For all your rendering needs. (this image has not yet been updated into the SMR database. This image is the true image of the Rapier vehicle.)
Monthly I get requests from people asking to use some SMR ship or technology. And as always I reply with a hearty "Go ahead!" Well I will not speak for the other artists and authors here on the site, but I will extend my permission for anyone to use what I have created for their own use. All I ask is for the creation credit.
Most of those that have asked for use my ships, do so with sim groups and/or RPGs. That's fine. And, as usual, any questions, just ask.
And remember, the SMR universe takes place after the Dominion War and is more concentrated on defeating the Borg. The current stardate is on the Reservists Newsletter banner, although the month and date is current to the actual month and date.
And a request for those that do use a class ship, e-mail me the name and registry so that I can create a registry database.
The midi "Vanguard" composed by my good friend Infinity Squared.
Star Trek Essays
Old Guestbook entries
David Sands was born a few hours shy of Christmas in 1976. A child of the 1980s (he turned 13 in the last days of the decade), he had a relatively uneventful childhood, being sent to St Christopher's School from kindergarten to the 12th grade. Though his sight was destroyed in academics and his knees, feet, and shins were ripped apart in cross country, he stills studies military history with the fervor of his youth (which first really began after watching Top Gun.) He now attends Mary Washington College pursuing a bachelor of science degree in psychology. He's a Resident Assistant (during the school year) to a noisy floor of young adults while trying to get work done and maintain the great relationship he has with his gorgeous girlfriend. One of his other main interests is the MWC Honor Council. There he is a pillar of strength upholding and defending the academic and social integrity of his great school. He got restarted into Star Trek after going to the Utopia Planitia Fleetyards Website and becoming enthralled with the detail inherent to the genre. He writes fan fiction on a crew of special operations personnel in the world of Trek operating out of the ship USS Apocalypse. His interest include reading, writing his fiction, web design, medicine, biology, psychology, current events (when he has time), history, dabbling in Latin, wearing pink polo shirts, Dungeons and Dragons, eating macaroni and cheese, working at Eddie Bauer, avoiding eggs and poultry (he's allergic to both, no joke!), collecting cute animals, being with his girlfriend whenever possible, kicking ass, and taking names.
Robert (Baloo) Dunehew was born after Sputnik
and before manned space flight. He displayed a high degree of mechanical
aptitude and scientific curiosity from an early age. When he was only 3,
he painted the garage floor, "fixed" mommy's vacuum cleaner, and "discovered"
electricity (with the aid of a screwdriver). That was a typical week.
In elementary school, he discovered science and
science fiction, though it would take a few years before he could distinguish
the two. At age 6, while watching a Gemini launch on television, he was
suddenly disillusioned when he realized that this meant the "Jetsons" was
only a cartoon. At 8, Baloo saw his first episode of "Star Trek" on a friend's
color TV. The only thing he clearly recalls is that this "Spock" guy was
either supposed to be an alien or, judging by his color, was about to lose
his lunch.
At 12, our hero began reading such science fiction
classics as "Lucky Starr, Space Ranger" by Paul French (a.k.a. Isaac Asimov)
and "Danny Dunn, Boy Scientist". It was about this time that he decided
to be an engineer, whereupon his brother-in-law (an engineer) gifted him
with a cornucopia of drafting instruments. Baloo immediately began drawing
planes he thought the Air Force ought to have, based upon aesthetic considerations
rather that actual need.
In High School, Baloo excelled in math and science,
though, much to his teachers' annoyance, he often brought science books
into class to read when the teacher was boring (a frequent occurrence).
In college, Baloo had two excellent semesters before he discovered the
fine art of carousing (adding a few refinements), followed shortly by poor
grades and a not-quite-voluntary decision to enter the workforce and worry
about college later.
Baloo worked a range of jobs from graphic artist
to sheet rock hanger with varying success until he finally decided to join
the Air Force, under the advice of his last civilian boss. In the Air Force,
Baloo joined the electronic Jack-of-all-trades career field of Electronic
Warfare. (He'd tell us more, but then he'd have to kill us, and he says
that he already has enough to do as it is.)
Baloo is still in the Air Force, and has only in
the last six months gotten "on the web". Despite this, he is learning HTML
and many other useful acronyms. His interests are science and human behavior
(and misbehavior). In his spare time he lives with his wife and infant
son in Clovis, New Mexico, about 50 miles from Earth (honest! There's a
sign that says "Earth 1 mile -->" on the highway to Lubbock, Texas).