THE ANVIL U.S.S. Hephaestus: NCC-2004 December 2014

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A MEMBER OF STARFLEET INTERNATIONAL

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INSIDE THIS ISSUEINSIDE THIS ISSUEINSIDE THIS ISSUEINSIDE THIS ISSUE

From the Ready Roomt 1

XO Briefing 1

Ship’s Log 2

Starfleet Marine Corps 2

Starfleet Renewal Reminders 2

Treasury Report 3

Away Team and Activity Schedule 3

Christmas Movies 4

Hunt for the Icon 4

Area Conventions 4

Star Trek News 5

Star Trek Fiction 6

Name the Actor Playing Santa 7

Reviews 8

Name The Alien Answers 9

Command Structure 11

WEB LINKS

Starfleet www.sfi.org

Region 2

www.region2.org

USS Hephaestus www.usssheph.org

Editor MarkAdam Miller

Layout, Graphics and Publishing Brenda A. Miller

Marine Reporting Neil Yawn

Treasury Reporting MarkAdam Miller

HEPHAESTUS is the Greek name for the Roman

god of the forge, Vulcan. Birmingham has the

world’s largest iron statue, that of the Roman god,

Vulcan. We named our Starfleet chapter the

Hephaestus to give us ties to our city and to Star

Trek, which has had its own Vulcan since 1966.

Hephaestus forged armor and weapons for the gods.

We create our own “armor and weapons” here, in

our newsletter, so it is called The Anvil.

The Anvil, Issue 279 is the monthly newsletter of

the USS Hephaestus, NCC-2004, of Starfleet, The

International Star Trek Fan Association. All terms

and phrases from Star Trek are owned by

Paramount Pictures Corporation, a division of

Paramount Communications and all rights are

reserved.

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Greeting from your Captain, It is Christmas Time. This is a fun time because I like to see all the Christmas Movies that are on. I fill up my DVR with a lot of the movies on ABC Family and Lifetime. Christmas movies are about the only chick flicks I like. Also I love to watch the cartoon How the Grinch Stole Christmas. The Jim Carrey movie is okay but I still like the cartoon better. Check out the Name the Santa later in the Anvil for some of my favorite Santa’s. . Have a Merry Christmas and a Happy New Year

Capt. MarkAdam Miller { cohephaestus@bellsouth.net https://www.facebook.com/groups/Hephaestus2004/

XXOO BBrriieeffiinngg

I have just one item concerning Ship’s business. Simply this:

HAVE A VERY MERRY CHRISTMAS AND A HAPPY NEW YEAR!

See ya’ll next year!

Pat Hicks booklady44@charter.net

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SShhiipp’’ss LLoogg November 8, 2014 Fall Feast

We had a great time at our Fall Feast. Pete made the usual turkey with stuffing that was delicious as usual. Also the usual games of Muchkin, Dalmuti and Texas Hold’em were played. We also had the Ferengi Swap that was very successful with a lot of interesting gifts.

Attendance: 20 People

November 28, 2014 – Kingdom Comics Kingdom Comics had its Annual Black Friday Sale. Lots of people were there. They had a lot of Star Trek items that were on sale for really good prices. The Captain got a new com badge for himself.

Attendance: 4 Crewmen t Personnel Updates:

No updates at this time..

(If you have any news or accomplishments you would like to share with the group please email them to me at: cohephaestus@bellsouth.net. Also your personal updates can give your Captain added info to help get you

recognition and awards at summit for your accomplishments).

SSttaarrfflleeeett MMaarriinnee CCoorrppss Greetings,

The 654th MSG is looking for members. There is a completely different set of Academy schools for those

trying to get the Boothby awards. There is no pressure in joining. There are two categories: Active which

means all ranks will be Marine ranks, and Reserve which means you stay primarily Fleet and only use Marine

ranks when doing marine stuff. Contact Major General Neil Yawn if you are interested or have questions.

Looking to boost your Boothby Awards? The Starfleet Marines Academy may be your answer. Check out

what SFMC Academy has for you.

