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VOLUME 9 NUMBER 1 FEBRUARY, 1998 THE WRIGHT STUFF

THE OFFICIAL NEWSLETTER OF THE U.S.S. KITTY HAWK NCC 1659 A VIEW FROM THE CATBIRD SEAT By J.R. Fisher

We start our report with your ideas to the group. None of UPCOMING EVENTS: some bad news this time: long this is carved in stone. We can be March 7: Kitty Hawk Meeting 4 p.m. time member, Steve Motley, flexible. This calendar is to let 8: Laser Tag 5 p.m. recently lost his mother. Please you know what you (our) options 14+15: Vulkon: Towson, MD take a moment to call or write are and give everyone a chance to 20-22: StellarCon 22: High Point, Steve and offer your condolences. have a good time. Other events NC Those who have lost a parent will surely be added as the year 27-29: CoastCon XXI: Biloxi, MS appreciate the tremendous stress progresses and some of the 28: PBS Telethon: UNC-TV that such a loss creates. meetings will take on special April 4: Kitty Hawk Meeting 4 p.m. Also, former member and atmospheres (like cookouts, pool 5: Laser Tag 5 p.m. personal friend, Diane Johnson, parties, etc.) as weather and 3-5: Connexions, Hunt Valley, passed away on January 10th in disposition permits. MD Biloxi, Mississippi. She held the The gaming night was well 10-12: Balticon 32: Baltimore, MD rank of commander and was C.O. received and will probably be 17-19: First Fleet Spring Summit of the Shuttle Mississippi (off the repeated but not every month. A Gatlinburg, TN Kitty Hawk). She was president greater variety of games would 24-26: Kitty Hawk Trip of Coast Con for several years enhance this event, so if you have Washington DC and a major force in southern some games you are interested May 2: Kitty Hawk Meeting 4 p.m. . She will in, let Larry and Margaret know. 3: Laser Tag 5 p.m. be greatly missed. Don’t forget to bring 16: Spenser Shops trip We will not do two tours on aluminum cans to the meeting, 24 or 31: Duke Children’s Telethon the PBS Telethon as in past stamps for Larry and if you can June 6: Kitty Hawk Meeting 4 p.m. 7: Laser Tag 5 p.m. years; but only the one on March afford it, change for the Duke jar. 26-28: B5 SF Con High Point, NC 28th. If you signed up to work Most important: many of 26-28: Shore Leave: Hunt Valley the 6:30 -11:30 p.m. shift for that you have not paid your 1998 MD date, PLEASE be there! Since we Kitty Hawk dues; they are $24.00 27-28: Sci-Fi Celebration: are only doing one date it is for full membership and $12.00 Charleston, WV extremely important that for associate membership. July 4: Kitty Hawk Meeting 4 p.m. everyone show up. If you find PLEASE pay this month. Also, 5: Laser Tag 5 p.m. that you have some extra time to we are trying to become an all 2-5: Star Fleet International give between now and then; call STARFLEET ship; if you have Conference: Lubbox, TX and volunteer to help out on some not renewed your membership in 10-12: Toronto Trek: Toronto, other shift. It is for a good cause. STARFLEET, or joined, please Canada Speaking of causes, we have do so this month. 25-26: Nova Con 8: McLean, VA been asked by Artsplosure to I know it is difficult to stay August: NO KITTY HAWK man a Coke trailer for the Spring committed to any organization MEETING/DEPT. ONLY Jazz and Arts Festival in May. these days, but remember that 5-9: : Baltimore, MD We will discuss this at the March we are building a dream and a B-5 Con: England meeting and if you have some family. No matter what happens Sept. 5: Kitty Hawk Meeting 4 p.m. input, please attend or let us at other levels we will continue 6: Laser Tag 5 p.m. hear from you before the meeting. because we have Gene’s dream 3-6: Dragon Con: , GA We have pretty much set our and the Wright Stuff. 12: Maritime Museum: schedule for the year (see Beaufort, NC calendar) but if you have ESSE QUAM VIDERI October 3: Kitty Hawk Meeting 4 p.m. 4: Laser Tag 5 p.m. something for us to do - again, come to the meeting and present (Continued on page 4) THE WRIGHT STUFF

