{"id":2180,"date":"2023-12-07T14:07:50","date_gmt":"2023-12-07T22:07:50","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.curtiscchen.com\/journal\/?p=2180"},"modified":"2023-12-07T14:07:52","modified_gmt":"2023-12-07T22:07:52","slug":"t-o-s-the-original-starship","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.curtiscchen.com\/journal\/2023\/12\/07\/t-o-s-the-original-starship\/","title":{"rendered":"T.O.S.: The Original Starship"},"content":{"rendered":"\n<p><strong>(Reprinted from <a href=\"https:\/\/news.curtiscchen.com\/\">my author newsletter<\/a>)<\/strong><\/p>\n\n\n\n<figure class=\"wp-block-video\"><video height=\"1080\" style=\"aspect-ratio: 1440 \/ 1080;\" width=\"1440\" controls src=\"https:\/\/www.curtiscchen.com\/journal\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/12\/IMG_0200.mp4\"><\/video><\/figure>\n\n\n\n<p>This has nothing to do with anything except the fact that I\u2019m a ridiculous <em>Star Trek<\/em> nerd, but I continue to be super excited about having this insanely detailed replica of the original USS <em>Enterprise<\/em> in my office!<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>It\u2019s been over a year of waiting since I pre-ordered it, and then several weeks of back-and-forth with customer service getting a replacement for a defective part, but now it\u2019s all put together and fully functional and\u2026 if you\u2019d told me, as a child, that I would grow up to be an award-nominated science fiction author with the frickin\u2019 <em>Enterprise<\/em> in my house, well, I probably would have also asked about robots and been sorely disappointed. But here we are, <strong>in the future<\/strong>, and it\u2019s pretty great.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Did I mention the insane details? As you can see in the short video above, it lights up with screen-accurate blinkies and rotating warp nacelles, but there\u2019s even more:<\/p>\n\n\n\n<figure class=\"wp-block-image size-large\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"1024\" height=\"768\" src=\"https:\/\/www.curtiscchen.com\/journal\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/12\/IMG_0202-1024x768.jpeg\" alt=\"\" class=\"wp-image-2182\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.curtiscchen.com\/journal\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/12\/IMG_0202-1024x768.jpeg 1024w, https:\/\/www.curtiscchen.com\/journal\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/12\/IMG_0202-300x225.jpeg 300w, https:\/\/www.curtiscchen.com\/journal\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/12\/IMG_0202-768x576.jpeg 768w, https:\/\/www.curtiscchen.com\/journal\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/12\/IMG_0202-1536x1152.jpeg 1536w, https:\/\/www.curtiscchen.com\/journal\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/12\/IMG_0202-2048x1536.jpeg 2048w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 1024px) 100vw, 1024px\" \/><\/figure>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"has-text-align-center\">The leading edge of the saucer section has wear and tear marks! You can see into the bridge (which also lights up) through the <em>Cage<\/em>-style transparent dome!<\/p>\n\n\n\n<figure class=\"wp-block-image size-large\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"768\" height=\"1024\" src=\"https:\/\/www.curtiscchen.com\/journal\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/12\/IMG_0203-768x1024.jpeg\" alt=\"\" class=\"wp-image-2183\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.curtiscchen.com\/journal\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/12\/IMG_0203-768x1024.jpeg 768w, https:\/\/www.curtiscchen.com\/journal\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/12\/IMG_0203-225x300.jpeg 225w, https:\/\/www.curtiscchen.com\/journal\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/12\/IMG_0203-1152x1536.jpeg 1152w, https:\/\/www.curtiscchen.com\/journal\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/12\/IMG_0203-1536x2048.jpeg 1536w, https:\/\/www.curtiscchen.com\/journal\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/12\/IMG_0203-scaled.jpeg 1920w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 768px) 100vw, 768px\" \/><\/figure>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"has-text-align-center\">Who knew that the front part of this neck section was BLUE?!<\/p>\n\n\n\n<figure class=\"wp-block-image size-large\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"768\" height=\"1024\" src=\"https:\/\/www.curtiscchen.com\/journal\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/12\/IMG_0201-768x1024.jpeg\" alt=\"\" class=\"wp-image-2184\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.curtiscchen.com\/journal\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/12\/IMG_0201-768x1024.jpeg 768w, https:\/\/www.curtiscchen.com\/journal\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/12\/IMG_0201-225x300.jpeg 225w, https:\/\/www.curtiscchen.com\/journal\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/12\/IMG_0201-1152x1536.jpeg 1152w, https:\/\/www.curtiscchen.com\/journal\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/12\/IMG_0201-1536x2048.jpeg 1536w, https:\/\/www.curtiscchen.com\/journal\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/12\/IMG_0201-scaled.jpeg 1920w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 768px) 100vw, 768px\" \/><\/figure>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"has-text-align-center\">And it comes with three shuttlecraft, also to 1\/350 scale, that can fit inside the shuttlebay (the door is removable, and the interior also lights up)!<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"has-text-align-center\"><em>Look up <a href=\"https:\/\/www.instagram.com\/explore\/tags\/tomyenterprise\/\">#tomyenterprise<\/a> on Instagram for better photos from other fans.<\/em><\/p>\n\n\n\n<figure class=\"wp-block-image size-large\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"1024\" height=\"768\" src=\"https:\/\/www.curtiscchen.com\/journal\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/12\/IMG_0180-1024x768.jpeg\" alt=\"\" class=\"wp-image-2191\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.curtiscchen.com\/journal\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/12\/IMG_0180-1024x768.jpeg 1024w, https:\/\/www.curtiscchen.com\/journal\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/12\/IMG_0180-300x225.jpeg 300w, https:\/\/www.curtiscchen.com\/journal\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/12\/IMG_0180-768x576.jpeg 768w, https:\/\/www.curtiscchen.com\/journal\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/12\/IMG_0180-1536x1152.jpeg 1536w, https:\/\/www.curtiscchen.com\/journal\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/12\/IMG_0180-2048x1536.jpeg 2048w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 1024px) 100vw, 1024px\" \/><figcaption class=\"wp-element-caption\">Alice remains unimpressed.<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>(Reprinted from my author newsletter) This has nothing to do with anything except the fact that I\u2019m a ridiculous Star Trek nerd, but I continue to be super excited about having this insanely detailed replica of the original USS 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