By Wesley Regenbogen
Ever since
the first episode of Star Trek was aired on television many people
have watched the series and became a fan of the science fiction story
about Captain Kirk and his crew wandering around in the Universe,
“to boldly go where no man has gone before”.
After the
original series ended, many other series were made and a few
spin-offs too. I wasn’t
a real fan myself, but the episodes that I watched were amazingly well made and you really felt like you were also in space with
Captain Piccard and his crew in the “The Next Generation” series,
which were aired in the 90s.
Now, in
Second Life there is a Star Trek Museum in which you can all learn
about the different species and also get to know more about the
series and get background information as well. The
Museum was created and developed by SL STARFLEET, which is the
counterpart to the real
life organization STARFLEET: The International Star Trek Fan
Association, Inc. This
unique organization has over 240 chapters worldwide, which links up
to 4000 members around the world.
Within the
Star Trek Museum you have different areas to vist, there are too many
to list here. But
there is a database on the official website of Star Trek :
http://www.startrek.com/database_article_navigator. There you
can find more information about the characters and the crew of Star
Trek and much more.
The
current curators of the Star Trek Museum in Second Life are Sabri
Piccard and Wabisabi Matahari.
There
are many locations you can visit : Embassies, Visitor Center ( start
location ), Science Museum, and much, much , much more. There is even
a balloon tour available. There are too many places to list them all
here. More
information about all the locations can be found on this website :
http://www.sabrizain.org/startrek/
On
their Facebook page I found this quote regarding the places you can
visit in the Star Trek Museum “SL's
best collection of Everything Star Trek - Full size USS Enterprise,
dine on gagh, fly in a shuttle, visit a Vulcan town, a Klingon home,
Science Museum, swim with George and Gracie. Visit:
http://slurl.com/secondlife/New%20Eridani/133/80/36.
In
my personal
opinion the Star Trek Museum is the place for Trekkies or Trekkers to
visit and enjoy their stay in the museum. It’s
nice to actually wander around in the Star Trek history and get to
know more about the series itself.
You
can find the place in Second Life at this location :
Wesley
Regenbogen
