CONTENTS |
UPCOMING
EVENTS
Saturday, March 19: Republic
Dinner & Treklanta Staff Meeting
Saturday, April 9: Republic
Dinner & Treklanta Staff Meeting
Friday-Sunday, April 15-17:
Treklanta
NEWS
& ANNOUNCEMENTS
Tracee Lee Cocco
confirmed as Guest of Honor for Treklanta
Treklanta announces Star
Trek fan films to be screened
Ken
Feinberg
joins Star Trek Fan Film Awards judges panel
Personnel Records
Library Computer
Recent Chapter Event Photos
SIDEBAR
Belated November
Birthdays
February & March Membership Renewals
About the Republic
For More Information
USS Republic Online
Crew Roster
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News
from Variety.com |
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Star Trek: Bryan Fuller Named Showrunner of New Series |
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Star Trek: Wrath of Khan Director Nicholas Meyer
Joins New CBS Series as Writer and Producer |
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UPCOMING
EVENTS
USS
Republic Dinner & Treklanta March & April Staff
Meetings
7:00 p.m. Saturday, March 19, 2016
7:00 p.m. Saturday, April 9, 2016
Marlow's Tavern
4156 Lavista Road, Tucker GA 30084
(678) 987-1197 |
All
members and friends of the USS Republic, all current
Treklanta
directors and staff volunteers and most importantly, anyone
who's interested in volunteering for Treklanta staff are
cordially invited to attend either or both of our final
two staff meetings before the convention, the first to be
held on Saturday, March 19, and the second on Saturday,
April 9. Both will be held at Marlow's Tavern,
adjacent to our convention host hotel, the DoubleTree by
Hilton Atlanta Northlake hotel in Tucker. The
purpose of these meetings is to recruit staff, assign departments,
fill vacancies and answer any questions our volunteers may
have about the convention in general or their duties in
particular. At the same time, we'll enjoy a delicious
dinner from Marlow's excellent menu. Interested
in joining the Republic? Join us! Need
to renew your membership dues? Join us! Want
to become involved with the convention? Join us! Just
want to hang out for a while with a great group of folks
who love Star Trek? Join us!
Marlow's management has asked us to let them know if we
expect more than 15 people to attend, so if you're planning
to join us for the March 19 meeting, please click "Join"
on our Facebook
event page. We'll create a second event
page for next month's meeting after this month's meeting.
Marlow's
Tavern has a warm neighborhood yet contemporary feel and
features the "Best of the Best" in American tavern fare
served in a modern atmosphere. The menu offers a diverse
combination of classic dishes that are updated and elevated
to a higher level, including a wide variety of appetizers,
salads, sandwiches, burgers, entrées and desserts,
as well as a full-service bar. Appetizers range from
$4.50 to $13.00, sandwiches and burgers range from $8.50
to $15.50 and dinner entrées range from $14.00 to
$20.00. For more information about Marlow's Tavern,
visit their web site at marlowstavern.com.
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NEWS
& ANNOUNCEMENTS
Tracee
Lee Cocco confirmed as Guest of Honor for Treklanta
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Treklanta
is delighted to announce that Tracee Lee Cocco has
been confirmed to appear at our 2016 convention! Treklanta
is the annual Star Trek and space opera convention
hosted by the USS Republic.
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Ms.
Cocco is an actress, model and stuntwoman who worked on Star
Trek: The Next Generation, Star Trek: Deep Space Nine
and Star Trek: Voyager. She was most visibly
seen as Lieutenant Jae, a regular background character on
The Next Generation between the fourth and seventh
seasons. She was one of the background performers who
also appeared in the three Next Generation feature
films Star Trek Generations, Star Trek: First Contact
and Star Trek: Insurrection. Ms. Cocco also
worked as stand-in for Alice Krige (the Borg Queen) in Star
Trek: First Contact.
In "Descent," Ms. Cocco played one of the Borg drones mentally
damaged by Lore's experimentation. On Star Trek:
Deep Space Nine, she could sometimes be seen in alien
makeup in Quark's and played several aliens such as an Antican.
She was one of several regular background performers
from Deep Space Nine and Star Trek: Voyager
who participated in the filming of the interactive movie Star
Trek: Borg; she is most notably seen as a Starfleet science
officer visible in the corridor aboard the USS Cheyenne
at the start of the movie. She also appeared as an alien
bar character in the 1996 video game Star Trek: Klingon.
Besides her work on Star Trek, Ms. Cocco was also featured
as Marla in the daily soap General Hospital and as
a regular lifeguard in several episodes of Baywatch.
