CONTENTS |
UPCOMING
EVENTS
Sat., Sept. 20: Ninth Annual STARFLEET
Bowling Challenge
SAVE THESE DATES NOW: DETAILS
TO BE ANNOUNCED
Friday,
October 31: USS Republic Halloween Spooktacular
Sat.-Sun., Dec. 6-7, 2014:
Farragut Fest 2014 (Kingsland GA)
Saturday, Dec. 20: USS
Republic Holiday Party & CO Election
NEWS
& ANNOUNCEMENTS
2015: Changes
are coming
That
"super fan" reality series: A "change in direction"
Commanding Officer election
coming in December
TrekTrax Atlanta, TrekTrak
and Scotty t-shirts still available
Personnel Records
Classified Ads
Library Computer
Recent Chapter Event Photos
SIDEBAR
September Birthdays
August Member Reenlistments
Fall Membership Renewals
About the Republic
For More Information
USS Republic Online
Crew Roster
News from TrekMovie.com
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Alec
Peters on taking Star
Trek
to war + What's next for Star
Trek: Axanar |
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Smithsonian
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UPCOMING
EVENTS
Ninth
Annual STARFLEET Bowling Challenge
6:30 p.m. Saturday, September 20, 2014
Midtown
Bowl
1936 Piedmont Circle, Atlanta GA 30324
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NOTE THE DATE CHANGE
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Come
on out and play, and let's have a great turn-out like
we used to! Above, our team from the 2007
event, and this doesn't even show the Furries! Below,
a great-looking group of members from our 2009 event.
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Once upon
a time, the USS Republic's annual STARFLEET Bowling
Challenge was one of our most popular and well-attended costuming
events, with the now-legendary 2007 challenge ("Furries vs.
Klingons") receiving worldwide press coverage from G4
TV and Fark TV. In recent years, attendance
has declined and last year, only two players came out to participate.
We'll give this event one more chance this year and
hope to see a significant turnout from the membership. Please
join the USS Republic for our Ninth Annual STARFLEET
Bowling Challenge!
The game fee is $20.00 per person for two hours of
bowling and includes shoe rental. CASH ONLY,
PLEASE, and please pay the Republic, who has already
paid for the lane rental. We have rented two lanes
for two hours which accommodate up to six players each. Please
RSVP if you plan to attend so we can add lanes if necessary. Please
arrive no later than 6:30 p.m. to pay for play, get your shoes
and choose your ball. First ball rolls promptly at 7:00
p.m., so please arrive early and be ready to roll (literally)
at 7:00 p.m. Midtown
Bowl's food grill offers a broad range of menu items
and adult beverages are available at the full-service bar.
Costumes encouraged, but not required! But if you
can, please wear your best Star Trek costume or your
USS Republic sport shirt or chapter t-shirt for this
fun-filled family-friendly event! |
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NEWS
& ANNOUNCEMENTS
2015: Changes are coming |
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Stay
tuned. |
That
"super fan" reality series: A "change in direction"
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USS
Republic CO Fleet Captain Eric L. Watts finally
heard from the producers of that new reality series that he
had been invited to participate in way back in July and who
asked him to plan and coordinate some kind of big costumey
type event in August that they could come down to Atlanta
and film, but then who went missing for over a month. When
they finally decided to write back, they said, "The executives
changed direction last minute and requested music/sports superfans
for this first season. However, I love your story and
may reach out to you in the future."
While that may sound like a disappointment, it's actually
a good thing. Captain Watts had always been a bit
skeptical about participating in this program, apprehensive
about whether it would be a sympathetic portrayal of fans
who are passionate about some particular interest, or an exploitative
depiction of extreme fans whose obsession with their interest
can be easily sensationalized and ridiculed. By
focusing exclusively on music and sports fans in their first
season, we can now watch the series and judge for ourselves
whether we would actually want to participate in any future
season, should they actually decide to ask. We'll
let you know when the series premieres so you can watch it
along with us. |
USS
Republic Commanding Officer election coming in December |
Fleet
Captain Eric L. Watts' fourth two-year term as Commanding
Officer of the USS Republic will soon be coming to
a close, and all members in good standing will be asked to
cast their vote for the candidate they want to lead and administrate
this chapter for the next two years.
