“First they fascinate the fools then they muzzle the intelligent.” ― Bertrand Russell

𝑀𝑢𝑛𝑐ℎ𝑖𝑛𝑔 𝑝𝑜𝑝𝑐𝑜𝑟𝑛

"Our Sun is a second- or third-generation star. All of the rocky and metallic material we stand on, the iron in our blood, the calcium in our teeth, the carbon in our genes were produced billions of years ago in the interior of a red giant star. We are made of star-stuff." -Carl Sagan

"For small creatures such as we, the vastness is bearable only through love." Happy 91st Birthday to Carl Sagan – a true pioneer of science who ignited our cosmic curiosity. ❤️

𝑇ℎ𝑒 𝑛𝑜𝑖𝑠𝑒 𝑤𝑎𝑠 𝑏𝑎𝑐𝑘. 𝐴 𝑠𝑖𝑔𝑛𝑎𝑙 𝑜𝑓 𝑠𝑜𝑚𝑒 𝑘𝑖𝑛𝑑, 𝑡ℎ𝑒 𝑐𝑜𝑚𝑝𝑢𝑡𝑒𝑟 𝑖𝑛𝑑𝑖𝑐𝑎𝑡𝑖𝑛𝑔 𝑖𝑡 𝑤𝑎𝑠 𝑚𝑜𝑟𝑒 𝑜𝑓 𝑡ℎ𝑒 𝑒𝑛𝑑𝑙𝑒𝑠𝑠 𝑛𝑎𝑡𝑢𝑟𝑎𝑙 𝑏𝑎𝑐𝑘𝑔𝑟𝑜𝑢𝑛𝑑 𝑖𝑛𝑡𝑒𝑟𝑓𝑒𝑟𝑒𝑛𝑐𝑒 𝑜𝑟𝑖𝑔𝑛𝑖𝑛𝑎𝑡𝑖𝑛𝑔 𝑓𝑟𝑜𝑚 𝑡ℎ𝑒 𝐵𝑒𝑙𝑡 𝑡ℎ𝑒 𝑠𝑡𝑎𝑡𝑖𝑜𝑛 𝑟𝑒𝑠𝑖𝑑𝑒𝑑 𝑖𝑛, 𝑎𝑛𝑑 𝑡ℎ𝑒 𝑑𝑖𝑠𝑡𝑎𝑛𝑡 𝐵𝑎𝑑𝑙𝑎𝑛𝑑𝑠, 𝑏𝑢𝑡 𝑠ℎ𝑒 𝑤𝑎𝑠 𝑠𝑢𝑠𝑝𝑖𝑐𝑖𝑜𝑢𝑠

𝑆𝑒𝑎𝑡𝑒𝑑 𝑜𝑛 𝑡ℎ𝑒 𝑓𝑙𝑜𝑜𝑟, 𝑡ℎ𝑒 𝑙𝑎𝑡𝑡𝑖𝑐𝑒𝑑 𝑜𝑣𝑒𝑟ℎ𝑒𝑎𝑑 𝑙𝑖𝑔ℎ𝑡𝑠 𝑜𝑓𝑓, 𝑠ℎ𝑒 𝑐𝑎𝑟𝑒𝑓𝑢𝑙𝑙𝑦 𝑙𝑖𝑡 𝑡ℎ𝑒 𝑠𝑚𝑎𝑙𝑙 𝑚𝑒𝑑𝑖𝑡𝑎𝑡𝑖𝑜𝑛 𝑙𝑎𝑚𝑝 𝑎𝑛𝑑 𝑠𝑒𝑡𝑡𝑙𝑒𝑑 𝑏𝑎𝑐𝑘 𝑡𝑜 𝑤𝑎𝑡𝑐ℎ 𝑡ℎ𝑒 𝑓𝑙𝑎𝑚𝑒. 𝐶𝑎𝑟𝑣𝑒𝑑 𝑓𝑟𝑜𝑚 𝑔𝑟𝑒𝑒𝑛 𝑚𝑎𝑟𝑏𝑙𝑒, 𝑡ℎ𝑒 𝑙𝑎𝑚𝑝'𝑠 𝑚𝑒𝑡𝑎𝑚𝑜𝑟𝑝ℎ𝑖𝑐 𝑠𝑡𝑜𝑛𝑒 𝑟𝑒𝑚𝑖𝑛𝑑𝑒𝑑 ℎ𝑒𝑟 𝑜𝑓 𝑡𝑖𝑚𝑒'𝑠 𝑟𝑒𝑙𝑒𝑛𝑡𝑙𝑒𝑠𝑠 𝑚𝑎𝑟𝑐ℎ 𝑎𝑛𝑑 𝑡ℎ𝑒 𝑡𝑟𝑎𝑛𝑠𝑖𝑡𝑖𝑜𝑛 𝑓𝑟𝑜𝑚 𝑜𝑛𝑒 𝑓𝑜𝑟𝑚 𝑡𝑜 𝑎𝑛𝑜𝑡ℎ𝑒𝑟. 𝐻𝑒𝑟 𝑏𝑟𝑒𝑎𝑡ℎ𝑖𝑛𝑔-

