Marcus Slayton
 
Real Name:
Wil Pierce-MacBeth
 
Date of Birth:
10/28/1979
 
Current City/Country of Residence:
Lawton, Oklahoma
 
Occupation:
Writer
 
 
How long have you been simming? 6 years (Editor's Note - since 1999)
What was your favourite episode? Ghosts of Starships Past
What type of music do you enjoy? Blues
What is your Favourite Sport? Wrestling
Do you put you left leg in first, or right? Or do you just jump into your pants both feet first? B.I.N.G.O.?
Who is your favourite author? Peter David, J.R.R. Tolkien, J.G. Hertzler, Roxanne Biggs-Dawson, William Shatner
What is your favourite movie? Hudson Hawk
What is your favourite TV show? CSI
What is your favourite quote? Gil Grissom: I come here for calamari.
Catherine Willows: Oh... Alone?
Gil Grissom: No. Sometimes I have a beer with it.
--CSI
What was the best advice given to you? When writing don't ask what would you as the author do but what would you as the character do.
What was your favourite Galaxy moment? When Tlan said to Exch "Vulcans do not insult. We merely point out the obvious."-that was a classic moment.
Who is your favourite character on the Galaxy? Old Crew: Lieutenant Commander Electra Reece
New Crew: Lieutenant O'Shea
What activities do you enjoy most? Reading, Writing, watching TV, Gaming (Table-Top, Live Action and PBEM/PBP), movies, cooking, music and of course, tormenting the roomates with bad jokes
Have you ever had anything published? Nothing of note.
Ever met any Star Trek or Science Fiction celebrities? Robert Beltran (Commander Chakotay)
Roxanne Biggs-Dawson (B'Lanna Torres)
Robert Picardo (The "EMH"/Doctor Zimmerman)
Tony Todd (Commander Kurn/Rodek)
Micheal Dorn (Worf)
Chase Masterson (Leeta)
Marc Alimo (Gul Dukat)
Jeffery Combs (Weyon)
Wil Wheaton (Wesley Crusher)
George Takei (Hikaru Sulu)
Walter Koening (Pavel Chekov)
Jennifer Lien (Kes)
Jonathen Frakes (Will Riker)
Christopher Loyld (Commander Kurge)
Denise Crosby (Tasha Yar/Sela)
J.G. Hertlzer (General Martok)
John deLancie (Q)
Nicole deBoer (Ezri Dax)
Avery Brooks (Benjamin Sisko)
What is your claim to fame? Worked security at a Star Trek Convention and got to hang out with Chase Masterson (Leeta) along with two other members of the Con-Staff at the Outback Steak House.

One of a few people to get an autograph picture of Christopher Loyld as Commander Kurge from Star Trek 3: The Search for Spock.

Head and Shoulders appear in the first "Trekkies" movie.
What is your first memory of Star Trek? Watching James Doohan as Scotty pull one hell of a mixed-technology conversion to get the Romulan Cloaking device to work on the Enterprise in the episode "The Enterprise Incident"
What other sim groups have you been a part of?

USS Vanguard: Star Trek based Simm, player/Wing Commander and later Chief of Engineering

181st Imperial TIE Squadron:: Star Wars Simm, Pilot

AFS Eagle: Cross-Over Wing Commander/Star Trek/Battlestar Galactica Simm, Special Operations and later Captain of the AFS Eagle

What hobbies do you enjoy? Gaming (LARP/Table-Top/PBEM-PBP), Music (various styles with the expection of Country), Reading, Writing, movies and TV, hanging out with my partners in crime AKA friends, Cooking among many others.
Anything else you want to share? Beware of the Puns!