The Roddenberry Archive / OTOY

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Nah—it was his evil twin

Kellam de Forest

Kellam de Forest (11 November 1926 – 19 January 2021; age 94) was a researcher who worked on Star Trek: The Original Series, under the guise of de Forest Research. He was hired by Gene Roddenberry to verify facts and correct errors in stories, starting with the first pilot, "The Cage". He never...

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[Kamen Rider Blade]

Spoiler: TrekYards - Meeting Sam｜OTOY Unification “Kirk” ｜ Sam Witwer interview

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Spoiler: Trek Yards - How you joined as Kirk ｜ OTOY Unification “Kirk” ｜ Sam Witwer Interview

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Spoiler: TrekYards - Was there a Script¿ ｜ OTOY Unification “Kirk” ｜ Sam Witwer Interview

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Spoiler: TrekYards - How Unification came to be ｜ OTOY Unification “Kirk” ｜ Sam Witwer Interview

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[Daedalus]

Interesting piece of information from Sam at the end there. I hope there's something to look forward to in the not too distant future.

 

[cardinal biggles]

I noticed tonight that the animated LCARS displays on both the FC and INS Enterprise-E bridges have gone static. The blinkies still blink and the animated stuff in the MSD is still doing its thing, but all of the CRT displays on the bridge are frozen.

@Donny @Rekkert hopefully you know who to report this to over at the Archive.

 

[Firebird]

I noticed tonight that the animated LCARS displays on both the FC and INS Enterprise-E bridges have gone static. The blinkies still blink and the animated stuff in the MSD is still doing its thing, but all of the CRT displays on the bridge are frozen.

@Donny @Rekkert hopefully you know who to report this to over at the Archive.

If only this were the 90's and we could send the Okudas down to set to bang on a computer or two with a hammer to fix it.

 

[Tomalak]

They'd just need to dub a fresh VHS cassette!

 

[blssdwlf]

Just a bump on this thread as I see Otoy has posted 4 new videos plus a teaser on YT

https://www.youtube.com/@OTOY/videos

 

[cardinal biggles]

They dropped a massive update on the starships page. I could spend hours going through the new rooms they've added!

 

[QuinnTV]

Really, really cool to experience the refit cargo bay and its retractable floors. One of those things that I had read about, never expected to see in action.

 

[blssdwlf]

Yeah it's awesome wandering around in these spaces.

Also, kudos to the modeler who put a ramp for the engineering hull docking port Very cool seeing it.

 

[NCC-73515]

That's where the travel pod docked, right? We can now walk the same path Kirk took

 

[cardinal biggles]

Hopefully a future update will include a travel pod you can step into, that would be fun.

edit: Just noticed this lovely tribute to the late Lora Johnson:

 

[Rekkert]

edit: Just noticed this lovely tribute to the late Lora Johnson

Glad folks noticed, it was the least we could do, she was instrumental in our TMP work

 

[Uxi]

I'm stoked I can finally see the weapons and defense station in the ST:IV 1701-A.

A bit disappointed the shield display went away but love these style of okudagrams and my favorite bridge (would have preferred red rails and doors) and definitely like it more than the Star Trek V and even VI bridges.

 

[NCC-73515]

Hopefully a future update will include a travel pod you can step into, that would be fun.

And then it flies around the ship with THAT music playing

 

[Mytran]

I just took a stroll around the Rec Deck - utterly blown away!
The Rec Room set was very much designed with style over substance in mind - a massive THREE STOREY structure allegedly on a space in the ship which was barely 1.5 storeys tall. Curiously, the description says "2 storey" but the modellers have correctly included 3 levels of turbolift shaft and that ceiling heigh doesn't lie!
The modellers have made that seemingly impossible ceiling structure work, and work well!
The silly number of exits to side rooms have been tweaked so that they made sense at last (although I'd love to see beyond those doors as well).
Even small details like the floating balconies (complete with double hand rails) are there.

The Rec Room has been one of the most elusive sets over the years but you guys have made it worth waiting for

Also, kudos to the modeler who put a ramp for the engineering hull docking port Very cool seeing it.

A valiant effort to solve the discrepency between the positioning of the outer airlock and the deck inside!
I seem to remember you suggesting the very same solution on your ship building thread - oh so many years ago now!

 

[Uxi]

Loved the interactive experience on the TMP refit. The workbees and shuttles was a nice touch! There Raising the floor and closing the door, etc. Should probably be a way to do that from the top but wasn't seeing one.

We know Donny did a hypothetical Star Trek II rec deck, etc would love to see at least the TMP and turbolift, etc repeated for that

My dream is a full ship 1701-A at ST IV launch config to go from Shuttle Bay. Star Trek V and VI variants reusing some of the refit (perhaps slightly modernized) would have been better than the reuse of TNG sets.

 

[Tallguy]

We know Donny did a hypothetical Star Trek II rec deck, etc would love to see at least the TMP and turbolift, etc repeated for that

I don't remember a TWOK rec deck. I have his TWOK Officer's Lounge as a video call background and I get comments on it every time I use it.

A valiant effort to solve the discrepency between the positioning of the outer airlock and the deck inside!
I seem to remember you suggesting the very same solution on your ship building thread - oh so many years ago now!

But where are the windows on either side of the dock? Not that they match between the closeup shot and the ship model anyway.

 

[blssdwlf]

A valiant effort to solve the discrepency between the positioning of the outer airlock and the deck inside!
I seem to remember you suggesting the very same solution on your ship building thread - oh so many years ago now!

Yeah, so many years ago! IIRC, it was Andrew Probert who suggested the ramp

I've been having the guilty pleasure of triggering the shuttle elevator on the lower level and then running over to it to ride up the next level. Who knew how fun that could be!

I'm also happily surprised that engineering retained the corridor in front of it too. So many neat things to check out.