Candidates
for the position must be a member in good standing of STARFLEET
International, must have taken and passed Officers Training
School (OTS) and Officers Command College (OCC), and must
be at least 18 years of age. Members interested
in taking OTS and/or OCC should visit the STARFLEET Academy
web site. In
accordance with the Republic's Rank
Assignment & Promotions Policy, members who take and
pass both courses receive an automatic promotion to Lieutenant,
Junior Grade (Lt. JG).
As of September 14, there are five members of the Republic
in good standing who hold the necessary credentials to hold
the office of Commanding Officer. In alphabetical
order, they are:
Captain
Matt Ebeling, former CO, currently inactive |
Admiral
Mike Henigan, currently serving as Executive
Officer |
Admiral
Kelly Hilliard, currently serving as Zone 2 Coordinator |
Lt.
JG Robert Louis Simon, member-at-large |
Fleet
Captain Eric L. Watts, the incumbent Commanding
Officer |
In addition to these individuals, four additional members
have completed the OTS requirement and could be eligible to
run for the office of CO should they complete the OCC requirement
by the end of the year. Those members are ENS2
Tracey S. Harwell, Ens Derek Leman, ENS2 Tracy
O'Quinn and ENS1 Julianne Trew.
The election for the USS Republic's Commanding Officer
for the 2015-2016 term will be held in December. If
more than one eligible member announces his or her candidacy
before November 30, paper ballots will be mailed to each member
in good standing in early December so that all members of
record can cast their ballot. If no member announces
their candidacy before November 30, a voice vote will be held
at the chapter's Holiday Party on Saturday, December 20. Only
those members whose STARFLEET and chapter dues are current
will be eligible to vote. The new Commanding Officer,
if any, will assume office on January 1, 2015. |
TrekTrax
Atlanta, TrekTrak and Scotty t-shirts still available |
Still
available! A limited selection of commemorative souvenir
t-shirts from this year's and last year's TrekTrax
Atlanta, our
previously offered Scotty fundraiser t-shirt, and even a
few still-new shirts from the 2006 TrekTrak at Dragon*Con. This
year's con shirt features a full-color design with this
year's celebrity guests Arlene Martel, Felix Silla
and Jeremy Roberts on a high-quality Gildan 50/50
polycot blend shirt. Last year's con shirt features
an attractive three-color design with guest of honor Manu
Intiraymi. The TrekTrak t-shirt features
George Takei, Denise Crosby and Tony Todd. Available
only in the sizes and colors shown in the drop-down menus. All
shirts are only $20 postpaid to domestic US addresses. Please
select your shirt from the PayPal buttons below.
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Personnel
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ABOARD! |
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Ensign
Kevin M. Fry
Lawrenceville, Georgia
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Ensign
Alan High
Lawrenceville, Georgia
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Congratulations
to Ens Kevin M.
Fry, who received a grade of HONORS for the STARFLEET
Academy course "Officer's Training School"
from the Institute of Leadership Studies, completed
on September 9, 2014 |
STARFLEET
Academy is a special collection of correspondence courses
available to every STARFLEET member. Over 60 Academy
Colleges offer courses spanning all aspects of Star Trek
and science fiction; some courses even cover non-sci-fi real
world topics. Each college offers dozens of different
courses at varying levels of challenge from super-easy to
really hard. In total, there are nearly 1,000 different
courses available. Take
a course today!
Something
special going on in your life? Submit
your Personnel Record for publication in the next
issue of The Republiqué! |
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A
scene that was filmed for, but cut for time from, the first-season
Star Trek episode "Operation -- Annihilate!" included
Peter Kirk, portrayed by Craig Hundley, visiting the bridge
after his recovery from the alien parasites, wearing a child-sized
version of a command division Starfleet uniform with lieutenant
stripes, and sitting in the captain's chair. It is
also revealed that instead of moving back to Earth to live
with his grandparents, Peter is going to be adopted by a
colleague of his father and stay on Deneva. After
Peter leaves, Scotty tells Kirk his nephew might go to Starfleet
Academy. Kirk replies that he hopes he won't, not
wanting him to face a similar decision like he just had
to make (killing all the inhabitants of a planet to prevent
the spread of deadly parasites to other planets).
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Recent
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Away Mission to X-Men: Days of Future Past
|| May 25, 2014
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USS
Republic CO Fleet Captain Eric L. Watts
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Wizard World Atlanta Comic Con || May
30 - June 1, 2014
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USS
Republic
CO Fleet Captain Eric L. Watts, Theresa Watkins, Remy Loste
and Dean Patterson work the USS Republic/TrekTrax
Atlanta fan table at Wizard World Atlanta Comic Con.
