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I started an FB instant messenger group chat -we've been using that since 2015.

Am I in this group? I rarely use FB messenger, but will keep tuned to it more closely once the con approaches - can you shoot me an invite?

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As Jamie said we have a FB chat?

Back in 2014, I had asked Jacien to set up a chat through the GroupMe app so that anyone going to Vegas (stonewall and nonstonewall) could coordinate activities, set up hangouts, and keep each other updated. It functioned ok but it had limited options. Later on I saw that most of us had FB accounts and there's a Star Trek Las Vegas page that Jacien or Bradley created (I have it saved somewhere), so I started an FB instant messenger group chat -we've been using that since 2015.

It's not really a stonewall chat thing, we have friends, people that happen to be in stonewall, and love ones on it so it's more of a "Star Trek Las Vegas" group chat with all the craziness and adult banter (definitely over 21 and not for the sensitive of mind and heart) LOL.

It's been a great tool to have because we can keep each other updated instantly during convention times and hilariously amused during non-convention times. It's a very laid back, fun and crazy group.

I've been running the borg and tholian red-alerts in alpha and beta quadrants for a while and my defender accolade counts aren't changing.

Are these bugged or am I doing the wrong missions?

So A couple of things:

1. I am super stoked/confused about this expansion... though there is more info to come on it. Confusion comes from TOS/Fed separation.
2. I am looking forward to the temporal ships, though based on how they look, the 26th century ships appear as if they need some final work... the resolution on them seem...off.
3. I hope that this panders to the Romulan and Klingon side as well and that they have not released the info on it yet.

I grew up with TOS. I am looking forward to this expansion. It seems to me that it is going to finally bring exploration into the game. I am stuck on trying to figure out how you would level 0-60. The amount of content they'd have to push would be phenomenal. It will be interesting to see this all come to fruition.

Looking forward to this expansion!

Come on Lars, you should at least like the T6 Temporal Science Vessel Nautilus Class...it looks like a pizza cutter wheel! :lol:

I can get behind what Nick said in part, however that ship he is talking about... well it looks like a pancake saucer with little bug legs or antlers sticking out the back after getting squished.

Again...NO KDF love. I hold my ground until they do better.

I'll be there with the hubby *who I'm dragging with cuz I've gone to Disney World a crap ton of times with him* and a couple friends of ours.

We'll try to meet up for a drink or something with the Fleeties but since it's his trip too I must balance out the geekiness with being a good husband. lol.

While I have to agree with Robin about the last part looking like a -frald, so far n my research I've found very few places in Saxony-A that used even -feld style endings with none using -frald. So unless the English translates into a different word entirely my initial interpretations are follows:

Before proceeding please understand I write the interpretations in upper or lower case to best resemble their appearance in the photo shown.

First: is a capitalized 'D' though there is some speculation it could be an 'O', but given the use of cursive by this person I would have expected the initial character to have better definition if it was. I.e. the little curl at the top.

Second: the curvature suggests an --> 'a' although I've seen more that start with a De/Oe than an 'a'

Third: is pronounced up top twice with the spacing below to suggest the letter is an 'M' -- There is possibility this is one or two 'n' together

Fourth: If you look close you can see a single thick dot above this character and below is a stick appearance. Interpretation is an 'i'
I do have an outside through that is not a dot, but an overstayed position leaving the ink to settle in, leaving to question if this is another character entirely, or part of the former.

Fifth & Sixth: -- There are two possibilities here --

1. They are the same characters and hurriedly written which resemble cursive 'r' which when written as such can resemble a sloppy cursive 'i' without the dot above; aka like drawing a mountain outline i.e the carrot sign ' ^ '.
--OR--
2. This is one character in hurried cursive which resembles the character 'u'

The 6th or 7th character, pending interpretation, is a clearly defined 'S'



Putting that all together leaves these interpretations:

Damirrsfrald (which does not phonetically sound accurate)

--or--

Damiusfrald

--or--

Danniusfrald (Which does resemble a Germany Village in Saxony-A called Dannefeld) Though I think it being a match is not highly likely.


