Star Trek The Magazine July 2001

[odoital]

Hi folks, just an overview of this month's Star Trek The Magazine...

This month is ANOTHER Voyager special, two covers again. Although I like the holodoc, I like ships better so I got the ship cover.
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Star Trek The Magazine
July 2001
Issue 27

pg. 6... News review
pg. 9... Star Trek merchandise listings
pg. 10... Berman, Piller and Taylor on creating Star Trek: Voyager
pg. 18... Interview with Robert Picardo
pg. 26... Interview with Brannon Braga
pg. 30... Romance on Star Trek: Voyager
pg. 32-50... BRIEFING 1 U.S.S. Voyager NCC-74656
- U.S.S. Voyager cutaway
- Cargo bay 2
- Main engineering
- Shuttlebay
- Sensor systems
- Turbolifts
- Lower decks
- Stasis chambers
pg. 51... Voyager's greatest visual effects *I vote for 7's catsuit!*
pg. 58-63... BRIEFING 2 Kes
pg. 64... Voyager's greatest makeups (hey I don't write 'em I just report 'em)
pg. 67... Voyager's greatest costumes (you know my vote here! ;b)
pg. 71-81... BRIEFING 3 U.S.S. Equinox NCC-72381
- Ransom's Journey
- Introduction
- Main bridge
- Blueprints
pg. 82... John Teska on building Species 8472
pg. 89... Richard James on designing U.S.S. Voyager
pg. 98... Star Trek Away Team (computer game)
pg. 100-107... BRIEFING 4 Worlds of the Delta Quadrant
- The Ocampa planet
- A Briori planet
- Hanon IV
- Tachyon core planet
pg. 108... Readers' letters
pg. 112... Star Trek props: Tsukatse shoes
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COMING SOON
Next issue on sale July 10, 2001

* Interview with Garrett Wang
* Richard James on designing Voyager's interiors
* Creating Voyager's crew (geez what is this? sounds like another voyager special)

PLUS technical briefings in every issue!

* Deep Space Nine
- Defensive shields
- Wardroom
- Dax's lab (not Dexter's)
- Crew quarters
* Kira Nerys
* Games and Sports
- 3D chess
- Anbo-jytsu
- Springball
- Tongo
- Dabo
- Racquetball
*Overlookers
- The hierarchy
- Blueprints
- Bridge

[Treefrog]

Sounds to me that our neighborly studio is still trying to force Voyager down our throats. Why can't Paramount get the hint that their 'baby' was a subparticle series that doesn't deserve any mention whatsoever.

Voyager is now no more (Thank God!!!!!). IMHO, the only thing I am looking forward to now, even with a little bit of trepidation concerning the rumored death of Data, is Star Trek X.

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"Cry havoc! And let slip the dogs of war..."
-Chang (ST VI)

[Dan Gurden]

<font face="Verdana, Arial" size="2">Originally posted by Treefrog:
Sounds to me that our neighborly studio is still trying to force Voyager down our throats. Why can't Paramount get the hint that their 'baby' was a subparticle series that doesn't deserve any mention whatsoever.
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Try to remember IDIC.

Not everyone dislikes Voyager. i for one have enjoyed it on the whole. Sure they have had dodgy episodes along with a greater share of Lemons...

They have even had a problem with continuity... All these arguements are valid.

But the fact is. Noone from Paramount comes round your place with a gun and forces you to watch or read anything about it.

The power to control your entertainment lies in your own hands, so if you feel that Paramount are forcing it down your throat, thats only cause your swallowing.

Theres always the off-switch for gods sake!

I apologise for this I have seen post after post slamming Voyager, when as far as I can tell the problem lies in the audience and an inability to accept that they have a choice over what they watch on TV.

Now back onto our previously scheduled programming...


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Dan.

"A couple of thoughts from a random mind!"
http://www.theventure.freeserve.co.uk

[REG]

As one of many whom have not given Voyager the show a glowing review, the tech freak in me like the ship. Granted, I have been a little tired of the nacelles going up and down, but ignoring that little design flaw, the rest of the ship's structure is sleek.

So while we may breathe a sigh of relief that the series, at least with some acts of redemption when Braga left the show to pursue work in the ... ... next Trek series, the ship has found its way to my technical heart.