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Captain
Watts with "The Scarlet Witch" and "Ms. Marvel"
(right) and with the TrekTrax Atlanta stand-up banner (right).
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Captain
Watts in the classic Batmobile.
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Away Mission to Guardians of the Galaxy || August
2, 2014
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USS
Republic CO Fleet Captain Eric L. Watts
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Away Mission to Night at the Museum || August
9, 2014
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USS
Republic
members and friends at the Night at the Museum event at
the Tellus Science Museum in Cartersville, Georgia: Jeanetta
Holmes, ENS1 Eddie Hines, Libby Ellis, Susan Vandermere,
Jack Moore, FCapt Eric L. Watts, ENS1 Wil Sims, "Ensign
Wolfy," ENS1 Sue Lin Lange and Melissa Kerr.
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ENS1
Wil Sims, ENS1 Sue Lin Lange, FCapt Eric L. Watts and "Ensign
Wolfy."
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ENS1
Eddie Hines and Jeanetta Holmes surrounded by various Star
Wars characters.
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A
panaromic view of the Great Hall as the crowd prepares for
the hourly Parade of Stars.
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Capt
Watts with "Uhura" and "Romulan Commander."
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The
Project Mercury capsule and Apollo 1 Command Module.
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ENS1
Eddie Hines with "Captain America" and... "Sharon
Carter"?
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SEPTEMBER
BIRTHDAYS
Monday, September 15
ENS2 Leslie C. Gronski
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MEMBER
REENLISTMENTS
These members renewed their SFI and chapter
dues in August. Thank you!
ENS1 Eddie Hines
FCapt Eric L. Watts
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FALL
MEMBERSHIP RENEWALS
These members' dues expire between September and November. Please
renew now!
SEPTEMBER
Ens Robert T. Efurd
ENS3 Patricia Houk
Ens Derek Leman
NOVEMBER
ENS2 Tracey S. Harwell
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ABOUT
THE REPUBLIC
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The
USS Republic NCC-1371 was originally commissioned
as a chapter of STARFLEET International on May 14, 1988,
at the Dixie-Trek convention in Atlanta, Georgia. As
of September 17, 2014, the Republic crew includes 31
members who are active members of STARFLEET in good
standing.
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The
Republic plans and coordinates an active schedule
of events for its members, but does not hold meetings
on a consistently fixed date each month.
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Because
the USS Republic is a duly commissioned chapter
of STARFLEET International and is bound and governed by
its Constitution and By-Laws, membership in STARFLEET
is a prerequisite for membership in the Republic. STARFLEET
dues for one person are $20 for a "Standard Membership"
or $10 for an "E-Membership" and chapter dues are $10
per person for either membership option. A
combined payment for all dues is collected by the Republic
(family discounts are available with certain conditions
and restrictions). Additional information about
the two STARFLEET membership options, amounts due for
additional family members, payment options and payment
instructions is on the "How to Join" page of our award-winning
web site.
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Alec
Peters on taking Star Trek to war + What's next for
Star Trek: Axanar |
By
Anthony Pascale
August 23, 2014
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In
Part 1 of our interview with Alec Peters, the star and
producer of Star Trek: Axanar talked about the
fundraising effort, schedule, designs, hiring of professionals
and experienced actors and more. Today, we
get into the story and the fit into Star Trek.
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TrekMovie:
Let's talk about the story of Axanar. The
film is set 21 years before the original Star Trek,
but Prelude did show a glimpse of the USS Enterprise.
Will it play a role?
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Alec
Peters: Yes, but a very minor one. We tell that
story in Prelude, where there is this arms race
and the Constitution class was the Federation's answer
to that arms race.
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TrekMovie:
The original series portrays the USS Enterprise
and the other Constitution-class ships as ships of exploration.
Are you ret-conning them into weapons of war? And
do you feel like you are treading into pushing canon there?
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Alec
Peters: Not so much. There is nothing to say
those ships were military purposed before they were ships
of exploration. They are just really powerful ships.
It is not necessarily that they were built for
war, but they were certainly built during a war.
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The
USS Enterprise under construction in Prelude
to Axanar
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TrekMovie:
How would you describe what kind of film this is? Would
you describe it as a war movie? Action movie? What
is Axanar?
