User:DarkVengeance

And everything that he was...everything he knew...is lost. - Sarek

I'm Ben, and although I am rather new to working with the Wiki structure, I have been using Memory Alpha as an information source for quite some time.

My Life as a Trekkie
I have watched Star Trek for many years. Star Trek: The Next Generation came out shortly before I was born, and I'm sad to say that I was too young to know what it was. However, I can't remember not knowing of Star Trek, although I knew relatively nothing of it except for the identities of the senior officers of the USS Enterprise NCC-1701.

When I first became a fan of Star Wars, as a young child, my interest in Star Trek nearly went away. I only watched a few episodes of TNG, and I had an extreme dislike for DS9. As I grew older, I occasionally watched Voyager. I saw the original premiere of the series finale, and was left wanted more. Of course, my needs were satisfied by Enterprise. Unfortunately, I often forgot when it was on, just as I still forget when anything is doing whatever it's doing. I missed the pilot, and watched less than half the episodes during the rest of its run, barely catching the original premiere of that season finale. After that, my poor-excuse-for-a-Trekkie days seemed gone.

In the spring of 2005, I was obsessing over Star Wars Episode III: The Revenge of the Sith. After watching it, I was left with nothing more to go on. Star Wars was over, and Star Trek wasn't even a thought in my mind.

That summer, I didn't have much to do. I had to find a way to stay away from my brother, so I was often in the living room, watching television. On day, I came upon a network that I loathed. However, to my surprise, they weren't showing a stupid, pointless show. They had TNG. I can't remember what episode it was, but I became hooked. Every day that summer, I watched three episodes of TNG in a row. It became a ritual. When I developed a schedule to keep myself from losing track of time (which I never followed), I made sure to include TNG. Since then, I've seen nearly every episode. However, as for DS9, I still wasn't interested.

Two of my best friends had been Trekkies since before I knew them. They've been to all sorts of conventions, and have quite a few autographed collectibles. One of them purchased every episode of TNG on video cassete as a present for his father. The two of them kept telling me that DS9 was the best series. I refused to believe them.

A time came in the spring of 2006 where my schedule permitted me to get out of school early. A perfect "gift" for my last year. Arriving home one day, I flipped on the televisiont to see the beginning of DS9:  I watched it. It was one of the best episodes of Star Trek that I had ever seen!

Ever since then, I've been watching DS9 and TNG whenever I can. Voyager isn't on in my area, and Enterprise shows at the most random, bizarre times. Unfortunately, I've come to discover that I don't care much for The Original Series, but I'll watch it if the episode interests me.

Aside from watching the television shows, I also enjoy Star Trek by designing my own vessels in a 3-dimensional design program, and then creating schematics for each one.

It's getting late at the time I'm writing this, so I'll have to continue later...