Among her film work are the drama Gross Anatomy,
the science fiction films Demolition Man, Barb Wire
and Virtuosity, and the action comedy Bulletproof. Following
her background work in Demolition Man, Ms. Cocco was
cast as the lead computer voice in the Demolition Man
pinball game in 1994 and the 1995 video game Angel Devoid:
Face of the Enemy.
In the early 1990s, Ms. Cocco was part of the group of background
regulars who made a promotional tour for Star Trek: Deep
Space Nine, appearing as a Ferengi. She has continued
to appear at conventions throughout the United States and
was most recently a guest at the London Film & Comic Con in
2012. Currently, Ms. Cocco is working as a dental hygienist
in California.
Ms. Cocco will attend Treklanta's exclusive VIP Champagne
Reception on Friday night of the convention, host a Q&A hour
with her fans on Saturday and Sunday afternoons, serve as
a judge for the Miss Klingon Empire Beauty Pageant on Saturday
evening and serve as a presenter at the Independent Star
Trek Fan Film Awards on Sunday afternoon. She
will also be available for autograph signings and portrait
photo opps throughout the weekend.
Additional Guests of Honor include Mr. Carel Struycken
(Mr. Homn from Star Trek: The Next Generation), Mr.
Jack Stauffer (Lt. Bojay from Battlestar Galactica),
Fan Guests of Honor Mr. & Mrs. John & Bjo Trimble (the
"Saviors of Star Trek") and Author Guest of Honor Mr.
Keith R. A. DeCandido, whose Star Trek writing
credits are... well, enormous. Treklanta will present
live performances by the Atlanta Radio Theater Company,
nerd rock band Hyperdrive and puppeteers Felt Nerdy,
as well as Dirty Harry's Karaoke Cantina, our second annual
Star Trek Stand-Up Comedy Show, Mr. Stauffer's "How
Come I Never Got the Girl?" cabaret, our annual Treklanta
Masquerade, the Independent Star Trek Fan Film Festival
(presenting two dozen new fan films released in 2015), two
tracks of programming devoted to Star Trek and space
opera, and MUCH more.
Treklanta will be held April 15-17 at the DoubleTree by Hilton
Atlanta Northlake hotel in Tucker, Georgia. Memberships
are only $40 for adults, $20 for children 6 to 12, and free
for kids under 6 (with registered adult). Hotel rooms
are only $91 a night. Prereg and book your room NOW at www.treklanta.org!
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Treklanta
announces independent Star Trek fan films to be screened |
Treklanta
is pleased to announce the 29 independent Star Trek
fan films released in calendar year 2015 that will be screened
at our Independent Star Trek Fan Film Festival at
this year's convention.
Unlike all our previous conventions, where our film festivals
were held in a small meeting room in the host hotel, this
year's film festival will be held in the DoubleTree's hotel
lobby in the area where they serve their continental breakfast
each morning. There is plenty of seating for
all and because this area is outside the convention's paywall,
any and all non-convention hotel guests in the lobby will
be more than welcome to sit down and join us for these screenings,
giving these films an additional measure of exposure they
would not have otherwise received, and perhaps bringing
a few of the guests into the convention itself!
The day and time of each film's screening will be published
in the Treklanta program book. In alphabetical
order by series name, the films to be screened are as follows:
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Release
Date
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Series
Name
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Episode
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Run
Time
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9/13/2015
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Battlecruiser
Kupok |
"Battle
of Alawanir" |
0:13:22
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10/2/2015
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Dreadnought
Dominion |
"Anchors
Aweigh" and "Haunted" |
0:36:03
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1/30/2015
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Project:
Potemkin |
"We
Few..." |
0:11:01
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3/15/2015
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Project:
Potemkin |
"Frazier's
Angels" |
0:08:07
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3/27/2015
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Project:
Potemkin |
"The
Chair" |
0:06:14
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7/7/2015
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Project:
Potemkin |
"Third
Watch" |
0:07:06
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8/9/2015
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Project:
Potemkin |
"Do
No Harm" |
0:12:44
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9/20/2015
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Project:
Potemkin |
"Ladies
Night Out" |
0:08:17
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6/19/2015
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Star
Trek Continues |
"The
White Iris" |
0:47:54
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9/26/2015
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Star
Trek Continues |
"Divided
We Stand" |
0:42:45
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4/30/2015
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Star
Trek: Antyllus |
"Together
Alone" |
0:30:07
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10/13/2015
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Star
Trek: Antyllus |
"The
Continuing..." |
0:33:12
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11/25/2015
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Star
Trek: Antyllus |
"Closure" |
0:31:50
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12/24/2015
