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Dreams and expose them for the entire world to see. He What is the “Roddenberry Dream”? It’s more 135 by Langston Hughes sought to challenge our cultural ethics as well as than a television show. It more than a happy JUNE 2006 our individual set of moral codes. This mindset outlook for the future. It’s more than just a JULY 2006 Hold fast to dreams fostered an era of growth for the Star Trek state of mind. The Roddenberry Dream is For if dreams die franchise. People in the turbulent 1960s and 1970s located in the heart. It’s about caring and Life is a broken-winged bird enjoyed the peaceful futuristic appeal that Star friendship. It’s about actually practicing what That cannot fl y. Trek presented, especially the idea that in time, we preach. It’s about having a bond so close Hold fast to dreams people would learn to work together in peaceful and deep that we can upset each other and For when dreams go cooperation and end decades of war, disease, yet still come back for more. It’s about being Life is a barren fi eld and poverty. Star Trek embodied what humanity there when times are tough. Its about loyalty Frozen with snow. wished to become. and passion. It’s about daring to be different, to think outside the box, about expanding Dreams have been a very important part of However, in recent times, it has been said that the our horizons, imagining the possibilities. Very, humanity since the dawn of time. Without “Roddenberry Dream” is dying. That its idealistic very powerful stuff. dreams civilizations never would have made time has passed and that this evident by how the advancements that they made. Dreams the interest of Star Trek has declined drastically The real power of Starfl eet resides in each that expand our horizons for a better tomorrow in recent years culminating in the cancellation of and every one of us. Starfl eet may be the are woven around the very fabric that makes “Enterprise”. Could this be true? Where has the vehicle, but it’s the “Roddenberry Dream” us who we are today. Roddenberry dream gone? What will the future of that is the fuel. Keep that dream alive within Region 15 and ultimately STARFLEET be? In order you and continue to expand your horizons As members of STARFLEET we are no different. to answer these questions we need to explore and never underestimate the power of your We adhere to a dream that since we heard it what the “Roddenberry Dream” actually is. dreams! Remember this Native American have opened up new doors and horizons to Prayer…. us. The “Roddenberry Dream” as we call it opened up new ways of thinking about the Trust your dreams. world around us. They are sweet and beautiful. To boldly go where no Trust your visions. man has gone before” They are soulful and – perhaps this phrase is powerful. completely meaningless Trust your aspiration. to some. However, to It is your earth-friend us, it embodies a way And of thinking and a way Heaven-brother. of life that transcends Trust your realization. hatred, prejudice and It is your Eternity’s all the ills that affl ict real Self. humanity today. Yes, a television show called “Star Trek” did just that.

The mission of its creator, Gene Roddenberry, was not one of fame or fortune. Roddenberry’s dream was to seek out certain facets of human culture SS Ian Fleming • 2004 STARFLEET Chapter of the Year

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On the last Saturday of April this year the all around the arch. walk for the March of Dimes. Much pizza members of the USS Rubicon, Shuttle was eaten and the Regional Coordinator Thermopylae, and Shuttle Escape Pod Some Region Five members worked in thanked everyone. pulled together to help the March of Dimes logistics support preparing for the walk WalkAmerica in Pasco Washington. since December and worked very hard The USS Rubicon ran their monthly to ensure the safety of all participants meeting. The celebrating continued into At the halfway mark a huge balloon arch during the event. the evening an over to Applebee’s. All in was built and uniformed crew members all it was a lot of fun for Region 5 and a cheered the Walkers on. Star Trek music After the walk everyone met for pizza successful walk for the March of Dimes played and noise makers could be heard and celebrated the work and successful and a great party.

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STARFLEET COMMUNIQUÉ • JUNE/JULY 2006 - ISSUE 135 33 The Science of Xenoarchaeology Part 1: Historical Perspective, Professional Societies and Peer Reviewed Publications RADM David E. Klingman, Chief of Operations • USS Jaguar, R7

The development of any particular fi eld of Professional medical societies, however, http://www.pubmedcentral.nih.gov/ the Treatment of Injuries Occasioned science and the establishment of a body appear to be generally the oldest surviving picrender.fcgi?artid=1033825&blobtype by Fire and Heated Substances of literature that relates to that science societies (at least on Earth, the scope of =pdf Remarks on Diseases Resembling relies heavily upon scientifi c data that this paper is not intended to extend to Syphilis relates to that particular fi eld. Medicine, other species inasmuch as the discussion History of Peer Reviewed Case and Dissection of a Blue Female for example, has relied on the collection of Xenoarchaeology that will follow). This Professional Journals Child of data on living anatomy, physiology, phenomenon of a “professional medical Spurred Rye biochemistry, and the study of disease. society” is more or less a product of 18th Peer review of scholars’ work has Source: http://www. and 19th century history, and the fi rst existed at least since it was known as medterms.com/script/main/art. Mankind has been “writing” things down and oldest surviving recognized medical “The Inquisition of the Holy Roman and asp?articlekey=13487 for millennia. Prehistoric cave paintings societies are: Catholic Church”; a principle task of which depict picture representations of what • The Society for Improvement of was to investigate “suspected novelties”. The Lancet, fi rst published Oct 25, 1823 mankind saw. Stone tablets in the Medical Knowledge, established Although the Inquisition’s reach did not by Dr. Thomas Wakley and the British ‘ancient’ world have been found with in 1731, which later became the extend to protestant England at the Medical Journal [BMJ], fi rst published hieroglyphics and the earliest forms of Philosophical Society [1731] and time, The Royal Society was founded in 1840 as the Provincial Medical and writing systems. later the Royal Society of Edinburgh in 1660 to escape similar peer review Surgical Journal, are considered along [1783]. from established University Aristotelian with NEJM and the weekly Journal of What is fascinating, however, is the • The Royal College of Physicians of scholars by substituting experiment for the American Medical Association [JAMA, development of a body of scientifi c London, established in 1745. such authority. fi rst published in 1883], to be one of the literature - in particular its origins and its • The Medical Society of New Jersey, Source: Wikipedia, http://en.wikipedia. ‘core’ general medical journals still in development into a peer reviewed entity founded in 1766, is the oldest org/wiki/Peer_review#History_of_peer_ existence. based on sound scientifi c research. To the professional society in the United review Source: scientifi c mind, it’s perhaps comforting to States. http://www.intl.elsevierhealth. know that the modern ‘literature’ fi nds • The fi rst general medical society of The professional/peer-reviewed journal com/catalogue/title. its origins in science (whereas matters note in England was the Medical itself can trace its origins, like those of the cfm?ISBN=0080446833 of philosophy, faith, and religion have Society of London, founded in 1773. professional scientifi c/medical societies, http://www.nelh.nhs.uk/ perhaps been more developed in texts The origins of the Royal Society to the 18th and 19th centuries. weeklydoc/071003.asp and volumes of reference rather than of Medicine date back to the 18th http://www.answers.com/topic/ scientifi c articles). century when, throughout Europe As has been previously noted, the british-medical-journal and also in Great Britain, medical Massachusetts Medical Society, founded http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/ The purpose of this essay is not to societies began to be founded with in 1781, is the oldest continuously Journal_of_the_American_Medical_ discuss the differences between science the object of bringing together operating medical society in the United Association and religion (an entirely different topic, physicians and surgeons in order to States and can be credited with the fi rst to be sire) but rather to explore the origin further scientifi c, professional and regular professional journal: Two additional professional journals bear and history of the elements that have led social communication. Medical Papers, communicated to some consideration: to the development of a modern body of Source: http://www.rsm.ac.uk/ the Massachusetts Medical Society • Crelle’s Journal, the oldest surviving scientifi c literature, looking at two key welcom/history.htm (Number 1, 1790) mathematical journal [founded in elements: • The Royal Medical Society [of Medical Communications of the 1826], is the common name for the i. The development of professional Edinburgh], founded in 1779 by Massachusetts Medical Society (v.1, Journal für die reine und angewandte scientifi c societies William Cullen (who also helped 1808) Mathematik founded by August ii. The development of a peer- establish the Royal Society of Medical communications and Leopold Crelle reviewed scientifi c literature Edinburgh) is often listed as the dissertations of the Massachusetts • Monthly Notices of the Royal oldest society still in existence. Medical Society (v.2, 1813) Astronomical Society, oddly published We will explore each of these elements • The Massachusetts Medical Society, Medical dissertations (v.3-4, 1822- 36 times per year, was established 9 separately. founded in 1781, is the oldest 1829) Feb 1827. continuously operating medical Medical communications of the Professional Societies society in the United States. Massachusetts Medical Society (v.5- One might also consider a number of non • The New York Academy of Sciences, 24, 1836-1913) peer-reviewed scientifi c magazines for The development of the professional founded in 1817. Boston Medical and Surgical Journal their contributions: society appears to be linked historically • The Royal Astronomical Society, (v.1-197, 1828-1928) • Scientifi c American, published with the development of modern founded 12 January 1820. New England Journal of Medicine monthly since 28 August 1845, is medicine, and most if not all the early • The British Medical Association (v.198- , 1928- ) the oldest continuously published professional societies on Earth can be [BMA], founded by Sir Charles Source: http://www.scholarly- magazine in the United States. traced to the modern era (by modern, Hastings (1794-1866) on 19th July societies.org/history/1781mms.html • Nature, fi rst published 4 Nov we refer here to the 17th and following 1832. 50 doctors were present 1869, and Science, fi rst published centuries) and in particular to the British to hear Hastings propose the The weekly New England Journal of 3 July 1880, are also among the and the Americans. inauguration the Association. Medicine [NEJM] is in fact listed as being oldest scientifi c magazines still in • The American Medical Association continuously published since January publication. The Royal Society, established in Great [AMA], founded 7 May 1847 when 1812, its original contents being: Source: Britain in 1660 in response to (among the delegates to the national medical Remarks on Angina Pectoris http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/ other things) the Inquisition, appears convention had just approved a Some Remarks on the Morbid Effects Scientifi c_American to be the oldest surviving professional/ resolution to establish the AMA and of Dentition http://www.nature.com/nature/ scientifi c/medical society of record. It had elected Dr. Nathaniel Chapman Account of Bichat fi rst/index.html origins are perhaps mired in both politics as its fi rst president. Cases of Apoplexy with Dissections http://www.sciencemag.org/ and the earliest origins of peer review (a Additional source material: A Concise View of the Results of sciext/fi rstissue/ broad topic in itself, and one we’ll touch Shaw AB. The Oldest Medical Societies in Dr. Davy’s Late Electro-Chemical upon briefl y later in this article). Great Britain. Med Hist. 1968 July; 12(3): Researche 232-244. Observations and Experiments on

444 JUNE/JULY 2006 - ISSUE 135 • STARFLEET COMMUNIQUÉ Development of Xenoarchaeology that aren’t from Earth. The second notion medical and scientifi c societies that had Starfl eet Academy, and other ‘broad’ as a scientifi c discipline allows for a more organized identifi cation existed since the 17th and 18th centuries societies of learning are good starting of individuals. would simply disappear. Perhaps, like the points for the widespread dissemination As with any scientifi c discipline, there identifi cation of Humans as the species of scientifi c information and literature, but is often a designated start point or a The fi rst Human in space was Yuri Gagarin that draws other aliens together to it’s the individual societies that ultimately founding scientist that can be identifi ed [12 April 1961] but the fi rst Human(s) form the United Federation of Planets, develop and implement scientifi c study with a particular area of science. The to land on a foreign celestial body were Humankind also provided the springboard in their individual areas of interest and challenge for many disciplines is the Neil Armstrong and Edwin Aldrin Jr. [20 of scientifi c literature that allowed other report the results through peer-reviewed establishment of the ‘fi rst person’ or the July 1969]. Armstrong and Aldrin, as it species to partake in similar forms of literature that enable publishers (even in ‘fi rst paper’ or the ‘fi rst idea’ - it’s nearly happens, meet all the criteria described professional and scientifi c research, the 24th century) to publish the texts and impossible, given enough thought for above. They landed on a foreign celestial review, and reporting. The scientifi c body of knowledge necessary to properly instance, to identify the fi rst physician body (in this case, Earth’s moon), they method is unlikely to be unique to the educate people in science such as it is in (though people like Hippocrates and collected samples and made photographs Human race, but we may have set other modern times. Galen are often identifi ed in this role). of moon rock (collection and analysis) species to task. and they performed a number of seismic Certainly, the professional societies Science is often the collection of ideas into and other experiments (fi eld research). The next logical event in the development created within nations and on individual rational thought. How we identify those Source: http://nssdc.gsfc.nasa.gov/ of modern (24th century) peer-reviewed planets would provide a vast body of ideas or the individual(s) responsible for planetary/lunar/apollo11info.html literature (and the development of new knowledge on each individual species, those ideas can be challenging. Where’s disciplines like Xenoarchaeology) would and collectively these societies, their the starting point? Who was the fi rst ‘- This is of course a crude identifi cation of likely have been the establishment of new compiled research, and planetary libraries ologist’ in that discipline? a fi eld xenoscientist (though a number of professional (and other) societies, just as would serve as a starting point for future Apollo astronauts, Russian cosmonauts, occurred on Earth in the 18th and 19th development of scientifi c research. It’s Xenoarchaeology can be defi ned in and anyone else who’s left the confi nes centuries. The fi rst event would certainly beyond the scope of this paper to perform simplest terms as the archaeological of Earth and brought back materials may have been the establishment of the a complete review of each and every study of alien species. As described in qualify), and perhaps another identifi er is United Federation of Planets in 2161 and scientifi c journal from each and every a previous article, this may be diffi cult, required: the subsequent development of Starfl eet planet, since this would include hundreds since the science will incorporate many • The individual has to perform some and the establishment of Starfl eet of thousands of volumes of information. disciplines (Anthropology, Sociology, type of fi eld research relating to Academy, its college of Medicine, and all One has to more or less accept with Archaeology, Biology/Biochemistry, sentient alien life, i.e. an intelligent its academic and scientifi c disciplines. some level of faith that well-established Physiology, Genetics, Taxonomy/ alien species. journals such as NEJM, BDJ, JAMA, and Phylogeny/Cladistics, etc.). The defi nition No one individual stands out, of course, Lancet are still contributing to the body can be blurred if one bears in mind one The question is, “Who’s the fi rst Human as the premier scientist until perhaps Dr. of literature in the 24th century. NEJM simple thought: an ‘alien’ is any other to encounter an alien, live to tell about Richard Daystrom came onto the scene and JAMA are, of course, both weekly (sentient) species other than your own. it, and collect some type of specimen, in the early and mid 23rd century with publications: Therefore we’re forced to ask, “Who either living or dead?” Not counting the development of comptronic and • NEJM 2 volumes per year, 26 issues owns the Xenosciences?” Is it Humans? the random encounters on Earth, alien duotronic computer systems. Although per volume [2005 publication Vulcans? Other aliens? All aliens? Without abductions, and assorted movements of Daystrom was fi rst and foremost a includes 352(1-26) and 353(1-26)] getting into a discussion of who constitutes people from Earth to other planets (such computer engineer, the subsequent • JAMA 2 volumes per year, 26 issues an alien, the answer is “everyone” since as the Native Americans, Gary Seven, and establishment of the Daystrom Institute per volume [2005 publication we’re all aliens in relationship to one others), the fi rst identifi ed “First Contact” has become one of the founding events includes 293(1-26) and 294(1-26)] another. This isn’t the purpose of this with an extraterrestrial occurs in 2063, for the advancement of science within The current [2399] volumes and numbers paper; the goal is simply to defi ne how when Zephram Cochrane draws the the Federation. of both journals include: the discipline may have come about from attention of and makes contact with the • NEJM 1139(1-26) and 1140(1-26) the Human perspective. Vulcan species somewhere in Montana. We can identify a number of individuals • JAMA 1080(1026) and 1081(1-26) One can hypothesize that Cochrane, a who certainly made signifi cant So who is the fi rst (Human) scientist, would have recognized the contributions to advances in Xenobiology. The body of scientifi c literature that is Xenoarchaeologist? To answer this, importance of this event and made many of whom are physicians fi rst devoted specifi cally to Xenoarchaeology we need to defi ne a few parameters some attempt to begin ‘fi eld research’ on (individuals such as Doctor Phlox, Doctor is in fact tremendously expansive and as to what might qualify one to be a Vulcans (one might imagine that would Leonard McCoy, Doctor Beverly Crusher, includes journals and papers from many Xenoarchaeologist: involve facilitating a medical analysis Doctor Julian Bashir) and those members disciplines and many planets of origin. • The individual would have to have and studying the Vulcan language for of Starfl eet’s Science Offi cer corps (Spock The purpose of this paper is not to list visited a foreign planet or celestial starters, assuming the Vulcans hadn’t et.al.) but it’s not until the 23rd and 24th every journal (as noted, this would be far body; already learned colloquial English). centuries that any individual associated too complex for a review paper of this • The individual would have had so specifi cally with Xenoarchaeology nature) but the following chart describes to perform some type of fi eld So perhaps Dr. Cochrane is the fi rst as a science can be identifi ed. Here, some of the journals (published largely research; Human Xenoarchaeologist. That doesn’t we refer to Dr. Richard Korby, who on Earth) that deal with the science of • The individual would have had to necessarily make Xenoarchaeology a is often identifi ed as the “Pasteur of Xenoarchaeology, their establishment, taken some type of sample; defi ned science in 2063. Archaeological Medicine” for his work in and their publication frequency [TABLE • The individual would have had to the mid 23rd century and to Professor 1]. It does not include the publications done some kind of analysis on the One can imagine, however, that the Richard Galen, who is often identifi ed of general scientifi c societies such as the sample; exchange that occurs between the Vulcans as the leading archaeologist of the 24th Daystrom Institute and Starfl eet Academy • or and Humans over the next century and century. It is in fact Professor Galen’s College of Medicine. • The individual would have had the development of the Interspecies discoveries into the origins of (perhaps) to performed some type of fi eld Exchange Program (with species like the all humanoid life that forms the basis for research/sample collection/analysis Denobulans) would have led to a gradual the archaeological study of alien species on a sample not from Earth. development of a science surrounding across countless worlds and which has alien biology, physiology, and medicine led to the development of most if not all There are two possibilities here - either and creation of a body of literature of the modern theories of Common Origin someone (anyone, for that matter) involved with these disciplines. One can of humanoid species within this galaxy. encounters a sample of a piece of debris also imagine the body of literature as an which has fallen to Earth, or the individual extension of the existing peer reviewed A body of scientifi c literature would have had to left the confi nes of literature of Earth. There’s no reason to Earth’s atmosphere and collected the think, despite the unifi cation of Earth, Developing a body of scientifi c literature sample ‘out there.’ The fi rst idea is, in that our long-standing peer-reviewed for Xenoarchaeological studies likely this researcher’s opinion, nearly too journals, particularly those ‘core’ medical involves the creation of professional impossible, since it’s certain that many journals such as NEJM, BMJ, The Lancet, societies whose focus is that particular unidentifi ed people have picked up rocks JAMA and others and the professional branch of study. The Daystrom Institute,

STARFLEET COMMUNIQUÉ • JUNE/JULY 2006 - ISSUE 135 55 TABLE 1 Journal Abbreviation Est Freq Iss/Yr Sequence1,2 1(1-18), 2(1-26) 4 to 643(1-26), 644(1- Alien Medicine1 Alien Med 2077- Wkly 52 26) Alien Taxonomy Journal Alien Taxo J 2119- Semiann 2 1(1-2) to 280(1-2) Clinical Archaeological C lin Arch Med 2238- Bimo 6 1(1-6) to 161(1-6) Medicine Clinical Xenophysiology Clin Xenophys 2080- Wkly 52 1(1-52) to 319(1-52) Common Origin [paper] - 2381- Qtly 4 1(1-4) to 18(1-4) Comparative Xenophysiology Comp XPG 2088- Wkly 52 1(1-52) to 311(1-52) and Xenogenetics Cultural Xenoanthropology Cult Xenoanth 2166- Semiann 2 1(1-2) to 233(1-2) and Archaeology Arch 1(1-4), 2(1-26) to 495(1-26), 496(1- Federation Medical Journal1 Fed Med J 2151- Wkly 52 26) Forensic Xenoarchaeology For Xenoarch 2160- Bimo 6 1(1-6) to 239(1-6) Forensic Xenoodontology For Xenoodont 2160- Bimo 6 1(1-6) to 239(1-6) Humanoid [paper] - 2064-2163 Wkly 52 1(1-11) to 99(1-3) Humanoid [journal] - 2116- Mo 12 1(1-12) to 283(1-12) Journal of Clinical 1(1-26), 2(1-26) to 429(1-26), 430(1- J Clin Xenobio 2184- Wkly 52 Xenobiology1 26) Journal of Xenoanthropology JXanth 2380- Qtly 4 1(1-4) to 19(1-4) Journal of Xenoarchaeology JXarch 2338- Mo 12 1(1-12) to 61(1-12) Journal of Xenobiochemistry JXBC 2079- Wkly 52 1(1-52) to 320(1-52) Journal of Xenobiology J Xenobio 2077- Wkly 52 1(1-22) 4 to 322(1-52) Journal of Xenogenetics J Xenogen 2099- Mo 12 1(1-12) to 300(1-12) Journal of Xenophylogeny JXPhy 2359- Qtly 4 1(1-4) to 40(1-4) The Xenoarchaeologist - 2381-2386 Random NA NA [paper]

1 Like NEJM and JAMA, these journals are published in two volumes per year, 26 issues per volume 2 Denotes Volume(number) 3 Commentary paper, did not start at beginning of year 2064, nor did journal cease publication at end of year 2163 4 Journal did not start at beginning of year

The majority of these journals, as can be seen, fall into one of the following categories: • Those associated with clinical medicine and biology, generally the older journals established in response to fi rst contact with extraterrestrials; it is of note that the Forensic study of alien species occurs as an early science in alien biology and physiology • Those associated with anthropological and archaeological sciences, these are generally the later journals and the newer Xenosciences • Humanoid, it is interesting to note, began as a paper and commentary in response to the introduction of Humanity to alien species and cultures and only after nearly a century did its often pro-Human stance change, though there is a signifi cant overlap with a peer reviewed journal of the same name. • Common Origin remains as of 2399 the only professionally recognized non peer reviewed journal; the paper incorporates both theory and original research • The Xenoarchaeologist

This returns us to one unanswered question which relates to the professional societ(ies) that publish these papers. This is a topic for an additional paper and will not be discussed here.

666 JUNE/JULY 2006 - ISSUE 135 • STARFLEET COMMUNIQUÉ I Want a Holodeck! GEN Mark H. Anbinder, Chief Engineer • USS Accord, R7

The quest for a better home entertainment regulation to allow DISH Network to sell cheaper. century. Maybe we won’t have to wait system has led me to one inescapable them to me yet.) until the 24th, but I’m not holding my conclusion — I’m shopping in the wrong Yes, I recognize that as an “early adopter” breath. (Yes, I’d be delighted if you could century. The confusing array of choices As I write this, I’m watching (well, more I have to expect a few bumps in the road. say, “I told you so!” in a few decades. in selecting an HDTV, a modern digital listening to) one of the unexpected gems It doesn’t surprise me that it’s taking You read it here fi rst.) video recorder, a satellite TV provider, of DISH Network’s HDTV lineup, an all- some effort to pull it all together. No and a top-notch sound system just prove concert channel called RAVE that simply doubt twenty or thirty years from now, Another treat in the HD lineup is that what I really need is a holodeck. carries lots of concerts in beautiful HD. we’ll be in the midst of a similar transition Universal HD, a channel that exists just Never mind that it won’t be invented for Right now I’m watching last summer’s to a new kind of entertainment display to rebroadcast HDTV programs from the a good three hundred years. Glastonbury festival. A few minutes ago, — I don’t even dare call it “television.” whole NBC Universal family of channels, there was an old Cyndi Lauper clip to fi ll which includes Bravo and Sci Fi. Yes, that It seems as though the technology that’s a few minutes following the Wallfl owers Maybe holography will have progressed means I get Battlestar Galactica in HDTV! more or less already available is just not concert. to the point where we can fi ll the end of a They’re a couple of months behind, and quite all lined up yet. I can have an HDTV room with big, bright images, or even 3-D I have no way to record it (at least not but not an HD-capable TiVo yet. Cable The picture and sound are so good that shapes. I suspect the Star Trek holodeck, in HD) yet, but maybe by the time the could provide local network channels, I almost feel like I’m right at the concert, as we know it, is much farther off. Their next season begins, all the pieces will be but not much else, in HDTV, or my which would of course be the whole point blending of video, audio, force fi elds, in place. satellite service offers lots of HD content of a holodeck! None of this 720p or 1080i and transporter technology to create a — but I can’t have my networks in HD nonsense for me. Can you imagine what pseudo-reality that can be seen, heard, In the meantime, my Star Trek DVDs sure yet. (Believe it or not, they carry them, kind of resolution a holodeck must have? felt, and touched is, I’m confi dent, safely do look nice on the 42-inch screen! but the FCC hasn’t come up with a new Good thing video memory keeps getting out of reach of the fi rst half of the 21st

FREE COMICS, REN FAIRES AND HORROR CONS...OH MY! ADM Bob Vosseller • USS Challenger, R7

With the coming of spring, several familiar play along with. Brae Scottish Celebration in central NJ on events return to the area. Some of them June 3. we enjoy by ourselves, but others we are Members of the Top Gun (Donna and able to share with our friends on other Bob Deneteo) came and enjoyed the Later in the month Starfl eet had one lone ships in the 7th fl eet. event for a few hours in the morning. representative to a really scary event - For the good ship Challenger, patrolling The Challenger Away Team of Adm. Bob Monster Mania Con V in Cherry Hill NJ. R7 in May began with a theme of comic Vosseller, XO Flt. Capt. Mary Singleton, Lance Henricksen was the top guest books: free comic books, that is. Security Chief Capt. Ken Dohn and along with Jeffrey Combs and Tony Todd, our new member, a transfer from the two familiar names to ST fans. I didn’t Our ship meeting was moved up a day USS Endeavor Annie, and Counselor see either of them as I only visited the and we enjoyed a lively activity of a group Capt. Emily Vosseller, brought the ships dealer’s room on Friday and due to a meeting, catching up on media and club together. Along with Top Gun the temporal little excessive heat on Saturday, skipped matters and then we were off to Comic rift to the past brought several friends Saturday and Saturday night and stopped Relief to pick up our free comic books for from the USS Avenger (Admiral Alex by on Sunday morning. I only managed Free Comic Book Day on May 6 and then Rosenzweig, Commodore Todd Brugmans to see a showing of Puppet Master IV or V we enjoyed a movie afterwards, “Scary and their Security Chief Patrick Barnes to and a movie called Near Dark. While I am Movie IV” to be exact. be specifi c) and USS Sovereign’s Chief a bigger sci-fi fan then horror fan, I must Engineer, Capt. Traci Giorganni. confess that I love attending these cons The next day I represented the ship and being almost as much of a fan of horror R7 at the fi rst of two C.H.U.D. Comic An Indian dinner at the Gagan Palace fi lms and series as I am a sci-fi fan. The Book shows in Gloucester City, NJ which was our next adventure and then we dealer’s room is always awesome. features boxes and boxes of comics all talked in the parking lot for over an of which are no more than a dollar. Most hour before we set out for our home Many feel that Monster Mania is the were lower than a dollar so I walked ports. This is another tradition of our South NJ equivalent to the famous Chiller away with a lot of comics. The next show annual time trek to the fantasy faire. A Theatre cons held in North Jersey. I wish is this fall. fi tting end to a day of Maypole dancing, I could have spent more time at this con role playing of vanquishing ice demons but I ran out of time and the fi lm schedule Our next adventure was a week or so and other monsters, watching fi ghting and guests were not as appealing to me later at Mystic Realms’ Fantasy Faire. demos, shopping for garb and spices and (mostly cause I’ve seen some of these This was the fourth of its kind and it is enjoying some great food. guests and fi lms recently). I am looking held in Camp Pine Hill in South NJ. More forward to Monster Mania VI coming up than just a Ren Faire, it features a day- This won’t be the last voyage to the past in August. long role-playing skit which attendees for the Challenger and Avenger as we have the opportunity to observe or even also plan to visit the upcoming Bonnie

STARFLEET COMMUNIQUÉ • JUNE/JULY 2006 - ISSUE 135 77 “VOYAGES OF THE IMAGINATION” AN INTERVIEW WITH AUTHOR JEFF AYERS GEN Scott Akers • USS Jaguar, R7 STARFLEET Historian

Following is the interview with Jeff Ayers If you were to come up with an idea author of the upcoming “Voyages of for the next Trek series, what would the Imagination – The Star Trek Fiction it be? Companion” which is to be released October 31st for all of your Christmas Set after DS9 and after Voyager, another Shopping needs. Buy one for every Starship, the Corps of Engineers, or Trekker, Trekkie, and Trek Geek on your Starfl eet SWAT. I would also like to see it shopping list. While is a different article developed by JJ Abrams (of Star Trek XI, for the Offi ce of Fleet Historian, this book Mission Impossible 3, Lost, & Alias) will be the ultimate of Star Trek History Resources, covering EVERY Trek Book Is there a single book (verses series) put out in the last 40 years: from the that begs for a sequel? early Bantam Novels, to the latest Pocket Book put out until year end 2006. Another Q-in-Law, the two of them together were Gold, my favorite Trek ******************************** Book is Federation. Of the more recent novels, I like Articles of the Federation What was it about trek that captured best. you interest and made you a fan? Let me see if I can word this correctly, Heavy breath. “I was big on Science is there a book out there that if it Fiction as a kid, and I turned on Mirror wasn’t trek would be considered Mirror one day, and I thought that was excellent science fi ction? really cool. From that point, I started watching it, and every time saw it, there The fi rst that comes to mind is “The was a monster, and instead of killing it, Nanotek War” (Voyager Novel). they tried to communicate with it. For example the Horta story, (Devil in the The Best Episodes of Star Trek, were Dark), and I thought that was really cool. not about the Science Fiction, but about The place that I watched it, was on a the story, the trouble with TNG, they local independent station where I grew focused on Techno-speak, the better up in Spokane. In Junior High, I got a episodes were about the character, book that listed the episodes, so I made that’s why ST is so good, we get to care a checklist and diligently watched them about the characters. It is what kept me all. Except for one, the episode “For the interested for 560 Books, not including World is Hollow and I Have Touched the the separate stories in the Anthologies. Sky”, the night they showed it I was sick And I did 375 Interviews. There is a and had taken some Benedryl. It was story in “Constellations” about a Mother years later before I saw it, and I had trying to help her son, because his father such a feeling of anti-climatic let down. was killed in Iraq, and the boy became virtually autistic, the only thing he would If there was an author (alive or do is play with his Star Trek dolls. At fi rst dead) that you’d like to see write a you thought this was just another Star Cover Art Courtesy of Pocket Books Trek book? Trek story, but in the end, it was a stand alone story with or without trek. Ray Bradbury, Ray Bradbury is a god, it would not become stale, to give each ******************************** when I discovered him, he opened up Why did you write this book? book a fair shot. Some are better than the whole world of reading to me, when others, and you get tired of reading the I wish to thank Mr. Ayers in granting this I was young I was sick a lot, so I ended I was on a Trek Bulletin Board site about same characters all the time. interview. up reading a lot. Even today he is my idol Trek Books, since I was reading so many and I think he was one of the Greatest of them, a lot of talk about why some The reason I was told that my proposal I remain Historically yours, we Writers who ever lived. In addition books were numbered and why some sold over the others, that I was the Rod Serling was the greatest of television weren’t, what series the books was fi rst author who wanted to speak writers. so supposed to be, etc. And I started to the authors. Not just a character wondering that some one should write encyclopedia, I wanted to get the Is there a story out there that you’d a book about this. I then spent several History, why did the authors write the like to see written since you’ve read months writing a proposal, getting an stories they had written, that’s what got all the books. agent and submitting a proposal. me interested and that’s what interested the editors. I have had the same editor I can’t answer that right now, as the the whole time, Marco Palmieri. Scott A. Akers proposal for that story is sitting on And I was absolutely fl abbergasted that The book will cover EVERY novel, except Director Marco’s desk, and I have high hopes that they said yes, I was blown away and it for the E-Books, until the end of 2006, Starfl eet Offi ce of Fleet Historian this story will show up on your bookstore was a big surprise. As soon as I signed Marco sent the advance galleys for every shelves soon. the contract, I started reading, and I book to the end of the year. I was even realized I wasn’t even 20% of the way able to catch an editing error and helped there. I would read different series, out the publisher. jumping from one to another. I did this so

888 JUNE/JULY 2006 - ISSUE 135 • STARFLEET COMMUNIQUÉ REDSHIRT DIARIES • VOL. 1 COMING SOON FROM STORMBRINGER FILMS NCC-74213 ADM Jonathan “Gumby” Simmons • USS Stormbringer, R4

Screen Captures Courtesy of Stormbringer Films. Ever wonder what goes on below decks? Ever wonder what the thoughts and feelings of STARFLEET’s most expendable members are? Ever thought of what life would be like as a Security Offi cer assigned to a ship of the line?