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Alec
Peters: I think it is action-adventure. But
it is a Star Trek story. I have said at times
it is a war story set in the Star Trek universe,
but then, what is a war story? War stories are drama. War
stories are about people. Sometimes you have war
movies like Midway or The Longest Day, which
is a procedural. Here is what happened at these
battles. But the greatest war stories are about
people. Saving Private Ryan is about a bunch
of people.
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TrekMovie:
Are those the movies that are influencing you and [director]
Chris Gossett when making Axanar?
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Alec
Peters: There are a bunch of movies. Certainly
Midway has influenced us about how it tells the
story of a grand scope. Even though that is a procedural
about how the battle unfolded, the people are what make
it fascinating. Saving Private Ryan
is another. David Gerrold has referenced Run
Silent, Run Deep and The Enemy Below, which
are great submarine war movies. But it isn't about
explosions and starship battles; it is about people. How
people react to war is an amazing thing sometimes.
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TrekMovie:
Are there specific Star Trek films or episodes
that capture the type of film or the tone you are trying
to set?
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Alec
Peters: Films? I don't think so. It is
hard to say any specific episodes are influencing us except
that we are huge Star Trek fans. So
of course "Balance of Terror" is an important episode. But
we are not copying anything; we are treading new ground.
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TrekMovie:
But Star Trek films have a certain tonethere
are certain threads that run throughout them. They
are, in a way, their own sub-genre. Do you feel
like this film would fit with the pantheon of twelve Star
Trek films or are you going for something different?
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Alec
Peters: I think we are going for something different.
We haven't seen the Federation at war. What
is that like? We set that up in Prelude.
I think you could see where we are coming from about
the Federation at war. Some fanboys will say, "Star
Trek is not supposed to be about war." Well,
no. Star Trek is about many things and how
we have evolved as a people 200 years from now is one
of them. In Ramirez's speech in Prelude,
he talks about not losing the dream of the Federation
when fighting the Klingons, and I think that tells you
everything about Gene Roddenberry's vision of the future.
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TrekMovie:
But is there a concern about sticking with that vision? Gene
Roddenberry himself balked at some of the militaristic
elements of the Nick Meyer Star Trek films.
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Alec
Peters: Ironically, Star Trek II: The Wrath of
Khan is considered the best Star Trek movie
and it is also potentially the most militaristic. The
idea is man is perfecting himself and we are becoming
better and we are focusing on working together to better
the entire galaxy. That is what Star Trek
is about. If Gene didn't like the militarization,
OK. But if there is a war going on, what are
you going to do? We address that head on. We
address what does the Federation do when forced into war.
You can say all you want about how that is not what
Gene wanted, but Gene talked about the Romulan War. So
it is not that he is against war. He is trying to
picture a future where people are better than they are
now. So the answer is how we approach war.
It is not a question of whether or not there is
war; there will always be war for the rest of eternity.
The question is, how do we as enlightened people
deal with it, and that is what Ramirez was saying [in
Prelude]. We need to affirm our values as
the Federation and win this war the right way and extend
that value system to our enemy.
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TrekMovie:
There are a couple of elements that are constants through
Star Trek that differentiate it. One is the
hope and optimistic future, and the other is a bit of
humor mixed in with the drama. Do you feel that
Axanar will continue that tradition?
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Alec
Peters: Absolutely. That is part of Star
Trek.
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TrekMovie:
A lot of what you are talking about sounds like some of
the elements of Star Trek: Deep Space Nine, which
a lot of fans (myself included) really liked, but some
didn't like the darker themes and war elements. Do
you feel that Axanar will especially appeal to
DS9 fans? And might it also run into some of the
same critiques?
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Alec
Peters: I am not sure it will especially appeal to
Deep Space Nine fans, because I am not sure that
all DS9 fans like it because it was about war. It
is my favorite Star Trek outside of TOS because
of Sisko, he is my favorite captain. It will
be similar to Deep Space Nine in that it is set
up against the backdrop of a war. It is not about
whether it is war story or not. It is about everything.
It is about how you communicate what the story is
about. I think there are a lot of TOS fans who will
love Axanar as well and from the other shows, too.
I think we will have our fanbase and it will be
because of the characters we write.
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TrekMovie:
So after you release Axanar, have you put any thought
into what is next for yourself and the team?
