ST26: Treknology Mystery Cache
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Star Trek first aired over 50 years ago. Created by Gene Roddenberry in 1964, the franchise has spawned numerous television series, films, comics, novels, games, and fan fiction...and now there's a Trek-themed GeoArt series in the Mount Baker-Snoqualmie National Forest.
One of the many things Star Trek was known for was the futuristic technology it depicted. There were warp drives, cloaking devices, transporters, holodecks, tricorders, hyposprays, bionic eyes, universal translators, communicators, powerful handheld computers, and voice-responsive computers. Some of that tech has become reality years after appearing in Star Trek. Especially impressive are the devices from The Original Series that aired decades before personal computers, or even cellphones, were available.
Test your knowledge of Star Trek technology, then use some of those futuristic devices to find this cache at: N 47 AB.CDE W 121 VW.XYZ
A: Doctor Zefram Cochrane
B: Doctor Richard Daystrom
C: Doctor Emory Erickson
D: Doctor Noonien Soong
E: Doctor Lewis Zimmerman
Match choices for A-E:
1 = Creator of the positronic brain
2 = Inventor of warp drive on Earth
3 = Inventor of the duotronic computer system
8 = Inventor of the transporter
9 = Father of modern holography
V: What device did the USS Enterprise use to avoid being detected by Earth sensors?
1 = Ablative generators
2 = Deflector shields
3 = Dyson sphere
8 = Tantalus field
9 = Unimatrix shielding
W: What is the memory storage area of the transporter called?
1 = Biofilter assembly
2 = Heisenberg compensator
3 = Particle lock
8 = Pattern buffer
9 = Subspace bubble
X: Which species was the first to discover warp drive, which allowed faster-than-light travel?
1 = Borg
2 = Humans
3 = Klingons
8 = Romulans
9 = Vulcans
Y: What is needed for a warp engine?
1 = Botyroidal flowstone
2 = Dilithium crystal
3 = Jefferies tubes
8 = Okudagrams
9 = Polaron grid
Z: What did the USS Enterprise have on Deck 21?
1 = Arboretum
2 = Baseball field
3 = Basketball court
8 = Bowling alley
9 = Tennis court
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Uvqr: Unatre.