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Yesterday was the Texas Lottery’s big attempt to break the Guinness World Record for most costumed Star Trek fans in one room or something like that. Overall, it was a pretty abismal attempt. Despite advertising on every radio station and a few billboards (not to mention web adverts) that William Shatner would be on hand and signing autographs – and many of the writings indicated the autographs would be free – only 561 of us showed up at the Dallas Convention Center to be counted. Even worse, Shat only stuck around long enough to give a three minute speech and sign autographs for the five VIP contest winners before beaming out.
Don’t get me wrong, we had a great time at the event, but it wasn’t because of the Texas Lottery, and it certainly wasn’t thanks to Shatner. We met some really cool people yesterday, including a few promising recruits (woohoo!), and spread the word of our involvement in the Walk For Wishes next Saturday (more details here).
Even better, a handful of us went to Main Event in Lewisville to join the USS Navras in “tactical exercises” yesterday evening. We hadn’t heard at the time that the USS Navras had cancelled the event, but with the appearance of a few of the day’s recruits, we had ourselves a grand ol’ time.
And in keeping with our mission to provide a better online knowledge resource for Trek knowledge, work has continued on the Memory Core with completion of articles on the captain’s vest from Star Trek: First Contact, as well as variations of the Monster Grays, and more to come. Want us to add more knowledge to the Memory Core? Tell us what you’d like to see!
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Capt. Cam Wilkinson
Commanding Officer
USS Summoner