As we enter a new year and continue the renaissance of Star Trek with the launch of Discovery Season 2, we’re taking a look at our hopes and expectations for the return of Burnham and her shipmates; studying the new Captain and looking at what else we can expect from the new world of Star Trek.
We also review Discovery’s first season launch on home release, detailing the special features and extra content – and members can win their own copy in this issues competition thanks to Sovereigns generous Captain Langstaff!
This issue takes a trip back through 2018, looking back at Q2’s growth throughout the year as we recap the best moments and highlights from our busiest year since restructuring the organisation and detailing plans and expectations for the year ahead.
The Discovery More Edition Also Includes:
- ON SCREEN: A look at the best of geeky TV & film including the trippy Maniac series; choose your own adventure in Bandersnatch; the new era of Doctor Who; New series of Gotham & The OA; Film Reviews including Into the Spider-verse & Aquaman and loads more!
- STAR TREK ONLINE: Ahead of the next big update for Star Trek Online, we review the new Age of Discovery extension and it’s offerings, while Douglas Langstaff gives a full breakdown of how to best use the games crafting system in his latest Tips & Tricks for the game!
- FEATURES: We continue the For the Uniform costume feature, looking at the styles of the original film series; profile Worf and Dax in Character Spotlight and Way of The Warrior in our Retro Review; look at the Five Most Shocking moments in Star Trek and in tribute to Stan Lee, look back at the time our former DOPS met ‘The Man’.
- COMPETITION!: As we review the new release of Star Trek Discovery Season 1 on DVD & Bluray and take a close look at the bonus content in the set, members have the chance to win their own copy – The competition is for a DVD Box Set of the new series and all you have to do is answer one simple question for your chance to win!
The Discover More 2018 Edition of Comms is available to all logged in registered members at sfcq2.com/comms. To join SFC Quadrant 2 and gain access to Comms and all other members benefits, signing up is quick and easy and membership is completely free! Enlist Today!
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Beta Quarter Plans and Progress..
Since the 50th anniversary of SFC as a whole, we've been on a mission to revitalise and update several elements of Quadrant 2, working on improving services and experience fleet wide for all members. Following some background changes and a lot of work in the Alpha Quarter behind the scenes, we're moving into the next phase with some more visibility in whats coming next! Balancing life and fleet life is always a trial. All too often things can lapse or take time due to finding that right balance; especially as life now is a little more chaotic than it was ten years ago and the things we'd take in our stride tend to take a little bit longer now. That balance has been on my mind a lot in the past year, particularly in how Q2 has changed and grown […]
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Starfleet engineers are known throughout the universe for their innovation and ability to fix absolutely anything. Whether it's connecting all the warp cores or turning rocks into replicators, the legend of the engineer all started with one man: Montgomery Scott. Born in the early 22nd century, Scott was raised in the years of Starfleet's mission that turned a small force into stuff of legend. With a passion for learning Scott was trained in a mix of obsessively learning everything he could to the point of reading technical manuals as a pass time, to hands on experience working on some of the finest and most complex systems in the fleet. Assigned as chief engineer of the Enterprise in the 2260's, Scott saw the prestigious ship as his own; engineering his complete domain where even the captain was merely a guest on […]
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[Q2&A] If I Could Get Serial For A Minute…
With a long history and many people coming to SFC over the decades, there can often be a lot of curiosity for members – both old and new – about various subjects. From questions about our base structure, how to get four pips, how Q2 and Q1 diverged many moons ago.... even questions on the curse of the Daring. Sometimes we have questions where the answers are as mundane as the question. One of the most common.... what is my serial number and why do I have it? Like any account number in the known universe – whether it's your broadband provider or local Blockbusters – your service ID is a unique membership number that helps us identify each member whether we're updating a record or assessing a Fleet Support application form. With our structure and organisational systems based on […]
[Retro Review] Latent Image; Voyager S5E11
Running through annual check-ups and playing around with a 24th century version of a digital camera, the Doctor spots some weird scars on Ensign Kim. Scars that could only have come from a surgical procedure he developed, but has no memory of ever performing. The surgery isn't the only gap in the Doctors memory. What else has he forgotten? And how...? No matter the show or the season, Star Trek loves diving into the lives of it's artificial characters. Data explored everything from his basic rights to the meaning of dreams as he developed to become more of a person. For the Doctor, things had always been a bit more complicated. He was a program developed for short term use. A piece of equipment built into sickbay that could be turned off and on at will. While Deep Space Nine's […]
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It's only April and the year has been one for us to take a step back and review our operations to do some much overdue maintenance on our overall performance and offerings. One of the major hurdles for the second quarter is one of the tougher parts of Q2: The Academy. Once upon a time the Academy was a core part of the experience in joining SFC. After singing up new members would pass through the Academy, completing a series of tests before becoming an ensign, joining their unit and becoming an active member of the club. Many people over the years enjoyed the more immersive and playful nature of being part of an organisation modelled after Starfleet. Some didn't. As years went by, the franchise itself evolved, opening it's door to new fans who'd want to reach out and […]
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