Not as cute a species as my Daig but acceptable

@sidirectormarta.bsky.social Greetings, Admiral

FUCK ICE

It keeps us busy

2440𝑠 𝑊𝑎𝑡𝑐ℎ𝑖𝑛𝑔 ℎ𝑒𝑟 𝑐ℎ𝑖𝑙𝑑𝑟𝑒𝑛 𝑝𝑙𝑎𝑦, 𝑟𝑜𝑢𝑔ℎ ℎ𝑜𝑢𝑠𝑖𝑛𝑔 𝑜𝑣𝑒𝑟 𝑎 𝑡𝑜𝑦 𝑤𝑎𝑟𝑏𝑖𝑟𝑑.

𝘚𝘶𝘯𝘭𝘪𝘨𝘩𝘵 𝘧𝘪𝘭𝘵𝘦𝘳𝘦𝘥 𝘥𝘰𝘸𝘯 𝘵𝘩𝘳𝘰𝘶𝘨𝘩 𝘵𝘩𝘦 𝘵𝘳𝘦𝘦𝘴, 𝘥𝘢𝘱𝘱𝘭𝘪𝘯𝘨 𝘵𝘩𝘦 𝘱𝘢𝘵𝘩 𝘸𝘪𝘵𝘩 𝘴𝘤𝘢𝘵𝘵𝘦𝘳𝘦𝘥 𝘨𝘰𝘭𝘥 𝘵𝘩𝘢𝘵 𝘥𝘢𝘯𝘤𝘦𝘥 𝘪𝘯 𝘵𝘩𝘦 𝘭𝘪𝘨𝘩𝘵 𝘣𝘳𝘦𝘦𝘻𝘦. "𝘙𝘦𝘭𝘢𝘹, 𝘩𝘦 𝘸𝘪𝘭𝘭 𝘣𝘦 𝘵𝘩𝘦𝘳𝘦..." 𝘴𝘩𝘦 𝘸𝘩𝘪𝘴𝘱𝘦𝘳𝘦𝘥 𝘵𝘰 𝘩𝘦𝘳𝘴𝘦𝘭𝘧, 𝘵𝘳𝘺𝘪𝘯𝘨 𝘯𝘰𝘵 𝘵𝘰 𝘭𝘦𝘵 𝘰𝘯 𝘩𝘰𝘸 𝘮𝘶𝘤𝘩 𝘰𝘧 𝘢 𝘩𝘶𝘳𝘳𝘺 𝘴𝘩𝘦 𝘸𝘢𝘴 𝘪𝘯. 𝘛𝘩𝘦 𝘱𝘢𝘵𝘩 𝘸𝘢𝘴 𝘴𝘮𝘰𝘰𝘵𝘩, 𝘴𝘭𝘰𝘱𝘪𝘯𝘨 𝘥𝘰𝘸𝘯 𝘵𝘩𝘦 𝘩𝘪𝘭𝘭𝘴𝘪𝘥𝘦 𝘸𝘪𝘵𝘩 𝘢-

𝑆𝑖𝑡𝑡𝑖𝑛𝑔 𝑜𝑛 𝑡ℎ𝑒 𝑃𝑟𝑜𝑚𝑒𝑛𝑎𝑑𝑒, 𝑝𝑙𝑎𝑦𝑖𝑛𝑔 ℎ𝑒𝑟 𝑠ℎ𝑎𝑚𝑖𝑠𝑒𝑛

The chance of receiving a signal from a civilization exactly as advanced as we are should be minuscule. If they were even a little behind us, they would lack the technological capability to communicate with us at all. So the most likely signal would come from a civilization much more advanced.

