CONTENTS |
UPCOMING
EVENTS
Wednesday, June 9: Star
Trek: Phoenix Screening & Party
Friday, June 11Sunday,
June 13: Sci-Fi Summer Con
NEWS
& ANNOUNCEMENTS
Captain Watts and the
Republic present: TrekTrax Atlanta!
Commanding Officer
elections coming in December
Time to order new Republic
shirts
Recent
Chapter Event Photos
SIDEBAR
June Birthdays
Welcome Aboard!
Member
Reenlistments
June Membership Renewals
Wish List
About the Republic
For More Information
USS Republic Online
Related Sites
Our Member Benefits Program
Partners
News from TrekToday.com
Stewart
– Queen Elizabeth II Made It Sir
Moore:
Deep Space Nine’s Influence On Battlestar
Galactica
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UPCOMING
EVENTS
Atlanta Screen Premiere of
Star Trek: Phoenix & After Party
9:30 p.m. Wednesday, June 9, 2010
The Shelter
2101 Tula Street NW, Atlanta GA 30309-1283
(678) 694-7435 |
Fan
films are something that most geeks are very familiar with.
They are usually a low-budget version of something that
vaguely resembles the original franchise that inspired it. However,
there is such a thing as a good fan film.
Star Trek: Phoenix, which is based on and inspired
by the original Star Trek created by Gene Roddenberry,
is a professionally produced fan film. Produced by Seattle
film production company Temporal Studios in association with
Sonnet Realm Films and Abundant Productions LLC., this is
not your ordinary fan pic.
Star Trek: Phoenix originally premiered in Seattle.
However, on Wednesday, June 9, Star Trek: Phoenix
will premiere right here in Atlanta. The screening,
presented by Fanboys
Radio, will take place at The Shelter at 9:30 p.m.
Doors open at 9:00, so get there early to get a good
seat! Admission is free, and you must be 21 or older
to enter.
The screening is hosted by Fanboys Radio, featuring show hosts
Kitti and Mr. Green. Click
here to hear their interview with cast members from
Star Trek: Phoenix, originally broadcast on May 5,
2010.
Even if Star Trek isn't your favorite franchise, this
film is definitely worth a viewing. It's so important
to support independent filmmakers, and remember, these are
fans that have dedicated their time and money into producing
a film for others' enjoyment. Besides, how often do
you get to attend a movie screening where you can order drinks
from a bar?
After the movie is over, don't go anywhere! The fun
continues at the Sci-Fi After Party at The Shelter! The
party begins at 11:00 p.m. and goes until 3:00 a.m. If
you arrive early for the screening, there is no cover. If
you arrive after 11:00 p.m., the cover is $5.00.
Specialty drink specials have been concocted specificially
for this event! These libations include the Vulcan Love
Potion and the Vulcan Mind Probe. Their deliciousness
will defy logic!
This is a sci-fi themed event, so wear your favorite sci-fi
costume. If you show up in a sci-fi themed costume,
you will receive one well drink for $1.00!
DJ Davo will be spinning alternative dance and dance rock
while Star Trek: Phoenix replays on the bar screens.
This party is going to be out of this universe!
There is plenty of free parking at The Shelter.
MAP
& DIRECTIONS
THE
SHELTER WEB SITE
STAR
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Sci-Fi
Summer Con & SFSC Room Party
Friday, June 11 - Sunday, June 13, 2010
Crowne
Plaza AtlantaPerimeter NW
6345 Powers Ferry Rd NW, Atlanta GA 30339
(888) 233-9527 |
Now
in its tenth year, Sci-Fi Summer Con is for fans, friends
and anyone interested in science fiction, fantasy, horror
and comics. The Republic has had an official
presence at this convention for the last several years,
including our 20th anniversary celebration two years ago. Sci-Fi
Summer Con is Atlanta's only annual convention devoted exclusively
to all forms of science fiction and fantasy, and the Republic
will once again have a very strong presence this year.
USS
Republic Commanding Officer Capt Eric L. Watts
has been selected as Fan Guest of Honor for the 2010 Sci-Fi
Summer Con. He'll be moderating two discussion panels,
"Out with the Old, In with the New: The Repercussions
of J. J. Abrams' Star Trek" and "The Past,
Present and Future of Star Trek Fandom in Atlanta."
SATURDAY NIGHT ROOM PARTY! In addition
to our member recruitment table throughout the weekend,
the Republic will be hosting a party on Saturday
night in one of the hotel's meeting rooms. We'll
set the room up nightclub-style, have free snacks and beverages
for folks of all ages and some great dance music for everyone
to enjoy. Members
and friends who plan to attend and would like to sign up
for a shift at our recruitment table and/or help out with
this room party should contact
the Captain as soon as possible. We
hope to see you there!
