This Saturday, March 9th, is the anniversary date of the USS Ticonderoga as a club. We originally started as the chapter-in-training USS Euphrates on this date in 1996. Since we all join fan clubs to have fun, we decided to celebrate by watching various Star Trek parodies and blooper reels. We want to laugh with our friends and Star Trek. At 6:00pm we will meet at the home of Captain Erica Stark and continue to watch funny videos until we get tired. Bring your own drinks and some snacks to share.
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How to navigate around the USS Ticonderoga
So do you want to know where some of the various rooms are located on the USS Ticonderoga? What do you think your quarters may look like (before you added your own touches)? Ever wondered if there is a Springball court on the ship? Need information on the Ticonderoga for that fanfic you are working on? Want to know where the science station is on the bridge? Well this website is developed to help you find out about the USS Ticonderoga as we’ve set it up in the Star Trek/Seventh Fleet universe. For answers to most of the questions posted above, you can go directly to https://www.ussticonderoga.org/ship/ and you can not only see a deck by deck break down of the major sections. You can also find images of some of the rooms that would typically be on board the USS Ticonderoga.
Of course all of this interior arranging leads to another question. Where do you want your quarters to be on the Ticonderoga? What deck and what room number? What else should we have on the ship? Post your suggestions in the comments section and let’s see what we can put together.
Happy New Year 2013
Welcome everyone to the year 2013 (Stardate: 66010.1 in the Seventh Fleet system). The year of 2012 held many good memories for us. Star Trek: The Next Generation turned 25 years old (and we are celebrating with the TNG Re-Watch Party that is still going on). We had the re-integration with Utah’s longest running Science Fiction convention, CONduit with special guest Tim Russ (Tuvok from Star Trek: Voyager). At this convention the USS Ticonderoga won the Room Party Contest. The release of Star Trek: TNG blu-rays had two theater specials. The Seventh Fleet held a wonderful Admiral’s Banquet and Seventh Fleet games where we had fun with our Star Trek family. We started role-playing nights for Star Trek and Dungeons and Dragons. And Star Trek returned locally to our airwaves on KTVX 4.2.
So what are we looking forward to in 2013? This will be the 15th Anniversary of the founding of the Seventh Fleet. We had to pull together after our previous parent organization had disbanded. Even today challenges remain and new adventures await us. Star Trek: Deep Space Nine will turn 20 years old in 2013. Star Trek fan, author and historian, Larry Nemecek, will be attending CONduit 23 as a guest. And probably the biggest event, the new Star Trek Into Darkness will be released on May 17th. This will be an opportunity to promote both the movie and the club as well.
So what else will we be doing in 2013? There are many months that we could fill with many fun club activities. At the January 9th meeting we will be putting together the 2013 calendar of events. We need everyone to show up and submit your ideas and feedback on many different events and community service that the club can participate in. This will be at the Weber County Library-Main Branch (25th and Jefferson in Ogden). This is your club, what would you like to see it do?
It’s the end of the world as we know it
So if popular rumor is to be believed, this Friday is the end of the world. So we’ve decided to move our New Years Eve party to Friday, December 21st to make sure we don’t miss out. Lt. Frank Buck has offered to host the party at 7:00pm at his home in Layton. Bring a dish to share (we are going with a Mexican food theme) and come prepared to have fun as we count down the final seconds. Or not as the case may be. We are still planning to have fun despite the bad rumors. Bring a friend for the end of the world and we will see you there.
Also don’t forget that this is also the time we will be doing out gift exchange. Normally we would have it at our December monthly meeting, but that was canceled due to conflicting schedules. So bring your (insert color here) elephant gift exchange ($10 limit if you are purchasing anything).
Seventh Fleet represent!!!!!!!!
So several chapters in the Seventh Fleet had the opportunity to attend the Star Trek: The Next Generation Season Two theatrical premier last week. Star Trek historian and archivist Larry Nemecek was collecting photos from various events across the country to show on his Trekland website. Of the photos he selected he chose several from the USS Retributor in Salt Lake and the USS Ticonderoga in Ogden.
You can see the photos from both Star Trek clubs (and more) here. Apparently Larry’s theater had some technical difficulties the night of the event.
Changes to November activity and December meeting
Greetings everyone. At the November USS Ticonderoga meeting we discussed some changes to the upcoming events. We would like to thank everyone who was in attendance and provided input (this is your club and we appreciate your involvement). Instead of doing the laser tag on November 17th, the crew elected to make the special theatrical showing of Star Trek: The Next Generation Season Two promo the monthly activity. This will be held at the Newgate Mall-Cinemark 14 Theaters. Please be in the lobby at 6:30pm so we can pass out flyers and recruit new members. Please be in uniform or Star Trek t-shirts.
Normally we have a monthly meeting every Second Wednesday of the month. However in December the Captain has a family concert on that date. As you all remember the December meeting is also when we do our gift exchange (a very popular event). Options were discussed and the crew elected to move the gift exchange to the End of the World Party that was already scheduled on Friday, December 21st. There will be no December monthly meeting to give everyone a break for the holidays.
If you have any questions, please post them in the comments below or contact your department chief.
USS Ticonderoga Halloween party
It looks like Data’s Halloween costume is a gangster. I wonder why Riker isn’t in costume yet? It is time for you to get dressed up for the USS Ticonderoga Halloween party. October 31st starting at 7:00pm at the home of Captain Stark in Clearfield. Please bring a bag of candy for trick-or-treaters. What costume will you wear?
USS Ticonderoga Activity: Corn Maze at Black Island Farms
So what do you think you’ll see at the Black Island Farms corn maze? Well we will find out on Saturday, October 13th. We will be meeting between 5-6pm at the farms located at 3178 South 3000 West Syracuse, UT 84075. It is recommended that you eat dinner before arriving at the farm. Since you need to travel down Antelope Drive there are several fast food choices along that route (A&W, Crown Burger, Burger King, Taco Time, McDonalds, Warren’s, Rancheritos, Article Circle, Wendys, Arbys, Carl’s Jr. and Iceberg Drive Inn to name a few)
The cost for admission is as follows: Corn maze- $10/adults (age 13+) $8/children (ages 3-12). Farm Hayride (with pumpkin) $8/adults (age 13+) $5/children (ages 3-12). There is also a combo for both the maze and the hayride. Cost is $15/adults and $10/children. If we can get more than 15 people to commit by the Oct 10th Ticonderoga Meeting, we can try to get a group discount. The ticket booth takes cash or checks. There is an ATM on site. Don’t forget your jackets and flashlights.
This has been one of our most popular annual activities and is appropriate for all ages. If you have someone who may be interested in checking out some of the fun things we do as a club, this would be one of the events to bring them too.
Video of the 2012 Seventh Fleet Olympics
Commander Ross Trowbridge created this video from photos and video clips. It shows a lot of the fun we had at the Seventh Fleet Olympics last month. Enjoy.
We had a lot of fun at the Seventh Fleet Olympics
What was your favorite part of the games?