"𝘠𝘰𝘶 𝘢𝘳𝘦 𝘢 𝘩𝘺𝘣𝘳𝘪𝘥, 𝘤𝘰𝘳𝘳𝘦𝘤𝘵?" 𝘕𝘰 𝘱𝘳𝘦𝘢𝘮𝘣𝘭𝘦, 𝘯𝘰𝘵 𝘦𝘷𝘦𝘯 𝘢 𝘯𝘰𝘥 𝘰𝘧 𝘨𝘳𝘦𝘦𝘵𝘪𝘯𝘨. 𝘚𝘩𝘦 𝘭𝘰𝘰𝘬𝘦𝘥 𝘶𝘱 𝘢𝘵 𝘵𝘩𝘦 𝘴𝘱𝘦𝘢𝘬𝘦𝘳, 𝘢 𝘝𝘶𝘭𝘤𝘢𝘯 𝘸𝘰𝘮𝘢𝘯 𝘪𝘯 𝘢 𝘴𝘤𝘪𝘦𝘯𝘤𝘦 𝘶𝘯𝘪𝘧𝘰𝘳𝘮 𝘸𝘪𝘵𝘩 𝘩𝘦𝘳 𝘢𝘳𝘮𝘴 𝘧𝘰𝘭𝘥𝘦𝘥 𝘣𝘦𝘩𝘪𝘯𝘥 𝘩𝘦𝘳 𝘣𝘢𝘤𝘬. 𝘛𝘩𝘦 𝘱𝘪𝘱𝘴 𝘢𝘵 𝘩𝘦𝘳 𝘵𝘩𝘳𝘰𝘢𝘵 𝘥𝘦𝘯𝘰𝘵𝘪𝘯𝘨 𝘢𝘯𝘰𝘵𝘩𝘦𝘳 𝘭𝘪𝘦𝘶𝘵𝘦𝘯𝘢𝘯𝘵. "𝘛𝘩𝘢𝘵 𝘪𝘴 𝘤𝘰𝘳𝘳𝘦𝘤𝘵." 𝘛𝘰'𝘙𝘢 𝘳𝘦𝘱𝘭𝘪𝘦𝘥, 𝘵𝘶𝘳𝘯𝘪𝘯𝘨 𝘧𝘳𝘰𝘮 𝘵𝘩𝘦 𝘤𝘰𝘮𝘮𝘴-

𝐴𝑡 ℎ𝑒𝑟 𝑠𝑡𝑎𝑡𝑖𝑜𝑛 𝑖𝑛 𝑂𝑝𝑠, 𝑠ℎ𝑒 𝑛𝑜𝑡𝑖𝑐𝑒𝑑 𝑡ℎ𝑒 𝑠𝑢𝑏𝑠𝑝𝑎𝑐𝑒 ℎ𝑢𝑚 𝑎𝑠 𝑖𝑡 𝑐𝑎𝑚𝑒 𝑎𝑐𝑟𝑜𝑠𝑠 𝑡ℎ𝑒 𝑝𝑟𝑖𝑚𝑎𝑟𝑦 𝑎𝑟𝑟𝑎𝑦...𝑠𝑒𝑒𝑚𝑖𝑛𝑔𝑙𝑦 𝑏𝑎𝑐𝑘𝑔𝑟𝑜𝑢𝑛𝑑 𝑛𝑜𝑖𝑠𝑒 𝑤𝑖𝑡ℎ 𝑎 𝑠𝑙𝑖𝑔ℎ𝑡 𝑓𝑙𝑢𝑡𝑡𝑒𝑟. 𝑁𝑜𝑡ℎ𝑖𝑛𝑔 𝑢𝑛𝑢𝑠𝑢𝑎𝑙...𝑏𝑢𝑡 ℎ𝑒𝑟 𝑔𝑢𝑡 𝑡𝑜𝑙𝑑 ℎ𝑒𝑟 𝑖𝑡 𝑤𝑎𝑠 𝑠𝑜𝑚𝑒𝑡ℎ𝑖𝑛𝑔.

𝑂𝑛 𝑡ℎ𝑒 𝑃𝑟𝑜𝑚𝑒𝑛𝑎𝑑𝑒. 𝑊𝑎𝑡𝑐ℎ𝑖𝑛𝑔 𝑝𝑒𝑜𝑝𝑙𝑒

Across the sea of space. The stars are other suns. We have traveled this way before. And there is much to be learned.

