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Firstly, my apologies for this rather thin edition of the Delta Communicator� and it’s rather late arrival. The Senior Editor’s RL has once again caught up with him and it has been left to my inexpert hands to put this edition together� bear with me, I’m learning as I type!

However, the situation does bring my mind to a topic of great importance; doing what you can to help out. If you’ll forgive the mention of it, I’d like to turn to Star Wars to point out how wrong the Jedi are. Yoda tells Luke: ‘Do, or do not. There is no try.’ He couldn’t be more mis-taken. It is when we try our best that we shine the brightest. It doesn’t matter if you fail—you will learn from failure. But when you succeed, even if you never

expected to, then you have achieved something wonderful. Your achievement is even more wonderful if you volunteered your time and energy without being asked.

UFS is built on the hard work and dedication of volunteers. Like our Star Trek idols, we are not paid for our efforts, but we give freely of our time because we enjoy it.

This is always something to bear in mind: when people try their hardest—even if they fail or make a mistake—the first thing to say, before the (hopefully constructive criticism) is: ‘thank you, and well done for trying’.

- Samuel Whizenhunt

First Contact Made (in spite of SL’s best efforts!)

The First Contact Celebration Day, coordinated and imagined by UF Starfleet’s very own an-droid and Chief of Security, Data Spectre, went brilliantly.

Despite some very early morn-ing hiccups on the grid, which

caused SL to be down for a large part of the day, First Contact was made with a num-ber of speeches from officers ranging cadets to captains.

The Communications Division will be putting together a com-

memorative booklet to remem-ber the day and remind us of why our place in the United Federation of Planets is so im-portant.

Watch this space!

UF STARFLEET - DELTA QUADRANT

Stardate 080405 Issue 6

THE DELTA COMMUNICATORTHE DELTA COMMUNICATORTHE DELTA COMMUNICATORTHE DELTA COMMUNICATOR

Inside this issue:

Editorial 1

First Contact 1

DeForest Kelley: Gone but not forgotten 2

News From the Front Lines 3

Meet the Sword Breaker 4

New Kids on the Block 5

Camp Dieppe falls to Nature 6

Editorial

‘thank you, and well thank you, and well thank you, and well thank you, and well done for trying’done for trying’done for trying’done for trying’

Fans' Contributions Sought For New Book

An interview with memoir author Kristine M. Smith

by Billie Rae Walker

submitted by TessaLee Writer

(SOURCE: http://www.startrek.com/startrek/view/features/specials/article/30875.html) and STAR TREK MAGAZINE [US Issue #6 / 2007]

BRW: The original deadline for your new Kelley book has been extended another

year, Kris, to March 5, 2009. What’s the reason for this?

KS: Simply stated, I’m seeking more contributors. I don’t think the word got out extensively enough, or often enough, to remind De’s fans, co-workers and friends that I’m seeking their input for the book. After the first announcement, perhaps a dozen fans who had met De or been inspired by his por-trayals emailed their remi-niscences. I was in seventh heaven working with those, doing a little editing, getting a little more information. I know that there are still

hundreds of fans, friends and co-workers out there who have warm, vibrant memories of De, and I really feel they should be included in the book. I envision this volume as a kind of keep-sake memento from those of us who knew De (or loved him from afar based on what we knew of him through interviews and such) that will allow them to get to know De and to real-ize that what they discerned about him was true: that he was truly “good people.”

January 20, 2008 would have been DeForest Kel-

can help you bring it to life on paper. So don’t worry about that one bit. All I’ll need are the details that are in your mind to make it hap-pen and you’ll get a final draft to review that you have final say over. It won’t go into the book until you agree that it’s exactly the way it should be. And everyone who contributes will get a by-line with your name, city, state and/or country. There is no payment or for contri-butions but your own story will be yours to re-use any-where else after its first publication in the book.

BRW: It was great meeting

Life].

