[TML] OT: Remastered ST

[alan hume]

>I wrote the original for a presentation to George Takei> at>a Gen-Con in the early 1990s (post TNE). We had done up a>character sheet> for Sulu as Captain and printed it out on>parchment, got everyone at GDW to> autograph the book,>etc.


Thanks very much for taking the time to reply on my behalf Loren, much appreciated.

That is just toooooo cool, awesome, really great, I bet he had 
some pretty cool stats:.)
A really nice thing to do

I agree with your comparisons between Star trek and Traveller, totally

I can still remember everytime an SF RPG was reviewed in 
White Dwarf (back in it's glory days before it became a house organ) it was compared with Traveller, the game is indeed the
one against which all others are judged

I just bought a complete set of all the original star trek series on DVD, to me they are very much a nostalgic treasure, I remember Star Trek always being there (while I was growing up) and it is just such a great series, really, really monumental, I must admit that at the moment, the original trek is seriously becoming my favourite show out of all the incarnations of Trek (I just saw Babylon 5 too, missed it first time out and it was stunning) 

Have to agree wholeheartedly (again, for nostalgia as much for anyghing else) the first 3 Star Wars movies ARE star wars to me (Was the Scout courier hull based on an Imperial Star Destroyer by the way or was it taken from "Dark Star" or was it an original, it is a definite icon those days:.)
It would be nice to hear your speech some day but please dont go to any effort to try and rework it on my behalf
(I can still remmeber the nightmare I had a couple of years ago when I, finally, went to the Open University to get a degree and my computer swallowed at least 2 essays, they never were half as good once I had redone them from memopry an dthe work involved was way too much)

Anyhow, looking forward to seeing the books Ad Astra tells me  you ar egoing to be writing for them, awesome, I took the liberty of asking them if it would be possible to buy a signed copy:.)

What with Traveller 5 and Mongoose Traveller on the horizon things have never looked better in the Traveller camp I reckon, I think these are exciting times for us all

----------------------------------------> From: GDWGAMES at aol.com> Date: Tue, 2 Oct 2007 00:17:27 -0400> To: tml at travellercentral.com> Subject: Re: [TML] OT: Remastered ST>>>< Is there anyone here who hasn't seen my speech on Star Trek and>>Traveller?>>> LKW>>>>Hate to admit it, but I haven't:.(>>>>Alan Hume>> I'll make it short. I wrote the original for a presentation to George Takei> at a Gen-Con in the early 1990s (post TNE). We had done up a character sheet> for Sulu as Captain and printed it out on parchment, got everyone at GDW to> autograph the book, etc. I had a summer cold when the time rolled around, so Dave> Nilsen ended up actually giving the speech.>> Basically, Star Trek and Traveller are similar in one rather important way.> Star Trek was not the first SF TV series, but it became the standard against> which all others were judged. Traveller was not the first SF RPG, but it> likewise became the standard against which others were compared. When TSR's Star> Frontiers appeared, the review in Dragon mentioned Traveller . . . several times> (we at GDW considered this a great compliment). Many games still compare> themselves to Traveller, and GDW and others (including Steve Jackson) still refer to> it as "the premiere SF RPG" rather than the first or the original SF RPG.>> It went on for about five minutes and had more to say about Star Trek's> contributions to Traveller, but I lost the actual text in a hard drive crash about> 1995. One of these days, I'll try to reconstruct it as best I can and post it> on www.lorenwiseman.com>>> BTW, when I say "Star Trek" I refer to ST-The Original Series. I almst never> add TOS to it. Likewise, Star Wars without further adornment refers to> "Episode IV: A New Hope. To me, movies 4-6 are Star Wars, The Empire Strikes Back,> and Revenge of the Jedi.>> LKW>>> **************************************> See what's new at http://www.aol.com>> _______________________________________________> TML mailing list> TML at travellercentral.com> http://lists.travellercentral.com/mailman/listinfo/tml

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