RED SHIRT DIARIES is a mockumentary that follows the careers of four security offi cers as they make their way through STARFLEET trying to follow orders while trying not to be killed.

WATCH as we crash Klingon Parties. FEEL the joy at surviving your third mission. SHARE the camaraderie with your fellow redshirts.

RED SHIRT DIARIES goes beyond the typical redshirt impressions and gives you an in depth look at the real lives of these dedicated crewmen.

RED SHIRT DIARIES shatters the myths and misconceptions of the “expendability” of those who choose to serve in the STARFLEET Security Service.

RED SHIRT DIARIES will be sure to entertain even the most stalwart fan.

RED SHIRT DIARIES is coming soon from Stormbringer Films. http://www. stormbringerfi lms.com. All for One!

Security Sweep. Action!

Thank God for the Bar... Gumby vs. K’var. Ready... Fight!

STARFLEET COMMUNIQUÉ • JUNE/JULY 2006 - ISSUE 135 99 MY LIFE AS A MINOR LEAGUE UMPIRE! COL John Nelson • USS Angelfire, R17

For the past 15 years I have been and “AA” (Connecticut Defenders) teams working independently as an Umpire as they prepared for their regular season. or Athletic Sports Offi cial in Arizona. After a month I was also given the LA I have been assigned either as a High Angels (of Anaheim of the OC, of SC of School and or part time Junior College wherever else they wanted to be) and offi cial, but this season started a little the Milwaukee Brewers. I did approx. 20 different. Beginning in mid February games over the normal spring training I was contacted by the offi ce of Minor schedule and even got to see some Major League Baseball (a subsidiary of Major League players, needing extra innings of League Baseball) to gage my interest in work or on a rehab assignment from an being an umpire for spring training and injury. extended spring training in the Phoenix, AZ area this year. Phoenix hosts several After April 1st, I was not expecting any Major League Baseball teams and their additional assignments, as I anticipated Minor League players. Among these the MiLB umpires to report to their teams are the SF Giants, LA Angels, leagues. To my surprise, I found out that Milwaukee Brewers, Texas Rangers, the 280 Minor League Umpires decided Kansas City Royals, Seattle Mariners, to go on strike, and I was called again to San Diego Padres, Oakland Athletics, and report to the Giants, Angels and Brewers. the Chicago Cubs. This all came to pass So far, in total, I have done over 28 games as the regularly assigned Minor League in extended spring training and have at umpires decided to walk out on strike, least another month left to go. I do not in protest of “low pay” (a rookie umpire know what the next month will bring, but makes $70 a game in spring training. the possibility of umpiring the Arizona With a base salary for the short season Rookie League is now probable, and an low “A” and “rookie” leagues rounding assignment in the Arizona Fall League is out to approx. $1800 to $2200 a month) possible as well in October. and a “modest” increase in their every day expenses (as in Per Diem). No matter what comes of this, I have enjoyed the opportunity to showcase my I was very thrilled to hear that Minor skills in baseball, as an umpire. And will League Baseball (or the MiLB) was remember this experience for my entire interested in me, and I accepted the life! assignment. At fi rst, I was assigned to the SF Giants camp in Scottsdale, AZ. where I umpired for the “AAA” (Fresno Grizzlies)

SAN FRANCISCO WHALE RESCUE: A STORY OF BLESSING CAPT Susan Fox • USS Angeles, R4

If you read the front page story of the her -- a very dangerous proposition. One SF Chronicle on Thursday, Dec 15, 2005, slap of the tail could kill a rescuer. They you would have read about a female worked for hours with curved knives and humpback whale who had become eventually freed her. entangled in a spider web of crab traps and lines. She was weighted down by When she was free, the divers say she hundreds of pounds of traps that caused swam in what seemed like joyous circles. her to struggle to stay afl oat. She also She then came back to each and every had hundreds of yards of line (rope) diver, one at a time, and nudged them, wrapped around her body -- her tail, her pushed them gently around -- she torso, a line tugging in her mouth. thanked them. Some said it was the most incredibly beautiful experience of A fi sherman spotted her just east of the their lives. The guy who cut the rope out Farralone Islands (outside the Golden of her mouth says her eye was following Gate) and radioed an environmental him the whole time, and he will never be group for help. Within a few hours, the the same. rescue team arrived and determined Picture Courtesy of the Marine Mammal Center and the San Francisco Chronicle that she was so bad off, the only way to save her was to dive in and untangle

101010 JUNE/JULY 2006 - ISSUE 135 • STARFLEET COMMUNIQUÉ THE USS NELSON TURNS 3! FCPT Douglas Mayo • USS Nelson, R15

The crew of the Nelson gathered at a local sorted, counted, and sent in nearly park this past Memorial Day weekend, $250.000.00 dollar’s worth of coupons to celebrate three extremely successful to this very worth cause, no small feat and fun fi lled years as a commissioned to be sure. Though we are a relatively ship in STARFLEET’S Region 15. In just small chapter in STARFLEET, I am often three short years, we have established in awe of what we as a crew have already ourselves to be a dedicated, charitable, achieved. but fun loving STARFLEET chapter. Below is just a small sampling of our As the commanding offi cer of the Nelson achievements on both an individual and since its inception, I can proudly say we chapter basis. Another achievement we are fi rm believer’s in Gene Roddenberry’s are very proud of is our commitment to vision of the future through Star Trek, the Military service personal and their and that we can make a difference and families through the Overseas Coupon take those steps towards the betterment Program (OCP). of the human condition, and at the same time have fun. To the crew of the Nelson, Over the past three years we’ve collected, I thank each and every one of you.

Pictured from left to right are Mike Masailo, Ellen Majka, Doug Mayo, Alan Majka and Deb Kowal down in front,. Picture by Ann Mayo.

USS NELSON AND CREW AWARDS AND COMMENDATIONS

2002 • STARFLEET’S Shuttle Newsletter of the year • Region 15 Shuttle of the year • Region 15 Certifi cate of Achievement for all their charitable works(chapter) • Doug Mayo - Region 15 Student of the Year

2003 • Region 15 Newsletter of the Year • Ellen Majka (XO) - Region 15 Member of the Year • Region 15 Charitable works award (chapter) • Distinguished Service Award to the following crewmembers: Doug Mayo, Ann Mayo, Alan Majka, Ellen Majka, and Kathy Mullins

2004 • Doug Mayo - Offi cer of the Year • Doug Mayo - Region 15 member of the year • Doug Mayo - 10 year service award • Ellen Majka - Distinguished Service Award • Kathy Mullins - Charitable Works Award (Individual) • Charitable Works Award (Chapter)

2005 • Doug Mayo - Offi cer of the Year • Doug Mayo - Award of Excellence • Doug Mayo - Student of the Year (12 courses) • Charitable Works Award (Chapter) • Kathy Mullins - Award of Excellence • Kathy Mullins - Charitable Individual(s) of the Year • Ellen Majka - Distinguished Service Award • Ann Mayo - Distinguished Service Award • Deborah Kowal - Distinguished Service Award

2005 Marine Awards • Kathy Mullins - Honor Guard Ribbon • Kathy Mullins - Embassy Duty • Meritorious Unit Commendation: 980th MSG, USS Nelson • Kathy Mullins - Leader’s Commendation • Shield of Valor (Brigade Volunteer of the Year): Kathy Mullins, 980th “Stormriders”, USS Nelson

STARFLEET COMMUNIQUÉ • JUNE/JULY 2006 - ISSUE 135 1111 USS HEIMDAL - 22 YEARS IN STARFLEET! ADM Linda Smith • USS Heimdal, R1

On April 15, 2006 the USS HEIMDAL, picture board sported photos of the report in 22 years! or more years. “We’ve become more like NCC-1793 celebrated her 22nd chapter’s members through the years & a a family than a club,” noted Willy Smith, anniversary as a Starfl eet chapter. 26 second picture board greeted guests with Throughout the Heimdal’s 22-year history, Chief Science Offi cer & Second Offi cer. people attended the celebration at a local photos of Heimdal members wearing she has supported many charities whose “Most of us joined because we loved Star restaurant & were entertained following weird glasses! The evening was spent current list includes 3 animal shelters, Trek but we have members who simply dinner by magician Bob Wallin. Wallin, relaxing with friends, having a good meal the Salvation Army Food Pantry, the enjoy all science fi ction & several who known locally for his unequaled magic & enjoying special entertainment. The Amherst Library, UVA’s Pediatric Cystic joined us entirely because of the good performances, incorporated members of crew also marveled at the fact that the Fibrosis Foundation, a Social Services things we do within our community.” the Heimdal into his show. He brought Heimdal has been around so long & done welfare child, a senior citizen & an Angel individuals to the stage & enlisted their so many good & exciting things. Tree child. She has offered monetary aid The Heimdal’s Executive Committee help with his magic (see photos). Wallin’s during national crises such as Hurricane plans the chapter’s annual activities at presentation goes far above the usual The USS Heimdal, based in Madison Katrina. Heimdal members Carl & Bonnie a January planning meeting. Remaining magic show & his motto is, “Dogs do Heights, VA has won numerous Fleet Davis spent 2 weeks in Louisiana feeding for 2006 are guest speakers, an Annual tricks; I do magic.” & Region One awards & recognitions. the hungry & homeless last year following Crew Auction, a day on a houseboat, During the past 22 years, she has the disaster. The Heimdal both in 2004 a dinner with food prepared from the Throughout the evening, drawings were launched 13 shuttles, she & her shuttles & 2005 received WalMart’s $500.00 chapter’s cookbook, Taste Trek, seasonal held for door prizes. The First Prize was have produced 3 Region One Regional grant. This grant is made available to parties, road trips & socials. “We like to a Starfl eet membership won by member Coordinators, R/1 Vice RCs, a Starfl eet one local club every year for their charity think we have something for everyone. Kathy Beck. The private dining room of ShoC Director & numerous regional RDC involvement. We entertain AND educate,” said chapter Ryan’s Steakhouse was decorated with directors. The Heimdal’s CO, Adm. Linda CO Linda Smith. “I’m certain that, plus stand-ups of Star Trek characters & Smith, claims the distinction of having Of the Heimdal’s 30 members, 17 the fact that we are friends, is the reason various Trek memorabilia. The Heimdal’s never missed or been late with a chapter members have been with the chapter 10 we’ve lasted so long.”

CO Adm Linda Smith Security Chief Carl Davis CO Adm Linda Smith & XO VAdm. Kenny Proehl Linda & Willy Smith goofi ng around with magic! presents award to Willy Smith, 2nd Offi cer and with Capt. Archer at 22nd Anniversary Party. Chief Science Offi cer.

Teresa Loving wins door prize at Heimdal’s Eric Merrill, Dee Stinson & Capt Picard at Robin Hudson assisting magician Bob Wallin. Anniversary Party. Heimdal’s Anniversary dinner.

121212 JUNE/JULY 2006 - ISSUE 135 • STARFLEET COMMUNIQUÉ NOTHING CANCELS MARDI GRAS! 3 CMDR Robert Martin Suttles • Shuttle Renaissance, R3

“Mardi Gras should not happen at all,” is aware of that is funded by government what a lot of people are saying in 2006. dollars, even on a local level. There are a lot of rumors speculation and resentment about this year’s celebration Now that fi nance has been answered, of the Carnival season and of Fat Tuesday let’s move on to the cultural impacts. To itself. As one who is a transplant to this most of the nation, and even the world, captivating area, I could be somewhat Mardi Gras in New Orleans is just one uniquely qualifi ed to comment on this. I more excuse to come down and throw have lived here since the latter part of up in our streets and leave trash lying December in 2001, and have come to everywhere. On a local level, Mardi Gras love it, even through the hardships that carries a much deeper signifi cance. Even I’ve endured in the interim. so far as to say the City was founded on it. Let me fi rst start, however by dispelling Jean Baptiste Le Moyne, Sieur de the most misinformed of protests Bienville is credited with founding the against Mardi Gras 2006. Many people city of Nouvelle Orle’ans—what we today feel that holding the parades and the call New Orleans—in 1718. The site, krewe celebrations is somehow a waste while surrounded by at least four tribes of taxpayer dollars that could be better was Native-Americans, was considered spent on levees and repairing housing; it’s to mostly uninhabitable, even to those even been suggested that FEMA funding tribes that had existed here for nearly should be stopped due to the parades. 10,000 years. 19 years earlier, Bienville’s Frankly, if in fact tax dollars had ever brother had declared the area the “Pointe been spent on these parades, I would du Mardi Gras.” The fi rst Mardi Gras in The celebration culminates each year last six months of misery, we need it. It’s be the fi rst to agree with that sentiment. New Orleans was celebrated at that with the traditional joyous meeting of a time of celebration, and of balls that The reality, however, is that government point by bunch of drunken French sailors the Krewes of Zulu (a predominantly would make Cinderella herself green with money has never been spent to hold the dancing around a campfi re. African-American krewe) and Rex. The envy. parades, beyond perhaps the regular pay mayor traditionally grants the keys to for the police offi cers who block off the While Mardi Gras takes many forms and the city for a day to King Rex, the King Was New York City denied their New parade routes. is celebrated in many many fashions in of Carnival. Who then declares that the Year’s Eve party after the attacks of the years following, it is not until 1857, next 24 hours belong to the people. Balls 9/11? Or was it encouraged as a way to There are dozens of “krewes” in and that it takes its present form as regional and Galas follow along side reveling in reaffi rm itself? California is constantly around the New Orleans area which hold holiday. In that year the Krewe of Comus the streets the likes of which rival even being shaken by earthquakes, sometimes and fund these parades and events almost is fi rst established, coining the very word the New Year’s Eve celebration in Times severely but the Oscars always happen. year-round. For those unfamiliar with the “krewe” and beginning the tradition of Squares in New York City. Mardi Gras is the affi rmation of New term, a “Krewe” is a group or organization fl oats and gala balls that will defi ne the Orleans. It is the statement that we are of private citizens who organize and host local celebrations through to the present To be chosen to fulfi ll the roll of King Rex here, and that we will always be here, the various Carnival activities in the New day. Comus itself hit a fi ve year lull from and his Queen (usually a debutante) is and that we refuse to be miserable. Orleans area (http://www.wwiaviation. 1884-1889, and then the oldest Krewe one of the greatest honors that can be In the entire history or Mardi Gras, the com/mardigras/krewes.html). These are rolls for the fi nal time in 1991 due to bestowed on a citizen here. The identities prestigious events of Mardi Gras have the people funding these events. Beyond, refusal to comply and sign an ordinance are traditionally kept secret until the day only been offi cially cancelled during of course, whatever local politicians who dealing with anti-discrimination laws of the big event. three occasions. Those were during belong to a particular krewe may donate being applied to the krewes in 1992. They the American Civil War, World War I, to them out of his/her own paycheck, are said to still celebrate in a restaurant This is Mardi Gras. To every other city in and World War II. Honestly, while I‘m there is no parade or event that I am every year, however. America, Mardi Gras is a one day event sure there were no parades, no doubt and just one more cheap excuse to go during even those times, someone surely get a little extra sloshed. To those in and shouted “Laissez les bons temps rouler!” around New Orleans it is a time of joy and threw a string of beads or two. and glee. And goodness knows, after the

STARFLEET COMMUNIQUÉ • JUNE/JULY 2006 - ISSUE 135 1313 FIRST CONTACT UNIFORM TOPS - ON A BUDGET! RADM Sunnie Planthold • USS Gasparilla, R2

Feeling left out because your Chapter can’t afford, or can’t fi t, or can’t fi nd its own ready-made $50-$80 uniform tops that you’ve seen others wear? Or would you like to have a selection of “loaner” uniform tops available, so you can slap one onto that poor unsuspecting potential recruit you’ve managed to lure to your Chapter meeting, so you can make him or her already feel like a member of your Crew well before an application form is whipped out?

Why not make your own First Contact uniform tops “on the cheap?” You don’t need to buy fabric or a zipper. You don’t even need a pattern! You do need: Charcoal gray thread, fabric scissors, a yardstick and/or measuring tape, sewing chalk (or other washable contrasting marker, e.g., pencil), and a sewing machine would be really helpful!

That was the idea of Capt. John M. Clayton, USS Jubilee (CO), when he convened a work party at the generously volunteered home of Capt. Bob Maceluch, also of the USS Jubilee. This work party was made up of the command staff of two other chapters with a long history of working and playing well together: USS Continuum, represented by FCapt. Bruce Dolan (CO) and Capt. Sandy Dolan (2O); and USS Gasparilla, represented by FCapt. Ralph Planthold (CO) and RAdm/MGen Sunnie Planthold (OIC, MSG 6-Oh!-9, the “Black Bettys”).

Instead of buying fabric (which assumes you have a pattern to follow), buy two ready-made round-neck long-sleeve pullover shirts (one black, one light gray in each size you intend to make) made of cotton blend T-shirt material, at a Thrift Store near you. These can typically be had for $2 or less each, as compared to $11-$12 each at retail. (Figure 1)

Spread the gray shirt out fl at on a smooth surface, taking care to keep the hem even. Using a yardstick, mark a point along the upper edge of each sleeve, 6 inches from the outer end of the shoulder seam. Line up the yardstick on those Figure 1: Black pullover and grey t-shirt two marks. Draw a straight line across. Then cut along that line as shown. (Figures 2 and 3)

Using sewing chalk and a measuring tape, mark 1-inch widths along the bottom edges, across the front and back of the yoke. Using the shoulder seam as the starting point, mark 1-inch widths on each sleeve down the front and back of the sleeve seam. (Figure 4)

With the 1-inch marks on the front of the yoke as starting points and those on the back as ending points, use charcoal gray thread to topstitch vertical straight lines to connect those points. Take care not to topstitch any of the neck; but other than that, make one continuous stitch connecting each pair of starting/ending points. (Figures 5, 6 and 7)

If possible, steam iron the gray yoke at this point. This will help the material to lie fl atter when pinning and sewing it to the black pullover. Trim and discard the original fi nished neck of the black pullover. Figure 2: Draw straight line across yolk, 6” out from each shoulder. Pin the front half of the gray yoke over the front of the black pullover, taking care to line the two up at the shoulders and shoulder seams. Then pin the back half of the gray yoke over the back of the black pullover. Then pin each sleeve cap of the gray yoke to the corresponding sleeve of the black pullover.

Being sure to tuck under 1/8” to ¼” of the cut edge of the gray yoke before sewing it to the black pullover (so that the gray yoke edge will be fi nished), carefully sew the pinned gray yoke and the black pullover together. Then carefully sew the pinned gray sleeve cap to the sleeve of the black pullover.

Using a basting stitch, sew a single line around what remains of the neck of the black pullover. Pull and slightly gather the basting stitch so the neck of the black pullover can be easily adjusted as the fi nished neckline of the gray yoke is pinned to the neckline of the black pullover. Sew the two necklines together so that the black cannot be seen. (Figure 8)

Iron the shirt after completion. Go forth and have fun wearing at your Chapter’s functions! (Figure 9) Figure 3: Cut yoke along straight line and discard lower part.

141414 JUNE/JULY 2006 - ISSUE 135 • STARFLEET COMMUNIQUÉ Total elapsed time to teach workers and produce the fi rst top: 2.5 hours. Estimated time to make each additional top: 0.5 hours!

Figure 4: Mark 1-inch vertical rows on the gray yoke using sewing chalk. Figure 5: Top-stitch front and back yoke in 1-inch vertical rows.

Figure 6: Detail of fi nished, cross-stitched yoke. Figure 7: Detail of fi nished, cross-stitched sleeve.

Figure 7: Stitch neck of grey yoke to black pullover. Figure 8: Detail of fi nished First Contact uniform top!

STARFLEET COMMUNIQUÉ • JUNE/JULY 2006 - ISSUE 135 1515 FRONT AND CENTER FADM Mandi Livingston • USS Rutledge, R1 Commander, STARFLEET

Greetings, STARFLEET! Acting Vice Commander STARFLEET and like to thank Chris Wallace for fi lling in as past served as Special Assistant to the Bob Chin for Acting CompOps Chief. Communications Chief/CQ135 Editor and Commandant, as well as Director and/or Well, my life has changed dramatically! Things at HQ didn’t miss a beat during Marlene Miller as SFA ‘Dant. Both were Creator of numerous SFA schools, just to On April 19, I gave birth to a baby girl the staff shuffl e! experienced EC members that helped name a few positions. He is intimately - Kaitlyn Marie. She is, in my opinion, things transition smoothly during the familiar with STARFLEET Academy, its absolutely adorable! I don’t know why We’ve also had a few other changes at time of change. operations, and its staff of volunteers. my husband and I waited so long to start HQ. Bob & Wendy Fillmore recognized a family, but we fi nally have, and I love they had increasing demands on their STARFLEET is full of talented and willing Well, I’m going to keep it short this issue being a mother! I want to thank everyone time due to real life and family, and volunteers. Hence, I’d like to welcome since I’m just getting back in the swing of that has wished us congratulations. I’m hence, they stepped down as Chief our two new EC members! Dixie Halber, things here at Fleet HQ. Everyone have a still trying to respond to all the emails of Communcations and CQ Editor, former Chief of Communications, has great summer and don’t forget about IC and cards. I’m still working on thank you respectively. It is no small task to offered to serve again in that position. 2006 in Philly this August! notes for those that sent gifts. Please volunteer to serve on the EC or as the She brings a wealth of knowledge about bear with me. Katie is keeping me busy, CQ Editor. I want to thank them for their the job, as well as the CQ production and we’re adjusting to new schedules service to STARFLEET and for giving of process, to the table. So, please welcome and demands on our time. themselves during the past 18 months. Dixie back to the Executive Committee!

I’d like to thank Les Rickard for stepping Also, Jill Rayburn offered her resignation Likewise, we have a new SFA up during my 6 weeks of maternity as Commandant of STARFLEET Academy Commandant. Please welcome Wayne leave and serving as Acting Commander due to a variety of real life circumstances. Lee Killough to the position. Wayne has STARFLEET. I was able to take time off Thanks to Jill for running SFA for the past served in SFA since 1997 in a variety of and know that Fleet was in good hands. 5 months. Also, in the interim of time positions. He most recently served as Thanks also to Sal Lizard for serving as that we took to fi nd new EC members, I’d Dean, Institute of the Arts, and in the

ADMIRALTY BOARD UPDATE COMM Michael Klufas • USS Rubicon, R5 Chief of Staff to the Vice Commander, STARFLEET

Since January 2006, there have been a constitution that would clarify the CS’s penalties when it was determined that “DRY-DOCKED – A Dry-Docked chapter is number of changes to the composition of right to remove other members of the EC the fi nes were levied due to a clerical one that has been on Stand-By status for the Executive Committee: – subject to an override by two-thirds of error, and FAdm Livingston received a more than sixty days without correcting • Les Rickard replaced Sunny Planthold the AB, according to Article 4, Section 11 letter confi rming this in early May. the problems that placed it there. A Dry- as Vice Commander, STARFLEET of the STARFLEET Constitution. But no Docked chapter has sixty additional days • Jill Rayburn replaced Todd Brugmans further action was taken on this matter. The AB voted 14-1 to modify Section 04.04 to correct these problems or they shall be as Academy Commandant (CHAPTER STATUS) of the STARFLEET decommissioned. • Greg Trotter replaced Dennis Rayburn There were numerous discussions Handbook to create a “Dry-Dock” status “IF A CHAPTER IS IN DRY-DOCK STATUS as Chief of Staff to the Commander, regarding the Vessel Registration for chapters having diffi culties. The Dry- DUE TO BEING BELOW REQUIRED STARFLEET Request Application (VRR). Following Dock status allows an additional step CREW STRENGTH, THE CHAPTER SHALL • Michael Klufas replaced Ralph a question about why the form cannot before a chapter is decommissioned. REMAIN IN DRY-DOCK STATUS FOR A Planthold as Chief of Staff to the be submitted on line, all agreed that an Section 04.04 now reads as follows PERIOD OF 180 DAYS, PROVIDED THE Vice Commander, STARFLEET online submission process for this form (changes in CAPS): CHAPTER SHOWS A CONTINUED AND • Bob Fillmore resigned as Chief should be created. ShOC Chief Jerry “STAND-BY - Should a chapter have a DOCUMENTABLE EFFORT TO RECRUIT of Communications, and Wendy Tien noted that he has written a design Commanding Offi cer or Executive Offi cer MEMBERS. THIS STATUS SHALL BE Fillmore resigned as Communiqué specifi cation to allow this to happen, who does not have OTS and/or OCC, RENEWABLE FOR A ONE YEAR PERIOD editor. Both were replaced, on an but would need time to implement it. In or has failed to follow proper reporting WITH A REVIEW BY THE CHIEF OF interim basis, by Chris Wallace. addition, Fleet Admiral Mandi Livingston procedures or fall below required crew OPERATIONS EVERY SIXTY DAYS. announced in early January that the $10 strengths for a period of 3 consecutive “IF, AT THE END OF THAT YEAR THE Between January and mid-May 2006, VRR Fee at the time of commissioning months (90 days), the Chief of Operations CHAPTER IS STILL BELOW REQUIRED the EC/AB discussed numerous matters had been eliminated. shall place them on Stand-BY. Chapters in CREW STRENGTH IT SHALL BE — some including confi dential personnel Stand-By status shall have sixty days (2 DECOMMISSIONED, IF, AT ANY TIME, A issues. After Fleet Admiral Mandi The EC and AB were notifi ed of possible months) to correct the problem or they CHAPTER CORRECTS THEIR CHAPTER Livingston raised questions about whether IRS penalties regarding alleged improper shall be moved to Dry-Docked status. STATUS PROBLEMS THAT CHAPTER WILL the STARFLEET Constitution specifi es fi ling of the annual Form 990 (STARFLEET “ANY CHAPTER PLACED IN STAND- BE RETURNED TO DEPLOYED STATUS.” procedures regarding removal of sitting fi les this as an organization exempt from BY STATUS DUE TO CREW STRENGTH Executive Committee members, there paying federal income tax). The penalties SHALL REMAIN IN STAND-BY FOR 180 As always, should you have any questions was an extensive discussion on how/ – which would have totaled more than DAYS (6 months), PROVIDED THE or concerns about the matters mentioned whether the Commander, STARFLEET $2200 – involved the changeover of CHAPTER SHOWS A CONTINUED AND here, please discuss them with your can remove EC members – including STARFLEET’s fi scal year in 2003 from a DOCUMENTABLE EFFORT TO RECRUIT Regional Coordinator – who doubles the Vice Commander, STARFLEET, who calendar-based (January 1-December 31) MEMBERS WITH A REVIEW BY THE as your region’s representative to the is elected on the same slate as the CS fi scal year to a true fi scal year calendar CHIEF OF OPERATIONS EVERY SIXTY Admiralty Board. – at will. Potential amendments to the (July 1-June 30). The IRS rescinded the DAYS.