Billie Rae Walker, who inter-viewed Kris for STAR-TREK.COM And I want them to know that they as individuals can help to ex-tend De’s legacy by extend-ing to others the kind of honor and respect that he never failed to extend to everyone he met. It just takes an hour or more of time, and if anyone is hesi-tating because they feel inadequate as a writer, speller or grammarian, please don’t! I’m a writer and will help make your story come alive on paper. If it’s alive in your heart, I

up with you at the 2007 Las Vegas STAR TREK Con-vention, Kris; and watching your presentation from backstage was really fun. De Kelley/Dr. McCoy's fans are still very devoted to him. Hopefully many more of them will send you their thoughts and memories to include. Are you scheduled for any more appearances at STAR TREK conventions in 2008?

KS: Not at the moment, but I keep hearing rumblings about an Australian conven-tion in 2008 or 2009. And keep your eye on the Crea-tion Convention website

DeForest Kelley: Gone But Not Forgotten

ing life as a semi-retired, long-married, devoted hus-band and gentleman. A great many of us who en-tered the helping profes-sions count Dr. McCoy as one of our role models. Many, many wrote to De-Forest Kelley to tell him what he - and our favorite 'old country doctor' - meant to them; and he treasured those letters, as he often told fans at STAR TREK Conventions.

Legions of newer fans, how-ever, have never had a chance to see De Kelley, the 'Real McCoy', live on stage or to listen to a tele-vised interview with him. One person capable of

filling in the gaps for these people is Kristine M Smith, who in 2001 wrote a touch-ing memoir, 'DeForest Kel-ley: A Harvest of Memo-ries' [which continues to get 5-star reviews at Ama-zon.com]. Kris, a fan turned friend, was mentored for many years by DeForest and Carolyn Kelley and became De’s personal as-sistant and caregiver the last several months of his life. She is presently work-ing on a second Kelley-based volume, THE EN-DURING LEGACY OF De-FOREST KELLEY: ACTOR, HEALER, FRIEND [and on her fifth book tentatively titled Enthusiasm: Engaging Fully in God’s Best for Your

ley’s 88th birthday – quite a distance from the 137+ years he attained as Admi-ral Leonard H. McCoy, MD in 'Encounter at Farpoint', the pilot for 'Star Trek: The Next Generation'. Upon completing that episode, he joked to fans, “Well, at least now we know they [Paramount] can’t kill me off in upcoming movies!” Then, self-effacing as always, he grinned: “But the elation was short-lived. As soon as I got home, my wife stripped me of my rank.” He then continued to take out the trash and dead-head the 80+ rose bushes outside their home on Greenleaf Street in Sherman Oaks [Southern California], enjoy-

"I’m seeking

more

contributors [I

want to]

remind De’s

fans, co-

workers and

friends that

I’m seeking

their input for

the book."

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Dr. Leonard H. McCoy MD holding a hypospray—as played by DeForest Kelley in the original Star Trek series.

DeForest Kelley and Billie Rae Walker

(www.creationent.com), because without much ad-vance notice, I will some-times get a call from Adam or Gary saying, “Y’all come!” and away I go! I’m also available for smaller conventions. I can be reached at [email protected]. Send in your book contributions any time between now and March 5, 2009 and let’s keep De’s enduring legacy out there for yet another generation of STAR TREK fans!

Kristine M Smith, Author of DeForest Kelley: A Harvest

of Memories; Let No Day Dawn that the Animals Can-not Share; Floating Around Hollywood and Other To-tally-True Tales of Triumph; and Purposeful Christianity: Sharing the Verve and Value of the Prince of Peace

DeForest Kelley continued...

Terran Empire Campaigns

that the last time she saw this was when she was serving one the Miranda. They were approached by a similer ship with similer markings and readings. When they tried to hail it, all they got was static and for a brief moment, the markings disappeared and for a few seconds, they saw "I.S.S."

A brief discussion and a short investigation revealed their dilemma.. the Redee-mer was scanning the re-mains of a ship from what we know as the Mirror Uni-verse, a universe where there is no Federation but instead, a Terran Empire.

