Mike Tripp

Mike Tripp
Developing The Dedication Plaques

Developing The Dedication Plaques

Something I have been considering the past couple of days has been what the dedication plaques aboard the ships of an altered 2265 timeline might looked like. The Trek franchise has already shown us that the one aboard the original TOS Enterprise was much, much simplier than that aboard those in the later centuries represented [...]

Scifi-Art:

Scifi-Art: “Here To Assist”

The CONSTITUTION-class heavy cruiser U.S.S. PATHFINDER arrives in orbit over a world within the Hatteran Expanse (aka. “The Soup”) to lend assistance to the BLUE RIDGE-class surveyor U.S.S. AFTON. ——————————- Tonight after my wife went to bed, I felt a need to unwind a bit, but did not feel like writing, although their are stories [...]

NASA Astronaut to Watch New Star Trek Movie Among the Stars

NASA Astronaut to Watch New Star Trek Movie Among the Stars

HOUSTON, May 15 /PRNewswire/ — Moviegoers likely will sit in crowded theaters to watch the new “Star Trek” movie, which premiered on May 8, but not NASA astronaut Michael Barratt. He will have the opportunity to watch the film aboard the International Space Station, while he and two crewmates fly 220 miles above Earth. The [...]

Pathfinder Group Gets Facebook Page

Pathfinder Group Gets Facebook Page

In an effort to better advertise our unit as well as give us a place to present news, we have taken things to the next level and set up a Facebook page representing our unit. Check it out by visiting this link.

Ships of the Cache: When Trek Meets Geocaching

Ships of the Cache: When Trek Meets Geocaching

What does it say that I have carried my love of Star Trek and science fiction into the adventures I have through the sport of Geocaching? Something that might have helped is that I was first introduced to the sport by two dear friends from Germany … Kevin and Steffi who I met through Star [...]

‘Star Trek’ flies again, with unwritten future

‘Star Trek’ flies again, with unwritten future

DailyComet.com posted an article on the new Star Trek movie, with quotes from director J.J. Abrams, and stars Leonard Nimoy and Chris Pine, and here are few excerpts. ‘Star Trek’ flies again, with unwritten future By DAVID GERMAIN AP Movie Writer Published: Sunday, May 17, 2009 at 8:00 a.m. LOS ANGELES — They have Leonard [...]

FNS News:

FNS News: “Search To Begin For U.S.S. Albion

The U.S.S. PATHFINDER, NCC-1774, remains docked with Starbase Hatteras on the edge of the Hatteran Expanse on Stardate: 22650601. ——————- Search To Begin For U.S.S. Albion by Jennifer MacBride — staff reporter STARBASE HATTERAS – Under the command of Capt. Jonathan Hunter, Constitution-class heavy cruiser U.S.S. Pathfinder prepares to depart Starbase Hatteras on June 1, [...]

But ... How Big Is It???

But … How Big Is It???

I am among the people who watched Star Trek XI and found myself asking the question … Just how big IS the new U.S.S. Enterprise? It is a subject that has set off a fire-storm that even now sweeps across the internet as fans get out their rulers and count the windows in the pictures [...]

Pathfinder Welcomes New CSciO

Pathfinder Welcomes New CSciO

The crew of the U.S.S. Pathfinder is pleased to announce and welcome aboard LTjg Sunam. Sunam is a deeply reflective vulcan. He lost every member of his family and every friend he had ever had at home. His wife and two children were on one of vulcan’s moons when Nero arrived. They, too, perished when [...]

FNS NEWS:

FNS NEWS: “Colony Destroyed, Few Survive”

The U.S.S. PATHFINDER, NCC-1774, remains in low orbit over the planet Moetaka as away teams search the colony below for any signs of life following an attack by the Klingon Imperium on Stardate: 22650401. ——————- Colony Destroyed, Few Survive by Jennifer MacBride — staff reporter MOETAKA – Under the command of Capt. Jonathan Hunter, the [...]