posted Oct 17, 2009 4:57 AM by Owen Swart
On Saturday the 17th on October, members of Alpha Team rendezvoused at MacDonalds in Bruma, Johannesburg for a filling breakfast before heading across the road to the local SANBS clinic to donate blood. They were joined by a number of civilians who were their to offer both blood and moral support.
One Dauntless Officer (LT van der Berg) and one civilian (Bruce Reid) donated blood for the first time, and were given the traditional welcome gift-bags, containing heart-shaped stress-balls and SANBS lapel-pins. Several of the crew were there to donate for the fourth time in 2009, and they received their traditional thank-you gifts: pre-packed first-aid kits.
The mission was a success, and resulted in eight lives saved.
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posted Oct 10, 2009 2:29 AM by Jim Nave
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updated Oct 21, 2009 10:30 AM
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This September the Beta team had their first official meeting at the home of LCDR Jim Nave. Over a dinner of spaghetti, there was much talk about SFI, fellow crew-members, and the all around sheer awesomeness of the USS Dauntless.After dinner, Voyager - Caretaker was enjoyed by all. This marks the first of hopefully monthly get togethers. Dauntless crewmembers in attendance: |
posted Aug 5, 2009 1:07 AM by Owen Swart
Report by ENS James Hough:
On Monday, 3 August, members of the Special Scientific Operations team, ENS Hough and CMN Schroder, met with civilian sceptics at The Dros in Cresta, Johannesburg. In a relaxed atmosphere with good food and drinks of choice, the open discussion ranged over many topics. Some of the topics of discussion included:
- The release of Richard Wiseman's new mass market psychology book; 59 Seconds
- Discussions and critiques of other sceptical books including Derren Brown's Tricks of the Mindand James Randi's Flim-Flam.
- Richard Wiseman's latest ambitious project based at the Science of Happiness website.
- A tale of Astrologers who visited Astronomers to discuss whether a particular significant celestial event in their field was as significant in the Astronomical field, only to discover that the event wasn't happening.
- The safety concerns of many homoeopathic remedies.
- A discussion about SciFi movies.
- The lamp of Galileo at the cathedral of Pisa and Galileo's early contributions to science.
We all look forward to the September meeting, keep your eyes peeled for the notification about the next meeting.
ENS James Hough
Intelligence Technician
USS Dauntless NCC-74214
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posted Jul 22, 2009 7:26 AM by Owen Swart
On Saturday the 18th of July 2009, a group of members from the USS Dauntless' Alpha Team rendezvoused at Bruma McDonalds in Johannesburg, South Africa for breakfast. The breakfast was to allow them to fuel up before heading across the road to the local SANBS Blood Donor Clinic.
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posted Jul 11, 2009 12:41 PM by Owen Swart
posted Jul 7, 2009 7:04 AM by Owen Swart
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updated Jul 7, 2009 7:11 AM
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A delegation from the USS Dauntless' elite Special Scientific Operations team undertook an important Away Mission yesterday. The objective: to have a few drinks with civilian sceptics, to discuss matters sceptical and scientific, and to have a good time. The mission was successful!
SciOps members joined their civilian counterparts at Ogilvy's Pub & Grill in Midrand, Gauteng, South Africa last night for a few drinks and something to eat. Topics for discussion ranged from new books being published to the Homeopathy Masters Degree offered by the University of Johannesburg.
A great time was had by all, and the SciOps team eagerly anticipate next month's Sceptics in the Pub.
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posted May 14, 2009 10:47 AM by Jim Nave
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updated May 14, 2009 12:13 PM
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The Beta-team of the USS Dauntless (currently on temporary shore-leave in Oregon, USA) met with the CO of the Wolf 359 and two of his senior officers for the opening day viewing of Star Trek XI. After the movie a lively discussion of time-lines, Trek History, and the actors of TOS was enjoyed by all.
With the success of this first joint venture between the Dauntless and the Wolf 359, the door has been opened for more joint ventures in the future.
Attending Crew:
LT Jim Nave (USS Dauntless)
Ensign Lisa Nave (USS Dauntless)
Ensign Matthew DeMaris (USS Dauntless)
CMDR Jordan Bouray (USS Wolf 359)
LT Lauren Witten (USS Wolf 359)
LT Connie O'Brien (USS Wolf 359)
Civilian Gary Nave
Civilian Richard DeMaris
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posted Mar 2, 2009 4:28 AM by Jim Nave
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updated Mar 2, 2009 4:49 AM
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The crew of the USS Dauntless in Swaziland met for an early breakfast at LT & Ensign Nave's house and then went to give blood in Manzini. Due to a case of Rigelian Flu, Civilian Petros Kunene stayed behind. Upon arrival at the blood bank the crew was informed that they could not give blood due to recent vaccinations that were taken for a trip to Malawi. The mission was still a success however, as everyone had fun, went to the craft market, and drank caffeinated beverages. Attending Crew:- LT Jim Nave
- Ensign Lisa Nave
- Ensign Matthew DeMaris
- Civilian Hlengiwe Shongwe
- Civilian Richard DeMaris
- Civilian Petros Kunene
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posted Feb 6, 2009 11:24 AM by Jim Nave
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updated Feb 9, 2009 1:00 AM by Owen Swart
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The crew of the USS Dauntless at the home of FCAPT Owen Swart for a braai and all day Star Trek RPG . During our 5 hour session, we the crew of the RPG
managed to survive an attack on our ship by a Romulan D'Deredex class
Warbird and took out a handful of (suspiciously) non-Romulan soldiers
using Romulan disruptors. Later in the day, there was an attack of
xenophobia on the bridge, and the non-Terran crew had to scramble to
protect themselves from hostility by the fellow crew, whilst finding a
solution to the problem. In a (literal) flash of excitement, the game
came to an end, as the crew (mistakenly) tried to overtake a friendly
Romulan outpost. One of the crew (who shall remain nameless) charged
the bridge with stun grenades. Whilst throwing his first stun grenade,
he failed a dexterity test miserably, and had the stun grenade bounce
back at the crew incapacitating them all. During the gaming session the crew enjoyed a braai, which was excellently cooked by the Captain. After the game was over, the crew checked out the Captain's new surround sound system and played Guitar Hero. To end the night, a couple of games of "Race For the Galaxy" was played. Attending Crew:- FCAPT Owen Swart
- LT Gordon Reid (Game Master)
- LT(JG) Anya denTeuling
- LT(JG) Jim Nave
- PO3 Lisa Nave
- PO3 Matthew DeMaris
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posted Dec 27, 2008 8:16 AM by Jim Nave
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updated Dec 29, 2008 1:38 AM by Owen Swart
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The crew of the USS Dauntless in Johannesburg met for an early breakfast at McDonald's and then went to give blood. Attending Crew:- FCAPT Owen Swart
- LTJG Gordon Reid
- LTJG Anya denTeuling
- LTJG Jim Nave (via telepresence)
- Civilian Colleen Reid (Gordon's Mother)
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