[{"element_type":"image_url","content":"https://external-content.duckduckgo.com/iu/?u=https%3A%2F%2Ftse2.mm.bing.net%2Fth%3Fid%3DOIP.gnzyUeEQU24s9xwBOMPQuQHaFI%26pid%3DApi\u0026f=1\u0026ipt=9c75f53244178800e0743c3d71697727f18dd2e8210ae0742450355041b49dcc\u0026ipo=images","metadata":{"alt":"USS","caption":"How's this for a starship?"}},{"element_type":"text","content":"\n        \u003cp\u003eI'm not talking about an ill-named monster rocket booster, but honest-to-goodness\u0026nbsp;\u003cem\u003eSTARSHIPS!\u003c/em\u003e As Wikipedia puts it:\u003c/p\u003e\n\u003cp style=\"text-align: center;\"\u003e\u003cspan\u003eA\u0026nbsp;\u003c/span\u003e\u003cstrong\u003estarship\u003c/strong\u003e\u003cspan\u003e,\u0026nbsp;\u003c/span\u003e\u003cstrong\u003estarcraft\u003c/strong\u003e\u003cspan\u003e, or\u0026nbsp;\u003c/span\u003e\u003cstrong\u003einterstellar spacecraft\u003c/strong\u003e\u003cspan\u003e\u0026nbsp;is a theoretical\u0026nbsp;\u003c/span\u003e\u003ca title=\"Spacecraft\" href=\"https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Spacecraft\"\u003espacecraft\u003c/a\u003e\u003cspan\u003e\u0026nbsp;designed for\u0026nbsp;\u003c/span\u003e\u003ca title=\"\" href=\"https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Interstellar_travel\"\u003etraveling between planetary systems\u003c/a\u003e\u003cspan\u003e.\u003c/span\u003e\u003csup id=\"cite_ref-1\" class=\"reference\"\u003e\u003ca href=\"https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Starship#cite_note-1\"\u003e\u003cspan class=\"cite-bracket\"\u003e[\u003c/span\u003e1\u003cspan class=\"cite-bracket\"\u003e]\u003c/span\u003e\u003c/a\u003e\u003c/sup\u003e\u003cspan\u003e\u0026nbsp;The term is mostly found in\u0026nbsp;\u003c/span\u003e\u003ca title=\"Science fiction\" href=\"https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Science_fiction\"\u003escience fiction\u003c/a\u003e\u003cspan\u003e.\u003c/span\u003e\u003c/p\u003e\n\u003cp style=\"text-align: right;\"\u003e\u003cspan\u003e\u003ca href=\"https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Starship\"\u003ehttps://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Starship\u003c/a\u003e\u003c/span\u003e\u003c/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cspan\u003eI've certainly not got the resources to make such a vehicle... but what if you could build a\u0026nbsp;\u003cem\u003ereally\u0026nbsp;\u003c/em\u003esmall spacecraft? Say, like this?\u003c/span\u003e\u003c/p\u003e\n      ","metadata":{}},{"element_type":"image_url","content":"https://planetary.s3.amazonaws.com/web/assets/pictures/_1200x1200_crop_center-center_82_line/20170817_starchip-promo.jpg.webp","metadata":{"alt":"Ship","caption":"Breakthrough Starshot \"Ship on a Chip\""}},{"element_type":"text","content":"\n  \n        \u003cp\u003eThis was my inspiration to make a \"Starship\" on my NeoTrinkey - a simple spaceship program. My \"ship on a chip\" defines the decks of a ship and a set of potential destinations.\u003c/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003eI've included it all in a github repo \u003ca title=\"NeoTrinkey \u0026quot;ship\u0026quot; simulator\" href=\"https://github.com/mrklingon/Ship-on-a-Chip\" target=\"_blank\"\u003e\"Ship on a Chip\"\u003c/a\u003e\u003c/p\u003e\n\u003cul\u003e\n\u003cli\u003eWhat IS a \"starship?