Now if you'll excuse me, I'm going to order a pair of slipcases for my stack of STM.

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Anyhoo, just some random thoughts...

[StyroFoam Man]

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[Cochrane]

I think it's fitting that they spend this time focusing on Voyager. My order of series preference is TNG, VOY, DS9, TOS. I guess one reason I like VOY better than DS9 is DS9's darkness. Also I guess DS9 was a little too static, focusing mainly on one small region of space.

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The Trekkie Formerly Known As Surak, AKA The Coch, Humble Creator of the Bwuutut and Mensaeans, Aba and Zwickau, and the Perseus Federation, Guy Who Still Hasn't Actually Played The Game, And Who Finally Decided To Use A Signature.

[Dr. Jonas Bashir]

<font face="Verdana, Arial" size="2">Originally posted by Treefrog:
Voyager is now no more (Thank God!!!!!). IMHO, the only thing I am looking forward to now, even with a little bit of trepidation concerning the rumored death of Data, is Star Trek X.</font>

One less rumor for you all. Marina Sirtis was interviewed and she denied that anyone of the TNG cast will die on Star Trek X.

Check www.trektoday.com for the news bit.

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Chakotay: You didn't poison my coffee, did you?
Janeway: Not any more than I usually do.
"The Voyager Conspiracy", Voyager

[Cochrane]

But all good things must come to an end. Even characters.

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The Trekkie Formerly Known As Surak, AKA The Coch, Humble Creator of the Bwuutut and Mensaeans, Aba and Zwickau, and the Perseus Federation, Guy Who Still Hasn't Actually Played The Game, And Who Finally Decided To Use A Signature.

[REG]

Hey StyroFoam Man, I would not use Taylor and Piller in that interview. They were long gone as executive producers of the show.

It was Brannon Braga who replaced them AND brought the Borg (the "wimpy-er" kind) to TV and on VOY.

If anything, Piller and Taylor should be horrified as to what Braga did to VOY for the remaining 4 seasons.

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Anyhoo, just some random thoughts...

[REG]

<font color="orange">Also I guess DS9 was a little too static, focusing mainly on one small region of space.</font>

Of course, DS9 is static. Show me a space station that can move at warp speed.

I see this as a refreshly, different aspects of the Star Trek universe. In past show, it's about a ship that can travel from one sector to another, leaving behind whatever adventure and "sail on to the next star." But DS9 shows what happened when they stayed in one place, especially out near the border of the Federation.

Star Trek universe is not all about starships traveling at warp speed. It's about the people living in the future, wherever they make their home, either on a starship, or station or a planet.

In that aspect (as well as the story writing & development), I prefer DS9 way over VOY.

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Anyhoo, just some random thoughts...

[SIR SIG]

Very nice Styro

Voyager did indeed have its share of crap especially

a) Transwarp
b) Pussy Borg
c) Distance/speed inconsistences

But overall I thought it was well done for its 'out there' look especially like DS9 and its 'staionary' design

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SIRSIG
AKA: SirPostalot
AKA: The MapMaker
AKA: The Trek Cartographer
AKA:...Well I could keep going forever

[odoital]

what have I started? :b

Sorry I interjected my lil comment about Voyager... just fyi I prefer DS9 & TNG...

[Highway Hoss]

Yeah I just got that issue. Very nice overall but I have one beef: whoever labeled those schematics for the Nova class should be taken to Trektech remedial school!!! I mean, labeling a dorsal deflector shield grid as a consumables resupply hatch!? A dorsal secondary shuttlebay as an aft ventral cargo bay!? Sheesh!

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Remember, once you have thrown the switch on Mr. Photon Grenade, he is no longer your friend.

[REG]

It's been like that since the premiere issue. They draw a line to indicate an area or vessel structure ... and label it incorrectly. There is at least one error of this type per schematic. It used to irk me, but now I ignore it.

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Anyhoo, just some random thoughts...

[This message has been edited by REG (edited 06-12-2001).]

[Dan Gurden]

I hate to say that from all photos of the studio model, the squared area on the Constellation is indeed a shuttlebay...

No glow or colour. I think the Deflector is in the same place as it is on a Miranda...

... Somewhere else.

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Dan.

"A couple of thoughts from a random mind!"
http://www.theventure.freeserve.co.uk