Ri'ranov

𝐹𝑖𝑙𝑙𝑖𝑛𝑔 𝑜𝑢𝑡 𝑟𝑒𝑝𝑜𝑟𝑡𝑠

𝑆𝑖𝑡𝑡𝑖𝑛𝑔 𝑖𝑛 ℎ𝑒𝑟 𝑞𝑢𝑎𝑟𝑡𝑒𝑟𝑠, 𝑝𝑟𝑜𝑝𝑝𝑒𝑑 𝑜𝑛 𝑎 𝑐𝑢𝑠ℎ𝑖𝑜𝑛 𝑎𝑠 𝑠ℎ𝑒 𝑤𝑎𝑡𝑐ℎ𝑒𝑑 𝑡ℎ𝑒 𝑠𝑡𝑎𝑟𝑠 𝑠𝑙𝑜𝑤𝑙𝑦 𝑠𝑐𝑟𝑜𝑙𝑙𝑖𝑛𝑔 𝑏𝑦. 𝑆ℎ𝑒 𝑝𝑟𝑒𝑠𝑠𝑒𝑑 ℎ𝑒𝑟 ℎ𝑒𝑎𝑑𝑠𝑒𝑡 𝑙𝑖𝑔ℎ𝑡𝑙𝑦 𝑡𝑜 ℎ𝑒𝑟 𝑒𝑙𝑒𝑔𝑎𝑛𝑡 𝑒𝑎𝑟𝑠, 𝑙𝑖𝑠𝑡𝑒𝑛𝑖𝑛𝑔 𝑡𝑜 𝑡ℎ𝑒 𝑓𝑎𝑖𝑛𝑡 ℎ𝑢𝑚𝑠 𝑎𝑛𝑑 𝑠𝑖𝑧𝑧𝑙𝑒 𝑜𝑓 𝑠𝑝𝑎𝑐𝑒. 𝑊𝑖𝑠ℎ𝑖𝑛𝑔 𝑠ℎ𝑒 𝑤𝑒𝑟𝑒 𝑠𝑜𝑚𝑒𝑤ℎ𝑒𝑟𝑒 𝑜𝑛 𝑎 𝑝𝑙𝑎𝑛𝑒𝑡, 𝑠𝑖𝑡𝑡𝑖𝑛𝑔 𝑤𝑖𝑡ℎ 𝑉𝑒𝑟𝑒𝑛 𝑎𝑛𝑑 𝑤𝑎𝑡𝑐ℎ𝑖𝑛𝑔 𝑡ℎ𝑒 𝑠𝑡𝑎𝑟𝑠 𝑜𝑛 𝑎 𝑤𝑎𝑟𝑚 𝑛𝑖𝑔ℎ𝑡.

"Meanwhile the Cosmos is rich beyond measure: the total number of stars in the universe is greater than all the grains of sand on all the beaches of the planet Earth." -Carl Sagan, Cosmos

𝑊𝑎𝑙𝑘𝑖𝑛𝑔 𝑖𝑛𝑡𝑜 𝑡ℎ𝑒 𝑉𝑢𝑙𝑐𝑎𝑛 𝑟𝑒𝑠𝑡𝑎𝑢𝑟𝑎𝑛𝑡, 𝑠ℎ𝑒 𝑜𝑟𝑑𝑒𝑟𝑒𝑑 𝑙𝑖𝑔ℎ𝑡 𝑙𝑢𝑛𝑐ℎ 𝑎𝑛𝑑 𝑤𝑎𝑖𝑡𝑒𝑑 𝑞𝑢𝑖𝑒𝑡𝑙𝑦 𝑓𝑜𝑟 𝑖𝑡. 𝐿𝑖𝑠𝑡𝑒𝑛𝑖𝑛𝑔 𝑡𝑜 𝑡ℎ𝑒 𝑠𝑜𝑓𝑡 𝑚𝑢𝑠𝑖𝑐, 𝑎 𝑉𝑢𝑙𝑐𝑎𝑛 𝑡𝑜𝑛𝑒 𝑝𝑜𝑒𝑚, 𝑠ℎ𝑒 𝑤𝑎𝑠 𝑠𝑜𝑜𝑛 𝑔𝑖𝑣𝑒𝑛 ℎ𝑒𝑟 𝑓𝑜𝑜𝑑 𝑎𝑛𝑑 𝑤𝑒𝑛𝑡 𝑜𝑢𝑡 𝑡𝑜 𝑎 𝑝𝑟𝑒𝑓𝑒𝑟𝑟𝑒𝑑 𝑡𝑎𝑏𝑙𝑒. 𝑆𝑒𝑡𝑡𝑙𝑖𝑛𝑔 𝑑𝑜𝑤𝑛, 𝑠ℎ𝑒 𝑐𝑎𝑟𝑒𝑓𝑢𝑙𝑙𝑦 𝑎𝑟𝑟𝑎𝑛𝑔𝑒𝑑 ℎ𝑒𝑟 𝑟𝑒𝑝𝑎𝑠𝑡 𝑖𝑛 ℎ𝑒𝑟 𝑝𝑟𝑒𝑓𝑒𝑟𝑟𝑒𝑑 𝑜𝑟𝑑𝑒𝑟.

