chuvon rolls:16 16o/d
KDD IKS Pipeq rolls:8 8o/d
FFF USS Meredith rolls:20 o/20d
results
KDD IKS Chuvon damage: /25
KDD IKS Pipeq damage: /25
FFF USS Meredith damage: 4/15
KDD IKS Chuvon rolls:6 o/15d
KDD IKS Pipeq rolls:24 o/15d
FFF USS Meredith rolls:8 o/8d
results
KDD IKS Chuvon damage: /25
KDD IKS Pipeq damage: /25
FFF USS Meredith damage: 4/15
KDD IKS Chuvon rolls:30 30o/d
KDD IKS Pipeq rolls:12 12o/d
FFF USS Meredith rolls:12 0o/12d
results
KDD IKS Chuvon damage: /25
KDD IKS Pipeq damage: /25
FFF USS Meredith destroyed
The Oberth class escorts provided minimal sport. Tedious, with no real
challenge. Still, all missions are important. Our next objective is the
Bernard system. We cloaked, and went into warp.
Upon arrival, we detected three Clysdale Class freighters and a Miranda
Class Light Cruiser. I ordered the Chuvon and the Pipeq to form on me and
assault the Miranda first.
(0110.03) KDD IKS qul mIwI' KDD IKS Chuvon KDD IKS Pipeq vs FCL USS Marvick
KDD IKS qul mIwI' rolls:24 24o/d
KDD IKS Chuvon rolls:12 12o/d
KDD IKS Pipeq rolls:24 24o/d
FCL USS Marvick rolls:16 o/16d
results
KDD IKS qul mIwI' damage: /25
KDD IKS Chuvon damage: /25
KDD IKS Pipeq damage: /25
FCL USS Marvick destroyed
The Marvick was easily destroyed, and we recloaked, and set course for the
freighters, splitting up to attack them individually.
(0110.03) KDD IKS qul mIwI' KDD IKS Chuvon KDD IKS Pipeq vs Ffr USS
Clys1,2.3
KDD IKS qul mIwI' rolls:24 24o/d
Ffr USS Clys1 rolls:8 o/8d
results
KDD IKS qul mIwI' damage: /25
Ffr USS Clys1 destroyed
KDD IKS Chuvon rolls:36 36o/d
Ffr USS Clys2 rolls:12 o/12d
results
KDD IKS Chuvon damage: /25
Ffr USS Clys2 destroyed
KDD IKS Pipeq rolls:30 30o/d
Ffr USS Clys3 rolls:6 o/6d
results
KDD IKS Pipeq damage: /25
Ffr USS Clys3 destroyed
As the last freighter was blowing up, we received a distress signal from the
IKS tIHoy, in the Halsey system. Its captain reported that they had been
overwhelmed by Federation boarding parties, and was unable to even
self-destruct. If the captain and crew were to die with honor, it will have
to be by our hand. I immediately ordered the Chuvon and Pipeq to cloak and
follow me into warp.
Upon arrival in the Halsey system, I immediately detected the B'rel Class
tIHoy. Ordering my escorts to form on me, I set an intercept course. The
tIHoy's shields were down, and it was incapable of defending itself. With no
joy in my heart, I decloaked at close range and blew it apart. Then we
turned our attention to the Constitution Class Heavy Cruiser USS Repulse and
the Akula Class Destroyer USS Valiant. The Repulse immediately turned to
attack, while the Valiant, which had suffered some damage, retreated. We
cloaked, then fell upon the Repulse with great vengeance and furious anger.
(0110.03) KDD IKS qul mIwI' KDD IKS Chuvon KDD IKS Pipeq vs FCA USS Repulse
KDD IKS qul mIwI' rolls:24 24o/d
KDD IKS Chuvon rolls:36 36o/d
KDD IKS Pipeq rolls:18 18o/d
FCA USS Repulse rolls:50 o/50d
results
KDD IKS qul mIwI' damage: /25
KDD IKS Chuvon damage: /25
KDD IKS Pipeq damage: /25
FCA USS Repulse destroyed
By the time we'd destroyed the Repulse, the Valiant had repaired and was
coming to engage us. There was no time to cloak.
(0110.03) KDD IKS qul mIwI' KDD IKS Chuvon KDD IKS Pipeq vs FDD USS Valiant
KDD IKS qul mIwI' rolls:24 o/24d
KDD IKS Chuvon rolls:24 o/24d
KDD IKS Pipeq rolls:24 o/24d
FDD USS Valiant rolls:6 o/6d
results
KDD IKS qul mIwI' damage: /25
KDD IKS Chuvon damage: /25
KDD IKS Pipeq damage: /25
FDD USS Valiant damage: /15
KDD IKS qul mIwI' rolls:30 30o/d
KDD IKS Chuvon rolls:6 6o/d
KDD IKS Pipeq rolls:24 24o/d
FDD USS Valiant rolls:18 o/18d
results
KDD IKS qul mIwI' damage: /25
KDD IKS Chuvon damage: /25
KDD IKS Pipeq damage: /25
FDD USS Valiant destroyed
After a resounding howl to herald the passage of the tIHoy's crew to
StoVoKor, we cloaked and warped to the Schroeder Drydock to report.
Head to Head Sector Conquest
(Note: The Klingons finally get the upper hand, marching across space,
weakening Federation resistance with every convoy destroyed, and Shipyard
KSY Klinzai is holding off withering random Federation attacks)
Turn 24)
(1209.20)
System 5: KCA IKS Korax on station. KCA IKS Chang on station. KCA IKS Klin
on station. KCA IKS Qor'Du on station. KSY Klinzai construct KCA IKS Klug
turn 2? no contact.
Turn 25)
(1209.20)
System 5: KCA IKS Korax on station. KCA IKS Chang on station. KCA IKS Klin
on station. KCA IKS Qor'Du on station. KSY Klinzai construct KCA IKS Klug
turn 3? no contact. KCA IKS Klug complete.
Turn 26)
(1209.20)
System 5: KCA IKS Klug KCA IKS Korax KCA IKS Chang KCA IKS Klin KCA IKS
Qor'Du on station. KSY Klinzai construct KCA IKS Krenn turn 1? no contact.
Turn 27)
(1209.20)
System 5: KCA IKS Klug KCA IKS Korax KCA IKS Chang KCA IKS Klin KCA IKS
Qor'Du on station. KSY Klinzai construct KCA IKS Krenn turn 2? no contact.
Turn 28)
(1209.20)
System 5: KCA IKS Klug KCA IKS Korax KCA IKS Chang KCA IKS Klin KCA IKS
Qor'Du on station. KSY Klinzai construct KCA IKS Krenn turn 3? contact: 5
FCA's *lost toss. (1209.21) KSY Klinzai KCA IKS Klug KCA IKS Korax KCA IKS
Chang KCA IKS Klin KCA IKS Qor'Du vs FCA USS Jamestown FCA USS Roanoke FCA
USS Mayflower FCA USS Boston FCA USS Pennsylvania: KCA IKS Klug KCA IKS Klin
destroyed. FCA USS Jamestown FCA USS Roanoke FCA USS Mayflower FCA USS
Boston FCA USS Pennsylvania captured. KCA IKS Chang joins with captured
ships to form KF3. KCA IKS Korax KCA IKS Qor'Du remain on station.
Turn 29)
(1209.21)
System 5: KF3 (FCA IKS Jamestown FCA IKS Roanoke FCA IKS Mayflower FCA IKS
Boston FCA IKS Pennsylvania KCA IKS Chang) departs for open space. KCA IKS
Korax KCA IKS Qor'Du remain on station. KSY Klinzai begin construct KCA IKS
tIQ'etlh turn 1? Contact: 4 FCA's. *lost turn (1209.21) KSY Klinzai KCA IKS
Korax KCA IKS Qor'Du vs FCA USS Challenger FCA USS Endeavour FCA USS Calgary
FCA USS Quebec: IKS Korax KCA IKS Qor'Du destroyed. FCA USS Challenger FCA
USS Endeavour FCA USS Calgary FCA USS Quebec captured.
Turn 30)
(1209.22)
System 5:
KSY Klinzai begin construct KCA IKS tIQ'etlh turn 2? no contact FCA IKS
Challenger FCA IKS Endeavour FCA IKS Calgary FCA IKS Quebec on station.
Open Space: KF3 (FCA IKS Jamestown FCA IKS Roanoke FCA IKS Mayflower FCA IKS
Boston FCA IKS Pennsylvania KCA IKS Chang) search for convoy? contact:
Fr1-5/1 FCA escort. *lost toss (1209.22) FCA IKS Jamestown FCA IKS Roanoke
FCA IKS Mayflower FCA IKS Boston FCA IKS Pennsylvania KCA IKS Chang vs
Fr1-5/FCA USS Repulse (escort). *lost toss: IKS Pennsylvania destroyed. IKS
Boston damage 9/25. Fr1-5/FCA USS Repulse destroyed. KCA IKS Mayflower KCA
IKS Chang FCA IKS Jamestown FCA IKS Roanoke undamaged. Federation random
fleet disadvantage= -1. KF3 remains to repair IKS Boston.
Turn 31)
(1209.22)
System 5:
KSY Klinzai begin construct KCA IKS tIQ'etlh turn 3? no contact. KCA IKS
tIQ'etlh complete. FCA IKS Challenger FCA IKS Endeavour FCA IKS Calgary FCA
IKS Quebec on station. KCA IKS tIQ'etlh moves to open space.
Open Space: KF3 (FCA IKS Jamestown FCA IKS Roanoke FCA IKS Mayflower FCA IKS
Boston KCA IKS Chang) remains to repair IKS Boston. turn 2? no contact.
Turn 32)
(1209.22)
System 5:
KSY Klinzai begin construct KCA IKS Poktarl turn 1? no contact. FCA IKS
Challenger FCA IKS Endeavour FCA IKS Calgary FCA IKS Quebec on station.
Open Space: KF3 (FCA IKS Jamestown FCA IKS Roanoke FCA IKS Mayflower FCA IKS
Boston KCA IKS Chang) KCA IKS tIQ'etlh arrives, joins KF3.
Turn 33)
(1209.22)
System 5:
KSY Klinzai construct KCA IKS Poktarl turn 2? contact: 4 FCA's. *lost toss.
(1209.23) KSY Klinzai FCA IKS Challenger FCA IKS Endeavour FCA IKS Calgary
FCA IKS Quebec vs FCA USS Horatio FCA USS Nelson FCA USS Victory FCA USS
Halsey: KSY Klinzai FCA IKS Challenger FCA IKS Calgary undamaged FCA IKS
Quebec FCA IKS Endeavour destroyed FCA USS Horatio FCA USS Nelson FCA USS
Victory FCA USS Halsey destroyed.
Open Space:
KF3 (FCA IKS Jamestown FCA IKS Roanoke FCA IKS Mayflower FCA IKS Boston KCA
IKS Chang KCA IKS tIQ'etlh) departs for System 4.
Turn 34)
(1209.22)
System 5:
FCA IKS Challenger FCA IKS Calgary on station. KSY Klinzai construct KCA IKS
Poktarl turn 3? no contact. KCA IKS Poktarl complete
System 4:
KF3 (FCA IKS Jamestown FCA IKS Roanoke FCA IKS Mayflower FCA IKS Boston KCA
IKS Chang KCA IKS tIQ'etlh) arrive in System 4. Contact: 1 FCA *won toss.
(1209.25) FCA IKS Jamestown FCA IKS Roanoke FCA IKS Mayflower FCA IKS Boston
KCA IKS Chang KCA IKS tIQ'etlh vs FCA USS Constellation: FCA USS
Constellation. KF3 departs for open space.
Turn 35)
(1209.25)
System 5:
KCA IKS Poktarl FCA IKS Challenger FCA IKS Calgary on station. KSY Klinzai
idle.
Open Space:
KF3 (FCA IKS Jamestown FCA IKS Roanoke FCA IKS Mayflower FCA IKS Boston KCA
IKS Chang KCA IKS tIQ'etlh) arrive in open space. Search for convoy? no
contact.
Turn 36)
(1209.25)
System 5:
KCA IKS Poktarl FCA IKS Challenger FCA IKS Calgary on station. KSY Klinzai
idle. Random attack? no contact
Open Space:
KF3 (FCA IKS Jamestown FCA IKS Roanoke FCA IKS Mayflower FCA IKS Boston KCA
IKS Chang KCA IKS tIQ'etlh) arrive in open space. Search for convoy?
