#USS Dauntless

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Turn off the lights

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Star Trek: Prodigy - USS Dauntless LCARs Concept Art by Wardenlight Studio

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The Fleet turns on itself "Supernova Pt. 1"

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"Hope and Fear" (S04E26, Stardate 51978.2) brings back Janeway's treaty with the Borg but doesn't give the effects the weight they deserve. She gets some great moments as a Captain, but the writers short-change her in other areas. And Seven's development feels like it took a backseat for the sake of drama.

"Hope and Fear" gets a simple LCARS poster to close out season 4 featuring the Dauntless.

[divinemissem13]

Summer, 2384

Final chapter of “Nel mezzo del cammin”

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There’s a baby playing under my oak tree. A toddler, actually, but I suspect she’ll always be a baby to me. My baby.

My little warrior princess has only recently mastered walking and already she is determined to run. So, yes, she’s definitely mine, even though she doesn’t look a thing like me. With her golden complexion, soft black curls, and dimples that threaten to make my heart explode, my sweet girl might as well be a clone of her father.

Lately, there are times when she looks so much like Chakotay that it hurts.

She manages to ‘run’ for two wobbly steps before she loses her balance and lands on her bottom. Her face twists for a second and I think she might cry but then something - or, more accurately, someone - distracts her over my shoulder. “Mia! Mia!” she shouts gleefully. Her little baby tongue still struggles with l’s and r’s, but even so, her version of “Miral” was one of her first words (after “Mama”, “Dada”, and “No”, of course). Sure enough, I look back toward the house to see 6 year old Miral Paris-Torres barreling full speed down the path. My goddaughter barely even acknowledges me as she zips past, but I don’t mind because it’s important to me that she wants to spend time with Maeve.

It reassures me that I’m making the right choice.

Tom and B’Elanna stand on either side of me now, watching our girls play. “Tell me I’m doing the right thing,” I plead with them quietly. “That I’m not crazy. That it has to be me.”

“It has to be you,” Tom replies firmly. It’s not surprising - he has always believed in me more than I believed in myself.

I look to B’Elanna because I can always count on her to be brutally honest with me. “Let’s go for a walk,” she suggests and starts off down the path without waiting for my answer.

Tom goes to the tree to keep an eye on the girls and I feel a pang of jealousy at the way that husband and wife communicate so effortlessly without speaking. I had that once, not so long ago, and I feel its absence now like a hole in my heart. I want to stay and watch Miral ‘teach’ my baby how to weave a crown of wild flowers but I follow B’Elanna instead.

“Does Maeve know what’s going on?” she asks when I catch up.

“I don’t think so. She asks for him - especially at bedtime - but for all she knows, he’s just on another mission and he’ll be back any day.”

“He will be. You’ll bring him back just like you always do,” she says confidently and I almost believe her.

“If I do, it will all be worth it,” I agree. “But I don’t want to leave her all alone… and what if I come back without him? What if I don’t come back at all?”

B’Elanna stops walking and grabs me by the shoulders. “You are Kathryn Janeway. You always come back. It’s kind of your thing,” she spares me a grin before turning serious again. “And you never leave a job half done. So you’ll find him and you’ll both come home to her, no matter how long it takes. And that’s why, yes, it has to be you.” B’Elanna begins to walk again and I sense she is done talking, but I’m not.

“I don’t know how to thank you for watching her. I just couldn’t leave her with Mom - she thinks I’m crazy and I need Maeve to be with people who will stay positive. Hopeful. Who will always make sure she knows that we are coming back to her…”

“We’ve got it covered,” she reassures me. “We’ll take excellent care of your baby, and you’ll take excellent care of mine,” she jokes, referring, of course, to the Dauntless and her new slipstream drive that B’Elanna has spent years perfecting.

We’ve almost completed the loop now and the oak tree is coming back into view. Miral is still weaving flowers but Maeve is on her feet again, working on that run. She squeals with glee when she sees me and there are those damn loveable dimples again as she actually manages to run several steps in my direction before I sweep her up in my arms and hold her tight. “Good job, baby! Mama is so proud of you!”

She giggles as I cover her with kisses and take a big inhale of that irresistible baby smell, as if I might be able to save it for later on, and then she’s squirming in my arms demanding “Down Mama.”

She never has been very good at staying still, just like me. I told Mom I wasn’t sure she would be able to keep up with the baby on her own, and that’s why I’m leaving Maeve with Tom and B’Elanna. It’s even partly true.

Miral has abandoned her flowers in favor of hide-and-seek around the vast trunk of the oak tree. Maeve squeals in delight every time Miral pops out and chases her. B’Elanna is sitting next to Tom in the grass, both laughing at the girls’ antics.

I fight back tears as my heart swells with love because this is my family. Most of it, anyway. Tomorrow morning, I will leave to track down the missing piece but until then, I am going to enjoy my time with the pieces I’ll have to leave behind.

I silently make a promise to myself and to my daughter: the next time we sit under this tree, our family will be whole.

[unknownfaceless-ds9]

Star Trek Prodigy

season 1 episode 15: Masquerade

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USS Dauntless

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It's not gonna happen, probably, but since USS Dauntless has it-- could it be possible Seven can requisition a Slipstream drive installed in her Enterprise?

It would make the areas covered by Enterprise-G a lot wider and beyond the Alpha Quadrant, as a Connie III, Enterprise is already lithe and extremely maneuverable. If they add in a Slipstream drive, it would be virtually uncatchable.

Seven with her own ship, I would believe would do this kind of tinkering and experimenting.

And, of course, Seven would badger B'Elanna into helping install the Slipstream drive into her ship since B'Elanna was project lead for the Janeway's USS Dauntless.

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Battle of... ?

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Star Trek: Prodigy "Supernova Pt. 1"

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and Prodigy recreated these sets for the real Dauntless.

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I want some more content with this cutiepie please.

Thank you

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Quantum Slipstream Drive

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A US Navy Douglas SBD-3 Dauntless of bombing squadron VB-8 on the deck of the aircraft carrier USS Hornet (CV-8) during the Battle of Midway in 1942 CREDIT : Royston Leonard

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I am in love, they're gorgeous!!

[thestonecuttersguild]

Finish Stuff Friday: Delayed Edition.

This is the 1/48 SBD from Academy that I started way back in February? Sometimes Academy kits can be very fiddly. I remember their TBM from when I was younger, I hated that thing. I hated this thing. The cockpit was just so fragile. I ended up snapping the rear gunners seat after the fuselage was together, and couldn't get it back in because it was bigger than the opening. So I sort of just shelved this thing for a while. I ended up working on an old vintage Monogram Texan that had a read gunner position that would work well enough. Not correct for the SBD, but good enough for my shelf.

Aside from that, I do believe I painted this 3 times before I was happy with the paintjob. Overall I'm happy enough with this, glad that it's over. This kit represents a Dauntless from the U.S.S. Enterprise CV6 during the Battle of Midway.