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

ALWAYS ONWARD

A MEMBER OF STARFLEET INTERNATIONAL

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INSIDE THIS ISSUEINSIDE THIS ISSUEINSIDE THIS ISSUEINSIDE THIS ISSUE

From the Ready Room 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

Quotable Quotes 4

Hunt for the Icon 4

Star Trek News 5

Star Trek Fiction 6

Name The Alien 7

Reviews 8

Area Conventions 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 278 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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USS HEPHAESTUS 1 ALWAYS ONWARD

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Greeting from your Captain, Happy Thanksgiving. This is the month when the diet we all are working on goes out the window for two months. I hope everyone had a fun Halloween. I dressed up as an Agent of S.H.I.E.L.D. for a Halloween Party at Kingdom Comics and was able to get my Picture taken with Black Widow. This month is the Fall Feast. It is a great time of games and food. Pete will do up a turkey that is very good. Also we will be playing the ship’s favorite games; Dalmuti, Munchkin, Texas Hold’em included. So come join us for the fun. I am always looking for articles, pictures quotes and stories that you might want toshare with your fellow crewmen. Please send the to the email address below. Capt. MarkAdam Miller { [email protected] https://www.facebook.com/groups/Hephaestus2004/

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We have had some beautiful fall weather lately. If you haven’t been outside to enjoy the beauty find some time and do so. All too soon it will be winter and the gold, red, and orange leaves will be gone. And the holidays will soon be here. Thanksgiving and Christmas have always been my favorite holidays, mainly because it’s the time for families to celebrate together. Some of my best memories concern being with family. Concerning ships business, I have some news concerning the EC and Second Officer. They all have agreed to remain in their positions for another two years. I would like to give a huge “Thank you” to Sue Ellen, Danny, and Denby on the EC and to Brenda Miller, our Second Officer for their willingness to serve the ship. Finally, remember the Fall Feast on November 8. There will be lots of snacks, sides, and turkey! Pat Hicks [email protected]

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SShhiipp’’ss LLoogg October 11, 2014 Social

We had a fun time at tonight's social. We welcomed a new member, Brenda Tiner. I hope we were not too much for you, Brenda. We watch Star Trek into Darkness. We discussed the new fall TV shows, actors we have seen in person and what we did when we encountered them. Brenda was given a Texas Hold'em tutorial. Pizza, pop, chips, dip and Girl Scout cookies were also available to eat.

Attendance: 12 People

October 25, 2014 – Kingdom Comics Kingdom Comics had its Halloween party on Saturday. Lots of people were there. Candy and free comics were handed out. Several members were there in costume. Your Captain went as an Agent of S.H.I.E.L.D. Attendance: 4 Crewmen 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: [email protected]. Also your personal updates can give your Captain added info to help get you

recognition and awards at summit for your accomplishments).

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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.{

Major General Neil Yawn, OIC 1 BN, 2BDE, OIC 654 MSG

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Mohney Family 03/11/15

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Green 06/04/15 Hicks family 06/16/15 Lindsay 06/18/15 Miller Family 08/26/15 Robinson 09/17/15

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DATE EVENT/TIME LOCATION/ACTIVITY Nov 1, 2014 Anvil Deadline [email protected] Nov. 7, 2014 Poker – 7 pm Mohney’s House Nov. 8, 2014 Social – 7 pm Mohney’s House Dec 6, 2014 Anvil Deadline [email protected]

Dec 12, 2014 Poker – 7 pm Potts’s House

Dec 13, 2014 Social – 7 pm Mohney’s House Jan. 3, 2015 Anvil Deadline [email protected] Jan 9, 2015 Poker – 7 pm Paul Mohney’s House Jan 10, 2015 Social – 7 pm Mohney’s House Feb. 3, 2015 Anvil Deadline [email protected] Feb. 9, 2015 Poker – 7 pm Pott’s House Feb 10, 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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To change things up a bit, here are some quotes from actors from the world of Stat Trek

It is important to the typical 'Star Trek' fan that there is a tomorrow. They pretty much share the 'Star Trek'

philosophies about life: the fact that it is wrong to interfere in the evolvement of other peoples, that to be

different is not necessarily to be wrong or ugly.