SCI-FI
SUMMER CON WEB SITE
MAP
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NEWS
& ANNOUNCEMENTS
Captain
Watts and the USS Republic proudly present: TrekTrax
Atlanta! |
Capt
Eric L. Watts and the USS Republic NCC-1371
proudly present... TrekTrax Atlanta! The new Star
Trek convention in Atlanta, devoted to Star Trek
in all its various forms, and to its fans, in all their
various forms! |
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TrekTrax
Atlanta will be held on Presidents' Day Weekend, February
18-20, 2011, at the Holiday Inn Select Perimeter in Chamblee.
This beautiful, newly renovated facility with lots of
wonderful space for all-day, evening and after-hours activities
and programming is proud to host the first annual TrekTrax
Atlanta, brought to you by a talented team of experienced
and hard-working Star Trek fans whose previous service
to local fandom is very well-known. In addition
to Capt Watts, the TXA con committee includes Ens Barry
Bynum, serving as Director of Convention Operations; Lt.
JG Dave Churvis, serving as Director of Registration,
Cmdr Brian Holloway, serving as Director of Costuming
& Makeup; and Ens Ken Cribbs, serving as Social
Media Coordinator.
Confirmed guests to date include cast members from the Internet-based
Star Trek series Starship Farragut; Melissa
Carter, co-host of morning radio program "The Bert Show"
on Q100 and out and proud Star Trek fan; Andrew
Greenberg, Star Trek computer game and role-playing
game designer; Lee Cox, costuming expert, makeup artist
and magician; Joel P. Bagby, LPC, a licensed professional
counselor and lifelong Star Trek fan; Keela & Katkith,
hosts of the legendary Klingon Karaoke; Hyperdrive,
an Atlanta-based rock band comprised of science fiction/fantasy
geeks; and DJ B-Naut, an independent remix artist and
popular dance club DJ.
Three concurrent tracks of programming—OmniTrek, Qo'Nos and
The Ready Room—will be dedicated to the Star Trek universe
in general, the Klingon Empire in particular, and costuming
& makeup together. Three concurrent 24-hour gaming
rooms—The Holodecks—will be devoted to role-playing games,
board games and card games. A 24-hour video room will
feature episodes of several well-known Internet-based Star
Trek series, a variety of Star Trek-related TV
specials, programs featuring Star Trek celebrities
and of course, the ever-popular blooper reels!
A Star Trek-themed "Evening at Quark's" on Friday night
will include a charity poker tournament to benefit TrekTrax
Atlanta's official charity for 2011, the Melissa
Carter Transplant Fund. This fund benefits organ
transplant candidates and supports transplant nurses throughout
Georgia. Sci-fi rock band Hyperdive, a local favorite,
will perform sets of live music with a nod to Star Trek
fans throughout the evening. A very special VIP Champagne
Reception will also be held on Friday night.
Saturday's programming will feature an on-stage Q&A hour with
our celebrity guest of honor (to be announced soon), followed
by an autograph session until every member is served. Later
in the afternoon, men and women from every species are invited
to compete in our first annual Star Trek Universe Costume
Contest. On Saturday evening, we'll turn the hotel's
entire atrium into a nightclub for the return of "Happy Hour
at Ten Forward," an event that has become legendary in local
Star Trek fandom. Hot dance music will be provided
by DJ B-Naut.
Sunday afternoon will feature the return of the world-famous
Miss Klingon Empire Beauty Pageant! Klingons from the
farthest reaches of the Empire will be in high spirits and
large numbers for this "crowning" event. Then cap off
a full weekend of Klingon programming with Keela & Katkith's
Klingon Karaoke with musical performances that will stir a
warrior's heart and bring honor to your house!
Charter Memberships will be available until August 31, 2010,
for $30.00. These special introductory Charter
memberships will only be available for a short time and memberships
will never be offered online at this price again. Guardian
of Forever and Supporting Memberships are also available. We'll
also have a jam-packed Dealers Room and fully stocked Con
Suite, commemorative t-shirts and souvenir program books. TrekTrax
Atlanta is the Star Trek convention you've been waiting
for... and the Star Trek convention only Captain Watts
and the USS Republic could bring to you!
For more information about TrekTrax Atlanta, please visit
our web site, find us on Facebook, follow us on Twitter and
join our YahooGroups!