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Alec
Peters: Honestly, I can't tell you. I don't
know. I know that we want to use this as a résumé
piece to show the work we can do. We want everyone
to see it. We have shown that we can make something
impressive on a really tiny budget and I think that is
a commodity that people in Hollywood are interested in.
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TrekMovie:
Is the goal to try to get an officially licensed Star
Trek production made or to move on to other low-budget
sci-fi films?
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Alec
Peters: All of the above.
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TrekMovie:
Would it be fair to say that the relationship with CBS
for these types of productions is sort of a "don't ask,
don't tell" kind of thing? They aren't involved,
but they don't stop you, either.
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Alec
Peters: Exactly. They just want us to behave
and not rock the boat. So we don't charge for
anything or make any money. There are certain
requirements as to how big "Star Trek" is within
the logo, like "Star Trek" can't be bigger than
"Axanar." We respect their IP. There
is boilerplate that is supposed to be on the web site
at the bottom. You do things like that, and we try
to minimize the use of actual Star Trek IP in Axanar.
We aren't using the chevron logo uniforms, for example. More
and more, we will just be using the branding "Axanar,"
because people know what that is now.
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TrekMovie:
When you look at how LucasFilmand now Disneyhave
embraced fan filmseven doing official awardswould
you like to see CBS get more involved like that or do
you prefer the hands-off approach?
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Alec
Peters: No, I would like to see them actively involved.
That would be a dream come true.
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For
more on Star Trek: Axanar, visit the official site
at www.startrekaxanar.com. |
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Smithsonian
moves original USS Enterprise model out of gift shop
to prep for big hall display |
By
Anthony Pascale
September 14, 2014
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The
studio model for the USS Enterprise from the original
Star Trek has been on public display at the Smithsonian's
National Air and Space Museum in Washington DC since the
museum opened in 1976. The ship has moved around
a bit over that time, but since 1999, it has been on display
in the gift shop inside a special case. In April of
this year, the Smithsonian announced the ship would be moving
again, this time to the central "Milestones of Flight" Hall,
which is being renovated. |
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USS
Enterprise on display at the Air and Space Museum
Gift Shop
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On
Friday, in a blog post, the Smithsonian revealed the Enterprise
display was taken down on September 11. Renovations
to the new "Milestones of Flight" Hall will be
completed in time for the museum's 40th anniversary in 2016.
According to the Smithsonian, the11-foot long Enterprise
model is in need of "some conservation" before it can return
for public viewing. |
The
model is now being transported to the Emil Buehler Conservation
Laboratory in Virginia, where it will be "evaluated and
treated." According to the Smithsonian, the model
"has not had any significant treatment other than a basic
dusting since 2000." |
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Smithsonian announcement explains their approach to conservation: |
The
Museum's general approach emphasizes conservation over preservation
and preservation over restoration. Restoration is
bringing an object back to its appearance and condition
at a determined point in time in the past. With a
restoration approach, there is less concern for preserving
original materials and more focus on returning to the original
specification, often through the addition of non-original
materials. Preservation is an overall philosophy
that favors keeping original material over creating an ideal
physical appearance, while keeping the artifact from deteriorating
any more. Conservation follows the preservation philosophy
and is minimally invasive, utilizing scientific investigation
and techniques to maintain original materials, preserving
the object's physical history of ownership and use. |
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USS
Enterprise model being removed from display on
September 11, 2014
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The
almost 50-year-old piece of Star Trek history was
previously treated by the museum back when it was donated
in 1974 and again in 1984 and 1991. The model was
first on display at the "Life in the Universe" display,
but had been moved at least twice before ending up in the
gift shop in 1999. One of the reasons for the move
was concern over how the ship was being displayed by hanging
it and how that could possibly damage the structure of the
model. So they built a special case with custom stanchions
to support it, and it remained there in the gift shop until
this week. |
Once
the work is completed, the model will be part of the display
in the "Milestones of Flight" Hall, which is the
central exhibition space that greets visitors entering the
museum. This hall includes some major pieces of history,
including the Spirit of St. Louis and the Bell X-1. The
hall has remained mostly unchanged since the museum opened,
but thanks to a $30 million donation from Boeing, it will
be going through a number of renovations, including adding
an Apollo lunar module (and the starship Enterprise).
There will also be a new floor plan, new digital "mobile
experience" and more. |
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