161616 JUNE/JULY 2006 - ISSUE 135 • STARFLEET COMMUNIQUÉ the database and who has access to that THE VICE SQUAD information -- a very good and positive move within the Computer Operations department. The second rumor involved GEN Les Rickard • ISS Normandy, R12 an allegation that the program director was being investigated for some form Vice Commander, STARFLEET of child abuse or molestation. That is completely false and I apologize to Robin Van Cleave (who works for a Sheriff’s “Hey Y’all!” OK, that’s me trying to fi ll in Now, for the report. Admiralty Board for their endorsement. Offi ce) for any undue scrutiny that other for Les. I would also like to thank John Adcock member(s) of this organization may have Youth/Cadet Policy for his input and help in formalizing the caused. I am not aware of any problems Yep, since Mandi left for her maternity document for presentation. in the administration of the program leave, I have had the honor of serving Since I have been in this role, the EC has (other than someone contacting the STARFLEET as the VCS “pro tempore,” looked at the program that was set up Let me address something else that has children, directly) and thank Robin for while Bob Chin stepped up to the role of for a very special subset of STARFLEET recently come to my attention. It is very her services to our younger members. Computer Operations Chief. And with Les members. Whether you defi ne them as important and fair that I alleviate some away at Master At Arms School in San “cadets” or “youth members,” STARFLEET concerns and nullify rumors about the Antonio, Bob and I will remain in these programs must address those special Cadet/Youth program of STARFLEET. Fleet Resources Center Program shifted positions until he returns prior to concerns and protections must be in Last year, after the IC, the program the International Conference. place to ensure their safety. STARFLEET was suspended because of liability On May 18th, right after her work with the has a very real responsibility to conform concerns and complaints from members EC to put together the aforementioned I have to tell you, the VCS seat is to applicable laws and practices where in two different regions. This was the policy, Michelle Muench stepped down pretty darned comfortable to sit in but our younger members are concerned. result of our concern that STARFLEET as the FRC Program Director. Michelle I have noticed is can get a bit warm at For, STARFLEET, the EC has to consider might be exposed to great potential expressed her sadness at this decision times. Les’s job appears to be one of not just our very personal desire to see liability by having such a program but as her health was interfering with motivator, advisor, decision-maker and protections put in place, but also the without fully exploring relevant laws and her service, she recognized her inability referee -- the VCS is after all, the XO liability to STARFLEET if we fail to do so. potential problems. At some point, and to continue and acted accordingly. I of STARFLEET! Les has expressed his after questions and criticism from the want to thank Michelle for her service confi dence in me and has provided me Last year, Mysteri Tullis of Region membership, the program was reopened to STARFLEET and acknowledge her with his authority and powers to act in 12, drove the discussion of policy but without notice to (or input from) Robin foresight in stepping down so that his stead. He also remains in contact for development in the ECAB meeting at Van Cleave and without the presence of another could step up to take over her advice and discussion and emails sent the International Conference. As a a new STARFLEET policy concerning the position. to VCS@sfi .org are received by both of result, a Risk Management Committee, program. us even though the response will almost chaired by Chris Wallace, was formed We are going to use the opportunity of certainly be mine. and STARFLEET’s liabilities and actions There are two rumors that I have Michelle’s departure to revamp the FRC were discussed. The committee provided recently heard concerning the youth program so it becomes even more of a I’m not sure if Les will write the VCS a document outlining their fi ndings and program. One was that there were adults resource for STARFLEET. This discussion article for the next edition, so I will take recommendations to the EC. The EC contacting children directly from the will take place in the EC-Conference this opportunity to say “Thank you” to took those recommendations and invited database and not going through their discussion list and will include those who both Les and Mandi for allowing me this several members (including Mysteri and parents. This is actually a point that was currently work in the FRC program. “glimpse” of the position and to those Chris) to hammer out a policy concerning brought up to the ECAB for discussion people under the Offi ce of the VCS for those younger members of STARFLEET. during the IC. These contacts were made Well, that’s it for now. Please feel free keeping things running so smoothly. On May 15th, the fi nal policy was from members within the regions and not to provide me feedback at VCS@sfi .org. approved by the EC and awaits Mandi’s by the upper level program staff. This led Thanks again for the opportunity to serve signature and presentation to the to a change in how data is presented by you.

THE TOWAWAY ZONE COMM Jack “Towaway” Eaton • USS Trident, R2 Chief of Operations, STARFLEET

“Life is what happens when we’re busy to sound all “Hallmark” about it, but this and simply incorporated his current duties Station Deep Space 12 • SFR-1024 making other plans” was why I joined Fleet in the fi rst place, as Director of Chapter Care into that job. Jupiter Class Space Station John Lennon to make friends. If I was going to dive Steve has been working diligently in CCP Captain Will Hartford, Commanding into the number three position in Fleet and I expect him to bring that same City of Charter Stillwater, OK Region 12 The balance of Fleet versus “real life” is I wanted a friend by my side and that’s dedication to his new position. always a precarious one when you serve what I got with Laura. And with a heavy heart I wish the on the any Executive Committee level It’s commissioning time again! I would following former chapters the best of position. That choice recently came to my Then, at the San Antonio IC I got to like to welcome to the FLEET the following luck as they decommission. Hopefully, Vice Chief, Laura Dugas. I very reluctantly meet her. She proved herself the perfect chapters: they will return again in the future. accepted her resignation recently. Vice as she was even able to handle and direct me after spending some time at USS Armageddon • NCC-1657 USS Columbia • Region 1 When I fi rst came into this job and had Chris Wallace’s bar. Anyone who can keep Constitution Class Starship USS Titan • Region 12 to choose my vice I had no idea where me from making a fool of myself in those CPT Teresa Remaly, Commanding USS Arlington • Region 12 to even begin. I might have taken other circumstances deserves a medal. Thank City of Charter Lafayette, IN Region 1 resumes for the position but from the you, Laura for your time and service to There was one minor problem with the fi rst moment I talked with Laura I knew Operations. Thanks to Mike for sharing USS Excalibur • NCC- 26517 USS Polaris in Region 12 where the she was my choice. I don’t know how her with me. Ambassador Class Starship chapter was decommissioned due to much we talked about Operations but I VADM Robbie Lewis, Commanding non-reporting and a major breakdown mostly remember the other small talk of In an effort to streamline the offi ce of City of Charter Magnolia, OH Region 1 our fi rst phone conversation. We seemed Operations a wee bit I have appointed to connect. She seemed like a friend. Not Steve Bowers to the position of Vice Chief Continued on bottom of page 18

STARFLEET COMMUNIQUÉ • JUNE/JULY 2006 - ISSUE 135 1717 The SHUTTLEBAY RADM Jerry Tien • USS Eagle, R4 Chief of Shuttle Operations, STARFLEET

We had a real growth spurt in 2Q 2006. • USS Excalibur (R1) - Adm. Robbie The following shuttles launched since Lewis, Commanding last issue of Communique: • ISS MacArthur (R2) - Capt. David Lowe, Commanding • Shuttle Britannic (R7) - Cmdr. Wayne Augustson, Commanding I had the great pleasure of meeting some • Shuttle Escape Pod (R5) - FCapt. of these folks in person at Region One David Lee Kania, Commanding Summit in Akron OH. Well done, folks. • Shuttle Mars (R1) - Comm. Peter Lutz, Commanding Speaking of growth, at Shuttle Operations • Shuttle Riverside (R6) - Cmdr. John Command, we are expanding our website Schulte, Commanding to provide much more content to address • Shuttle Thermopylae (R5) - Cmdr. upcoming shuttle needs. We are seeking Cathy Fuller, Commanding a web designer who can maintain and • Shuttle Tiger (R1) - Cmdr. Brad expand our website. This includes the Danner, Commanding ShOC home page, DTS information center, ASDB development facility and so on. If I am also pleased to announce the you meet the following requirements, return of Region 11 with the Shuttle please apply to shoc@sfi .org. Mawson, under the Command of Cmdr. Stuart Blair. The Mawson, which will be Requirements: shuttling off of Region 7, is located in • Strong knowledge of HTML, CSS and Adelaide, Australia. other popular web technologies - This is a mid-to-senior level position Two of these shuttles bear special Reliable Internet access ¡V must mentioning. First is the Riverside. It’s be able to work on the pages on a Jerry Tien (right), who didn’t realize that Hawai’i was not part of Region 1, with based in Riverside, IA - the future continuous basis, maintain contact Capt. Teresa Remaly (center) and Lt. Terry Remaly (left) of the newly birthplace of Capt. James T. Kirk! The with ShOC HQ, ¡K etc. commissioned Starship USS Armageddon at the Region One Conference. other is the Mawson. If this group • Possess the necessary tools for this indicate any previously published If you don¡¦t mind sharing your ideas or successfully completes the training position, i.e. work in applicable Animation, success stories, please send them to me course, we will be able to reactivate • having the software & hardware to database, PHP, Perl, MySQL, Java, so I can incorporate them into the new Region 11. edit the web pages Ability to work e-commerce or similar programming course. Besides shuttle launches, we also on a team as well as individually ¡V experience - these will be helpful as successfully commissioned the following personality is as important as the we employ more dynamic content in Last but not least, have you registered chapters: technical skills for this position. the future BSCS or related fi elds for STARFLEET International Conference • Good verbal and written this year? Room nights are fi lling up fast. • USS Albion (R20) - Capt. Raymond communication skills ¡V must be This position will report to the Director of Better sign up soon. We will defi nitely Spiteri, Commanding able to interpret written requests Shuttle Operations Command. have several ships commissioning there. • USS Armageddon (R1) - Capt. and transform them into working It should be a very exciting trip. See you Teresa Remaly, Commanding layouts In addition to updating our website, in Philadelphia at IC 2006! • USS Anubis (R15) - Comm. Scott ShOC is also working on two projects: Stone, Commanding Pluses: a shuttle marketing kit for promotional • SS Deep Space 12 (R12) - Capt. Will • Industrial experience with web site purposes, and new courses to provide Hartford, Commanding development / maintenance ¡V please more guidance to chapters in training.

The Towaway Zone (Continued from Page 17) I am very happy to report that the As a reminder, if anyone wishes a printed Admiralty Board has voted on and copy sent to them, please contact me in communication. Luckily, due to passed the recommended changes to with your name and address. cooperation between Operations, the the Membership Handbook regarding Regional Coordinator and the CO, the chapter which fall under the 10 member And that’s how we laugh the day away in Polaris was quickly returned to active minimum. The changes are referenced in the Merry Ole’ Land of Ops! status. Operations takes some of the Michael Klufas’ Admiralty Board Update blame for this incident and the appropriate on page 16. changes have been made internally. While the rules and regulations of Fleet are there for a reason, this episode also As per our usual business part of the proves that we are all only just human article; the Vessel Registry is ready and we must always keep that factor for downloading. Any changes of a major part of any decision which we chapter information can be sent to make. I want to thank Wade Hoover and chapterinfochange@sfi .org or to ops@ Vance Watkins for working together with sfi .org directly. The document itself can my offi ce to bringing this to a mutually be downloaded directly at http://sfi . benefi cial conclusion. org/portal/modules/docmanager/index. php?curent_dir=16.

181818 JUNE/JULY 2006 - ISSUE 135 • STARFLEET COMMUNIQUÉ I only recently took over this posting after stepping down as the Inspector General for STARFLEET. I’m a Database Modeler/ COMPOPS Architect with over 20 years experience VADM Sal Lizard • USS Hood, R15 writing software, and over 10 years of experience in web-based development of Chief of Computer Operations, STARFLEET systems.

The Database Team is in transition at the moment. Robin Smith and Dino Gravato, Acting Chief Bob Chin here, HelpDesk Team Membership Processing though both still valued members of the team, have had real-life take up a great CompOps is changing once again…and Team “New is old”; or, is that “old is new”? Chrissy Killian, Administrator deal of their available time, which put me again…and again! It feels a bit strange to We thought we had gotten rid of the in the driver’s seat pretty quickly after sit in the “center seat”, even if it is only HelpDesk by giving it to the Offi ce of the Membership Processing is trying joining the DB team. I’ve recently added temporary while Sal is handling other VCS, but apparently, now that Sal is the something new this year. We have Ray Burkhart (of the USS Paegan) to the duties for STARFLEET. Acting VCS, the HelpDesk is apparently mentioned in previous articles we are team, as a second Data Architect, and coming back to CompOps. (I think its working on providing a CD option for our I’m in the process of looking for some In the recent past, members of STARFLEET called “The Boomerang Effect!”) membership packet instead of the paper good PHP developers to join us as well. benefi ted from the reorganization of the products. This option is now a reality. Membership Processing (MP) Team. As The current HelpDesk (HD) staff is There are hundreds of outstanding items you may know, we gave Chrissy Killian comprised of numerous volunteers Right now, we are doing a trial to see that people are waiting on from the some relief and assistance with the from many different departments within what information members want to see DB Team, but some are more the most addition of another MP group headed STARFLEET. Susan Ueffi ng (with her on the CD, but the respond has been pressing than others. Keep an eye out by Matt Ingles to share the workload. hubby, Joost) have a big job working overwhelming; so, I believe it is here for changes in our hosting company, Though the target window for processing as Ticket Expediters by channeling the to stay. Of course, it’s going to have as we look for someone that can work a membership and sending the packet individual trouble tickets to the most digital versions of the hard copies of the with us regarding Certifi cate issues. Also, out is within 6 – 8 weeks, much of the appropriate volunteers who work to membership packet. That is, the Vehicle you should soon see a few changes in time, the MP Team has been able to get the problem resolved. Then, the Registry, the Membership Handbook, the Membership Renewal pathway that reduce that time … sometimes taking volunteers attempt to handle the high SFA application, and a membership address membership materials and less than 2 - 3 weeks! Currently, Chrissy priority cases fi rst. Overall, the HelpDesk application. They are all in PDF format streamlining the Credit Card process. is managing the overall MP Team and the receives at least 150 trouble tickets each and can be viewed using a free Acrobat West Coast group while Matt manages week. Reader from Adobe Systems (which is STARFLEET’s database is a great tool, the East Coast group. Not only does included on the CD if you don’t already and a huge asset to STARFLEET, and I’m this coordinated, multiple group system So, we are looking for a volunteer to fi ll have it). And, don’t worry, the CD is only proud to be part of this team, and I look provide better response times, but we a position of responsibility (the colloquial an option … you can still get hard copies forward to helping make it as useful as have planned for any potential weather, and military term is a “billet”) functioning of the membership materials. you want it to be. natural (or other) disaster situations with as the HelpDesk Team Administrator. The the geographic separation of the two primary responsibilities would involve By receiving this information by CD, you Emails should be sent to CompOpsDB@ groups. That concept worked so well, making sure that we keep everything will get lots of extras. We have sample sfi .org with “Feedback” in the subject we decided to try the same idea in other working and fl owing smoothly by exams from STARFLEET Academy line. areas of CompOps. coordinating with Susan and Joost and (SFA), information on Promotions, all of the other volunteers. Quartermaster, Recruitment, Memory Danny Potts is heading SFI Database Team Web Team Alpha, CQ’s, and much more. Larry Barnes, Administrator and expanding the support capabilities This person would need to … with the formation and organization of his 1. Have a suitable computer and In order to make this CD something for Greetings! team. So much of STARFLEET depends appropriate computer literacy skills the members, we are asking for input. on the database and the workload is so 2. High-speed internet access (e.g., Tell us what you get want on the CD and I’ve been asked to put a few words big, it is really a challenge to identify the cable, DSL, T1, etc.) we will see if we can make that happen. together for this issue of the CQ and tell problems, workout an appropriate and 3. Check the HelpDesk [almost] daily, if Email your comments and suggestions you all a little bit about SFI.ORG! Well fi rst usable solution, and implement those not more frequently to membership@sfi .org and put “CD of all, I am your new webmaster! After a solutions without breaking anything else 4. Learn “who does what” in support Comments” in the subject line. long evaluation process, I was chosen to in the process … and, keeping all of the of the HelpDesk function in be the “offi cial” webmaster and also be “other wheels” turning while doing that! STARFLEET Oh, by the way, if you pay for membership the lead in a team of web developers. On the SFI.ORG side, we have secured 5. Create, chart, and maintain offi cial with a credit card that has a name other SFI.ORG will no longer be maintained by the services of Larry Barnes as the new document(s) on “who does what” in than the one used for the membership; a single person, but rather a small team Web Master. And, like the other positions support of the HelpDesk function or, if a 3rd party is paying for the of people who will each have a focus of of responsibility in CompOps, Larry has 6. Submit monthly activity and membership, you must send an email responsibility. This web team consists of been working on organizing, planning, statistical reports “on time” with the explanation to membership@sfi . 4 people including myself. and building up the SFI Web Team in org and authorize STARFLEET to charge preparation for the migration of the Major benefi ts include getting to know the membership fee(s) to that credit The fi rst of the team members is Mike existing SFI web sites to the new Portal people from all key areas of STARFLEET, card. Dugas, who is very knowledgeable in the environment and dealing with many how the business of STARFLEET works, programming and coding area. Dave Lowe technical changes “behind the curtain”. and the satisfaction of knowing that Emails should be sent to CompOpsMP@ has great experience in various portal Our much appreciated former Web STARFLEET really depends on you to sfi .org with “Feedback” in the subject systems and will provide great support Mistress, Lauren Milan, has retired from keep the business fl owing smoothly. line. in general site updates and maintenance. active service in CompOps … for the Peter Christian comes to the web team foreseeable future anyway. She’s even Interested applicants should send as a very talented graphic artist, and will changed her name! (So she can better Database Team their STARFLEET service resume (and be contributing many great aesthetic hide from us?). Thank you, Lauren, for Danny Potts, Administrator any other pertinent documents) along upgrades to SFI.ORG. the great support you have given to with a 1-2 page cover letter explaining STARFLEET with the SFI Web Sites. We Greetings, Programs! why they are interested in the position I’d also like to thank my predecessor, will miss your web presence and your as well as how (and why) they qualify Lauren Milan. Lauren did such an great work on the web. for the HelpDesk Team Administrator First off, allow me to introduce myself. I’m Danny Potts, and I’m the new Master outstanding job with SFI.ORG and position. The email should be sent to because of that, it’s been a wonderful and Emails should be sent to CompOps@sfi . Control Program (er, I mean Database CompOps@sfi .org with “HelpDesk Team seamless transition. I’ve given Lauren org with “Feedback” in the subject line. Manager) for STARFLEET. Administrator” in the subject line. and open invitation to come back and

STARFLEET COMMUNIQUÉ • JUNE/JULY 2006 - ISSUE 135 1919 join the web team if she ever desires. taken great advantage of this feature diffi cult to reasonably fi nd the things you it just before this years International and SFI.ORG has grown into a site that are looking for. With this in mind, the Conference. This new site will greatly SFI.ORG has evolved into many different has literally hundreds of pages that are web team have been discussing different improve the organization and structure beasts over the years. In recent years, updated weekly and sometimes daily. aspects and strategies to improve the of the site as well as make it much easier it’s been run and organized using a Having a diverse system like this has usability of SFI.ORG. to browse and even do refi ned searches portal system called “Xoops”. Xoops is a become both a curse and a godsend. for the content you’re looking for. Look free and open source community based In one respect, it makes it very easy to After much discussion, it was decided to for a site launch sometime in late July of portal system that is supposed to make do updates and post information with move away from Xoops and onto another this year! posting and accessing information much little effort. In the other respect, the site more robust portal system. The SFI web easier than just creating a ton of static tends to get so much information and so team is currently developing a new SFI. Emails should be sent to Webmaster@sfi . html pages. In the past few years, we’ve much content that it begins to become ORG website, and we hope to launch org with “Feedback” in the subject line.

A BOY AND HIS DOG ADM Chris Wallace • USS Rubicon, R5 / USS Jaguar, R7 Chief of Communications, STARFLEET Pro Tempore Editor and Publisher, STARFLEET Communiqué

Ni haou ma! which helped make things much easier. A special shout-out and welcome to the the PHL Embassy Suites Hotel. I hope to newest chapters and shuttle in the FLEET. see many of you at our Grand Opening Welcome to issue 135 of the STARFLEET Since I’m here only for this issue, I decided I used to attend the Foster’s Formula Happy Weekend Special August 4-6th. Communiqué. Mandi and Les asked me to keep the tweaks and the changes to One Grand Prix of Australia in Adelaide, *niko niko* to come out of retirement for a month to the minimum to allow incoming layout so it’s nice to see a new shuttle in that put this issue together and keep an eye editor Neal Fisher a free hand to make lovely area. I remember fondly the week- on STARFLEET Communications. whatever changes he sees fi t. All of the long parties and friendly locals as the F1 lists and vanity e-mails are pointing to circus wound down for another year. It’s been about six years since I last edited Dixie and Neal and I will make sure any a CQ, but like riding a bike, I guess you submissions that were not able to be run Before I return to tending bar at Kokaua never really forget. Fortunately, Wendy this issue will be forwarded. Kiki’s on the USS Jaguar, I’ll be opening Fillmore left me some solid templates our latest franchise in Philadelphia at

THE BIG MONEY ADM Pat Spillers • USS Victory, R3 Chief Finance Officer, STARFLEET

Greetings from the CFO! Our fi rst problem is we do not have an Membership Package: For the STARFLEET Academy Fund accurate count of how many membership $ 2.35 Printing when we began the year with $1784.97 Here is the Income and Expense Report packages were sent out in 2005. We $2.92 Postage balance. We did 4 scholarships of $500 for the calendar year of 2005 to show have started keeping a log of new and $0.41 Postage equipment rent each but only 3 have been cashed. As what the EC has done with the money renewals as they are processed for 2006. $0.65 Certifi cates to the fourth one, we have sent twice each member has entrusted to us. The best I can do is go by the beginning $0.44 Supplies to the school and the check has come TRID number processed minus the last $6.77 Total back that the member is not a student at We set up the procedure to have all one I did in 2005, which is 2072. We had that school. We have added Interest of income come thru the main STARFLEET some duplicates and put 47 on hold as Other items: $294.73 and scholarship donations when Account so we cam make sure we have an not paid in 2005. So for this project I $4.90 CQ Newsletter membership dues were paid of $645 accurate track of income and expenses. have used the number of 2000 as the $0.88 Cost to process Credit leaving a balance of $1220.81 at the end We keep the majority of the money in number of membership packages done Card/PayPal payments of year. a savings account to earn interest that in 2005. $1.75 Equipment Costs we use to help fund the scholarship $0.20 IC Awards and fl ags For STARFLEET Marines we began the donations program. However in looking When we look at the Income and Expense $1.17 Deposit for IC 06 Hotel year with a $620.12 balance. We have at the income and expenses, we want Report for 2005 we see that a total of $2.73 Offi ce Supplies had income from QM sales of $1140.54, to compare Membership due with what $38,976.37 in income was received from expenses of QM supplies and web hosting we spent on giving our members their Membership Dues so that would average $18.40 Total expenses per of $2523.36 leave a balance of $342.86 membership packages and general $19.49 per single or family membership membership package however SFMC also has a supply of Red expenses. Compare STARFLEET for these 2000 memberships done. and Black Polo shirts in stock. Quartermaster income and expenses with each other. We basically sell items If we look at all the things that the For Quartermaster we show income as In service to Fleet. in QM at cost to our members. Same way member gets for their dues, we show $4158.50 and expenses paid plus estimate with SFA and SFMC income & expenses that we spent $36,795.06 or an average for last batch of shirts at $4754.33 with to compare with each other, you will see of $18.40 per membership package most Polo shirts in STARFLEET Royal Blue notes at the end of each report of items in 2005. Some of the key parts of this in stock and some, purple, burgundy and purchased in 2005 but not paid until breakdown to: black too. 2006, or adjustments.

202020 JUNE/JULY 2006 - ISSUE 135 • STARFLEET COMMUNIQUÉ NOTES FROM THE LIBRARY RADM Wayne Killough, Jr. • USS Royal Sovereign, R12 Commandant, STARFLEET Academy

Hello, and welcome to another issue of Awards Director, and Interim Vice- (in Kansas City), I was bestowed one of Carol, Greg, and I have been working the CQ. I hope this issue fi nds each and Regional Coordinator. At the Brigade the greatest honors of this organization: non-stop on some much needed every one of you well. As this is my fi rst level, I have previously served as 1st I was named Member of the Year. At the enhancements to the Academy. We issue as Commandant of STARFLEET Battalion Offi cer-in-Charge, Brigade following year’s IC, I was named Offi cer have put ourselves on a tight schedule to Academy, please bear with me to make Training Offi cer, and Brigade Offi cer-in- of the Year (Sword of Honor) within the accomplish strict goals between now and sure everything is accurate and all of Charge. STARFLEET Marine Corps. IC. Please keep an eye on the Academy… the necessary information is given. We because there are some changes on the have had an exciting 60 days! During I have been a part of STARFLEET I have chosen two extremely dependable horizon! that time, we have seen numerous Academy since 1997, when I was chosen (and extremely knowledgeable) offi cers additions to Staff, additions/modifi cation as Assistant Director of the College of as my Vice-Commandants. Serving as to Colleges/Schools, and other exciting Medicine, under then Director Kevin West. Vice-Commandant – Administration is changes! Read on to fi nd out more. In 1998, I was appointed by Commandant Admiral Carol Thompson. Carol will be Mandi Livingston (Herrmann at that responsible for working directly with I would like to start off by telling you a time) to be the Director of the College of the Institute Deans and the College/ little bit about your new Commandant. Medicine, after Kevin West resigned. I School Directors for reporting and daily I have been a member of SFI since served as the Academy Special Assistant operations. Serving as Vice-Commandant March, 1996. During that time, I have under Commandant Marlene Miller, and – Support Services is Vice Admiral Greg helped launch/support multiple chapters am the creator (and former Director) Staylor. Greg will be responsible for the in Region 3 (where I started my Fleet of the College of Mythological Studies. support departments within STARFLEET adventure) and Region 12 (where I have Commandant Scott Akers appointed me Academy (Scholarships, Course been for many years now). I have served at the Dean of the Institute of the Arts, Development, Electronic Services, Arts at the Regional level here in Region 12 where I have served ever since. & Graphics, etc.). Please join me in in multiple positions, including Missouri welcoming both of these fi ne offi cers to Sector Correspondent for the UFP Today, At the International Conference of 2001 their new appointments.

INCOMMING MESSAGE RADM Dixie Halber • USS Flying Fox, R7 Chief of Communications, STARFLEET

Greetings STARFLEET. I just wanted Wendy Fillmore for tackling this job for sure though, watch the Fleet website, writers as well as good layout people to to take a moment to say honored I am a year and a half. It’s a tough and time www.sfi .org around the beginning of help out. If you’re interested please let to be back in the position of Chief of consuming one. July. There will be something new to see. me know at comm@sfi .org. Communications. My thanks to Mandi But that’s all I’m saying for now. for giving me this opportunity. I’d also Not a lot new to report as I’m just settling That’s all for this time, I’ll see you in the say thanks to Chris Wallace for fi lling in to the position. I’ve a lot of plans for I’m just starting the search for new CQ next CQ! in for a couple of months and knocking the offi ce and I’ll be revealing those as staff. Neal Fisher has agreed to handle out the CQ and of course to Bob and we go along. One thing I can hint at for layout for us but I still need editors and

MEET YOUR FLEET (STAFF) BDR Martin Lessem • USS Asimov, R7 Chief of Staff to the Chief of Computer Operations, STARFLEET

Hello to all of you reading this article. other departments at times to make person, or straight to myself, who will CompOps fi gured we would do something sure that resources and information gets The other part of my job is to act, in a pass it on to the right direction. a little different this time, and that is that shared across departments. This also small sense as a buffer, or rather, traffi c I am writing the article this go around. At includes fi elding such requests in reverse. cop. I make sure that CompOps Problems In addition, I keep our fearless leader, of Sal’s request, I am here to tell you a little STARFLEET Computer Operations covers are taken care of quickly and effi ciently CompOps, sane. Kind of hard for a nut about who I am and what I do within not only Membership Processing, but also and by the right people. It doesn’t make like me, but it works. CompOps. the Database and Web administration of sense to, for example, complain to the STARFLEET. To that end, we help with Webmaster when the Database doesn’t At the end of the day I am here to serve Basically, my job is to make sure that the password resets, membership questions, work. True, they both use the web, but the members, and with that said, feel Staff knows what is expected of them and CO’s and Members questions about the the two different people manage them free to contact me with any problems, that they have the resources with which Database and any number of other small and to expedite the problem it helps if concerns and questions about CompOps. to do their jobs. This includes contacting things. the complaint goes either to the right

STARFLEET COMMUNIQUÉ • JUNE/JULY 2006 - ISSUE 135 2121 ACADEMY NEWS FOR JUNE ADM Marlene Miller • USS Renegade, R1 Director, Officer’s Command College

Hello Everyone! As always, Starfl eet Offi cer of the USS Niagara in Buffalo, entered into the Starfl eet Database. Where do the moneys for these Academy is evolving even as we speak. New York. scholarships come from, you may ask? These past few months have seen quite Once you log on to the FAC site, you’ll From you, the membership! That brings a few changes, including naming new a You will see some familiar and some only need to read the instructions and me to part two of this introductory letter. Dean, new Directors, opening previously new names among the directors in this information carefully to ensure you We can’t give scholarships without funds. closed schools, and developing a Institute: Glen Diebold form Region 7, use the relatively easy-to-use program, We are always in need of donations. completely new way to take Academy Carol Thompson from Region 10, and Jay properly. The more we have donated, the more courses (via the FAC). Add to this, the Hurd and Mike Morrow from Region 12. awards we can make. I am issuing a opening a couple of brand new schools Future FAC are under development, but triple challenge to the entire fl eet: to the which are sure to become some of your Behind the scenes are numerous writers we wanted to wait for some feedback on individual, ship, and region out there that favorites. Read on to see what’s new! and beta-testers without whom this this fi rst course before adding others. raise and donate the most to the Institute could not be possible. Thank scholarship fund by July 1st, we have a INSTITUTE OF INTELLIGENCE AND you, every one of you! All of you can help work out the “bugs” by prize pool full of items each and every ESPIONAGE logging onto the FAC site and completing collector would cherish, ripe for the Admiral Carol Thompson, FULLY AUTOMATED COURSES (FAC) the course. We ask that you report any winning. Set up a lemonade stand. Have Director CIM & Deputy in charge of Vice Admiral Greg Staylor comments or problems to Greg. a car wash. Host a garage sale. Whatever mundane tasks. Creator Fully Automated Courses it takes, raise those funds and support IMS Dean - Security School Director Not all Academy courses easily lend those members out there continuing Does your bookshelf contain more Spy [email protected] themselves to the FAC method. Some their education. If each ship in the fl eet Novels than your local library? Are your courses with essay questions will still raises just $10 US, we would have almost favorite Star Trek episodes about Section As you probably already know, Starfl eet need to be personally scored by Directors. $2500 right off the bat. 31, the Obsidian Order, and the Tal’Shiar? Academy is continuously on the move but Greg’s working on getting them into Does your DVD collection contain more and working to improve access for the system as well. And, that is just the beginning. I have than 10 Spy movies? Do you have our students. One of the most recent great plans for this jewel in STARFLEET’s aspirations to work for the CIA? improvements is especially for those of If you’re interested and would like to try crown and hope you are there as a part you who have internet access. the new course log on to: of it with me. Please feel free to contact If you answered YES to any of these http://www.sfa-security.com/sfa- me at [email protected] or via the questions, then the Institute of As a result of many hours and time security/basiccourses/tosrankcourse/ surface mail address below with any Intelligence and Espionage (IOIE) is for devoted to the project I am pleased index.html questions you might have. you! to announce that the fi rst of the Fully Automated Courses (FAC) is now available HOWDY FROM YOUR NEW Sam Black The College of Intelligence Operations at STARFLEET Academy. SCHOLARSHIP DIRECTOR! 2112 56th Street (CIO) is all about real-life intelligence Rear Admiral Sam Black Lubbock, TX 79412 and espionage: History, Methods, This fi rst FAC is called the “Star Trek: The Director, STARFLEET Scholarship Tools, and Training. The courses in this Original Series Rank Recognition Course”. Program STARFLEET ACADEMY: NEW FACES college give you an in-depth look at the It has an Extremely Low diffi culty level AND NEW SCHOOLS CIA and introduce you to Intelligence and can be completed in about 10 to 30 Let me begin with just a few words of Admiral Carol Thompson organizations around the world. minutes. It is a fun course that is meant introduction for those of you who don’t to introduce STARFLEET members to how know me. I have been a high school Scott Anderson and Jay Hurd joined the The College of Intelligence in Star Trek the Fully Automated Courses will work. educator for 10 years with the opportunity Graphics Support team. Both men bring (CIT) explores Intelligence Operations to have contact with hundreds of students considerable talents to the table. within the Star Trek Universe. Starfl eet This program will be the “Warp Speed” who have gone off to college literally from Intelligence, Section 31, the Obsidian solution to taking courses at the coast to coast. This is a program that February saw the creation of the Institute Order, and the Tal’Shiar are just some of Academy. The Fully Automated Course has always been very important to me of Intelligence and Espionage. Early in its the organizations you will be introduced (FAC) program allows students to be in and one I have considered to have the planning stages, Glen Diebold emerged to in both print and in the televised control of each step of the process. You potential to springboard this organization as the Dean of this new Institute. Within episodes. never have to wait for the course Director into greater arenas. the IOIE Carol Thompson took on the to e-mail packets, score your exams, or Directorship of the College of Intelligence The College of Intelligence in Media send you certifi cates. This program does I have a number of ideas to bring to in the Media (CIM), Jay Hurd assumed (CIM) covers the Spy Game as portrayed it automatically! this program, some of which you will be directorship of the College of Intelligence in Movies, on Television, and in Print. learning about as the year progresses, in Star Trek (CIT), and Glen Diebold British and American-made series and At the Fully Automated Courses, you will but, fi rst and foremost, we have free took the Directorship of the College of fi lms, some of them real classics from be able to register, view and/or download money to give to some well-deserving Intelligence Operations (CIO). the Cold War, will be offered. Oh, and the course manual, complete the course members out there. of COURSE there will be a whole school examination and have a customized The Institute of Intelligence and devoted to America’s favorite spy: James diploma presented to you to print or save Before we can make those awards, we Espionage opened the doors to the Bond! The School of Bond, James Bond is to a fi le. You’ll also be given the option need applications!!!! The application members of Starfl eet, Int’l. Within an pending, so keep checking back. to print out a copy of your answers for process is a fairly simple one. Visit http:// hour of it appearing on the website, the your fi les. academy.sfi.org/student/scholarship. IOIE received its fi rst student! The College of Military Intelligence shtml and download the application. If (CIM) is a future project that will cover Probably best of all, after you complete the latest edition of the application has In the Institute of Science Fiction, newly all aspects of Intelligence in the Armed the exam and once you hit the “Submit” not yet made it there, drop me an e-mail revamped Stargate SG1 courses opened Forces. There’s more to be revealed later key, you’ll have your results within and I’ll ship one your way personally! under the directorship of Dean Rogers. on. seconds! It’s fully automated, and entirely Get your recommendations, essay, and online!!! application to me in any one of the listed Truman Temple took over the Marine Unit The Institute is headed by Glen Diebold, manners in the application. This page Readiness Program with new incentives who many of you know from the College A comprehensive report will be sent also lists the available scholarships and for Marine Unit Participation. of Survival Studies. He is Commanding to the course Director, with the results describes to whom each is geared.