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Star
Trek: Eye of the Tempest |
Part
1 |
0:35:40
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12/29/2015
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Star
Trek: Eye of the Tempest |
Part
2 |
0:31:37
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9/3/2015
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Star
Trek: Intrepid |
"Transposition" |
0:06:26
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1/10/2015
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Star
Trek: Natures Hunger |
"Why
Toto Can't Join Starfleet" |
0:13:01
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4/29/2015
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Star
Trek: Natures Hunger |
"The
Starfleet Screw Up" |
0:09:15
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12/31/2015
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Star
Trek: Natures Hunger |
"Scorned
at the Captain's Table" |
0:21:14
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5/1/2015
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Star
Trek: Reliant |
"The
End of Change" |
0:16:24
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8/24/2015
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Star
Trek: Renegades |
"Pilot" |
1:28:04
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4/11/2015
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Star
Trek: The Romulan Wars |
"Arius" |
0:23:52
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6/16/2015
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Star
Trek: The Romulan Wars |
"The
Atlas" |
0:12:47
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11/30/2014
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Star
Trek: Unity |
"The
Never-Ending Sacrifice" Part 1* |
0:16:10
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1/13/2015
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Star
Trek: Unity |
"The
Never-Ending Sacrifice" Part 2 |
0:28:37
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6/17/2015
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Star
Trek: Unity |
"Right
of Statement" |
0:31:38
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10/31/2015
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Star
Trek: Unity |
"There
and Back Again" |
0:19:46
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8/12/2015
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Star
Trek: USS K'Ehleyr |
"Star
Trek: Dark Horizon" |
1:28:59
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12/8/2015
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Starship
Tristan |
"Moving
Day" |
0:10:38
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5/18/2015
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Trek
Isolation |
"A
Great Responsibility" |
0:04:19
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Part 1 of "The Never-Ending Sacrifice" was released
in 2014 but is included here for the benefit of viewers
of Part 2.
Treklanta will be held April 15-17 at the DoubleTree by
Hilton Atlanta Northlake hotel in Tucker, Georgia. Memberships
are only $40 for adults, $20 for children 6 to 12, and
free for kids under 6 (with registered adult). Hotel
rooms are only $91 a night. Prereg and book your room
NOW at www.treklanta.org!
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Ken
Feinberg joins Independent Star Trek Fan Film Awards
judges panel
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Treklanta
is pleased to announce that Ken Feinberg has joined
our panel of judges for the 2016 Independent Star Trek
Fan Film Awards. Treklanta is the annual Star
Trek and space opera convention hosted by the USS Republic,
and the Independent Star Trek Fan Film Awards were
introduced at last year's convention.
The Atlanta native earned his degree in filmmaking, directing
and writing from the University of Georgia with minors in
Drama and Art. For more than ten years, he has directed,
written, acted in and produced acclaimed major plays, videos
and short films in Los Angeles, New York, Orlando and Atlanta.
After working on both stage and screen in New York, Mr. Feinberg
relocated to Los Angeles in the early '90s, where he continued
to perform and write as a member of the prestigious Hollywood
Repertory Company, Theater Geo and others. It was in
the Hollywood Repertory Company that he coauthored and produced
the play Real Life Photographs, nominated for a Los
Angeles Drama Critics Award. In 1994, he returned to
Atlanta, directing the Southeastern premieres of major Broadway
award-winning shows: Eric Bogosian's Talk Radio and
Ariel Dorfman's Death and the Maiden. Mr. Feinberg
directed other acclaimed plays, including the world premieres
of many original shows. In 1996, he became the Artistic
Director of New Leaf Productions, where he wrote and directed
two popular shows: Schampagne and Shtik, a gala toast
to Vaudeville, and the musical Willy Wonka and the Chocolate
Factory. He continues to write, having had a play
published by Yale University Press: Peter and Wendy in
Neverland, and his first novel, Basketball and Past
Lives, which he's developing into a screenplay.
Returning to Los Angeles in 2001, Mr. Feinberg directed two
other short films and three original theater shows. In
2002, he completed shooting Coming Clean, a twelve-character
ensemble romantic comedy which he developed, cowrote and directed.
He has appeared in episodes of Buffy the Vampire
Slayer, Charmed, Alias and The District,
and as the Alien Captain in the second-season Star Trek:
Enterprise episode "Horizon."
Once again in Atlanta, Mr. Feinberg is currently the owner
and director of Creative Studios of Atlanta, where he continues
his love of developing original works that not only entertain,
but also enlighten and educate.
Mr.
