Hello Colonials,

Tonight with our Battlestar Galactica Hero award, we are also going to make a special dedication.

Firstly, in light of the tragedy that befell so many people this past Friday in Newtown CT...I thought best to wait a few days before making tonights presentation in respect.

I like so many others am proundfoundly shocked by what happened and mourn the loss of so many to needless, mindless violence.

I salute President Obama and the American people...actually people from all over the globe ....for the support they have lent to the families in grief and in need of support.

From all across the land...and from places far away...the flowers left by the Russians at the American embassy in Moscow to the the crosses set up in memory in Rio de Janeiro...these are people coming together and doing what they can to show that they do care and not all the world is a bad place, even though sometimes it seems that way.

It is important to say a prayer for the dead, but even now more important to say a prayer for the living.

Please all reflect on this and hold your family & your friends closer, keep them in your heart and mind...all the people on this earth of ours has someone who cares, make sure that someone knows it.

Battlestar's Atlantia, Titan & Raven are hereby ordered to run lights at 50% till Monday December 24th.

Of course my friends this Friday is December 21 2012...the "long awaited" day of the Mayan calendar...before all of you start running for the cellar or appointed safe area....I will assure you that the end of the world isn't coming...no zombie apocaclypse, no rogue planet striking our lovely globe and most assuredly the sun will NOT go nova nor will the poles flip.

We are...by Mayan reckoning at the end of 400 year cycle (as they calculated) and as a matter of fact this will mark the 13th cycle recorded by them...it is called the b'ak'tun...so hopefully you will all have a great b'ak'tun and don't drink yourselves silly in the process that night (even though you can sleep it off on Saturday!).

To the Hero award....we have honored many people over the course of the year so far...and every person has richly deserved the recognition....the next person most deservedly so....he began as a radio personality in Canada with a most distinctive voice...and made his way into Hollywood history.....known before Battlestar Galactica as the patriarch of the Cartwright Family on the Ponderosa....tonight Lorne Greene is the Hero of Battlestar Galactica and we dedicate the award to his memory!

So Say We All!

Shawn O'Donnell

President

Battlestar Galactica Fan Club

I just thought I would share come cute and free e-cards...You can still use them on your friends if you like.

This one's a real gas!

http://www.funny-ecards.com/cards/christmas/butt-mas-tree.html

This one explains what Santa REALLY would like for you to leave him.

http://www.funny-ecards.com/cards/christmas/snacks-for-santa.html

This one...well...

http://www.funny-ecards.com/cards/christmas/meaning-of-xmas.html

AND...of utmost importance...The Grench wishes you a very Merry Christmas as well...and Bah Humbug!

http://www.jibjab.com/view/l7hje6O5SYW3sFY6m78f5g

         o<!:o)

John David Feagin

BATTLESTAR GALACTICA - SAGA OF A STAR WORLD:

http://galacticasagaofastarworld.blogspot.com

http://www.jibjab.com/view/gywZPgtVACCY1Q9Hr9N6 

 Well, today's the big day. Don't forget your umbrella in case the sky falls.  Have a happy Mayan end of the world...and remember...end of the world means NO CONSEQUENCES! Woohoooo!!!!

Here are some appropriate tunes for one and all to enjoy. Also, don't forget to really bug everybody about this...It's a once in a lifetime...actually once in several thousand years opportunity!

  https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=jVmB3lRjCmc 

JDF AKA Homer J Simpson  Woohoooooo!!!!

  This Is A Part of My BSG/Trek TNG Crossover Story.

        The Climactic Battle Between Three Cylon Basestars And The Federation's Seventh Fleet: The Drednought USS Pegasus Fires It's Anti-Proton Cannon At One Of The Basestars; The Shot Goes Right thru The Center Section, And the Force Of The blast Cleanly Cuts The Basestar In Two; The Two Halves Then Disintergrate In Two fireballs. The Shockwave Shakes the Lead Basestar;

    "My God!" A Number six Says.   "Let's get Out Of Here...Jump The Ship!"   "We're Not going Anywhere!" Cavill replies.

"We Have No Choice!" Six Shouts Back " They Have The Power To Kill Us All!"  "We Agree! This Is Not A Battle we Can Win!" Says A Sharon  " We Also Agree; We Know Nothing About The weapons Or Technology They Posess!" Shouts a Leoben " This is Totally Hopeless!"

  " After Coming all this way, We Cannot just Turn And Run With our Tails Between our Legs Like we Did last Time!" Shouts Cavill, Reminded of What the Cylons Did After the first War; " We Have To Make a Stand NOW!"