Even worse... it was suspected that the Empire was trying to cross over into our universe to gain more knowledge, technology, and territory. Not long after, there was a disturbance among the Redians. Appa-rently the Empire was cau-sing trouble with our Fede-ration citizens, using their near-identical ships and officers to mislead them. An investigation revealed that the Empire had con-quered the Borg and Domi-nion and took their techno-logy in their own universe.

After calming the Redians, we decided to go back to where the ISS Redeemer had appeared months ear-lier to find if anything had been overlooked. We were turned back by some Empi-re vessels that had 3 times our power.

One day, we encountered our future.. a pile of junk with the markings "USS Redeemer" which looked like it had been in a huge battle. Apparently, it had drifted through a temporal rift caused by the effects of the Empire's crossovers. The rift was still functional, so we called in a couple ships to help and went through the rift to change our future.

Another encounter with the Empire hit VERY close to home in the battle of Pi-nastri. We recieved a distress call from Sector001 informing us that they were being hit hard. We high-tailed it to Pinastri with 3 Empire vessels on our tail. When we got to Pinastri, we saw a battlefield of death. 4 Starfleet ships were drifting in space and the Cascade station was taking heavy fire. The Cascade lost part of its outer ring in the battle

News from the Front Lines

By Lt. Jg Chase Quinnell, Commanding Ofc. USS Redeemer

For over 3 years now, the Terran Empire has caused mayhem and loss of life in our neck of the universe. And now the Empire has managed to destroy the USS Redeemer, my flags-hip. I write this from my own home on the Southern Continent of Pinastri. I am here to tell you a little bit about what's been happe-ning out there in the stars.

From the voyages of the USS Redeemer comes the following story on the Ter-ran Empire Campaigns.

3 years ago, the Redeemer was heading deep into the territory of the late Crimson Rebellion, a group of Andor-ians who were causing trouble for UFS. After suc-ceeding in neutralizing the rebel threat, scans of the wreckage revealed some osmotic field fluctuations. A further investigation re-vealed a mix of Dominion, Borg, and Starfleet tech in some of the wreckage.

My tactical officer told me

"And now the

Empire has

managed to

destroy the

USS Redeemer,

my flagship."

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The Sovereign Class of Starship is among Star-fleet’s most advanced vessels

and we lost many good ships and officers that day..

And now I will tell you the story of how the Redeemer came to an end... A long and dirty one at that. Du-ring an investigation of a stragically well-placed cluster of planets called the Vevarian Cluster, the Re-deemer was attacked by 2 Imperial Defiant class ves-sels. We were hit so hard that we were rendered de-fenseless. I was suddenly beamed aboard one of the Imperial ships. My long-thought dead counterpart was beamed onto the Re-

deemer and was suddenly overtaken by security. He was locked in my ready-room since the Brig was offline.

He was interrogated and eventually he was forced into helping the Redeemer to get its power back offline. He removed a computer worm from the ship's sys-tems which allowed them to rendevouz with a large fleet of 7 Defiant ships and 1 Galaxy class vessel; the USS Bravon. During the battle with the heavily ar-med battle-station, the fleet lost 2 Defiant class ships

and nearly all of its fighter wings. They managed to save me, but we suffered the loss of the Redeemer. We made it to the escape pods and were beamed aboard the USS Freemont.

I hope you never have to encounter the Empire, for they are a ruthless band of humans who have caused the Federation many losses. Live long and Prosper my friends..

board treated me nicely, but no

one questioned my presence

and no one answered any of my questions. I stared out the

window of the lounge you

watched as the ship dropped out of warp over a beautiful

green and purple planet. The

ship took up stand in orbit and

then my comm badge chirped.

"We are in orbit over Aragorn VI. All those who had recei-

ved orders this morning from

Starfleet, you will be beamed down to the shipyard. Stand

by for transport."

Without further warning, the cool tingle of the transport

beamed me off of the ship to

appear inside a building with

As one venerable ship is consigned to stardust, another is launched into the black vastness of space.