222222 JUNE/JULY 2006 - ISSUE 135 • STARFLEET COMMUNIQUÉ In May, the long-vacant position of Dean Jay Hurd took on the position of Director Science and many more. You can also what it is, and how you can achieve of the Institute of Leadership Studies of Starship Operations. see samples of Course Diplomas. the honor (ILS) was fi lled by Ron Novak. • Access Course Development Mike Morrow joined the College of Guidelines for those who have an If you don’t have an internet access, you The School of Accessibility reopened with Intelligence in Trek as an Assistant idea for a new course can contact Starfl eet Academy via surface Dana Marshall at the helm. Director. He will be administering the • Purchase Vouchers mail. Please see the current address in newly formed School of Intelligence • Print Application Forms the Starfl eet Directory in later pages of Jeff Salamon took over the directorship Analysis in Star Trek (SAT.) • Shop at the Academy Store this CQ. of the School of Online Chat. • Access the vast Course Catalog For those of you with Internet Access, • Check out the latest Academy News, Come and join us at Starfl eet Academy— Sam Black took over the job of Scholarship please log on to the Starfl eet Academy and truly the Jewel in Starfl eet’s Crown! Director. WebSite at: http://academy.sfi .org/ • Access Student Services • How to get a replacement SFA The Institute of Military Studies saw Here you can: Diploma/Certifi cate; Greg Staylor return as Dean. Greg has • Take a Tour of the Academy with • View a List of SFA Graduates; developed a fully-automated exam, popular Links • Access the SFA Stores - Both the grading and diploma program for students • Read the Academy Mission SFA Café Press and Carolyn Donner’s who want their results right away. It is • Contact Academy Staff embroidered shirts and other expected that more directors will take • Learn of Opening Positions Academy merchandise; advantage of the new program. • Sample exams such as Trek Humor; • Learn about SFA Scholarships; Alien Species; Vulcan Academy of • Learn about the SFA Red Squadron:

STARFLEET FLAG PROMOTIONS BDR Deborah Malotte, STARFLEET Director of Promotions • USS Normandy, R12

Congratulations to the following offi cers:

Fleet Captain Commodore Vice Admiral Brigadier Brigadier General Lieutenant General Captain Colonel Tracy Isquith Bob McCann Garrick Halverson Bob Chin Garrick Eppinger Matt Ingles J. Eric Davis Corey Grant Dean Andre Rogers Darlene Harper Ron Novak Steve Harper

Minimum TiG Scale Promotion Nomination other event. It is also a good idea to send Double-check everything: a separate email to promotions@sfi .org Double-check all addresses, names, (Effective January 1, 2003): Submission Tips to let me know if you have a deadline. numbers, and proof read the Nominee Qualifi cations. Captain/Colonel Submit promotion nominations Filling out the Nominee Qualifi cation 24 months Time in Fleet early: section: Give your contact info: Fleet Captain/Brigadier The SFI Promotions Department receives The most common reason a promotion Make sure you supply a phone number 18 months Time in Previous Rank many nominations for promotions. Please is denied by the Executive Committee is &/or email address for yourself….just in Commodore/Brigadier General try to plan ahead when nominating insuffi cient information in the promotion case the EC needs to reach you regarding 21 months Time in Previous Rank someone for a promotion to be awarded request. your Nomination. This can save weeks Rear Admiral/Major General at events. You need to allow enough or more of time. 24 months Time in Previous Rank time for processing, and EC deliberation The Nominee Qualifi cation section Vice Admiral/Lieutenant General (plus 1 week for mailing) in order to requires you to document, in your own If you have questions or need help drop 30 months Time in Previous Rank receive a promotion certifi cate in time for words, why you believe this nominee me a note at promotions@sfi .org. I’ll be Admiral/General an event. deserves the promotion at this time. happy to help in any way I can. 36 months Time in Previous Rank Be specifi c, and comment about each Submit promotion nominations as early contribution made by the nominee at Brigadier Deborah A. Malotte Other than Captain/Colonel, all increases as possible to ensure the certifi cate is the International, Regional, and Chapter STARFLEET Director of Promotions require that the nominee has the minimum received in time. If you submit your levels of STARFLEET. You can prepare TiG. In recognition of Extraordinary nomination 5 weeks (or earlier) prior to this ahead of time and paste it into the Service or Outstanding Performance of the event, you will have a better chance “Nominee Qualifi cations” area on the Duty, six months can be dropped from of receiving an answer to your request online form if you wish. the minimum TiG requirements. in time for the Summit, Conference, or

STARFLEET COMMUNIQUÉ • JUNE/JULY 2006 - ISSUE 135 2323 STARFLEET ANNUAL CAMPAIGN UPDATE ADM Marlene Miller • USS Renegade, R1 STARFLEET Annual Campaign Co-Director

The sweetest sound of all is the sound interested in joining a Star Trek fan club, Region 1 members saw a news article on CBS of praise. I was more than ready to say “YES!” SHUTTLE INDEPENDENCE went on news, showing a girl who is losing her By Helen Pawlowski several away missions including touring sight riding her horse across Mississippi I’d like to throw out an idea right here an old mill and historical area in the to raise money for the libraries on the We three have been trying for about – “Adopt” an elderly or disabled person. Smokey Mountain National Park and coast who lost all heir books as a result a year to make that sound – to praise Keep an eye on them – perhaps offer to visiting the Llama farm at Walnut Ridge. of hurricane Katrina. They immediately what we appreciate by reading what pick up a loaf of bread or a quart of milk USS ALARIC conducted an away team to started collecting books for he libraries you report each month. We made our when you shop. Check on their welfare. the Dead Sea Scrolls Exhibit at Discovery and will deliver them to Gulfport. So far fi rst recognition at the International The reason I mention this is because of Place in Charlotte, NC. They are also they have 600+ with hopes of a total Conference in San Antonio last year, by a story that appeared on St. Louis TV. sponsoring a Captain’s Day Art Contest around 1,000. This will be an ongoing publicly praising eight ships throughout One of the worst hail storms in history organized by the Alaric’s Recreation project with more books being donated the ‘Fleet that had made a difference hit a section of the city, causing property Offi cer. USS APPOTATTOX recruited at a later this year. USS LAGRANGE, USS in their community. One ship gathered damage – especially to auto dealers. museum in Danville, VA and as a result, LIBERATOR and USS RENEGADE crew books to create a library for a nursing Baseball sized hail pelted the area. have acquired some new members. helped host the R1 Summit in Akron, home that had none. I have fi rst-hand USS ASGARD went on an away mission Ohio. USS MAELSTROM crew volunteers knowledge of what it’s like to be in that A diabetic – subject to diabetic shock to Arlington National Cemetery in with local Science Center and collects situation. I spent two weeks in a nursing – was sitting in a chair on her patio. She Washington, D.C. and to a casino in coupons for the Starfl eet Overseas home after heart surgery several years was actually in a diabetic shock and didn’t Wheeling, WV. USS COLUMBUS collected Coupon Project (OCP). USS OHIO helped ago, and personally know how a book can react when the storm struck. A neighbor, canned good for a charity drive. USS man the STARFLEET recruiting table at shorten the long hours between Physical looking out her window, noticed that the GALLIFREY attended VULKON Science Vulkon. USS PIDE OF SCOTLAND crew Therapy (P.T.) and meals. Another ship woman wasn’t responding to the storm, Fiction Convention and volunteered donated goods to Goodwill and “God’s was (and still is) conducting a food grabbed her husband and ran next door. to work duty shifts at the STARFLEET Kitchen” soup kitchen. Members attended panty from the CO’s home – Feeding the By dragging the unconscious woman recruiting table during the entire R1 Summit. USS RENEGADE away team Community. into her house and alerting medical weekend. Two members won “BEST attended Vulkon and co-hosted the R1 assistance, they saved her life. It doesn’t OF SHOW” in the costume contest and Summit in Akron. Member attended the All of the ships recognized gave their take much to be a hero. not to be outdone, other crewmembers Holocaust Remembrance Day at local time and attention to their community, won ribbons and autographs for their Jewish Community Center. Crew donated and in so doing, created good press for There’s just one more thing I’d like to efforts. Several crewmates were items to Angels for Animals Flea Market STARFLEET. Consider the Monthly Status say – at the IC 2005 we were asked to photographed with ‘Trek celebrities. The and Veterans of Foreign Wars rummage Reports. We have praised Salvation Army increase STARFLEET membership by crew attended the R1 Summit where sale and is sending 2 more boxes to our Bell Ringers, highway and other clean-up 10%. In the 70s there was a movement Fleet Captain T.B. Heffner and Lt. A.E. Troops in Iraq. USS STAR LEAGUE away crews, participants in various walks or called “Each one Teach One”. I’d like to Heffner conducted a 50-minute panel team to Kennedy Space Center. runs for charities, blood drives – actions borrow that idea and say, “Each one entitled “Special Research, Paranormal of a few reaching out to many. We have REACH One”. If each one of us interested Investigations”. They presented their Region 2 also tried to recognize the ways ships and recruited just ONE person, we could professional experience on how to begin ISS MacARTHUR crew participated in are having fun – movie nights, cook- double our membership. Don’t assume such a department, how to investigate Plant City’s Relay for Life, collected funds outs, inter-ship gathering. But… We that a membership committee will do paranormal activities, and how to for TBAN (Tampa Bay Aids Network). need more. We need to hear from YOU the job – be a membership committee present gathered evidence from their USS GASPARILLA attended Tampa Bay – ideas that cost nothing but your time. of one! previous cases through the years. USS Renaissance Festival. USS HAISE crew Ideas we can share – that show the HEIMDAL held their 22nd Anniversary completed several painting projects for community that we are THERE and we’re GO GET ‘EM!! Party. Aside from conducting a drawing Community Stewpot Teen Center. USS not just a bunch of geeks who play at for a free STARFLEET membership, MYRDDIN participated in ACS Relay for being in space. You can reach the Annual Campaign at won by member Kathy Beck, they were Life. the following addresses: entertained by a local magician. They If you do something – highway trash pick- held a bake sale consisting of baked Region 3 up for an example, take pictures. Write Helen Pawlowski goods made from recipes from HEIMDAL’s USS ARK ANGEL had an away team a short blurb explaining your activity, 4837 Germania St. cookbook “Taste Trek” which they offer at the Fort Worth Zoo. USS AURORA send it to us and we’ll see that it gets St. Louis, MO 63116 for sale. USS HORNET member Carolyn VULCANUS crew enjoyed Easter and submitted to the CQ staff. That’s not all Peters went to Mississippi with a group Passover. SS MAVERICK served per- we want – we want you to come up with Sherry Anne Newell from her church, to assist Katrina victims. Easter dinner at the station’s charity, new ideas – for fun, for involvement, for 5 NW 40th USS INTREPID had an away team attend The Ronald McDonald House. Forty-fi ve favorable recognition. Newell, OK 73505-4911 Vulkon in Cleveland. USS JAMESTOWN families of some pretty sick kids had the crew was busy with away teams, picnics, comforts of a home-cooked holiday meal. We need to advertise ourselves. Good Marlene Miller casino nights and a March of Dimes Walk USS BEXAR crew members participated deeds and favorable interaction with the 461 Harmony Lane America. USS JURASSIC had a very in the Susan Koman Race for the Cure community is one way. Getting into the Campbell, Ohio 44405-1212 busy crew. Several members attended (breast cancer) in San Antonio. This news – you know, the throw-away papers [email protected] R1 Summit in Akron, Ohio. Sharon marks the 40th anniversary of Star Trek they pitch on your lawn – is another. Just Russell cut her hair (11”) and donated it and the crew has pledged to continue to be sure that you are a visible group. Wear And now we’re happy to present the to “Locks of Love” which takes hair and promote its philosophy, ideals and spirit ship or STARFLEET shirts of uniforms. chapter activities which we’ve chosen makes wigs for cancer patients, primarily through their deeds. Ongoing project That’s how I got into STARFLEET. A to feature in this CQ. These were taken children. Members volunteer their time is collecting stuffed animals for the EMS bunch of people in “Monster Maroons” primarily from the March and April 2006 and donate blood at the local Red Cross Trauma Buddy program. The stuffed kept showing up at local conventions and MSRs. Keep up the EXCELLENT work! Blood Center. Ongoing Afghan Project animals will be given to the San Antonio caught her Eye. They looked so sharp as well as making baby blankets, booties chapter of the American Red Cross who and presentable I thought they were part and beanies is going strong. USS KITTY shares them with the San Antonio Fire of the show. When one of their number HAWK had a yard sale to benefi t the and Police departments. USS FIREBIRD approached me and asked if I was Women’s Center of Wake County. Crew assists with the Harris County Pets. USS

242424 JUNE/JULY 2006 - ISSUE 135 • STARFLEET COMMUNIQUÉ JOAN OF ARC held an Easter egg hunt Philadelphia Zoo. USS INFERNO had a Region 13 USS TIBURON and USS ANASAZI. USS for the residents of Ronald McDonald cook-out, attended Camp Dover Peace USS BANTING crew members went ALIOTH crew participated in the March of House. Crew participated for the 12th Conference. USS JAGUAR crewmember bowling. USS HADFIELD had a general Dimes Walk American for the 20th year in year in a row, in the KEDT Auction and is taking courses in Starfl eet Academy. meeting with Star Trek UNO as the a row! Crew was “thanked and told that Pledge drive. Uniforms were worn. USS USS JUSTICE was invited by the Trenton activity of choice. USS WHITE STAR it was great to have volunteers that could REGULATOR crew attended Region 3 Zoo Computer Festival to share a table with members attended PenguiCon 3.0. be trusted with duties of a more serious Trip. the USS AVENGER crew. USS MATRIX nature.” USS ANASAZI attended StarFest USS TEJAS crew continues collecting crew is working on RPG Handbook. USS Region 15 with above chapters and had a “very pennies for the “Mile of Pennies”, and NIAGARA away team attended Vulkon in SS IAN FLEMING crew attended the R15 enjoyable weekend”. USS MOONTYPE coupons for the OCP. They’re also Cleveland, OH and R1 Summit in Akron, Summit held in Seabrook, NH. A fantastic production continues at Utopia Planitia contributing to the Humane Society and OH. The crew voted to approve the local time was had by all! “Every year we do shipyards with the building of model of First Step. Newspapers are donated to Cancer Research Hospital as their ship’s this and it provides us all with a feeling the MOONTYPE. Plans are underway to the Wichita County Humane Society and charity. USS NORTHSTAR launched new of friendship and togetherness like no have the ship model unveiled for people aluminum cans for the Warbarger County mission as Region 7’s newest Correy other.” USS ANIBIS crew gathered for to touch and see at a meeting which Humane Society as well as for the Wichita Chapter. USS OSIRIS crew attended Easter dinner. Attended R15 Summit will be held at the American Council of County Humane Society. the NORTHSTAR’s recommissioning and was offi cially commissioned as a The Blind National Convention. Excerpts as a Correy Chapter. Crew took shore STARFLEET starship. Ops Jack Eaton from episodes of the various Star Trek Region 4 leave to attend a movie. USS TOP GUN presented a bottle of champagne for our series will promote discussion of how USS BATTLEBORN held a garage sale crew visited the Air & Space Museum in 1st anniversary party. USS ATLANTIS they portray an idealistic future and fundraiser for March of Dimes and Washington, DC. attended R15 Summit. USS AVALON crew how they refl ect current perspectives of participated in the March of Dimes walk. volunteers time and distributes donated disability and how others perceive and USS ANGELFIRE hosted its 1st First Aid Region 9 goods to the AVALON Food Bank which interact with the disabled. Crew member and CPR class. USS CENTURION collected USS EUROPE crew members are very offi cially reopened in a new location. Food attended the StarFest Science Fiction pop top tabs for Ronald McDonald House. active in the Starfl eet Academy. is distributed every Sunday from 11 am media Convention in Denver. They USS EAGLE crew had a fi eld trip to Santa – 2 pm. EMERGENCY food is distributed recruited two visually impaired science Cruz. USS ONIZUKA crew had away trips Region 10 on an “as needed” basis any day of the fi ction fans. USS OMEGA GLORY crew to the Amarillo Museum of Art, Amarillo SHUTTLE BONDAR crew continues to week to needy families. Bulk food pick attended StarFest 2006. They attended Zoo, Cadillac Ranch and the Pioneer- hold a weekly “Meat Raffl e” which raises up from the distribution warehouse for Tae Kwon Do classes, a Cave Rescue Plains Museum. USS STORMBRINGER funds for charity. Southern Maine. The Bonny Eagle High Seminar, NWS Weather Spotter Class and attended Star Fest 2006 where they School Quest Club which is sponsored went hiking. USS TIBURON continues hosted a recruitment party. They netted Region 12 by the AVALON meets weekly. Members to work on many community service and two new members to STARFLEET. SHUTTLE CHIAGO crew is collecting attended a gaming night fundraiser region projects. Members continue to be items for donation to the Cell Phones benefi ting the Wayside Food Program active not only TIBURON events but also Region 5 for Soldiers organization. USS ANTONIO which helps stock the AVALON Food in activities of other Regional chapters. SHUTTLE THERMOPYLAE was launched. MARIA VALSALVA is here and having fun! Pantry. USS HOOD attended R15 Summit. Attended StarFest 2006. USS WIND Crew attended the Walk America rally in USS CELT hosting and attending R12 Crew members were recognized for 10 SPIRIT had a “wonderful and windy” Kennewick, WA. SS GREY WOLF crew Summit. USS CLAYMORE crew continues and 15 year service. USS KASIMAR is annual anniversary picnic at the Bear held SciFi nights and camped out in a to work on Operation Iraqi Children working on building a wheelchair ramp Creek Park in Colorado Springs. member’s horse arena under the stars. Project. USS DISCOVERY crew helped at the home of one of their crew. USS USS CRUSADER attended Campbell staff ShowMeCon IV and had two away NELSON crew attended R15 Summit and Region 20 House Tour which is a turn-of-the 20th missions to a new nearby winery. USS donated plenty of items to donate to ISS SARATOGA crew held a social century mansion, and the Cheney Cowles DRAGONSTRIKE crew began collecting this year’s charity. Thus far, their OCP event for St. George’s Day which was Museum which is next door. USS DESTINY food and clothing for the local food totals for 2006 are well over 46K. USS attended by members of a local Star Gate crew took part in the McMenamins UFO pantries and homeless shelters, as well O’BANNON crew had a Movie Matinee. organization. SHUTTLE BRITANNIA crew parade and festival in McMinnville, as continuing collecting pop tabs for local $250 was donated to a local Walkathon. member is attending Starfl eet Academy. OR. USS RUBICON crewmembers Ronald McDonald House for Cancer. USS The crew attended R15 Summit where and R5 RC attended the launch of the HEXUM crew is continuing to recycle and “good times with old friends were had by And that’s it this time, from our very SHUTTLE THERMOPYLAE in Seattle WA. collecting stamps. Attended and helped all”. They were joined by a member of active… very Fun, Friendship and Participated in the March of Dimes Walk at ShowMeCon. Crewmember donated the USS ARES to play Star Wars RPG. Fellowship oriented crews! Keep up the America. much-needed and requested paper goods great work and submit PICTURES to the to support Brim Shire, a camp for the Region 17 CQ Staff! Share the fun. Region 6 disabled and special needs youth which SHUTTLE TOMAHAWK members attended USS IMPERIUM crew went to see a is the charity pick of ShowMeCon. USS StarFest in Denver, with members of planetarium showing of “Hubble Vision”. JEANNETTE MADDOX crew had an away the USS OMEGA GLORY, USS PIONEER, USS SAINT GEORGE is collecting coupons mission to see Ice Age 2. They raised for OCP, donating blood and doing $1,100 at Bowl for Kids Sake benefi t Big community service. USS THUNDERCHILD Brothers and Sisters. USS MORNING crew celebrates their 14th anniversary in STAR crew sent several hundred dollars Custer, S.D. in OCP to adopted base in Sigonella, Italy. Crew donated many hours to Come watch Region 7 charity volunteering including hospital ISS LEXINGTON MSG 714 continues to work, street feeding (fed 120), donating history be supply the Overseas Coupon Program food and clothing to the Salvation Army, Naval Station Rota Spain, with $1,000 in clipping stamps and BC UPCs, recycling made again in coupons per month. ISS PHILADELPHIA for Food for the Poor, caring for the aged crew participated in Annual Chili Cook- dog / preparing food to help an elderly Philadelphia. off (YUM!!). USS ALBANY went bowling neighbor, and collecting and delivering to and attended an event at the Baseball Ronald McDonald House their quarterly Hall of Fame in Cooperstown, NY. USS total of aluminum tabs. A total so far, ASCENSION crew attended Mosquito Con for 2006 is 365 lbs! USS PHOENIX crew STARFLEET ’06 in NJ. CO attended USS ADAMANT is fi nalizing “Earth Day” booth. USS meeting. USS AVENGER raised a glass of SUNFLOWER crew continues clipping International bloodwine in memory of Ann Marie Reilly. coupons which is the crew’s main project. USS CHALLENGER crew member made Sent 9 packages of food, gloves, socks, Conference 2006 a signifi cant contribution to the pull tab books and letters from children to an collection for kidney dialysis. USS FLYING Army base in Iraq for as many soldiers it www.ic2006.org FOX members taking courses in Starfl eet can accommodate. Academy, and took an away trip to the

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RDC Science Panel

Beautiful, alluring, irresistible Orion Slave Girl! (Played by Janice Graham)

Mirror Mirror Universe On The Wall...

ARDC and RDC Sciences of Region One.

John H. Glenn display at the NASA Glenn Research Center Visitor Center.

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LT Jeff Jones bowls as ICV Heghnach member betaj K’Tarra (Amber Captain Ksimka sutai-Ki’RK (Debbie French) and Reserve Member James Kindler. Thompson) and LT Baral K’oveD (Jim McClure) watches.

Captain Ksimka sutai-Ki’RK (Debbie French), LT Jeff Jones, Captain Ksimka sutai-Ki’RK (Debbie French), LT Jeff Jones, and ICV Heghnach LT Baral K’oveD (Jim McClure), and ICV Heghnach member betaj member betaj K’Tarra (Amber Thompson) watches as K’Tarra (Amber Thompson) playing miniature golf. LT Baral K’oveD (Jim McClure) putts.

STARFLEET COMMUNIQUÉ • JUNE/JULY 2006 - ISSUE 135 2727 THE USS ARK ANGEL (FR-1889) AND FRIENDS VISIT THE USS TEXAS (BB-35) COMM Jeffrey A. Webb • USS Ark Angel, R3

0550, 6 June 1944 - The quiet morning the humidity in the bayou air making is broken by the thundering report of ten it seem warmer still. It was a relief to fourteen-inch cannons, fi ring from the enter Casemate 10, former home of a 5” United States Battleship Texas, BB-35. gun battery and currently home to the Seventy men crew each of her fi ve main males of the overnight stay, to fi nd it air- turrets, sporting the massive cannons conditioned. This I assure you is a new whose operation requires the presence development since the Texas became a of a 1,400lb shell and four 80lb bags museum. Our ladies were packed off to of powder. It is at this moment that the the Offi cers Wardroom. Women, you see, dichotomy of the old world and the new get to sleep in Offi cer’s Country aboard that typifi ed The Great War of 1914-1918 the USS Texas while the men stick to the lived on in USS Texas - a battle veteran enlisted spaces. Women are also never, of what had become known as the First ever asked to stand fi rewatch, so ladies, World War hurling her fury toward the make sure to sign up for our return trip. French coast in the Second. For each They’ll treat you right royal. massive shell fi red, men manually handled the shells with the help of hoist and Our tour began just outside Casemate tray equipment. The powder bags were 10, with a briefi ng on the cafeteria. USS heaved by muscle power onto the loading Texas put to sea in 1914 with one of trey, and two men per cannon wielded the fi rst all-electric kitchens anywhere. a wooden ramrod to shove the 320lbs This was a defi nite innovation since of powder into the cannon breech. Like parts of the US on dry land had not yet their ancestors aboard the ships-of-the- been reached with electricity. We found line in the Age of Sail, once the exertion that there was no crew mess, you ate of the loaders was fi nished, the gunners where you slept. To demonstrate, Chuck placed a primer in the cannon. Unlike showed us a crew space where the bunks the loose-powder primers of Trafalgar, were folded up and a table and benches this was a device not unlike a shotgun trip to my great grandfather, who as a fi tting for the only Battleship anywhere in set up for the crew. He then pointed to shell- the Bluejacket’s Manual of 1917 coxswain of a landing craft aboard the the world that had survived both World an overhead rack- and there were the even identifi es it as having been made by USS Napa in 1945. When I mentioned Wars. In the Second World War, she had same table and benches, folded up and Winchester! Primer placed, the gunners the Texas, he told me he had seen her participated in Europe, Africa and the hanging from the ceiling! Each group rush to train the gun toward its target, off Iwo Jima, and again off Okinawa, and Pacifi c. This deep blue party dress the of crewmen folded their bunks, set up this time employing the technological as her cannons fi red at the beaches the lady had donned was the same she had their tables and ate. For most of the aids of electricity and hydraulic power. heat wave of the shells headed for the worn off Iwo Jima, and Okinawa. As we ship’s life, a mess steward brought the The massive gun tubes laid, the trigger island targets could be felt on the back trudge up the gangway, I can see more food in metal serving pans, but for the was pulled- but the cannons waited of one’s neck as one waited for the fl ag than one crewmember marveling at the last two years of service the Texas had a patiently for the electrical signal from to drop - the signal to gun the engine size of the vessel, the grandeur of her cafeteria line port and starboard, making the ship’s gyroscope far below them to and head for the beach. Papa’s stories massive main battery, the belligerent the feeding of over 1,800 enlisted crew a let them know that the USS Texas had seem more vivid now that I’ve completed beauty of her myriad antiaircraft weapons whole lot easier! Catching the eye of our reached the roll and pitch computed as more of my studies toward my degree in still pointing skyward, as if to ward off esteemed Deputy Commandant of the zero for the aiming calculations, which history, and even more so as I catch a anyone who would do her visitors harm. SFMC, BGN Aaron Murphy, were the two were done with a mechanical-electric Mk glimpse of the radar turning slowly atop At the brow stood a Battleship Texas 80-gallon coffee urns. Since the US Navy 51 Gun Director in the fi ghting top more the foremast over the trees. We cannot Volunteer wearing the crows of a Second was (theoretically) a ‘dry’ Navy, a cup of than a hundred and ten feet above the see the Texas from where we’re standing Class Boatswain’s Mate. I watched with Joe was the next best thing. 80 gallons waterline. With a unique combination of thanks to a ridge that runs next to her pride as the crew each saluted smartly of coffee could almost hold BGN Murphy muscle, sweat, electricity and powder, slip, and the location of the restroom and and requested permission to come over until lunch...Chuck told us the the USS Texas began to bark 14” shells gift shop building. We met our guide, aboard. Once we had all boarded the phrase “cup of Joe” actually came from at Pointe Du Hoe until 0624, by which Chuck Moore, an Air Force veteran and vessel, we walked across her pine decks, the US Navy’s banishment of alcohol, time two hundred and fi fty-fi ve of the volunteer aboard the USS Texas for dodging between anti-aircraft batteries, which came at the behest of Josephus massive shells had pounded the German 19.5 years. The 342nd Regiment falls around capstans, and under the massive Daniels, Secretary of the Navy. Hence a gun emplacements. into formation, with SGM Tony Walker guns of number three turret, until we ‘cup of Joe’. forming the troops for COL Randi Spears. stood on a relatively open area of the 1800, 13 May 2006 - The crew of the USS There’s a quick reminder of the proper deck just forward to the mainmast on the We moved aft of the cafeteria and crossed Ark Angel, joined by some of our friends protocol for boarding a Navy vessel. starboard side. At this point, the 342nd the ship to port, and found ourselves in from the SS Freedom Three and USS Chuck explains the process of saluting Regiment fell into formation once again, the Marine spaces. The Marine company Rhyanna, stood in the shadow of the trees the offi cer of the deck and requesting and all hands straightened to attention as of the USS Texas had their bunks in on the San Jacinto battleground awaiting permission to board. We’ve been over SGM Walker, SSGT Matthew Wabindato an area open to the main passageway our time to board the USS Texas. I must this bit of protocol before we even left and LCPL Cody Wyatt ran the STARFLEET fore and aft on the port side. The First admit that although I’ve stepped onto home, in anticipation of this moment. colors up the mainmast. The azure and Sergeant had his own offi ce with a bed her decks on more than one occasion, The time to board has come, and SGM silver of the Fleet fl ag looked as if it of his own - no bunkmates. Our SFMC there was a sense of excitement on Walker follows the Regiment out to join were entangled in the rigging, when with members were distracted a bit by the this trip not previously felt. Perhaps it’s the Fleet personnel in our route march, a snap it unfurled itself and began to display of M-1 Garand rifl es from WWII. because I’m older; perhaps because I laden with sleeping gear, to the vessel. billow. Our salute dropped and we went Moving forward, we entered Offi cer’s know more about where this vessel had below to the rooms that would be our Country and were treated to a view of an been, what she and her crew had done. As we emerged from the tree canopy, the berths for the night aboard the ship. The ‘average’ offi cer’s stateroom. Folks the It reminds me of my last visit, before superstructure of the USS Texas towers fi rst thing most of us noted was the steep room was only deep enough for the bunk which I had spoken of the impending above us like a skyline. Her Measure 21 incline of the ladderways down into the to fi t, with drawers etc. under it for the blue paint gave her an air of majesty second deck. The ship was warm, with

