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We're so divergent in personality,
in backgrounds,
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in our family styles
and everything,
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and yet, we have
this common thread of Star Trek,
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which keeps us together.
1:03:12
Remember when-- the first
convention we went to,
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we'd forgotten what it was like.
1:03:16
And we were at the convention,
and we were all accepted.
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And when we left and we went back home,
we had to act normal again.
1:03:22
[Laughter]
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I think if there's one thing
in this world
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that I will take to my grave
with me forever is the fans.
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They are so loving, and they are
so warm, and they are so tender,
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and if you go someplace,
like into a convention,
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and you don't have
any friends there,
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you don't know anybody there,
1:03:40
you really do
because they're all thinking--
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somewhere along the line,
they're thinking like you are.
1:03:45
My family thinks
I'm the odd one of the family.
1:03:48
They think I'm totally weird,
but I found this club,
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and I found out
I'm not the only one,
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so I guess I'm not so weird
after all.
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It's really great
to go to a convention,
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and it's like a family reunion.
1:04:00
My wife is here,
1:04:02
and she and I met, actually,
in a Star Trek club.
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I know a lot of people from around
the state that I would have never met
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unless I joined this club.
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So it's meeting people.
It's about people.
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What we do is we usually
set up a recruiting table
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so that we can get new members
to join the organization.
1:04:16
Recruitment happens
every waking moment.
1:04:17
Every time you see one of us
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either in uniform
or out on the street,
1:04:22
if our mouth is open and breath
comes forth, we're recruiting.
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Woman: We belong to two
international fan clubs--
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the United Federation
of Planets lnternational
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and the Romulan Star Empire.
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I am Linda Thuringer.
I am the captain,
1:04:36
and my Romulan name
is Efa Tilavet,
1:04:39
and I am the commander of the Praetorian
Guard for the Romulan Star Empire.
1:04:45
Steve Menaugh.
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I'm the first officer, and my
Romulan name is Menhaltra Laheron,
1:04:50
and I'm the subcommander
of the Praetorian Guard.
1:04:52
I am the security chief
for the Nemesis station,
1:04:55
and I'm also a member
of Romulan Star Empire.
1:04:57
My name is Terry Stenoe.
1:04:59
I'm the chief medical officer
on the Nemesis station.