Starbase Phoenix

Saturday night’s alright for hangin’ with Dave and Dennis Church, as they have a meandering discussion about Star Trek: Online, their experiences and thoughts on the open beta, and what it all means for the future of simming and gaming.

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Cathy and Heidi Trammell talk about old memories and characters on Phoenix, new ones on Discovery, recent developments in Star Trek and football, and training and developing new writers and characters. Dave occasionally gets a word in, talks about plans for the new year, and once again gets thrown off his rhythm in tying it off.

Also, since we managed to not mention it once on the podcast: If we don’t do anything else before then, Merry Christmas to you and yours, and a very happy holiday season.

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Dave, Cathy and Melissa break the record by holding the first meeting of the Mutual Admiration Society, talking about Phoenix plots both past and present, writers they know and love (and some they tolerate). Also, Dave stumbles across the finish line in less than impressive fashion as the Captain’s Log cues up for the holiday season.

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Dave and Cathy are joined by Will Benedetti for a discussion of the recent happenings on Starbase Phoenix, and breaking streaks in their Posts of the Week. They also discuss different approaches to collaborative writing, different games they play, and try to recall a certain ‘geeky’ person they used to write with…

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Dave and Cathy are joined by Frank Kim, discussing all manner of things related to Discovery, different writing and plotting styles, a surprising rash of birthdays in October, as well as recent changes on Starbase Phoenix.

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Dave and Cathy talk about all the fun things happening on Phoenix and Discovery, the different affiliations on Borderlands and how we make them work, listen to the first audio submission for a Post of the Week, and say a sad goodbye to Kevin Oyer, sending well wishes to his family and friends.

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Pointy ears are all the rage! Dave is joined by Michelle Fowler to talk about recent changes on the S’Task, how Romulans are portrayed in the various series’ and movies, as well as finding out that tribbles make anything funny in the Posts of the Week!

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The Church brothers tag team the varied history of Star Trek in gaming, talking about what types of games fit the series best, which they’ve played and enjoyed, what they expect from Star Trek: Online, as well as debating the possible effect a Trek MMO will have on simming.

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Terry Lemaire joins Dave and Ben to talk about the impact of the new Star Trek, posts on Phoenix and Discovery, and the REAL reason Ben left the council.

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