282828 JUNE/JULY 2006 - ISSUE 135 • STARFLEET COMMUNIQUÉ storage of clothing and uniforms. There Some lucky crew, who slept in their work was a bookshelf over the bed, and a desk spaces, sometimes got twin or three- with a chair. A sink and mirror completed high bunks. All the bunks folded up, the room. Not exactly Captain Picard’s and nearby were always the tiny lockers quarters, or even Captain Archer’s. We into which every item a sailor owned are told that the occupant of this room had to be fi t. Clothing had to be folded from 1943-1945 is still living, and that he quite neatly if everything was going to visits the ship yearly. The volunteer staff get in there- and perhaps there would unlocked the room for him and allow him be space for a book. The ship’s laundry to arrange it any way he wishes. was our next stop, where we learned that the uniform of the day for laundry The Dental Offi ce was next on the tour. personnel was shorts and shoes- it was Mr. Moore tells us this is almost the last HOT! For $0.25 the crew could have their place a crewman wanted to be at sea. laundry done and if this seems trivial, The dentist had to have a VERY steady perhaps it’s good to note what Chuck hand indeed! Most of the things you see told us about the ship having this facility. in a modern dentist offi ce were here, Before the USS Texas, and her sister the albeit older versions. The chair, sink and New York, US ships hadn’t actually had X-ray machine were all 1940s vintage. It laundry facilities. Crewmen washed their was quite something to see! Down the uniforms in a bucket, or whatever was corridor was the disbursing offi ce - the handy. Damp, not quite clean clothing Bank of the USS Texas. Sailors were paid was the norm, and the inclusion of the here, and the ship’s funds, used to secure laundry actually prompted the Captain supplies at foreign ports, was stored here to write the Secretary of the Navy to as well. The USS Texas had over a million praise the laundry facility - it cut down dollars on hand for such purposes - this on crewmen on the sick list! back in the time when a Seaman First The Marines of the 342ND MSG Class made $66 a month. The General Almost completely to the fantail now, we work, inspections, et al. Even aircraft Storekeeper’s offi ce was next, with the see the crew’s washroom - and the water Now down we go to the Third Deck, operations. The USS Texas was the fi rst canteen just aft. These offi ces were the still works! The ship volunteers wash up where we see the Brig. Boy does THIS US Navy vessel of any kind to launch ship’s general store, where all manner here in the same place the sailors did look like an unpleasant place to stay. You an aircraft in 1919. Talk about history! of goods could be purchased, from shoe when the ship was in service. Showers didn’t get a chair, or a bed- or ‘facilities’. We bedded down in Casemate 10, and polish to reading material. Inboard of the were a very different affair than what You got a bucket, and if the Master at LTJG John Halliday and his wife Frida canteen was a favorite stop of the WWII we’re used to, since it was important to Arms liked you, maybe a mattress. The got a special treat the 342nd would have sailor- the soda fountain! A vintage Coca conserve fresh water. Get wet, lather up, cells were tiny, with no lights inside relished- sleeping in the Marine space! Cola fountain stands here, and every day and get washed off. Aft of the washroom them, and a solid steel door with some CAPT Jess Naumann joined them later as the crew would make ice cream from a was the Water Closet, or head. The toilets ventilation holes. One sailor was put the rest of the males fought to sleep in the powdered mix. A dime got you a serving were trough-like affairs with wooden in here for fi fteen days for stealing Fig warm, cramped bunks. One thing is for in a paper cup - and everyone had to wait seats affi xed to them. Salt water ran the Newton’s! Talk about harsh punishment... sure - next time, I’ll take Mister Halliday’s in line, Captain or Seaman! One story length of these troughs constantly, and Many of the spaces on this deck are advice and get a top bunk! Every time about a soda fountain on a fl agship had Chuck tells us a common practical joke unfi nished, so down, down we go into CAPT Butch Sthele of the USS Rhyanna two young Ensigns trying to pull rank to was to light some toilet paper and drop the engineering spaces. The USS Texas rolled over, I got his elbow in my gut! get their ice cream, and told by an angry it in the trough, to give a hot bottom had triple-expansion reciprocating steam Those bunks were close. My XO, CMDR Admiral Halsey, who was ahead of them to those seated downfl ow from the engines, and the gearheads among us Scott McKinlay, had a much easier time on in line with the enlisted crew, that they’d culprit! Next, on to the Clipping Room. had a fi eld day when they realized the 83” the upper bunk. We took turns standing just have to wait their turn like everyone This room housed crewmen who spent circular piece of metal we were looking at fi re watch, with my shift being shared else. their time placing 20mm and 40mm anti- was the cylinder head! SSGT Wabindato with LT Gary Augenstein, whose US Air aircraft ammunition into magazines for was heard to comment “This thing’s got Force training in the 80s all came back Moving aft, we were shown more crew the feeding of the AA guns. Dull work, a Hemi!” Each of the two three-story to him. I gotta say I was unprepared for spaces. Everywhere on the fi rst two and quickly used up if the ship went into engines was a steam-powered marvel, a formal report on the state of the crew decks that wasn’t Offi cer’s Country action- since the cannons could fi re 160 producing 28,100 horsepower. That’s when I awoke at 0540 to relieve him. The seemed to have bunks, usually four high. rounds in a minute! 67 1/2 2006 Mustang GTs, for the car Battleship volunteers woke the crew with USS Texas Volunteer Chuck Moore Shows Off His Ship enthusiasts out there. At top speed the yells of “Reveille, reveille, reveille!” and USS Texas could make 22.5 knots- over the rattling of cans full of bolts. I’m glad I 25 miles per hour, which was a pretty was up and dressed. Time for breakfast, good clip for a nearly 600-foot long ship. and the topside tour. The engine spaces show us why it’s so important to secure funding for the The USS Ark Angel crew fell into formation upkeep of this fl oating museum. Pump and saluted proudly as our Color Guard hoses snake far below us into the inner raised the national color over the ship to bottom, fi ghting to keep her dry despite the strains of the National Anthem. The several hull breeches. The engines Texas Shoot-Out occurred, where we had themselves, National Engineering Historic two crews each man a 3” anti-aircraft Landmarks and the largest of their kind gun and see which was faster in training ever mounted in a US Battleship, are in their gun on target. CMDR Lloyd Bates need of attention. Rust is the eternal and CR Robin Grace manned the gun for enemy, and it is here that we fi rst get a the Fleet, while LCPL Jessie Hench and real idea of what it will take to preserve PVT Sarah Jones manned a gun for The this ship for future generations. In the Regiment. It was a close thing, but the North Atlantic, the average temperature Fleet outgunned the Marines. Lots of in here was 89 degrees. Imagine what it training in order to fi x this on the next trip, was like in the South Pacifi c! says SGM Walker. Up the superstructure to the Navigation Bridge. Once inside, After the engine room tour, its snack the crew called out a hearty “Captain on time and a short movie shot in the the Bridge!” as I entered. So pleased with 1930s aboard the USS Texas. We see what life was like for a sailor in the post- WWI and Pre-WWII eras. Sports, hard Continued Next Page

STARFLEET COMMUNIQUÉ • JUNE/JULY 2006 - ISSUE 135 2929 myself was I, that I walked right over and of the original artwork. So much history, turret directors to wear headphones and a What have I left out...nearly everything! placed my hand on the helm- a defi nite it’s sad that it all cannot be restored. voice-powered telephone rig. LCDR Reed So much went on this weekend, it’d take no-no according to our tour guide! Bates is surprised when Chuck picks up an entire issue of Communiqué to even Down on the deck went I, knocking out Chuck takes us inside the Number One a 5” shell, telling us the 65-pound shell scratch the surface. What I can say is pushups to pay for my transgression. Turret to see how the big boys play. Now, is quite heavy, but then tosses it casually that we had a great time, stopped at a Even a Commodore can rate disciplinary the rest of the ship save the sleeping to her. Turns out this was a prop cast for lot of Whataburgers, and even survived PT when he screws up. From the Bridge spaces had been HOT, but this was like the fi lming of Pearl Harbor! Down to the a vehicular casualty. We’re going back. we got to see the Captain’s cabin. The a sauna. LTJG Halliday commented that Wardroom, where we marvel at the ship’s And in addition, we’re planning overnight Captain alone among the crew of the we needed to throw some water on the silver service, and the resplendent settings trips to the carrier USS Lexington, the Texas had his own galley- and a bathtub! rocks. We got a great explanation of at which the offi cers ate - a far cry from destroyer escort USS Stewart, and the No Navy showers for the Skipper, if he how the guns fi red, as mentioned at the the folding tables and cafeteria lines of submarine USS Cavalla. Come join us so chose. The Captain’s dining room was beginning of this article. It was humbling the crew! Once more into formation, and if you can! And don’t forget the other furnished with original items, including a to stand next to these great cannons, we receive our “graduation” diplomas. wonderful museum ships all around the conference table, chairs, a roll-top desk, now silenced, and imagine what it must The men are Old Salts, and the women country- and the world! HMS Victory, USS sofa, and electric fan with a decorative have been like when the ship was in Battleship Sailors. Now it’s time to gather Missouri, USS Pampanito, IJN Mikasa... “USN” medallion in the center. A beautiful action... gear and report offboard. CMDR McKinlay Check out the USS Olympia this year model of the ship sat in the center of the is appointed Offi cer of the Deck, and we at IC! And if you can, please donate to table. We are told that just a few years Now we get to see some of the equipment must all salute and ask his permission to the upkeep of these wonderful pieces of earlier, the ceiling of this compartment the crew used. CMDR McKinlay tries on leave the ship. I guess my salute wasn’t history- not just for their contribution to had been compromised by rust, and the “XO” helmet, and LCPL Hench wears snappy enough, I was denied- along with military history, but for their naval and water had damaged the entire room. something that looks like an Imperial COL Spears and SGM Walker. We had to maritime histories as well! Sadly, a beautiful hand-painted map of Gunner’s helmet from Star Wars. It’s not try again. And again. Guess who’s not everywhere the Texas had steamed has too far from the truth: this oversized “Brain getting a very good effi ciency report this been lost to time, all but about a quarter Bucket” was used to allow the anti-aircraft tour...

303030 JUNE/JULY 2006 - ISSUE 135 • STARFLEET COMMUNIQUÉ STARFLEET SOCIETY Birthdays Chapter Anniversaries

1-Jun, R-01 - USS Jamestown, Schreck, Jason (27) 2-Jun, R-01 - USS Hornet, Charlotte, North Carolina (19) 2-Jun, R-02 - USS Draco, Whatley, Jimmy (41) 2-Jun, R-04 - USS Peacekeeper, Visalia, California (12) 2-Jun, R-07 - USS Archer, Milan, Lauren (31) 4-Jun, R-03 - SS Freedom III, Euless, Texas (13) 5-Jun, R-10 - USS Crystal Star, Eddy, Leah M (78) 4-Jun, R-12 - USS Hellfi re & Brimstone, Topeka, Kansas (8) 6-Jun, R-07 - USS Accord, Anbinder, Mark H (39) 4-Jun, R-15 - USS Avalon, Standish, Maine (5) 7-Jun, R-01 - SS Nikola Tesla, Rayburn, Jill (39) 5-Jun, R-01 - USS Normandy, (Correspondence) (7) 9-Jun, R-07 - USS Northstar, Goldberg, Gordon Lloyd (42) 5-Jun, R-04 - ISS Pegasus, Las Vegas, Nevada (10) 12-Jun, R-01 - USS Hell’s Fury, Torres, Robert (38) 5-Jun, R-15 - USS Kasimar, Bangor, Maine (2) 14-Jun, R-07 - USS Edinburgh, Rosenberg, Chuck (42) 10-Jun, R-03 - USS Lone Star, Lubbock, Texas (11) 15-Jun, R-05 - USS Rubicon, Wallace, Chris (36) 10-Jun, R-03 - USS Victory, San Antonio, Texas (11) 15-Jun, R-04 - USS Stormbringer, Reinholz, Monika (26) 11-Jun, R-02 - USS Triumph, Davie, Florida (16) 17-Jun, R-07 - USS Asimov, Lessem, Martin A (29) 13-Jun, R-01 - Shuttle Odin’s Fury, Orlando, Florida (1) 17-Jun, R-07 - USS Flying Fox, Avery, Raven (11) 14-Jun, R-07 - USS Osiris, New York, New York (10) 18-Jun, R-06 - USS Saint George, Webster, Tom (39) 16-Jun, R-01 - USS Starward Fury, Fayetteville, North Carolina (16) 21-Jun, R-02 - USS Dauntless, Fields, Nancy (66) 17-Jun, R-13 - USS Maquis, Livonia, Michigan (5) 23-Jun, R-17 - USS Mir, Kern Jr, Philip “Jack” (54) 21-Jun, R-07 - USS Avenger, North Brunswick, New Jersey (21) 26-Jun, R-12 - USS Dragonstrike, Orem Maye 23-Jun, R-01 - USS Wasp, Bristol, Virginia (16) 23-Jun, R-07 - USS DeBraak, Dover, Delaware (3) Anniversaries 24-Jun, R-04 - Shuttle Albion, London, UK (1) 26-Jun, R-17 - Shuttle Aztec, Albuquerque, New Mexico (1) 2-Jun, R-12 - USS Morning Star, Carl B. O’Daniel and Larry W. Jones (35) 27-Jun, R-07 - USS Albany, Guilderland, New York (16) 2-Jun, R-02 - USS Spiritwalker, Self, John W and Jeanette (51) 7-Jun, R-02 - USS Spiritwalker, Magann, Colin and Lindie (9) 19-Jun, R-12 - USS Dragonstrike, DuBose, John and Norma (3) 24-Jun, R-02 - ISS Macarthur, Ryan, David and Leslie (16)

WHERE’S THE BEEF? IT’S AT THE SHUTTLE BONDAR’S MEAT RAFFLE! CAPT Loraleigh Graves • Shuttle Bondar, R10

Captain Loraleigh Graves here, reporting the two local charities supported by this in from Shuttle Bondar in Region 10. chapter.

On March 18 / 06, Shuttle Bondar Each and every Saturday for the next embarked on a new mission called “Meat year, Shuttle Bondar’s crew will be found Raffl e”, an adventure to raise funds for at the Chase River Arms Pub in Nanaimo, working a “Meat Raffl e” from 1 P.M. to 4 P.M. where they sell tickets and raffl e off packages of fresh cuts of meat.

The returns from this endeavor are far more refreshing and profi table than any other fund raiser this club has ever tried. The unbelievable response from the public and the respect shown for our club and its efforts to assist charity is beyond anything we have ever encountered before.

Comments to the effect of “Hey, Trekkies aren’t all kooks! They’re real people helping real people!” amuse us as it is a remark that we, ourselves have often lightly tossed into conversations as we attempt to explain who we are and what we are attempting to do for our little cornor of humanity. Maybe that should The crew of the Shuttlecraft Bondar man the Meat Raffl e table. Counter-clickwise be our new motto. Must take that one to from left: LTJG Cody Lannon, CMDR Robert Olson, CMDR Greg Fogden, the crew for a vote! CAPT Loraleigh Graves.

STARFLEET COMMUNIQUÉ • JUNE/JULY 2006 - ISSUE 135 3131 G’DAY FROM DOWN UNDER! CMDR Stuart Blair • Shuttle Mawson, R11

May 15, 2006 in Adelaide, South Australia, Our other Major event for 2006 will be moving forward with its responsibility 18 of them as Commanding Offi cer of my saw the offi cial launch of the Shuttle our very own Region 11 conference and and ability to become more of a global Chapter on July 12, 2006) of what is was Mawson NCC 74918. Sci Fi Convention. community of fans. Having an Australian like when we we’re younger and when Shuttlecraft off a ship in Region 7connects we experienced fun on the Chapter level Currently docked in Region 7 onboard Saturday November 4 and Sunday us to not only a different region, but a for the fi rst time. Shuttle Mawson may the USS Matrix, the Mawson is currently November 5 will see “The Ultimate Sci- region in another corner of the world be a great distance away, but in some on its nine month journey preparing to Fi Weekend” in Adelaide, South Australia and that is fantastic. This Shuttle has ways, they aren’t that far at all. G’day launch its own starship in Region 11. as the Shuttle Mawson Crew will organise shown us the excitement of what it Guy’s and good job, may your journey be a Star Trek and Stargate Convention was like to fi rst form. The excitement a long and enjoyable one. “This is a very exciting time indeed,” followed by the Region 11 Conference. of a young crew that are willing to try says Shuttle Mawson Commander, Stuart all kinds of things. They remind us old Blair. Actors from SG1 and Stargate Atlantis and dogs (I celebrate 24 years in Starfl eet, “Our current recruiting drive at the time Star Trek (TNG) will be live on stage. of print sees the Crew Roster at 35”. “This will be our major recruiting offensive for 2006 and beyond,” says Commander The Shuttle Mawson takes its name from Blair. “All delegates attending the Region the great South Australian Antarctic conference will receive a ticket to the Sci- Explorer, Sir Douglas Mawson. (There is a Fi Convention as part of their Conference Bio on Sir Douglas Mawson on the Shuttle package making this the Ultimate Sci-Fi Mawson website, www.shuttlemawson. weekend for fans.” com). ADM Bob Vosseller, CO of the USS The Shuttle Mawson logo has been Challenger says, “I think it’s fantastic. designed by Conceptual Artist for Star Fandom is a very diverse thing and Trek, Mr John Eaves “We thank John for Starfl eet is certainly a great example the great design and we are pleased to of international fandom. Just as our announce that John will be designing our world seems to be getting smaller with Starship, which is going to look pretty our online communications, Starfl eet is special indeed”.

VADM and Commanding Offi cer of the USS Matrix (Mothership for the Shuttle) says “The USS Matrix is both proud and excited to be the Mothership for the Shuttle Mawson, not only because it is great to have a new Shuttle launch, but because this marks the re-opening of Region 11 for Starfl eet - a most signifi cant event for SFI.

And some opening it is! The Mawson is off to a great start, with several Convention activities as well as a rapidly growing crew list! They are showing great enthusiasm, energy and creativity and their enthusiasm is spreading throughout Australia. We look forward to assisting the Mawson during their Shuttle phase as well as serving them when they attain full Chapter status”.

The Shuttle Mawson has a busy recruiting schedule in 2006 as its Commander has been asked to curate an exhibition of Sci- Fi Memorabilia at the South Australian Museum as part of National Science week, Aug 12 to 19, 2006.

Stuart says “Around 26,000 people turned out for my last exhibition in 2004 over the 7 days with activities as diverse as lessons in Conversational Klingon, costumed tours of the Exhibition and a Sci Fi Film festival featuring Classic 50s and 60s Sci-Fi fi lms.

Members of the Shuttlecraft Mawson

323232 JUNE/JULY 2006 - ISSUE 135 • STARFLEET COMMUNIQUÉ AWAY MISSION REPORT: WEEKEND ON RISA-THE R1 SUMMIT CAPT Tom Pawelczak • USS Niagara, R7

The Weekend on Risa fi nally arrived! Way know that Glen’s Institute of Espionage by much. They actually did get lost. Saturday night there was a charity back in 2005, at the Vulkon Convention and Intelligence is coming on line and we auction and I “bought” myself an Orion in Cleveland, our Region 1 friend, Ruth know how his College of Survival Studies As part of the Summit, the Marines put Slave Girl! I was high bidder on a dance Green, extended a special invitation to is progressing so we fi gure we can wing on a “Jail and Bail” fundraiser for charity. with Janice. Only thing was, she was no the crew of the Niagara to attend the R1 it. In the meantime it was BEACH PARTY SFMC Maj. Keith Styblo drafted me longer green. The auction got spirited at Summit sponsored by the USS Renegade, TIME! and later Glen, to assist him in making times and made $1,028 for charity. And Liberator, and LaGrange. And now, not “arrests”. As I am a SFMCR Colonel I did get my dance with Janice. Unlike only had it arrived, it was over. And what Being Risa, there was a little Orion Slave of Military Police, I had no problem. last year’s TT dance, I didn’t close this a weekend it was! girl there to greet us. Now I don’t want to Additionally, it was quickly learned that one down. Getting old I guess. I later start rumors but…there was something Glen and I were retired Corrections heard that while it was to end at 2AM, it FCapt Glen and Lt Ruth took the Captain’s about FCapt Glen, the Orion slave girl Offi cers. I think that was when Glen actually went on to 4! Yacht while Lt. Joanne and I followed up (portrayed by FCapt Janice Graham of wanted to strip search the female inmates in my runabout. We met in Erie for a nice the Renegade) and a lei. Hmmmmmm, (see Ruth, go get lost and forget Glen’s Sunday morning was a slow starter. sit down lunch at the “Eat’n’Park” just what was our good Captain up to? And lunch!). A check for $262 was presented We had a leisurely breakfast, enjoying off the 90. I recommend this restaurant Lt. Joanne! Well, the sign said “Clothing to Summit Chair Ruth (as opposed to a chat with Helen and Marlene, who if you’re traveling that way as the food Optional” and she was getting right into “our” Ruth) for charity from this event. was now out of stealth mode. Glen and is good and reasonably priced. And the the swing of things. I’m happy I could be of help. Ruth attended services provided by the rest rooms (at least the Men’s-haven’t Summit while Joanne and I cleaned up checked out the Ladies personally-tried to Friday night was also a thrill for Glen and Also on Saturday I attended two panels, our table and packed our belongings. We peek but….) are clean and well stocked. I in another way. We fi nally met Adm. the fi rst being on the paranormal. attended the closing ceremonies where Also, gas prices are MUCH lower outside Helen Pawlowski, a spry 87 yr young FCapt Thomas Heffner put on a very various awards and certifi cates were NY State. In Pennsylvania, they were woman who really got us interested in informational presentation. Tom and his given out to attendees. There was even probably about 15-20 cents cheaper and SFA. We had corresponded with Helen crew really ARE ghost hunters just like a drawing for gas cards. Five names were in Ohio, a whooping 25-30 cents! by both email and snail mail for several on the Sci-Fi channel. They do actual drawn out of a “hat” and I was one of the years now but had never met her. What investigations of alleged hauntings. lucky winners! A welcome surprise with Arriving at the Fairlawn Hilton, we found a trip! She was telling jokes and carrying After the panel, Tom and I talked some the cost of gas these days. Joanne and I our rooms to be extremely comfortable. on like she was 20! I hope I’m half as with me telling him of some of my own talked about this on the way home. With Having followed Ruth Green’s advice, active when I’m here age. Heck! I wish I experiences. I won’t go into those here the distance many of our members and I booked a Jacuzzi Suite for not much was half as active now. Helen was there but some of you know what I’m talking friends travel for our Anniversary dinner, more than a standard room. King size with her daughter Terry. about. Tom promised that if they do any we think gas cards would be an ideal bed, Jacuzzi, living room, kitchen (yep! investigations within a reasonable driving door prize. We’ll be presenting this idea Kitchen with full electric range, full size Saturday morning Glen and I met for distance of Buffalo, the Niagara will be formally at a later ship’s meeting. refrigerator, dishes dishwasher, the whole breakfast and went over things. We still invited. Additionally, his family is planning 9 yards!), two TV’s. Thought I’d never weren’t sure what we were going to a trip to Niagara Falls later this summer All in all, this had to be the BEST get our Ruth to leave but when I asked do regarding SFA, Marlene still hadn’t and he would like to meet “us”. convention ever! Everyone from Region 1 her to go grocery shopping and to cook, arrived. Glen went off to the Dealer’s was “family” and welcomed us with open she decided she really didn’t want to stay Room where the SFA table was set up. The other panel was on the SFA presented arms. As my on-line friend Ann Arnold of with me. He was passing out information on the by Glen and FCapt Ron Novak. Ron was Region 13 says, “The best people have Academy in general and his courses in both recently promoted and made Dean SCC numbers.” It was great to fi nally put Friday night was opening ceremonies and particular along with administering on- of the Institute of Leadership. Attendees faces on people whose names I’ve only set up. FCapt Glen and I were not only site OTS exams for those who needed it felt free to voice their opinions about the known. there as representatives of the Niagara for promotion. That’s our Glen, busy-busy. Academy, mostly good, while Marlene, but also representatives of Starfl eet Myself, I was off to a massage. Man oh still in Stealth mode, took notes. Ron Ruth Green and her staff did an Academy. Commandant Jill Rayburn was Man, I was in my glory! King size bed, in also presented a certifi cate of completion OUTSTANDING job. I’ll bet Ruth sleeps supposed to attend but cancelled out at room Jacuzzi and a massage. Doesn’t get to Suzanne Mowers who took the on-site for a week. And one of these days, I the last minute due to her real-life work. much better than this! Along the way, I OTS exam administered by Glen. will have the dance with her that I had Vice Commandant Marlene Miller was met up with Helen and Terry and let in on promised her. also supposed to be in attendance but a secret, Terry wasn’t Terry. Helen doesn’t hadn’t showed as yet. When Glen and HAVE a daughter Terry but she does have Admirals Sunnie Planthold and Helen Pawlowski I asked about her, as she had told both a son by that name. “Terry” was really rattle some cages in the R1 Summit Charity Jail. of us she’d be there, we found that no Marlene in stealth mode! She let me in one even knew what she looked like! on it as she was having an impromptu Apparently Marlene is a “ghost” often staffi ng meeting with Dean/Directors supposed to be at a con, summit, or Glen, Ron Novak and Scott Anderson and conference but never around. Because myself, a lowly “staffer”, to fi ll us in on her name kept coming up, someone got the latest happenings in the Academy. the idea of making a contest out of it, the But I was sworn to secrecy. Meanwhile “Who’s Marlene Miller” ID contest. Friday our Ruth and Joanne commandeered the night, at the ceremonies, our Joanne was Captain’s Yacht and decided to explore asked to stand along with several other the Akron, Ohio quadrant. They should women when the committee asked if she have taken their Starfl eet Star Charts was in attendance. So when the question with them. Now we know why neither was posed, about 6 women, and I think are ship’s navigators. They left around one guy, stood up! Well, Marlene was not 11AM and returned around 7PM, having among them. Now Glen and I are getting made it half way back to Buffalo before a little nervous, how are we going to realizing they were going in the wrong carry off representing the Academy? We direction! A slight exaggeration but not

STARFLEET COMMUNIQUÉ • JUNE/JULY 2006 - ISSUE 135 3333 STATE OF THE CORPS BGEN John Roberts • USS Anasazi, R17 Commandant, STARFLEET Marine Corps

Greetings Marines! Brigade Representatives Branch and course manuals and are making 1st Brigade: Tony Lopes great progress. If you have ideas for the manual Bank Account Information 4th Brigade: James Monroe revisions, please contact the TRACOM staff and 7th Brigade: Mike Smith I am sure they will be happy to point you in the We started the month of March with a balance 10th Brigade: Paul Reid right direction for this project. of $588.58. We had deposits in the amount of 12th Brigade: Carolyn Zimdahl $136.70 and no withdrawals. This left the SFMC 17th Brigade: Matias Alvarez Please remember, we cannot help you enjoy account with a balance of $725.28 at the end your membership in the SFMC if you do not tell of March. Past Commandants us what you want us to do to help that happen. J. T. Trent The General Staff is here to serve you, but we We started the month of April with a balance Scott A. Akers cannot do that without your CONSTRUCTIVE of $725.28. We had deposits in the amount of Les Rickard input as to what you would like to see. Our next $130.58 (which refl ects a deduction of $4.82 for Wade Olson major project is to complete the SFMC Uniform PayPal fees) and withdrawals in the amount of Guide and manual to make it easier to put $303.00 for ribbon reorder. This left the SFMC General Staff Members together the proper uniform for your fandom account with a balance of $552.86 at the end John Roberts experience. If you have ideas you would like us of April. Aaron Murphy to consider as we work to develop this program, Linda Olson please let the Deputy Commandant know. We COTRACOM Named Wade Hoover will also be sending out more information on Joost Ueffi ng this as we work towards completion of the MGN Joost Ueffi ng has been appointed the new Marie Wilson project and its ultimate release. Commanding Offi cer, Training and Doctrine Command (COTRACOM). Joost has many great International Muster What do YOU want from the SFMC? ideas and plans for TRACOM in the near future. If you have any questions, Joost can be reached Coming up in August is the STARFLEET We have announced several changes and plans at tracom@sfi -sfmc.org. International Conference and SFMC for the SFMC over the last 15 months. Generally, International Muster. I look forward to seeing these have been well received. However, the SGM/SFMC Named as many of you as possible there and chatting members of the General Staff have received very with you about your SFMC. This is your chance little feedback about what you, the members, SGM Marie Wilson has been appointed to the to meet the members of the General Staff would like to see from the SFMC General Staff. post of SGM/SFMC. Marie can be reached at and sit down and talk with us and your fellow If you have ideas you think we should take a sgm-sfmc@sfi -sfmc.org. marines to talk about what you are getting look at, please let us know. You can reach the and what you want to get out of the SFMC members of the General Staff as follows: Commandant’s Advisory Group and your SFI membership. SFMC Commandant: dant@sfi -sfmc.org The following Marines have been selected The International Muster is also our chance to SFMC Deputy Commandant: depdant@sfi -sfmc. for the Commandant’s Advisory Group and recognize the outstanding marines we have in org Sergeant Major, SFMC: sgm-sfmc@sfi -sfmc. will serve to give additional viewpoints to the the SFMC. In order to do this, we need your org Commanding Offi cer, Forces Command: Commandant and the General Staff. There are help. forcecom@sfi -sfmc.org Commanding Offi cer still vacancies on the Group for those Brigades Training and Doctrine Command: tracom@ not yet represented and for any additional Please make sure you participate and sfi -sfmc.org Commanding Offi cer, Information former Commandant’s who may wish to serve. nominate Marines and Units for your Brigade’s Command: infocom@sfi -sfmc.org If you are interested in serving on this group Valor awards so that we get the maximum to help the Corps become an even better part number of qualifi ed marines for consideration Remember, we are here to serve you and your of STARFLEET, please contact me at dant@sfi - of the SFMC Honor Awards. If you have any needs. We can’t do that without your input. sfmc.org. questions about the Honor Awards process, Help us make the SFMC even better. please contact the Deputy Commandant, I would like to welcome Matias Alvarez as the Aaron Murphy, at depdant@sfi -sfmc.org Until my next report, I remain in Service to the new representative for the 17th Brigade. With Corps, Mr. Alvarez’ appointment, the current Advisory Manual Updates Group now has the following members: John Roberts TRACOM is working hard to update their Commandant, SFMC

