Trekkies take the town

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Fans of the classic science fiction franchise Star Trek gathered at the Hynes Convention Center on Saturday and Sunday to mingle and meet stars like William Shatner, George Takei, and LeVar Burton.





Fans of the classic science fiction franchise Star Trek gathered at the Hynes Convention Center on Saturday and Sunday to mingle and meet stars like William Shatner, George Takei, and LeVar Burton.


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Enrique and Melissa Mesa, of Nasua, N.H., got up at 4:30 a.m. to leave a wedding and make it to the convention in time. This was their fourth convention together.


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Bob Smith of Cranston, R.I., took his daughter to her first Star Trek convention.


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Theo Kalivas and Will Nguyen jokingly hoped their bosses wouldn’t find this picture online.


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A fan displayed a Star Trek tattoo in her back.


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Manoli and Steve Vardonis showed off their skills with these weapons.


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Erin McWay and Tom Bowman-Womencraft posed for a photo.


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Tom Quinn, left, attended his first Star Trek convention in years with his friend Jason Thomas, right. Thomas had only been to Star Wars conventions before.


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Isabel Carberry, Emme Jasnowski, and Jakov Schwartzberg of New Hampshire got dressed up for their first convention.


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Bernadette Goncharova and Kirill Goncharov came from Maine to see the convention.


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Josh and Lisa Reifsnyder enjoyed the convention together.


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London natives Jonathan and Will Champion go to school in Boston and took in the convention over the weekend.


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The Official Star Trek Convention will also visit Las Vegas, Nashville, San Francisco, and Seattle later this year.


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Shannon Elmlinger of Connecticut is pictured with two friends who would only go by their complicated character names.


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Fans were divided up at the event between Gold Patrons and General Admission Patrons.


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Nick McGraw and Lisette Murphy of Jamaica Plain posed for a picture.


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Makayla and Amy Vesseloa traveled from Worcester to see the convention.


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Fans paid for opportunties to get autographs and photos of the stars, including LeVar Burton.


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Fans waited in line for a chance to meet LeVar Burton.


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Anthony Felix and Melissa Harte smiled for a picture.


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Fans stood in a long line for a chance to get autographs from the stars.


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Convention rooms were used to display T-shirts like these.


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These autographed posters documented the franchise throughout the years.


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Many kids and grownups alike took home action figures like these.


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One booth created commemorative IDs for fans in attendance.


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Posters from throughout the franchise’s history were available at the convention.


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