\" :\u003ca href=\"https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Starship\"\u003ehttps://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Starship\u003c/a\u003e\n\u003c/li\u003e\n\u003cli\u003eInspired by\u003cspan\u003e\u0026nbsp;\u003c/span\u003e\u003ca href=\"https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Breakthrough_Starshot\"\u003ehttps://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Breakthrough_Starshot\u003c/a\u003e,\u003cspan\u003e\u0026nbsp;\u003c/span\u003e\u003ca href=\"https://www.scientificamerican.com/article/inside-the-breakthrough-starshot-mission-to-alpha-centauri/\"\u003ehttps://www.scientificamerican.com/article/inside-the-breakthrough-starshot-mission-to-alpha-centauri/\u003c/a\u003e\n\u003c/li\u003e\n\u003cli\u003etrekdecks uses Enterprise deck as found at:\u003cspan\u003e\u0026nbsp;\u003c/span\u003e\u003ca href=\"https://memory-alpha.fandom.com/wiki/Constitution_class_decks\"\u003ehttps://memory-alpha.fandom.com/wiki/Constitution_class_decks\u003c/a\u003e\n\u003c/li\u003e\n\u003cli\u003eGalaxy class decks:\u003cspan\u003e\u0026nbsp;\u003c/span\u003e\u003ca href=\"https://memory-alpha.fandom.com/wiki/Galaxy_class_decks\"\u003ehttps://memory-alpha.fandom.com/wiki/Galaxy_class_decks\u003c/a\u003e\n\u003c/li\u003e\n\u003cli\u003eDefiant class decks:\u003cspan\u003e\u0026nbsp;\u003c/span\u003e\u003ca href=\"https://memory-alpha.fandom.com/wiki/Defiant_class_decks\"\u003ehttps://memory-alpha.fandom.com/wiki/Defiant_class_decks\u003c/a\u003e\n\u003c/li\u003e\n\u003cli\u003eIntrepid class decks:\u003cspan\u003e\u0026nbsp;\u003c/span\u003e\u003ca href=\"https://memory-alpha.fandom.com/wiki/Intrepid_class_decks\"\u003ehttps://memory-alpha.fandom.com/wiki/Intrepid_class_decks\u003c/a\u003e\n\u003c/li\u003e\n\u003cli\u003etrekdests Destinations used:\u003cspan\u003e\u0026nbsp;\u003c/span\u003e\u003ca href=\"https://exoplanets.nasa.gov/news/1378/top-10-star-trek-destinations-chosen-by-nasa-scientists/\"\u003ehttps://exoplanets.nasa.gov/news/1378/top-10-star-trek-destinations-chosen-by-nasa-scientists/\u003c/a\u003e\n\u003c/li\u003e\n\u003cli\u003eexodests from\u003cspan\u003e\u0026nbsp;\u003c/span\u003e\u003ca href=\"https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/List_of_nearest_terrestrial_exoplanet_candidates\"\u003ehttps://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/List_of_nearest_terrestrial_exoplanet_candidates\u003c/a\u003e\n\u003c/li\u003e\n\u003cli\u003esspythondecks created for a simple example\u003c/li\u003e\n\u003c/ul\u003e\n\u003col\u003e\n\u003cli\u003eCopy the files wise.py, prt.py and shipchip.py (as code.py) to neotrinkey.\u003c/li\u003e\n\u003cli\u003eCopy a \"dests\" file (trekdests or exodests) to neotrinkey as \"dests\" (or create your own set of destinations)\u003c/li\u003e\n\u003cli\u003eCopy a \"decks\" file (trekdecks or sspythondecks) to neotrinkey as \"decks\" (Or create your own list of decks and dests.)\u003c/li\u003e\n\u003c/ol\u003e\n\u003cp\u003eChange REPL=True to REPL=False if you want output to be \"typed\" via HID interface.\u003c/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003eChange showdecks = False to showdecks = True if you want the decks to be listed on start.