Be One of the Proud...the Attendees of IC 2006. www.ic2006.org

343434 JUNE/JULY 2006 - ISSUE 135 • STARFLEET COMMUNIQUÉ FORCECOM REPORT BGEN Linda Olson • USS Relentless, R2 Commander, Forces Command

Brigade Strength Temple, Lionel Smith. Little John Marcus, DeRoux, Stephen Idell, Craig Martin, Leaders Commendation Brigade Number Active / Reserve / Total Peggy Salyer, Daniell Mitchell, Christopher Michael Martin, Chris Wallace, Les Steve Eizenberg, Rick Ervans, Arlene 1st Brigade 23 18 41 Bayonet, Christopher Esquibel, Arnold Rickard, Jill Rayburn, Dennis Rayburn Garrison, Christine Jordan, Michael 2nd Brigade 68 12 80 Splan Jr., Micah Schmidt, Troy Nichols, Marquart, Nate Martin, Lea Morgan 3rd Brigade 61 25 86 James Kerr Embassy Duty 4th Brigade 52 25 77 Sunnie Planthold, Linda Olson, Wade Comet 5th Brigade 11 18 29 Awards Issued Olson, Steven Rosbury, Jennifer Rosbury, John Roberts 6th Brigade 03 09 12 Mary Ann Morris, Larry Morris, Pat Malone, 7th Brigade 30 64 94 Academic Exellence Award Glenn Goldman, Nancy O’Shields, Shaughn Silver Nebula 9th Brigade 12 04 16 Rey Cordero, Tracy Lilly, Truman Temple, O’Connor, Les Rickard, Jill Rayburn, John Roberts 10th Brigade 04 04 08 John Roberts Dennis Rayburn, DJ Allen, Rebecca Self, 12th Brigade 34 62 96 Adam Smith, Norman DeRoux, Stephen Joint Service Award 14th Brigade 01 00 01 Cross of Valor Idell, Craig Martin, Michael Martin, Steve Adam Smith, Norman DeRoux, Stephen 15th Brigade 17 14 31 Shaughn O’Connor 2nd BDE, Craig Martin Eizenberg, Rick Ervans, Arlene Garrison, Idell, Craig Martin, Michael Martin, Steven 17th Brigade 19 00 19 5th BDE Russell Garrison, Joel Housworth, David Eizenberg, Rick Ervans, Arlene Garrison, 20th Brigade 10 04 14 Kania, Tom King, Michael Marquart, Nate Patrick Garrison, Russell Garrison, Joel Total Corps 345 259 604 Sword of Valor Martin, Patrick McAndrew, Lea Morgan, Housworth, David Kania, McKenzie Lee William Duane 2nd BDE, Arlene Garrison Bobby Robbins Jr, Chris Wallace Kania, Tom King, Michael Marquart, Nate Marine Strike Groups Activated this 5th BDE Martin, Patrick McAndrew, Lea Morgan, Period: Marine Honor Guard Bobby Robbins Jr, Jena Robbins, Chris 401st, 404th, 977th, 987th MEU, 825th, Shield of Valor Larry Morris, Mary Ann Morris, Pat Wallace 380th Shaughn O’Connor 2nd BDE, Rick Ervans Malone, Linda Olson, Steve Eizenberg, 5th BDE Arlene Garrison, Russell Garrison, Tom Brigade Muster Marine Stirke Groups Deactivated King, Michael Marquart Adam Smith, Norman DeRoux, Stephen this Period: Legion of Valor Idell, Craig Martin, Michael Martin, Steven 144th, 007th, 832nd 669th 2nd BDE, 565th 5th BDE 20th Anniversary (Marines on roster Eizenberg, Rick Ervans, Arlene Garrison, in Anniversary year, who have not Patrick Garrison, Russell Garrison, Joel Recruits Star of Valor been mentioned before) Housworth, David Kania, McKenzie Lee Anthony Flynt, Kathrine Flynt, Kyle Flynt, Rick Ervans 5th BDE William Duane, William Mock, Brandon Kania, Tom King, Michael Marquart, Nate Amber Flynt, Chance Flynt, Shane Flynt, Moore, Deborah Duane, Don Meyer, Martin, Patrick McAndrew, Lea Morgan, Linda Patton, Allen Hunter, Theodor Pool, Brigade Achievement Eileen Jones, Kelly Meyer, Shaughn Bobby Robbins Jr, Jena Robbins, Chris Kelly Jenkins Hanssen, Colin Fischer, Nadine Romero 5th BDE O’Connor Wallace, Sunnie Planthold, Linda Olson, Corey Grant, Jessica Robert, Michael D. Wade Olson, Steven Rosbury, Jennifer Anderson Great Barrier Expedition Good Conduct Rosbury, Mary Ann Morris, Larry Morris, Sunnie Planthold, Linda Olson, Wade Truman Temple, John Roberts, Mike Pat Malone, Glenn Goldman, James Discharges Olson, Steven Rosbury, Jennifer Rosbury, Dethlefs, Dave Reustle, Earl Beighley, Brunton, Shaughn O’Connor, Don Mayer, Samuel Ruby, Gary Ruby, Elenore Claasen, Mary Ann Morris, Larry Morris, Pat Craig Cheairs, Susn Cerame, Ross D J Allen, Rebecca L. Jeff Lester , Chris Nix, Scott Sherwood, Malone, Glenn Goldman, James Brunton, Donaldson, Rich Eseke, David Cerame Self, Fred McCarthy Douglas Poynor, Bonne Higginson, Mike Shaughn O’Connor, Don Mayer, D J Allen, Higginson, Michael Pope, Catherine Rebecca L. Self, Adam Smith, Norman

SFMC QUARTERMASTER REPORT BGEN Linda Olson • USS Relentless, R2 SFMC Quartermaster

The offi ce of SFMC Quartermaster is Marines please remember that the regular patches and will let you know If you need other items to complete your happy to report that business has picked quartermaster’s offi ce also has the when they arrive. uniform contact me and I will do my best up since the website has been established. ribbon bar exchange program. If you are to direct you to the proper place to obtain From January 1, 2006 to April 1, 2006 we in need of a ribbon bar to display your The Quartermaster presence will be at the items. shipped 9 individual orders. The total of awards, contact me at ST_Dragonlady@ the 1st Brigade Muster in May. It will be these orders is $373.70. The total sales at msn.com with the size bar you need. If a very limited amount of merchandise, the 2nd Brigade Muster was $132.65 and we have it in stock we will send it to you but if you wish to purchase something six of these orders used our new Paypal for a small postage charge and a promise that is not available there, please contact option. Postage and handling charges for to send us any bars you have outgrown. me and we will be happy to process your these orders totaled $27.75 Most of what we have on hand are the order. smaller sizes. The breakdown on items sold is as Currently the stock of our regular patches Now is the time to get your fruit salad follows: is nearly depleted. However, we still have updated for the International Muster • 6 sets collar brass a dozen of the special order patches at in Philidelphia this August. And no well • 19 patches the same price, $6 each. These patches dressed Marine should be without the • 3 polo shirts are a one time only deal and when they proper Collar Brass. Ribbons are .85 • 1 t-shirt are gone they are gone. I am currently each and a set of 3 pins (one for each • 161 ribbons working on getting a new order of our collar and one for the beret) runs $21.00.

STARFLEET COMMUNIQUÉ • JUNE/JULY 2006 - ISSUE 135 3535 NEWS FROM ACROSS THE POND SGM Marie Wilson • USS Saratoga, R20 Sergeant Major of the SFMC

Well, here we are, my fi rst report to CQ as wishing to send a report, I have copies the SFMC is primarily based on the USMC, And with that said, I am pleased to say Sergeant Major of the SFMC. I would like of the current NCO report form, available they are new to the SFMC, and each that WO-1 Terrence Seidel has set up to take the time to thank SGM Scott Grant in a Word Document, Text Format, and member, be they from the UK like myself, a WO list for those wishing to join. To for his service to the Corps, he has been PDF. Canada, like Clayton Hobbs, the US like subscribe visit an inspiration. It is an honour to be able Scott Grant, and many other countries to serve the Corps in this position, and I I’ll set a date of the 20th of each odd that our members hail from, we all bring http://games.groups.yahoo.com/group/ hope to continue the proud traditions laid numbered month for individual NCO a new intake on the WO grade. wo_sfmc/ down by my predecessor’s. It is a time- reports. I will stress, they are not worn truth that the noncommissioned compulsory, but if you do report it would The idea behind the WO list is not just Or, send a mail to wo_sfmc-subscribe@ offi cer is the “backbone” of the Marines. help give me a much better idea of what a specifi c group for all our new and yahoogroups.com The noncommissioned offi cer has been the SFMC NCO’s are up to. I am also future WO’s, it is also a place where and still is the “fi rst line leader” who happy to receive copies of any reports those interested in the WO grade can I will be looking at an alternative host exerts the greatest single leadership NCO’s send to other Offi ce’s. discuss this least understood section for this list, as Yahoo groups is not the infl uence within their unit. This leader of our military. Yes, I’m sure you could most sercue, but for now, the resource is the one to whom Marines turn to. Warrant Offi cer Listserv argue that such a discussion could take is available. This leader is the vital link between the place on the NCO list, as the WO is, in commander and the Marine. This leader, There has been much debate over the our case, considered an NCO, but taking NCO Newsletter the noncommissioned offi cer, is the one idea of a list for WO, (and those interested in the whole picture they are a more who gets the job done. in the WO grade). specialized section of the NCO Corps. A I have spoken to a few Marine’s about separate list will allow those interesting putting together an NCO newsletter, NCO Reporting Yes, WO’s, in our case, are effectively solely in WO’s to join a discussion group primarily with information of interest Senior, (high-ranking) NCO’s, which dedicated to this group of personnel. to the Enlisted member, details of NCO We are looking at the possibility of perhaps is also the case in most countries. programs and resources available, etc.. including NCOIC information, and a NCO Although, I believe in the US those at No one has to join the new WO list, it is Hopefully the newsletter will be of section within MSG/BDE reports, etc. I the Chief Warrant Offi cer level are in just an additional resource open to those interested to both sides of the house, hope it may actively encourage not only fact commissioned offi cers. However, interested. In time, I hope, both the NCO Fleet and Marine, Offi cer and NCO... NCO reporting, but also encourage Units WO’s are undoubtedly the least studied Corps, including our WO’s, will grow, as Highlighting and promoting the NCO side and Brigade’s to assign, and work with a and least understood of the three main will the memberships of both enlisted of the coin. I have yet to work out the NCOIC. I would like to keep the singular groups of military personnel. (NCO, WO, lists. There is no harm in expanding our details, ie publication dates, content, NCO report form for the standalone NCO and Commissioned Offi cer). resources available to members, and I even name... Therefore, if anyone has to report on their activities, should they hope it may increase the interest in the ideas, suggestions, or is interested in wish, for which I am in the process of The customs, privileges and courtesies NCO Corps.... writing for this publication, please get in trying to put together report guidelines afforded to those granted the WO grade touch. for... For the time being, those NCO’s vary from country to country. Although

WHAT’S HOT WITH THE USS INFERNO? CAPT Larry D. French • USS Inferno, R7

This is Brigadier K’moghjIH zantai-Ki’RK In March, the USS INFERNO had a light ICV HEGHNACH while House Ki’RK had a (Lando) from Star Wars, Richard Kiel (Larry D. French, Sr.) again with news fare of going bowling and putt-putt golf dozen and a half in attendance. Everyone (“JAWS”) from the James Bond fi lms, about what the infamous USS Inferno at Pittsburgh Mills mall. The INFERNO that went had a good time and none went and Vanessa Branch (Giselle from Pirates has been doing and is planning to do. won one game and was totally destroyed away dissatisfi ed. It was the fi fteenth of the Caribbean, adult Naomi Wildman by the ICV HEGHNACH in the other. annual conference, but unfortunately, it from ST: Voyager, episodes of Lost, and In February, we managed to have a Afterward, the Captain left, and the was their last conference. The conference the Orbit Gum girl) will be the guest meeting of nearly every active member. remaining crew played putt-putt golf organizer has decided to retire and pass stars. At the meeting was discussed all of our in an indoor, glow-in-the-dark course. the torch to the organizers of Maquis upcoming projects and events, including On March 11th -12th, we had eight Gras. The USS Inferno’s sister ships, the volunteering at/ participating in several crewmembers and one ICV HEGHNACH ICV Heghnach and RS Hecate will be charitable events, the camping trip, member participate in the Pittsburgh Toy We are planning another Camping Trip attending the 11th Anniversary of Maquis all of our upcoming conventions, and Show (www.pittsburghtoyshow.com) (Not an offi cial Wilderness Challenge) for Gras at the Hampton Inn of Valparaiso, many other items. On 26 FEB, most of at the Monroeville Expo Mart. A special July 14-16 at Cooks Forest, PA. Anyone in Indiana. The guests will be Ethan Phillips us attended a showing of Harry Potter photo-fi lled article will appear in CQ136. STARFLEET is welcome to attend. Let the (Neelix) and Chase Masterson (Leeta) on and the Goblet of Fire at the cheap Captain or XO know if you are interested October 6th thru 8th. Check out http:// theatres in the South Hills. We had ten The crew had a cookout/meeting on in attending. www.mavfi resword.com for details. I people show up, which is a far cry from April 2nd, the XO conducted the Scouting hope to see a large contingent of Maquis our origins where on average only three For Food drive, and six members of the On July 29th – 30th, we are planning and House Ki’RK there. people would attend a gathering. crew attended the Camp Dover Peace to do the Pittsburgh Toy Show at the Conference with three members of the Monroeville Expo Mart. Bill Dee Williams

363636 JUNE/JULY 2006 - ISSUE 135 • STARFLEET COMMUNIQUÉ REGION ONE SCIENCES AT THE RISA SUMMIT RADM Richard Heim • USS Alaric, R1 Director, FDC Sciences • R1 RDC Sciences

This year’s Region One Summit was phenomena ranging from astronomy to delightful Sand Run Metropolitan Park the USS Alaric’s Dennis Relyea (Alien “A Weekend on Risa”, convened at the biology to weather and others. The Space with its beautiful trees, hiking trails, Ambassador Corps Commendation). Akron/Fairlawn Hilton Hotel in Akron, Shuttle Landing Simulator and the MIDI and streams. By late afternoon, as Although they weren’t announced at Ohio. The Summit was held May 19- exhibits were especially popular. I loved STARFLEET personnel began to gather the Summit, the following two Alaric 21, 2006, but I arrived a couple days making electronic MIDI music using the at the Summit, the crew of the Shuttle members also received regional awards early to explore this strange planet on laser harp and electronic drums, and so Armageddon and I engaged in a game of this month: Ensign Rachael Carlson my own. Some of my Vulcan associates did lots of the kids! Principles of physics Seafarers of Catan, a wonderful game of (Region One Commendation) and Lt.jg. had informed me that there were some and electronics are taught with the commerce and exploration. The Opening Nathan Brown (Region One Meritorious interesting scientifi c facilities to examine, interactive displays on energy vs. power Ceremonies and Kokimo Beach Party Service Award). And I was quite surprised in spite of the planet’s reputation for (capacitors), Ohms Law, transformer, were fun. My Vulcan blood turned red at the General Session when I received carnality, so I was looking forward to pedal (bicycle) generator, and Van de with passion at the sight of a beautiful the RDC of Excellence award for Regional some fascinating adventures. Graaff Generator. They have displays on green Orion Slave Girl Friday night! Even Department Chief of the Year! technology, biotechnology, and genetic though I can’t dance, I enjoyed watching On Thursday, May 18, I took a shuttlecraft engineering. In the Great Lakes Climate the dancers at both the Friday and At the Sciences RDC panel Saturday north to Cleveland and spent the entire Change section, I especially liked the Saturday evening festivities. afternoon, we had 12 participants. We went day surrounded by fossils and bio-displays Atmosphere Turbulent Orb, which is around the table introducing ourselves and astronautics and . . . children! The a huge globe you can spin to simulate Saturday I put on my Vulcan ears and our interests after I reviewed Region fi rst facility I visited was the Cleveland the atmospheric eddies on earth (those and devoted myself to RDC work. At One Sciences administrative issues, and Museum of Natural History, located at mid-latitude cyclonic storms we call the General Session I gave a Region then we opened the panel to questions. 1 Wade Oval Drive in University Circle. blizzards in the winter!). The Great Lakes One Sciences report which included Before we knew it, the hour was up. This science museum has displays for Biodiversity, Ecosystem, and Pollution announcing the winners of the annual Thanks to Karen Berenberg for donating Federation visitors of all ages, from section educates children about acid sciences awards. During 2005, as RDC the door prize! cadets to adults. Topics span many rain, the greenhouse effect, and the 4 Sciences I received Chief Science Offi cer fi elds of science, from the solar system R’s: Reduce, Recycle, Reuse, and Refuse. reports from 8 ships, of which 5 CSOs After my panel I was able to attend to spectroscopy, volcanism to glaciology, The Science Store offered merchandise qualifi ed to receive the Albert Einstein Emily Dockery’s excellent character early human habitation to wildlife from primarily for children. More information Award for regular submissions: development writing panel and Janice many continents, and cave crystals, soil can be found at: Graham’s fun Trek Trivia contest. At science, rocks and minerals. You can Capt. Dennis Relyea, USS Alaric the trivia adventure, a mysterious stand on one exhibit that simulates what http://www.greatscience.com/ Capt. Debbie Airtrip, USS Appomattox woman I hadn’t seen before struck up an earthquake would feel like. They have FCapt. Janice Graham, USS Renegade an enlightened conversation about the dinosaurs (the fossilized variety), as well The third stop on my away mission was CPO Karolyn Wojtowicz, USS Tycho series of Vulcan Academy of Sciences as live animals in the outdoor Wildlife the NASA Glenn Research Center next Lt.Cmdr. Cyndi jo Ashby, USS Wasp Graduate Profi le articles I had written Center and Woods Garden, including to the Cleveland Hopkins International for the CQ several years ago. I thought bobcats, river otters, hawks, eagles, and Airport on State Road 17 (Brookpark The winners of the other two awards she was just a member who had read native plants of Ohio. In the lower level is Road). Being a federal government are nominated and voted upon by the and enjoyed the articles, and we had a Natural History and Ecology section with organization, security was tight at this region’s CSOs. The winner of the Steven a delightful discussion. Only later that plant, bird, insect, reptile, amphibian, facility, and only U.S. citizens are allowed R. Hawking Award for original submission evening during the auction did I realize and mammal displays unique to Ohio, as on the grounds. The Visitor Center was is: who she actually was. The Risa Summit well as a Science Resource Center which small compared to the other two science marked the fi rst STARFLEET function that contains abundant reference material museums, but it was chock full of Lt.Cmdr. Cyndi jo Ashby, USS Wasp long time member Adm. Marlene Miller for teachers. They also have classrooms astronautic exhibits. A Vulcan would have could attend, so a theme at the Summit where children are taught the wonders a fi eld day in this serious science center! There were 4 nominees for the Galileo was to guess who she was. As fate would of science, and every classroom was There are discussions of the technology of Award for Chief Science Offi cer of the have it, I was chosen to be the one to full when I visited! The museum store aeronautics and space fl ight, of manned Year (Adm. Willy Smith, USS Heimdal; identify the mysterious Marlene. If only offered merchandise for both children space exploration from Project Mercury Capt. Jeff Davis, USS Indiana; FCapt. I could remember names and faces --- I and adults. This is a wonderful museum to the Space Shuttle missions, and space Janice Graham, USS Renegade; CPO couldn’t remember what she looked like with lots to see, and it was packed while probe exploration of the planets. The Karolyn Wojtowicz, USS Tycho). The having seen her just a few hours before! I was there! Further information can be discussion of the Scientifi c Process and winner of this year’s Galileo Award is: But Marlene was eventually unveiled, and obtained online at: how NASA applies it to solve problems I thoroughly enjoyed her company! was especially well done. They have great FCapt. Janice Graham, USS Renegade http://www.cmnh.org/ displays on the solar system, interactive There were two Alaric crewmembers at computer displays on the Space Shuttle Please join me in congratulating these Risa, and in our twin Mirror Universe Next I visited the Great Lakes Science and Exploring Limits in Microgravity, and fi ne offi cers! Additional information about uniforms Saturday night we tried our Center at 601 Erieside Avenue. This an actual Moon rock retrieved during the Region One Sciences can be obtained by best to bring an aura of sensuality to science museum is geared for children, Apollo 15 mission. And, of course, there writing to: Region One Sciences, P.O. Box the Summit, but this is a family function, although adults can enjoy the exhibits is a section devoted to Ohio’s own hero, 2072, Asheville, NC 28805, emailing me after all! I enjoyed the costume contest as well. The fi rst thing I saw when I John Glenn. The small gift shop has some at [email protected], or visiting our (especially the wonderful Wonder entered the facility was a sea of children, excellent merchandise. More information web site at: Woman!), and the panels, and the offi cial gathered together and partaking of the can be found online at: activities, and the hotel was great. I noon tradition known as lunch! Since http://alaricrh.home.sprynet.com/ only wish Summit attendance had been I was receiving signals from my own http://www.nasa.gov/centers/glenn/ science/R1Science.htm bigger. stomach as well, I headed directly for about/visitgrc.html the Promenade Café. The Great Lakes In my capacity as R/1 Sciences RDC and Next year’s Summit in Richmond, Virginia, Science Center has tons of interactive On Friday morning I explored the shops USS Alaric Commanding Offi cer, I would will have a James Bond 007 theme. I’m computer displays, including the Great of the Akron suburbs of Risa, expending like to mention these other awards looking forward to helping out with a Lakes Situation Room comprised of rows a few credits here and there. On the announced during the General Session: gaming room and science activities. Until of computer stations where students way I determined to take a shortcut on the USS Tycho’s Karolyn Wojtowicz then, focus on the fun, and Live Long can learn about a variety of science Sand Run Parkway and discovered the (Special Sciences Program Award) and and Prosper!

STARFLEET COMMUNIQUÉ • JUNE/JULY 2006 - ISSUE 135 3737 “TELEPORTATION: THE IMPOSSIBLE LEAP” A REVIEW OF THE BOOK BY DAVID DARLING CMDR Michele Hart • ISS MacArthur, R2

Greetings, Federation Offi cers! information. The information of a human body will take a humongous amount of They said it was impossible... storage in a computer, since we have 1028th atoms in our bodies (that’s a LOT Looks like teleportation may be a fact of zeros), and we aren’t there yet. Still, about the same time Archer would have a quantum computer can handle that taken the Enterprise off for adventure, part, so it’s just a matter of time before mid-2100s. we build the machine that can make it happen. And we are making incredible Teleportation will work through the strides every month. same miracle that will give us quantum computers a couple of decades down And, sadly, it won’t work exactly like the road from now. It involves a process ST. We’ll NOT be able to travel to new called ENTANGLEMENT. This is when two worlds like this right off the bat. There particles are created at the same time by will need to be a teleport station at the the same source, are joined together by destination end of the trek. Shame. a jolt of electricity, and they ENTANGLE. Do you remember the movie, The Fly? When the particles are split up, no matter How about the Halloween episode of how far apart they are, millions of light- The Simpsons when Homer bought the years apart, what happens to one also teleport booths? Two teleport pods. happens to the other. They are forever linked. Another roadblock ... We’ve got to learn what the human soul is. That sounds (Sounds like love to me!) more diffi cult than the information storage! This means that we can entangle two particles, then separate them. One We may fi nd that we can only send dead becomes the source for the information, things, as in freight, stuff, and junk. No the other its destination. And these two people, no living things. But that’s not particles will continue to share information carved in asteroid yet. So far, the door’s forever. Einstein called entanglement wide open to make teleportation a go. “spooky action at a distance”. Our grandkids might be hopping all over this planet! The coolest part? We’ve learned how to take advantage of this amazing process And there will be all kinds of new already. things, like, a felony charge for illegal interplanetary traffi cking. Day trips to the How will this equal teleportation? Well, moon! Sure would help our gas crisis! this is how they think that it will work. And I’ll explain in elaborate Feddy language. It’ll be a whole new world...

The Enterprise will have a teleport station I haven’t read a science book in the last that contains storage tanks for matter ten years I loved like I enjoyed this one. and a dang strong quantum computer. No, that’s not the impossible part. If you The Away Team will step onto the teleport like science, but can’t get a good grasp pad. The computer will take notes on their of physics, even though you want to, this bodies, where every cell belongs and to book will be a dream come true for you. whom. When the Go button is pushed, Dr. Darling explains it all so that a lot of the teleport is going to break down the people will understand. Where was he in Picture Courtesy of Amazon.com bodies of the Away Team, and put all that MY physics classes? A gifted teacher, for matter into a storage tank. The machine sure. Go out and buy this book. You’ll like will then send the INFORMATION to it and learn more than you’d ever thought the planet’s teleport station, where you could understand. matter from the destination tanks will be reassembled into the Away Team using the information sent.

Sounds both groovy and bizarre.

We are on the road to it now. We are already doing this with photons, and creating laser beam clones, which is creating a light particle and cloning it like a copy machine. Not much stands in the way of teleportation. Really, Dr. Darling says we’ll need that quantum computer to hold such a massive amount of

383838 JUNE/JULY 2006 - ISSUE 135 • STARFLEET COMMUNIQUÉ Voyager Actors List S.F.M.C. Mecha Council Match the actor to their part/person 1 2 ACROSS And MCAPT Paul Williams 1 Starfleet Lieutenant who contacted 3 4 Voyager in the Delta Quadrant Present 5 3 Robert Beltran 6 Romulan 6 7 8 subcommander on the T'Met 7 Robert Duncan McNeill st 9 10 THE 1 ANNUAL STARFLEET INTERNATIONAL 10 Ensign Tabor(Maquis) 11 Created the Omega molecule in the Delta Quadrant 13 A long time Talaxin 11 12 friend to Neelix 15 Member of the Maquis BATTLETECH/ 13 14 18 Combined Neelix and Tuvok 15 20 Rislan - Nyrian Operative 16 17 22 David Lee Smith 24 Samantha Wildman 18 19 MECHWARRIOR 25 Kurtwood Smith - 20 21 Krenim Scientist 26 Genevieve Bujold 22 23 27 Sister to Neelix 28 Bobby Burns - From 24 the Mari Homeworld 29 Arturis COMPETITION 25 32 Nancy Youngblut - Nyrian 33 A Talaxian Communications 26 27 master 37 Naomi Wildman 28 39 Brooke Stephens 40 Admiral Bullock- 29 species 8472

30 31 32 41 Ethan Phillips 42 Don McManus 43 Master of a Malon waste vessel 33 DOWN

1 B'Elanna Torres 34 2 John Rhys-Davies 4 Wayne PÉRÉ - From 35 36 the Mari Homeworld 5 Srivani scientist 37 8 Garrett Wang 9 Engaged to marry 38 Capt Janeway 12 Ensign Brooks 39 14 Father of Tom Paris 16 CEO of Chronowerx 17 Chuck Magnus - 40 Ramuran national 19 Same clue as 39 Across 21 Seska 23 Kes 30 Roxann Biggs Competition Rules 41 31 Kate Mulgrew 34 Annika Hansen 42 35 Jeri Ryan 36 Groundskeeper at 43 Starfleet Academy 38 Tuvok Darry Lewis Jennings 40 Jeanett Miller - From Participants must be a member in good standing of Starfl eet the Mari Homeworld International. Contest Begins January 1, 2006 and ends at the SEE ISSUE 136 FOR THE ANSWERS! International Conference August 6, 2006.

