SHUTTLE DAUNTLESS MEMBERS CHECK IN FROM SOUTH AFRICA! Recently, the Dauntless’ Science Department was involved in the running of StarCon: “The Wildcard of Gaming Conventions”. 127 FEB 2005/ StarCon 2004 intended to be the fi rst of an annual event in which gamers and the MAR 2005 general public are invited and encouraged to learn about and participate in some of the lesser-known sci-fi and fantasy gaming systems available. It was hosted by Willowmoore High School in Benoni (a city to the East of Johannesburg in South Africa’s Gauteng Province). The event was a great success! Many new players were introduced to some of the fi nest less-popular games around… including Heroclix, Mage Knights, Pirates, Wars TCG, and , of course, Star Trek CCG. Another crowd-puller was the tourney being held by Griffi n’s Tor, the local chapter of the SCA. Their members dressed all in armor, and beating the living daylights out of each other with all manner of medieval weaponry went down very well. The spectacle even managed to lure some of the LAN gamers from the glow of their monitors! The success of StarCon has inspired some other members of South Africa’s gaming community to create a similar convention, but on a far larger scale. If all Above: Shuttle Dauntless wedding - Hope Anne Fields & Raimondo Benatar exchanged vows on goes according to plan, this will be the largest sci-fi and gaming convention the 1/23/05, in Cape Town, South Africa. The private subcontinent has ever seen. ceremony was held at Groot Constantia, the oldest wine estate in South Africa. The couple will reside The mission with this con (which has yet to be named) is to bring the previously in Cape Town. Picture taken by Auri Benatar; submitted by Kimberly Donohoe unknown and back-alley gaming community out into the mainstream. By marketing this convention through above-the-line advertising and incorporating the support of Below left: Michele Santos. gaming manufacturers, distributors, retailers and fans in one combined effort, we’ll Photo taken by Riccardo Spagni be making a statement to South Africa: “We are sci-fi gamers. Gaze upon our games. Below right: Owen Swart Are they not nifty?” Photo taken by Riccardo Spagni Once again, the Dauntless’ intrepid Science Department has been invited to take part in the organizing committee. Everything is still early in the planning phase, and many decisions still need to be made. We’ll be keeping you all up-to-date on all the exciting developments! CMDR Owen Swart, Chief Science Offi cer LTCDR Michele Santos, Asst. 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