Valjiir

[Valka]

It's nice to see Daffy's uniform corrected. 

I've been looking forward to Phase II's version of Mind-Sifter. There's certainly been a lot of discussion about it at TrekBBS, including your acquaintance Patty Wright (aka andreich) causing a lot of drama there, dredging up behind-the-scenes arguments.

I've been reading Cher's alternate Shadow Captain story, in which Spock, Ruth, Sulu, and Jilla do resign to look for Kirk on their own. I hope she'll be writing some more of that, because I am hooked!

[Geo]

Pictures from Star Trek: Phase Two's upcoming production of "Mindsifter"  have been popping up on my Facebook feed recently.  Seeing pictures of their "Captain Spock" made me think of Valjiir's "Shadow Captain" story arc -- which is based on the same premise.  Kirk is abducted by Klingons, who use the Mind Sifter on him, then send him back into the past.  The Valjiir stories focus on what happens to Spock as he becomes captain and tries to track down the Klingon's trail.

These stories were among the very first created illustrations for.  Looking back on them, I decided I could do a little better now than I did then.  Here's one of the new illustrations for these stories..

Somehow the consoles in that pic (or at least the graphic displays) come over more interactive then what I remember of the ToS Enterprise bridge.

[Mylochka]

More interactive?  There were always a lot of buttons to be pressed.... I didn't create this model, but it's someone's best approximation of what the set looked like.

Valka - I'm looking forward to "Mindsifter" too.  Eager to see that crew's new actor for Kirk in action.

Here's another bridge scene from one of the "Shadow Captain" stories

[Geo]

More interactive?  There were always a lot of buttons to be pressed.... I didn't create this model, but it's someone's best approximation of what the set looked like.

I guess it looks to me like that because these are still pictures.

[Mylochka]

You think the buttons look a little flat?

[Geo]

No. But then again, I was talking about the displays, not the buttons.

[Mylochka]

Oh, I get you now.  Yes, in this model, the displays are flat.

I think they were just screens in the series too. Here's a screenshot from "Enterprise Incident" where you can see the ones behind the science station.

[Buster's Uncle]

Quiz:

A)  What's wrong with the basic posing of this panel?



B)  What's the Valjiir connection?

[Mylochka]

A) almost everything?
B) Noel DelMonde, like Gambit, numbers among the top 10 Cajun superheroes of all time

[Buster's Uncle]

A)  Rogue is punching downwards/left, while Gamit's chin goes up/right.  Also acceptable would be a joke about her right leg being twice as long as her left - or noting that Gambit's in the panel.

B) No, Gambit sucks, so that can't be it.

[Buster's Uncle]

You will like this: http://alphacentauri2.info/index.php?topic=7298.msg53595#msg53595

[Mylochka]

A) so I was correct

B) Gambit rules, cher. Laissez le bon temp rouler! 

I've started adding some new illustrations to the "Shadow Captain" stories and replacing some of the old ones that I have the resources to do a little better work on now.  Here's one from "Perfectus Logica" (formerly called "Watermark" in which Spock has a meeting that does not go as well as he seems to have anticipated it might...

[Mylochka]

You will like this: http://alphacentauri2.info/index.php?topic=7298.msg53595#msg53595

Tee hee... but this is not a good translation of Frida's reaction to such a question, I'm betting...

[Geo]

Damn but Mc Coy looks old there.

[Mylochka]

I guess trying to keep up with all those wild Valjiir folks is really aging him...

Here's another new "Shadow Captain" illustration.  This one illustrates this passage in "Hallowed Be":

DelMonde went to the Engineering Station, got a status report from Geoff Redford, dismissed him, and sat down in his place. His eyes and fingers moved across the board automatically, checking, adjusting, all the while he was acutely aware of the man who sat so rigidly in the con. If there was any noise or movement on the Bridge he didn't hear or see it. He and Spock were quite alone but for a third presence, invisible, between them, being torn apart by them.