We are like most Star Trek Fans, collect everything you can and put it out on display.  Lots of Trek fans have huge collections, there's even a hashtag on twitter #trekcollection.  Well, if you missed getting your hands on Star Trek XI stuff and you're a Sam's Club member, you still have a chance.  Sam's is offering the Playmates 12 inch action figures in the Kirk, Spock, McCoy, and Original Spock flavors for $9.81 each. 

Oh, April Fool's Day.  The one day of the year where everyone gets to pull a fast one on unsuspecting friends and family.  Now, it's simply known as the day you can't believe a single thing you read on the internet.   From Google changing it's name to Topeka to news of the Star Trek sequel, the net full of tom foolery today.  We found two articles that we thought were quite funny, as well as a possible truth concerning filming date for Star Trek XII.  Check out the details below.

Star Trek XII Script Leaked.

Trekcast, the number one rated Star Trek podcast has made it's triumphant return.  After nearly a month off, David, Alicia, Jerad & Damon return with all the trek fun we've come to know and love.  Notice though, we are a man down.  Apparently Darren wasn't able to make it for this episode.  Hopefully he'll have a bit more free time in next week or so and will make his triumphant return.  Here's to another fantastic episode of Trekcast!

After the almost complete Oscar snub, J.J. Abrams's "Star Trek" was a winner at the Empire Awards. According to wikipedia; since 1995, Empire, Britain's biggest selling film magazine, has organized the annual award show. Nominated for 3 awards total, Star Trek pulled ahead of the pack in the "best scifi / fantasy film" category.

"This is lovely and I'm happy to be apart of this story" said Simon Pegg during his acceptance speech for the win. He continues - "I said I wasn't going to cry.. but.. You canna defy the laws of physics"

Check out Simon Pegg's acceptance speech below.

It's really interesting that private space flight has become a reality.  With the X prize win in 2004, Burt Rutan and his company Scaled Composites have paved the way for the "everyman" to experience the thrill of spaceflight.  With the founding of Virgin Galactic Sir Richard Branson joined forces with Rutan to provide the first commercial spaceflight system to take tourists into a sub-orbital flight.

Mutliplayer Online Game Directory recently sat down with Star Trek Online Executive Producer Craig Zinkievich to talk Season One: Common Ground.  Some of the more interesting topics in the interview were the coming of a possible death penalty in the game and how Cryptic is dealing with the negative reviews and subscriber reactions.

Check out an excerpt from the interview.

MPOGD: What has been the development team's reaction to how the fans and critics have responded to Star Trek Online since it launched? Has reading those pros and cons given you new things to thrive for or change?

Earlier this week we celebrated the birthday of one William Shatner. Today we celebrate the other half of the dymanic duo, Mr. Leoanrd Nimoy. Possibly the most well known character in all of scifi was brought to life by Leonard in 1964, where he played Spock for the first time in the original Star Trek pilot "The Cage".

Spock has inspired and thrilled many a person over the last 46 years and Leonard Nimoy has been entertaining audiences since 1951. He's an actor, director, producer, author, award winning photographer, and the science officer of the sweetest starship that ever graced the small & silver screen.

Cryptic studios just launched Star Trek Online Season One: Common Ground items and lots of lifetime subsriber perks.  Check out the list below for more details.

Lifetime Subscriber Perks (listed below is what's available now):

The following perks are ready for you to enjoy immediately:

According to cell biologist Mark Roth, suspended animation is not just for genetically altered super humans. It could very well be used to treat life threatening diseases. Roth studies the art of shutting down life processes and then starting them up again. It's wild stuff, but it's not science fiction. Induced by careful use of an otherwise toxic gas, suspended animation can potentially help trauma and heart attack victims survive long enough to be treated.