Contact: Fr1-5 w/2 FCA escorts, *won toss (1209.25) FCA IKS Jamestown FCA
IKS Roanoke FCA IKS Mayflower FCA IKS Boston KCA IKS Chang KCA IKS tIQ'etlh
vs FCA USS Declaration FCA USS Jefferson, Fr1-5: FCA USS Declaration FCA USS
Jefferson, Fr1-5 destroyed. Klingons undamaged. Federation random fleet
disadvantage= -2. KF3 departs for System 3.
Turn 37)
(1209.25)
System 5:
KCA IKS Poktarl FCA IKS Challenger FCA IKS Calgary on station. KSY Klinzai
idle.
System 3:
KF3 (FCA IKS Jamestown FCA IKS Roanoke FCA IKS Mayflower FCA IKS Boston KCA
IKS Chang KCA IKS tIQ'etlh) arrive in System 3. Contact? Contact: 2 FCA's.
*won toss. (1209.25) FCA IKS Jamestown FCA IKS Roanoke FCA IKS Mayflower FCA
IKS Boston KCA IKS Chang KCA IKS tIQ'etlh vs FCA USS Gettysburg FCA USS
Richmond: FCA USS Gettysburg FCA USS Richmond destroyed. Klingons undamaged.
PvP games reported:
(1209.25) PCA AV Sitka vs KCA IKS 'etlh: IKS 'etlh destroyed PVP!
(1209.25) PCA AV Sitka vs KCA IKS 'etlh: Both ships destroyed PVP!
Command College:
"What Are Your Orders, Captain?"
(TMP Era) "Web"
The Starship Defiant was not the only Starfleet vessel to run afoul of the
Tholian Assembly. On stardate 2794.4, the Akula Class Destroyer USS Sparta
was patrolling the Klingon neutral zone when it discovered a ship that
appeared to be stuck in a gravity well. The ship was of Federation design,
roughly similar to the Akula configuration, with a saucer positioned between
two nacelles. That is where the similarities ended. This ship was easily
twice the size of the Sparta, capable, based on projections and
extrapolations from the Sparta's technical specifications, of holding at
least 800 crew. Attempts to discern hull markings for name or registration
were unsuccessful due to the tell-tale visual shimmering effect that has
come to be associated with Tholian interspatial corridors. Life reading
scans showed no definite signs, though they were unable to run detailed
scans due to unusual electromagnetic interference blanketing the area.
Repeated attempts to contact the crew or the ships onboard computer were
unsuccessful. There was little question of what needed to be done.
Mysterious or not, unidentified or not, a Federation starship is a
Federation starship. But with Klingons beginning to close on the area,
Captain Robau knows that this could, in the end, be anything but a routine
rescue/recovery mission.
The Klingons are less than ten minutes away, and register as a D7 Heavy
Cruiser, and a smaller, unidentified profile. In a pure combat sense,
Captain Robau knows that he is outmatched. He also knows that the Klingons
will either destroy the ship, or worse, take it for the technology.
What should be Captain Robau's course of action?
(TMP Era) "Enmeshed"
Captain Robau has no choice but to attempt a rescue, despite the hazard
presented by apparent Tholian activity, as well as the obvious danger of
Klingon attack. He decides to extend scans ahead, to gather whatever
information he can before arriving on the scene. As the Sparta closes to
transporter range, sensors show thousands of microfractures in the hull,
allowing for more detailed internal scans. He is relieved to discover no
life forms aboard, simplifying the task before him.
A detailed scan of the mysterious ship reveals low-level power emanations,
leading from the electro plasma system (EPS) to the tactical systems. Any
residual power left in the matter/antimatter reaction assembly would still
be available to any functioning tactical systems. That might give them a
chance to mount a brief defence against the Klingon attack. Of course, this
would require transporting crew to the ship, which is hazardous for a number
of obvious reasons. Is it worth the risk?
What are your orders, Captain?
Post your solution here for a Command College Point. Feel free to discuss
this with the 'comment' feature
"Captain's Log"
"...dangerous and unpredictable..."
12) An inhabitant of the planet tries to take over your ship.
Class E Geoplastic
Age: 0-2 billion years
Diameter: 10,000-15,000 km
Location: Ecosphere
Surface: Molten, high surface temperature
Atmosphere: Hydrogen compounds and reactive gases
Evolution: Cools to become Class F
Life forms: Carbon-cycle
Example: Excalbia
(TOS Era)
USS Entebbe
Commander Ral'tian
Acting Captain
Dangerous and unpredictable. If I had to sum up our experience on this Class
E world in two words, they would certainly be 'dangerous' and
'unpredictable'. Upon achieving standard orbit of Onianka VI, we received
what can only be described as a psychic 'hail' from a non-corporeal entity
that claimed to be a child of an energy-based, space-going species. As we
executed a detailed scan of the surface in an attempt to pinpoint the
creature's location, it used our sensor beam to locate us in orbit. Seconds
later, it had penetrated the ship through the primary sensor array and
scanned every bit of information in our computer bank. Based on computer
forensics, we determined that it was looking for references to Enterprise
Captain James T Kirk, as well as his logs referring to a planet known as
Gothos. Not only was our captain killed in an attempt to disengage the
computer, but the primary core was wiped out. Once the creature had
completed its search, it left for parts unknown. We were forced to travel to
starbase using one of only two redundant cores, and warn Starfleet of the
apparent threat to Captain Kirk.
for next week. write a 100+ word log entry including the phrase "...contrary
to what we had believed...". Post it in the yahoo group or on the blogsite's
"comment" feature for a Command College Point.
Dev Notes:
The bloody knock down drag out head to head is finally turning inexorably in
the Klingon direction. This has been a fun ride, and I've worked hard to
balance efforts on both sides, working hard for both Empires. But the fact
is that the numbers have turned in the Klingon direction. There were a few
moments that were simply disastrous for the Fed side, and despite some
almost miraculous comeback attempts, they never recovered. They have a
random fleet disadvantage of -2, and the 3rd Klingon Fleet is marching hard.
Capture attempts have been instrumental, and I see some room for tweaking
there. First off, there needs to be some specification for simple combat
boarding party/marine capabilities. And the capturing ship needs to lower
shields, say, for that volley when transporters are engaged, the beaming
ship has 10 points of damage. That's a real vulnerability that needs to be
well-timed while boarding parties are transported. All in the name of
perfecting the multiple levels and aspects of Fantasy Trek. I've completed
my 230th Simple Combat engagement, and my wife and I have completed 4 PvP
simple combat engagements.
The Tholian Simple Combat rules seem to work. Further playtesting is
indicated, but after seven rounds, the existing rules seem okay.
I also have a sketch (that I'm pretty happy with) of the Etlh Class Heavy
Cruiser. I've created a custom STD for that, including balancing the
weaponry on the thing, and I'll be testing it in advanced heavy combat. The
Etlh is roughly equal to the Achilles Class. It is also the January image
for the 2010 Fantasy Trek calendar. That is partly because the budget is not
conducive to buying the 2010 Ships of the Line calendar. It is also another
DIY aspect to Fantasy Trek. February is planned to be a TNG era Constitution
variant, called "Constitution Phase Two", after the planned Trek series
"Star Trek Phase Two".
Saturday, January 2, 2010
Kate’s Cooking: APPLE TURNOVERS – FRIED!
Pie Pastry
As with most pastry making, all ingredients should be well chilled and preferably the bowl you might use for making the pastry. It is also quite a good idea to wash your hands in cold water and dry them before you start.
*1 ¼ cups all purpose flour
*1/3rd cup butter (chilled)
*Salt – about ½ teaspoon (optional)
*A cup of chilled or iced water.
Mix the flour and salt in a bowl. Cut in the chilled butter and mix until the mixture resembles coarse breadcrumbs. Mix approximately 3 tablespoons of the iced water into the mix and press into a dough ball and re-chill until needed. NOTE: if you want to make more than three turnovers then you need to double the above ingredients (2 dough balls). The above ingredients will also make one 9” pie shell.
Turnover filling
*Approximately 1 pound of apples of choice
*2/3 cup sugar (of choice)
*Ground cinnamon – about ½ teaspoon
*Butter for cooking in a frypan (skillet)
*Powdered (icing) sugar for dusting when cooked.
Core and slice the apples and mix them with the sugar and spice you have chosen.
Roll the dough balls into 1/8th inch thick and cut into approximately three 5” squares. Using a slotted spoon so you don’t get too much juice in the mix, put about 2 to 3 tablespoons of the apple mix in the centre of the pastry square. Wet the edges of the pastry and fold over to enclose the apples in a triangle-shape. Press the edges together with a fork or the back of a teaspoon.
To BAKE the turnovers in an oven heat it to 425 degrees F. on baking sheets lined with non-stick baking paper if you have some. Bake for 20 minutes until golden brown. To FRY the turnovers, melt the butter in the skillet or frypan and cook on medium-high about 1o minutes per side. Depending on the size of your pan you can cook about 3 at a time but if you have a large electric frypan then you might be able to do all of the turnovers at once.
Happy cooking to you and take care out there and be well and safe in 2010.
Cheers, Kate.
Monday, December 21, 2009
Miss Ginny's Diary Dec 21st 2009
Meow to you, it’s me, Ginny. Well it is Sunday evening and HM is working away on the computer and the household is quiet for once. HD is at work and it is another cold night. We have been watching the big snow in the eastern United States and HM said it was a bad time to be traveling. We have traveled several times on planes and it has been okay. We even traveled overseas on a very big jet with other animals and it was a long journey and I slept most of the way. I was in a cage with my sister ShooShoo as we were very small at the time and the airline put us both in together. We stayed in a hotel in Los Angeles and they were very nice to us – they thought we were cute and HM told the hotel staff to stop spoiling us. I told you before, that we might be moving and we are. HD is transferring out of our desert home and we are going north to a place near the border with Canada. HM says it is going to be cold like the planet Hoth in the winter (she says that is from some film called Star Wars). She also said it is a very nice town and she and HD can go fishing in the rivers and lakes and we will get some fresh fish to eat. We will not move yet because with the winter coming on HM says it is too cold for us to travel and we need to be acclimatized in the spring. HD says it is going to be just fine. Grandma Carrie is now too old to fly and so we will be traveling by road. We have done this before to and HD and HM drive only a few hours a day and stay overnight somewhere and off we go again the next day. We traveled like this when we came out west. It was okay and we slept most of the way and were spoilt a lot. I like that. HM says that I am getting to be a little princess because people often come up to me and say ‘oh what a pretty kitten’. I am not a kitten but I am just a very small cat. I was born No. 6 in the litter of kittens and sometimes HM calls me No. 6. It was HD’s birthday yesterday. HM made him a lovely cake made with chocolate and peanut butter but we couldn’t have any because HM said animals are not allowed chocolate because it can make us very sick. GAD is having a dream and her legs and paws are twitching while she is sleeping. HM says she is probably chasing rabbits in her dreams. Did I tell you that GAD talks in her sleep? HM says she is the only cat she has ever known who does this. She can get quite loud when she is talking. I like GAD as she is willing to play. She used to watch over us when we were very tiny. ShooShoo has woken up and is talking up a storm to HM. We have already had our supper so I doubt if HM will give her more soft food. We have a bowl of cat biscuits out all the time and lots of water. ShooShoo likes to go around sniffing everything and HM says she has a complex. I think she is just being a cat. She wakes us up nearly every morning at about 4a.m. HM calls her our burglar alarm. ShooShoo just has a thing about the street cleaning machine. We won’t have one where we are going to live and HM says we might all get some sleep! The trouble with my sister is that she has to tell you about everything she has discovered or noises she hears at night and if we don’t answer her she goes and wakes HM who is really very patient with her. She sniffs HM’s face and once she actually sniffed up HM’s nostril. HM let out a waaaaaaaaahhhhhhhhhhhhh in the middle of the night and that woke all of us including HD. ShooShoo has gone back to sleep on the big bed. HM is fond of her except when she is playing rough-house with GAD. We have a cousin in Ireland and her name is Callie. She is a tabby cat and belongs to HD’s sister and her family. They phoned us for HD’s birthday and we were all happy to hear from them. Ireland is a pretty place and I know that HM would just be so happy if we made Ireland our permanent home. HD says he has had enough traveling and so has HM so maybe where we are moving to will be our forever home. Who knows – HM told me that is on the northern prairies and is full of interesting history. HM and I have a great friendship. She never minds when I crawl into the big bed at night and I like to cuddle with her she calls me her pretty little princess. I have been quite good lately and not been in too much trouble. I have left the Christmas tree alone and not played with the decorations and I haven’t chased Grandma Carrie’s tail.
