Stardate 1490.7

We're about to start mapping the last sector of our mission, then we have to go check on the status of a science outpost.
Setting the stage for the next two episodes, "The Corbomite Manuever" and "The Man Trap"

Supplemental: We're starting on day 3 of mapping this sector -- has to be the most boring sector we've mapped yet.
And then all heck breaks loose...

Stardate 1478.7

Back out mapping new star systems. Zanotti has tidied up and I can't find anything -my office does look much neater though.
The "Tidied up and I can't find anything" line is from "She Blinded me with Science"...

Supplemental: Almost finished with this last section of star mapping. Ltjg Zanotti is beginning to notice some problems with other women.
Told you she was smart...

Stardate 1465.8

Have begun training my new assistant Ltjg. Zanotti. Like Sadie (and unlike me) she just received her promotion...
Fresh from the academy, she's a bit like those guys who caused thier men so much grief in Viet Nam -- but I also planned on getting her up to speed fast. E.M. Zanotti is one of my followers, and one who's smart and witty enough that I broke my cardinal rule and added her to my list too.

Supplemental: Ltjg Zanotti is brilliant, but she's having some trouble relating to the female crew members who are lower in rank than her...

Supplemental: Watched Tina Lawton duck into a jeffries tube, just to avoid Ltjg Zanotti, Rand just ignores her, Sadie tolerates her, barely.
See? I told you I needed Tina Lawton early...

Stardate 1454.9

At Starbase 11 supervising resupply, then planning on a nice evening out with Sadie, Rob, and Angela at Club Risa...

Supplemental: It was open mic night at Club Risa-Sadie managed to sneak my Vulcan Lyre down, and dared me to perform. I showed her-I killed!
My friend Jim does the pictures for me using Poser -- I give him a request, and he gives me a picture. I just need to get the opportunities to post them.

Supplemental. Lt. Bailey almost got into it with a Tellerite over a winning hand of double-double jack.

Stardate 1447.6

Finished mapping this sector, heading for Starbase 11 to pick up supplies, change personnel, and have a little R and R...

Supplemental:came across some debris from the Brisbane explosion-12 light years from where it happened! Really glad we switched to dilithium
It was a REALLY big explosion...

Stardate 1431.0

Lt.Commander Johnson (my boss) has been transferred to Starbase 11, so I get all the headaches, but not the title -- yet.

Supplemental: Capt. Kirk said he's arranged for an assistant to help me when Lt.Commander Johnson leaves.
A forgettable name for a forgettable character.

Stardate 1425.8

As part of her new duties as Yoeman 2c, Sadie gets to help a new crewperson, Tina Lawton, get acquainted with Enterprise.
Another introduction for the upcoming "Charlie X", plus I could use another inexperienced crewman to work with.

Stardate 1421.2

Sent a repair crew to assist a disabled freighter, they returned with a case of Klingon Blood Wine - Must try some of it.

Supplemental: Great Bird of the Galaxy! That bloodwine is something else, tastes great, goes down smooth, and you lose 8 hours of your life
Gene Rodenberry was called "The Great Bird of the Galaxy" -- now whether his adoring fans dubbed him that, or his PR machine -- I can't say.

Stardate 1416.9

In reviewing Lt. Bailey's tactical simulations, I notice he seems to have problems with situations involving alien species.

Supplemental: Shared the results with Lt. Bailey, then asked why someone who had such problems with aliens would join starfleet...

Stardate 1409.9

Waiting for the exam results from starfleet. I've had to post a sentry outside the training office to keep the crowds away..
Enlisted guys are always anxious to advance -- it means more money...

Supplemental: Results in, Sadie is now Yoeman 2nd class! I got a PNA*, good enough for my first attempt, better luck next time.

*PNA - Passed, not advanced -- you passed the exam, but didn't have enough advancement points, or there aren't enough slots open to advance.
My dad spent years as a second class petty officer, because there were no open billets for him to advance. He had 4.0 evals and Aced the tests, but if there's no slots, there's no slots.

Supplemental: we now have our communicators linked to our logs. Pretty handy...
I finally set up my work phone to txt twitter...

Stardate 1407.4

Took the advancement exam. I feel pretty good about it, but won't get the results for a couple of weeks. Nerve wracking...

Supplemental: Sadie took her exam, she's not sure that she did very good, but we celebrated anyway. You should know the routine by now...

Stardate 1402.1

Sadie's helping me study - a lot of the info is the same as for her Yoeman 2c exam, which she takes next week...
Paperwork is paperwork, you still see people signing forms on clipboards, even in Star Trek

*******REAL WORLD INTRUSION** For more on Lt. Peabody visit http://www.myspace.com/reds... and join his friends. **END INTRUSION******
This is when I set up this myspace page. So far I have 1 person who has befriended my from the twitter page...