VOLUME 9 CONTENTS NUMBER 1

A VIEW FROM THE CATBIRD SEAT...... 1

UPCOMING EVENTS ...... 1 THE WRIGHT OPERATION’S REPORT ...... 3 STUFF SCIENCE REPORT...... 3 ENGINEERING REPORT...... 3 VOLUME 9 NO. 1

is a publication of the U.S.S. Kitty SECURITY REPORT...... 4 Hawk, the Raleigh, N.C. chapter of STARFLEET, an international fan organization. MEDICAL REPORT ...... 4 This publication is provided free of charge, to all chapter members in good standing. Subscriptions for non-members are $12.00 per year (six issues). Please address all correspondence to CATBIRD Publications, 5017 Glen Forest Dr., Raleigh, N.C. 27612. This publication is a non-profit enterprise and is not meant to infringe upon any copyright or CREDITS trademark held by Paramount PUBLISHER...... J.R. FISHER Pictures, Gulf & Western, or any other holder of STAR TREK EDITOR ...... JANE FISHER copyrights or trademarks. Unless otherwise noted, ENTIRE ASSISTANTSANDCONTRIBUTORS J.R.FISHER CONTENTS ARE COPYRIGHT BRAD MCDONALD 1998 CATBIRD Publications, THE ELAINE PISCHKE WRIGHT STUFF. Nothing in LARRY PISCHKE whole or in part may be used DIANA WALDIER TARA WEAVER without the written permission of the publisher. THE WRIGHT STUFF assumes all material submitted for publication is gratis. The publisher and editors reserve the right to edit all submissions.

TOOL BOX: Trigem Pentium/75; Hewlett Packard Laserjet III; Microsoft Publisher; Logitech Scanman Plus; Word for Windows; Logitech Ansel Image Editing Software. OPERATION’S SCIENCE REPORT REPORT By Larry Pischke By Elaine Pischke

Once again, there is not much going on in the Things have been quiet in the Science Department, so wonderful world of OPS. So there. there is not much to report. Congratulations to all who For those of you who missed it, the first OPS game received promotions in January. It looks like we are night was a smashing success. I, of course, cannot take planning a busy year, with a number of trips, parties, and ANY credit for this. It was all the work of my fantastic outings. I would like to encourage everyone to attend as second in command, Margaret. She was brave enough to many activities as possible, starting with the upcoming put forward the idea, and offer up her quarters to host the PBS telethon. It’s usually one of our best-attended event (Unfortunately for her, we now know where she lives - activities of the year, and is a lot of fun. Well, I can’t think as if we could ever find it again). Everyone there seemed to of anything Science related or otherwise to write about, so I have a good time, and plans are under way for a second such guess that’s all for now. event. If you were there, thank Margaret. Gosh, I hope I’m not holding her back. Maybe I should just step aside. ENGINEERING REPORT By Brad McDonald