Before I can make anymore interpretations I would need some extra information, Azrael. What is the time frame we are looking at? Given the English being used I have to assume as well this was perhaps a document from Ellis Island? If so, a birth/death date can help me narrow down existing cites, towns, and villages from that time period.

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Is this a Customs document? If so, in the early 1900's when people immigrated the Customs agent (aka bad translator) would write a best guess answer when filling out the form, it was not usually written by the person immigrating. That said, this could be what the Customs agent, thought he heard. I would err to Voleron, even through the Spelling is off, if you say what is written out loud, you can interpret backward.

Both of my immigrant grandparents last names where changed due to this. Francis for my family was originally Franzius before immigrating,

Big change, my family name went from Sloszar to Slosar.

Azrael- if you haven't try looking up passenger manifests it my help narrow the field

My PhD advisor's grandfather migrated to US with his brothers, every single one of them has his last name spelled differently because of this.

I actually see more of "-frald" than "-feld" here, but as Mstfrancis said, I wouldn't really give too much weight to how the name was spelled in this kind of document.

Is this a Customs document? If so, in the early 1900's when people immigrated the Customs agent (aka bad translator) would write a best guess answer when filling out the form, it was not usually written by the person immigrating. That said, this could be what the Customs agent, thought he heard. I would err to Voleron, even through the Spelling is off, if you say what is written out loud, you can interpret backward.

Both of my immigrant grandparents last names where changed due to this. Francis for my family was originally Franzius before immigrating,

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That's so awesome, I'm going to add you to our Facebook chat -we use this to communicate in general but specifically during the convention. We coordinate everything through that.

We have a FB chat :O

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The auction prices are outrageous, so unless they open a new package I won't be able to go. However my room an air are booked so I'll be there kinda

Because of some RL stuff, I will not be continuing the Levelling Event anymore.

I think what you really need is a cryptographer or perhaps a doctor. I'll take my best stab at this; my grandparents are German and their handwriting looks remarkably similar (illegible).

What makes this challenging, is that the form is in English, and the responses appear also to be in English, given that the country is clearly written as 'Germany'. The English form of many German cities/villages is spelled completely different from the German equivalent. Take the city of Cologne for example, is spelled Köln in German, so we need to understand that we're looking for the English counter-part.

I think we can probably agree that the first letter of the state is probably an 'S'. A list of German states can be found here, and my guess is that it's Saxony.

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/States_of_GermanyState

My guess is that we're looking at 'feld' for the last four letters of the city or town, and the closest thing that I can come up with via Internet search is Dransfeld (link below), which seems to potentially match the rest of the handwriting that I can see. The first letter seems to be a 'D', with an unknown letter in between the 'ans' that follows.

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Dransfeld

I'm not sure if I've got it right, but that's my best guess! Hope it points you in the right direction at least!

Not sure where to post this.... but hoping to get some help from some of Stonewalls international peeps if possible, especially German ones :)

I've been trying to build a family tree and I can find information on everyone except for one key person. Noone knows where he came from (a stork apparently). I was able to find a copy of his death certificate but the city of birth is so badly written I cant make heads or tails out of it:

[attachment=3521]Birthplace.png[/attachment]

Saxony, Germany is all I know. I cant even begin to guess on the city though...... The city might no longer exist but I thought it was worth a shot in case someone might know :cheer:

I am guessing cv is coalition vessel.

As Jamie said we have a FB chat?

Congrats!!! :woohoo: :woohoo: :woohoo: :woohoo: :woohoo: :woohoo:

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Looks like at least the last 2 temp ships will be "faction agnostic", that i can accept.

Swall Art on reddit.

ooo thanks... hmm what does the registry "NCV" stand for? i see it on the Paladin Class