Contestants are required to present proof of participation, through written and/or photographic communication, all submissions will be ISSUE 134 PUZZLE SOLUTION verifi ed through the event organizer. Next Generation Actors List Match the actor to their part in the show Contestants will build points from participating in various Sanctioned Solution: and non Sanctioned Battletech / Mechwarrior miniatures gaming. The R A K O Q M top 3 contestants at the close of the Contest will win great prizes. E L M A E J A M I S O N U A B Contestants are responsible for costs for shipping, taxes, and customs S A N I S I S J O N E S fees. T R G D E E T E R I K M E N Y U K B A R B A R A M A R C H L L O A N L E U B R Points are awarded as follows: T R E G I N A L D B A R C L A Y H A General (non-tournament) Gaming -1 Point R V S N R Organize a Game -2 points O S T E P H E N H A W K I N G A R I A K A J R E Participate in a Sanctioned Tournament -3 Points B H A N A H A T A E J A M E S M O R I A T Y Run a Starfl eet Summit or IC Battletech/Mechwarrior Panel -4 Points K N R K S Y T Place in the Top 3 at a Sanctioned Tournament -5 Points R A I M R U H U G H I N G N T A L L E R A L J A Organize a Tournament or game at a Convention -10 Points S C O A A G A M A N D A R O G E R S T Y W L R E S M R M Additionally bonus points are awarded for recruiting new members -5 B E N V E R E E N C E E K L A points. N A O B P A T T I Y A S U T A K E T E I D P D W N E T D T V N G A Representing SFMC at Conventions and Sanctioned Battletech Events U T A M W H O O P I G O L D B E R G I D E U -5 Points. N E U A E O O N A S L S R F R Y H N C T I S T C A L E X A N D E R R O Z H E N K O Sactioned Events are events ran by the FanPro Commandos, or the F I O N N U L A F L A N A G A N Y N O C R MechWarrior Battlemasters demo teams S C W R L V N V I N N Y A R G I R O A S A I Sponsored by Wizkids Games, Troll and Toad Games, Hairy Tarantula P A M E L A K O S H X Y O I N S N R O Games, Paul Williams and Joe Dorffener Jr. N A N C Y H A R E W O O D

STARFLEET COMMUNIQUÉ • JUNE/JULY 2006 - ISSUE 135 3939 CONVENTION LISTINGS Compiled By Corporal Captain Blair Learn • Shuttle Schweitzer, R1

Convention attendees: When calling html Colorado Aug 25-27 Creation, Chicago, Illinois; Info: conventions for information, don’t call 217 S. Kenwood Street, Glendale, CA 91202 collect and don’t call too late in the evening Aug 4-6 Costume College, Van Nuys, Oct 6-8 Nan Desu Kan, Denver, Colorado; Ph: 818-409-0960 http://www.creationent. (many organizers list their home phone California; Info: 2148 S. Fremont Ave. Info: 1552 Monroe St, Denver CO, 80206- com/ [email protected] numbers). When writing for information, Box 24, Alhambra, CA 91803 http://www. 1850 http://www.ndkdenver.org/ ndkreg@ it’s frequently a good idea to include a self- costumecollege.org/ cocoregistrar@aol. gmail.com Sep 8-10 Creation, Chicago, Illinois; Info: addressed stamped envelope. A worldwide com 217 S. Kenwood Street, Glendale, CA 91202 listing can be viewed online at: http:// Oct 27-29 MileHiCon 38, Denver, Colorado; Ph: 818-409-0960 http://www.creationent. dactylmanor.org/fanboy Aug 4-6 Anime Overdose, San Francisco, Info: PO Box 101322, Denver, CO 80250- com/ [email protected] California; Info: PO Box 64267, Sunnyvale, 1322 Ph: 303-657-5912 http://www. Convention Organizers: Please send CA 94088-4267 http://www.animeod.com/ milehicon.org/ [email protected] Sep 24 Toy Con, Bridgeview, Illinois; Info: the convention’s name, dates, location, [email protected] Guests: Judith Reeves-Stevens, Garfi eld 14437 South Campbell Ave., Posen IL. 60469 and contact information to Blair Learn at Reeves-Stevens, Mark Ferrari Ph: 708-363-3612 http://toycontoyshow. 11604 King’s Arrow CT, Germantown, MD Aug 23-27 L.A.con IV (The 64th World homestead.com/ 20876 or to [email protected]. Science Fiction Convention), Anaheim, Delaware Please allow a minimum of three months California; Info: c/o S.C.I.F.I., Inc., PO Box Sep 29-Oct 1 FlatCon, Bloomington, Illinois; time between your submission and the 8442, Van Nuys CA 91409 http://www. Oct 6-8 Intercon Mid-Atlantic, New Castle, Info: PO Box 109, Minier, IL 61759-0109 convention’s date. laconiv.com/ [email protected] Guests: Delaware; Info: 809 Bayridge Drive, http://www.fl atcon.com/ fl atcon@fl atcon. Connie Willis, James Gurney, Howard Gaithersburg, MD 20878 http://www. com Thank you to everyone who’s contributed DeVore, Frankie Thomas larpaweb.org/intercon/ stephanie@vialarp. information to the list. Special thanks org Oct 5-8 Archon 30, Collinsville, Illinois; to: Colin Palin, Bailey J. Ketchum, Kevin Aug 26 San Jose Super Toy Show, San Info: PO Box 8387, St. Louis, MO 63132- Ellingson, Sal Lizard, Daniel Armstrong, Jose, California; Info: 532 S. Bascom Ave., Florida 8387 Ph: 636-326-3026 http://www. Alisha Polkowsky, Ed Dravecky, RA Winans, San Jose, CA 95128 Ph: 408-298-1709 archonstl.org/ [email protected] Guests: David Kloempken, Aaron Murphy, Katie http://www.timetunneltoys.com/toyshow. Oct 21-23 Bardcon, Orlando, Florida; Info: Elizabeth Moon, Romas Kukalis, Billy West, Rash, Chris Jones, David White, Karl html [email protected] PO Box 66319, Newport, MI 48166 http:// Hex Games, Jan Howard, Robin Wayne Berkner, Chris Edmond, Toren Atkinson, www.bardcon.org/ storybyrd@cfl .rr.com Bailey, Vic Milán Laura Inglis, Stacy Gonzales, Andy Wheeler, Aug 26-27 Creation, Burbank, California; Rick Hernandez, David Cuatt, Kimm Antell, Info: 217 S. Kenwood Street, Glendale, Oct 27-29 Necronomicon, Tampa, Florida; Indiana Joe Castro, Sharon Sullivan, and Joe CA 91202 Ph: 818-409-0960 http://www. Info: PO Box 2213, Plant City, FL 33564- Sakamoto creationent.com/ creatickets@creationent. 2213 http://stonehill.org/necro.htm Aug 10-13 Gen Con Indiana, Indianapolis, com [email protected] Guests: Verner Indiana; Info: 120 Lakeside Ave Suite Alabama Vinge, Harry Turtledove Benefi ts: Kids & #100, Seattle, WA, 98122 Ph: 206-957- Sep 1-4 ConQuest SF, Burlingame, Canines 3976 http://www.gencon.com/ events@ Oct 22 Con*Stellation XXV, Huntsville, California; Info: 2510F Las Posas Rd., gencon.com Alabama; Info: PO Box 4857, Huntsville AL Camarillo, CA 93010 Ph: 805-389-3433 Georgia 35815-4857 http://www.con-stellation.org/ http://www.avalongamecon.com/avindex. Iowa [email protected] Guests: David html Sep 1-4 Dragon*Con, Atlanta, Georgia; Info: Drake, Stephen Hickman, Theresa Mather, PO Box 16459, Atlanta, GA 30321-9998 Ph: Aug 4-6 Anime Iowa, Cedar Rapids, Iowa; Glen Cook Sep 8-10 Creation, Sacramento, California; 770-909-0115 http://www.dragoncon.org/ Info: 308 E. Burlington St. PMB #201, Iowa Info: 217 S. Kenwood Street, Glendale, [email protected] City, IA 52240 http://www.animeiowa.com/ Arizona CA 91202 Ph: 818-409-0960 http://www. [email protected] Guests: Stephen creationent.com/ creatickets@creationent. Sep 22-24 Anime Weekend Atlanta, Atlanta, Bennet, Rob Mungle, Lea Hernandez, Kyle Sep 1-4 CopperCon 26, Tempe, Arizona; com Georgia; Info: PO Box 13544, Atlanta, GA Hebert, Carrie Savage Info: PO Box 62613, Phoenix, AZ 85082 30324-0544 http://www.awa-con.com/ http://www.casfs.org/cucon/ cu26@ Sep 29-Oct 1 Conjecture 5, San Diego, [email protected] Guests: Luci Christian, Oct 13-15 Icon 31, Cedar Rapids, Iowa; coppercon.org Guests: Marc Zicree California; Info: PO Box 927388, San Diego, Lauren Goodnight, Sasha Paysinger, Monica Info: 308 E. Burlington St. PMB #201, CA 92192-7388 http://www.conjecture. Rial, Amy Howard Wilson, Carl Gustav Horn, Iowa City, IA 52240 Ph: 319-337-9098 Sep 23-24 Phoenix Cactus Comicon, org/ Guests: Holly Lisle Neil Nadelman, David Williams http://www.mindbridge.org/icon/ icon@ Mesa, Arizona; Info: 401 E. Dunbar Dr mindbridge.org Guests: C.S. Friedman, #45, Tempe, AZ 85282 Ph: 602-697-4007 Oct 6-8 SiliCon 2006, San Jose, California; Idaho Larry Price http://www.phoenixcomicon.com/ matt@ Info: 1009 E. Capitol Expressway #415, phoenixcomicon.com Guests: Terry Austin, San Jose, California 95121-2415 http:// Aug 4-6 Fandemonium, Nampa, Idaho; Kentucky Josh Blaylock, Bret Blevins, Johnny Yong Siliconventions.com info@siliconventions. Info: PO Box 701, Middleton, ID 83644 Ph: Bosch, Mike Bullock, Amanda Conner, com 208-284-3858 http://www.fandemonium. Aug 11-13 ConGlomeration, Louisville, Shannon Denton, Ron Garney, Justin Gray, org/ [email protected] Guests: Kentucky; Info: PO Box 32095, Louisville, KY. Raven Gregory, M. Alice LeGrow, Marat Oct 13-15 Be Scared, Burbank, California; Aaron Leach, Dave Britton, Reed Hawker, 40232-2095 http://www.conglomeration. Mychaels, Jimmy Palmiotti, Brian Pulido, Info: PO Box 742, Ashland, OR 97520 Ph: Lucas Hutson, Brian Fullmer, Alex Thatcher org/ [email protected] Steve Rude, Billy Tan 724-456-2407 http://www.boosterevents. com/ [email protected] Illinois Maryland Oct 13-15 Hexacon 16, Tempe, Arizona; Info: PO Box 62613, Phoenix AZ 85082 Oct 14-15 Hollywood Collectors Show, Aug 3-6 Wizard World Chicago, Chicago, Aug 4-6 Otakon, Baltimore, Maryland; Info: Ph: 623-773-1816 http://www.casfs.org/ Burbank, California; Info: PO Box 5040, Illinois; Info: 151 Wells Avenue, Congers, 3470 Olney Laytonsville Rd #165, Olney hexacon/ [email protected] Spring Hill, Florida 34611 Ph: 352-683- NY 10920 http://www.wizarduniverse.com/ MD, 20832 http://www.otakon.com/ info@ 5110 http://www.hollywoodcollectorshow. conventions/chicago.cfm conventions@ otakon.com California com/ [email protected] wizarduniverse.com Aug 11-13 Horrorfi nd Weekend, Baltimore, Aug 2-4 Summer ConQuest, Burbank, Aug 11-13 Vividcon, Chicago, Illinois; Info: Maryland; Info: 9722 Groffs Mill Drive, California; Info: 2510F Las Posas Rd., 1624 E. Virginia, Stillwater OK 74075 http:// #109, Owings Mills Maryland 21117 Camarillo, CA 93010 Ph: 805-389-3433 www.vividcon.com/ [email protected] http://www.horrorfindweekend.com/ http://www.avalongamecon.com/nwindex. convention@horrorfi nd.com

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Sep 14-17 Mid-Atlantic Nostalgia rekal/ [email protected] Guests: Oct 6-8 Council of Five Nations 29, Albany, Pennsylvania Convention, Aberdeen, Maryland; Info: David G. Hartwell New York; Info: 1700 Western Ave. #512, PO Box 189, Delta, PA 17314 http://www. Albany, NY, 12203 Ph: 518-464-1977 Aug 4-6 STARFLEET International midatlanticnostalgiaconvention.com/ Nevada http://www.swa-gaming.org/ dave@swa- Conference 2006, Philadelphia, [email protected] Guests: Barry gaming.org Pennsylvania; Info: 801-B Anderson Morse, Marta Kristen, David Hedison, Aug 17-20 Creation, Las Vegas, Nevada; Avenue, Drexel Hill, PA 19026. http://www. Conrad Brooks, Kenny Miller, Ed Hulse, Info: 217 S. Kenwood Street, Glendale, North Carolina ic2006.org [email protected]. Terry Salomonson, J.C. Henderson, Charlie CA 91202 Ph: 818-409-0960 http://www. Summers, Jack French, Michael Hayde, creationent.com/ creatickets@creationent. Aug 13 Charlotte ComiCon, Charlotte, Oct 28 Zenkaikon, Valley Forge, Gregory William Mank, Martin Grams Jr, com North Carolina; Info: 206 Main Street, Fort Pennsylvania; Info: 301 Heights Lane, Jim Cox Mill, SC 29715 Ph: 803-547-3995 http:// 41 F, Feasterville, PA 19053 http://www. New Jersey davescomicsonline.com/Scripts/coninfo. zenkaikon.com/ [email protected] Oct 7 Gaithersburg Antique & Collectible asp [email protected] Extravaganza, Gaithersburg, Maryland; Aug 19-20 Super Mega Show, Secaucus, Tennessee Info: PO Box 2026, Gaithersburg, MD New Jersey; Info: PO Box 453, Oradell, North Dakota 20886 Ph: 301-216-0876 http://www. NJ. 07649 Ph: 201-261-4982 http://www. Sep 1-3 Mephit Furmeet, Memphis, johnsonshows.com/ ljohnsonshows@aol. supermegashow.com/ heroes@optonline. Oct 13-15 ValleyCon 32, Fargo, North Tennessee; Info: PO Box 190512, Saint com net Dakota; Info: PO Box 7202, Fargo, ND Louis, MO 63119-6512 http://www. 58106-7202 Ph: 701-232-8722 http:// mephitfurmeet.org/ Guests: Jodi Tong Oct 20-22 Capclave, Silver Spring, Maryland; Aug 25-26 New Jersey/New York www.valleycon.com/ conchairs@valleycon. Info: 7113 Wayne Drive, Annandale, VA Entertainment Card Show, Secaucus, New com Guests: William Shatner, Diane Duane, Oct 6-8 National Storytelling Festival, 22003-1734 http://www.capclave.org/ Jersey; Info: 623 Eagle Rock Ave #337, Peter Morwood, Janny Wurtz, Don Maitz, Jonesborough, Tennessee; Info: 116 W. [email protected] West Orange, NJ 07052 Ph: 201-207-0583 Rowena Benefi ts: Children’s Hospital at Main St., Jonesborough, TN 37659 Ph: 423- http://www.deescards1.com/convention_ MeritCare; YWCA; Big Brother Big Sister; 753-2171 http://www.storytellingfestival. Massachusetts info.htm [email protected] Literacy Coalition; Recording for Blind & net/ [email protected] Dyslexic Oct 6-8 Wizard World Boston, Boston, Sep 26-Oct 1 Creation, Secaucus, New Oct 27-29 HallowCon, Chattanooga, Massachusetts; Info: 151 Wells Avenue, Jersey; Info: 217 S. Kenwood Street, Ohio Tennessee; Info: 395 Stancil Rd., Rossville, Congers, NY 10920 http://www. Glendale, CA 91202 Ph: 818-409-0960 GA 30741 http://www.hallowcon.com/ wizarduniverse.com/conventions/boston. http://www.creationent.com/ creatickets@ Aug 3-6 Pulpcon 35, Dayton, Ohio; Info: PO [email protected] cfm [email protected] creationent.com Box 90424, Dayton, OH 45490-0424 http:// www.pulpcon.org/ [email protected] Texas Oct 7-15 Viable Paradise, Martha’s Vineyard, Oct 6-7 Philly Non-Sport Card Show, Mount Massachusetts; Info: PO Box 436, Belmont, Laurel, New Jersey; Info: 10220 Calera Sep 28-Oct 1 Buckeye Game Fest Aug 11-13 Armadillocon 28, Austin, Texas; MA 02478 http://www.sff.net/paradise/ Road, Philadelphia, PA 19114 Ph: 215- VII, Columbus, Ohio; Info: PO Box Info: Box 27277, Austin, TX 78755 Ph: [email protected] Guests: Debra Doyle, 637-5744 http://www.reightershows.com/ 340491, Columbus, OH 43234 http:// 512-477-6259 http://www.fact.org/dillo/ Laura J. Mixon, James D. Macdonald, Teresa [email protected] www.buckeyeboardgamers.org/ [email protected] Guests: Julie Nielsen Hayden, Patrick Nielsen Hayden, buckeyegamefest.htm Czerneda, Diana Gill, Grant Kruger, Esther Steven Gould Oct 20-22 Ubercon VIII, Meadowlands, Friesner, James P. Hogan New Jersey; Info: 14924 Bushy Park Road, Oct 6-8 Context 18, Columbus, Ohio; Info: Michigan Woodbine, MD 21797 Ph: 866-UBERCON PO Box 163391, Columbus, OH 43216 Ph: Sep 1-4 AnimeFEST, Dallas, Texas; Info: http://www.ubercon.com/ kevin@ubercon. 614-868-8366 http://www.contextsf.org/ 1631 Dorchester Dr, Suite 110, Plano, TX Aug 20 X-Trava Con, Livonia, Michigan; com Guests: Michael A. Stackpole, Bernie [email protected] Guests: Maureen 75075 Ph: 972-569-8995 http://www. Info: 33228 West 12 Mile Rd, PMB #286, Hou, Bryan J. Prindiville, Chris Moreno, CJ McHugh, Tim Waggoner AnimeFEST.org [email protected] Farmington Hills, MI 48334 Ph: 248-426- Henderson, Danielle Ackley-McPhail, Erica 8059 http://motorcityconventions.com/ Henderson, Jason Porcino, Jennie Breeden, Oct 6-8 Cinema Wasteland, Strongville, Sep 22-24 FenCon, Dallas/Fort Worth, [email protected] Keith R. A. DeCandido, Lee Cherolis, Ohio; Info: PO Box 81551, Cleveland, Texas; Info: PO Box 560576, The Colony, Onezumi, Patrick Thomas, Pete Abrams, OH 44181 Ph: 440-891-1920 http:// TX 75056-0576 http://www.fencon.org/ Sep 17 X-Trava Con, Livonia, Michigan; Phil Kahn, Radbu, Rich Burlew, Rob Balder, www.cinemawasteland.com/ zombies@ [email protected] Guests: Alan Dean Foster, Info: 33228 West 12 Mile Rd, PMB #286, Rob Granito, T Campbell, Thousand Hats cinemawasteland.com Guests: Betsy Heather Alexander, Judith Ward, Jim Farmington Hills, MI 48334 Ph: 248-426- Productions Palmer Butcher, Lawrence Watt-Evans, Leslie Fish, 8059 http://motorcityconventions.com/ Rachel Caine [email protected] New Mexico Oct 20-22 Ohio Valley Filk Fest 22, Dublin, Ohio; Info: 3824 Patricia Drive, Columbus, Oct 28-29 Dallas Comic Con, Plano, Texas; Oct 6-8 Conclave 31, Romulus, Michigan; Aug 18-20 Bubonicon 38, Albuquerque, New OH 43220-4913 http://www.ovff.org/ Info: PO Box 292066, Lewisville TX 75029 Info: PO Box 2915, Ann Arbor, MI 48106 Mexico; Info: PO Box 37257, Albuquerque, [email protected] Ph: 972-420-8639 http://www.scifi expo. http://www.conclavesf.org/ conclave@ NM 87176 Ph: 505-266-8905 http:// com/ [email protected] conclavesf.org Guests: Catherine Asaro, bubonicon.home.att.net/ bubonicon@att. Oklahoma Voltaire, Emerald Rose, Rene Gobeyn, net Guests: Ben Bova Utah Carol Gobeyn Aug 4-7 Mythcon XXXVII, Norman, New York Oklahoma; Info: PO Box 320486, San Sep 22-24 Mountain-Con II, Salt Lake City, Minnesota Francisco, CA 94132-0486 Ph: 405-325- Utah; Info: 3972 West 2550 South, Taylor, Sep 16-17 Big Apple Comic Convention, New 1918 http://www.mythsoc.org/mythcon37. UT, 84401-9007 http://www.mountaincon. Aug 11-13 Diversicon 14, Bloomington, York, New York; Info: 75-34 Metropolitan html [email protected] Guests: Lois McMaster org [email protected]. Guests: Walter Minnesota; Info: PO Box 8036, Lake Street Ave, Middle Village, N.Y. 11379 Ph: 201- Bujold, Amy H. Sturgis Koenig, Richard Hatch Station Minneapolis, MN 55408 Ph: 612- 865-3288 http://www.bigapplecon.com/ 721-5959 http://www.diversicon.org/ [email protected] Oregon Washington [email protected] Guests: Kelly Link, Bryan Thao Oct 6-8 Albacon, Albany, New York; Info: Sep 2-4 Kumoricon, Portland, Oregon; Aug 25-27 Penny Arcade Expo, Bellevue, PO Box 2085, Albany, NY 12220-0085 Info: 960 Anderson Ln #1, Springfi eld, OR Washington; Info: 12317 15th Avenue NE, Sep 29-Oct 1 Arcana 36, St. Paul, http://www.albacon.org/ registration@ 97477 http://www.kumoricon.org/ Suite 108, Seattle, WA 98125 http://www. Minnesota; Info: PO Box 8036, Lake Street albacon.org Guests: Peter David, Omar penny-arcade.com/pax/ mikef@penny- Station, Minneapolis, MN 55408-8036 Ph: Rayyan arcade.com 612-721-5959 http://pages.prodigy.net/

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Aug 25-27 Dragonfl ight, Bellevue, Sep 24 2006: A Melbourne Odyssey, Germany fantastic-fi lms.com/festival/ Washington; Info: PO Box 776, Seattle, WA Melbourne, Victoria; Info: 2 Ardmore Gil@manchesterfantasticfi lms.co.uk 98111-0776 http://www.dragonfl ight.org/ St, Mitcham, Vic, 3132, Australia Oct 6-8 Galileo7, Düsseldorf, ; Info: c/o Ph: +61 03 9873 0231 http://www. Broadcast IT Services GmbH, Am Knill 6, Sep 8-10 Reunion 4, Leicester, England; Sep 8-10 PlanetXpo, Seattle, Washington; fi rstcontactconventions.com.au info@ D-22147 Hamburg Ph: +49 40 64892306 Info: Flat 3 Blighwood, 57 Surrey Road, Info: 27499 Riverview Center Blvd, Bonita fi rstcontactconventions.com.au Guests: http://www.galileo7.de/ [email protected] Poole, Dorset, BH12 1HF, England Ph: +44 Springs FL 34134 Ph: 239-498-7821 http:// Keir Dullea, Gary Lockwood Guests: Marc Alaimo, Jeffrey Combs, Casey 070 9281 2101 http://www.sfball.com/ www.planetxpo.com/ [email protected] Biggs, Vaughn Armstrong, Richard Herd, [email protected] Guests: Richard Arnold Guests: Nichelle Nichols, George Takei, Canada Ron B. Moore, Steve Rankin, William Jones, Benefi ts: Rainbow’s Childrens Hospice, Walter Koenig, Grace Lee Whitney, Jonathan Robert O’Reilly, JG Hertzler Loughborough Frakes, Marina Sirtis, Tim Russ, Alan Ruck, British Columbia Buzz Aldrin, Alan Bean, Greg Bear, David United Kingdom Sep 22-24 Dimension Jump 13, Brin, Tracy Torme, Rod Roddenberry, Sep 25-27 H.P. Lovecraft’s Birthday Party, Peterborough, England; Info: PO Box 35, Lawrence Krauss, Majel Roddenberry, Hitchin, SG4 9XZ, United Kingdom http:// Vancouver, British Columbia; Info: 302- England Michael David Ward, Marc B. Lee 1015 West 13th Ave Vancouver BC V6H 1N1 www.reddwarffanclub.com/dimension_ jump.asp [email protected] Canada http://www.vancouvergamingguild. Aug 7-13 Gatecon, Cheltenham, England; Sep 22-24 Foolscap VIII, Bellevue, com [email protected] Info: Meadowside, Aggs Lane, Gotherington, Washington; Info: PO Box 2461, Seattle, Oct 20-23 Cult TV, Norfolk, England; Info: Cheltenham, Glos., GL52 9EU Ph: +44 WA 98111-2461 http://www.foolscapcon. PO Box 1701, Wolverhampton, WV4 4WT, Oct 6-8 V Con 31, Burnaby, British 870 811 2084 http://www.gatecon.com/ org/ [email protected] United Kingdom Ph: +44 01733-205009 Columbia; Info: #209-2166 West 8th [email protected] Guests: http://www.cult.tv [email protected] Guests: Avenue, Vancouver, BC, V6K 2A4, Canada Colin Cunningham, Teryl Rothery, Corin Oct 13-14 Sci-Fan Show, Lynnwood, Antonio Fargas, John Schuck, Elisabeth http://www.v-con.ca/ Guests: Barbara Nemec, Steve Bacic, Ranbow Sun Francks, Washington; Info: 19332 60th Ave W, Sladen, Jean Marsh, Richard Wilson, Hambly, Lynne Taylor Fahnestalk, Randy Thomasina Gibson Lynnwood, WA 98036 Ph: 425-670-0454 McCharles Terry Carter, Herb Jefferson Jr, Ronald http://www.galaxyhobby.com/scifan.htm B Moore, Stefan Arngrim, Terry Molloy, Aug 13-14 Memorabilia, Birmingham, [email protected] Brian Croucher, Johnny Byrne, Mike Trim, Oct 17-22 Vancouver International Writers England; Info: Unit 3, Jephson Court, John Ainsworth, Jim Mortimore Benefi ts: Festival, Granville Island, British Columbia; Tancred Close, Leamington Spa, Oct 13-15 Anglicon, Seattle, Washington; Medecins Sans Frontiers (Doctors Without Info: 202-1398 Cartwright St, Vancouver Warwickshire, CV31 3RZ, ENGLAND Ph: +44 Info: PO Box 75536, Seattle, WA. 98125 Borders) BC, V6H 4B7 Ph: 604-681-6330 http:// 0870 2248615 http://www.memorabilia. Ph: 206-789-BRIT http://www.anglicon. www.writersfest.bc.ca/ viwf@writersfest. co.uk/ [email protected] com/ [email protected] bc.ca Northern Ireland Aug 18-21 Discworld Convention 2006, Wisconsin Aug 4-6 Mecon, Belfast, Northern Ireland; Quebec Hinckley, England; Info: PO Box 102, Info: 99 Malone Road, Belfast, BT9 6SP Royston, Herts., SG8 7ZJ, UK Ph: +44 Aug 25-27 JVL-Con VIII, Janesville, http://www.mecon.org.uk/ meconbelfast@ Oct 13-15 Con*Cept, Montreal, Quebec; (0) 7092 394940 http://www.dwcon.org/ Wisconsin; Info: 1316 Monterey Lane, yahoo.co.uk Guests: Diane Duane, Ian Info: Box 196, Ste. Julie, QC, J3E1X6 [email protected] Guests: Terry Pratchett, Janesville, WI. 53545 Ph: 608-305-5525 McDonald, Peter Morwood, Ian Watson http://www.conceptsff.ca/ conceptsff@ Stephen Briggs, Bernard Pearson, Trevor http://www.si-fi-nut.com/jvl-con.html conceptsff.ca Guests: Steve Bacic Truran, Colin Smythe, Ian Stewart, Jack [email protected] Wales Cohen, Diane Duane, Peter Morwood, Finland David Langford, Lionel Fanthorp Australia Aug 13 PM2006, Portmeirion, Wales; Info: “Number Six” Windmill Walk, Sutton, ELY, Aug 25-27 Robin of Sherwood Legend Aug 18-20 Finncon, Helsinki, ; Info: Cambs, CB6 2NH, England http://www. Victoria 2006, Nottinghamshire, England; Info: Taimistontie 4 b A 4, 00380 Helsinki, Finland theunmutual.co.uk/ info@theunmutual. 41 Roseheath, Hemel Hempstead, HP1 http://www.fi nncon.org/ info@fi nncon.org co.uk Guests: Jane Merrow, Robert Aug 4-6 Continuum 4, Melbourne, Victoria; 2NG, UK http://www.roslegend.co.uk Guests: Justina Robson, Jeff VanderMeer, Fairclough Benefi ts: Hope House Children’s Info: GPO Box 603, Melbourne, Victoria Risto Isomäki [email protected] 3001, Australia http://www.continuum.org. Hospices au/ [email protected] Guests: Shaun Sep 1-3 Festival of Fantastic Films, Tan Manchester, England; Info: 95 Meadowgate Road, Salford, Manchester M6 8EN, England Ph: +44 (0)161 707-3747 http://www.