"The secrets of evolution, are time and death. There's an unbroken thread that stretches from those first cells to us." -Carl Sagan, Cosmos

𝑆𝑖𝑡𝑡𝑖𝑛𝑔 𝑎𝑙𝑜𝑛𝑔 𝑎𝑡 𝑡ℎ𝑒 𝑅𝑒𝑝𝑙𝑖𝑚𝑎𝑡, 𝑝𝑖𝑐𝑘𝑖𝑛𝑔 𝑎𝑡 ℎ𝑒𝑟 𝑠𝑎𝑙𝑎𝑑

𝑅𝑒𝑙𝑎𝑥𝑖𝑛𝑔, 𝑤𝑎𝑡𝑐ℎ𝑖𝑛𝑔 𝐷𝑎𝑖𝑔 𝑐𝑟𝑎𝑤𝑙 𝑢𝑝 𝑡ℎ𝑒 𝑤𝑎𝑙𝑙

"There is much that science doesn't understand, many mysteries still to be resolved. In a Universe tens of billions of light-years across and some ten or fifteen billion years old, this may be the case forever. We are constantly stumbling on new surprises." -Carl Sagan, The Demon-Haunted World

"Once intelligent beings achieve technology and the capacity for self-destruction of their species, the selective advantage of intelligence becomes more uncertain." -Carl Sagan, The Dragons of Eden: Speculations on the Evolution of Human Intelligence

𝘚𝘩𝘦 𝘴𝘵𝘰𝘰𝘥 𝘢𝘵 𝘵𝘩𝘦 𝘸𝘪𝘯𝘥𝘰𝘸𝘴 𝘰𝘧 𝘚𝘵𝘢𝘳𝘣𝘢𝘴𝘦 23, 𝘭𝘰𝘰𝘬𝘪𝘯𝘨 𝘰𝘶𝘵 𝘢𝘵 𝘵𝘩𝘦 𝘭𝘪𝘨𝘩𝘵𝘴 𝘰𝘧 𝘱𝘢𝘴𝘴𝘪𝘯𝘨 𝘴𝘩𝘪𝘱𝘴 𝘢𝘯𝘥 𝘯𝘦𝘢𝘳𝘣𝘺 𝘴𝘵𝘢𝘳𝘴. 𝘏𝘢𝘯𝘥 𝘤𝘭𝘢𝘴𝘱𝘦𝘥 𝘸𝘳𝘪𝘴𝘵 𝘣𝘦𝘩𝘪𝘯𝘥 𝘩𝘦𝘳 𝘣𝘢𝘤𝘬, 𝘩𝘦𝘳 𝘮𝘪𝘯𝘥 𝘳𝘢𝘯 𝘵𝘩𝘳𝘰𝘶𝘨𝘩 𝘢𝘭𝘭 𝘵𝘩𝘦 𝘦𝘷𝘦𝘯𝘵𝘴 𝘭𝘦𝘢𝘥𝘪𝘯𝘨 𝘵𝘰 𝘵𝘩𝘪𝘴 𝘮𝘰𝘮𝘦𝘯𝘵. 𝘛𝘩𝘦 𝘥𝘰𝘰𝘳 𝘰𝘧 𝘵𝘩𝘦 𝘤𝘰𝘶𝘳𝘵𝘳𝘰𝘰𝘮 𝘰𝘱𝘦𝘯𝘦𝘥 𝘣𝘦𝘩𝘪𝘯𝘥 𝘩𝘦𝘳. "𝘊𝘰𝘮𝘮𝘢𝘯𝘥𝘦𝘳? 𝘛𝘩𝘦𝘺'𝘳𝘦 𝘳𝘦𝘢𝘥𝘺." 𝘚𝘩𝘦 𝘵𝘶𝘳𝘯𝘦𝘥, 𝘯𝘰𝘥𝘥𝘦𝘥-

"If we continue to accumulate only power and not wisdom, we will surely destroy ourselves." - Carl Sagan, Pale blue dot

"The immense distances to the stars and the galaxies mean that we see everything in space in the past, some as they were before the Earth came to be. Telescopes are time machines." - Carl Sagan, Pale Blue Dot: A Vision of the Human Future in Space

