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An Open Letter to the members of STARFLEET: On January 11th 2005, we were contacted by Chris Halliday of Argent Games, regarding possible plagiarism in articles published in the STARFLEETCommuniqué during 2002 and 2003. Immediately, we began an internal investigation researching the claims and studying the original material by Mr. Halliday and the Communiqué articles in question. Regretfully, it became painfully clear that Mr. Halliday's claims were true and that materials were taken from an in-development RPG game called Time War, which is being published this year. Substantial portions of a series of columns on Time Travel & Temporal Investigations in Communiqué issues 111, 112, 113, 114, 117, and 118 were originally written by Chris Halliday, and not by the author on the byline, Robert (Robb) Jackson. The articles in question were accepted and published in the Communiqué in good faith since the editors of the Communiqué at the time believed it to be original material. However, as the Communiqué is the official publication of STARFLEET, we are responsible for it's content. As a reminder to all of STARFLEET, only original materials are acceptable for publication in the Communiqué. If you use another's work in your article, you must cite references and give proper credit to the original author. STARFLEET will not tolerate plagiarism. On behalf of STARFLEET, the International Star Trek Fan Association, Inc., I want to apologize to Mr. Halliday and Argent Games for this incident. I also want to thank him for his cooperation in this matter. He has been very cooperative with our requests and has been wonderful in his dealings with us. I have read his materials, and they are well documented, interesting, and thought provoking. If you are a fan of RPG's and Time Travel, you may want to check out Time War - Adventures in Eternity when it is published. You can find out more information at the Argent Games website - http://www.argentgames.com/ . In Fellowship, FAdm Mandi Livingston Commander, STARFLEET - [email protected] Issue 111 In This Issue: The article entitled "A Beginner's Guide to Temporal Physics" by Robert J. Jackson on page 34 contains un-credited material written by Chris Halliday of Argent Games, who is the author of the Time War RPG. A ROYAL GATHERING IN REGION 1! The 2002 Region 1 Summit was truly a gathering of Royalty as members from all of STARFLEET converged on Pidgeon Forge, TN to meet up with their frinds in Region 1. Turn to Page 20 to read all about it. Above Left: A scene from the Opening ceremony. Above Right: The STARFLEET Flag is proudly displayed by members of the SFMC. Left: No, that is not James Doohan, but Bennu Station’s CO, Ben Redding. Right: Region 1 Awards Coordinator Victor Swindell. Logo created by Tom Monaghan. Photos courtesy of Mark Anbinder, John Adcock and Jill Rayburn USPS 017-671 ROBB JACKSON’S “A BEGINNERS GUIDE TO TEMPORAL PHYSICS” STARTS ON PAGE 34 THE STARFLEET COMMUNIQUÉ ISSUE 111 – JUNE/JULY 2002 PAGE 1 STARFLEET Communiqué Volume I, No. 111 Don’t Call Me Edwin!.........................................3 Publisher: STARFLEET, The International Star Trek STARFLEET Treasurer Report..........................5 Fan Association, Inc. Second To One.....................................................5 P.O. 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Kansas City, KS 66104 PAGE 2 THE STARFLEET COMMUNIQUÉ ISSUE 111 – JUNE/JULY 2002 As it turned out R1 seemed to be more like a mini IC with members from around the fl eet attending. There were members from R1, R2, R5, R7, R12 and R14 and I may be forgetting some others. We all had a great time and when the weekend was over we had a hard time leaving so many of our friends and returning home. But we are looking forward to our next big adventure, and Zachary’s fi rst IC in San Jose CA. Greetings from STARFLEET well