Expanding Science Fiction Fleet (Star Trek IV)

Star Ships of Star Trek IV: The Undiscovered Country

The "Good Guys", the Federation Excelsior (Sulu) and Enterprise (Kirk) need to avert another Klingon v Federation war (see above). The wannabe "Good Guys", Klingon's in a rather scary Battle-Cruiser (see below):

Meanwhile the real "Bad Guys" (including a Vulcan) are using a Klingon 'Bird of Prey' to try and start another war between the Klingons and Federation (see below):

All courtesy of the current Star Trek magazine series running fortnightly in the Newsagents (it is so great feeling like a kid again).

All I need now is a simple set of "space star ship battle rules" ;)

Star Trek "To Boldly Go" (again) in the Revamped Original

Orbiting a huge red planet or Sun going "super-nova" the USS Enterprise (as per the original "Motion Picture" film version) prepares to engage its "warp" drive (see below):

OK so you may have guessed having seen "Issue 2" (at a slightly inflated price £5.99 from Issue 1's bargain of £1.99) I found myself (once again) having no self control and purchased it alongside the milk and bread on the shopping list. Returning home I had a genius idea of simply adding USS Enterprise to the bottom of the shopping list, but the wife was not to be so simply fooled!

Now to find a bogus use for it ;)

STOP PRESS UPDATE: Small child of three engages USS Enterprise in Saturday morning 'play session'. There was only ever going to be one winner and the USS Enterprise lay in pieces. Can you hear my wife's mocking laughter in the background? Interesting to note the small chap seems to have been sophisticated enough to use dice. The roll of 3, 4 and 12 on the "critical systems table" must have indicated a massive structural failure, perhaps even highlighting a design fault!

What would Captain James T Kirk done in this situation? Well obviously he would never have gotten himself into such a jam. instead by reversing "Times" polarity, adding in a few faster than light quarks for god measure and THE USS Enterprise would have reassembled itself. My version required the aid of a packet of super-glue (see below):   

"All is well that ends well." 

The "spaceships" of my Federation Fleet are now resting on a much higher (and hidden from prying little eyes) shelf.

 Note: This also means my youngest son has 'done the double' by taking out the "Second Generation" and "Original Motion Picture Film" USS Enterprise(s). Who knows, in a future post there may well be comparative study on Klingon and Romulan starship design versus "the deadly hand of a small child"?