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Exercise: Westarctic Chill was a joint military exercise conducted by Westarctica and Slabovia on 5 August 2019 in Dundas, Ontario, Canada. It marked the fourth time Grand Duke Travis had participated in a joint military operation with another micronation. The exercise was conducted inside a simulator room that utilized the Artemis: Spaceship Bridge Simulator program. This software was originally released in 2010 and is designed to be played between three and eight players over a local area network. In a manner similar to the television show Star Trek, each player uses a separate computer that controls a specific spaceship bridge station. The Slabovian Navey has a long history of running complex Artemis simulations in their dedicated simulator room, which has been christened the USS Don Quixote. Their typical configuration includes computer terminals for helm, weapons, science, engineering, and communications. There is also a separate chair for the captain with a large viewscreen that is visible to the entire bridge. In the past, more challenging simulations have included the use of separate personnel spread out in different rooms communicating with the bridge via two-way radios. Photographer: Chancellor Rankin MacGillivray |