I am going now to find a bed for the night. See you next time.
Meow to you from Miss Ginny.
I am going now to find a bed for the night. See you next time.
Meow to you from Miss Ginny.
Chatter With Kate Dec 21st 2009
Bless you, and happy holidays and happy New Year. Kate.
Kate’s Cooking: COOKING FOR ONE – Cornish Pastie
Greetings and happy holidays to you. The column today is for those of you who live by themselves. I married late – way after the normal marrying age of the 20’s – and for many years lived with my cats of the time and cooked away quite cheerfully. It is all too easy these days to go out to eat with quite a lot of cheap restaurants available. However, in the cooler months and on the weekends especially, cooking soups and pasta and meat dishes, gives a nice aromatic aroma to a home and if you live in a snowy area, a happy cook in a warm kitchen helps combat the chills outside. Today’s recipe is a simple one – Cornish Pastie. I love these delicious meat pies. I used to live in England and the British bakers are masters of the art of baking meat pies of all shapes and sizes. Cornish Pasties were my great favourite and I ate my way through many of them while there. They are an excellent way of using up left over meat from a roast. It is worth buying a roast of meat even if you live by yourself. It will give you some good meals for a few days. Preparation of a roast is minimal and in a moderate oven or even an electric frypan, they don’t take too long to cook. The first day of using a roast is mostly done with vegetables of choice and lots of gravy. Cooking extra gravy comes in useful for following meals. For example, omelettes, curries and of course, the pastie. If you are using left over meat for an omelette filling, it is tasty to add chopped cooked onion, fresh green herbs and a couple of slices of tomato. My late mum, used to make the most delicious and simple curries with left over meat. She would add along with the meat and curry powder, celery, banana, onion sultanas and gravy and serve it all over rice. Here then is a recipe that I have had for many years, for Cornish Pastie.CORNISH PASTIE
1 packet of frozen puff or shortcrust pastry – defrosted. (If you wish, you can make your own pastry)
1 large potato – cooked and diced
1 cup cooked meat – diced
1 small onion – chopped finely
1 small carrot – sliced finely
1 generous tablespoon of chopped parsley
Black pepper
(Salt is optional)
3 to 4 tablespoons gravy
Roll out pastry to about 1/8” thick and cut into rounds about the size of a saucer. Mix all other ingredients and put generous tablespoonfuls in the centre of each round of pastry. Dampen the edges of the pastry and fold over in half, and press edges together firmly and crimp the edges if you wish. Bake in a hot oven for about 20 to 30 minutes. If the pastry is looking brown reduce neat to 325F (160C, Gas 3). Eat hot or cold.
NOTE: Generally speaking, I don’t glaze pies but if you would like to, do this by using a pastry brush dipped into a beaten egg. I have sometimes made quite large Cornish pastie’s if I am using them as a main meal and they are being served with extra vegetables. Enjoy these delicious pies.
Have a safe and happy holiday season. Happy cooking to you, Kate.
Sunday, December 20, 2009
Fantasy Trek: Summary of Events: 1209.21
For more information, go to http://fantasytrek.blogspot.com/
Have you ever wanted a Star Trek game that took in all aspects of Trek? Strategic multi-fleet deployement in a long-term campaign. Fleet versus enemy fleet. Ship-to-ship combat. Boarding parties facing off in the heat of battle. Starships in deadly cat and mouse orbital combat. Troops on the ground defending planets from ruthless enemies. And, of course, solid story-telling that has always been at the heart of Star Trek. Fantasy Trek is all of that and more. Using your unique skills in the Trek universe, whether they are tactical or strategic combat or problem-solving and RPG story-telling, you contribute toa no-limits perpetual Star Trek universe. There is no cost, no software to install, and no minimum system requirements. Fantasy Trek is an imagination-based PBEMMORPG(Play By Email Massively Multiplayer Online RolePlaying Game) that uses maps and online documents (available at fantasytrek.blogspot.com), email, simple rules, and common six-sided dice (or a random number generator, also available at fantasytrek.blogspot.com).
To start your tour of duty in the center seat, just answer the following questions:
Game Type:
Pure Combat
(Do you play for pure combat? You know that other events might decide the
nature of that combat, but you just want to blow things up. And think about
this: Do you like to micromanage combat, allocating power to personalize
your attack/defence strategy, making combat a personal match of wits, or do
you just like quick matches that can be over in minutes?)
Non-Combat
(You don't care about the combat. You like to write and you want to
explore.)
Mix
(You appreciate both aspects of game play. You accept that the ship you love
to write about may lose battles from time to time.)
Alignment:
Federation
Klingon
Romulan
Other (specify)
Ship name
Command crew
(You can stick to the TOS crew configuration of science officer, helm,
navigator, communications officer, etc, or you can use the TNG idea of
Operations Officer combining some duties.You can also customize your bridge
crew configuration. You're the Captain)
Note: unless you have something else in mind, all players in this stage of
the game get a Heavy Cruiser to start. The 'something else in mind' I
mentioned is if you decide you want a mission-specific ship like a scout or
police ship, which is likely to be a frigate or destroyer. Just remember
that you might be limiting yourself in a case like that. And don't be
intimidated by the need to create a command crew. If you're a story-teller,
you're used to this, but it isn't necessary to start. And if you're in it
for pure combat, the command crew is recommended but not necessary.
That is really all you need to start. I will happily walk any new players
through the first few missions. If you are concerned that you don't have
enough time to
contribute, don't be. This game is as casual as you want. Exploring takes as
much or as little time as you want. Write once a day or once a week. A
hundred words or a thousand. The most intense level of this game, heavy
combat takes a commitment of no more than one email a day. And even in that
case, if you miss a day, it's forgivable. Even the moderator has a RL and
the occasional computer issue. The game is turn-based. Combat results will
be posted online daily. And if it still doesn't make sense, think of it like
your favorite role-playing/writing group gathering for some table-top game
playing.
TNG Era:
Kri'staK Sector
Ab'Qaff Battle Group
Ab'Qaff Class Klingon Heavy Command Cruiser (KCVC) IKS Ab'Qaff
General Kapact Commanding
wa'Hom System-
The IKS Ab'Qaff and its accompanying battle group has completed its
assignment of clearing the wa'Hom system in the newly discovered Kri'staK
sector. One Romulan warbird was destroyed, and another captured. The
captured warbird was repaired and recrewed, and designated the IKS Krayak.
It established one planet bound outpost, as well as an outpost/refinery in
the system's resource-rich asteroid field. The battle group also discovered
and reported on two thousand year-old Vulcan hull fragments.
cha'Hom System-
The Ab'Qaff battle group had a similar experience in the cha'Hom system. It
encountered more Vulcan hull fragments of similar age, and signs of a highly
unstable substance known as tylium. The Ab'Qaff also witnessed the
construction of an advanced Romulan shipyard. The battle group destroyed the
shipyard while the Ab'Qaff destroyed two Romulan D'deridex Class warbirds
that were overseeing the construction. General Kapact is currently awaiting
the arrival of a Vulcan envoy to take possession of a sample of the hull
fragments.
Games in Play:
"DusaQ VeS"
Mission 06: "Invasion"
Objectives:
Survive Combat
Assist the fleet
100+ word log
"It is said that no battle plan survives the first moments of a battle.
Sometimes, despite our efforts to gather intelligence and plan accordingly,
we are faced with a relentless, implacable enemy that lunges for our throats
even as we reach for our weapons. At that point survival depends on our
ability to strike quicker than our enemy. There is no time for planning or
careful placement of assets. Each warrior may be either the forward lunge
that strikes a mortal blow, or the weak point in our armor that relegates us
to passengers on the barge of the dead. Honored dead, but still dead. You
must be the teeth at the enemy's throat. Strike with speed and ferocity.
Especially in the case of invasion, you must attack with every resource,
stopping the enemy before they can establish a beach head. Every second that
is lost is territory and momentum lost. Strike as if your very culture
depends on it, because it does. Strike hard. Strike mercilessly. And if your
enemy finally falls back in retreat, do not allow him the luxury of
regrouping or succor. Follow him to his home, and burn it to the ground so
that it can never again give rise to invaders."
Stardate 1209.04 Command candidate Sompek, IKS tIHoy. Tal'Ihnor Gates system
As we were examining the device that the Sha'kurians were building, it
exploded. The N'taka and the captured construction ship were immediately
destroyed. There was not even any debris thrown off. In the aftermath of the
explosion, a rift opened up. While I assume that the device was meant to
open this rift, and it simply went off prematurely, there was no time for
scientific analysis. Two Sha'kurian heavy carriers started to emerge from
the rift almost immediately, Quick scans revealed five more carriers
preparing to launch from a shipyard just beyond the rift. We must destroy
these carriers and the shipyard before the five carriers can launch, or we
will certainly be lost. Once we've destroyed the shipyard, I am confident
that General Kapact will order an offensive through the rift.
We fell upon the two unprepared carriers, overwhelming them before they
could mount any serious defense.
KCVC IKS Ab'Qaff rolls:150 150(LongSword)o/d
KCA IKS Stovokor rolls:10 o/d
KCA IKS DuranQo rolls:30 o/d
KCA IKS Temujin rolls:50 50(Noble Blood)o/d
KCL IKS Hammer rolls:32 32(Noble Blood)o/d
KCL IKS Capikus rolls:48 48(Noble Blood)o/d
KFF IKS tIHoy rolls: 4 4(Noble Blood)o/d
SCVC SRS Long Sword rolls:50 o/87d
SCVC SRS Noble Blood rolls:125 o/88d
Results:
IKS Ab'Qaff: damage 0/25
KCA IKS Stovokor: damage 0/25
KCA IKS DuranQo: damage 0/25
KCA IKS Temujin: damage 0/25
KCL IKS Hammer: damage 0/25
KCL IKS Capikus: damage 0/25
KFF IKS tIHoy: damage 0/25
SCVC SRS Long Sword: destroyed
SCVC SRS Noble Blood: destroyed
We then pushed through the rift, uncertain of where we were going, or if we
could return. But I felt a surge of excitement. Command, with all its
uncertainties, was starting to acquire a reality. A fine balance, like the
weight of a good bat'leth.
Then we faced the shipyard. It was an ungainly thing, with five elongated
pods around a central angular mass that bristled with weapons emplace. The
pods each held a heavy carrier, with work crews and construction craft
obviously working feverishly to complete the mammoth ships so that they
could be launched against us. As we made a coordinated approach, my tactical
officer detected weapons locks from several of the shipyard's emplacements.
Weapons locks on the tIHoy.
IKS Ab'Qaff rolls:100 100(SSY1)o/d
KCA IKS Stovokor rolls:40 o/40(tIHoy)d
KCA IKS DuranQo rolls:50 o/d
KCA IKS Temujin rolls:30 o/30(tIHoy)d
KCL IKS Hammer rolls:48 o/d
KCL IKS Capikus rolls:40 o/d
KFF IKS tIHoy rolls:24 o/24d
SSY1 rolls:75 75(tIHoy)o/d
Results:
IKS Ab'Qaff: damage 0/25
KCA IKS Stovokor: damage 0/25
KCA IKS DuranQo: damage 0/25
KCA IKS Temujin: damage 0/25
KCL IKS Hammer: damage 0/25
KCL IKS Capikus: damage 0/25
KFF IKS tIHoy: damage 0/25
SSY1: destroyed
Fortunately, General Kapact detected the weapons lock and ordered me to take
evasive action. This was not, he explained afterwards, cowardice or a
selfish attempt to protect me. It was, rather, a tactical move to protect an
important part of the fleet. In any case, the tiIHoy survived the encounter,
and the enemy shipyard did not. Now we push on into the great unknown. And
victory.
Klingon Academy:
Mission 01 Exercise
Beta-Ceti system
Primary Objectives
Destroy Monitoring Station
Cripple Probe Net
Destroy USS Banting (FF)
Maintain Element of Surprise
Defend Jamming Cruiser
Secondary Objectives
Scan Probe Net
Player: Kapact (veteran)
As a student of the Klingon Defense Force's Elite Command Academy, I am one
of one hundred students taking part in a simulated war against the
Federation. We are being led by the Empire's greatest living warrior,
General Chang. It is his mission to make sure that the Empire's warship
commanders are in that position because of their ability to command rather
than their position in our society. Graduation will result in immediate
posting as a warship commander. I am eager to get started.