𝘍𝘠 2410 "𝘠𝘰𝘶 𝘩𝘢𝘷𝘦 𝘮𝘢𝘥𝘦 𝘢𝘯 𝘪𝘮𝘱𝘳𝘦𝘴𝘴𝘪𝘷𝘦 𝘳𝘪𝘴𝘦 𝘪𝘯 𝘳𝘢𝘯𝘬, 𝘤𝘰𝘮𝘮𝘢𝘯𝘥𝘦𝘳. 𝘠𝘰𝘶𝘳 𝘳𝘦𝘤𝘰𝘳𝘥 𝘩𝘢𝘴 𝘣𝘦𝘦𝘯 𝘰𝘯𝘦 𝘰𝘧 𝘥𝘦𝘥𝘪𝘤𝘢𝘵𝘪𝘰𝘯, 𝘩𝘢𝘳𝘥 𝘸𝘰𝘳𝘬, 𝘶𝘯𝘴𝘸𝘦𝘳𝘷𝘪𝘯𝘨 𝘭𝘰𝘺𝘢𝘭𝘵𝘺 𝘵𝘰 𝘚𝘵𝘢𝘳𝘧𝘭𝘦𝘦𝘵 𝘢𝘯𝘥 𝘵𝘩𝘦 𝘍𝘦𝘥𝘦𝘳𝘢𝘵𝘪𝘰𝘯...𝘺𝘦𝘵 𝘵𝘩𝘦𝘳𝘦 𝘪𝘴 𝘯𝘰 𝘥𝘰𝘶𝘣𝘵 𝘪𝘯 𝘵𝘩𝘦 𝘭𝘰𝘨𝘴 𝘢𝘯𝘥 𝘪𝘯 𝘵𝘩𝘦 𝘵𝘦𝘴𝘵𝘪𝘮𝘰𝘯𝘪𝘦𝘴 𝘰𝘧 𝘺𝘰𝘶𝘳 𝘤𝘢𝘱𝘵𝘢𝘪𝘯 𝘢𝘯𝘥 𝘤𝘳𝘦𝘸 𝘵𝘩𝘢𝘵 𝘺𝘰𝘶 𝘢𝘳𝘦 𝘯𝘰𝘵 𝘸𝘩𝘰 𝘺𝘰𝘶 𝘤𝘭𝘢𝘪𝘮 𝘵𝘰 𝘣𝘦." 𝘛𝘩𝘦 𝘳𝘰𝘰𝘮-

𝑊𝑎𝑡𝑐ℎ𝑖𝑛𝑔 𝑝𝑒𝑜𝑝𝑙𝑒 𝑎𝑠 𝑠ℎ𝑒 𝑠𝑎𝑡 𝑜𝑛 𝑡ℎ𝑒 𝑃𝑟𝑜𝑚𝑒𝑛𝑎𝑑𝑒, 𝑠𝑖𝑝𝑝𝑖𝑛𝑔 𝑡𝑒𝑎

𝑆ℎ𝑒 𝑙𝑜𝑜𝑘𝑒𝑑 𝑎𝑡 𝑡ℎ𝑒 𝑖𝑚𝑝𝑜𝑠𝑖𝑛𝑔 𝑉𝑢𝑙𝑐𝑎𝑛, ℎ𝑖𝑠 𝑎𝑟𝑚𝑠 𝑐𝑟𝑜𝑠𝑠𝑒𝑑 𝑎𝑛𝑑 𝑎𝑛 𝑒𝑥𝑝𝑟𝑒𝑠𝑠𝑖𝑜𝑛 𝑜𝑓 𝑓𝑎𝑖𝑛𝑡 𝑎𝑛𝑛𝑜𝑦𝑎𝑛𝑐𝑒 𝑜𝑛 ℎ𝑖𝑠 𝑓𝑎𝑐𝑒. "I understand, sir, but I have nothing else to report."

