Hi Tim (and everyone else),

I'm Lew, I'm 36 and originally from Caerphilly in Sth Wales, UK. I'm currently now living in a small town called Stone in Staffordshire (still in the UK).

I work full time in Logistics but I'm working in my spare time to complete a degree in I.T & Computing, after which I aim to do a PGCE so that I can then teach it. My long term goal is that when this has all been done to try and move out of the UK, I would love to try and setting in the USA. How that is going to pan out exactly I do not know but I've a few things to get done before that.

I've been a science fiction fan for longer than I can remember, I think it started with Doctor Who when I was very young and went from there. I'm pretty new to the MMO world. I heard STO was coming and had a go at LOTRO. I'm not really into the whole Middle Earth thing so that one came and went. I joined STO and bought the pack etc etc. I left it for about a year and have recently picked up where I left off. It's changed a hell of a lot so I'm having to learn it all again. I'm still not 100% sure what I'm doing on it but that's all part of the fun. I treat it as a bit of fun and a distraction, I don't get too serious about it and I really don't understand those that seem to loose their tempers with others on there. I'm happy enough to give group missions a go but my experience of the game since the changes is not that good at all. There's where the fun lies I'd say.

I have 3 characters on the game, one of each type, my Tactical is currently the one that's in Stonewall as that's the main one I use, need to get the others on here too really.

When I'm not working or playing STO I like to travel, I've seen quite a lot of the world but there's always more to see. I enjoy ancient history, new age theories and astronomy.

Hope to bump into more of you on the game.

Lew

The first digital expansion for SWTOR is now available for pre-order. It's called Rise of the Hutt Cartel, and if you pre-order by January 7, 2013, you will get 5 days of early access. Subscribers are getting a 50% discount which brings the cost down to $9.99. Check out the link and see what else you'll get!

Lol, that's pretty funny. I love how Takei entered and left from the window curtains.

Very interesting update. I wonder how they're gonna work it into the story line. The TOS/Enterprise feel is very there.

It'll be interesting to see where this show goes now. Apparently in the words of Moffat it's going to "Own 2013", I'm hoping for a very big build up to the 50 anniversary show :)

Probably have a little sex wee over it!!

I could have done with that when I told my father :)

all the toons I really enjoy playing begin as concepts from a liberated borg named iBoy with ships named after different wolf species with my T5 being USS Dire Wolf like apple OS are named after big cats or Bad Romance with the USS Fame Monster etc

My ship names are usually based on literature:

USS Saint-Exupery
USS Vonnegut
USS Steinbeck
USS Serendipity
SS Antonio

dragon lore:

USS Zhizhu
USS Serendipity (is a book about a dragon)
USS Qilin

or ridiculously vague Star Trek references:

USS Robbins
USS Ce Acatl
USS Proton

Also all of my registry numbers are part of ISBN's from books.

For my Klingon toons I'm also following a mythological theme. Since none of my KDF toons are actually Klingon I created the back story that they were all Orion Syndicate-financed pirates and since they raided mostly human colony worlds they named their ships after mythological monsters from earths past.

I've got:
Cerberus
Manticore
Hydra
Charybdis
Scylla
Basilisk- for my Gorn of course.
Gorgon
Medusa
Chimera
Behemoth

I've renamed my Wells TSV twice now, first I named it the USS Chronus but in Greek mythology he was kind of a bastard so I renamed it the Nautilus.

I usually go with Mythological names, or names that I would give to kids lol.

For example,

USS Maiden Sari,
USS Nephilima
USS Lilith Eve

all mythological

USS Maribella,
USS Helena Agusta,
USS Magdalyne

all girls names.

Lol this.. is.. awesome!

Laugh of the Day™

I seriously want that as a ringtone or something. It's such an amazing quote in his voice.

For Lords, Ayrin needs an invite. :)

Hilarious!

"Welcome to the WONDERFUL world of GAY!"

Around the corner comes the drunk conservative uncle, "...The hell is Sulu doing here?"

Hehehe. This is awesome!

-Steve

On Conan, Andy Richter did a pretty funny commercial about how you can pay him to come to your house to out you to your family so that you don't have to. It's pretty amazing.

Come Out as Gay with Andy Richter and George Takei

I'm a fan of the new console and control room as well. Not just for the way it looks, but for the fact that this signals the series is starting a new phase. AS much as I loved the last few seasons with the Ponds, I'm thrilled to be getting a new Companion and a (hopefully) new dynamic with the Doctor.

Gah! Can't wait for the Christmas special! Word is that it is REALLY good!

Although currently (12/2012) im just playing sto to get some winter stuff. If you are ever going to need some help in SWTOR swatting bosses, feel free to post here. I have 4 50 lvl's on the empire side and a 50 on the Repub side. Let me know and i can usually arrange something.

Cool look! Those stairwells in the back seem to imply another split-level design, which I like. One of the things I really appreciated about the Ponds' TARDIS was that it contained so many different spaces where scenes could happen. Episodes like the one with the Dream Lord just wouldn't have worked as well in one of the old cockpit-only interiors.