Cadet Kapact in the IKS QuQVeS. Our mission is to follow the jamming
cruiser in as it allows us to penetrate the Federation sensor net on their
side of the neutral zone. Once the field is jammed, we will be signalled
that it is safe to proceed. Then we will cripple the sensor net by
destroying the prime probes that control the others. We are also to destroy
the NZ-027 monitoring station. Other cadets are carrying out similar
missions along the Federation border in order to open up a wide passage for
our fleet.
The QuQVeS arrived cloaked in the Beta-Ceti system, and waited while the
jamming cruiser went to work. It was an uneasy wait, but finally we were
cleared to attack.
We began to scan the probes, one by one, until we had identified the first.
Then I ordered the rest of the field scanned so that we could identify all
six prime probes. As we were scanning the probes, we were advised that the
jamming was in place, and we were cleared to attack. At the same time, we
detected the monitoring station 8,000 kellikams to port. It was a plain,
uninspiring installation set into a asteroid. Remaining cloaked, we closed
on the station. At 5,000 kellikams, we decloaked and attacked. Possessing
limited shields and no offensive capabilities, it was not a worthy opponent.
We then began to approachthe sensor net. Once we had destroyed the first
prime probe, we detected the USS Banting, an Oberth class escort warping
into the system. We attacked immediately, focusing on the ship's impulse
drive.
IKS QuQVeS rolls:20 20o/d
USS Banting rolls:12 0o/12d
Result:
IKS QuQVeS damage 0/22
USS Banting damage 8/15
IKS QuQVeS rolls:20 0o/20d
USS Banting rolls:12 0o/12d
Result:
IKS QuQVeS damage 0/22
USS Banting damage 8/15
IKS QuQVeS rolls:24 24o/0d
USS Banting rolls:20 0o/20d
Result:
IKS QuQVeS damage 0/22
USS Banting damage 12/15
IKS QuQVeS rolls:4 0o/4d
USS Banting rolls:20 20o/d
Result:
IKS QuQVeS damage 16/22
USS Banting damage 12/15
IKS QuQVeS rolls:16 16o/0d
USS Banting rolls:8 0o/8d
Result:
IKS QuQVeS damage 16/22
USS Banting destroyed
The battle was more of a challenge than I anticipated, but our superior
weapons and armor eventually overwhelmed the enemy. Then it was a simple
matter of clearing out the remaining probes. Once that was finished, we
warped back to base.
Mission 02: Containment Exercise
IKS QuQVeS: B'rel, FF
Primary Objectives
Clear Regas System: USS Carver (Oberth, FF)
statellite
Clear Thaxius System USS Hernandez (Akula, DD)
Warp to Theta Omicron
Secondary Objectives
Respond to Distress Calls (Piachi System, Chuvon: B'rel Class FF vs Tian Nan
Man: Miranda, CL)
Call for Assistance (Thaxius System, IKS Yuthwl' Hech: K'Vort, DD)
Player: Kapact (Veteran), IKS QuQVeS. B'rel class frigate.
Mission 02: Containment
Primary Objectives
Clear Regas System
Clear Thaxius System
Warp to Theta Omicron
Secondary Objectives
Respond to Distress Calls
Call for Assistance
(0809.18) Command candidate Kapact, IKS QuQVeS. Regas, Thaxius, Piachi
Systems
IKS QuQVeS vs USS Carver
IKS QuQVeS rolls:28 28o/0d
USS Carver rolls:12 0o/12d
Result:
IKS QuQVeS damage 0/22
USS Carver destroyed
Our cloaked arrival in the Regas System was instrumental in clearing the
Regas system. We detected the Oberth class frigate holding station near a
satellite of unknown function. We maintained a cloaked approach, decloaking
and firing only when we were at point blank range. The Carver's shields were
down, and our initial volley penetrated their warp core. The enemy was
destroyed immediately. We then destroyed the satellite and recloaked.
Our orders took us next to theThaxius System.
0809.17 Upon arrival in the Thaxius System, we detected the Akula class
destroyer USS Hernandez at extreme range. Rather than risking defeat by a
superior ship, I requested assistance. The K'vort class destroyer IKS
Yuthwl' Hech responded, and arrived shortly. We both launched a cloaked
attack.
(0809.17) IKS QuQVeS, IKS Yuthwl' Hech vs USS Hernandez
IKS QuQVeS rolls:12 12o/d
IKS Yuthwl' Hech rolls:20 20o/d
USS Hernandez rolls:12 0o/12d
Result:
IKS QuQVeS damage 0/22
IKS Yuthwl' Hech damage 0/22
USS Hernandez destroyed
As soon as the Hernandez was destroyed, we cloaked and had set course for
the Theta Omicron system when we received a distress signal from cadet
Jaghjech on the IKS Chuvon, in the Piachi system. Course was set and
executed immediately.
In the Piachi system, we found the Chuvon damaged and struggling to destroy
the USS Tian Nan Man. a Miranda class light cruiser. Fortunately for us, and
Jaghjech, the Tian Nan Man's aft shields were down, and it's hull integrity
was at fifty percent. I invited Jaghjech to join me in a cloaked attack on
the Tian Nan Man.
IKS QuQVeS rolls:16 0o/16d
IKS Chuvon rolls:24 0o/24d
USS Tian Nan Man rolls:32 32o(QuQVeS)/0d
Result:
IKS QuQVeS damage 8/22
IKS Chuvon damage 8/15
USS Tian Nan Man damage 9/15
IKS QuQVeS rolls:8 8o/d
IKS Chuvon rolls:24 24o/d
USS Tian Nan Man rolls:32 0o/32d
Result:
IKS QuQVeS damage 8/22
IKS Chuvon damage 8/15
USS Tian Nan Man damage 9/15
IKS QuQVeS rolls:8 0o/8d
IKS Chuvon rolls:16 0o/16d
USS Tian Nan Man rolls:8 0o/8d
Result:
IKS QuQVeS damage 8/22
IKS Chuvon damage 8/15
USS Tian Nan Man damage 9/15
IKS QuQVeS rolls:16 0o/16d
IKS Chuvon rolls:20 0o/20d
USS Tian Nan Man rolls:24 0o/24d
Result:
IKS QuQVeS damage 8/22
IKS Chuvon damage /15
USS Tian Nan Man destroyed
Outgunned as we were, we were victorious after a desperate battle. Battered
but victorious, we both cloaked and set course for the Theta Omicron system.
Dev notes: For the cloaked attack, the QuQVeS gets to add 8 points post
multiplier on the first volley. Aside from that, normal rules apply. As it
turns out, a cloaked attack is no guarantee of victory. In this setting, the
victory over the Tian Nan Man took three attempts and a lot of luck. Next
time I'll have the Yuthwl' Hech join me in the Piachi system.
Mission 03: Cry Havok
Player: Kapact (veteran)
IKS qul mIwI': Insurrection, DD
Primary Objectives
Strike the MacArthur System
Strike the Nimitz System empty
Strike the Bradley System
Strike the Patton System
Rendevous in Punjab
Secondary Objectives
Call for Assistance
I am honored to have survived to achieve command of the Insurrection class
destroyer IKS qul mIwI'. My orders are to continue lightning strikes into
Federation territory, helping our forces to seem to be everywhere at the
same time. Commander Thok Mak has assigned the Pipeq and the Chuvon as my
escorts, and our targets to be the following systems:
MacArthur System
Nimitz System
Bradley System
Patton System
We will then rendevous with the fleet in the Punjab system.
During General Chang's inspiring briefing, we were reminded that it would be
foolish to attempt to take on more than we can hope to defeat. I can only
assume that just that possibility exists as we push further into Federation
space.
Arriving cloaked in the MacArthur system, we detected two Okinawa class
frigates, apparently unaware of our arrival. I ordered the Pipeq and the
Chuvon to converge on one while I attacked the other.
(1109.29)IKS qul mIwI' vs USS FF
IKS qul mIwI' rolls:36 36o/d
USS FF rolls:8 0o/8d
results
IKS qul mIwI' damage: 0/25
USS FF destroyed
(1109.29)IKS Pipeq, IKS Chuvon vs USS FF
IKS Pipeq rolls:6 6o/d
IKS Chuvon rolls:24 24o/d
USS FF rolls:8 0o/8d
results
IKS Pipeq damage: 0/25
IKS Chuvon damage: 0/25
USS FF destroyed
As soon as the two frigates were destroyed, three Constitution class heavy
cruisers warped into the system. Much as I would have liked to order an
attack, I decided that it would have been foolish. As per instructions, I
contacted the fleet. We were ordered to retreat immediately and resume our
assigned patrol. With reluctance, I ordered my escorts to move out of
weapons range, then to cloak and warp out.
We arrived cloaked in the Nimitz system to find it, to our disappointment,
completely empty. Our arrival in the Bradley system was almost as
disheartening. We encountered a civilian liner, the Altair Star. While it
would have been gratifying to destroy the vessel, (and cadet Jaghjech argued
for clearance to do just that), I felt that it would be dishonorable. We
allowed it to move on unmolested. When it was out of range, we set course
for the Patton system.
Finally, there, we found a worthwhile target in a Miranda class light
cruiser that seemed to be guarding two freighters. One was a Bulldog FRT,
and the other was 6Y-6000 class. While I was confident that the Pipeq and
Chuvon could easily destroy the Miranda, I decided to take no chances. I
ordered them to join me in a cloaked attack on the light cruiser. We could
then hunt down the freighters at our leisure.
IKS qul mIwI', IKS Pipeq, IKS Chuvon vs USS Miranda
IKS qul mIwI' rolls:30 30o/d
IKS Pipeq rolls:8 8o/d
IKS Chuvon rolls:36 36o/d
USS Miranda rolls:8 0o/8d
results
IKS qul mIwI' damage: 0/25
IKS Pipeq damage: 0/25
IKS Chuvon damage: 0/25
USS Miranda destroyed
The Miranda presented little challenge under our united assault, but the two
freighters were alerted. After a lengthy pursuit, we caught up with the
freighters and destroyed them:
(1109.29) IKS Pipeq, IKS Chuvon vs USS Bulldog FRT
IKS Pipeq rolls:12 12o/0d
IKS Chuvon rolls:6 6o/0d
USS Bulldog FRT rolls:8 0o/8d
results
IKS Pipeq damage: 0/25
IKS Chuvon damage: 0/25
USS Bulldog FRT damage: 10/15
IKS Pipeq rolls:30 18o/12d
IKS Chuvon rolls:12 0o/12d
USS Bulldog FRT rolls:2 0o/2d
results
IKS Pipeq damage: 0/25
IKS Chuvon damage: 0/25
USS Bulldog FRT destroyed
(1109.29) IKS qul mIwI' vs USS 6Y-6000
IKS qul mIwI' rolls:12 12o/d
USS 6Y-6000 rolls:8 0o/8d
results
IKS qul mIwI' damage: 0/25
USS 6Y-6000 damage: 4/15
IKS qul mIwI' rolls:36 24o/12d
USS 6Y-6000 rolls:6 0o/6d
results
IKS qul mIwI' damage: 0/25
USS 6Y-6000 destroyed
With the joy of combat in our hearts, we recloaked and engaged warp for the
Punjab system. Mission accomplished.
Head to Head Sector Conquest (Note: This catches you up with the entire
sequence to date. Starting next week, you'll just get just the week's
activity)
Turn 1)
(1209.13)
System 1: FCA USS Essex FCA USS Challenger FCA USS Tahir FCA USS Robau FCA
USS Abrahms FCA USS Orci form Fed 1st Fleet (FF1). Contact: 4 KCA's *won
toss. (1209.13) FCA USS Essex FCA USS Challenger FCA USS Tahir FCA USS Robau
FCA USS Abrahms FCA USS Orci vs KCA IKS D'Qu KCA IKS NaQjej KCA IKS Ej'QuD
KCA IKS Qaw'lu: Klingons destroyed. No damage to FF1.
System 5: KCA IKS Kandido KCA IKS Kurry KCA IKS DuranQo KCA IKS Ok'ran KCA
IKS D'Han KCA IKS Glommer form Klingon 1st Fleet (KF1). Contact: 4 FCA's
*won toss. (1209.13) KCA IKS Kandido KCA IKS Kurry KCA IKS DuranQo KCA IKS
Ok'ran KCA IKS D'Han KCA IKS Glommer vs FCA USS Washington FCA USS Roosevelt
FCA USS Cleveland FCA USS Detroit: Feds destroyed. No damage to KF1.
