STARFLEET SAYS FAREWELL TO “STAR TREK: VOYAGER” On the finale frontier front, many danced with the Philly Fanatic (the ships across the Fleet held or took By Vice Admiral Bob Vosseller • USS Challenger, STARFLEET Region 7 team mascot) on top of the dugout to part in a farewell party for the good the YMCA. It was a blast,” Francen ship Voyager on May 23. For the USS added. Challenger, a member of the 7th Fleet, we got to do it three times. “Along the way we saw ship’s Ops Chief Capt. Ken Diehl who was also Our ship’s First and Second Officer sporting his uniform but instead of a Captains Mary Francen and David Challenger ball cap he had a Phillies Singleton, attended the “Voyager Night cap as he is a season ticket holder and At Veterans Stadium” in Philadelphia a big Phillies fan. He was cheering on May 19. The special promotion on the Phillies over the Cardinals in arranged by UPN featured a contest for the regular fan seats,” Capt. Singleton tickets which Challenger’s CO won. remarked. Alas, seeing how the CO and Counselor The ship’s second farewell to Voyager were headed south for a scuba diving was during its farewell party on May trip, Dave and Mary represented 23 which featured 12 ship members, the ship and region at the game. loads of food and an ice cream cake The promotion included meeting proclaiming “Farewell Voyager.” The USS Challenger Second Offi cer David Singleton (at left) joins First Offi cer Mary Voyger’s Robert Picardo who greeted episode was warmly recieved and new Francen in displaying a poster (below) created by her and ship’s CMO David the winners. Singleton for the special “Voyager Night At Veterans Stadium” promotion in Science Chief Jennifer Heitmuller even Philadelphia, PA. Photo courtesy of Bob Vosseller. thought she’d need a tissue or two. Mary and Dave also created a special poster stating “welcome to A post Voyager farewell came in the Holodeck” upon request of UPN the form of meeting Kate Mulgrew, Channel 57 Promotion Director Leanne Jennifer Lien and Roxanne Biggs Hinkle who even encouraged them to Dawson among others at the Make It bring a club banner along. So Productions: Women of Star Trek Voyager Con in Region 1 (Cleveland Both were attired in ST uniforms and Ohio). USS Challenger ball caps. They were given ST: Voyager keychains and ST: There we met fellow members of the Voyager/Phillies ball caps. 7th Fleet, our daughtership the USS Thagard and friends from the First “Dave and I got to dance on top of Fleet. Ship’s CO Bob Vosseller, XO, a dugout!! They asked us to come in Security Chief Patrick Comune and costume and we saw ourselves later in ship’s Counselor Emily Vosseller made the week a few times during the UPN the road trip, meeting Hartriono 57 broadcast of “Endgame”,” Capt. Sastrowardoyo, Asst. Security Chief Francen said. Ken Dohn and civilian Dorothy Rose. “Those at the ball park also had a lot All in all, the Voyager events we took of fun with us. They took some of part in were as memorable as the two- the other costumed people and we hour fi nale itself. USPS 017-671 PLACE MAILING LABEL HERE Logo courtesy of UPN THE STARFLEET COMMUNIQUÉ ISSUE 105 – JUNE/JULY 2001 PAGE 1 STARFLEET Communiqué Volume I, No. 105 Farewell to “Star Trek: Voyager”..........1 Publisher: Don’t Call Me Edwin!............................3 STARFLEET, The International Star Send in the Marines!.................................3 Trek Fan Association, Inc. P.O. 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Akers, Susan Fox-Davis, STARFLEET Promotions......................15 David Klingman, Jeff Higdon and Happy Birthday Wishes........................15 Rahadyan Sastrowadoyo STARFLEET Inspector General............16 Region12 held it’s annual Summit in Emporia, Kansas recently – and some people got quite into the spirit of things! Wait until you see the pictures! STARFLEET D.O.G. 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Staff Directory.........................................46 You can Download the most current Communiqué in the Adobe Acrobat (*.pdf) format at: http://private.sfi .org/restricted/CQ/ Klingon-SFI Blood Feud........................48 POSTMASTER: Send address changes to: The deadline for the next issue of the Communiqué will be earlier in order to have the issue ready for IC 2001. STARFLEET Communications 4331 Laurel Ave. Submission Deadline for Issue 106: July 10th, 2001. Kansas City, MO 64133 PAGE 2 THE STARFLEET COMMUNIQUÉ ISSUE 105 – JUNE/JULY 2001 SEND IN THE MARINES! By Brigadier David James, SFMC Forces Command For those of you who do not know me, I’m Brigadier Dave James. I have recently assumed the duties of Commanding Offi cer, Forces Hello again from STARFLEET knee. When he did tell these stories of remembering those that had paid Command of the STARFLEET Marine Corps. I’ve served with the Corps Headquarters. As always, I will he always ended them with the same that ultimate price during war - lest for a number of years now and I’m attempt to be brief and then be gone! thing. He would tell me “Leslie, war we forget. glad to have the opportunity to serve However, allow me to depart from my ain’t no game to play. If you want as FORCECOM, and look forward to usual comments here for a moment. to play a game that matters play one IC 2001 working with the Corps and Fleet. where there ain’t no fightin’, only Just a reminder that this years IC is LEST WE FORGET... talkin’.” almost upon us. The 2001 STARFLEET First off I’d like to welcome the Many of you know that I am International Conference is being new Deputy Commanding Officer, Commanding Officer of the USS He was present on the beaches of hosted in Kansas City Missouri July Forces Command. I had a number of Normandy in Region One. The Normandy soon after they had been 27th-29th 2001. I am looking forward outstanding candidates apply and it was really a tough decision. However, Normandy was chartered because I taken the morning of June 6th 1944. to visiting Region 12, seeing old friends I’d like to welcome Brigadier Kimberly wanted to honor