  "YOU DON'T UNDERSTAND! GOD DOES NOT CONDONE SUICIDE!!" Screams Six As She reaches for the Matter Stream; But Cavill grabs her wrist And Growls " I Said We Are Not Going--"  Then Cavill's Head Explodes.

  As Cavill Falls face first, behind Him Is Doral,With a Smoking gun; Apperarantly, his Vote is clear.

  Doral Takes a Breath And says "Now--Let's get out of Here! "   The Two remaining Basestars Jump away. 

To celebrate the spun cycle of the Mayan Calendar and the presumed cracking of the Earth like an egg on the 21st...I've been invited to participate on the Chillpack Hollywood Hour hosted by Phil Leirness & Dean Haglund (you will probably remember him from the X-Files as one of the computer hackers that Agents Fox & Mulder got info from time to time & then onto the Lone Gunman series)...and special co-host & friend Director Ilana Rein.

Broadcast begins at 9pm on Dec 20th (PST)  & runs for the following 28 hours...so you don't want to miss a zombie apocaclypse if it's coming.

I will be appearing at 920 PST on the British end of this broadcast with host Alex Lewczuk...and hopefully on the LA side...my time...at the same time.

Of course in the UK it will be 520 am but listeners there can pick up the broadcast live at either www.sirenonline.co.uk  or www.tunein.com.

Podcasts will be avaliable later on at www.southsidebroadcasting.podbean.com.

Anyone in the UK in Lincoln/Lincolnshire can tune in at 107.3FM

The UK part of this show begins at 5am.

We'll be talking apocaclypse (or supposed apocaclypse) and of course Battlestar Galactica & Galacticon 3...be there!

Good Evening Raven Crew!

How is everybody this evening here at Battlestar Galactica Fan Club?  Just to let you guys know, that the Raven's first ever banner made, is arriving this week. It is 3 x 6 feet long. This will be the banner use at conventions where the Raven will be in attendance. It has a white background that contains this graphic that I included here. If you notice the background of this header, it is that of a mercury class battlestar with details on it. I cannot wait to see it and I hope it turned out okey.  

Raven Actual

Attention all Raven Personnel! 

The Raven will continue to run its lights at 50% until Monday December 24th, as so ordered by Colonial One here at Battlestar Galactica Fan Club, as a continued show of respect to those lives lost at Newtown, CT.

So Say We All!

Raven Actual

Heads Up Everybody!  It Looks Like There Is Some Extreme Weather In The Forecast For This Friday.  Take Appropriate Precautions.

http://www.facebook.com/photo.php?fbid=3999673831033&set=a.1383494188177.2057921.1256654991&type=1&relevant_count=1

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The Night Before Christmas In The Colonies

Twas the night before Christmas, and all through the Colonies,

Not a creature was worried, with signed armistice and treaties.

The Colonial merchants and politicians and corrupt leaders of all sorts,

Schemed and plotted and conspired to line their pockets with Colonial Cubits.

Mankind grew lazy greedy and corrupt with thoughts of vice and ambrosia filling their heads.

The Cylons took heed of the Colonists debaucherous vice and greed,

Infiltrated their defenses, while key leaders they turned and deceived.

The Colonies rested saying peace and safety, surely all's well and nothing the matter,

Then came the sudden Cylon attack that broke the Colonies back in utter disaster.

The Colonial fleet was completely destroyed, the planets were all burning,

Gone the dreams and hopes of all, now for the old days they were yearning.

Was this the end, the demise of all of the colonies of man?

We must survive and thrive, somehow surely we can!

So a motley ragtag fugitive fleet,

Hasted away in desperate retreat.

Gone were the days of happiness, prosperity, plenty and mirth,

So began the long dangerous journey for a planet called Earth!

The Cylons attacked and pursued and fought with all of their might,

While the Galactica and Pegasus surely fought the good fight!

And finally when all fighting was done, they found the planet Earth,

Mankind could begin anew, a fresh start, a civilization's rebirth.

So take great heed to the story of man...

All of this has happened before and will happen again.

So Commander Adama stepped down and said with all of his might,

Good hunting to all, and to all a good fight!

Check out what both versions of Centurions as well as the Terminators can do now:

http://www.jibjab.com/view/mcWptTRso2JfCyLtFoMD

http://www.jibjab.com/view/UlP8Ep39bfv6YAAWxAV8

http://www.jibjab.com/view/EtgCZDmeS-yK208-q7WNhA

No wonder they're so popular! Who'd have guessed cybernetic organisms could bust a move? Gangnam Style!