Turn 2)
(1209.13)
System 1: FF1 begin construct FSY Desilu. FSY Desilu construct turn 1= no
contact
System 5: KF1 begin construct KSY Klinzai. KSY Klinzai construct turn 1=
contact 5 FCA's *lost toss: (1209.13) KCA IKS Kandido KCA IKS Kurry KCA IKS
DuranQo KCA IKS Ok'ran KCA IKS D'Han KCA IKS Glommer vs FCA USS Loknar FCA
USS Churchill FCA USS Hornet FCA USS Entebbe FCA USS Bozeman: KCA IKS
Glommer KCA IKS D'Han destroyed. FCA USS Hornet FCA USS Entebbe FCA USS
Bozeman captured. FCA USS Hornet FCA USS Entebbe FCA USS Bozeman now
constitute KF1.
Turn 3)
(1209.14)
System 1: FSY Desilu construct turn 2= contact: 5 KCA's *lost toss (1209.14)
FCA USS Essex FCA USS Challenger FCA USS Tahir FCA USS Robau FCA USS Abrahms
FCA USS Orci vs KCA IKS BortaS KCA IKS Klolode KCA IKS Kor KCA IKS Kang KCA
IKS Koloth: FF1 destroyed. KCA IKS BortaS destroyed. KCA IKS Klolode damage
5/25. IKS Kor KCA IKS Kang KCA IKS Koloth undamaged.
System 5: KF1 (captured FCA USS Hornet FCA USS Entebbe FCA USS Bozeman)
continue construct KSY Klinzai. KSY Klinzai construct turn 2= no contact
Turn 4)
(1209.14)
System 1:
IKS Kor KCA IKS Kang KCA IKS Koloth form KF2. Contact: 4 FCA's *won toss
(1209.14) IKS Kor KCA IKS Kang KCA IKS Koloth vs FCA USS Christopher FCA USS
Belknap FCA USS Gideon FCA USS Riverside. KCA IKS Koloth captures FCA USS
Christopher (damage 10/15). All other ships destroyed.
System 5: KF1 (captured FCA USS Hornet FCA USS Entebbe FCA USS Bozeman)
continue construct KSY Klinzai. KSY Klinzai construct turn 3= no contact.
KSY Klinzai complete.
Turn 5)
(1209.16)
System 1:
FCA USS Christopher (damage 10/15) KCA IKS Koloth move to open space: repair
turn 1 contact? no contact. search for convoy? no contact
System 5: KSY Klinzai begin construct KCA IKS Sompek turn 1? contact: 2
FCA's KF1 (captured FCA IKS Hornet FCA IKS Entebbe FCA IKS Bozeman) remain
on station. contact? no contact
Turn 6)
(1209.16)
System 1:
KCA IKS Koloth remain on station repair turn 2: contact? contact: 2 FCA USS
Christopher KCA IKS Koloth : (1209.16) KCA IKS Koloth FCA USS Christopher vs
FCA USS Shatner FCA USS Arizona: FCA USS Christopher KCA IKS Koloth
destroyed FCA USS Shatner damage: 10/15 FCA USS Arizona damage: 10/15
System 5: KSY Klinzai begin construct KCA IKS Sompek turn 1? contact: 2
FCA's *won toss: (1209.16) KSY Klinzai FCA IKS Hornet FCA IKS Entebbe FCA
IKS Bozeman vs FCA USS Kurtzman FCA USS Justman: FCA USS Kurtzman FCA USS
Justman destroyed. No damage to Klingons.
Turn 7)
(1209.16)
System 1:
FCA USS Shatner damage: 10/15 FCA USS Arizona damage: 10/15 remain on
station. Repair turn 1? contact: 1 KCA *won toss. (1209.16) FCA USS Shatner
FCA USS Arizona vs KCA IKS Tong Ve: All ships destroyed.
System 5: KSY Klinzai begin construct KCA IKS Sompek turn 1? contact: 2
FCA's *won toss: (1209.16) KSY Klinzai FCA IKS Hornet FCA IKS Entebbe FCA
IKS Bozeman vs FCA USS Kurtzman FCA USS Justman: FCA USS Kurtzman FCA USS
Justman destroyed. No damage to Klingons.
Turn 8)
(1209.17)
System 5: KSY Klinzai construct KCA IKS Sompek turn 2? contact: 2 FCA's
*lost toss: (1209.17) KSY Klinzai FCA IKS Hornet FCA IKS Entebbe FCA IKS
Bozeman vs FCA USS San Francisco FCA USS Pensacola: FCA IKS Hornet
destroyed. FCA USS San Francisco FCA USS Pensacola destroyed. FCA IKS
Entebbe FCA IKS Bozeman undamaged.
Turn 9)
(1209.17)
System 5: KSY Klinzai construct KCA IKS Sompek turn 2? contact: 2 FCA's
*lost toss: (1209.17) KSY Klinzai FCA IKS Hornet FCA IKS Entebbe FCA IKS
Bozeman vs FCA USS San Francisco FCA USS Pensacola: FCA IKS Hornet
destroyed. FCA USS San Francisco FCA USS Pensacola destroyed. FCA IKS
Entebbe FCA IKS Bozeman undamaged.
Turn 10)
(1209.17)
System 5: KSY Klinzai construct KCA IKS Sompek turn 3? contact: 5 FCA's
*lost toss: (1209.17) KSY Klinzai FCA IKS Hornet FCA IKS Entebbe FCA IKS
Bozeman vs FCA USS Bismark FCA USS Richmond FCA USS Roanoke FCA USS
Alexandria FCA USS Columbia: KSY Klinzai no damage all other ships
destroyed. KCA IKS Sompek complete
Turn 11)
(1209.17)
System 5: KCA IKS Sompek on station. KSY Klinzai construct KCA IKS Qor'Du
turn 1? contact: no contact
Turn 12)
(1209.17)
System 5: KCA IKS Sompek on station. KSY Klinzai construct KCA IKS Qor'Du
turn 2? contact: 6 FCA's *won toss (1209.17) KSY Klinzai KCA IKS Sompek vs
FCA USS Landau FCA USS Yorktown FCA USS April FCA USS Archer FCA USS Reagan
FCA USS Missouri
Turn 13)
(1209.17)
System 5: KCA IKS Sompek on station. KSY Klinzai construct KCA IKS Qor'Du
turn 3? contact: 3 FCA's *lost toss (1209.17) KSY Klinzai KCA IKS Sompek vs
FCA USS George Washington FCA USS Abraham Lincoln FCA USS John Adams: KSY
Klinzai undamaged. All other ships destroyed. KCA IKS Qor'Du complete.
Turn 14)
(1209.17)
System 5: KCA IKS Qor'Du on station. KSY Klinzai construct KCA IKS Klin turn
1? no contact
Turn 15)
(1209.17)
System 5: KCA IKS Qor'Du on station. KSY Klinzai construct KCA IKS Klin turn
2? no contact
Turn 16)
(1209.17)
System 5: KCA IKS Qor'Du on station. KSY Klinzai construct KCA IKS Klin turn
3? contact 4 FCA's *lost toss. (1209.18) KSY Klinzai KCA IKS Qur'Du vs FCA
USS Sydney FCA USS Kronomag FCA USS Akagi FCA USS Sutherland: FCA USS Sydney
FCA USS Kronomag FCA USS Akagi FCA USS Sutherland. No damage to Klingons
Turn 17)
(1209.18)
System 5: KCA IKS Klin complete. KCA IKS Qor'Du on station. KSY Klinzai
construct KCA IKS Chang turn 1? no contact.
Turn 18)
(1209.18)
System 5: KCA IKS Klin on station. KCA IKS Qor'Du on station. KSY Klinzai
construct KCA IKS Chang turn 2? no contact.
Turn 19)
(1209.18)
System 5: KCA IKS Klin on station. KCA IKS Qor'Du on station. KSY Klinzai
construct KCA IKS Chang turn 3? contact: 5 KCA's *won toss (1209.18) KSY
Klinzai KCA IKS Klin IKS Qur'Du vs FCA USS Adelaide FCA USS Auckland FCA USS
Wellington FCA USS Stalingrad FCA USS Larson: FCA USS Adelaide FCA USS
Auckland FCA USS Wellington FCA USS Stalingrad FCA USS Larson destroyed. No
damage to Klingons
Turn 20)
(1209.18)
System 5: KCA IKS Chang complete. KCA IKS Klin on station. KCA IKS Qor'Du on
station. KSY Klinzai construct KCA IKS Korax turn 1? contact: 4 KCA's *won
toss (1209.18) KSY Klinzai KCA IKS Klin IKS Qur'Du KCA IKS Chang vs FCA USS
New York FCA USS London FCA USS Ferriman FCA USS Garrovick: FCA USS New York
FCA USS London FCA USS Ferriman FCA USS Garrovick destroyed. No damage to
Klingons
Turn 21)
(1209.18)
System 5: KCA IKS Chang on station. KCA IKS Klin on station. KCA IKS Qor'Du
on station. KSY Klinzai construct KCA IKS Korax turn 2? no contact
Turn 22)
(1209.18)
System 5: KCA IKS Chang on station. KCA IKS Klin on station. KCA IKS Qor'Du
on station. KSY Klinzai construct KCA IKS Korax turn 3? contact: 5 FCA's
*won toss. (1209.18) KSY Klinzai KCA IKS Klin IKS Qur'Du KCA IKS Chang vs
FCA USS Beijing FCA USS New Orleans FCA USS Canberra FCA USS Kodiak FCA USS
Brisbane: FCA USS Beijing FCA USS New Orleans FCA USS Canberra FCA USS
Kodiak FCA USS Brisbane destroyed. No damage to Klingons
Turn 23)
(1209.18)
System 5: KCA IKS Korax complete. KCA IKS Chang on station. KCA IKS Klin on
station. KCA IKS Qor'Du on station. KSY Klinzai construct KCA IKS Klug turn
1? contact: 5 FCA's
PvP games reported:
(1109.06) PCA AV Sitka vs KCA IKS 'etlh: IKS 'etlh destroyed.
(1209.15) PCA AV Sitka vs KCA IKS 'etlh: AV Sitka destroyed.
Command College:
"What Are Your Orders, Captain?"
(TOS Era)
The Starship Defiant was not the only Starfleet vessel to run afoul of the
Tholian Assembly. On stardate 2794.4, the Akula Class Destroyer USS Sparta
was patrolling the Klingon neutral zone when it discovered a ship that
appeared to be stuck in a gravity well. The ship was of Federation design,
roughly similar to the Akula configuration, with a saucer positioned between
two nacelles. That is where the similarities ended. This ship was easily
twice the size of the Sparta, capable, based on projections and
extrapolations from the Sparta's technical specifications, of holding at
least 800 crew. Attempts to discern hull markings for name or registration
were unsuccessful due to the tell-tale visual shimmering effect that has
come to be associated with Tholian interspatial corridors. Life reading
scans showed no definite signs, though they were unable to run detailed
scans due to unusual electromagnetic interference blanketing the area.
Repeated attempts to contact the crew or the ships onboard computer were
unsuccessful. There was little question of what needed to be done.
Mysterious or not, unidentified or not, a Federation starship is a
Federation starship. But with Klingons beginning to close on the area,
Captain Robau knows that this could, in the end, be anything but a routine
rescue/recovery mission.
The Klingons are less than ten minutes away, and register as a D7 Heavy
Cruiser, and a smaller, unidentified profile. In a pure combat sense,
Captain Robau knows that he is outmatched. He also knows that the Klingons
will either destroy the ship, or worse, take it for the technology.
What should be Captain Robau's course of action?
Post your solution here for a Command College Point. Feel free to discuss
this with the 'comment' feature
"Captain's Log"
"...all around us..."
