The Official STAR TREK Fact Files was that the publication of it is suspended in Europe in the summer of last year, however was started in Japan in this February.
Some file names and file numbers are also changed.
Newest issue No. 22 was published this Tuesday and there was the file by which it probably does not exist in Europe.
Wonderful. As if not being able to read the German-language scans I got from Spike was annoying enough, now we have it in Japanese too. . .
Posted by Starship Freak (Member # 293) on July 23, 2003 09:24 PM:
Nice, can I ask a bigger scan of the scimitar itself?
Posted by Captain Serek (Member # 1038) on July 23, 2003 11:59 PM:
That is cool. I thought the Scimitar bridge would never see the light of day as a drawing. I wonder what else we might see given that I am sure there will be the usual repeats of stuff from the European FF and ST Magazine. Cool, one of my wish list down, many many more to go.
Posted by Identity Crisis (Member # 67) on July 24, 2003 12:55 AM:
quote:Originally posted by Lee: Wonderful. As if not being able to read the German-language scans I got from Spike was annoying enough, now we have it in Japanese too. . .
Yeah, but do you really want to learn the Japanese for 'This is a door', 'The carpet is brown', etc. ?
Posted by Lee (Member # 393) on July 24, 2003 12:57 AM:
Actually, I was going to mention the sheer obviousness of Fact Files text, but couldn't think of the best way to put it. Your way works for me. 8)
Posted by Jason Abbadon (Member # 882) on July 24, 2003 12:26 PM:
Wow. ice. I second the request for a Scimitar scan, Does it have any schematics of the ships? Get me a nice Valdore schematic and I'll build a nike in your honor.
Posted by Masaki (Member # 1030) on July 24, 2003 05:44 PM:
Hi. Starship Freak, Jason. I did a larger scan of the Scimitar.
quote:Originally posted by Jason Abbadon: Does it have any schematics of the ships? Get me a nice Valdore schematic and I'll build a nike in your honor.
I also want to see those schematics, however it is not published yet.
The ST Fact Files Japanese version has a preliminary announcement that a file of the Axanar cargo vessel is carried to No. 25.
Posted by Dr. Phlox (Member # 878) on July 24, 2003 09:19 PM:
Wow. I wonder if there's any chance of the new material being released in Europe?
Posted by Kazeite (Member # 970) on July 25, 2003 02:13 AM:
Hm... is it me, or does Scimitar bridge looks kinda like redress of Enterprise Engineering?
Posted by Bernd (Member # 6) on July 25, 2003 02:50 AM:
Very nice.
I'm surprised that they revised the Fact Files, but with all the trouble of translation that may have been the easier (and more interesting) work. And they wouldn't want to sell five year old stuff.
quote:Originally posted by Bernd: And they wouldn't want to sell five year old stuff.
LOL. If they thought they could get away with it they would love nothing more than to sell five year old stuff.
Posted by Bernd (Member # 6) on July 25, 2003 03:01 AM:
Sure. It should have read: "They wouldn't hope to get away with selling five year old stuff."
Posted by Futurama Guy (Member # 968) on July 25, 2003 03:44 AM:
So, any idea what the advantage of having those aft stations on the bridge 3 meters above captains chair and foreward stations?
Posted by David Templar (Member # 580) on July 25, 2003 03:55 AM:
It's easier to lay down ineffective fire against intruders from such a raised position?
Posted by Kazeite (Member # 970) on July 25, 2003 05:45 AM:
Flying crewmembers propelled by exploding consoles blast land with more satysfying 'THUD!' Posted by Griffworks (Member # 1014) on July 25, 2003 06:14 AM:
Gravity:it's not just a good idea - it's the law! Posted by Captain Serek (Member # 1038) on July 25, 2003 08:41 AM:
Now that the japanese have taken the Fact Files mantle (with the European and American versions into history), what would we like to see them do? Or should I just start a new thread? Answers? Comments? Posted by Jason Abbadon (Member # 882) on July 25, 2003 10:45 AM:
Accurate ventral view size-comparison charts.
Bernd's got the best charts around and ASDB's is good too, but nobodys got a complete chart of the ships in a ventral view (and in color). Gislo's is pretty amazing once you scale down the sabre to 179 meters.
More Rick Sternbach (sp?) tech articles.
...and a lifesized poster of Spot the cat to hang up next to my beloved Porthos poster, of course. Posted by AndrewR (Member # 44) on July 25, 2003 11:29 AM:
There's a Porthos poster you can get!?!
Posted by Futurama Guy (Member # 968) on July 25, 2003 11:56 AM:
I think it was in 'Communicator'
Posted by Lee (Member # 393) on July 27, 2003 05:24 PM:
Did it have one of those mottos which cutesy posters with furry animals have, like "Hard work fascinates me - I can sit and stare at it for hours" or something like that?
Posted by Bernd (Member # 6) on July 27, 2003 06:55 PM:
The problem with the ventral chart is that we have few suited ventral views of ships. Ironically, many obscure Delta Quadrant ships have quite good five-view-charts (CGI) in the Fact Files, whereas the depictions even of prominent Federation ships are crude. I have focused on doing side views, simply because they are easier to draw or to correct.
Posted by Austin Powers (Member # 250) on July 27, 2003 09:58 PM:
Who says the Fact Files are finished in Europe? In GB perhaps, but what about the "Old Europe"? Here in Germany we're up to Nr. 286 and counting, with no sign of the series finishing soon.
Posted by Spike (Member # 322) on July 27, 2003 10:06 PM:
But the GB FF were a couple of issues ahead. They stopped at 304.
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I wonder what else we might see given that I am sure there will be the usual repeats of stuff from the European FF and ST Magazine. Cool, one of my wish list down, many many more to go.
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