Ha, not intentional. USS Ventur, as in Ad-Ventur-e.

On Wed, Mar 11, 2026 at 3:15 PM B 9 <[email protected]> wrote:

> Is the name a reference to the HMS Venturer? That'd be awesome! That
> vessel is famous for actually performing the maneuver Kirk used against
> Khan after Spock said, “Intelligent, but not experienced. His pattern
> indicates two-dimensional thinking.”
>
> —b9
>
> On Tue, Mar 10, 2026 at 5:54 PM David Plass <[email protected]> wrote:
>
>> Port is left, starboard is right, aft is back, forward is... forward (in
>> TNG, remember 10 Forward?)
>>
>> Thanks for trying it out!
>>
>>
>> On Tue, Mar 10, 2026, 12:43 PM John R. Hogerhuis <[email protected]>
>> wrote:
>>
>>> I'm a Trekkie so it's up my alley.
>>>
>>> I spent a few minutes trying to get dressed. The nautical directions
>>> were not something I know so I will have to research those later.
>>>
>>> -- John.
>>>
>>>
>>> On Mon, Mar 9, 2026, 10:52 PM David Plass <[email protected]> wrote:
>>>
>>>> Here's my latest game: VENTUR, a BASIC adventure set in a familiar
>>>> science-fiction universe. Help fix the USS Ventur and save the crew!
>>>>
>>>> https://github.com/dplassgit/games/tree/trunk/t100/ventur for the
>>>> Tandy 100/102/200 and Olivetti M-10
>>>>
>>>> As always, comments/feedback/bugs/PRs appreciated. (Similarly,
>>>> hints/help is also available!)
>>>>
>>>

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