21) The fabric of space/time begins to warp, producing chaotic results
Class L Marginal
Age: 4-10 billion years
Diameter: 10,000-15,000 km
Location: Ecosphere
Surface: Rocky and barren, little surface water
Atmosphere: Oxygen/argon, high concentration of carbon dioxide
Life forms: Limited to plant life; suitable for humanoid colonization
Example: Indri VIII
(A/OS Era)(Moderator's Note: A/OS refers to the 2009 film, Alternate
Original Series Era)
USS Ares
Roddenberry Class Explorer
Science Officer's Log
Commander Al Rashid
In the aftermath of the Narada/Red Matter detonation near the Alpha Centauri
system, we are one of a dozen science ships pressed into emergency
survey/recovery operations. While the system itself seems to be safe from
the effects of the black hole, there are dozens of worlds in the vicinity
that are suffering sometimes unstable and unpredictable consequences. The
Ares itself was assigned to what was the only class M planet in an adjacent
system, designated as Newton in the starcharts. Newton III was home to a
twelve-person observation research outpost studying localized
micro-disturbances in the space/time continuum. Those micro-disturbances are
now major disturbances, quite literally all around us, and one after-effect
has been the destabilization of the system's sun. That destabilization has
effectively changed Newton III from Class M to Class L (Marginal) with a
rocky and barren surface and extremely little surface water. The atmosphere
has suffered extreme changes, reading as primarily oxygen/argon, with a high
concentration of carbon dioxide. The science team is gone, and only very
tough plant life remains. Fortunately, it won't be difficult to reestablish
an outpost here, and they'll have plenty of work to do. The loss of this
team is a tragedy, but considering that Nero was seconds away from turning
Earth into a black hole, all of us who survived can count ourselves very
lucky.
for next week. write a 100+ word log entry including the phrase
"...dangerous and unpredictable...". Post it in the yahoo group or on the
blogsite's "comment" feature for a Command College Point.
Dev Notes:
This summary represents what is almost a relaunch for the summary I found
that I was working very hard at playing/playtesting the game all week, then
working hard at essentially writing probably a thousand words of fiction
completely separate from the week's work. Now I'm using the week's work to
comprise the summary, which is in fact what should happen. And I may again
explore the concept of tying game play in to the Command College. And of
course, I've written a very short and simple "Captain's Log" set in the 2009
movie A/OS Alternate Original Series Era.
Have you ever wanted a Star Trek game that took in all aspects of Trek? Strategic multi-fleet deployement in a long-term campaign. Fleet versus enemy fleet. Ship-to-ship combat. Boarding parties facing off in the heat of battle. Starships in deadly cat and mouse orbital combat. Troops on the ground defending planets from ruthless enemies. And, of course, solid story-telling that has always been at the heart of Star Trek. Fantasy Trek is all of that and more. Using your unique skills in the Trek universe, whether they are tactical or strategic combat or problem-solving and RPG story-telling, you contribute toa no-limits perpetual Star Trek universe. There is no cost, no software to install, and no minimum system requirements. Fantasy Trek is an imagination-based PBEMMORPG(Play By Email Massively Multiplayer Online RolePlaying Game) that uses maps and online documents (available at fantasytrek.blogspot.com), email, simple rules, and common six-sided dice (or a random number generator, also available at fantasytrek.blogspot.com).
To start your tour of duty in the center seat, just answer the following questions:
Game Type:
Pure Combat
(Do you play for pure combat? You know that other events might decide the
nature of that combat, but you just want to blow things up. And think about
this: Do you like to micromanage combat, allocating power to personalize
your attack/defence strategy, making combat a personal match of wits, or do
you just like quick matches that can be over in minutes?)
Non-Combat
(You don't care about the combat. You like to write and you want to
explore.)
Mix
(You appreciate both aspects of game play. You accept that the ship you love
to write about may lose battles from time to time.)
Alignment:
Federation
Klingon
Romulan
Other (specify)
Ship name
Command crew
(You can stick to the TOS crew configuration of science officer, helm,
navigator, communications officer, etc, or you can use the TNG idea of
Operations Officer combining some duties.You can also customize your bridge
crew configuration. You're the Captain)
Note: unless you have something else in mind, all players in this stage of
the game get a Heavy Cruiser to start. The 'something else in mind' I
mentioned is if you decide you want a mission-specific ship like a scout or
police ship, which is likely to be a frigate or destroyer. Just remember
that you might be limiting yourself in a case like that. And don't be
intimidated by the need to create a command crew. If you're a story-teller,
you're used to this, but it isn't necessary to start. And if you're in it
for pure combat, the command crew is recommended but not necessary.
That is really all you need to start. I will happily walk any new players
through the first few missions. If you are concerned that you don't have
enough time to
contribute, don't be. This game is as casual as you want. Exploring takes as
much or as little time as you want. Write once a day or once a week. A
hundred words or a thousand. The most intense level of this game, heavy
combat takes a commitment of no more than one email a day. And even in that
case, if you miss a day, it's forgivable. Even the moderator has a RL and
the occasional computer issue. The game is turn-based. Combat results will
be posted online daily. And if it still doesn't make sense, think of it like
your favorite role-playing/writing group gathering for some table-top game
playing.
TNG Era:
Kri'staK Sector
Ab'Qaff Battle Group
Ab'Qaff Class Klingon Heavy Command Cruiser (KCVC) IKS Ab'Qaff
General Kapact Commanding
wa'Hom System-
The IKS Ab'Qaff and its accompanying battle group has completed its
assignment of clearing the wa'Hom system in the newly discovered Kri'staK
sector. One Romulan warbird was destroyed, and another captured. The
captured warbird was repaired and recrewed, and designated the IKS Krayak.
It established one planet bound outpost, as well as an outpost/refinery in
the system's resource-rich asteroid field. The battle group also discovered
and reported on two thousand year-old Vulcan hull fragments.
cha'Hom System-
The Ab'Qaff battle group had a similar experience in the cha'Hom system. It
encountered more Vulcan hull fragments of similar age, and signs of a highly
unstable substance known as tylium. The Ab'Qaff also witnessed the
construction of an advanced Romulan shipyard. The battle group destroyed the
shipyard while the Ab'Qaff destroyed two Romulan D'deridex Class warbirds
that were overseeing the construction. General Kapact is currently awaiting
the arrival of a Vulcan envoy to take possession of a sample of the hull
fragments.
Games in Play:
"DusaQ VeS"
Mission 06: "Invasion"
Objectives:
Survive Combat
Assist the fleet
100+ word log
"It is said that no battle plan survives the first moments of a battle.
Sometimes, despite our efforts to gather intelligence and plan accordingly,
we are faced with a relentless, implacable enemy that lunges for our throats
even as we reach for our weapons. At that point survival depends on our
ability to strike quicker than our enemy. There is no time for planning or
careful placement of assets. Each warrior may be either the forward lunge
that strikes a mortal blow, or the weak point in our armor that relegates us
to passengers on the barge of the dead. Honored dead, but still dead. You
must be the teeth at the enemy's throat. Strike with speed and ferocity.
Especially in the case of invasion, you must attack with every resource,
stopping the enemy before they can establish a beach head. Every second that
is lost is territory and momentum lost. Strike as if your very culture
depends on it, because it does. Strike hard. Strike mercilessly. And if your
enemy finally falls back in retreat, do not allow him the luxury of
regrouping or succor. Follow him to his home, and burn it to the ground so
that it can never again give rise to invaders."
Stardate 1209.04 Command candidate Sompek, IKS tIHoy. Tal'Ihnor Gates system
As we were examining the device that the Sha'kurians were building, it
exploded. The N'taka and the captured construction ship were immediately
destroyed. There was not even any debris thrown off. In the aftermath of the
explosion, a rift opened up. While I assume that the device was meant to
open this rift, and it simply went off prematurely, there was no time for
scientific analysis. Two Sha'kurian heavy carriers started to emerge from
the rift almost immediately, Quick scans revealed five more carriers
preparing to launch from a shipyard just beyond the rift. We must destroy
these carriers and the shipyard before the five carriers can launch, or we
will certainly be lost. Once we've destroyed the shipyard, I am confident
that General Kapact will order an offensive through the rift.
We fell upon the two unprepared carriers, overwhelming them before they
could mount any serious defense.
KCVC IKS Ab'Qaff rolls:150 150(LongSword)o/d
KCA IKS Stovokor rolls:10 o/d
KCA IKS DuranQo rolls:30 o/d
KCA IKS Temujin rolls:50 50(Noble Blood)o/d
KCL IKS Hammer rolls:32 32(Noble Blood)o/d
KCL IKS Capikus rolls:48 48(Noble Blood)o/d
KFF IKS tIHoy rolls: 4 4(Noble Blood)o/d
SCVC SRS Long Sword rolls:50 o/87d
SCVC SRS Noble Blood rolls:125 o/88d
Results:
IKS Ab'Qaff: damage 0/25
KCA IKS Stovokor: damage 0/25
KCA IKS DuranQo: damage 0/25
KCA IKS Temujin: damage 0/25
KCL IKS Hammer: damage 0/25
KCL IKS Capikus: damage 0/25
KFF IKS tIHoy: damage 0/25
SCVC SRS Long Sword: destroyed
SCVC SRS Noble Blood: destroyed
We then pushed through the rift, uncertain of where we were going, or if we
could return. But I felt a surge of excitement. Command, with all its
uncertainties, was starting to acquire a reality. A fine balance, like the
weight of a good bat'leth.
Then we faced the shipyard. It was an ungainly thing, with five elongated
pods around a central angular mass that bristled with weapons emplace. The
pods each held a heavy carrier, with work crews and construction craft
obviously working feverishly to complete the mammoth ships so that they
could be launched against us. As we made a coordinated approach, my tactical
officer detected weapons locks from several of the shipyard's emplacements.
Weapons locks on the tIHoy.
IKS Ab'Qaff rolls:100 100(SSY1)o/d
KCA IKS Stovokor rolls:40 o/40(tIHoy)d
KCA IKS DuranQo rolls:50 o/d
KCA IKS Temujin rolls:30 o/30(tIHoy)d
KCL IKS Hammer rolls:48 o/d
KCL IKS Capikus rolls:40 o/d
KFF IKS tIHoy rolls:24 o/24d
SSY1 rolls:75 75(tIHoy)o/d
Results:
IKS Ab'Qaff: damage 0/25
KCA IKS Stovokor: damage 0/25
KCA IKS DuranQo: damage 0/25
KCA IKS Temujin: damage 0/25
KCL IKS Hammer: damage 0/25
KCL IKS Capikus: damage 0/25
KFF IKS tIHoy: damage 0/25
SSY1: destroyed
Fortunately, General Kapact detected the weapons lock and ordered me to take
evasive action. This was not, he explained afterwards, cowardice or a
selfish attempt to protect me. It was, rather, a tactical move to protect an
important part of the fleet. In any case, the tiIHoy survived the encounter,
and the enemy shipyard did not. Now we push on into the great unknown. And
victory.
Klingon Academy:
Mission 01 Exercise
Beta-Ceti system
Primary Objectives
Destroy Monitoring Station
Cripple Probe Net
Destroy USS Banting (FF)
Maintain Element of Surprise
Defend Jamming Cruiser
Secondary Objectives
Scan Probe Net
Player: Kapact (veteran)
As a student of the Klingon Defense Force's Elite Command Academy, I am one
of one hundred students taking part in a simulated war against the
Federation. We are being led by the Empire's greatest living warrior,
General Chang. It is his mission to make sure that the Empire's warship
commanders are in that position because of their ability to command rather
than their position in our society. Graduation will result in immediate
posting as a warship commander. I am eager to get started.
Cadet Kapact in the IKS QuQVeS. Our mission is to follow the jamming
cruiser in as it allows us to penetrate the Federation sensor net on their
side of the neutral zone. Once the field is jammed, we will be signalled
that it is safe to proceed. Then we will cripple the sensor net by
destroying the prime probes that control the others. We are also to destroy
the NZ-027 monitoring station. Other cadets are carrying out similar
missions along the Federation border in order to open up a wide passage for
our fleet.
The QuQVeS arrived cloaked in the Beta-Ceti system, and waited while the
jamming cruiser went to work. It was an uneasy wait, but finally we were
cleared to attack.
We began to scan the probes, one by one, until we had identified the first.
Then I ordered the rest of the field scanned so that we could identify all
six prime probes. As we were scanning the probes, we were advised that the
jamming was in place, and we were cleared to attack. At the same time, we
detected the monitoring station 8,000 kellikams to port. It was a plain,
uninspiring installation set into a asteroid. Remaining cloaked, we closed
on the station. At 5,000 kellikams, we decloaked and attacked. Possessing
limited shields and no offensive capabilities, it was not a worthy opponent.
We then began to approachthe sensor net. Once we had destroyed the first
prime probe, we detected the USS Banting, an Oberth class escort warping
into the system. We attacked immediately, focusing on the ship's impulse
drive.