Gene Roddenberry, Creator of Star Trek

We stress humanity, and this is done at considerable cost. We can't have a lot of dramatics that other shows get

away with - promiscuity, greed, jealousy. None of those have a place in 'Star Trek.'

Gene Roddenberry, Creator of Star Trek

Having played many roles of scientific intellect I do have an empathy for that world. It's been hard on me

because flying the Enterprise for seven years in Star Trek and sitting in Cerebro in X-men has led people to

believe that I know what I'm talking about. But I'm still trying to work out how to operate the air conditioning

unit on my car.

Patrick Stewart, Captain Picard, Start Trek: Next Generation

Star Trek is perhaps the best thing that ever happened to me, in a career sense.

DeForest Kelley, Dr McCoy, Star Trek (the origin series)

There would be no Star Trek unless there were transporter malfunctions.

LeVar Burton, Geordi La Forge, Start Trek: Next Generation

I'm enormously proud of the fact that Star Trek has really not just sparked an interest, but encouraged, a few

generations of people to go into the sciences.

LeVar Burton, Geordi La Forge, Start Trek: Next Generation

I was a huge fan of the original 'Star Trek,' and I'd never even dreamed that I would someday be captain of a

starship.

Scott Bakula, Captain Archer, Enterprise

Hunt for the Icon

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

1. Contents page middle of the second column 2. Ship’s Log at the end of Personal Updates 3. Away team and Activity Schedule on the Nov. 7th line 4. Reviews –under the Hobbit in the spoiler alert line. 5. Command Structure at the bottom of Cadet Training

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

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Need a Tractor Beam

Physicists have built a tractor beam out of Lasers. The laser can repel and attract objects up to 100 times

what they thought possible. The discovery was made at The Australian National University (ANU) under

Professor Wieslaw Krolikowski. For the technical aspects you can read the article here:

http://www.cnet.com/news/physicists-create-reversible-laser-tractor-beam.

I wonder if we will see Leonard Doing this on the Big Bang Theory.

(www.startrek.com)

Nichelle Nichols working with NASA

Nichelle Nichols is doing a video for NASA to introduce their new space craft Orion. NASA is going to be test

the Orion spacecraft in December. Ms. Nichols is not the only one who is helping out with Orion. William

Shatner tweeted about the Orion”Send your Name into Space” Program ( http://mars.nasa.gov/participate/send-

your-name/orion-first-flight/). Also Michael Okuda (graphic designer for Star Trek) designed the mission patch

for Orion.

(www.trekmovie.com)

Sorry Ladies{{{{

I have the sad news to report that Benedict Cumberbatch is off the market. He is now engaged to theater

director Sophie Hunter. They have been dating since this past summer. The announcement appeared in The

Times. As they always say the good ones are always taken. Congratulations to Mr. Cumberbatch and Ms.

Hunter.

(www.trektoday.com)

Christmas Gifts

I won’t list them here but several of the Trek News service had items that are coming out this month. I

didn’t see anything that I want. 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. By the way 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 [email protected])

I love the fact that it's not only about Star Trek, but about science fiction in general,

and science.

Rene Auberjonois, Odo, Star Trek: Deep Space Nine

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Star Trek Fiction

Star Trek: The New Adventures: Whose Right Is It Anyway?

