November 15th, 2009
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I can't believe I almost let this completely go, I didn't realize
until a couple of days ago, but this year STDragon turned 10
years old! I believe it was around March or April 1999 that I
started what turned out to be a 7 year fantastic journey :) I
want to thank not only those of you who read the series during
its run, those of you who continue to check back here now and
then, and those of you who are just now discovering the site. I
still get emails every couple months from new readers, and I love
it. I'm deeply flattered and honored by all of your positive
comments, and I hope any future writing endeavors of mine will be
as enjoyable as STDragon :)
I wish I had something to show you all for the 10 year anniversary, but I'm afraid I haven't had time to work on the Dragon or any other creative projects. I have a new job that has taken considerable time and effort. I'm looking forward to the fact that I'm ready to start creative projects such as short stories, novels, and graphic design again, but for now, I hope to still receive emails from new STDragon readers 10 years from now :D Thank you all for 10 years!
July 3rd, 2009
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Hey all, about a week ago, STDragon was taken offline for the second
time ever (I mistakenly thought it was the first, but back
when stdragon was stdragon.tripod.com, Paramount had all
fan-sites taken offline in a fit of stupidity). Hackers had
planted malicious code on the front page, and later after I
removed it, I discovered they were re-planting it every day or
two. As such, stdragon has moved to a new, more secure server
(the previous one was the same server stdragon was put on in
2002).
For some time I've considered creating a second website for the purpose of legally holding all of my original fiction, with the possibility of eventually selling work or, if my comic ever gets off the ground, selling advertising space similar to what you see done at places such as http://www.reallifecomics.com or http://www.thedreamlandchronicles.com. However, the new service http://www.hostrocket.com provides me, I can create multiple websites under one account, including reselling webspace. As such, I'm pleased to announce I will soon begin creating this new website!
I've also been considering revamping the stdragon website as part of this process, especially if I can get the time to finish the USS Dragon-A CGI mesh. As you can see in a previous news post, I've been planning on totally revamping the website once this is done, including creating images for every episode, and that is something I would still like to do. Does this mean I am revitalizing stdragon? To an extent yes, and yet no. Am I still going to write fan fiction in the future, as I have already announced? Well...yes and no. As I've said to many, I really want to get some of my original fiction published professionally, and that means finishing the novel I started last year. And since I will soon be moving to my own apartment, I'll have the peace and quiet I need to accomplish that. And perhaps work on my comic as well. Who knows, maybe I can find a source of income that'll allow me to hire some people to help out with the comic, given that the comic will require hefty CGI modeling and texturing work... (Any volunteers to at least help me get started?!? ;) )
One last bit of news - I recently heard from Daniel Balding, creator of Star Trek Peacemaker! He's still alive and well, in fact has some exciting news of his own! And on top of all of that, he has informed me that he will be trying to revitalize Peacemaker to an extent! So good news all around, folks!
As always, if you have need to contact me, always feel free to email me at jonwasik@stdragon.com If there are still those of you who occasionally read this news section, thank you for continuing to be fans of stdragon. I hope you'll enjoy my future writing endeavours as much as you enjoyed stdragon :)
November 6th, 2008
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Hey all you Trek fan fiction fans! Big news! Chris Adamek has
just launched a 6th season of Star Trek The Final Frontier, check it out!
August 20th, 2008
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Just a small update for now, two new images added to the media
section, specifically under Desktop Images, of the Sentinel. The
newest of which features the updated Sentinel!
I'm still working on building the USS Dragon-A, it's a very slow process since it's something I only occasionally have time to do, but I'm more than halfway finished with the saucer, which is probably the hardest to detail, so it's getting there :)
May 4th, 2008
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I realize it's been over a year since I've posted any updates,
but believe it or not there's been a lot going on behind the
scenes :) First, Peacemaker is about to launch it's second
season, with a story that's taking a very exciting direction!
Second, I've been planning a few projects for some time, and it turns out one of my projects will work very well with Peacemaker's story line. So, an as-yet unnamed project is now in the works, but is still a couple of years away from launch for the specific purpose of taking place during some key events in Peacemaker. This project will be a one year long project that will have novella-length episodes.
Third, and I'm very quite excited about this, my skills with LightWave have finally improved enough that quite some time ago, I began work on a 3D CGI mesh of the Dragon-A! It's going along quite well, and in fact if you wish to track its progress click here. When this mesh is completed, it's going to mean some pretty big updates to this website. When I'm done, every single episode will have multiple images accompany them! This of course means I'll have to create even more CGI meshes for various alien ships, including the Vorkalai, Hintaru, Britar, and I have to finish building the Kiklar fleet. Most of these projects will be medium-detail meshes, not something I'm going to spend months to years on like I did with the Sentinel and have already done with the Dragon, but quick easy designs I can put out in months. Probably the only other mesh I'll do a lot of details on will be the Bladerunner fighter :) And any other Federation starships I may build (Kinda tempted to try my hand at a Galaxy class...)
April 2nd, 2007
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After nearly a year, I've finally completed rewriting the Season
2 premier of Star Trek Time Test! There are some noteable
differences in this episode, including character development for
a character that was sadly underdeveloped in the series - Tom
Halkrat. So please enjoy, and please feel free to give me
feedback :)
July 9th, 2006
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So, I came to a decision in my insomniac delirium tonight - I'm
going to start re-writing the Season 2 premier this week. Why?
Well I'd decided to start reading STDragon from start to finish,
something I've never done with my own work. When I got to the
season 2 premier tonight, "Time Test" I realized just
how putrid it was, and how it really screws with continuity
throughout the entire series (and did so before I even rewrote
the last episodes of Season 1!) So yeah, don't know how long it
will take, but it's probably going to be very different when
finished :)
July 7th, 2006
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Just a quick update, I've re-read the first episode of STDragon
and edited much of it, including adding some small parts here and
there (nothing significant) to help connect it to the other
rewritten season 1 episodes.
June 12th, 2006
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I've just posted the re-write of episode 5 for Star Trek Dragon!
With the exception of some editing I want to do to the first
episode, that essentially completes the first season!
June 11th, 2006
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Well this is the final version of the website, I was considering
making more versions but it's just too much work and there's more
things I want to do now. I will however be occasionally updating
the site with new images for the episodes, and I'm also
considering a mini-series for STDragon in the future, about
events that take place directly after the last episode. Nothing
is certain, however.
In the mean time, why not check out Daniel Balding's series, which takes place a year after STDragon? http://peacemaker.stdragon.com/
Important
dates from STDragon's history (those that I could
find/remember any way)
1999 - STDragon launches
October 29th, 2000 - Season 3 launches
June 4th, 2001 - Season 3 Finale premieres
July 3rd, 2001 - Freedom's Price is uploaded as part of the Unity
Project
September 2nd, 2001 - Season 4 of STDragon launches
July 22nd, 2002 - Season 4 Finale of STDragon
December 26th, 2002 - Season 5 launches
September 2nd, 2003 - Sentinel CGI mesh completed
November 9th, 2003 - Season 5 Finale
February 1st, 2004 - Season 6 launches
February 2nd, 2004 - STDragon opening credits sequence completed
and uploaded
December 23rd, 2004 - Season 6 Finale
March 12th, 2005 - Season 7 launches
March 31st, 2006 - Season 7 Finale "Legend's End"
April 21st, 2006 - Star Trek Peacemaker launches