THE WRIGHT STUFF Vol XXIII No 1 The Official Newsletter of the U.S.S. Kitty Hawk NCC-1659 Jan / Feb 2012 C O N T E N T S A VIEW FROM THE CATBIRD SEAT ................................3 J.R. Fisher SECURITY REPORT ...............................................3 Spring Brooks DEEP SPACE NINE - "GHOSTS" .....................................4 Brad McDonald PUZZLE .........................................................6 U.S.S. Kitty Hawk Puzzle Book UPCOMING EVENTS ..............................................7 Volume 23 - Number 1 is a publication of the U.S.S. Kitty Hawk, the Raleigh, N.C., chapter of STARFLEET, an international STAR TREK fan organization. This publication is provided to all chapter members in good standing. Please address all correspondence to CATBIRD Publications, 5017 Glen Forest Dr., Raleigh, N.C. 27612. 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Image number ISS030-E-53405 from Image Science & Analysis Laboratory, NASA-JSC (http://eol.jsc.nasa.gov). A View From the Catbird Seat By J.R. Fisher It is that time Folks from Contemporal will member about getting a ride to again. Yes, be there with us in costume so the meeting and telethon and UNC-TV Festival we should get some interesting returning home. We really is just around the phone calls. Between us, we would like to have a good corner and we should be able to get a mention turnout for this. are signed up to on the air. We received a Unit answer phones for them on Our March meeting will be Meritorious Commendation for Saturday night, March 10th, at 4 p.m. at the usual place and our collecting of food for the from 6:00 p.m. until 11:30 p.m. we can go from there to the food bank and helping with the Uniforms or ship's shirts are studios. Eating dinner is an Angel Tree kids. We have not encouraged but something else option but remember that there heard how we did in STAR TREK is acceptable. If is food at the studios for the comparison to others in the you do not have anything like remainder of the evening. If Admiral's Challenge. that, please wear a "solid" color you have a problem driving at Stellar Con is the first weekend shirt or top. No plaids or night and would still like to in March, for those of you who stripes. participate in the telethon, are interested. please contact me or another Esse Quam Videri Security Report By Spring Brooks The Next Mars Rover Curiosity facetiously used to "explain" the in Mars exploration, achieving has to ward off the "Mars curse" recurring difficulties. success in 13 out of 20 missions Of 38 launches from Earth in an launched (a 65% success rate), With luck, a NASA rover called attempt to reach the planet, only 19 and succeeding in six out of seven Curiosity will launch in the next few have succeeded. As of November (an 86% success rate) lander weeks and have a smooth ride to 2011, the success rate is 50%. missions. Mars, arriving in August of next Twelve of the missions included For the latest NASA attempt, year. Once there, the robot will be attempts to land on the surface, but the stakes are high: At a whopping lowered to the red planet's surface only seven transmitted data after 2,000 pounds (900 kilograms), the by a giant cable part of a new landing. The majority of the failed Curiosity rover will be the biggest system for landing large craft on missions occurred in the early and most complex object yet other worlds. years of space exploration and landed on another planet. And the But first, the Curiosity rover has were part of the Soviet and later overall mission has a price tag to to ward off the "Mars curse." Russian Mars probe program that match -- billion for the rover, The high failure rate of suffered several technical spacecraft, and other elements. missions launched from Earth difficulties, other than the largely "Mars may interfere with us," attempting to explore Mars was successful Venera program for the NASA's Peter Theisinger, the informally called the "Mars Curse" exploration of Venus. rover's program manager, or "Martian Curse". The phrase Modern missions have an conceded at a prelaunch news "Galactic Ghoul" or "Great Galactic improved success rate; however, briefing November 10. "Any entry, Ghoul", referring to a fictitious the