Feinberg was a guest of honor at TrekTrax Atlanta (now Treklanta)
in 2011 and 2013. He joins previously seated judges
Diana Dru Botsford, Keith R. A. DeCandido, Matthew
M. Foster, Robert Greenberger, Emmett Plant,
Rick Sternbach and Bjo Trimble. The Independent
Star Trek Fan Film Awards Ceremony will be held on
Sunday, April 17, at Treklanta. Treklanta will
be held April 15-17 at the DoubleTree by Hilton Atlanta Northlake
hotel in Tucker, Georgia. Weekend memberships are only
$40 for adults, $20 for children 6 to 12 and free for kids
under 6 (with registered adult). VIP Champagne Reception
tickets are $30 for adults only. All-inclusive Ambassador
memberships are only $100 and hotel rooms are only $91 a night.
Prereg and book your room NOW at www.treklanta.org!
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Schoen
Bows Out as Judge
Dr. Lawrence M. Schoen, previously announced
as a judge for the Independent Star Trek Fan Film Awards,
has regretfully withdrawn from this year's panel of judges
due to professional commitments. He sends his best
wishes for a successful convention. |
Personnel
Records
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STARFLEET
Academy is a special collection of correspondence courses
available to every STARFLEET member. Over 60 Academy
Colleges offer courses spanning all aspects of Star Trek
and science fiction; some courses even cover non-sci-fi real
world topics. Each college offers dozens of different
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really hard. In total, there are nearly 1,000 different
courses available. Take
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Library
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This
spectacular portrait of the Star Trek: The Next Generation
cast was taken by Jeffery Newbury for the cover of Entertainment
Weekly in May 1994. By popular demand, it
was issued as a full-sized 18" x 24" poster later
that year and became a must-have collectible for Star
Trek fans around the world. Shown left to right
are, of course, Patrick Stewart, Gates McFadden, Brent Spiner,
LeVar Burton, Jonathan Frakes, Michael Dorn and Marina Sirtis.
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Recent
Chapter Event Photos
CLICK ANY PHOTO TO ENLARGE |
Away
Mission to Star Wars VII: The Force Awakens
December
19, 2015
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Members
of the USS Republic who went on an away mission to
a galaxy far, far away include (kneeling): ENS1 Richard
Tucker, CDT4 Zarena Nova Tucker. Standing,
left to right: Ens Vicki Greve, (Ens) Theresa Watkins, ENS1
Zannetta Tucker, ENS3 John May, ENS3 Carly May, Matt Steinberg,
Andrew Rawles, Ens Gaylen Greve, FCapt Eric L. Watts, ENS1
Sue Lin Lange.
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BELATED
NOVEMBER BIRTHDAYS
Tuesday, November 10
CDT4 Zarena Nova Tucker
Monday, November 16
ENS1 Sue Lin Lange
Sunday, November 22
Ens Gaylen Greve
Friday, November 27
Ens Charles Brent Chapman
Friday, November 27
ENS1 Tracey S. Harwell
Saturday, November 28
ENS1 James P. Gronski
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FEBRUARY
& MARCH MEMBERSHIP RENEWALS
These members' dues expired or will expire in February
and March. Please renew now!
ENS1 Nelson M. Barnhouse
Ens Daniel Cowart
Ens Vicki Greve
Ens Gaylen Greve
ENS2 Tracy O'Quinn
ENS1 Mark A. Ozanick
Lt JG Robert Louis Simon
ENS1 Marilyn Teague
ENS2 Robert Teague
ENS1 Chris White
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ABOUT
THE REPUBLIC
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The
USS Republic NCC-1371 was originally commissioned
as a chapter of STARFLEET International on May 14, 1988,
at the Dixie-Trek convention in Atlanta, Georgia. As
of March 5, 2016, the Republic crew includes 37
members who are active members of STARFLEET in good
standing.
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The
Republic plans and coordinates an active schedule
of events for its members, but does not hold meetings
on a consistently fixed date each month.
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Because
the USS Republic is a duly commissioned chapter
of STARFLEET International and is bound and governed by
its Constitution and By-Laws, membership in STARFLEET
is a prerequisite for membership in the Republic. STARFLEET
dues for one person are $20 for a "Standard Membership"
or $10 for an "E-Membership" and chapter dues are $10
per person for either membership option. A
combined payment for all dues is collected by the Republic
(family discounts are available with certain conditions
and restrictions). Additional information about
the two STARFLEET membership options, amounts due for
additional family members, payment options and payment
instructions is on the "How to Join" page of our award-winning
web site.