First, an apology for missing In recent years, many of the casinos and pain, however I was assessed the last meeting. I had a small have tried to encourage family trips with a permanent disability, which construction crew at the house and by adding many non-adult forms of will give me a little money to help was in the middle of Phase II of my entertainment. Rides, special shows, with future difficulties. house make-over. The work is tours of the Grand Canyon and other As everyone knows by now, progressing nicely, but slower than I sites and amusement park type James Cameron is having the last had planned or wanted. settings. Hence, the Star Trek laugh. Over $700 million world On to business. There will be a Experience at the Hilton. In fact, wide, so far. Domestically, it has convention in the Triad in June, Paramount Parks is running the outsold every film with the exception originally the headliner was to be attraction so that it stays close to of , E.T. and Jurassic Park. Billy Mumy but he has been replaced what Corporate Paramount wants in With 14 Academy Award by Jason Carter. Also appearing will the way of quality control. (IE: No nominations, it’s sure to make even be Robert Justman, Larry and Jane topless Klingons or floor shows with more money and make believers out Nemecheck (I’m not sure about the green Orion girls, aw shucks!) even the most pessimistic Hollywood spelling) and Phil Smoot. Phil is a A recent article in Casino corporate type. local director who will be showing his Player magazine, titled “What’s Up About the movie itself, although film, “Alien Outlaw”. There will be Spock?”, outlines the basic set up Cameron tells a good story, it does others as well, not yet firm, but the and some of the attractions. First, it have its flaws. I know he wasn’t dates will be the 19th through the currently costs $9.95 to get in, that trying to make a documentary, but 21st of June at the High Point may change but how no one is with so much attention to detail Holiday Inn on Main Street. I will saying. There are five retail shops, a elsewhere, you would think that he try to have the rest of the guest list four minute motion flight simulator, would be more careful. In one scene, and phone numbers for additional and 18 minute tour of the “Museum the liner is shown with all four information and tickets by the next of the Future”, Quark’s Bar and funnels smoking. A neat trick since meeting. Restaurant and more. Of course, the fourth funnel was an air intake. Part of my original assignment, there are also slot machines, The ship hits a lone iceberg in the for the meeting I missed, was to put otherwise it wouldn’t be Las Vegas. middle of the Atlantic, making her together information on the Star (No one has said anything about crew the worse drivers in the world. Trek Experience at the Hilton Inn at Dabo tables.) Actually there was a field of ice Las Vegas. All of the travel guides, All of the casino personnel are which is why the temperature had magazine articles and so on will be dressed either in Starfleet uniforms dropped so radically and why the delivered to J.R. with this report and or as any of a dozen or so aliens. other ships in the area had stopped will be available at the next meeting In other news, I had my final for the night. Speaking of which, in for all to see. Basically, it’s a fairly visit to the doctor. Good news and a bird’s eye view, we see the Titanic cheap trip and there is much more bad news. They can’t do any more alone in the ocean, no pack ice and than just the usual gambling to do. for me as far as my manual dexterity (Continued on page 4)

THE WRIGHT STUFF PAGE 3 FEBRUARY, 1998 (Continued from page 3) no other ships. All the survivors SECURITY MEDICAL stated that several running lights were visible. This was the REPORT REPORT Californian and a Norwegian sailing ship, which were stopped because of By Tara Weaver By Diana Waldier the ice. There are other examples, references to placed and things not The Medical Department has There is, as usual, very little in existence in that time and so on. received three new pieces of for me to report this time around. I When I’m asked, as a Titanic equipment... hope to see a lot of volunteers enthusiast, about such things, I give representing the Kitty Hawk at the  Two isolabs with full the above references and most people PBS Telethon on March 28th. We independent power and life reply, “Hey, it’s just a story!” My tend to have fun a that event, so you support. response is, if you’re going to spend veterans be sure to encourage the  A new scanning and $200+ million, get it right! newbies to come out there with us. diagnostic interface that That’s is for now, see you at the Without anything else to will allow direct remote next meeting! report, let me just remind you all access to the main medical that Spring is just around the and xenobiological (Continued from page 1) corner, so hang in there! That said, libraries. 9-11: Rising Star Con 7: Salem, Because of the numerous I leave you with the customary “All VA injuries to crewpersons on the Clear!” 24: U.S.S. N.C. Wilminton, NC holodeck due to incorrect safety procedures, all crewpersons must 31: Halloween Party attend a holodeck safety seminar. Nov. 7: Kitty Hawk Meeting 4 p.m. See the ship schedule for your time 8: Laser Tag 5 p.m. slot. This must be completed before 6-8: Sci-Con 19: VA Beach, VA holodeck use in approved. Dec. 5: Kitty Hawk Meeting 4 p.m. 6: Laser Tag 5 p.m. 17: Anniversary Party 31: 1st Night Raleigh

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