Lt. General Neil Yawn, OIC 1 BN, 2BDE, OIC 654 MSG

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Potts Family 03/05/15

Mohney Family 03/11/15 Mangina 05/15/15 Green 06/04/15 Hicks family 06/16/15 Lindsay 06/18/15

Miller Family 08/26/15 Robinson 09/17/15 Arnold 11/30/15 Youngblood-Yawn 11/30/15

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Description Payments Deposits Balance

Beginning Balance $ 70.00

Feast Prizes $ 20.00 $ 50.00

Feast Food $ 16.00 $ 34.00

Ending Balance $ 34.00

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DATE EVENT/TIME LOCATION/ACTIVITY Dec 6, 2014 Anvil Deadline cohephaestus@bellsouth.net Dec 12, 2014 Poker – 7 pm Mohney’s House Dec 13, 2014 Social – 7 pm Mohney’s House Jan. 3, 2015 Anvil Deadline cohephaestus@bellsouth.net

Jan 9, 2015 Poker – 7 pm Paul Mohney’s House

Jan 10, 2015 Social – 7 pm Mohney’s House Feb. 3, 2015 Anvil Deadline cohephaestus@bellsouth.net Feb. 9, 2015 Poker – 7 pm Pott’s House Feb 10, 2015 Social – 7 pm Mohney’s House Mar. 7, 2015 Anvil Deadline cohephaestus@bellsouth.net Mar. 13, 2015 Poker – 7 pm Miller’s House Mar 14, 2015 Social – 7 pm Mohney’s House

ALL EVENTS AND TIMES SUBJECT TO CHANGE, PLEASE REFER TO THIS

SECTION FOR UP TO DATE INFORMATION

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Hunt for the Icon Did you find the five Icons last month? Last month’s Icon was { There were five of them hidden in October’s Newsletter. If you did not find them all they were:

1. From the Ready Room After my Signature 2. Starfleet Marine Corps. Report end of last paragraph 3. Star Trek News in the Title of Sorry Ladies 4. In Title of Name the Alien 5. Alabama Phoenix Ad.

I hope you found them all. This Month the Icon will be t symbol. There are five of them excluding the example above.

Area Conventions For additional Cons please go to http://www.southernfan.com/calendar.htm

This section lists Cons that might be if interest to our group. It is not intended to be a complete list. It appears that there are no more Cons in our area of interest for the rest of the year. If I’ve missed one, please let me know so I can list it in the next issue.

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Looking for a Director for Star Trek 3

Robert Orci has step down from directing Star Trek 3. The rumors that Paramount asked him to step down

because of the script Orci says is wrong. Fans have set up a Facebook page and a hashtag following on twitter

with #bringinRiker. Riker being Jonathan Frakes who is willing but says that it is slim chance they will let him.

Other people Paramount is considering is Edgar White (Shaun of the Dead) Joe Cornish who was considered

before Orci was announced.

(www.trektoday.com)

35th anniversary for Star Trek The Motion Picture

Star Trek the Motion Picture is 35 years old this year. The movie grew out of abandon Star Trek Phase 2 TV

project. It was directed by Robert Wise who was known for The Day the Earth Stood Still and The Andromeda

Strain. The movie has both its fans and detractors. It is considered what brought Star Trek back and gave the

fans something to look forward too.

(www.startrek.com)

Zoe Saldana Gives Birth

Zoe Saldana gave birth to twin boys on December 8th. Zoe is married to Marc Perego an artist. Zoe Saldana is

known in the Star Trek universe as the New Uhura. Congratulations from the crew of the Hephaestus.

Christmas Gifts The Trek News feeds again were filled with many

things to buy for Christmas. The only thing that stuck out to me was getting a Student I.D. for Starfleet Academy from Cafepress. Other than that there was not much else I couldn’t live with out. If you are looking for something to suggest to

friends then you might want to point them to these sites. (www.startrek.com, www.trekmovie.com, www.trektoday.com,etc). I am sure there is something there that you might

want or need from these interesting items. Again, I do not want the Wesley Crusher Uniform Hoodie! (Did I miss something? You have an interesting news item from Star Trek? Then send me your suggestions and

articles at cohephaestus@bellsouth.net)

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Star Trek Fiction

Star Trek: The New Adventures: The Starlight Before Christmas

By: Donald Arnold

Bill and Stephanie were decorating their quarters for

Christmas. The Enterprise J was in route to Earth, but not

quickly. Spock had warned Bill not to hurry back for any

reason. The Ambassador was acting strangely lately. He

seemed worried constantly. He even turned down

Christmas dinner a few days early so everyone could go

home for Christmas. Ambassador Spock kept his distance

for a reason. All was not right within the Federation. Bill

didn’t think of it much. He and his wife hummed

Christmas carols and working quickly. They had both been

the reason the ship was festive for almost every holiday.