TREKTRAX
ATLANTA WEB SITE
TREKTRAX
ATLANTA FACEBOOK PAGE
FOLLOW
TREKTRAX ATLANTA ON TWITTER
JOIN
THE TREKTRAX ATLANTA YAHOOGROUPS |
Commanding
Officer elections coming in December |
Captain
Eric L. Watts' second two-year term as Commanding Officer
of the USS Republic will soon be coming to a close,
and all members in good standing will soon be asked to cast
their vote for the candidate they want to lead and administrate
this chapter for the next two years.
Candidates for the position must be a member in good standing
of STARFLEET International, must have taken and passed Officers
Training School (OTS) and Officers Command College (OCC),
and must be at least 18 years of age.
Captain Watts is willing to serve a third term as the Republic's
CO. If any other eligible person announces his
or her candidacy, paper ballots will be mailed to each member
in good standing in November. Cast ballots can
then be mailed to the chapter's mailing address or delivered
by hand at the Republic's Christmas Party in December. Ballots
will be counted by three noncandidate members and the election
results announced during the evening. The new Commanding
Officer, if any, will officially assume office on January
1, 2011. |
Time
to order new Republic shirts |
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Detail
of our embroidered sport shirts--click to enlarge
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With
summer almost here and the Republic planning an active
schedule of events, it may be time for you to order one of
our spiffy Republic sport shirts. These
high-quality collared shirts with a black yoke, collar and
sleeves with royal blue torso, reminiscent of the Voyager-style
Starfleet uniform, have the Republic's red, blue, yellow
and black logo embroidered on the left breast. They
have been very popular at Republic events and activities
where full Star Trek costumes aren't necessary or appropriate.
Available in all sizes from Small to 3XL, these great-looking
shirts are available for only $40.00 each (plus $5.00 shipping,
if needed). We don't keep these shirts in stock...
we special-order them once we've received a minimum of six
payments. So far, we've received only one. Payment
options and instructions can be found in our Ship's
Store. Don't miss your chance to get this
great-looking shirt... order yours today! |
Recent
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Away
Mission to Stone Mountain Park || May
22, 2010
Members and friends of the USS Republic
renew a tradition started 22 years ago by the chapter's
charter crew by taking an "away mission" to Stone
Mountain Park in Stone Mountain, GA. CO Capt
Eric L. Watts, Angela Curtiss, Charles Curtiss,
Robert Huber, Ens Eric Curtiss, CRMN Jessica Curtiss,
ENS2 Julianne Trew, ENS2 Jeff Trew, ENS2 Joanne
Trew, Ens Kelli M. Orr, CRMN2 Jenilee Trew. (Photo
courtesy of Kelli M. Orr.)
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TimeGate || May
28-30, 2010
Members of the USS Republic enjoy
a group dinner at TimeGate. Clockwise
from left: ENS2 Julianne Trew, Capt Michael
Cowart, ENS2 Eric Lange, ENS1 Sue Lin Lange, ENS2
Daniel Wolfgang, CO Capt Eric L. Watts, ENS2 Joanne
Trew. (Photo courtesy of Sue Lin Lange.)
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TimeGate || May
28-30, 2010
ENS1 Zannetta Law and her fiancé Richard
Tucker enjoy their dinner at the table next to the
larger group's table, above. (Photo courtesy
of Sue Lin Lange.)
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JUNE
BIRTHDAYS
Wednesday, June 2
Ens Blake G. Anderson
Friday, June 4
Ens Renardo Hunter
Monday, June 7
Crmn Alex Jackson
ENS1 Michael Shipley
Thursday, June 10
ENS2 Chadd Franklin
Saturday, June 12
Ens Jennifer Hendrix
Tuesday, June 15
Ens Audra Diaha
Wednesday, June 16
ENS2 Andrea Benton
Saturday, June 19
ENS1 Brooke Perry
Monday, June 28
Ens Richard Wood
Ens Rob Gilliam
Wednesday, June 30
ENS2 Clint Mull
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WELCOME
ABOARD!
3 New Members in May!
Ens Matthew T. Duncan
Ens Amanda Whitcomb
Cdt Rachel Pevsner
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MEMBER
REENLISTMENTS
These members renewed their SFI and chapter
dues in May
ENS3 Nelson M. Barnhouse
ENS1 Chris Seckinger
Cmdr David A. Slaughter
ENS2 Joanne Trew
ENS2 Julianne Trew
ENS2 Jeff Trew
CRMN2 Jenilee Trew
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JUNE
MEMBERSHIP RENEWALS
These members' SFI and chapter dues expire in June
Ens Gann Monroe
Ens Barry Bynum
Ens Jennifer Hendrix
Ens Eric Hendrix
Ens Kenneth Cribbs
Ens Alex Green
ENS3 John Godwin
Ens David Gregory
Ens Heather Shepherd
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The
Republic needs certain items on a continuing basis
to operate. To help keep our expenses and membership
dues as low as possible, donations of the following items
would be greatly appreciated. Thank you for
your support!