IKS QuQVeS rolls:20 20o/d
USS Banting rolls:12 0o/12d
Result:
IKS QuQVeS damage 0/22
USS Banting damage 8/15
IKS QuQVeS rolls:20 0o/20d
USS Banting rolls:12 0o/12d
Result:
IKS QuQVeS damage 0/22
USS Banting damage 8/15
IKS QuQVeS rolls:24 24o/0d
USS Banting rolls:20 0o/20d
Result:
IKS QuQVeS damage 0/22
USS Banting damage 12/15
IKS QuQVeS rolls:4 0o/4d
USS Banting rolls:20 20o/d
Result:
IKS QuQVeS damage 16/22
USS Banting damage 12/15
IKS QuQVeS rolls:16 16o/0d
USS Banting rolls:8 0o/8d
Result:
IKS QuQVeS damage 16/22
USS Banting destroyed
The battle was more of a challenge than I anticipated, but our superior
weapons and armor eventually overwhelmed the enemy. Then it was a simple
matter of clearing out the remaining probes. Once that was finished, we
warped back to base.
Mission 02: Containment Exercise
IKS QuQVeS: B'rel, FF
Primary Objectives
Clear Regas System: USS Carver (Oberth, FF)
statellite
Clear Thaxius System USS Hernandez (Akula, DD)
Warp to Theta Omicron
Secondary Objectives
Respond to Distress Calls (Piachi System, Chuvon: B'rel Class FF vs Tian Nan
Man: Miranda, CL)
Call for Assistance (Thaxius System, IKS Yuthwl' Hech: K'Vort, DD)
Player: Kapact (Veteran), IKS QuQVeS. B'rel class frigate.
Mission 02: Containment
Primary Objectives
Clear Regas System
Clear Thaxius System
Warp to Theta Omicron
Secondary Objectives
Respond to Distress Calls
Call for Assistance
(0809.18) Command candidate Kapact, IKS QuQVeS. Regas, Thaxius, Piachi
Systems
IKS QuQVeS vs USS Carver
IKS QuQVeS rolls:28 28o/0d
USS Carver rolls:12 0o/12d
Result:
IKS QuQVeS damage 0/22
USS Carver destroyed
Our cloaked arrival in the Regas System was instrumental in clearing the
Regas system. We detected the Oberth class frigate holding station near a
satellite of unknown function. We maintained a cloaked approach, decloaking
and firing only when we were at point blank range. The Carver's shields were
down, and our initial volley penetrated their warp core. The enemy was
destroyed immediately. We then destroyed the satellite and recloaked.
Our orders took us next to theThaxius System.
0809.17 Upon arrival in the Thaxius System, we detected the Akula class
destroyer USS Hernandez at extreme range. Rather than risking defeat by a
superior ship, I requested assistance. The K'vort class destroyer IKS
Yuthwl' Hech responded, and arrived shortly. We both launched a cloaked
attack.
(0809.17) IKS QuQVeS, IKS Yuthwl' Hech vs USS Hernandez
IKS QuQVeS rolls:12 12o/d
IKS Yuthwl' Hech rolls:20 20o/d
USS Hernandez rolls:12 0o/12d
Result:
IKS QuQVeS damage 0/22
IKS Yuthwl' Hech damage 0/22
USS Hernandez destroyed
As soon as the Hernandez was destroyed, we cloaked and had set course for
the Theta Omicron system when we received a distress signal from cadet
Jaghjech on the IKS Chuvon, in the Piachi system. Course was set and
executed immediately.
In the Piachi system, we found the Chuvon damaged and struggling to destroy
the USS Tian Nan Man. a Miranda class light cruiser. Fortunately for us, and
Jaghjech, the Tian Nan Man's aft shields were down, and it's hull integrity
was at fifty percent. I invited Jaghjech to join me in a cloaked attack on
the Tian Nan Man.
IKS QuQVeS rolls:16 0o/16d
IKS Chuvon rolls:24 0o/24d
USS Tian Nan Man rolls:32 32o(QuQVeS)/0d
Result:
IKS QuQVeS damage 8/22
IKS Chuvon damage 8/15
USS Tian Nan Man damage 9/15
IKS QuQVeS rolls:8 8o/d
IKS Chuvon rolls:24 24o/d
USS Tian Nan Man rolls:32 0o/32d
Result:
IKS QuQVeS damage 8/22
IKS Chuvon damage 8/15
USS Tian Nan Man damage 9/15
IKS QuQVeS rolls:8 0o/8d
IKS Chuvon rolls:16 0o/16d
USS Tian Nan Man rolls:8 0o/8d
Result:
IKS QuQVeS damage 8/22
IKS Chuvon damage 8/15
USS Tian Nan Man damage 9/15
IKS QuQVeS rolls:16 0o/16d
IKS Chuvon rolls:20 0o/20d
USS Tian Nan Man rolls:24 0o/24d
Result:
IKS QuQVeS damage 8/22
IKS Chuvon damage /15
USS Tian Nan Man destroyed
Outgunned as we were, we were victorious after a desperate battle. Battered
but victorious, we both cloaked and set course for the Theta Omicron system.
Dev notes: For the cloaked attack, the QuQVeS gets to add 8 points post
multiplier on the first volley. Aside from that, normal rules apply. As it
turns out, a cloaked attack is no guarantee of victory. In this setting, the
victory over the Tian Nan Man took three attempts and a lot of luck. Next
time I'll have the Yuthwl' Hech join me in the Piachi system.
Mission 03: Cry Havok
Player: Kapact (veteran)
IKS qul mIwI': Insurrection, DD
Primary Objectives
Strike the MacArthur System
Strike the Nimitz System empty
Strike the Bradley System
Strike the Patton System
Rendevous in Punjab
Secondary Objectives
Call for Assistance
I am honored to have survived to achieve command of the Insurrection class
destroyer IKS qul mIwI'. My orders are to continue lightning strikes into
Federation territory, helping our forces to seem to be everywhere at the
same time. Commander Thok Mak has assigned the Pipeq and the Chuvon as my
escorts, and our targets to be the following systems:
MacArthur System
Nimitz System
Bradley System
Patton System
We will then rendevous with the fleet in the Punjab system.
During General Chang's inspiring briefing, we were reminded that it would be
foolish to attempt to take on more than we can hope to defeat. I can only
assume that just that possibility exists as we push further into Federation
space.
Arriving cloaked in the MacArthur system, we detected two Okinawa class
frigates, apparently unaware of our arrival. I ordered the Pipeq and the
Chuvon to converge on one while I attacked the other.
(1109.29)IKS qul mIwI' vs USS FF
IKS qul mIwI' rolls:36 36o/d
USS FF rolls:8 0o/8d
results
IKS qul mIwI' damage: 0/25
USS FF destroyed
(1109.29)IKS Pipeq, IKS Chuvon vs USS FF
IKS Pipeq rolls:6 6o/d
IKS Chuvon rolls:24 24o/d
USS FF rolls:8 0o/8d
results
IKS Pipeq damage: 0/25
IKS Chuvon damage: 0/25
USS FF destroyed
As soon as the two frigates were destroyed, three Constitution class heavy
cruisers warped into the system. Much as I would have liked to order an
attack, I decided that it would have been foolish. As per instructions, I
contacted the fleet. We were ordered to retreat immediately and resume our
assigned patrol. With reluctance, I ordered my escorts to move out of
weapons range, then to cloak and warp out.
We arrived cloaked in the Nimitz system to find it, to our disappointment,
completely empty. Our arrival in the Bradley system was almost as
disheartening. We encountered a civilian liner, the Altair Star. While it
would have been gratifying to destroy the vessel, (and cadet Jaghjech argued
for clearance to do just that), I felt that it would be dishonorable. We
allowed it to move on unmolested. When it was out of range, we set course
for the Patton system.
Finally, there, we found a worthwhile target in a Miranda class light
cruiser that seemed to be guarding two freighters. One was a Bulldog FRT,
and the other was 6Y-6000 class. While I was confident that the Pipeq and
Chuvon could easily destroy the Miranda, I decided to take no chances. I
ordered them to join me in a cloaked attack on the light cruiser. We could
then hunt down the freighters at our leisure.
IKS qul mIwI', IKS Pipeq, IKS Chuvon vs USS Miranda
IKS qul mIwI' rolls:30 30o/d
IKS Pipeq rolls:8 8o/d
IKS Chuvon rolls:36 36o/d
USS Miranda rolls:8 0o/8d
results
IKS qul mIwI' damage: 0/25
IKS Pipeq damage: 0/25
IKS Chuvon damage: 0/25
USS Miranda destroyed
The Miranda presented little challenge under our united assault, but the two
freighters were alerted. After a lengthy pursuit, we caught up with the
freighters and destroyed them:
(1109.29) IKS Pipeq, IKS Chuvon vs USS Bulldog FRT
IKS Pipeq rolls:12 12o/0d
IKS Chuvon rolls:6 6o/0d
USS Bulldog FRT rolls:8 0o/8d
results
IKS Pipeq damage: 0/25
IKS Chuvon damage: 0/25
USS Bulldog FRT damage: 10/15
IKS Pipeq rolls:30 18o/12d
IKS Chuvon rolls:12 0o/12d
USS Bulldog FRT rolls:2 0o/2d
results
IKS Pipeq damage: 0/25
IKS Chuvon damage: 0/25
USS Bulldog FRT destroyed
(1109.29) IKS qul mIwI' vs USS 6Y-6000
IKS qul mIwI' rolls:12 12o/d
USS 6Y-6000 rolls:8 0o/8d
results
IKS qul mIwI' damage: 0/25
USS 6Y-6000 damage: 4/15
IKS qul mIwI' rolls:36 24o/12d
USS 6Y-6000 rolls:6 0o/6d
results
IKS qul mIwI' damage: 0/25
USS 6Y-6000 destroyed
With the joy of combat in our hearts, we recloaked and engaged warp for the
Punjab system. Mission accomplished.
Head to Head Sector Conquest (Note: This catches you up with the entire
sequence to date. Starting next week, you'll just get just the week's
activity)
Turn 1)
(1209.13)
System 1: FCA USS Essex FCA USS Challenger FCA USS Tahir FCA USS Robau FCA
USS Abrahms FCA USS Orci form Fed 1st Fleet (FF1). Contact: 4 KCA's *won
toss. (1209.13) FCA USS Essex FCA USS Challenger FCA USS Tahir FCA USS Robau
FCA USS Abrahms FCA USS Orci vs KCA IKS D'Qu KCA IKS NaQjej KCA IKS Ej'QuD
KCA IKS Qaw'lu: Klingons destroyed. No damage to FF1.
System 5: KCA IKS Kandido KCA IKS Kurry KCA IKS DuranQo KCA IKS Ok'ran KCA
IKS D'Han KCA IKS Glommer form Klingon 1st Fleet (KF1). Contact: 4 FCA's
*won toss. (1209.13) KCA IKS Kandido KCA IKS Kurry KCA IKS DuranQo KCA IKS
Ok'ran KCA IKS D'Han KCA IKS Glommer vs FCA USS Washington FCA USS Roosevelt
FCA USS Cleveland FCA USS Detroit: Feds destroyed. No damage to KF1.
Turn 2)
(1209.13)
System 1: FF1 begin construct FSY Desilu. FSY Desilu construct turn 1= no
contact
System 5: KF1 begin construct KSY Klinzai. KSY Klinzai construct turn 1=
contact 5 FCA's *lost toss: (1209.13) KCA IKS Kandido KCA IKS Kurry KCA IKS
DuranQo KCA IKS Ok'ran KCA IKS D'Han KCA IKS Glommer vs FCA USS Loknar FCA
USS Churchill FCA USS Hornet FCA USS Entebbe FCA USS Bozeman: KCA IKS
Glommer KCA IKS D'Han destroyed. FCA USS Hornet FCA USS Entebbe FCA USS
Bozeman captured. FCA USS Hornet FCA USS Entebbe FCA USS Bozeman now
constitute KF1.
Turn 3)
(1209.14)
System 1: FSY Desilu construct turn 2= contact: 5 KCA's *lost toss (1209.14)
FCA USS Essex FCA USS Challenger FCA USS Tahir FCA USS Robau FCA USS Abrahms
FCA USS Orci vs KCA IKS BortaS KCA IKS Klolode KCA IKS Kor KCA IKS Kang KCA
IKS Koloth: FF1 destroyed. KCA IKS BortaS destroyed. KCA IKS Klolode damage
5/25. IKS Kor KCA IKS Kang KCA IKS Koloth undamaged.