Supplemental: Had the weirdest dream last night. I was back in the 21st century. Must be studying too hard...

Stardate1398.8

Been practicing my lyre quite a bit lately - I'm no virtuoso, but I'm getting good enough for public -- soon...

Supplemental: Numerical dyslexia strikes again, had to repost my last log entry with the correct date. Duh...
I have, at times, erased and corrected entries when I notice I've committed a major typo...

Stardate 1390.1

I've signed up for the upcoming Lt. Commander exam -- the first one I'm eligible for. My evals are good, so I've got a shot.

Supplemental: We've been running Battle Simulations in the training office, Lt. Bailey keeps loosing it. We tell him to relax, does no good
Bailey is featured heavily in the upcoming "Corbomite Manuver", so here I introduce him -- and his instability

Stardate 1386.2

Hitched a ride on the Constellation and got back to Enterprise last night. I have a week of paperwork to catch up on now.
You'd figure, that since he's only a Lieutenant he's got a supervisor who's more than willing to dump a lot of his work on him

Supplemental: Finally caught up with all the paperwork that sat around while I was gone and sent it to the Capt for approval. My hand hurts.

Supplemental: Capt Kirk was not happy with me spending so long catching up - even less happy with my supervisor the fact that I had to...
This ends the middle of a long stretch of me making up stuff trying to fill in the time until the next episode finally happens

Stardate1382.7

Our leave is over, and we're heading back out to meet up with Enterprise - still mapping new systems out past Starbase 6...

Stardate 1376.3

Had a very nice visit with Sadie's folks, now on a shuttle to my folks on Mars. Sadie is back to her cheery self now...

Supplemental: Been home for 4 hours and ready to leave already. Mom didn't want me to enter Starfleet, and she never lets me forget...
My mom never got over the fact that I went to the local Vocation Center instead of futilely trying out for the school show choir again. Of course we still get along as well as the fact that we're too much alike allows us to.

Stardate 1373.1

The memorial was nice, noticed a girl from my academy class died too - so sad. Now time to meet Sadie's parents in Melbourne.

Supplemental: Met Sadie's parents, she cooked a fine dinner for us, Plomeek soup. Sadie started giggling hysterically, I kept my trap shut.
The moment when Sadie's grief ended.

Stardate 1372.3

On the transport Whorfin 2 days away from the San Francisco Memorial, then off to Melbourne to visit with Sadie's family...
The Whorfin is the same class of transport ship that appeared in Star Trek Generations -- the Whorfin was the first in the class, so it's probably pretty new here.

Supplemental: making arrangements to visit mom and dad on Mars while we're on leave.

Stardate 1370.2

Sadie requested leave to attend memorial service for cousin Ross, Capt. Kirk told me to go with her. We leave tomorrow...
I guess the news of their relationship isn't such a secret anymore...

Supplemental: We're on the Exeter heading for Starbase 6, where we'll catch a transport back to Earth. Sadie's a little more talkative now.

Stardate 1365.5

Received word that Sadie's cousin Ross Lora was on the Brisbane when it exploded. She doesn't know, and I have to tell her.
Another shout out -- this time to Laura Ross...

Supplemental: Sadie took the news pretty hard, she's been alone in her cabin during her off duty hours for the last 3 days. I'm worried...

Stardate 1364.7

Learned USS Brisbane exploded when 2 of their Lithium crystals heat-glazed and created an energy feedback in their engines..

Supplemental: Really glad we switched to more stable dilithium power circuits...
Another good reason to drop the old lithium power circuits

Stardate 1362.2

Discovered a large gas giant orbiting a white dwarf. Spocks theory is it's a binary system where one star failed to ignite
This of course being the main outcome of 2010 as the monolith aliens compress jupiter until it ignites.

Stardate 1358.6

In orbit around uninhabited M class planet, determining its suitability for colonization (and enjoying some time off ship).

Supplemental: Finished the surface surveys, had a bit of a picnic lunch, then beamed back up to head for the next system on the survey.

Supplemental: Sadie's in sickbay with a rash on her, um, backside. It's none of your business how she got a rash there...
Nothing worse than a case of intergalactic poison ivy...

Stardate 1353.4

Charting new systems. Dull work, travel to a star, scan the gas balls further out, the cinders in close, go to the next.

Supplemental: Been practicing my Vulcan Lyre, Spock says my progress is not unsatisfactory. Uh, OK, that's good, right?
Ever notice Vulcans never say anything simply?

Stardate 1350.2

Recovered unidentified space probe, no external markings, and all internal components destroyed when power cells failed.-> Now cargo bay 2 smells like battery acid and burnt rubber. Chili night wasn't this bad...
One year, after a power surge hit our airconditioner, a capacitor inside it blew up. When the repair technician opened it up everything was covered in this pinkish-purple goo, and boy did it stink...

