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| Natalie Anderson Receives the Odssey's Microphone from Nathan Young Making her the new Odyssey Set Director. |
Natalie Anderson was enjoying a quiet lunch of emerald greens on a bed of martian rye favored generously with chipped free range snog from the Valles Marineris when her databad buzzed. Across from her sat a gentleman - a new person of interest in her life. It was their first date, booked at a table sporting a breathtaking view of Olympus Mons. He was someone Natalie had met while attending the Martian Institute of Theoretical Physics. A nerd of sorts, but with a sense of style. Natalie glanced down at the screen. "Incoming James Porter. Earth. Delay: 20.21 minutes"
"What does he want?" she mumbled to herself. "Will you excuse me?" Natalie moved the beige napkin from her lap to the table top, stood, and walked out onto the terrace. Three minutes later she returned to the table, brushed her gentleman friend's cheek with her hand, then spoke. "My reactivation clause with Starfleet is in effect. The USS Odyssey needs me."
He stood confused. "Reactivation clause? You've only been gone 8 months and you're going back. I thought you were done with space service?"
She brushed an imaginary tear from beneath her eye as she whispered, "Au revoir mon aurait pu être. Duty calls." She explained the last ship for Earth was leaving within the hour. Her lunch was finish. Standing, she pocketed the last roll in the basket, turned and said, "Be a dear and get the check," as she walked toward the lift and back to her old life.
On Thursday Natalie stood before a gathering of Space Center staff and volunteers to officially receive the Odyssey's microphone from Nathan Young. Nathan isn't retiring from Space Center service, just stepping back as other pressing matters, like school, require his attention.
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| The Odyssey's Blue Ribbon Staff Tabitha, Natalie, and Nathan |
Once again, as always, the Odyssey is in good hands. You can count on new missions, a clean and happy ship, and service with a smile when you fly the Starship Odyssey at the Christa McAuliffe Space Center.
The Christa McAuliffe Space Center Staff Learn More About Thorium at Canyon Grove Academy's Discovery Space Center
Thorium is open source software used to fly and flight direct an experiential starship simulator. Alex Anderson is the Primus behind Thorium. Telos Discover Space Center and the Lion's Gate Center use Thorium exclusively. Canyon Grove's three simulators are primarily Thorium driven.
The Voyager at the Farpoint Space Academy uses bits and bobs from many different sets of simulator software, including Thorium and Interstellar.
The Christa McAuliffe Space Center is preparing to make the switch to Thorium this Fall. Switching to a new set of starship controls isn't easy. Think of everything that must be done. Knowing the mountain that must be climbed to convert, Mr. Porter scheduled a training flight for his staff at Canyon Grove Discovery last Thursday.
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| The Dauntless was staffed mostly with Phoenix, Odyssey, and Galileo staff. |
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| Natalie Anderson was the Captain |
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| Jon Parker, wearing his glasses on the end of his nose to mimic concentration, seemed perturbed with Nathan Young. Jon is getting older, thus needing a wee bit more time to learn new things. Nathan had lost patience with Jon's delay in following the captain's orders and took matters in hand by reaching over and carrying out a command on Jon's computer without so much as a howdy-do. |
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| Lindsey's reaction to Nathan's bold move against Jon. "Yes, Jon's old, but look at you Mr. Williamson. You're ancient but still able to find your way around a starship," she said. She encourage Nathan to leave Jon be. |
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| Spencer Baird (a dual employee from Canyon Grove and Farpoint) acted as second chair to Bronson Todd in purple. This was Bronson's first mission using Thorium. "It's the blind leading the blind," he expressed while searching the screen for a dial, or slider, or indicator, or panic button. He asked me not to share his comment on the blog. Something I grunted to but didn't officially agree to. |
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| Canyon Grove Director Maeson Busk (in red) flew several of the CMSC employees in the Valiant. I'm seeing mostly a Magellan contingent with a stray here and there from the other simulators to occupy a seat. Again for many, this was their first exposure to Thorium. Audrey carried Mr. Porter's saddlebag. In it are the codes to launch the planet's defenses in case of alien invasion. |
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| Alex Anderson (center) sat outside the Everest control room taking Thorium feedback from the crews. There were several "This didn't work, and that didn't do what it was suppose to do" but mostly the feedback was positive. The CMSC staff seemed ready and willing to convert to Thorium. |
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| The Canyon Grove portion of the training ended with a generous lunch provided by the CMSC. After lunch everyone moved to the CMSC to fly Thorium test missions in the Galileo, Odyssey, and Magellan. |
Thorium Developer Workshop: A Call for Attendees. Come Learn Thorium, Starship Simulation Software and Be Cool!
Where: The Information Systems Lab on BYU Campus - TNRB W328.
Why: To build the starship simulator controls community, train new developers, and make awesome stuff.
What: Bring your own laptop, or use of the provided computers tow work on actual code for Thorium.
The Purpose of the Workshop:
To encourage outside collaboration and development, the Thorium team invites you to a one-day workshop and hackathon. This will be an excellent opportunity to learn about how Thorium was developed, pick up some new skills, make some new friends, and give back to Thorium and the Space Center community.
To learn more about the workshop, to register, and figure out if this is right for you, please visit the workshop's website.
A Home Based Simulator Powered by Thorium. An Example of Software's Effectiveness.
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| The Bridge of the UCS Addis Ababa, a Home Grown Thorium Powered Ship |
Mr Williamson,
I recently built my own 5-person simulator in my family's basement. It's pretty basic, and players have to bring their own laptop, but I'm still pretty excited about how the UCS Addis Ababa turned out.
This isn't actually my first simulator, a couple of years ago, I build the UCS Mandela at my high school as a senior capstone project. Aside from some climate control issues, the Mandela ran splendidly. I haven't had a chance to test this one out with a full crew compliment yet but I hope it will go just as well. Now to get my college to let me build a sim...
I posted the attached pictures on the online chat for the Thorium simulator software, and Alex recommended I send them over to you, so you could post them on Voyagers Log. Feel free to do so, if you feel they'd fit.
Regards,
Admiral Lilah Rosenfield,
Assistant Chief of Fleet Operations
Colonial Command
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