Colonials,

I just wanted to quickly take my time to wish Mr. Terry Carter, a very Happy Birthday here at Battlestar Galactica Fan Club.  The Crew of Battlestar Raven wishes you the best on your birthday.  May you have many more to come!  

On personal note, I very much look forward to meeting you in person at Galacticon 3.  I think it is really awesome that we will have both Tigh's from both series together at Galacticon 3. :-)  Although I was very young maybe no more than 5 years of age  to really remember the original series, I did however had the chance to see some of the reruns when they still use to air it.  What fascinated me the most about the show was the Cylons and their famous phrase "By Your Command!'  I thought that was the coolest thing I have heard at that age. I have some memorabilia from the original show as well, that I keep in s safe place amongst my other BSG collections.  

Be safe Sir!  And once again, Happy Birthday Mr. Terry Carter from all of us here at Battlestar Raven!

Terry Carter:  http://battlestarfanclub.com/profile/TerryCarter

So Say We All!

In Service,

Cherry "DragonLady"

BFC Deputy Vice President

Commanding Officer-Battlestar Raven

I'm a fan of this game - Star Trek Armada 2 and 1 year ago I started to modding the game, creating some ships from the Perry Rhodan Universe.

Of course, this one could be a new MOD for the Fleet Operations:  Perry Rhodan Vs Topsiders.  Perry Rhodan is a man from Earth and the Topsiders is an alien race, a cross between a velociraptor and a human.

Perry Rhodan is a German sci-fi character like Flash Gordon for example.  In the Perry Rhodan sci-fi action, you can find many great starships and space battles, some kind of Stargate for example. The most important ship is the SOL starship, which looks like two balls joined in the middle.  And there are big starships like the Death Star from the Star Wars movie.  In my opinion the Death Star originates from the Perry Rhodan novels which is published in the year 1961 in Germany. More info about Perry Rhodan Perry Rhodan - Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia

Perry Rhodan is the name of a science fiction series published since 1961 in Germany, as well as the name of the main character. It is a space opera, dealing with several themes of science fiction. Having sold over one billion copies (in pulp booklet format) worldwide, it is the most successful science fiction book series ever written. The series and its spin-offs have captured a substantial fraction of the original German science fiction output and exert influence on many German writers in the field. The series is told in an arc storyline structure. An arc—called a "cycle"—would have anywhere from 25 to 100 issues devoted to it, similar subsequent cycles are referred to as a "grand-cycle".

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I'm working on a new Perry Rhodan Mod for the Fleet Operations space strategy game, with three races in one game, the Terrans, the Akvons and the Topsiders.

Terrans have become one of the most important races in the known galaxy second only to their close genetic relatives, the A(r)konides. Much of terran technology was adapted from arkonide technology. They have, however, continually added alien technology and their own inventions to create a technology that is rivaled only by the Akonide Coalition. Terra built up its home fleet, established economic and political ties with inhabited planets near Terra, and infiltrated agents throughout the Arkon Empire.

The Akvons are seal-like in general shape with a fleshy "skirt" where the rearlimbs would normally be and two slender arms ending in a four-fingered hand (two fingers opposed to two fingers). The "skirt" is actually their primary means of locomotion. 
The Akvons have an advanced biological technology and, with access to genetic developments from the Terrans and the Aras, have greatly advanced their bio-engineering abilities. They are not, however, very good with advanced electronic technology. As a result their ships, communications gear, computer technology, etc. are all terran/arkonide.

Topsiders can be describe very simply: as a cross between a velociraptor and a human. Still possessing a bird-like posture they are stockier and more compact than velociraptors. The Topsiders spaceships look much like an arkonide sphere ship with a rocket shoved through the center of it. They use a central command and habitation sphere with a posterior propulsion and power system and an anterior weapons system.

Perry Rhodan is a German sci-fi character like Flash Gordon for example. In the Perry Rhodan sci-fi action, you can find many great starships and space battles, some kind of Stargate for example. The most important ship is the SOL starship, which looks like two balls joined in the middle.