\u003c/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003eTouch pad #1 to go \"up\" a deck and pad #2 to go down - holding both jumps to a random deck.\u003c/p\u003e\n\u003ch3 class=\"heading-element\"\u003eFiles:\u003c/h3\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e\u003ca id=\"user-content-files\" class=\"anchor\" href=\"https://github.com/mrklingon/Ship-on-a-Chip/blob/main/README.md#files\"\u003e\u003c/a\u003e\u003c/p\u003e\n\u003cul\u003e\n\u003cli\u003e\n\u003cp\u003eshipchip.py - ship on a chip - copy to code.py\u003c/p\u003e\n\u003c/li\u003e\n\u003cli\u003e\n\u003cp\u003eprt.py - copy to neotrinkey\u003c/p\u003e\n\u003c/li\u003e\n\u003cli\u003e\n\u003cp\u003ewise.py - copy to neotrinkey\u003c/p\u003e\n\u003c/li\u003e\n\u003cli\u003e\n\u003cp\u003eexodests - rename to dests for use\u003c/p\u003e\n\u003c/li\u003e\n\u003cli\u003e\n\u003cp\u003esspythondecks - rename to dests for use\u003c/p\u003e\n\u003c/li\u003e\n\u003cli\u003e\n\u003cp\u003etrekdecks - rename to decks for use\u003c/p\u003e\n\u003c/li\u003e\n\u003cli\u003e\n\u003cp\u003etrekdests - rename to dests for use\u003c/p\u003e\n\u003c/li\u003e\n\u003c/ul\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e\u0026nbsp;\u003c/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003eWhen run, you'll get a message \"Welcome aboard\" - and you begin on \"deck 1\" - usually the bridge. A random destination is chosen and after a random number of steps up and down in the turbolift you \"arrive\" and a new destination is chosen.\u003c/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003eLooks like this:\u003c/p\u003e\n\u003cp style=\"padding-left: 120px;\"\u003e\u003ccode\u003eWelcome aboard!\u003c/code\u003e\u003c/p\u003e\n\u003cp style=\"padding-left: 120px;\"\u003e\u003ccode\u003eShip destination is: Remus\u003c/code\u003e\u003c/p\u003e\n\u003cp style=\"padding-left: 120px;\"\u003e\u003ccode\u003eYou are on deck: 1 Bridge\u003c/code\u003e\u003c/p\u003e\n\u003cp style=\"padding-left: 120px;\"\u003e\u003ccode\u003eYou are on deck: 2 Science labs\u003c/code\u003e\u003c/p\u003e\n\u003cp style=\"padding-left: 120px;\"\u003e\u003ccode\u003eYou are on deck: 15 Deuterium fuel storage\u003c/code\u003e\u003c/p\u003e\n\u003cp style=\"padding-left: 120px;\"\u003e\u003ccode\u003eYou are on deck: 14 Engineering support, water storage\u003c/code\u003e\u003c/p\u003e\n\u003cp style=\"padding-left: 120px;\"\u003e\u003ccode\u003eYou are on deck: 13 Observation deck, dorsal interconnects\u003c/code\u003e\u003c/p\u003e\n\u003cp style=\"padding-left: 120px;\"\u003e\u003ccode\u003eYou are on deck: 14 Engineering support, water storage\u003c/code\u003e\u003c/p\u003e\n\u003cp style=\"padding-left: 120px;\"\u003e\u003ccode\u003eYou are on deck: 1 Bridge\u003c/code\u003e\u003c/p\u003e\n\u003cp style=\"padding-left: 120px;\"\u003e\u003ccode\u003eArrived at Remus\u003c/code\u003e\u003c/p\u003e\n\u003cp style=\"padding-left: 120px;\"\u003e\u003ccode\u003eShip new destination is: Nbiru\u003c/code\u003e\u003c/p\u003e\n\u003cp style=\"padding-left: 120px;\"\u003e\u003ccode\u003eYou are on deck: 2 Science labs\u003c/code\u003e\u003c/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003eMake up your own ship with a list of decks in the \"decks\" file and destinations in the \"dests\" and you've got your own starship!\u003c/p\u003e\n      \n","metadata":{}}]