By Ensign Dayna Bedrosian

Sunday 2008-03-02 at 08:00

was a very special day for UFS. We had a new ship enter

service. The Sword Breaker,

commanded by Captain Rezo Takashi. Starfleet was vague

when they handed me a padd

in the early morning hours today. The padd simply read:

"Report to the USS Aviator at 07:00 at airlock 4." The mor-

ning started with us boarding

the Aviator. Everyone on

others, who were no doubt

beamed in with me simultane-

ously. While I was looking around I found a window that I

thought would show out into....

not space?!?!

After a few moments I was

able to reorient myself and I am looking out the window at

underwater life swimming by.

I surmised that the building I was in was actually under the

purple oceans of the planet,

and shallow enough that light from the surface is shining

through and casting a beautiful

purple tint to the floor beneath the window. I then made way

towards the briefing room at

the end of the hall. I arrive there with the other people that

Front Line News continued...

Meet the Sword Breaker

I hope you

never have to

encounter the

Empire, for

they are a

ruthless band

of humans

who have

caused the

Federation

many losses.


Sovereign Class escape pods for use in emergencies

were with me on the USS

Aviator, and find a Young

human female (Captain Rezo Takashi) in a command uni-

form is waiting with a small

smile, she greets us all and

begins the introduction.

Captain Rezo Takashi welco-mes us to Aragorn VI. Captain

Takashi stated to us politely

that we were probably all wondering why Starfleet

brought you to this unknown

planet in the back waters of the Delta Quadrant. She was

correct. I was thinking to

myself what purpose would I have to be here. Lieutenant

Junior Grade Reina Beaumont

made a comment that I am sure all of us were thinking. LT.

(jg) Beaumont said "Well it

was unusual to receive a sud-den order while overseeing the

Majestic's repairs at so late in

the evening, good thing I'm

naturally curious." She was the only one to speak up and

ask out of all of us there.

Captain Takashi explained to us that some of us have been

brought here to have a look at a new ship. With that said my

interest was peaked even more.

She went on to say, "For the others you are un-assigned to

crew any of our fleet ships yet

and are eligible to Crew this

one."

We were all sunned by what

we saw. Lieutenant Goku Barbosa made the observation

that the ship looked like a mix

of the Prometheus and Intrepid class ships. It was surely an

impressive ship to be seen. I

had never seen anything like

that before. It looked just like

what Lieutenant Barbosa had

said. It was an interesting design for a ship that was for

sure.

Lieutenant Beaumont made another great point that all of

us were thinking. That it must not have been an easy task to

build a ship underwater must

have been quite the underta-king to get strong enough force

fields while getting her power

systems installed. I think due to the classified nature of the

ship, that question went unans-

wered.

Captain Takashi offered for us

to have a seat at any of the

stations on the bridge. She then informed us that controls are

locked out for the moment.

Good thing too I would hate to

Sword Breaker continued...

for Long Range Warp Artillery

Cannons. The second question

was that this ship must really be a formidable opponent in

close combat battle? I was

wrong it is not. Despite the heavy armaments the ship was

not designed for close combat

battle. In fact the shuttles on board are not meant to assist in

battle, they are top of the line

for long distance recon and scientific study. The ship can

only fire 2 shells every 90

seconds and to fire the ship must deploy a subspace An-

chor. The ever-observant

Lieutenant Beaumont made the observation that Sword Brea-

ker sits at a safe distance and

provides long-range fire sup-

port.

To say that this ship is a valu-able resource is putting it

lightly especially with its va-

riety of sensors and scientific equipment. target painters,

which allow the ship to lock its

target at up to 2 light years. Again I would hate to be in the

receiving end of something

like that.

The vessel was built in secret

over the last year here under the purple oceans of Aragorn

VI. The Sword Breaker is the

first Starfleet Artillery ship in the fleet that is capable of

delivering a large warhead up

to 1.5 light years. After hea-

ring that I thought to myself that I would sure hate to be on

the receiving end of that. That

type of weapon in the wrong hands could cause irreparable

damage. Of course I knew

better than to bring that point up. Might end up accidentally

walking out of an air lock.