CRITICAL NEED: HP 10 black, cyan, magenta and yellow
ink cartridges and print heads
Also:
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Wi-fi
enabled Windows XP laptop with remote mouse |
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postage
stamps |
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ABOUT
THE REPUBLIC
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Commissioned
on May 14, 1988 at Dixie-Trek in Atlanta, Georgia, the
USS Republic NCC-1371 is a chapter of STARFLEET
International (SFI) and a member of STARFLEET Region 2. The
Republic currently has 75 active members
(as of June 6), is the largest chapter of STARFLEET in
Region 2 and may or may not still be the largest chapter
of STARFLEET in the world.
The Republic plans and coordinates an active schedule
of events for its members, frequently partnering with
other local science fiction groups in the Atlanta area
for joint activities, but does not hold meetings on a
consistently fixed date each month.
Membership in the Republic includes membership
in STARFLEET International. Annual dues are $25
per person for both groups (family discounts are available
with certain conditions and restrictions). Membership
in the Republic includes access to our YahooGroups
message board, voting privileges in chapter elections
and a personalized laminated membership card which entitles
the member to discounts and rebates on products and services
offered by our Member Benefits Program partners. Additional
information on Republic membership and how to join
is on our award-winning web site.
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Stewart
– Queen Elizabeth II Made It Sir |
by
T'Bonz
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Earlier
this year, it was announced that Patrick Stewart was on
this year’s list to receive a knighthood, and the ceremony
making him Sir happened today (6/2/2010) at Buckingham Palace. |
Stewart, knighted for his services to drama, gave credit
to an English teacher, Cecil Dormand, who encouraged Stewart
to act. “Although many people in my life have
had great influence on me, without this man none of it would
have happened,” he said. |
Growing up, some of Stewart’s heroes were actors who had
been knighted. “But as I grew up as a child, falling
in love with the theatre and Shakespeare, my heroes were
Sir Laurence Olivier [and] Sir John Gielgud,” he said. “The
knights of the theatre represented to me not only the pinnacle
of the profession but the esteem in which the profession
was held. |
“To find myself, to my astonishment, in that company is
the grandest thing that has professionally happened to me." |
Congratulations to Sir Patrick Stewart! |
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Moore: Deep Space Nine’s Influence On Battlestar
Galactica |
by
T'Bonz
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Battlestar
Galactica benefitted from some of the trials and tribulations
that Ron Moore faced while working on Star Trek: Deep
Space Nine. |
When it came to Deep Space Nine, Moore discovered
that he liked the serialized nature of the show, particular
as it got into the later seasons. “I think a lot of
Battlestar was born at Deep Space Nine in
that Deep Space started as much more episodic because
of the nature of the show, it became more a continuing serialized
structure,” said Moore. “I really liked that, and
I discovered I really liked that style of storytelling.” |
Moore wanted to make Deep Space Nine’s Dominion War
a bit more realistic, but ran up against the expectations
of TPTB, who wanted a cleaner, nicer Star Trek. “…when
we got into the later years of Deep Space, and we
started telling the Dominion War story [1997-99], we would
sit and argue and fight with the powers that be at Trek
about making it a more realistic war,” said Moore, “about
making it grittier, and ugly; adding more ambiguity to the
characters, and roughing it up a little bit, and I kept
bumping my head against the strictures at Trek.” |
That head bumping led to frustration for Moore, who was
later able to turn it into something productive to the benefit
of Battlestar Galactica. “What Star Trek
is could not accommodate things that I wanted to do, so
I started to have this sort of pent-up frustration about
‘well, if we were really going to do it right,’ these ideas
would sit in the back of my head so when Battlestar
came along, I could now do all of those things that I was
never allowed to do at Deep Space.” |
Moore’s battles with the network when it came to Battlestar
Galactica were different than they had been when it
came to Deep Space Nine. “My battles with the
network were never really philosophical,” he said, “they
were more about specific things, you know, tonal things:
‘How dark is this episode?’, ‘How much blood are you going
to show in this scene?’, you know, ‘how grim is this particular
story going to be?’. Then we’d have big fights:
‘You can’t do this, you gotta do that’, so we’d argue it
out and find the best point of accommodation. I never
really had any bigger macro arguments with them.” |
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