Oftentimes, for Christmas, Bill even got it to snow, thanks

to the staff. He thought about if he’d do that this year. The

klaxon sounded, though. t

Bill and Stephanie got to the bridge and something was

going on at the planet Neptune. Bill tried to sense

something, anything. He couldn’t figure out what was

going on but when they arrived, a great shadow had fallen

over one area. There was no sign of what it was except that

it vanished ten minutes after the Enterprise J got there.

Bill, Stephanie, Spock, Data, and Jack beamed down.

There were stone arms reaching out of the ground, statues

everywhere, and a blue box in the middle. Bill knew this

had The Doctor written all over it but he couldn’t

remember what the statues were. The Doctor came out. He

had regenerated again. He looked… older. There was a

young woman with him that he kept calling Clara. Bill

questioned, “Doctor, did you do this?” The Doctor looked

at him as if he had lost it and responded, “I make an effort

not to cause Weeping Angels…” He said nothing further

as he fired some strange energy from his sonic screwdriver

and barely missed Data’s head. Bill turned to see one of

the statues had been destroyed. The crew got in a grouping

where no one wasn’t looking at a statue. Bill said, “I

remember these now, Doc! I must have forgotten them

after that little event with the transfusion. Which reminds

me, does that need to be redone now that you’ve

regenerated?” This new Doctor seemed concerned more

about keeping Clara in the TARDIS than anything. He

answered, “You don’t have to that I know of. I’m glad you

remember the Weeping Angels but remembering and

destroying are two different things. I was here following a

legend that said a mysterious and allusive Time Lord lived

here. Evidence has been found of his existence but nothing

that was strong enough to be scientific. He lives just over

this clearing but we can’t get there without the Angels

taking the phone box.” Bill asked, “Can the Enterprise

destroy them? Does the TARDIS still have those shields I

installed?” The Doctor said ‘yes’ to both questions. They

group ran into the TARDIS and locked the door. It shook

as a bright red light destroyed the Weeping Angels. Bill,

The Doctor, and Company continued on. A small village

smelling of baked goods lay over the hill and singing came

from it. The Doctor climbed up on the roof and Bill and

the others turned invisible and went through the front door.

They all met in the center of a room where they were met

by a large man in a red suit to which The Doctor said,

“Saint Nick. So the legends of Gallifrey are true. A time

lord alive longer than me. No man has ever caught him,

despite trying…” Bill and the others talked but they

headed back as the Doctor obsessed over Saint Nick, a

Time Lord who was very, very famous on Gallifrey.

Christmas on the ship and Christmas at home were great

for Bill. However, after all was over, he was called back to

Vulcan ASAP by Ambassador Spock. The truth was about

to be revealed…

TO BE CONTINUED…

(Donald Arnold is a member of the Hephaestus and has written many Star Trek fan fiction. If you have any fan fiction you would like

to submit then send me your stories at cohephaestus@bellsouth.net)

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Reviews

Gotham (Fox – Monday 7PM central) By MarkAdam Miller

RATING: AAAaa

(Spoiler Alert – May be spoilers in the article) tttt

If you are a big Batman fan then this might not be the show for you. Bruce Wayne is in the program but as a 12 year old boy. This is about Commissioner Gordon when he was a detective. Also we are seeing several of the know villains before they were made infamous (Penguin, Riddler, and Catwomen.)

Ben McKenzie is playing James Gordon. He is known for THE O.C. Donal Logue is playing the Detective Harvey Bullock. Donal Logue is better known for his character Lee Toric in Sons of Anarchy and Sean Finnerty in Grounded for Life. A well know actress Jada Pinkett Smith is playing Fish Mooney. Jada is better know for the character Christina Hawthorne in Hawthorne, Carla Purty in the Nutty Professor with Eddie Murphy and being the wife of Will Smith.

The program is good but is moving slow. They are doing set up for several of the characters. The focus is mostly around Gordon, Bullock, Mooney and Penguin. The premise is that Gotham is slowly decaying and the only thing stopping it is the Wayne Foundation. Now that the Wayne’s have been killed there is nothing stopping the war that is coming between the crime Bosses Falcone and Maroni. Most of the cops are on the take to Falcone so they are turning the other way on most of the crime.

The people they have chosen are really some good actors to play the different people we know and love from the comic. I really like seeing David Zayas (Angel Batista from Dexter) playing the Mob Boss Maroni. He does a good job as a Mob Boss. Camren Bicondova is doing a good job as Catwomen/Selina Kyle. The only problem is that she seems a little old to be a love interest of Batman later on in the Batman story.