After the Q & A about the ship

Captain Takashi offered to

show us an Artillery Shell and explain a little bit about them.

The shell's total yield is hard to

calculate as it is fitted with both a Quantum and Gravi-

metric Warhead. The torpe-

does themselves have a dama-

ge radius of 4000 KM.

Lieutenant Beaumontmade the

comment that weapons like that in the Dominion War

would have been a huge asset.

Captain Takashi made it known that The Dominion War

inspired the creation of those artillery shells, but the ships

load of these Torpedoes is

limited to 100. Lieutenant Beaumont was saying that no

wonder, they're powerful wea-

pons, one hit in the wrong place and you wouldn't have

much of a ship left. Which

was a very good point to make.

accidentally move the ship out

of dock.

Captain Takashi clears her throat and goes onto say that

the name of the ship is the

"Sword Breaker" and that it has no USS...., and no registry

number and that it will pro-bably never have it. She is a

classified vessel that is a hyb-

rid of Federation and Aragor-nian Technology. The Sword

Breaker is a Medium Cruiser

that out lengths the Ambassa-dor class starship and is fitted

with 2 LRWAC and a new

style of Retractive Armor. The ship is also equipped with

several Type XII Phaser Ar-

rays and 4 Photon Torpedoes. The entire engine sections on

the sides of the primary hull

are covered with the armor. While at normal impulse the

armor covers everything ma-

king the pods look like solid masses on the side of the ship.

When the warp drive of the

ship it promptly retracts the armor from the drive vents and

has a maximum warp of 9.995

and has a Light jump rate of only 4.2 seconds from a stand

still.

Now after hearing all that I had

a question that I wanted to get

answered. First off what is LRWAC? LRWAC is short

To say that this

ship is a

valuable

resource is

putting it lightly


Calabash Nebula

The Explosive data tests for

these torpedoes would seem to suggest a yield of damage at

the 4000 km range equal to

being hit by a ring of photon torpedoes. Captain Takashi

smirks. "We haven't aimed the torpedoes at much more then

sensor nets yet, but the Quan-

tum charge seems to have the effect of carrying the Gravi-

metric energy a great di-

stance."

It is noted that Captain Takashi

has designed the ship and its

RPS to be compatible with requests from other ship cap-

tains as the Sword Breaker

may be called upon to provide Fire Support for fleet engage-

ments. Or Rescue missions to

help vessels in need.

Captain Takashi said that the

Sword Breaker is now accep-

ting applications for anyone wishing to sign up as crew.

Captain Takashi said that the

first few missions of the Sword Breaker will be Shake down

assignments. You will all be

learning how the ship fly’s. The Sword Breaker will be

leaving space dock on 080309

at 08:00 SLT. RPs will be 2 hours long on Sundays at

08:00. Contact Captain Takas-

hi by sending her an IM to Rezo Takashi for details. Also

you will need to submit a

transfer request to personnel. You can pick a copy of the

form up at http://

ufstarfleet.org/wiki/index.php?

title=Transfer_Request.

After the tour had been conclu-ded I felt it was time to mingle

and ask questions about what

they thought about the ship.

Here are some of the respon-

ses.

Lieutenant Reina Beaumont:

Well one comment I can think of is "Hopefully this should

give us the upper edge over the Empire, even by a little," with

the loss of the Redeemer, we're

going to need all the help we

can get.

Ensign Andrea Mizser: I think

it was impressive, and Rezo

did a wonderful job building it

Lieutenant Blush Babii: I think the ship looks really great, but

the time will show how actual-

ly good it is. There where it should be good we don’t need

"top" models if they can not

defend the frontiers of the UFS. On the other hand, I

Sword Breaker continued...

believe in Rezo and with a

good crew, I think this ship

will serve great to UFS and do great the job that is assigned to

which I believe is to support

and defend other ships and so

on.

