AER: Syndicate Games Invasion!

AER: Syndicate Games Invasion

On August 18, 2018, the crew of the Heart of Honor staged an invasion of a new gaming store in our home base of Kearney, Nebraska. All eight members of the crew were on hand for the event as we occupied the store for a few hours gaming and interacting with other customers and the store’s staff. Only me, the ship’s commander was in uniform this time as uniforms for other crew are all works in progress.

Cadet Chrissy and I played Star Trek: Attack Wing, a miniature tabletop game that is a battle simulation game. Chrissy ran a Romulan Fleet and I was in charge of a Klingon fleet. It was a close battle with Chrissy flying a Scimitar that hits like a hammer. She managed to take out one of my Vor’cha class chips, but with another Vor’cha and the Neg’Var, I was able to destroy her two Romulan heavy cruisers and the Scimitar went down in flames.

While Chrissy and I battled in the stars, the rest of the crew played two other Star Trek based games. One was Star Trek: Panic and the other was Star Trek: Five Year Mission.

Everyone had a great time and after we were assured that we were in total control of the store, we all retired to Freddy’s Restaurant where I treated the crew to ice-cream.  Later in the evening, we gathered at our home base to continue playing games. The adults played Terraforming Mars while the Cadet Corps enjoyed an evening of WiiU video gaming.

All in all, it was a great day for gaming in the spirit of KAG rule #1: Have Fun!

1st Lt. Ja’Jim, Commander of the IKV Heart of Honor.

Qapla’! 

Cadet Isaiah checking out the store.

The Crew doing a little shopping before the gaming commences.

One of my Vor'cha class ships is out of the game.

Fellow gamer, Chad stops by to see what is happening.

The Crew plays Star Trek: Five Year Mission.

Chad observes as I line up a shot.

Lining up a shot on Chrissy's Scimatar.

We finish the day by gathering at our home base for Terraforming Mars

IKV Heart of Honor Meeting Minutes - August 4, 2018

IKV Heart of Honor

Meeting Minutes

Saturday, August 4th, 2018

The motley crew of the IKV Heart of Honor!

The first regular meeting of the IKV Heart of Honor was held on the above date at Jim's house in the late afternoon. All members of the ship were present.

New Business

• Species, Alien Names, and Costumes
• Everyone is required to choose a species and character name. This was discussed and most of the crew had already taken care of this task. The following was reported:
• Jim is a Klingon named Ja'Jim
• Jamie is a Bajoran named Arroh Mina
• Diane is a Klingon named B'Yontol
• Jen is an El'Aurian named Lana
• Benjamin is a Ferengi named Dinar
• Chrissy is a Klingon with her name yet to be determined.
• Hannah is a Trill named Madzih Dax
• Isaiah is a Vulcan named T'Kol
• Assignments were given to the crew members. Those are:
• Ja'Jim: Commander
• Arroh: Executive Officer
• B'Yontol: Quartermaster
• Lana: Ship's Recorder
• Dinar: Ship's Treasurer
• Duties to also include photography when available.
• Chrissy: Cadet Science Officer
• Hannah: Cadet Commander
• T'Kol: Cadet Security Officer
• It was discussed that everyone should watch as much Star Trek as possible to learn about their species as well as do some research on Memory Alpha. It was also asked that everyone research Klingon culture since we are members of a Klingon organization. This will be an ongoing task.
• There was some discussion of costumes. It was determined that each individual will be responsible for choosing what their costume will be, but we will tie all members of the ship together with a Klingon style honor sash.
• Sign-up with KAG.org
• All members of the ship have signed up with KAG.
• Ordering KAG shirts was discussed. Several ideas were presented:
• Do we send in one order or order individually?
• A shirt design was chosen.
• The design of a shirt for the ship itself was also discussed. Possibilities for designers and consideration of copyright infringement was also brought up.
• Further discussion was tabled for the time being.
• Projects and Activities
• Invade Syndicate Games - August 18th @1:30pm
• Syndicate Games will be opening their doors on August 15th. The Ship, as many as can, will invade the game shop on the above date. We will play games and take some photos to be posted in an After Event Report on the KAG website.
• Jim will be in costume for this event.
• A Doodle will be posted to the Ship's Facebook group to determine who will be able to attend.
• Jim will contact the store to be sire that this is acceptable to the owners.
• Several suggestions were put forth for future activities:
• Volunteer to help at the Jubilee Center.
• Set-up or serve at the community Thanksgiving Dinner.
• Help with delivering toys to families in need at Christmas.
• Take on an Adopt a Mile assignment.
• Jamie will be in charge of finding activities.
• Recruiting
• Recruiting was discussed and several names were suggested as possible members. 
• Ship's Facebook Page and Blog
• Our Ship's private Facebook page has been posted and is accessible by all adult crew members.
• No one except Ship's personnel are to be added to this group. It is for Ship's business only.
• A public page will be added later.
• The address for this page is classified and will only be given to persons that are on the Heart of Honor.
• We have a blog that will be used to post meeting agendas, meeting minutes and After Event Reports.
• The URL for that is https://ikvhoh.blogspot.com/.

• Old Business

• None

• For the Good of the Ship

• A ships logo was discussed at some length. It was determined that the logo will be a black heart with a Klingon B'Rel class Bird of Prey on front of the heart as well as the Ship's name. 
• Care is to be taken not to infringe on any copyrights that may exist. This logo will be placed on shirts for the crew.
• It was suggested that 24 Hour Tee's be chosen for the design and making of the shirts.
• Further discussion was tabled for a later date.
• The date for the next meeting was set for September 2nd, 2018 at 2:00 pm.
• Future meetings were determined to take place on the 1st Sunday of every month.
• Alternate dates will be determined if necessary.

Agenda: Organizational Meeting - August 4, 2018

IKV Heart of Honor

Organizational Meeting

Saturday, August 18, 2018 - 4:00 PM

Agenda

New Business

• Species, Alien Names, and Costumes
• Sign-up on KAG.org
• Order KAG Shirts
• Ships Job Assignments
• Commander (Me)
• Executive Officer (Jamie)
• Quartermaster (Diane)
• Ship’s Recorder (Jen)
• Ship’s Treasurer (Benjamin)
• KAG Cadet Corps
• Chrissy (Science)
• Hannah (Cadet Commander)
• Isaiah (Security)
• Future Projects and Activities
• Invade Syndicate Games - August 18th @1:30
• Recruiting
• Ship’s Facebook Page & Blog

Old Business

• None

For The Good Of The Ship

• Ship's Logo
• Date for September Meeting