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Federation member planet, located in Sector 32504 near the Cardassian border. Your last chance for deuterium and supplies for the next 1000 light years. #ScienceFiction #LGBTQStuff #Progressive #Politics #FrakMAGA #FrakTrump #ResistFascismEverywhere

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The Rochellan Commonwealth @rochellancmlth2316.bsky.social · May 9

Hello Bluesky universe and beyond! I'm Jordan, the owner of the official Bluesky account for the Rochellan Commonwealth. IRL, I am a long-time science fiction fan from the classics to modern sci-fi. My primary loves are Trek, Star Wars, B5, BSG and many others. Hope to talk to you all soon!

a close up of a feather on a rock with the words `` hello '' written in white letters .

ALT: a close up of a feather on a rock with the words `` hello '' written in white letters .

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The Rochellan Commonwealth @rochellancmlth2316.bsky.social · 7h

Yes. Each group has 3 squadrons, consisting of 5 craft a piece. They're deployed at System Defence Stations and Perimeter Defence Stations and in-system at Planetary Defence Bases all over the Rochella System.

The Rochellan Commonwealth @rochellancmlth2316.bsky.social · 8h

relationship goals

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Ghost Pirate Captain Revo @captainrevo.bsky.social · 20h

Sisko hugging Jake - the text says ‘He protec’

Sisko lunging through the air at someone - the text says ‘He attac’

Sisko looking at his baseball on his hand - the text says ‘If you invade the station he wants his baseball bac’

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Star Trek Corrupted Captions @startrekcc.bsky.social · 20h

Phlox's Film Fest of Frights

Now Showing: A Nightmare on Elm Street (1984)

#StarTrek #StarTrekMemes #StarTrekEnterprise

Top panel: It's movie night on the Enterprise, and the crew are gathered in the mess hall to watch A Nightmare on Elm Street (1984). On screen is a close-up of Freddy Krueger flashing his finger knives.

Bottom panel: Phlox is in the audience with a bowl of popcorn. He smiles and points to the screen as he says, "I've always loved studying the legends of night terrors and dream demons in various and sundry cultures, but I never realized the way to defeat them is by making a bevy of subpar sequels! I cannot wait to tell an anthropologist friend of mine on Denobula!"

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The Rochellan Commonwealth @rochellancmlth2316.bsky.social · 8h

Expand the House as well.

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𝚂𝚎𝚌𝚘𝚗𝚍𝚊𝚛𝚢 𝙿𝚛𝚘𝚝𝚘𝚌𝚘𝚕 @2ndaryprotocol.bsky.social · 8h

#NowWatching ‘Lifeforce’ (1985) 👨‍🚀 🧛🏻‍♀️ 🧟‍♂️

“𝙸 𝚖𝚎𝚊𝚗, 𝚒𝚗 𝚊 𝚜𝚎𝚗𝚜𝚎 𝚠𝚎'𝚛𝚎 𝚊𝚕𝚕 𝚟𝚊𝚖𝚙𝚒𝚛𝚎𝚜. 𝚆𝚎 𝚍𝚛𝚊𝚒𝚗 𝚎𝚗𝚎𝚛𝚐𝚢 𝚏𝚛𝚘𝚖 𝚘𝚝𝚑𝚎𝚛 𝚕𝚒𝚏𝚎 𝚏𝚘𝚛𝚖𝚜. 𝚃𝚑𝚎 𝚍𝚒𝚏𝚏𝚎𝚛𝚎𝚗𝚌𝚎 𝚒𝚜 𝚘𝚗𝚎 𝚘𝚏 𝚍𝚎𝚐𝚛𝚎𝚎. 𝚃𝚑𝚊𝚝 𝚐𝚒𝚛𝚕 𝚠𝚊𝚜 𝚗𝚘 𝚐𝚒𝚛𝚕. 𝚂𝚑𝚎'𝚜 𝚝𝚘𝚝𝚊𝚕𝚕𝚢 𝚊𝚕𝚒𝚎𝚗 𝚝𝚘 𝚝𝚑𝚒𝚜 𝚙𝚕𝚊𝚗𝚎𝚝 𝚊𝚗𝚍 𝚘𝚞𝚛 𝚕𝚒𝚏𝚎 𝚏𝚘𝚛𝚖... 𝚊𝚗𝚍 𝚝𝚘𝚝𝚊𝚕𝚕𝚢 𝚍𝚊𝚗𝚐𝚎𝚛𝚘𝚞𝚜.”

#100DaysOfHorror (85/100) 🖤

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The Rochellan Commonwealth @rochellancmlth2316.bsky.social · 8h

Just recently read this book - it was originally called "The Space Vampires". It...was not very good.

Also, this is one of the best Golan-Globus productions from the 80s.

The Rochellan Commonwealth @rochellancmlth2316.bsky.social · 8h

Here's ours.

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The Rochellan Commonwealth @rochellancmlth2316.bsky.social · 8h

She's like ~fused~ with the deck. They try pulling her out, all her innards are gonna spill all over that deck. Good lords. Almost as bad as those poor bastards on the USS Pegasus that got fused into that asteroid.