@verenade.bsky.social One day, once my mission is complete, I hope for a chance to command one of these old beauties

"Writing is perhaps the greatest of human inventions, binding together people who never knew each other, citizens of distant epochs. Books break the shackles of time. A book is proof that humans are capable of magic." Carl Sagan, Cosmos

𝐿𝑖𝑠𝑡𝑒𝑛𝑖𝑛𝑔 𝑡𝑜 𝑅𝑝𝑜𝑝

𝗦𝘁𝗮𝗿 𝗧𝗿𝗲𝗸 𝗖𝘂𝘀𝘁𝗼𝗺𝗶𝘇𝗮𝗯𝗹𝗲 𝗖𝗮𝗿𝗱 𝗚𝗮𝗺𝗲 𝘾𝙖𝙧𝙙 𝙉𝙖𝙢𝙚: 𝘈𝘥𝘮𝘪𝘳𝘢𝘭 𝘝𝘢𝘭𝘥𝘰𝘳𝘦 *𝘝𝘗 𝘾𝙖𝙧𝙙 𝙏𝙮𝙥𝙚: 𝘗𝘦𝘳𝘴𝘰𝘯𝘯𝘦𝘭 𝘼𝙛𝙛𝙞𝙡𝙞𝙖𝙩𝙞𝙤𝙣: 𝘙𝘰𝘮𝘶𝘭𝘢𝘯 𝙍𝙤𝙡𝙚: 𝘖𝘍𝘍𝘐𝘊𝘌𝘙 𝗬𝗼𝘂 𝗰𝗮𝗻 𝘀𝘁𝗶𝗹𝗹 𝗽𝗹𝗮𝘆 𝗳𝗼𝗿 𝗳𝗿𝗲𝗲! Learn more at trekcc.org

FY 2410 "𝘐 𝘵𝘩𝘪𝘯𝘬 𝘺𝘰𝘶 𝘯𝘦𝘦𝘥 𝘵𝘰 𝘴𝘵𝘢𝘳𝘵 𝘵𝘢𝘭𝘬𝘪𝘯𝘨. 𝘕𝘰𝘸." 𝘛𝘩𝘦 𝘩𝘶𝘮𝘢𝘯, 𝘊𝘢𝘱𝘵𝘢𝘪𝘯 𝘏𝘢𝘳𝘷𝘴𝘰𝘯, 𝘴𝘢𝘵 𝘣𝘦𝘩𝘪𝘯𝘥 𝘩𝘪𝘴 𝘥𝘦𝘴𝘬 𝘢𝘯𝘥 𝘴𝘵𝘶𝘥𝘪𝘦𝘥 𝘵𝘩𝘦 𝘤𝘢𝘭𝘮 𝘭𝘪𝘵𝘵𝘭𝘦 𝘝𝘶𝘭𝘤𝘢𝘯 𝘰𝘧𝘧𝘪𝘤𝘦𝘳 𝘴𝘵𝘢𝘯𝘥𝘪𝘯𝘨 𝘧𝘰𝘳𝘮𝘢𝘭𝘭𝘺 𝘣𝘦𝘧𝘰𝘳𝘦 𝘩𝘪𝘮. 𝘈𝘳𝘮𝘴 𝘧𝘰𝘭𝘥𝘦𝘥 𝘣𝘦𝘩𝘪𝘯𝘥 𝘩𝘦𝘳 𝘣𝘢𝘤𝘬, 𝘴𝘩𝘦 𝘨𝘢𝘻𝘦𝘥 𝘣𝘢𝘤𝘬 𝘢𝘵 𝘩𝘪𝘮 𝘴𝘦𝘳𝘦𝘯𝘦𝘭𝘺. "𝘚𝘪𝘳?" "𝘋𝘰𝘯'𝘵 𝘴𝘪𝘳-

// Commander Tomalak was portrayed by the wonderful Andreas Katsulas, who was taken too soon by cancer If you have a moment please stop by and remember him www.findagrave.com/memorial/133...

2407 𝐼𝑛 ℎ𝑒𝑟 𝑞𝑢𝑎𝑟𝑡𝑒𝑟𝑠, 𝑎𝑤𝑎𝑦 𝑓𝑟𝑜𝑚 𝑎𝑛𝑦 𝑤𝑎𝑡𝑐ℎ𝑓𝑢𝑙 𝑒𝑦𝑒𝑠, 𝑠ℎ𝑒 𝑙𝑜𝑜𝑘𝑒𝑑 𝑎𝑡 𝑡ℎ𝑒 𝑚𝑒𝑠𝑠𝑎𝑔𝑒 𝑎𝑔𝑎𝑖𝑛. 𝑇ℎ𝑒 𝘜.𝘚.𝘚. 𝘚𝘢𝘯 𝘈𝘯𝘵𝘰𝘯𝘪𝘰 𝐹𝑖𝑛𝑎𝑙𝑙𝑦...𝑛𝑜𝑡 𝑗𝑢𝑠𝑡 𝑎𝑛𝑦 𝑠ℎ𝑖𝑝 𝑏𝑢𝑡 𝑜𝑛𝑒 𝑓𝑎𝑟 𝑐𝑙𝑜𝑠𝑒𝑟 𝑡𝑜 ℎ𝑜𝑚𝑒.