System 5: KF1 (captured FCA USS Hornet FCA USS Entebbe FCA USS Bozeman)
continue construct KSY Klinzai. KSY Klinzai construct turn 2= no contact
Turn 4)
(1209.14)
System 1:
IKS Kor KCA IKS Kang KCA IKS Koloth form KF2. Contact: 4 FCA's *won toss
(1209.14) IKS Kor KCA IKS Kang KCA IKS Koloth vs FCA USS Christopher FCA USS
Belknap FCA USS Gideon FCA USS Riverside. KCA IKS Koloth captures FCA USS
Christopher (damage 10/15). All other ships destroyed.
System 5: KF1 (captured FCA USS Hornet FCA USS Entebbe FCA USS Bozeman)
continue construct KSY Klinzai. KSY Klinzai construct turn 3= no contact.
KSY Klinzai complete.
Turn 5)
(1209.16)
System 1:
FCA USS Christopher (damage 10/15) KCA IKS Koloth move to open space: repair
turn 1 contact? no contact. search for convoy? no contact
System 5: KSY Klinzai begin construct KCA IKS Sompek turn 1? contact: 2
FCA's KF1 (captured FCA IKS Hornet FCA IKS Entebbe FCA IKS Bozeman) remain
on station. contact? no contact
Turn 6)
(1209.16)
System 1:
KCA IKS Koloth remain on station repair turn 2: contact? contact: 2 FCA USS
Christopher KCA IKS Koloth : (1209.16) KCA IKS Koloth FCA USS Christopher vs
FCA USS Shatner FCA USS Arizona: FCA USS Christopher KCA IKS Koloth
destroyed FCA USS Shatner damage: 10/15 FCA USS Arizona damage: 10/15
System 5: KSY Klinzai begin construct KCA IKS Sompek turn 1? contact: 2
FCA's *won toss: (1209.16) KSY Klinzai FCA IKS Hornet FCA IKS Entebbe FCA
IKS Bozeman vs FCA USS Kurtzman FCA USS Justman: FCA USS Kurtzman FCA USS
Justman destroyed. No damage to Klingons.
Turn 7)
(1209.16)
System 1:
FCA USS Shatner damage: 10/15 FCA USS Arizona damage: 10/15 remain on
station. Repair turn 1? contact: 1 KCA *won toss. (1209.16) FCA USS Shatner
FCA USS Arizona vs KCA IKS Tong Ve: All ships destroyed.
System 5: KSY Klinzai begin construct KCA IKS Sompek turn 1? contact: 2
FCA's *won toss: (1209.16) KSY Klinzai FCA IKS Hornet FCA IKS Entebbe FCA
IKS Bozeman vs FCA USS Kurtzman FCA USS Justman: FCA USS Kurtzman FCA USS
Justman destroyed. No damage to Klingons.
Turn 8)
(1209.17)
System 5: KSY Klinzai construct KCA IKS Sompek turn 2? contact: 2 FCA's
*lost toss: (1209.17) KSY Klinzai FCA IKS Hornet FCA IKS Entebbe FCA IKS
Bozeman vs FCA USS San Francisco FCA USS Pensacola: FCA IKS Hornet
destroyed. FCA USS San Francisco FCA USS Pensacola destroyed. FCA IKS
Entebbe FCA IKS Bozeman undamaged.
Turn 9)
(1209.17)
System 5: KSY Klinzai construct KCA IKS Sompek turn 2? contact: 2 FCA's
*lost toss: (1209.17) KSY Klinzai FCA IKS Hornet FCA IKS Entebbe FCA IKS
Bozeman vs FCA USS San Francisco FCA USS Pensacola: FCA IKS Hornet
destroyed. FCA USS San Francisco FCA USS Pensacola destroyed. FCA IKS
Entebbe FCA IKS Bozeman undamaged.
Turn 10)
(1209.17)
System 5: KSY Klinzai construct KCA IKS Sompek turn 3? contact: 5 FCA's
*lost toss: (1209.17) KSY Klinzai FCA IKS Hornet FCA IKS Entebbe FCA IKS
Bozeman vs FCA USS Bismark FCA USS Richmond FCA USS Roanoke FCA USS
Alexandria FCA USS Columbia: KSY Klinzai no damage all other ships
destroyed. KCA IKS Sompek complete
Turn 11)
(1209.17)
System 5: KCA IKS Sompek on station. KSY Klinzai construct KCA IKS Qor'Du
turn 1? contact: no contact
Turn 12)
(1209.17)
System 5: KCA IKS Sompek on station. KSY Klinzai construct KCA IKS Qor'Du
turn 2? contact: 6 FCA's *won toss (1209.17) KSY Klinzai KCA IKS Sompek vs
FCA USS Landau FCA USS Yorktown FCA USS April FCA USS Archer FCA USS Reagan
FCA USS Missouri
Turn 13)
(1209.17)
System 5: KCA IKS Sompek on station. KSY Klinzai construct KCA IKS Qor'Du
turn 3? contact: 3 FCA's *lost toss (1209.17) KSY Klinzai KCA IKS Sompek vs
FCA USS George Washington FCA USS Abraham Lincoln FCA USS John Adams: KSY
Klinzai undamaged. All other ships destroyed. KCA IKS Qor'Du complete.
Turn 14)
(1209.17)
System 5: KCA IKS Qor'Du on station. KSY Klinzai construct KCA IKS Klin turn
1? no contact
Turn 15)
(1209.17)
System 5: KCA IKS Qor'Du on station. KSY Klinzai construct KCA IKS Klin turn
2? no contact
Turn 16)
(1209.17)
System 5: KCA IKS Qor'Du on station. KSY Klinzai construct KCA IKS Klin turn
3? contact 4 FCA's *lost toss. (1209.18) KSY Klinzai KCA IKS Qur'Du vs FCA
USS Sydney FCA USS Kronomag FCA USS Akagi FCA USS Sutherland: FCA USS Sydney
FCA USS Kronomag FCA USS Akagi FCA USS Sutherland. No damage to Klingons
Turn 17)
(1209.18)
System 5: KCA IKS Klin complete. KCA IKS Qor'Du on station. KSY Klinzai
construct KCA IKS Chang turn 1? no contact.
Turn 18)
(1209.18)
System 5: KCA IKS Klin on station. KCA IKS Qor'Du on station. KSY Klinzai
construct KCA IKS Chang turn 2? no contact.
Turn 19)
(1209.18)
System 5: KCA IKS Klin on station. KCA IKS Qor'Du on station. KSY Klinzai
construct KCA IKS Chang turn 3? contact: 5 KCA's *won toss (1209.18) KSY
Klinzai KCA IKS Klin IKS Qur'Du vs FCA USS Adelaide FCA USS Auckland FCA USS
Wellington FCA USS Stalingrad FCA USS Larson: FCA USS Adelaide FCA USS
Auckland FCA USS Wellington FCA USS Stalingrad FCA USS Larson destroyed. No
damage to Klingons
Turn 20)
(1209.18)
System 5: KCA IKS Chang complete. KCA IKS Klin on station. KCA IKS Qor'Du on
station. KSY Klinzai construct KCA IKS Korax turn 1? contact: 4 KCA's *won
toss (1209.18) KSY Klinzai KCA IKS Klin IKS Qur'Du KCA IKS Chang vs FCA USS
New York FCA USS London FCA USS Ferriman FCA USS Garrovick: FCA USS New York
FCA USS London FCA USS Ferriman FCA USS Garrovick destroyed. No damage to
Klingons
Turn 21)
(1209.18)
System 5: KCA IKS Chang on station. KCA IKS Klin on station. KCA IKS Qor'Du
on station. KSY Klinzai construct KCA IKS Korax turn 2? no contact
Turn 22)
(1209.18)
System 5: KCA IKS Chang on station. KCA IKS Klin on station. KCA IKS Qor'Du
on station. KSY Klinzai construct KCA IKS Korax turn 3? contact: 5 FCA's
*won toss. (1209.18) KSY Klinzai KCA IKS Klin IKS Qur'Du KCA IKS Chang vs
FCA USS Beijing FCA USS New Orleans FCA USS Canberra FCA USS Kodiak FCA USS
Brisbane: FCA USS Beijing FCA USS New Orleans FCA USS Canberra FCA USS
Kodiak FCA USS Brisbane destroyed. No damage to Klingons
Turn 23)
(1209.18)
System 5: KCA IKS Korax complete. KCA IKS Chang on station. KCA IKS Klin on
station. KCA IKS Qor'Du on station. KSY Klinzai construct KCA IKS Klug turn
1? contact: 5 FCA's
PvP games reported:
(1109.06) PCA AV Sitka vs KCA IKS 'etlh: IKS 'etlh destroyed.
(1209.15) PCA AV Sitka vs KCA IKS 'etlh: AV Sitka destroyed.
Command College:
"What Are Your Orders, Captain?"
(TOS Era)
The Starship Defiant was not the only Starfleet vessel to run afoul of the
Tholian Assembly. On stardate 2794.4, the Akula Class Destroyer USS Sparta
was patrolling the Klingon neutral zone when it discovered a ship that
appeared to be stuck in a gravity well. The ship was of Federation design,
roughly similar to the Akula configuration, with a saucer positioned between
two nacelles. That is where the similarities ended. This ship was easily
twice the size of the Sparta, capable, based on projections and
extrapolations from the Sparta's technical specifications, of holding at
least 800 crew. Attempts to discern hull markings for name or registration
were unsuccessful due to the tell-tale visual shimmering effect that has
come to be associated with Tholian interspatial corridors. Life reading
scans showed no definite signs, though they were unable to run detailed
scans due to unusual electromagnetic interference blanketing the area.
Repeated attempts to contact the crew or the ships onboard computer were
unsuccessful. There was little question of what needed to be done.
Mysterious or not, unidentified or not, a Federation starship is a
Federation starship. But with Klingons beginning to close on the area,
Captain Robau knows that this could, in the end, be anything but a routine
rescue/recovery mission.
The Klingons are less than ten minutes away, and register as a D7 Heavy
Cruiser, and a smaller, unidentified profile. In a pure combat sense,
Captain Robau knows that he is outmatched. He also knows that the Klingons
will either destroy the ship, or worse, take it for the technology.
What should be Captain Robau's course of action?
Post your solution here for a Command College Point. Feel free to discuss
this with the 'comment' feature
"Captain's Log"
"...all around us..."
21) The fabric of space/time begins to warp, producing chaotic results
Class L Marginal
Age: 4-10 billion years
Diameter: 10,000-15,000 km
Location: Ecosphere
Surface: Rocky and barren, little surface water
Atmosphere: Oxygen/argon, high concentration of carbon dioxide
Life forms: Limited to plant life; suitable for humanoid colonization
Example: Indri VIII
(A/OS Era)(Moderator's Note: A/OS refers to the 2009 film, Alternate
Original Series Era)
USS Ares
Roddenberry Class Explorer
Science Officer's Log
Commander Al Rashid
In the aftermath of the Narada/Red Matter detonation near the Alpha Centauri
system, we are one of a dozen science ships pressed into emergency
survey/recovery operations. While the system itself seems to be safe from
the effects of the black hole, there are dozens of worlds in the vicinity
that are suffering sometimes unstable and unpredictable consequences. The
Ares itself was assigned to what was the only class M planet in an adjacent
system, designated as Newton in the starcharts. Newton III was home to a
twelve-person observation research outpost studying localized
micro-disturbances in the space/time continuum. Those micro-disturbances are
now major disturbances, quite literally all around us, and one after-effect
has been the destabilization of the system's sun. That destabilization has
effectively changed Newton III from Class M to Class L (Marginal) with a
rocky and barren surface and extremely little surface water. The atmosphere
has suffered extreme changes, reading as primarily oxygen/argon, with a high
concentration of carbon dioxide. The science team is gone, and only very
tough plant life remains. Fortunately, it won't be difficult to reestablish
an outpost here, and they'll have plenty of work to do. The loss of this
team is a tragedy, but considering that Nero was seconds away from turning
Earth into a black hole, all of us who survived can count ourselves very
lucky.
for next week. write a 100+ word log entry including the phrase
"...dangerous and unpredictable...". Post it in the yahoo group or on the
blogsite's "comment" feature for a Command College Point.
Dev Notes:
This summary represents what is almost a relaunch for the summary I found
that I was working very hard at playing/playtesting the game all week, then
working hard at essentially writing probably a thousand words of fiction
completely separate from the week's work. Now I'm using the week's work to
comprise the summary, which is in fact what should happen. And I may again
explore the concept of tying game play in to the Command College. And of
course, I've written a very short and simple "Captain's Log" set in the 2009
movie A/OS Alternate Original Series Era.
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