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Star
Trek: Bryan Fuller Named Showrunner of New Series |
By
Debra Birnbaum
February 9, 2016
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Hannibal
creator Bryan Fuller has found his next mission: showrunner
and co-creator of CBS' new Star Trek series. |
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He'll
serve as executive producer alongside Alex Kurtzman on the
reboot of the sci-fi classic, Variety has learned. |
A
longtime fan of science fiction, Fuller began his career
writing for Star Trek: Voyager (1997-2001) and Star
Trek: Deep Space Nine (1997). |
"My
very first experience of Star Trek is my oldest brother
turning off all the lights in the house and flying his model
of a D7 Class Klingon Battle Cruiser through the darkened
halls. Before seeing a frame of the television series,
the Star Trek universe lit my imagination on fire,"
said Fuller. "It is without exaggeration a dream come
true to be crafting a brand new iteration of Star Trek
with fellow franchise alum Alex Kurtzman and boldly going
where no Star Trek series has gone before." |
The
new series is set to bow on CBS in January 2017, then move
to CBS's All Access digital subscription service. It
will be the first original series to launch on a broadcast
network but air primarily on an SVOD service. |
"Bringing
Star Trek back to television means returning it to
its roots, and for years those roots flourished under Bryan's
devoted care," said Kurtzman. "His encyclopedic knowledge
of Trek canon is surpassed only by his love for Gene
Roddenberry's optimistic future, a vision that continues
to guide us as we explore strange new worlds." |
The
creative plan is for the series to introduce new characters
and civilizations, existing outside of the mythology charted
by previous series and the current movie franchises. |
Star
Trek will be produced by CBS Television Studios in association
with Kurtzman's Secret Hideout banner. Kurtzman, Fuller
and Heather Kadin will serve as executive producers. |
"For
the past 50 years, Star Trek has been a groundbreaking
franchise that not only changed the landscape of television,
but made a significant impact on pop culture," said David
Stapf, president of CBS Television Studios. "When
we began discussions about the series returning to television,
we immediately knew that Bryan Fuller would be the ideal
person to work alongside Alex Kurtzman to create a fresh
and authentic take on this classic and timeless series.
Bryan is not only an extremely gifted writer, but
a genuine fan of Star Trek. Having someone
at the helm with his gravitas who also understands and appreciates
the significance of the franchise and the worldwide fan
base was essential to us." |
The
latest iteration of Star Trek on TV is set to launch
on the heels of the 50th anniversary of the original series
premiere on Sept. 8, 1966, which was led by stars William
Shatner, Leonard Nimoy and DeForest Kelley. Created
by Gene Roddenberry and produced by Lucille Ball's Desilu
Productions, Star Trek ran for three seasons on NBC
but famously became far more popular in syndicated reruns
than it ever was in its original primetime run. |
Alongside
Michael Green, Fuller also serves as executive producer,
writer and showrunner on Starz's adaptation of Neil Gaiman's
beloved novel American Gods, which will begin production
in Toronto this April. |
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Star
Trek: Wrath of Khan Director Nicholas Meyer Joins New
CBS Series as Writer and Producer |
By
Laura Prudom
February 26, 2016
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Nicholas
Meyer, who directed Star Trek II: The Wrath of Khan
and Star Trek VI: The Undiscovered Country, in addition
to writing the screenplays for Undiscovered Country
and Star Trek IV: The Voyage Home, has joined CBS
Television Studios and Bryan Fuller's new Star Trek
series as a consulting producer and writer, the network
announced Friday. |
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"Nicholas
Meyer chased Kirk and Khan 'round the Mutara Nebula and
'round Genesis' flames, he saved the whales with the Enterprise
and its crew, and waged war and peace between Klingons and
the Federation. We are thrilled to announce that one
of Star Trek's greatest storytellers will be boldly
returning as Nicholas Meyer beams aboard the new Trek
writing staff," said Fuller in a statement. |
As
previously announced, the new series will launch with a
special preview broadcast on CBS in early 2017, with all
subsequent first-run episodes then bowing exclusively on
CBS All Access, the network's digital SVOD and live streaming
service. The series is the first original show developed
for CBS All Access. Fuller will serve as showrunner
for the new series, in addition to his duties on Starz's
adaptation of Neil Gaiman's popular novel American Gods,
which he executive produces alongside Michael Green. |
Alex
Kurtzman and Heather Kadin will also executive produce the
new iteration of Trek, which will be produced in
association with Kurtzman's Secret Hideout banner. |
The
creative plan is for the series to introduce new characters
and civilizations, existing outside of the mythology charted
by previous series and the current movie franchises. |
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