Kansas
City Squadron One Ship at a Time
Over the years going to different Cons and events you find that you
never feel out of place with fellow Klingons. For me there is only
one group other than Klingons that I have ever felt that way with
and that is the United States Marine Corps. With Marines they take
care of their own, no matter if you know the Marine or not. As
Klingons we are the same way; a Klingon is a fellow Brother or
Sister. The members of my Ship, my Squadron, my Quadrant, my Fleet,
or my KAG, each and every Klingon is part of my family.
With family you disagree, fight, and forgive, but we are always
there for each other. I remember way back in 1998 the first time I
had chatted back and forth with then Col. Kerla (her Marine side)
bouncing ideas around about a Klingon Marine news letter and she
happened to say something about Mindscanner, (if you ever want to
make Kerla’s Blood Boil do what I did) and I replied I want nothing
to do with that RAG! My computer started burning. I still have the
email, she lit me up one side down the other and back again.
That being said the 1st Con I went to was ConQuesT in Kansas City
and who was there Col. Kerla! I explained why I felt the way I did,
looking in to Mindscanner on line back issues there was a lot of
mudslinging and I wanted nothing to do with that. Col. Kerla did not
want that to be the face that everyone else saw as KAG either. We
Disagree, We Fight, and We Forgive be it ship level or higher, be it
your house, between houses, Fleets, or Marine and Navy! Just
remember we are all family and just because you are on a little ship
in a corner of KAG you are never alone.
Here in the Kansas City Squadron this is even more evident to me.
The Kansas City Squadron is made up of three ships in the Kansas
City metro area and one ship from the Omaha, Nebraska area. Each one
of our ships runs as an independent ship, but pull together as one
in anything we do. Most of us started out attached to or had a
sister ship in the Squadron that helped us. To be honest if it was
not for the support of the other ships here in Kansas City, we
probably would not have come back from dry-dock.
My ship doesn’t just have one sister ship, it has three. It is great
to be able to bounce ideas off of each other. When you have ships
working together as we do, if someone drops the ball we have someone
else to pick it up and run with it. The IKAV Jev qul, IKV Guardians
of Sto Vo Kor, IKV Sun’s Glory, and the IKAV Oath of the Demon Targh
make up the Squadron. With time restraints and scheduling conflicts
and the four letter word (work) it is hard to get a single crew to
an event, and sometimes it is hard to get a member from all the
ships to an event, but with that being said we normally have all of
the ship captains in attendance, well all but our long distance ship
the Sun’s Glory. But the short drive of three and a half hours one
way is just a little much to undertake with the price of fuel and
the drive time as well.
To make your time here on this third ball of mud from the Sun a
little better be active in your ship. Ask questions, give ideas, be
willing to put yourself out there, if your ship is failing or
falling off the map don’t point your finger at the person in charge
and say they better do something to get us going, it is up to each
person on the ship, in the fleet, in KAG to make it what you want.
Make your ship fun, have fun with it. The Party Ship is the hardest
working ship in the Fleet Qa Pla’
Lt. Col. MarQIS sutai-qul
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