@emissaryofbajor.bsky.social Greetings, Captain Sisko

𝑇𝑢𝑛𝑖𝑛𝑔 ℎ𝑒𝑟 𝑠𝑢𝑏𝑠𝑝𝑎𝑐𝑒 𝑟𝑒𝑐𝑖𝑒𝑣𝑒𝑟, 𝑡ℎ𝑒𝑛 𝑠𝑤𝑖𝑡𝑐ℎ𝑖𝑛𝑔 𝑜𝑛 𝑎 𝑟𝑎𝑑𝑖𝑜 𝑟𝑒𝑐𝑖𝑒𝑣𝑒𝑟. 𝑆ℎ𝑒 𝑠𝑖𝑔ℎ𝑒𝑑, 𝑙𝑒𝑎𝑛𝑖𝑛𝑔 𝑏𝑎𝑐𝑘 𝑎𝑔𝑎𝑖𝑛𝑠𝑡 𝑡ℎ𝑒 𝑤𝑎𝑙𝑙, 𝑙𝑖𝑠𝑡𝑒𝑛𝑖𝑛𝑔 𝑡𝑜 𝑡ℎ𝑒 𝑔ℎ𝑜𝑠𝑡𝑙𝑦 𝑠𝑜𝑢𝑛𝑑𝑠 𝑜𝑓 𝑡ℎ𝑒 𝑢𝑛𝑖𝑣𝑒𝑟𝑠𝑒

𝐴𝑡 ℎ𝑒𝑟 𝑠𝑡𝑎𝑡𝑖𝑜𝑛 𝑖𝑛 𝑂𝑝𝑠, 𝑚𝑜𝑛𝑖𝑡𝑜𝑟𝑖𝑛𝑔 𝑐𝑜𝑚𝑚𝑢𝑛𝑖𝑐𝑎𝑡𝑖𝑜𝑛𝑠

𝑅𝑒𝑙𝑎𝑥𝑖𝑛𝑔 𝑖𝑛 ℎ𝑒𝑟 𝑞𝑢𝑎𝑟𝑡𝑒𝑟𝑠 𝑤𝑖𝑡ℎ @verenade.bsky.social "Tell me of your homeworld, e'lev...how you grew up there. How you became a Romulan idol."

𝑊𝑎𝑙𝑘𝑖𝑛𝑔 𝑤𝑖𝑡ℎ 𝐷𝑎𝑖𝑔 𝑜𝑛 ℎ𝑒𝑟 𝑠ℎ𝑜𝑢𝑙𝑑𝑒𝑟

𝐴𝑟𝑟𝑖𝑣𝑖𝑛𝑔 𝑎𝑡 ℎ𝑒𝑟 𝑞𝑢𝑎𝑟𝑡𝑒𝑟𝑠, 𝑠ℎ𝑒 𝑤𝑎𝑠 𝑘𝑒𝑦𝑖𝑛𝑔 𝑖𝑛 ℎ𝑒𝑟 𝑐𝑜𝑑𝑒 𝑤ℎ𝑒𝑛 𝑠ℎ𝑒 ℎ𝑒𝑎𝑟𝑑 𝑡ℎ𝑒 𝑑𝑜𝑜𝑟 𝑎𝑐𝑟𝑜𝑠𝑠 𝑡ℎ𝑒 𝑐𝑜𝑟𝑟𝑖𝑑𝑜𝑟 𝑜𝑝𝑒𝑛. 𝑇𝑢𝑟𝑛𝑖𝑛𝑔, 𝑠ℎ𝑒 𝑒𝑥𝑝𝑒𝑐𝑡𝑒𝑑 𝑡𝑜 𝑠𝑒𝑒 𝑍𝑜𝑟𝑣𝑎𝑎𝑛 𝑜𝑟 𝐶𝑎𝑙 𝑎𝑛𝑑 𝐵𝐷, 𝑏𝑢𝑡 𝑤𝑎𝑠 𝑠𝑢𝑟𝑝𝑟𝑖𝑠𝑒𝑑 𝑡𝑜 𝑠𝑒𝑒 𝑎 𝑠𝑚𝑎𝑙𝑙 𝑓𝑒𝑚𝑎𝑙𝑒 𝑉𝑜𝑟𝑡𝑎 𝑤𝑖𝑡ℎ-