It has a great beginning and I think if they stay on the Gordon/Bullock track and don’t veer off on the Batman line then they will have a really good show.

Forever (ABC -Tueday 9PM central) By MarkAdam Miller

RATING: AAAAA

(Spoiler Alert – May be spoilers in the article)

If you are watching Agents of S.H.E.I.L.D. then you need to stay tuned after the show and watch Forever.

This is a program that has a man who doesn’t die. Every time he is killed he comes back to life in the nearest

body of water. He has been alive for over 200 years. The man is named Henry Morgan and is played by Ioan

Gruffudd. Ioan Gruffudd is better known for Reed Richard/Mr. Fantastic in the Fantastic Four Movie. Judd

Hirsch is also in the program playing his friend Abe. (SPOILER ALERT) Abe is actually a child that Henry

saved in WWII and raised as his son. It is an interesting contrast to see an older man looking to a man that looks

to be younger than him. Alana De La Garza is playing police detective Jo Martinez who is the one helping

Henry solve the murder cases.

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This has been a good program tying Henry’s past with what is going on in the here and now. Because of his

age he is looking at things from a different perspective that gives insight into what is happening. He is also

trying to understand why he doesn’t die and that is why he became a medical examiner to study death. I really

like this program and gives a good twist on the old formula for cop shows.

(Did I miss something? You have an interesting movie or TV show you would like to review or be reviewed?

Then send me your suggestions and articles to cohephaestus@bellsouth.net)

Name the Alien Answers

Balok (Puppet) The Corbomite Maneuver Gav Tellarite (John Wheeler) Journey to Babel

Yarnek Excalbian (Janos Prohaska) The Savage Curtain

M-113 Creature (Sharon Gimbel) The Man Trap

Balok (Clint Howard) The Corbomite Maneuver Shras Andorian(Reggie Nalder) Journey to Babel

Commissioner Bele (Frank Gorshin) Let that Be Your Last Battle Field

Ruk Android (Ted Cassidy) What Are Little Girls Made Of

Gorn (Bill Blackburn & Bobby Clark) Arena Marta Orion (Yvonne Craig)Whom Gods Destroy

As a side note Ted Cassidy was the voice of the Balok Puppet and the Gorn so if you said that for those 2 Aliens then give yourself a point.

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USS HEPHAESTUS

COMMAND STRUCTURE

COMMAND STAFF EXECUTIVE COMMITTEE

MarkAdam Miller, Captain – Commanding Officer Pat Hicks, Fleet Captain – 1st Officer

Brenda Miller, Lt Cmdr – Second Officer

SueEllen Mohney, Captain Denby Potts, Rear Admiral Danny Potts, Rear Admiral

SCIENCES NAVIGATION

Roy Green, Brigadier, SFMC – Archaeology and Anthropology

Pete Mohney, Admiral

COMPUTER SCIENCES ENGINEERING

Danny Potts, Rear Admiral Flo Hurst, Commander

COMMUNICATIONS SECURITY

Brenda A. Miller, Lt Cmdr Pat Simmons, Lt Cmdr

Melissa Boartfield, Crewman

Roy Green, Brigadier, SFMC – Security Intelligence, Chief

OPERATIONS MARINES

SueEllen Mohney, Captain – Chief of Operations and Counselor

Shelia Benton, Lt Col – Stampede Coordinator, SFMC

Neil Yawn, Lt. General, SFMC Roy Green, Brigadier ,SFMC

Shelia Benton, Lt Col Brenda A. Miller, Lt Cmdr

– Ships Administrative Assistant Lynnette Yawn, Lt. – Ships Galley Officer

MEDICAL AMBASSADORS

Shelia Benton, Lt Commander – Chief Medical Officer, SFMD

Mike Burtyk t

CADET TRAINING UNASSIGNED CREW AND CIVILIANS

Matthew Potts, Petty Officer Katrina Mohney, Cadet Crewman

Tara Mohney, Cadet Athena Youngblood, Cadet

Gloria Greening, Lt Edward deGruy, Lt Cmdr

Renee Gainer, Lt JG Donald Arnold, Ensign Diedra Robinson, Ensign

Haley Youngblood, Crewmen Phillip Mangina, Red Shirt

Dennis Evans, Fleet Captain(ret.)