THE WRIGHT STUFF Vol XVI w No 3 The Official Newsletter of the U.S.S. Kitty Hawk w NCC-1659 May / Jun 2005 C O N T E N T S A VIEW FROM THE CATBIRD SEAT ................................3 J.R. Fisher FRONT COVER CREDIT ...........................................3 ENGINEERING REPORT ...........................................3 Brad McDonald DEEP SPACE NINE - A SECOND CHANCE ...............................4 Brad McDonald COMPUTER OPERATIONS REPORT .................................7 Volume 16 - Number 3 John Troan UPCOMING EVENTS ..............................................8 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 free of charge to all chapter members in good standing. Subscriptions for non-members are $12.00 per year (six issues). Please address all corres- pondence to CATBIRD Publications, 5017 Glen Forest Dr., Raleigh, N.C. 27612. 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IMAGE - Featured Front Page Artist's concept of Comet Tempel 1, based on observations from Hubble and Spitzer telescopes. From NASA/JPL-Caltech A View From the Catbird Seat By J.R. Fisher Summer is upon us fairgrounds and perhaps making it an especially driving. Spring's mother and everyone seems annual event. After expenses, we had another operation in June and to have places to go netted $241.00 plus we had $20.00 she has made several trips down to and people to see. from aluminum recycling. Since then help out with her. Jane got hit May Last meeting was we have added another $10.00 from 4th and her car was totaled, but she not well attended recycling for a total of $271.00. We was fine and has another car now. even though we had voted to round up the amount, by way My van got hit by a falling limb and is food. I understand that at this time of of the treasury, to $300.00 to be out of commission until July (you year we have a lot of people doing donated to the Raleigh Battered don't even have to leave home to other things and our meetings get Women's Center. have an accident), so I am chugging pushed to the back burners. Also, we received a graduation around in my old suburban But, we will have our July notice from Katy McDonald. She is (miles/gallon) until then. meeting on the second at four p.m., planning to continue her higher Hope we can see you on July and we will be cooking hot dogs for education at Wake Tech. 2nd, but if not, don't forget that we do those of you who wish to venture out. Congratulations, Katy. Her dad, Brad, not have a meeting in August, so our We would push it back a week, but tells us that her mom is responding to next meeting will be September 3rd. Shore Leave is that second weekend treatments and is doing well under the Be safe! Live long and prosper! in July and we hope some of you will circumstances. We continue to send make it there as it is always the best our prayers and best wishes to her Esse Quam Videri con of the summer. and the entire family. At our last meeting we talked We hope everyone is having a about our successful yard sale at the good summer but is being careful, Front Cover credit Engineering Rep. By Brad McDonald This artist's concept of Tempel 1 due to the great distance, but its Sorry it's been a long time since illustrates the comet's shape, general shape, size and color could my last report. Things have been a reflectivity, rotation rate and surface be deduced from the way the visible bit hectic. temperature, based on information and infrared brightness varied over Trina's latest cancer battle has from NASA's Hubble Space time. expanded, moving from the lungs to Telescope and Spitzer Space The animation (available at the brain. Brain cancer took priority Telescope. Measurements from the and the lung caner treatment was suspended. Radiation treatments Great Observatories indicate that http://www.nasa.gov/mission_pages were finished two weeks ago, but the the comet is a matte black object /deepimpact/multimedia/tempel-con effects continue so brain scans will roughly 14 by 4 kilometers (8.7 by cept.html) simulates an optical view check progress for at least anothe 2.5 miles), or about one-half the size