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Hourly Cosmos @hourlycosmos.bsky.social · 9h

Clusters Near and Far - Messier 35 and NGC 2158 - From Rolf Wahl Olsen - https://flic.kr/p/UgDqcm

The contrasting open star clusters Messier 35 and NGC 2158 are located in the constellation Gemini. First discovered by the astronomer
Philippe Loys de Chéseaux in 1745, it was later included by Charles Messier in his "Catalogue des Nébuleuses et des Amas d'Étoiles" ("Catalogue of Nebulae and Star Clusters"); the famous list of Messier objects.
Messier 35 in the upper left of the image is a nearby young star cluster, some 2800 light years distant and about 150 million years old. It covers an area of sky similar to that of the full Moon and contains approximately 2500 stars. Most are bright and blue, having not yet burned out their supply of Hydrogen.
Southwest of Messier 35, in the bottom right, lies NGC 2158 which is nearly four times more distant and contains many more stars. It is also much older, estimated to be some 2 billion years old. All its blue giant stars have burned out long ago and only the orange glow of its older stars remain. NGC 2158 was once though to be a globular cluster due to its compact nature.
Open star clusters are groups of stars that have formed from a single cloud of gas and dust at roughly the same time. Their individual stars are more or less bound to each other by gravity but may become dispersed over time as the cluster orbits through the plane of the Milky Way and interact with other clusters and clouds.

Image details:
Date: 19th February 2017
Exposure: LRGB: 75:25:25:25 mins, total 2 hours 30 mins @ -25C
Telescope: Ho...

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The Rochellan Commonwealth @rochellancmlth2316.bsky.social · 9h

Yaaaaaaaas, Queen! Preach!

The Rochellan Commonwealth @rochellancmlth2316.bsky.social · 9h

The science fiction book that perverted Stephen Miller
(Science Fiction with Damien Walter)

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The science fiction book that perverted Stephen Miller

YouTube video by Science Fiction with Damien Walter

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The Rochellan Commonwealth @rochellancmlth2316.bsky.social · 10h

I hate to ask but...how did they extract her from the deck?

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The Rochellan Commonwealth @rochellancmlth2316.bsky.social · 10h

Trekkers Against Fascism.

The Orion @gettheorion.bsky.social · 11h

#TrekkiesAgainstFascism

star trek deep space nine inspired protest sign. hands symbolizing various characters, O'Brien, Kira, Sisko, and Odo are holding up a sign that says "Together We Resist." To the left, two symbols are crossed out: A Cardassian and Dominion symbol. A little score of 2 - 0 is written below them. Across the "T" in "Resist" sits a tiny crown that is crossed out. toward the bottom right, the text says "Trekkies Against Fascism."

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The Rochellan Commonwealth @rochellancmlth2316.bsky.social · 10h

Well, that and we're close to the Cardassian border. *Eyes the Cardies*

The Rochellan Commonwealth @rochellancmlth2316.bsky.social · 10h

They might not have, but RochellaForce has indeed developed PFs & INTs here.

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William Peter MacMason @wpmacmason.bsky.social · 11h

Beta Starship Spotlight
PT "Boats" of Ian Keldon

Back in WW2 the US Navy made so many PT boats that giving them all names would have been difficult, hence the PT-### system. Ian Keldon used that history for inspiration to make some similarly small and numerous Federation attack ships.

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Found Star Trek Episodes @foundepisodes.bsky.social · 11h

#StarTrekTNG "Senses"

Trapped on an alien planet, Troi must learn to work with an alien with no apparent sensory organs. At the costume party, Worf as Homer grunts when the Duras sisters appear as Patty and Selma. Transporter chief: Emeril Lagasse.

A partial clipping from an old TV Guide reads as follows:

evil possesses Michael, KITT downloads the mind of an old priest to perform an exorcism. Father: James Earl Jones.

7 PM channel 13 STAR TREK: THE NEXT GENERATION(CC)—Science Fiction; 60 min.
Trapped on an alien planet, Troi must learn to work with an alien with no apparent sensory organs. At the costume party, Worf as Homer grunts when the Duras sisters appear as Patty and Selma. Transporter chief: Emeril Lagasse.

[SCI] MOVIE(CC)—Horror; 2 hrs.
“Scooby-Doo Meets Cthulu.” Ron Perlman.

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The Rochellan Commonwealth @rochellancmlth2316.bsky.social · 10h

Something tells me the DS9 one will be popular around here.

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Carlos Vergara (Comms open!) @krls81.bsky.social · 20h

The best Star Trek / Star Wars crossover you'll see for about 5 minutes.

#art

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Comics Covers @comicscovers.bsky.social · 2d

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The Rochellan Commonwealth @rochellancmlth2316.bsky.social · 11h

I got my turtleneck & beret today but my Federation Ambassador pin won't get here until ~monday~. *sigh*

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The Orion @gettheorion.bsky.social · 23h

Just putting it out there, if you're looking for a sign for No Kings, im cool with you printing any of these. They'll be added to the shop eventually but not in time for this weekend. 🖖🏻

The Orion @gettheorion.bsky.social · 1d

Resistance Is Never Futile.

#TrekkiesAgainstFascism

star trek inspired illustration of 4 hands holding up a picket sign. the hands are wearing the colorful uniforms of the Star Trek The Next Generation crew. The sign says "Together We Resist." to the left is the Borg insignia, crossed out. sitting atop the "T" in "resist" is a drawing of a crown that is crossed out. At the bottom right of the image, the white text says "Trekkies Against Fascism."

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Mel Miniatures @melminiatures.bsky.social · 14h

Rotating video of Saw Gerrera's Aurore Freighter

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Hourly Cosmos @hourlycosmos.bsky.social · 23h

Mimas, Epimetheus and Rings - From Gordan Ugarković (ugordan.bsky.social) - https://flic.kr/p/5oPunj

Mimas and Epimetheus captured along the main rings. This natural color narrow-angle image shows just how much darker the unlit side of the rings is compared to icy moons.

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