By: Donald Arnold

Gul Dukan spoke first. He said, “Perhaps, Ambassador

Spock, you could tell us about the long forgotten alliances

in Vulcan history.” Spock kept his usual face, showing no

emotion and he replied, “I am not sure of what you are

referring.” Bill’s staff, when the alliance was mentioned

glowed and seemed to nearly leap in its own way. Bill

said, “Ambassador, I know to what alliances he’s

referring. I’ll tell him if he’ll tell us what right he has to

the Sword of Kahless.” Gul Dukan and Bill made an image

appear above the center of the table. He began, “I was on a

routine mission with my crew long ago when we

encountered some… mad man in a blue box. He and I

became friends and I asked him to take me to meet Surak

and Kahless. I thought I would meet them separately but

they were together. This staff,” he showed his staff to the

room, “…was forged by Vulcan and Klingon rebels who

wanted to kill the two leaders. Surak and Kahless worked

on it until they made it a force for good. They trusted I

could keep it safe and deemed me its Wielder. Therefore,

Surak and Kahless had some alliance. It’s true.” The image

vanished into thin air and Gul Dukan said, “Interesting.

Now, Kahless didn’t have a hand in ours. You see there

was a man named Korg, a Klingon who was a rebel against

Kahless. He stole the Sword once and sold its rights to

Cardassian pioneers, long ago. We still have the

paperwork. I received it this morning.” He took out an old

parchment on which there was evidence the Cardassians

had bought the Sword of Kahless. Therefore, Martok and

Gul Dukan had only one option: Battle.

The afternoon turned to evening quickly and that night

the two leaders met in the bat’leth ring. Martok was the

favored but what people didn’t know was that the

Cardassians already had a plan for these things. The fight

began. Metal hit metal and just as Martok was about to

take down the Cardassian with the blow that would kill

him, the floor beneath Martok exploded and the place went

up in a panic. Klingons were stabbing and shooting

Cardassians. Kirk and crew were trying to calm the panic.

Kirk used the staff to make a loud enough noise that

everyone froze in silence. There were about eight

Andorians gathered in one place. Shrun, the Andorian

Ambassador had been mysteriously attacked. He was on

the outer edge and not near where the fights broke out but

he had been stabbed in a point of his chest and back. He

couldn’t move. He could barely speak but got out, “He…

was… Cardassian…” Shrun had seen his attacker but

could say no more as he died there and then. Bill was

enraged. Gul Dukan was arrested. Martok was arrested.

Shrun’s family and friends held a service on the Enterprise

J. Then it was all told, Gul Dukan had tried to run. In the

process, he killed Shrun, but didn’t silence him well

enough to frame Martok. That night, in the hours near

midnight, Gul Dukan was killed by Martok in a ritual

vengeance. The Sword was returned to the Klingons.

Ambassador Spock returned to Earth. He had been

investigating some things in the Federation government.

Admiral Chekov was doing well but the Federation

President had been hauling out old files and some of them

were vanishing again. Spock suspected conspiracy. He

knew only one thing: Jim’s was one of those files. Spock

didn’t tell Bill that Kirk had gone into hiding after faking

his death. He had not contacted Spock since he went into

hiding but Spock knew because he saw that part of the file.

Spock wondered if Bill or even Jim would get the

Presidency of the UFP if the current was impeached. There

were a lot of questions. Spock was near Vulcan one day

when he was met by a robed figure. When the man

removed his hood, Spock said, “Fascinating.” He walked

off with the man and no one saw the man thereafter. There

were a lot of hidden things in the UFP and little did Spock

know that they were all coming to light, very soon…

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

[email protected])

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Reviews

RiffTrax: Anaconda By Shirley A. Burtonr

(Spoiler Alert – May be spoilers in the article)

On Tuesday, November 4th, while most people concentrated on the midterm election results, I decided to

spend the night laughing out loud to the RiffTrax version of Anaconda at the movie theater.

Before I get to that, let me explain what RiffTrax is. If you remember the series Mystery Science Theater

3000 on both Comedy Central and the Sci-Fi Channel, it basically showed Joel Hogdson (and later Mike J.

Nelson) leading a group of robots in putting their own commentary to some of the worst movies ever created.