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Region One also won ribbons and trophies for their (outer hull inspection) while those who On 4 May 2006, LtJG Christine Anderson art work in the VULKON Art Competion did not wish to climb, “beamed down to and MAJ Scott Anderson went to USS Pride of Scotland and Show. The Gallifrey crew began the planet” to locate materials to patch Washington D.C. for the National Day Held thunder party for Thunder over working with a professional model the hull. This consisted of going into of prayer along with some of their Louisville, the kick off of the Kentucky designer and builder on a project to the woods & locating articles hidden Church family and friends, there we Derby Season. Donated goods to Good build the model of the U.S.S. Gallifrey, there using a GPS locator system & enjoyed the Smithsonian Institutes Will and “Gods Kitchen” Soup kitchen to be completed hopefully by next year latitude / longitude directions given to various museums as well as the charity. Assisting R1 Summit behind before VULKON. us by Carl. Everyone had a wonderful Capitol Building, Library of Congress, the scenes with donations of goods for time. Following refreshments, a brief Supreme Court and various memorials auction, and other support. Working USS Star League meeting was held. Planning picnic / throughout the area. PO3 Nicholson on launching a 3rd Shuttle. Working Finished review of Ship Operations swimming meeting for June. Lining challenged the Klingon, Bill Blair, to on Commissioning our fi rst shuttle. manual-revisions to be made and new up excellent guest speaker for Sept. personal combat and was subsequently The Schultz Cadets are both active manuals issued. Away mission by 4 crew Committee working on Annual Crew invited to join a Klingon House in in extracurricular activities. Nate has members to Kennedy Space Center Auction for Aug. Four members Columbus Ohio, more details as they begun martial arts training in karate, for Star League’s 15th commissioning attended the R/1 Summit in Akron, come in. Also at the Region 1 Summit and Heidi is advancing in her gymnastics anniversary. OH. Chapter received a unit award PO3 James Nicholson has made a training. She is very excited that they for exceptional service. Received decision to join the SFMC and so from moved her up to train with the “big USS Jurassic Thank You notes from Salvation Army this point on will be known by the rank girls” - she’s a natural! Adriane has Several members are preparing to for chapter donations in response to of Corporal. LtJG Christine Anderson been the busiest out of the household attend the Region One Summit in call for help from SA to support the and MAJ Scott Anderson also went on this past month, however. First, she Akron, OH in May. The ship is also Food Pantry during a diffi cult several an away mission to the holosuites and donated 14 inches of her hair to Locks preparing to work with the annual Field months. saw the movie X-Men: The Last Stand of Love. She loves her new do, and I’m Day Amateur Radio activities coming in on the 26th of May. sure someone else will be loving the June at the CO’s home. USS Ronald E. McNair wig that they make from her donation We added fi ve new members to our Region Two just as much. Adriane also volunteered USS Jamestown roster. First Annual McNair Fun Trek her time during the Great Steamboat Col Michael Romero and Cpl Ashley held, USS Starleague joined us and USS Hephaestus Race, working with children in a craft Herron were married at the Fort their Ass’t CMO won the mini golf The Spring Cookout was a huge demo and workshop for the Louisville Monroe Chapel on April 22nd. Away trophy. McNair members went on an success! One of our best crowds ever, Center For the Arts. And to top it all Teams attended the IKV Bat’Leth’s away mission to a Housefi lk. and the Texas Hold’em Fundraiser off, she was awarded the blue ribbon meeting and March of Dimes Walk was a smashing success, as we raised for her entry in the Iroquois Mayfair’s America. Processed and shipped its USS Columbus $100 for the chapter treasury. The fi rst annual baking competition. latest shipment of coupons to its Planned for and attended MARCON. chapter elected RAdm Danny Potts The proceeds from the sale of her overseas base Schweinurt, Germany. Voted to fund table at UN festival as Commanding Offi cer in the month cake benefi ted the Little Loomhouse At 12 Noon James Winsley successfully in November. Welcomed two new of April. Danny’s fi rst offi cial task was Foundation in Louisville. All that while completed his solo fl ight in a Cessna chapter members. Collected signatures to appoint Captain Pat Hicks to the 6 months pregnant! Karen Berenberg C-172 at the Daytona Beach Airport, on a get-well banner presented to position of First Offi cer. delivered the Sunday Service and gave Daytona Beach, FL. Away Team to the Eugene Roddenberry for his mother, a panel on Morale at the R1 Summit. Starship Farragut fan created Star Trek Majel Barrett. Also collected signatures USS Gasparilla The POS’ MSG, the 198th won Unit of Episode fi lm shot. USS Jamestown on a banner for US troops stationed Attended the Tampa Bay Renaissance the Year for the second year in a row and IKV Bat’Leth members portrayed abroad. Festival. Met Alvin Dozier, Shuttle in the 1st Brigade Valor Awards. The original series Klingons. Andromeda CO, working there. Sword of Scotland’s own OIC, Tony USS Arizona Lopes won Leader of the Year in the 1st USS Rutledge Leaving for 2nd year of “Hot Rod USS Odyssey Brigade Valor Awards. The POS’ First Fiction writing continues. CO Mandi Power Tour on Sunday 5/28. It starts Walk for life with Zone 4 Mississippi Shuttle commissioned at R1 Summit, Livingston gave birth to a baby girl on on 6/3 in Kissimee and ends June 10 in ships earned $130.00. Planning for now is USS Armageddon. Launched 4/19/06 - Kaitlyn Marie Livingston. Elizabethtown, NJ. shore leave with fellow Mississippi third Shuttle, Shuttle Mars shortly chapters. after R1 Summit. Hosted party at R1 USS LaGrange USS Ohio Summit had attendees from all over R1 Great fun at Region One Summit; Members went to Free Comic Day at a USS Haise including Acting VCS and ShOC Chief. shuttle Cuyahoga ready for Memorial local comic shop. Four members (three Crew completed several painting Invented new drink with the help of Day Parade. Article about it and for the fi rst time) went to the Region projects for Community Stewpot Teen Alien Actor Bill Blair, called Alien Ale, Lagrange to be printed in Stow Sentry One Summit. We all had a great time Center. Preparations are underway nice fl avor, should ask us about one newspaper. visiting with old friends and meeting to assist the local planetarium with next time you visit the POS. Preparing new ones. We went to see the movie Space Day. Crew spent a fun afternoon to visit USS Reprisal in June. Preparing USS Armageddon “X-Men 3” then went to an Akron Aeros playing Glow Golf at the mall. Some to Visit Region 18 in the beginning of We have started the Marine’s 110th (Cleveland Indians AAA team) baseball crew members will travel to Hattiesburg June. MSG unit for Indiana. We had our May game, which was also attended by to assist the USS Dark Phoenix with meeting with a cook-out and gaming. members of the USS Lagrange and a their commitment at the Walk for Life. USS Gallifrey local Klingon ship. Unfortunately they Crew members traveled to Hattiesburg Members attended the VULKON Science USS Heimdal lost. to assist the USS Dark Phoenix with Fiction Convention and volunteered to Meeting was “Outer Starship Hull their participation in the American work duty shifts at the STARFLEET Inspection!” 11 members gathered USS Dragon’s Fury Cancer Society’s Walk for Life. Nine Recruiting Table during the entire at Security Chief Carl Davis’ home Members of the Dragons Fury (formerly crewmembers trekked to the Rainwater weekend. Members of the Gallifrey ran for the event. Carl has a professional Hells Fury) attended Region One Observatory at French Camp Academy the table and oversaw the recruiting rock climbing wall & members climbed Summit in Ohio, where the USS Hells for a night of stargazing and “camping efforts. Many of the crew of the Gallifrey the wall wearing helmets & harnesses Fury became the USS Dragons Fury. out” on site. We saw very clearly Saturn

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The best thing collected & donated 3.5 pounds of pop Continue work with local ST clubs on other levels of SFI and what they do, that happened this month, though, tabs to Ronald McDonald house, this several joint events work on Cadet hotdogs, s’mores and lots more food. was the return from Iraq of one of our years charity. At the second meeting, program. Planning for summer event The ship made a fi nancial contribution members, Starfl eet LTJG Brian Franks. we celebrated four birthdays with cake CARE package to member in Iraq, with to the observatory’s building fund. This was his 3 tour overseas with the and cards; and fi nally had an away 101st Abn Div paintball event where A number of the crew attended the Naval Reserves. We had our very fi rst mission to San Antonio to help the USS team played. New Crew member born movies “The DaVinci Code” and “X- ever Anniversary Dinner followed by Victory celebrate it’s 10th anniversary. on the 9th of May 06 to the West Men” together. Planning continues for champagne, awards, and promotions! Family. Continued work with other Space Day in July and some other fun One of our members graduated from Region Four local ST clubs on joint efforts. activities in June. high school this month and will go on to the college level, another of our USS Stormbringer ISS Pegasus USS Relentless members attended fi eld training (basic Chapter was well represented at Collected another 50000 pop top for Adopt-A-Road drive scheduled, Design training) for the Air Force, and still StarFest 2006, with members coming the Ronald McDonald house. Total is for USS Relentless Banner fi nalized. another competed for state honors in in from California, Arizona, Utah and about 350,000 Two bikes were given Added recruiting too Spotlight Magazine choir. across Colorado. Chapter also held to the school for prizes in a raffl e of & Local Community Corkboard in a recruitment party at StarFest 2006 some kind. Hometown News. Added TV/Radio to USS Bexar that netted us 2 new members to recruiting efforts. ‘The Susan G. Komen, Race for the STARFLEET and a keg of Guinness. Region Five Cure’ in San Antonio was held on April We promoted the Guinness. Chapter USS Jubilee 1, 2006. We are especially committed participated in OPUScon in May helping USS Destiny Participated in Montgomery Arthritis to help this foundation because two to run the horror and fi lm rooms. The USS Destiny has just recently walk with USS New Hope. crewmembers lost their wives to Members donated the use of two become the Mother Ship to the shuttle” breast cancer and a family member projectors from Stormbringer Films Escape Pod” located in the Richland, USS New Hope of a member is a cancer survivor. We for the “Dusk Til Dawn Horrorthon”. Washington. May celebrates the USS Several meetings took place during continue to collect stuffed animals for Two new members were recruited for Destiny’s 12th year in “STARFLEET”. the month of May, as well as our main the EMS Trauma Buddy program. the chapter at this event. Chapter’s Attended McMenamins UFO Parade/ meeting on May 25 to discuss new t- fi lm unit, Stormbringer Films, began Festival with IKV T’Mar and IKV Raptor. shirts for both the marines and the ship USS Trinity River production of its next feature titled Will repay the favor of their visit at the side. Had a guest at the meeting that Game Day April 4th and great success. “Red Shirt Diaries”. The CO went Super Saturday event north of Seattle. was in STARFLEET some 20 years ago On April 8 and 15 members of the to the annual JPL (Jet Propulsion and has moved to the area. Gaming group got together to help put badges Laboratory) open house that is held USS Rubicon was talked about and a new game together for the April Dallas Comicon. every May at the Caltech campus in The USS Rubicon along with the RC produced by Michael Alpert was shown Attending the Midnight movie of Young Pasadena, CA. He hung out with a few and his wife, attended the launch of and many members will be contributing Frankenstein at the Dallas Inwood of the local Angeles crewmembers. the Shuttle Thermopylae in Seattle at to this new project. theather after an enjoyable supper at We saw a full scale replica of the Norwescon April 15. Our other major Bennigans. Members attended Region Cassini Satellite, many booths on the project this month was the March of USS Guardian Three Zoo day. Members volunteered latest technology, and even the DSN Dimes WalkAmerica. We are looking Crewmembers started planning a trip for the Dallas Comicon held April 29th (Deep Space Network) control center, forward to celebrating our MSG’s 5th to Las Vegas early next year to visit the and 30th. Making plans to attend the where they are currently monitoring anniversary next month on the 13th. Star Trek Experience. Chapter website summit. all the deployed robots and satellites, We have our annual involvement with (www.ussguardian.com) has been re- including the Spirit and Opportunity Ye Merrie Greenwood Faire coming up activated. Activity was going to see the USS Lone Star rovers. This event was, and always has in June. latest X-Men movie (X-Men: The Last Guest speaker from Lubbock Chamber been, free and open to the public. Stand). of Commerce on topic of be a tourist USS Crusader in your own backyard at local meeting. USS PeaceKeeper For our April activity, went to the USS Paegan Visited two local museums and Discussed new way to do recruitment. Campbell House tour. We also went We had 19 people attend our monthly planetarium. Hosted Easter egg hunt Had our fi rst visitor to our irc chat for to the Cheney Cowles Museum that meeting, our best showing in recent and party for children at local victims R1. is next door to the mansion. We were memory. of domestic violence shelter. Later in dazzled by the Model T car association the day helped with Easter games for USS Angelfi re display in the parking lot. The owners Region Three residents of four group homes. USS Angelfi re hosted it’s fi rst 1st and their families were dressed in Aid and CPR class this past month. period costume. Inside the museum, USS Regulator USS Victory 12 members recieved important see were entertained by a presentation Finalizing TOS Uniforms for 40th Regular chapter meeting on May 12. information on updated life saving of the “swing” dance of the 30’s. We Anniversary TOS Celebration at Summit Participated in KEDT alive TV auction techniques and rescue breathing for also saw the history of driving, from in June. Trying to keep fun things going May 13 in Corpus Christi by answering adults, adolesents, and infants. Several a tiller-driven early car up thru the along with business. Several members phones. Chapter held anniversary children of Angelfi re members did 50’s. There were also displays of of the Regulator attended Region 3 party on May 28. Vice Commander, easter related games and hit a “Bunny” typical clothing from each period. On Zoo Trip. STARFLEET in attendance. Past and Pinata for candy and prizes. May 7th, three from our ship took part present Victory leadership toasted ten in the Bloomsday Race. It is a 7 1/2 years of the chapter’s successes and USS Angeles mile trek for international runners, as existence. 11th anniversary party at the Hollywood well as for us poor souls who walk the

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course. On May 13th, we participated USS Niagara over an hour before we set out for our USS Inferno in the Letter Carriers’ Food Drive that An away team of 4 attended the Volkon home ports. The next weekend was In May, we had two projects. May benefi ted the Second Harvest Food convention in Cleveland. Approved Monster Mania Con V in Cherry Hill. 6-7, 13-14 was our Pittsburgh Race Bank in Spokane. We spent the hours the use of the ships charity acount to While I am a bigger sci-fi fan then For The Cure Project. ( http://www. unloading food stuffs from the postal provide a donation to the local Cancer horror fan, I must confess that I love pittsburghraceforthecure.org/index. trucks and putting them in the huge resarch hospital. Promotional items attending these cons. It is the South html ). We had at least one to three cartons in the trailer of an 18 wheeler. were also approved by the crew to Jersey version of Chiller Theatre held members volunteering each day and The postal workers at the South Regal be used to spread the word about which is held in North Jersey. An Away three walking the race this year on May Post Offi ce were treated to a barbeque, Starfl eet and the Niagara to place we Team of four went and saw X:Men III 14th. This is our biggest project of the and so were we. We had great fun! go. Organization of an away team on Friday of Memorial Day weekend. year. K’moghjIH volunteered 25 hours The activity for May 27th was for us to mission to the region 1 summit in That same weekend we had an Away for this project alone. Jeff Jones and see the new X-Men movie as a group. Akron was fi nalized with a 4 member Team of four attended the Ocean Ksimka volunteered almost 15 hours. Seven of us went and thoroughly team attending at the invitation of its Township Founder’s Day and several On May 20th, David Ferber, K’moghjIH, enjoyed the show. coordinator. of us also enjoyed a party after that and Ksimka walked the 3K for the Walk event for our communications offi cer For A Healthy Community starting Region Six USS Flying Fox Dorothy Rose who graduated college down at Station Square. We have Members attended an IC meeting, earlier in the week. completed our selection of Command USS Imperium prepared for Relay for lIfe activity and Staff Offi cers with Baral K’oveD (Jim Went to see Planetarium showing of continued to participate in Starfl eet USS Osiris McClure being selected as Intelligence “Hubble Vision” at MSUM campus. Academy. Members were nominated The Osiris will be celebrating the 10th Offi cer and Christopher Hindman being Had pizza lunch and went to premiere for region 7 awards. Memebers took a Anniversary of its formation with a selected as Finance Offi cer or Bursar. of X Men 3. Will be doing picnic and trip to the Philadelphia Zoo. Members night on the town starting with dinner barbeque several times this summer held a meeting, attended Monstermania at Dave and Buster’s Restaurant in USS Thor by ourselves and with other area SciFi and attended an IC meeting. Planned NYC, 42nd Street locale, possibly a Crew helped staff the Anime Mid clubs. Some members will be going to upcoming picnic. Raven planned her movie and fi nishing off back in Osiris Atlantic convention. SciFi convention in Minneapolis in July. second radio show. territory for the end of the evening Away mission planned for July 8th for cake and coffee. Region Nine fi shing and/or tubing down river in USS Adamant Fergus Falls, MN. Held USS Adamant Cantina (& Movie) USS Asimov USS Europe Night in Conshohocken PA. We’re getting ready for Shore Leave Crew is active in a daily trivia contest USS Czar ak and our CO is working on a Private Several online games are played, Recruiting new people and new blood, USS Northstar Pilot’s License. So far, he has 11.7 including Army Commander, Gatewars and or new ideas to make things new The Northstar held a party to lauch hours and 25 successful landings. and OGame. R9 forum got a new to get people interested in doing more our new mission as Region 7’s newest LCARS-style skin. or doing things. This month we have Correy Chapter. USS Highlander had several medical things going on. Revised by-laws await fi nal vote, plans USS Vanguard USS Accord complete for annual non-meeting On Line Gaming continues. On May USS Thunderchild Members learned how to paint picnic. Capt Gerry Sylvester and Capt 28, two members participated in a Star The crew of the Thunderchild meet pottery. Fred Parsons were married 5/27/06. We Trek 2E constructed CCG Tournement at Elk Canyon Sports Pub & Grill in celebrated 10 years as a commissioned TOC (Territorial Open Championship), Custer, S.D. for our 14th Anniversary USS Challenger chapter in STARFLEET 5/18/06. resulting in a 5th place and 8th place. Party and meeting. Our ship meeting was moved up a day Members went to the New Star Con on and we enjoyed a lively activity of a USS Matrix May 14th. USS Saint George group meeting, catching up on media Targlets being given out to the Preparing to launch Shuttle Riverside, and club matters and then we were off crew; Targ Obedience training has Region Twelve getting ready for R6 summit, to Comic Relief our local comic book commenced. XO formed a committee to Convergence and Demicon. store to pick up our free comic books write an RPG manual. Shuttle Mawson USS Bortas for Free Comic Book Day on May 6 and successfully launched in Region 11. Five crew members attended Region Region Seven then we enjoyed a movie afterwards 12 Summit in Fayetteville, Arkansas, - “Scary Movie IV” to be exact. The USS Albany where we received several ship awards. USS Jaguar next day the CO represented the ship Six members watched the Binghamton During the Summit, a party was held Scott Akers completed twelve SFA and enjoyed the fi rst of two C.H.U.D. Mets beat the New Hampshire Fisher by the crew members to introduce courses as a beta-tester. He also fi nished Comic Book shows in Gloucester City Cats 3-2 in baseball. Six members Region 12 Summit 2007, “Shaken, Not seventh in the monthly STARFLEET NJ which features boxes and boxes attended the MS walk this year at the Stirred”, which will be hosted by our Online Trivia Contest. Gloria Hanson of comics all of which are no more Saratoga Race track. Two members ship and held in Urbana, IL. has been taking FAA ground school in than a dollar. Most were lower than worked the bagel counter, two anticipation of begining fl ying lessons a dollar so I walked away with a lot members worked the rest stop, and USS Umiak soon. of comics. The next show is this fall. the other two walked in the walk. The Getting ready for Ren-Fair this Later in the month we attended Mystic weather was fantastic! Seven members summer. USS Top Gun Realms Fantasy Faire IV with several attended miniature golf at Glenville The TG got back to its space roots by friends from the USS Avenger and USS Mini-Sportsplex in Scotia. Overseas USS Sunfl ower visiting the Air & Space Museum in DC. Sovereign’s chief engineer, Capt. Traci coupon project - The set of coupons Sent 9 packages of food, gloves, socks, We have discussed a SFI team for the Giorganni. Two members of the Top mailed was $682.85 for a YTD total of books, and letters from children, all this Relay for Life race next month along Gun also made it to the faire early in $9,058.75. went to an Army base in Iraq for as with a Skating party for June and the the day. An Indian dinner at the Gagan many soldiers that it can acomadate. Air Show for May. Palace was our next adventure and then we talked in the parking lot for

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USS Hexum Region Thirteen collected $479 and 4 team members SFI renewal Forms to be produced in Our recycling and stamp collection participated in the 6 mile March of Braille and large print. activities continue. We’re looking at USS White Star Dimes walk. May was “Movie Madness” hosting an International food fest Members attended Penguicon 3.0. month for the O’Bannon as the crew USS Alioth tentatively near the end of June in Readers group remains active. saw Mission Impossible 3, The Da Vinci Participated in March of Dimes Walk Dupo. It will be called “Picnic at the Code and X-Men: The Last Stand. The America for the 20th year in a row. end of the Universe.” The USS Hexum Region Fifteen crew assembled at the Hillview Putt- had a great time at ShowMeCon. We’re putt range for a round. XO Kandy USS Tiburon hosting an International food fest June USS Nelson Provencher took top honors. The team The Tiburon continues to work on 25th at the Dupo Park Pavilion called The Nelson celebrated its 3rd then headed out for ice cream. many community service and regional “Picnic at the end of the Universe.” anniversary as a commissioned ship projects. Members attending StarFest We expect participants from Starfl eet, at May’s monthly meeting. A good USS Galaxy Denver’s largest Sci-Fi Con, at the Con United Federation of Planets, Klingons number of the crew met at Look Attended Boston science museum members attending the Federation and other organizations. There will be Park in Northampton MA for a picnic, Star Wars exhibit and Anime Boston Ball, sponsored by the USS Pioneer & games and other fun activities. which included a picture cake with the convention. Omega Glory, they also attending the Nelson’s logo on it. Chapter certicates USS Anasazi’s Saturday Night Feddy USS Jeannette Maddox of acheivement were handed out to USS Darwin Party. Raised $1100 at Bowl for Kids Sake for Ellen & Alan Makja, Ann Mayo, Deb & This month the USS Darwin had a Big Brothers and Big Sisters. Attended William Kowal, Kathy Mullins for thier wonderful time enjoying the sun at a USS Anasazi the Region 12 Summit. Away mission continual efforts towards the Nelsson’s local park fl ying kites. Member Ruth Crew attended Starfest in Denver with to see MI:3. charitable causes Forrand hand sculpted 10 table top crew from the Shuttle Tomahawk. horgones, a two foot tall horgones Held Memorial BBQ and trip to Zoo and USS Discovery SS Ian Fleming wall mask, and grew 10 plants for the bio-park. Currently planning for 5th The USS Discovery helped staff Attended the Region 15 Summit held centerpieces to go with the horgones Anniversary party and IC in August. ShowMeCon IV, with Guest of Honor in Seabrook NH on April 29th & 30th. at the R15 Summit. Peter David. We also had two away Attended the Region 15 Bowling USS Wind Spirit missions to a new winery nearby. tournament on Saturday June 27th Region Seventeen We had a wonderful and windy annual with members of the USS Nelson and anniversary picnic at the Bear Creek USS Dragonstrike USS Darwin. USS Pioneer Park in Colorado Springs. We plan to Crew has begun to collect food and Members attended the Starfest and have a recruiting drive at the local clothing for the local food pantries and USS Ares OpusCon conventions, visited the Clive fl ea market as well as raising money homeless shelter as well as continuing Celebrated XO’s Birthday in Las Vegas Cussler Museum, the Denver Zoo and for charity by selling items that will be collecting pull tabs for local Ronald with members of the Ares, Darwin, the Denver Aquarium, and participated donated by some of our members. McDonald House for Cancer. and UNIT. We went to the museum of in LaserTag games. science along with members of UNIT to Region Twenty USS Horizon see the Star Wars exhibit. The month USS Moontype Members attended a Harlem fi nished off with the annual Region 15 Production continues at Utopia USS Albion Globetrotters exhibition game and summit. This was an amazing time. Planitia shipyards with the building We commissioned on 14/April/2006 contributed over $8000 to OCP. of our model of our ship. Final plans and had an online commissioning party USS O’Bannon have been completed for our Annual on 22/April/2006. USS Nomad The USS O’Bannon donated $250 Meeting at the American Council of the CO Trotter chose the frying pan instead to MS Walkathon while the CO & XO Blind National Convention to be held of the fi re. did the walking duties (6k). The crew this year in Jacksonville, Florida on discussed the possibility of re-starting Thursday, July 13, 2006. During the USS Chesapeake a marine unit aboard the O’Bannon. next two months we plan to work on Members preparing to attend Phoney The crew got together at Kandy our video presentation, the newsletter, Con. Provenchers Bar & Casino for a night email listserv, our new logo, yearly of “friendly” poker. The O’Bannon awards, promotional literature and

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Senior Vice Chief Publications Manager Staff Assistant / Webmaster Director, ASDB CHIEF OF Director, Dept. of Technical Services Johnathan Simmons William “Biff” Bassett Joost Ueffi ng SHUTTLECRAFT Alex Rosenzweig 7024 E. Maplewood Place 2652 W. Hampden Ave. 63 Beaverbrook Lane OPERATIONS 980 Linwood Place Englewood, CO 80111-4510 Englewood, CO. 80110 Kanata, ON, Canada North Brunswick, NJ 08902 [email protected] [email protected] K2K1L6 Jerry Tien [email protected] asdb@sfi .org 45018 Cougar Circle Fremont, CA 94539 shoc@sfi .org

STARFLEET COMPUTER OPERATIONS

Chief of Staff Vice Chief Membership Processing Admin. Helpdesk Administrator CHIEF OF COMPUTER Martin Lessem Bob Chin Chrissy Killian Susan Ueffi ng 411 W. Conestoga Rd., #33 11 Augusta Way P.O. Box 712 63 Beaverbrook Lane OPERATIONS Devon, PA 19333 N. Chelmsford, MA 01863 Kingsburg, CA 93631-0712 Kanata, ON, Canada Sal Lizard CompOps-COC@sfi .org chinrw@sfi .org membership@sfi .org K2K1L6 138A Watt Street helpdesk@sfi .org Circleville, OH 43113 Database Administrator SFI.ORG Web Master compops@sfi .org database@sfi .org webmaster@sfi .org

OFFICE OF THE CHIEF FINANCIAL OFFICER

Senior Vice Chief Vice Chief Quartermaster CHIEF FINANCIAL Financial Offi cer Robyn A. Winans Pat Spillers OFFICER Lisa Pruitt 719 Meadow Mead Dr. 2145 Cherry Blossom Pat Spillers 4019 38th Street Allen, TX 75002 Schertz, TX 78154 2145 Cherry Blossom Lubbock, TX 79413 [email protected] QM@sfi .org [email protected] Schertz, TX 78154 cfo@sfi .org

STARFLEET REGIONAL COORDINATORS

REGION 1 REGION 4 REGION 7 REGION 12 REGION 15 Ben Redding Ed Nowlin Mike Smith Wade Hoover Garrick Halverson 2917 Heritage Way PO Box 494781 100 Benner Street 1018 Lakeview 10 Williamson Ave. Sevierville, TN 37876-9125 Redding, CA 96049-4781 Bethlehem, PA 18015 Emporia, KS 66801 Newburyport, MA 01950 [email protected] [email protected] [email protected] [email protected] [email protected]

REGION 2 REGION 5 REGION 9 REGION 13 REGION 17 Jennifer Rosbury Nat Saenz Michael Vermoesen Michael Dugas Bran Stimpson 246 San Luis St. SW 2301 Rouchelle Lane Broekkanstraat 117 3735 Teeple Ave 1120 Magnolia Street Palm Bay, FL 32908 West Richland, WA 99353 Baasrode, 9200 Ft. Gratiot, MI 48059 Denver, CO 80220 [email protected] [email protected] Belgium, Europe [email protected] [email protected] [email protected] REGION 3 REGION 6 REGION 14 REGION 20 Brad Pense Michael Urvand REGION 10 Manon Lessard-Belanger Adi Jones PO Box 1756 12400 Inglewood Ave. #4 Paul M. Reid 542 Regaudie 23 Orchard Crescent Coppell, TX 75019 Savage, MN 55378 1050 Beverley Place Rouyn-Noranda, Quebec, Stevenage, SG1 3EN [email protected] [email protected] Victoria, BC, V8S 3Z8, Canada J9X 3W6, Canada United Kingdom [email protected] [email protected] [email protected]

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THE INTERNATIONAL STAR TREK FAN ASSOCIATION, INC. STARFLEET is the fan organization with something for everyone. Members the world over are united in appreciation of the human adventure that is Star Trek. Hundreds of chapters throughout the world link members to local fandom activities, as well as the central organization. Annual membership begins with a membership package containing membership card(s), certifi cate(s), a handbook, and a listing of chapters. In addition, yourwill recieve six issues of the Communiqué, our bi-monthly publication, which contains news and information on STARFLEET operations and chapter activities, convention information, and much more. Please allow 6-8 weeks for your membership packet to arrive. If you provide an e-mail address or self-addressed stamped postcard, you will be notifi ed as soon as your membership is processed. Contact CompOpsHELP@sfi .org or below P.O. Box if you haven’t heard anything after 8 weeks. We can only process memberships for one-year terms – please do not send funds for multiple-year renewals.

To join STARFLEET, complete this form and mail with payment (US Funds payable to STARFLEET) or credit card information to: STARFLEET MEMBERSHIP PROCESSING • P. O. BOX 94288 • LUBBOCK, TX 79493-4288 MEMBERSHIP RATES MEMBER INFORMATION MEMBERSHIP CIRCLE WHERE APPROPRIATE CLASSES USA CAN/MEX OTHER NAME: INDIVIDUAL $15 $16 $20 MAILING ADDRESS: DATE OF BIRTH: FAMILY OF 2 $22 $23 $27 CITY: STATE/PROVINCE: POSTAL CODE: FAMILY OF 3 $25 $26 $30 COUNTRY: TELEPHONE: FAMILY OF 4 $28 $29 $33 EMAIL: FAMILY OF 5 $31 $32 $36 CHAPTER AFFILIATION: RANK: FAMILY OF 6 $34 $35 $39 PAYMENT INFORMATION PERSONAL CHECK/MONEY ORDER NEW MEMBERSHIP CREDIT CARD MEMBERSHIP RENEWAL VISA/MASTERCARD CARD NUMBER EXPIRATION DATE SCC:

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STARFLEET, The International Star Trek Fan Association, in cooperation with Star Trek personalities, supports educational efforts with contributions made by our members. If you would like to support this effort, please make a donation (minimum $1 per box checked) to one (or more) of the following scholarship funds. Please note: Donations are not required, and must be included with your membership fees. Additional information on specifi c programs available upon request. Scholarship donations are not currently tax-deductible. LeVAR BURTON PATRICK STEWART MARINA SIRTIS ARMIN SHIMMERMAN Total Scholarship Donations Enclosed: $

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STARFLEET ACADEMY – The Scholastic Division of STARFLEET: The International Star Trek Fan Association, Inc. Wayne Killough, Jr., Commandant • 2076 West Farm Road 96 • Spingfi eld, MO 65803 • academy@sfi .org Please fi ll out and send this application directly to the school you wish to attend. Do not use ranks on envelopes. All checks or money orders for US Schools must be made out to “STARFLEET ACADEMY” DO NOT SEND CASH. STARFLEET VOUCHERS and RED SFA VOUCHERS ACCEPTED

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OFFICER’S TRAINING SCHOOL (OTS) SCHOOL OF BORG TECHNOLOGY Scott Grant • ots@sfi .org Shawn Gregory • [email protected] 116 Durgin Road • Bennington, NH 03442 1306 High Street, Apt. 3 • Boiling Springs, PA 17007-9698

OFFICER’S COMMAND COLLEGE (OCC) COLLEGE OF COMPUTER HISTORY Marlene Miller • [email protected] Sharon Ann Clark • [email protected] 461 Harmony Lane • Campbell, OH 44405 PO Box 603 • Kirkland, WA 98083-0603

FLAG OFFICER’S SCHOOL COLLEGE OF MEDICINE Carol Thompson • [email protected] Wayne Lee Killough, Jr. • [email protected] PO Box 135 • Ester, AK 99725 2076 West Farm Road 96 • Springfi eld, MO 65803

SCHOOL OF ACCESSIBILITY STARFLEET OFFICER’S RADIO SCHOOL Claire Halber • [email protected] Carolyn and Gary Donner • [email protected] 1017 Old Ford Road • Huntingdon Valley, PA 19006 PO Box 158 • Hammersville, OH 45130

SCHOOL OF RECRUITING COLLEGE OF TEMPORAL PHYSICS Ron Novak • [email protected] Judy Waidlich • [email protected] 1717 Lynn Mar Ave. • Youngstown, OH 44514 31 Academy Terrace, Apt. 17 • Linden, NJ 07036

COLLEGE OF TRADE AND COMMERCE INSTITUTE OF THE ARTS Chrissy Killian • [email protected] PO Box 712 • Kingsburg, CA 93631 COLLEGE OF FEDERATION STUDIES Anne F. Bellenger • [email protected] VULCAN ACADEMY OF SCIENCE 1255 Mystic Rd. • Avon Park, FL 33825 Gloria Hanon • [email protected] 1842 Vermont Route 110 • Barre, VT 05641-9191 SCHOOL OF LAW Carolyn Zimdahl • [email protected] STARFLEET IN CYBERSPACE 5 Quince Drive • Champaign, IL 61820 Richard Benker • [email protected] 1730 M Street • Gering, NE 69341 COLLEGE OF COMMUNICATIONS Mark A. Vinson • [email protected] 1047 Cottonwood Trl • Benbrook, TX 76126 INSTITUTE OF MILITARY STUDIES

SCHOOL OF STAR TREK CHRONOLOGY KLINGON WARRIOR ACADEMY SCHOOL OF EUROPEYA Truman Temple • [email protected] Michael Vermoesen • [email protected] 1783 N. Fairfax Drive #D • San Bernardino, CA 92404 Broekkantstraat 117, 9200 Baasrode, Belgium THE GORN ACADEMY ALIEN HISTORY & CULTURE / DELTA QUADRANT STUDIES / Carolyn Donner • [email protected] COLLEGE OF HISTORY / MYTHOLOGICAL STUDIES PO Box 158 • Hammersville, OH 45130 Wayne Killough, Jr. • [email protected] 2076 West Farm Road 96 • Springfi eld, MO 65803

GRADUATE SCHOOL OF XENOANTHROPOLOGY Tracy Andrews-Isquith • [email protected] PO Box #463 • Standish, ME 04084

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