Technology of the ship is still

big enigma for me, so right out

of a hand, it is hard to say how good the ship will be, besides i

am not starship expert so....

So far, my first impression is

excellent.

UFS Marines 1st Lieutenant Goku Barbosa: The sword

breaker is awesome. I saw it,

and I fell in love with it. It's something new, a new class,

and a new ship. I have sent in

a transfer request.

The sword

breaker is

awesome. I

saw it, and I

fell in love with

it. It's

something new,

a new class,

and a new ship.

I have sent in a

transfer

request.


Science and Medical get new Tricorders

By Lieutenant Samuel Whi-zenhunt

The official Memory Alpha entry on the tricorder is rather

dry:

"The Starfleet tricorder is the dynamic and ubiquitous sen-

sing device developed by

Starfleet R&D specifically for use by Federation Starfleet

personnel. Varying models of

the Starfleet tricorder were put into service, beginning as early

as the 23rd century through the

24th century, possibly lasting well into the 29th century. " -

Memory Alpha, Starfleet Com-

mand.

While the voyages of the estee-

med late Captain Kirk popula-

rized the hand-held Communi-cator, it wasn't until Captain

Picard captained the USS

Enterprise NCC-1701D, that the tricorder came into its own

and found a place in Federati-

on culture. Civillian tricorder models sprang up all over the

place as the Federation News

Service serialized the voyages of the Enterprise and her new

crew and the public became

familiar with a device that is vital to so many Starfleet per-

sonnel.

From its humble beginnings as

a black box, the Tricorder has

become an essential tool for scientific and medical person-

nel. When an away mission

beckons, it is often the Tricor-der that is clipped on first -

even before the phaser - such

is its importance in the day to

day work of Starfleet officers.

United Federation Starfleet has

been lucky enough to receive

two new models of tricorder - one for the Science Division

and one for the Medical Divisi-on. The rigours of the Delta

Quadrant have required upgra-

des to both standard models and our in-house engineers

have come up with the goods.

The Science Tricorder (below) was built by Lieutenant Elemer

Piek of the Science Division,

who hails from Brazil. His Chief, Lt. Cmdr. Kevin Fre-

mont commented, "This is a

great new device and thanks again Elemer for your marve-

lous invention." Science of-

ficers had been suffering with

Tricorder (Picture 2) was built

by Ensign Laida Laval. The

Delta Communicator caught up with the Ensign as she conduc-

ted her rounds of the Medical

Deck. When asked why she took it upon herself to improve

the standard Starfleet model,

the Ensign commented, "when I held it in my hand I realized

that the Tricorder is not very

advanced, and that the look is not detailed. So I went home

instantly and started to build."

Chief of UFS Medical, Lt. Cmrd. Tourmaline Falken

noted that the Tricorder's im-

proved features include a "lifesign and medical di-

agnostic scan, and Dermal

Regenerator and Osteogenic

a less-than-functional old-style

model, but the new version

adds an enhanced Geo/Met/Bio scanning function with impro-

ved range, sensitivity and

penetration. Already the device has proved itself in the field

with Lieutenant Gijsjan Broek

- coordinator of the Magellan Research Missions - sporting

one permanently attached to

his hip on adventures! Ex-chief of Science, Lieutenant Samuel

Whizenhunt, said of Elemer's

improved design, "[i]t is brilli-ant! I wish we'd had something

like this in my day - UFS's

science officers deserve the

very best"

The new TR-580 Medical

Stimulator Modes. You can

add your own pictures and

LCARS textures to it as well."

Both tricorders have proven a

huge hit with UFS personnel.

Though their distribution is limited to the Medical and

Science Divisions, officers with a genuine need are welco-

me to approach either Division

Chief to obtain a copy on

review.