challenge, complexity and descent, and landing on Mars is a space monster which subsists on a length of the missions make it place where you ... bite your nails a diet of Mars probes, was coined in inevitable that failures will occur. little bit. It's not a risk-free 1997 by Time Magazine journalist The U.S. NASA Mars environment." Donald Neff, and is sometimes exploration program has had a [Material from Wikipedia was somewhat better record of success used for this report.] THE WRIGHT STUFF PAGE 3 JAN / FEB 2012 Deep Space Nine - Ghosts By Brad McDonald This was one of my first new SETS visit to Bajor. The Gallitep efforts after I hadn't written any INTERIORS Concentration camp is Star Trek stories for many years. DEEP SPACE NINE being prepared as Previously, I had done many SISKO'S OFFICE permanent memorial. As original Trek stories and a few OPS the Emissary, I have been Next Generation ones as well. QUARK'S BAR invited to attend the official When I found out that the deadline PROVINCIAL CAPITOL opening ceremonies. All of for accepting any Next Gen scripts CORRIDOR the senior officers from the had elapsed, I started on DS9. At GOVERNOR'S OFFICE station have been invited this point, the series was still in its GOVERNOR'S OFFICE as well, though as this day first season and so many RECEPTION has drawn closer, I have references relate to the "recent" GALLITEP CONCENTRATION noticed that Major Kira has Cardassian occupation. That may CAMP been more tense. She has confuse anyone who notices Work BARRACKS an appointment with me in in the story. He didn't join the CAVERN a few minutes and I fear crew of DS9 until several years CARDASSIAN SHIP she may asked to be later. I did this because Dax had BRIDGE excused from this just been "removed" and I used EXTERIORS particular duty. Worf to take her place. This way I DEEP SPACE NINE could still submit the story without CARDASSIAN SHIP INT. SISKO'S DUTY OFFICE waiting to see what happened to BAJOR Sisko concludes his log entry and Dax. Anyway, I hope you enjoy it PROVINCIAL CAPITAL continues to busy himself until Kira and thanks for reading. GALLITEP CAMP arrives. He notices her waiting GALLITEP VILLAGE outside the entry and waves her STAR TREK: DEEP SPACE NINE GALLITEP BARRACKS in. She enters, almost reluctantly, "Ghosts" CAVERN ENTRANCE and sits quietly. Sisko GALLITEP CAMP (PAST) understands her predicament and Written by Brad McDonald GALLITEP BARACKS (PAST) allows her to take her time. CAST PRONUNCIATION GUIDE KIRA SISKO BAJORAN GALEEN GUL-een (quietly) ODO PRESIDENT AALEN A-len Captain, I'd like to make a KIRA BANAR NORLAN NOR-lan request. Would it be WORF FIGHTER #1 BETARA bee-TAR-uh possible for me to go to the O'BRIEN FIGHTER #2 TURNEK TOUR-neck Gallitep site, now? BASHIR BAJORAN #1 BANAR BAY-nar QUARK BAJORAN #2 The request catches Sisko off COMPUTER WORKER #1 ------------------------------------ guard. He leans forward and VOICE WORKER #2 speaks softly, studying his friend GOVERNOR BAJORAN TEASER with interest. AALEN OFFICER FADE IN: SISKO TURNEK SURVIVOR EXT. SPACE - DEEP SPACE Will you still be attending RECEPTIONIST NINE (OPTICAL) the opening ceremony? Non-speakinq The station is currently alone in KIRA N.D. STATION CREWPERSONS space, no ships are at dock. (tentative) BAJORAN VILLAGERS That's what I'm trying to BAJORAN MILITARY (PAST AND SISKO (V.O.) find out. I think it would be PRESENT) Station log, Stardate better to find out by myself, GALLITEP INMATES 46435.6. I am now rather than in front of YOUNG BAJORAN GIRL preparing for an important several thousand people. THE WRIGHT STUFF PAGE 4 JAN / FEB 2012 Besides, I'd like to see being set up. She approaches Kira pulls a communicator from what they have done. cautiously, looking at the main her uniform and opens a channel. (beat, then distant) entry gates, as if in a trance. In a KIRA I haven't been back there quick flashback we see her in a (working) since the liberation. I time long ago as she enters the Kira to Geleen! Send the suppose it's past time to camp as a Bajoran freedom fighter second squad in now. confront my feelings... and liberator. The area is littered We're at the gates! with the bodies of those who didn't Sisko now understands the survive the attack.