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Battlestations (company)
Battle stations or general quarters is an announcement aboard a naval warship to alert the crew to prepare for battle. Battle stations or battlestations may also refer to: * ''Battlestations!'', a ''Star Trek: The Original Series'' novel by Diane Carey * ''Battle Stations General quarters, battle stations, or action stations is an announcement made aboard a navy, naval warship to signal that all hands (everyone available) aboard a ship must go to battle stations (the positions they are to assume when the ves ...'', a 1997 video game * '' Battlestations: Midway'', a 2007 video game ** '' Battlestations: Pacific'', a 2009 sequel * ''Battle Stations'' (album), an album by Eddie "Lockjaw" Davis and Johnny Griffin * "Battlestations", a 1986 song by Wham!, one of the b-sides of " The Edge of Heaven" * ''Battle Stations'' a 1944 short film narrated by Ginger Rogers * ''Battle Stations'' (film), a 1956 American war film featuring John Lund {{disambig ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
General Quarters
General quarters, battle stations, or action stations is an announcement made aboard a naval warship to signal that all hands (everyone available) aboard a ship must go to battle stations (the positions they are to assume when the vessel is in combat) as quickly as possible. According to ''The Encyclopedia of War'', formerly " naval service, the phrase 'beat to quarters' indicated a particular kind of drum roll that ordered sailors to their posts for a fight where some would load and prepare to fire the ship's guns and others would arm with muskets and ascend the rigging as sharpshooters in preparation for combat." Aboard U.S. Navy vessels, the following announcement would be made using the vessel’s public address system (known as the 1MC 1 Main Circuit (1MC) is the term for the shipboard public address circuits on United States Navy and United States Coast Guard vessels. This provides a means of transmitting general information and orders to all internal ship spac ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Battlestations!
''Battlestations!'' is a science fiction novel by American writer Diane Carey, part of the '' Star Trek: The Original Series'' franchise. Plot Lt. Commander Piper is taking a vacation from Starfleet following the events of the novel ''Dreadnought!'', in which she prevented a military coup from taking over the Federation. However she is swept up into intrigue when Captain Kirk is arrested for the theft of transwarp drive, a new technology which could radically shift the balance of power across the galaxy. Piper, Commander Spock, and Dr. McCoy Dr. Leonard H. McCoy, known as "Bones", is a character in the American science-fiction franchise '' Star Trek''. McCoy was played by actor DeForest Kelley in the original ''Star Trek'' series from 1966 to 1969, and he also appears in the an ... attempt to solve the mystery as the major powers of the galaxy scramble for the new technology. Reception Mark Chappell of '' TV Zone'' described the novel as "a cut above the standard fare ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Battle Stations (1997 Video Game)
''Battle Stations'' is a video game developed by Realtime Associates and published by Electronic Arts for the PlayStation and Sega Saturn in 1997. It was labeled as "a 32-bit upgrade to the Intellivision classic ''Sea Battle''". Reception The PlayStation version received mixed reviews. ''Next Generation'' said, "As much fun as it can be, he game's He or HE may refer to: Language * He (pronoun), an English pronoun * He (kana), the romanization of the Japanese kana へ * He (letter), the fifth letter of many Semitic alphabets * He (Cyrillic), a letter of the Cyrillic script called ''He'' ...depth just doesn't measure up to even its low-res ancestor over the long haul." Notes References External links Official game website* 1997 video games Realtime Associates games Electronic Arts games Naval video games PlayStation (console) games Sega Saturn games {{strategy-videogame-stub ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Midway
Midway often refers to: *Midway (fair), a place at a fair or circus where rides, entertainment, and booths are concentrated * Midway Atoll, also called Midway Island, a low-lying coral atoll in the central Pacific Ocean *Naval Air Facility Midway Island Midway may also refer to: Military *Battle of Midway The Battle of Midway was a major naval battle in the Pacific Theater of World War II that took place on 4–7 June 1942, six months after Japan's attack on Pearl Harbor and one month after the Battle of the Coral Sea. The U.S. Navy under A ..., a pivotal World War II battle fought around, on, and in the air above the Midway atoll *USS Midway (AG-41), USS ''Midway'' (AG-41) a cargo ship and troop transporter *Midway-class aircraft carrier, ''Midway''-class aircraft carrier, a class of aircraft carrier named for the Battle of Midway **USS Midway (CV-41), USS ''Midway'' (CV-41), a retired U.S. Navy aircraft carrier *** USS Midway Museum * , a U.S. Navy shipname Places Ca ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