Both Elemer and Laida are

continuing their research and design efforts on behalf of

UFS. Lt. Piek has already built

and scripted an entire holodeck for the Science Division and

Ensign Laval notes that she is

New Kids on the Block

The rigours of

the Delta

Quadrant have

required

upgrades to

both standard

models and our

in-house

engineers have

come up with

the goods.


A standard medical Tri-corder

The new Science Tricorder build by Elemer Piek

planning many things for UFS

- but next on her list is pro-

bably a cortical monitor. Both confirmed that they love wor-

king for UFS and their Divisi-

ons and Laida says that UFS Medical is the whole reason

she signed up to Starfleet.

The Delta Communicator

would like to thank the Lieute-

nant and the Ensign on behalf of United Federation Starfleet -

and we can't wait to see what

you both come up with next!

New Tricorders continued...

Both

tricorders

have proven a

huge hit with

UFS

personnel.


Laida Laval’s new Medical Tricorder

Spock’s tricorder from the origi-nal Star Trek series

What is more powerful than the UFS Marines? Only Pinastri’s tectonic muscle-flexing

By 1st Lieutenant Janauri-

us Allen

Many of you will have read

last month of the seismic

activity that led to the de-

struction of the UFS News

Service's studio. Pinastri

continues to thwart UFS

efforts to settle on this je-

wel of a planet with yet

more destructive tectonic

movements in the Cleman-

tis Sector. Camp Dieppe,

the UFS Marine's FORCE-

COM training facility is the

latest UFS outpost to fall

prey to the unpredictable

nature of Pinastri's active

geography. The following

came in on the UFS News-

wire after the quake:

Delta Quadrant - (FNS) A

massive earthquake struck

near the Marine detachment

station in the Clemantis

Sector this morning. The

massive seismic event - had

it been on Earth it would

have exceed 7 on the Rich-

ter Scale - nearly leveled

the base. Fortunately, the

Marines were warned by

their sensors and with

enough notice that all the

staff at the base was able to

pile into nearby shuttle

craft before the worst of the

earthquake hit. Returning

to destroyed the site of the

former Camp Dieppe to

gather whatever personal

items remained there, the

Marines remarked that a lot

hard work had gone into

building a home away from

home, and that a new loca-

tion in a nearby sector has

been scouted by UFSMC

HQ.

At the time of press no

explanation was offered

from HQ about why a loca-

tion with such tectonic

instability was chosen for

the second site for Camp

Dieppe. Reporters from the

Federation News Service

got a brusque "No com-

ment," when we tried to

contact someone in the

Deputy Commandant's

office.

[ED] The DC looks for-

ward to seeing the new

Camp Dieppe in all its new

and improved glory. Exclu-

sive pictures of the new

camp will be brought to

you here by 1st Lt Allen

Camp Dieppe falls to Mother Nature

no explanation

was offered

from HQ about

why a location

with such

tectonic

instability was

chosen for the

second site for

Camp Dieppe


The Old Camp Dieppe

Camp Dieppe

will be reborn

in a new, more

seismically

stable,

location


One person makes a fitting tribute to the great James Doohan

By Ensign Dayna Bedrosian

This article is about someone that I met by chance. What

this person did is something I

though was really awesome. Who is this person? What did

she do that was so great?

Let’s start off with the basics, her name; Salem Sella. She

spent the entire day of March

3, 2008 sitting just off the steps of the welcome center playing

bagpipes. She did this as a

tribute for a great man, the actor James Doohan who we

know as Montgomery Scott, or

"Scotty". March 3 was James

Doohan's Birthday.

I didn't even realize that she

was there until I happened to

catch one of the shuttles from

the Cascade Station to the Welcome Center. I noticed 2

people, Ensign Daz Clip and

Lt. Reina Beaumont were standing outside in what ap-

peared to be early 23rd Centu-

ry Federation Uniforms. So my natural curiosity was pi-

qued. I head down the steps to

find someone playing the bagpipes next to a picture of

Scotty. I stood there for the

rest of the time that she was

there and listened to her play.

