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I want to be Captain of the Enterprise

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This may sound like a thread asking for an impossible, lore-breaking feature in an MMO...

But it's not.

Granted, I like the idea of a mission that takes our characters aboard the Enterprise and perhaps has us assume temporary command while the crew is incapacitated.

Some of you may know I've tinkered with recording voiceover as a certain Soong-Type Android who commands the Enterprise in Star Trek Online... Some of you may have heard me say that this stems from my background as a stage actor.

But after working up a very rough, very quick and dirty photoshop of myself in the makeup (which stemmed from my half-joking argument that my Soong-Type Android character is a self-portrait), well...

I'd love it if Brent Spiner could be had for not only for this game but loads more work as Data. But with the budget and contractual issues associated with this game, in particular, coupled with Spiner's stated (and repeated) lack of interest in reprising the role at various points, I'd love to take a stab at a role like this, at least in fan machinima... And I think my likeness represented in the game engine (given its limitations) is Data-like enough that if I portrayed the character of Data in fan machinima or similar works, I would be recognizable as myself as Data without infringing upon Brent Spiner's publicity rights. (Yes, Data is still the IP of CBS and Paramount but maybe a bit of U.S. v Flint-protected satire or something on the order of the STAR TREK: PHASE II or STAR TREK: DEFIANT fan productions would be nice.)

Heck, I'd love to be Data in-game, obviously. But given the extreme chances against that, I don't suppose any machinima artists or flash animators would still be interested in casting me, either in satire or a straight, not-for-profit, fan-produced piece...?

I would love to be Captain of the Enterprise. Naturally, who here wouldn't?
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