of the comet, followed by its rmonth. Once progress on the brain of Manhattan. It rotates about once appearance in infrared. Spitzer cancer has been determined, then every 41 hours. The sunlit side of detects the comet's infrared energy treatment on the lungs can continue. the nucleus is glowing warmly, and or heat, depicted by the reddish Also, things at work have turned the nightside is about the glow. The movement of the comet for the worse. We had a major flood temperature of deep space. has been dramatically sped up to 13 at Kanki (Crabtree) due to a broken At the time of these early seconds per rotation versus its water pipe. It caused major damage observations, March 25-27, normal rotation of about 40 hours. and we'll be recovering for some time. 2005,Tempel 1 was still far enough As the comet slowly rotates, the This report will be short, but I'm away from the Sun that it had not yet sunlit side heats up while the dark including another script, A Second developed its characteristic halo of side cools down. Chance. It's a Deep Space 9 story; evaporating gas. hope you enjoy it! Let me know what Hubble and Spitzer observed you think at the next meeting. the comet in visible and infrared That's all for now. As always, long live & prosper. light, respectively. The comet appeared only as an unresolved dot THE WRIGHT STUFF PAGE 3 MAY / JUN 2005 DEEP SPACE NINE - "A Second Chance" By Brad McDonald STAR TREK: DEEP SPACE NINE VANIR van-EAR what else will come through that "A Second Chance" RAGAN RAY-gan might prove to be a threat? MINAK MY-nack Finished window shopping, Dax and Kira Written by NORLAN NOR-lan move on. Brad McDonald KENLIK KEN-lick TERRITT TEAR-it DAX CAST BORNET BORE-net (walking, agreeing) SISKO ARNEN-GUL TORKIN ARNEN-GUL AR-nan-gull The wormhole ~ a double edged WORF GUL BAKAT TORKIN TORE-ken sword. It allows Bajor to act as BASHIR ADMINISTRATOR JANAK a gateway for trade and ADVOCATE VANIR TEASER commerce as well as trouble. DAX AMBASSADOR RAGAN FADE IN: O'BRIEN CONSERVATOR MINAK OPS - LOWER LEVEL - LIFT KIRA GENERAL NORLIN EXT. SPACE -DEEP SPACE NINE Dax and Kira board the lift and continue QUARK THOMAS RIKER (OPTICAL) to the upper level, their conversation is GAREK ADMIRAL NECHAYEV continuous. ROM LIEUTENANT WRIGHT INT. PROMENADE CORRIDOR #1- CARDASSIAN GUARD CAMERA FOLLOWS ACTION KlRA KENLIK At the reception, I plan to give Kira and Dax are walking together on their my opinion on the proposal way to OPS, engaged in light Non-speakinq whether they ask for it or not! conversation. CAPTAIN TERRITT DAX LIEUTENANT BORNET DAX Have you told this to Benjamin? N.D. BAJORAN CIVILIANS (walking) N.D. MEDICAL TECHNICIANS So, what are you wearing to the KIRA N.D. BAR PATRONS reception next week? Yes, and he agrees. N.D. RESTAURANT PATRONS (beat, guilty) KIRA N.D. DEFIANT CREW PERSONS Well, at least he didn't forbid me (walking) N.D. DEEP SPACE NINE CREW from trying. He knows Starfleet My uniform, of course. What PERSONS won't be able to respond to any else? N.D. SECURITY PERSONNEL emergency for days. That could DAX be fatal for Bajor and the station. SETS (walking) INTERIORS Isn't that just a bit, unfriendly? OPS - UPPER LEVEL - WIDE ANGLE DEEP SPACE NINE KIRA Kira and Dax arrive on this level and DOCKING BAY (walking) move to relieve the beta shift personnel. SISKO'S OFFICE No, just practical. I want those The usual N.D. personnel are moving QUARK'S BAR 'confused' bureaucrats to about, carrying out routine duties. ODO'S OFFICE remember what I am as well as BRIG KIRA who I am. There's talk that, in PROMENADE CORRIDOR #1 (sitting) order to rebuild the planet, the PROMENADE CORRIDOR #2 Have you decided what to do military will have to be cut, MEETING ROOM about Julian's invitation? You perhaps eliminated! They want SICK BAY can't continue to ignore his to rely on Starfleetl MORD'AN invitation. BRIDGE Dax is paused at a kiosk to look at Dax is immersed in her work at once and DEFIANT something. doesn't look up. BRIDGE DAX TRANSPORTER ROOM DAX (browsing) CARDASSIAN CENTRAL COMMAND (working) And you don't agree with that? EXTERIORS For now I can.