Stardate 1347.9

Monthly chili cook off tonight. Tomorrow, charting gaseous anomalies near Beta Epsilon.
Ok, it's a cheap gag, but I got a few entries out of it.

Supplemental: Chili night was a big success. Now we're working with engineering teams to purge air filters in the environmental systems...

Stardate 1342.3

A plasma conduit rupture burned a hole through the starboard support pylon during a power test, it took 3 days to repair.

Supplemental: Completed full power static test, everything came out nominal. Heading out as soon as we get new orders...

Stardate 1336.2

Upgrades going well, Lt. McGready dropped an antimatter injector on his foot and had to go to sickbay, but still on schedule
Lt. McGready is named after one of my twitter followers -- I've stopped adding followers because it's harder to keep the narrative thread going -- so I'm naming people as a way of showing my appreciation...

Supplemental: Bunch of us had dinner at Club Risa -- "a little taste of Risa, wherever you go". I hope the real thing is better than this...
Expect more stops at this particular destination in the future.

Stardate 1334.7

Heading to Starbase 11 to update our power circuits to new Dilithium crystal circuitry, and drop off the Pirate King...
I'm going on the assumption that they meant Mudd to seem like a future pirate, I just think it was silly.

Supplemental: Reached Starbase 11, turned over Mudd, and now all-hands transferring old equipment out for new. Should take several days...
Since the term lithium crystal is replaced by di-lithium, one would assume they changed power systems -- and you'd also figure they had a pretty good reason to as well. It would also take a lot of manpower to do it someplace other than a space dock.

Stardate 1331.2

Capt. Kirk returned with Lithium Crystals and Capt. Crook. Took the crystals to engineering, and the crook to the brig...

Stardate1330.9

Long John Bad Accent managed to mess up the captains deal to get some lithium crystals, now we're falling out of orbit.

Supplemental: Orbit still decaying and still no crystals - We're at condition blue in the event we have to abandon ship. Stupid Pirate!
The original Enterprise was able to separate the saucer section, just the the Enterprise D, they just never showed it. Of course, they may not have had enough power to have to separate anyway. But blue mode is for abandoning ship too.

Stardate 1330.0

In low power mode limping our way to Rigel 12 to get new lithium crystals. The candlelight is kind of romantic though...
I should have refered to this as gray mode.

Supplemental: Sadie's not real happy about those 3 women being on board the ship still, and when Sadie's not happy -- nobody's happy...

Stardate 1329.3

Fool in a class J ship thought he could outrun a starship in an asteroid field. We lost 3 lithium crystals saving his butt.
This starts the episode Mudd's Women. They never really specified why they were chasing them, so I just had to drop into it.

Supplemental: Freighter captain looks like a reject from "The Pirates of Penzance", and his accent is even worse.

Supplemental: I could have sworn I just saw the August, 1966 playmate of the month walking down the corridor!!!!!!!
Susan Denberg, the blonde who played Magda Kovacs, was in fact the August 1966 playmate of the month

Stardate 1328.4

Back out doing a survey study of potential navigation hazards, and making some truly scary sounds on my Vulcan Lyre...
I'm reminded of the 4th grade violin class at one of my daughter's Christmas concerts at school. I still shudder at the memory.

Stardate1327.5

Stopped at Starbase 7 for supplies, Sadie doing some shopping for wedding gifts, I found a Vulcan lyre. Must show it to Spock.

Supplemental: Spock said the lyre was 'adequate' to learn with, but told me it was a very difficult instrument for a non-Vulcan to learn. Then he asked why I synthesize so much Plomeek soup....
Mr Spock says this to Uhuru, I don't remember when -- it's possible this was during a deleted scene in Elaan of Troy - although there is a scene in an earlier episode where she was playing one. As far as the plomeek soup question, he was probably curious why a non-vulcan seems to eat so much of a Vulcan dish.

Stardate 1326.1

Dinner tonight with Lt Tomlinson and Ens Martine. They say they have a big announcement for us...

Supplemental: The big news at dinner with Rob and Angela was that they're getting married. I'm hoping Sadie doesn't get any ideas from that.
Rob Tomlinson and Angela Martine are the couple getting married at the beginning of the episode Balance of Terror.

Stardate 1325.0

Sadie and I were lunching in the botanical garden when Sulu's weeper plant tried to eat her hand. Where's the Weed-n-Feed?
Beauregard, Sulu's weeper plant shows up in the Episode Charlie X.

Supplemental: Sulu gave us a bottle of Vulcan wine and apologized for "Beauregard" going nuts on us. Seems it REALLY likes Plomeek soup...
Given Al and Sadie's fondness for plomeek soup, there had to be a drawback somewhere...

Stardate 1323.5

Transferred personnel, Doc Piper's replacement - some guy named Mc Coy, seems to know the captain already...

Baron Harkonen killed another slave b.... Oh wait, wrong sci fi universe. Sorry...