After Miss. Salem Sella had finished playing, Lt. Beaumont

said how nice would it be for

the Delta Communicator to do an article about Miss. Salem

Sella. The Lieutenant took the

words straight from my mouth. I was thinking the exact same

thing. I felt compelled to share

the story about how nice it was

of Miss. Salem Sella to share

her admiration of James "Scotty" Doohan with every

one of us at UFS.

I had the opportunity to meet with Miss. Salem Sella and

asked her why she picked UFS to share her tribute for a great

man. Miss. Salem Sella said

that, "I just love James because he was a wonderful grand-

father figure for me." I

responded by telling her what a special and fitting tribute that

she did. The ever classy Miss.

Salem Sella told me that, “I just did a small thing compared

to others who have done a lot

more for the people of the Trek

universe."

That was the only comment

she made that I did not agree with. To me, I feel what she

did was something very great

in my opinion and I think that

most of us at UFS will agree. Miss. Sella would like to re-

turn on July 20 to pay tribute

again to James Doohan on the day that he slipped beyond this

mortal realm to journey where

only our imaginations are able to go. If there is anything that

this reporter can do to assist in

having Miss. Sella, I would be more than happy to assist with

that.

Salem Sella and James Doohan

"I just love

James because

he was a

wonderful

grandfather

figure for me."


Scotty’s beloved USS Enterprise A

James Doohan played the USS Enterprise’s Chief Engineer Commander Mont-gomery Scott

Captain Drebin’s Fleet Plan meeting


The new Security Deck—brilliant as usual!

Have you always wanted the opportunity to wear your Star Trek uniform everyday? What about the chance to interact with other Trek fans on a daily basis and even role-play with them? Do you think it’s too good to be true? Well, those of us in United Federation Starfleet do just that... every single day!

What does being a United Federation Starfleet Member mean then? It means that, in addition to being able to wear a unique and cool uniform everyday (although virtual, they are still pretty cool!), and being able to inte-ract with friends and fellow officers on a daily basis, we can actually experience what Starfleet is all about.

United Federation Starfleet was founded by Michael Vermoesen - aka Admiral Mike Calhoun - and is a group of Second Life users with a common passion - Star Trek.

UF STARFLEET - DELTA QUADRANT

The BEST Star Trek group in Second Life

The Delta Communicator is a production under the UF STARFLEET Communications Division - Information and Publications (SIP) Team. Chief of Comms & DC Publisher Lieutenant Samuel Whizenhunt Lead, SIP Team & DC Chief Editor: Ensign Heiraxes Maximus

We’re on the Web!

www.ufstarfleet.org

- and congratulate him on his new

SFI posting - and I hope to conti-

nue to build upon the great talent

and structure he has put in place.

I'd also like to thank all the mem-

bers of Comms for their support

and hard work - particularly Heira-

xes Maximus, the editor-in-chief of

this great publication - and Dayna

Bedrosian, Comm's newest recruit

and most prolific journalist!

Comms will continue to offer great

news services as well as a range of

other fun and useful things - so

watch this space! Remember, if

you are attending something that's

interesting/fun - take photos and

send a chat log to

[email protected] and we'll write

it up (or write the article yourself)

and publish it here!

I apologise for the less-than-perfect

look of this month‘s DC. As a first

This is the end of my first month as

the new Chief of Communications

at United Federation Starfleet. As

such, I'll keep this short and let the

quality of the Delta Communicator

speak for itself. Comms has a solid

core of dedicated personnel that we

hope to expand upon (remember,

transfer forms are free on the wi-

ki!). I'd like to thank Mateo Infinity

for handing over a strong Division

Samuel Whizenhunt

attempt it‘s not bad, but I hope

Heiraxes will be back on the case

for a perfect issue next month!

Thank you all for your submissions

and if anyone‘s was missed then

I‘m really sorry!

Please email us all your photos

from the First Contact Celebration

Day!

These will be put into a commemo-

rative booklet for your enjoyment.

Editorial Remarks by Samuel Whizenunt

dc april 2008

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