Nowadays, Mike J. Nelson, Kevin Murphy, and Bill Corbett utilize their goofy commentary skills into

riffing some of the best (and worst) movies of the modern era. They've done riffings for George A. Romero's

vintage Night of the Living Dead for Halloween 2013 and have already had three for 2014: The SyFy instant

classic Sharknado in July, the horrid 1998 version of Godzilla (that one with Matthew Broderick) in August,

and the most recent for Halloween this year, Anaconda, the movie that faced off with Titanic and lost big time.

Before the riffing started, there were jokes and bad puns on the movie screen, including this: On the DVD

box set of Anaconda, Anaconda 2: The Hunt for the Blood Orchid, Anaconda 3: Offspring, and Anacondas:

Trail of Blood, there isn't a snake swallowing its tail. Just these lines alone were a great warm-up to the main

event.

Just before the movie, the RiffTrax crew showed an "educational" short for Halloween which was done by

Encyclopedia Britannica in the 1950s, and their commentary alone made everyone laugh out loud, particularly

the dog "Shep" not liking the mask the young boy was wearing and jumping over the kids at the end.

There was also a sneak preview of a special riff they're doing on December 16th on the National Geographic

Channel as they put their own commentary into an episode of "Man V. Monster." They had particular fun with

the host of the show measuring everything "by the length of his fingernail."

Throughout Anaconda, the three men were having serious fun riffing Jennifer Lopez, Ice Cube, and more on

Jon Voight with his scary faces and a point in the movie where he's dead but...maybe I'd better not say that in

case anyone reading has just had a meal. One of the funniest references made was the constant search for fuel,

as the cast mentioned it every minute or so.

Overall, this was a great laugh and reminded me why Anaconda was such a bad movie to begin with. And

I'm already considering getting a ticket for the Christmas show for the 1959 movie Santa Claus, which has

Merlin and a few demons here and there. (The live show is on December 4th.)

Interested in checking out that December RiffTrax? Go to Fathom Events' website, www.fathomevents.com

and first check to see if it's available at a theater near you. (In my case, that's the AMC Theatre 16 in

Montgomery.) If it is available, you can book tickets through that website. You can also purchase them early at

the movie theater.

For more information on RiffTrax itself, check out their website, www.rifftrax.com, and look at sneak peeks

of what they've done, including audio commentary to some of today's popular movies and videos from their live

performances, all available for purchase from the site. (I should know. I have the 2013 Night of the Living

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Dead riff on both my iPod and my Kindle and have downloaded the audio commentary for Twilight.)

Let's face it, we've all always wanted to make fun of a bad movie but could never really do it in the theater.

Now we can leave that to the professionals at RiffTrax!

RATING: AAAAA (Shirley A. Burton was a member of the Chapter U.S.S. New Hope in Montgomery. She is a good friend

of the Hephaestus and is considered a member in good standing with the Hephaestus.)

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 [email protected])

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

November Nov. 21-23, 2014 – Memphis Comic and Fantasy Convention – Memphis, TN http://memphiscfc.com.

Geek fest for fans of comics, science fiction and fantasy. Special guest J. Michael Tatum, voice actor for many Japanese anime videos and games. There will also be a Lego display for the Lego Maniacs.

December December 7, 201 -- Phenix City Toy and Comic Book Show, Phenix City, AL https://www.facebook.com/events/692422147504396/?ref=br_tf.

Our 2nd Annual show will be held again this year at the Phenix City Central Activity Center (1500 14th St Phenix City, AL 36867). Show time is 11am-4pm,General Admission is $4. There will be a Toys For Tots drive as well. Bring or buy an unopened toy for a needy child. Vendors contact Dutch Cummings at [email protected]

January Jan. 17 & 18, 2015 – Brick Fair, Birmingham, AL http://www.brickfair.com.

BrickFair brings together adult fans of LEGO from across the USA (and Canada, and a few other countries) to show off their projects, great and small, and to share their passion for LEGO - the most awesome toy - ever. Birmingham convention Center (East Hall)

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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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, Major 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

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.)

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