Races of the Perry Rhodan Universe:
http://www.perry-rhodan-usa.com/web1998/races.htm#Akvon

I finished with the update for my Perry Rhodan for Star Trek Armada 2 and is available here for download:

http://www.moddb.com/mods/perry-rhodan-add-on-for-star-trek-armada2/downloads/perry-rhodan-add-on-for-star-trek-armada-2

I finished working on the Wing Commander Mod for Fleet Operations. I have decided to release what i have done :-)

Wing Commander Mod with three races in one game. The Terran Confederation, the Kilrathi Empire and the Nephilim

The Terran Confederation, the primary human government in the 
Wing Commander series. The Terran Confederation is an alliance of systems 
and regional governments which provide unified protection and economic growth.

The Kilrathi are a race of warlike, feline extraterrestrials in the popular 
computer game series Wing Commander by Origin Systems. 
The Kilrathi are native to the planet Kilrah with their society depicted 
as an empire. Physically they are bipeds who strongly resemble big cats: 
they have leonine manes, but also have markings which distinguish their 
clan of origin. 

The Nephilim are an insectoid race that appear in the Wing Commander universe. 
They were first introduced in Wing Commander: Prophecy and its online sequel, 
Wing Commander: Secret Ops. They are the primary antagonistic race of 
these two final installments in the original trilogy.

If you are interested for the Wing Commander for ST Armada 2, please click here:

http://www.moddb.com/mods/star-trek-armada-2-wing-commander/downloads

 if you have Empire at War, you can play a nice WC Mod there:  

http://www.moddb.com/mods/wing-commander-invasion/downloads 
Have fun.

Under development is a Battlestar Galactica MOD - Galactica Vs Cylons for ST Armada 2.
I found some other MODS made for Armada 2, but I need more options and a working game, so I started to made my own mod.

It will be a Cylon Race Vs Colonies Mod, or you can play Colonies Vs Cylon.

Ships - Colonies:

Fighters:
New Viper MK VII Fighter
Viper mk2 Fighter 
Raptor fighter

Capital ships:
The Mercury Class Battlestar - Pegasus
Valhalla class Battlestar - Valkyrie
Battlestar Class Battleship - - Galactica
Cygnus Defender

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Ships - Cylon:

Fighters:
OLD Cylon Raider
NEW Cylon Raider
Cylon Heavy Raider

Capital ships:
Y-shaped Basestars
Hades Class Basestar (Starbase)

If anybody is interested, you can transform your Battlestar Galactica into a space carrier, transporting on-board some fighters. I read about this idea on this forum and I made a try and this work. 
First you need to adapt the assembler ship technology to your space carrier. Then, when you arrive to your destination, you can launch into space your fighters. The process is that you assemble your fighters in the space and then launch them into the action to fight with the enemy. In the "Star Wars Empire at War" your space carrier launch instantly the fighters. In the Fleet Ops, you need to build them. So, the other of my mods for Fleet Ops, will contain "real" space carriers with fighters on-board :-) 

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I finished working on the Battlestar Galactica Mod for ST Armada 2. I have decided to release what i have done :-)

For Download link, please click on my website: www.miklosgo.hpage.com 


Battlestar Galactica Mod for Fleet Operations.


Have fun :-)

Attention all space cadets! This is out of this world! Live long and prosper! 

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=2Sar5WT76kE&feature=youtu.be

Colonials,

I know this is none BSG related topic but I just have to say, my heart just goes out to those families that lost their precious children to that senseless and just plain sick mass shooting at Sandy Hook Elementary School in Newtown, Connecticut. You can only imagine what those families must be feeling at the lost of their child.  You just never know when and where this kind of senseless shooting is going to happen again. 

The gunman, who was believed to be in his 20s, walked into a classroom where his mother was a teacher. He shot and killed her and then shot 18 students in the classroom. He also shot seven other adults, and then killed himself inside the school.

May the Lords of Kobol help them get through this rough times in their lives. The holidays is suppose to each and everyone of us time to be with love ones.   So if you are a parent, hug your children when you see them today, and just be thankful that they came home safe to you.  I know I will because I do what I do in  real life right now because of them.  For their future.  Thinking about myself only ended the day I became a parent.  From then on, I was not only working to better my future, but for my kids future.  And I have three precious boys (Turning my hair gray in a good way and I am not even that old! But I would not have it any other way.  Boys will be boys! ) :-)

So Say We All!

In Service,

Cherry "DragonLady"

BFC DVP

Commanding Officer-Battlestar Raven

Been out of action here for a bit... shift changes at work... Longer hours (12/day), same pay rate.  My spare time is getting limited, not sure how often I'll be on during the next week or so... will attempt my Battlestar posting by Friday, no later.