Critical News of the USS Atreides
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| Title: | Critical News of the USS Atreides |
| Publisher: | U.S.S. Atreides, out of the San Francisco area |
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| Type: | fan club newsletter |
| Date(s): | August 1994 to ? |
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| Medium: | |
| Fandom: | Star Trek |
| Language: | English |
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Critical News of the USS Atreides is a supplement to 'Critical Mass, a Star Trek fan club newsletter published in the mid-1990s by U.S.S. Atreides.
The supplement was begun after David Nottage, editor of Critical Mass, "left the ship to start his own flight team."
Issue 1
Critical News of the USS Atreides 1 was published in August 1994 and contains 11 pages.
- a calendar of club events
- news from other local Star Trek fan clubs
- a full-page ad for the "Imzadi Tour Poker Championship" in Sacramento, CA on September 10, 1994: "Play to win for the charity of your choice then stay for the Creation Entertainment's Imzadi Tour presentation with Jonathan Frakes and Marina Sirtis on Sunday, September 11, 1994 at the Sacramento Community Convention Center." This poker tournament was not affiliated with Creation Entertainment.
- information about the USS Defiance's participation in the West Sacramento Community Days Parade on October 16, 1994. The theme was "Together We Can." The club wanted to show that "all of fandom could work together and that, to borrow a phrase, "Together We Can...This is the most important rule of all: THE ORDER OF THE DAY IS, 'HAVE FUN!' We'll probably get together at the Baker's Square after the parade, and after that... who knows? This should be one tremendous good time, and an opportunity to make new friends in other clubs with which you might not be familiar. Remember, STARFLEET types, that famous saying: "Before Roddenberry there was Robert A. Heinlein."
Issue 2
Issue 3
Critical News of the USS Atreides 3 was published in October 1994 and contains 19 pages.
- a calendar of club events
- some club bios
- membership descriptions
- news from other local Star Trek fan clubs
- roll call of new and graduating members
- ads for upcoming pool party and a blood drive
- "So You Want to Design a Starship," by Chris Wallace and Alex Rosenzweig, article on how to design and submit designs to STARFLEET: The International Star Trek Fan Association, Inc.
- Interview with Dr. Lawrence Schoen of the Klingon Language Institute, part three, conducted by Bill Mason
- a full-page ad for Starquest '95, a multimedia and science fiction con to be held at the Red Lion Inn in San Jose, California on August 18–20, 1995
- a plea from a fan regarding oral hygiene: "Recently, I have attended several STARFLEET functions and have found one common medical problem: halitosis, accompanied with yellowish/greenish teeth. People, it is of the utmost importance that everyone brush their teeth at least once a day."
Issue 4
Critical News of the USS Atreides 4 was published in November 1994 and contains 21 pages.
- a calendar of club events
- some club bios
- membership descriptions
- news from other local Star Trek fan clubs
- roll call of new and graduating members
- full-page ad for the second annual toy drive
- many descriptions of classes run by members on various Starfleet subjects (officer's training, liberal arts, history, computers)
- the editor said they would no longer print fans' phone numbers due to one fan being solicited by another fan regarding the purchase of some Trek merchandise
- a con report for Fanfest '94, emphasis on Marina Sirtis
- a report on the fan campaign to bring back Battlestar Galactica
- a report about the income tax form filing, rumors, regarding STARFLEET: The International Star Trek Fan Association, Inc.
Issue 5
Critical News of the USS Atreides 5 contains 15 pages.
The zine itself is labeled issue #6, but the content is for January 1995.
- a calendar of club events
- the new club meeting venue will be "Round Table Pizza Parlor"
- news from other local Star Trek fan clubs
- roll call of new and graduating members
- two photos of fans at fan gatherings: at the Pool Party, at the Toy Drive
Issue 6
Critical News of the USS Atreides 6 was published in February 1995 and contains 15 pages.
- a calendar of club events
- news of the club's Recycle Yard Sale
- news from other local Star Trek fan clubs
- roll call of new and graduating members
- a full page ad for the Creation Con in Pasadena
- a full 2-page ad for Starquest '95
- a full page ad for the Star Trek Experience in Las Vegas
Issue 7
Critical News of the USS Atreides 7 was published in March 1995 and contains 21 pages.
