Engage! (Star Trek zine published by U.S.S. Destiny)

Zine
Title:	Engage!
Publisher:	U.S.S. Destiny, a fan club out of Northern Ireland
Editor(s):	Elaine Burns
Type:
Date(s):	1993-?
Frequency:
Medium:	print
Fandom:	mixed Trek
Language:	English
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Engage! is a gen, mixed Trek fan club zine published in the UK.

Issue 5

• has an article by Ruairi McDonald about warp speed

Issue 6

Engage! 6

Issue 7

Engage! 7 was published around August 1994 and contains 55 pages. (NOTE: while the content in this issue is accurate, this may be a different issue than #7. If someone has more information about how this issue, please move and edit.)

front cover of #7

back cover of #7

• the club president says membership "still hovers around the healthy figure of 200"
• advancement quiz questions and answers
• comments by Patricia Whiteside on attending club meetings
• Beware! Cyrus 5, fiction by Tom Ferguson
• descriptions by Mark Rooney and Victor Stephens of a fan club bowling party on the 23rd of June, includes photo
• many comments about the movie "Star Trek: Generations" and of Captain Kirk's death
• a reader has a LoC in which he says an article about Dungeons and Dragons from an earlier issue was biased and poorly written
• Wesley and Me, an article by Mark Rooney regarding standing up for the much-maligned character of Wesley Crusher
• Miles O'Brien: A Legend in the Making, article by John Feerick
• Commander Riker's Amazing Childhood, speculative article by Eamon Watters
• Dawn's Early Light, TNG fiction by Victor Stephens
• copy of a post card, dated March 4, 1994, from Joan Verba telling the club they would be listed in the spring directory of the Welcommittee
• Klingon Culture, article by Richard Johnston
• fans' memories regarding their memories and recollections of Gene Roddenberry and his death and legacy
• four short pro book reviews
• a parody advice column: "Dear Deanna, The Interstellar Agony Aunt" (new to this issue)
• another installment by Victor Stephens of "Surf's Up" (reader has the choice of three "endings")

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  inside pages from issue #7

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  inside pages from issue #7

Issue 8

Engage! 8 was published in December 1994 and contains 60 pages.

front cover of issue #8

• it lists the 10 monthly meetings (all January 2) at the York Hotel in Belfast
• articles and small bits written by David Murphy, Victor Stephens, others
• the final part of the story by Mark Rooney: "Surf's Up"
• "Christmas Poem," by Victor Stephens
• Twenty Reasons Why Captain Kirk is Better Than Picard
• a page-long article about how to write a letter for a letter campaign
• The Role of Security, article by Matt Johnston
• a quiz by Steve Courts
• Star Trek news around London area
• Q'arol, uncredited Deep Space Nine fiction
• there is a page-long update by Alan Sewell on the fan club's year in review
• Clue Q, by Steve Courts (comparing some pro novels and determining canon)
• Borgmanion Rhapsody, an uncredited filk
• a parody advice column: "Dear Deanna, The Interstellar Agony Aunt"
• What is Role Playing?, by Matt Johnson
• The Greatest Captain by Richard Thornton (clue: it's Captain Kirk)
• The Destiny Incident, fiction by Richard Thorton
• Spock, the Final Frontier, an article by Steve Courts about Star Trek action figures
• "Duty," a long, uncredited story starring Kira and Quark)
• The Ferengi Rules of Acquisition, a list of greedy rules utilizing episode titles
• an uncredited con report for IreCon #4 (September 3, 1994)
• a con report by Denis Rush for DestinyCon:

  A great moment in the life of any Star Trek fan would be to attend a convention where the actual stars of the series would be the convention guests. On my trip to America during the summer I attended such a convention.

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  inside pages from issue #8

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  inside pages from issue #8