{"id":288,"date":"2016-10-07T15:31:40","date_gmt":"2016-10-07T19:31:40","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/sites.kag.org\/korelath\/?p=288"},"modified":"2016-10-07T15:32:18","modified_gmt":"2016-10-07T19:32:18","slug":"aer-dragon-con-2016","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/sites.kag.org\/korelath\/2016\/10\/07\/aer-dragon-con-2016\/","title":{"rendered":"AER: Dragon Con 2016"},"content":{"rendered":"

\"XLV
\nDragon Con 2016 was a battle the crew of the XLV Korelath endured bravely. (Sometimes it’s not about winning, right?)<\/p>\n

\"VyrianWe arrived in Atlanta on Wednesday, August 31,\u00a0checked into our\u00a0hotel with our\u00a0Terran allies, and things got off to a great start. Unfortunately, on Thursday, Vyrian St’lar, our newest crew member, sprained his ankle on the way to get his badge. You may recall that this is not an isolated incident–the exact same thing happened to Vynni after getting their badge at Dragon Con 2012. We knew the drill, and we would like to once again thank our Official Sponsor,\u00a0CVS Peachtree Center, for having medical supplies on hand. With our beloved\u00a0CMO, Lissan, on a long-term mission on the west coast, we were left to our own devices to care for the injury.<\/p>\n

Nonetheless, we carried on: Vyrian was able to participate with us in the Parade on Saturday,\u00a0appearing\u00a0in uniform for the\u00a0first time, and\u00a0earning the rank of IXL Lieutenant. Myself, Vynni, and Thian were also there to represent XLV Korelath and the Wild Frontier Quadrant as usual. Huge props (ha!) to Buddy for arming us to the teeth this year.<\/p>\n

Even with six days in Atlanta, time was fleeting. Unfortunately, I got very sick and missed all of\u00a0Sunday. I regret having missed attending Klingon Karaoke\u00a0and the KAG table,\u00a0but I am pleased that Klingons made a good showing this year.<\/p>\n

\"Ell,<\/a> \"Klingons<\/a>
\nOne of the highlights of the con\u00a0was seeing Alexander Siddig at the Trek Track for the first time. He was incredibly funny and charming, and had great chemistry on the stage with Aron Eisenberg and Garrett Wang. We also attended several Dark Matter panels and were very excited to see the crew of the Raza<\/em> in person. The absence of Defiance guests or panels this year definitely left a void though.<\/p>\n

This year was the fifth anniversary of Vynni and I being recruited into KAG\/IXL, and the tenth anniversary of our first Dragon Con! Our first Dragon Con\u00a0was a magical time that kept us wanting more, despite moving from Georgia back to our home of Massachusetts. One of the most memorable aspects\u00a0of that year was attending a Klingon suite party. Slowly we are rebuilding the Klingon presence at Dragon Con, and everywhere. I applaud the efforts of the Phoenix Rising to do just that.<\/p>\n

Here’s a throwback to\u00a02006:<\/p>\n

\"Ell
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Thank you for reading!<\/p>\n

-Ell<\/p>\n

IXL Major Thellizh\u00edr vestai-ch’Lethlaen
\nQuadrant Commander, Wild Frontier Quadrant
\nIXL Tribune, Dark Moon Fleet
\nCommanding Officer, XLV Korelath<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

Dragon Con 2016 was a battle the crew of the XLV Korelath endured bravely. (Sometimes it’s not about winning, right?) We arrived in Atlanta on Wednesday, August 31,\u00a0checked into our\u00a0hotel with our\u00a0Terran allies, and things got off to a great start. Unfortunately, on Thursday, Vyrian St’lar, our newest crew member, sprained his ankle on the […]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":5,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[3],"tags":[4,5],"class_list":["post-288","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-after-event-reports","tag-dragon-con","tag-promotions"],"jetpack_featured_media_url":"","_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/sites.kag.org\/korelath\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/288","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/sites.kag.org\/korelath\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/sites.kag.org\/korelath\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/sites.kag.org\/korelath\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/5"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/sites.kag.org\/korelath\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=288"}],"version-history":[{"count":3,"href":"https:\/\/sites.kag.org\/korelath\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/288\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":291,"href":"https:\/\/sites.kag.org\/korelath\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/288\/revisions\/291"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/sites.kag.org\/korelath\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=288"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/sites.kag.org\/korelath\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=288"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/sites.kag.org\/korelath\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=288"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}