- a calendar of club events
- the newsletter starts a round robin story: each issue will have an installment written by a different ship/fan club—the story is called "Maquis' Progress" of which two chapters are printed in this issue. The first one is by Gary Scott Decker, and the second by J. Unicorn Escobedo
- news from other local Star Trek fan clubs
- this issue has a fan review by Mather Pfeiffenberger of David Alexander's authorized biography of Gene Roddenberry
- some photos of club members
- roll call of new and graduating members
- Paul Ortiz offers up a lesson:
Last month I was confronted with a which I was made aware of a certain behavior I possessed. Therefore, a lesson was once again served coldly on a plate in front of me. The lesson was one I had thought that I had learned yens ago, but alas I obviously needed a refresher course on. The lesson was respect and courtesy, specifically respect and courtesy to others.
I have served this fleet for seven years, for three of those 1 have had to report to an immediate superior. In the last four 1 have had no real immediate superior to answer to.
I got used to having my CO. fairly distant from me and then I came to the ATREIDES. What a change of pace this was for me, let's start with the fact that I am good friends with my CO., then move on to the fact he is less than twenty minutes away. I was now faced with a new situation, not only a CO. in close proximity but someone I see on a regular basis.
At first I, as you may or may not have seen, reacted adversely. I treated the CO. as a fellow person not a superior, and when he would ask things of me I would fail to follow through on them, and orders were treated as requests. Many of you at this point are saying, so what's the big deal? This is just a fan club.
The big deal is the fact that Unicorn got were he was because of hard work and dedication. Here I come and just blow all that off like his achievements weren't as good as mine, but yet I expected everyone to follow my instructions. We must all understand that, while yes, this is a club, the people in charge were put there for a reason. Because they were the best qualified for the position. Because they were the best qualified, they deserve our respect for their hard work and achievement.
This not only applies here, but in out daily life, we must respect each other and show the proper courtesy, as this will also reflect on you. When we are out at a con with other ship's and the Captain addresses you, the proper response should be, "Yes, Captain Escobedo" (Capt. here.... Actually I prefer All Great and Mighty One, Who With A Look Can Make Even A "Q" Nervous, but Unicorn will do in a pinch). This not only makes him look good, it makes the ship look good. People look and say, "Wow, they really respect their Captain and ship." This then translates into a better image of the ATREIDES, and to the rest of STARFLEET, because we respect each other and are courteous.
Issue 8
Critical News of the USS Atreides 8 was published in April 1995 and contains 18 pages.
- a calendar of club events
- some club bios
- membership descriptions
- news from other local Star Trek fan clubs
- roll call of new and graduating members
- an installment of the story "Brotherhood of War" by Paul J. Ortiz
- "The Intrepid Class Cruiser: The Maquis Will Soon Meet Their Match" by Chris Wallace
Issue 9
Critical News of the USS Atreides 9 was published in May 1995.
Issue 10
Critical News of the USS Atreides 10 was published in June 1995.
Issue 11
Critical News of the USS Atreides 11 was published in July 1995.
Issue 12
Critical News of the USS Atreides 12 was published in August 1995 and contains 17 pages. NOTE: this issue was not specifically called "Issue 12" but instead "v.4 issue 1. If it maintained its pattern of monthly publication, this would be the twelfth issue.
- a calendar of club events
- many, many convention ads and news
- membership descriptions
- news from other local Star Trek fan clubs
- roll call of new and graduating members
- "Mulgrew, Cons, and the Net": "The following came over the AP wire for publication Monday, July 10 -- Going where no woman has gone before hasn't been a problem for "Voyager" captain Kate Mulgrew. Trekkie conventions and the Internet, however, are another story. 'There are so many people who feel I should go to the conventions because that's a part of the job—and I do want to honor the fans,' she says in the latest TV Guide. But Mulgrew says the experiences are too exhausting. 'It's just not worth it. Because something is going to suffer in my work.' Mulgrew... hates how her fans learn Star Trek secrets—such as upcoming plot twists—through the Internet. 'I think the Internet is terrifying. I hate the whole idea. What does it mean but just a total loss of privacy? [The fans] know everything.'"
- this issue contains a long and detailed speculation of the plot of the next Star Trek: TNG movie
- press release: Michael Dorn joins the cast of Star Trek: DS9
- a full-page ad for a Creation Con August 5–6, 1995 at the Masonic Center in San Francisco
- a full-page ad for MallWorld