FIRST-CLASS MAIL U.S. POSTAGE PAID Burnsville, NC Permit No. 12 FIRST CLASS MAIL STARFLEET The International Star Trek Fan Association STARFLEET is the fan organization with something for everyone. Members are united the world over in their appreciation of Star Trek - the greatest human adventure. Dozens of chapters spread across the world link members into local fandom and the central organization. Annual membership in STARFLEET begins with a package containing a membership card, memo pad, and a listing of chapters throughout he world, including the one nearest you! The membership handbook will introduce you to STARFLEET ’s unique infrastructure that offers two membership options. One allows you to be an associate member with no obligation other than receiving membership materials and newsletters. The other option provides a more futuristic atmosphere for the fan intrigued by the fleet structure of Star Trek’s universe. 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I want to donate $1.00 to the STARFLEET Scholarship Fund for: □ James Doohan □ DeForest Kelley □ Patrick Stewart □George Takei □ Gene Roddenberry □ Space Explorers EXECUTIVE COMMITTEE Commander, STARFLEET FAdm Jeannette Maddox PO Box 430 Burnsville, NC 28714 Vice Commander, STARFLEET Adm. Sue Hampton 3401 Argyle Lane LATE BREAKIG EWSFLASH .... Greensboro, NC 27406 STAR TREK: DEEP SPACE IE , latest in the ongoing Star Trek on television saga, will premier in January, 1993. Chief of Operations Adm. Tom Davis Set in the same universe and timeframe as Star Trek: The ext Generation , this 6729 Mars Avenue, South new series will run concurrently with its FOX cousin. Featuring an entirely new cast and Seattle, WA 98108 crew, this show will utilize the same technology as Next Gen. There are also plans to interchange some of the minor characters and perhaps connect a plotline or two. Chief of Communications Adm. Judith Brandy It will center around Deep Space Station ine , a facility sitting next to a wormhole. 2133 Catharine Street Filled with all of the action and adventure that sitting at the edges of known space can Philadelphia, PA 19146-1207 generate, this sounds like a real winner and an exciting addition to the Star Trek universe. Comunique Office ST:DS9 will premier with a two-hour pilot and feature 19 one-hour episodes. The fall P.O. Box 457 1993 season will see 26 hour long episodes. Rancocas, NJ 08073 Director, STARFLEET Academy • WRITERS’ AND ARTISTS’ RESULTS - Yes, we have the results. You will find them on Adm. Rob Lerman page 19. P. O. Box 554 Fair Oaks, CA 95628-0554 • STAR TREK: Trashed by the Bible! Want more information? Look on page 16. Director, Shuttle Operations Command VAdm Kenny Proehl • GATES MCFADDEN will appear on L. A. Law in February, 1992, playing a wealthy, PO Box 11982 European financier for a few episodes. Lynchburge, VA 24501-1982 Chief of Computer Operations • WARNER BROTHERS is releasing its own science fiction space station adventure VAdm David Forvendel called Babylon. Set between five hostile confederations, Babylon has been described as 1542 Dirkson Ct. the Casa Blanca in space, hosting a conglomeration of businessmen, diplomats, Cary, NC 27511 smugglers, et. al, Written by J. Michael Straczynski, this show has already been picked up by 20 stations and is set for release in September, 1992, COMMUIQUÉ DEADLIES • Display & Classified Ads: March 2, 1992 • Submissions (Hardcopy); March 2, 1992 • Submissions (Disk 8; Hardcopy); March 2, 1992 • Submissions (via modem): March 5, 1992. You can also EMAIL Issue 49 - February/March 1992 on Compuserve: 70244,2637. The STARFLEET Communiqué is the bi-monthly magazine of STARFLEET, the International Star Trek About The Artist Fan Asso-ciation. Star Trek is A registered trademark of Paramount Pictures Corporation, a division of Para- mount Communications and all rights are reserved. The annual membership fee for STARFLEET is $15.00 ($20.00 out- side the U.S.A.) To join, send a check or money order to: STARFLEET PO Box 430 David Burnsville, NC 28714 Address corrections should be sent to the same Summers address. Letters of comment, advertisements, and ar- About the Artist ticles for submission should be sent to the Communique office at: P.O. Box 457, Rancocas, NJ 08073. I contacted David Summers of the USS Star Empire last year Unsolicited submissions will not be returned unless asking him about his beautiful artwork, and if he would be willing accompanied by an SASE. Published article become to submit a cover to the Communiqué. He kindly agreed (four- the property of STARFLEET and are © 1992 by fold) and this issues cover is the result. STARFLEET, all rights reserved. Permission is granted for member chapters to reprint any portion of this magazine for their own newsletters. THE COMMUIQUÉ POSSE: Deciphering, Keying & General Lunacy provided by Deb Galeone. Jacqueline Gilkey, Tara James, and Ray Greenberg. Supervision & occasional whip cracking provided by Fritz, the Pit Tribble. (grrrr) Patience Printed in the U.S.A. by and good humor in spite of long hours at the job provided by Vashti Brandy, A warm welcome to Kathy Clements who joined Yancey Graphics, Burnsville, N.C. Contents (C) 1992 by STARFLEET us in this madness. All Rights Reserved COMMUNIQUÉ • February/March 1992 • Page 2 A ITERAL COMMUICATIO FROM STARFLEET HEADQUARTERS I want to give Judith Brandy, Office money order with no charge to us, so this Deb Galeone and the members of leaves all those Canadian funds for the Fleet to use for Jeannette Maddox the Communique staff my warm- Canadians. In order to save as much money as Commander, STARFLEET est thanks for the beautiful Gene possible for Fleet use, we would ask that any Cana- Roddenberry Memorial issue of dian memberships or other Canadian purchases be the Communique. The staff was sent to HQ in the form of a postal money order. I under tremendous pressure to col- know it will be a little inconvenient to have to go the lect as much input as possible, as Post Office for the money order, but it will really help quickly as possible and they liter- to keep the Fleet in the black. ally worked day and night to ac- On behalf of my mom. otherwise known as complish that. I commend the Granny Elf, I would like to remind the membership to staff for their sensitivity, dedica- use the official STARFLEET membership applica- tion and for sleeplessness above and beyond the call of duty. tions to send in their memberships. Please do not I hope everyone has had time to recover from the Holidays change the size or contents of the application form. and see Star Trek VI a few dozen times. We finally get a It is often very difficult to interpret the information on glimpse of Star Trek’s Fleet Admiral. My goodness, what a lot a non-regulation form, especially if that form has of brass on the left sleeve of his Monster Maroon. It’s a wonder been shrunk to 1 1/2” by 5”. be doesn’t list to port