VOL. 8 ISSUE 10 1 Jul 2012

First Officer Report 3

Chapter Awards Chapter Promotions

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R12 RC Report 5

Calendar of Events 6

R12 VRC Report Chief Security Report

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Chief Medical Report 9

Department Shirts Info Vacant DHO Listings

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Chapter Crew Roster 11

Chapter Monthly Status report

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Captain’s of Star Trek Char-acter Profile

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Star Trek Word Find 23

Inside this issue:

THE OFFICI@L NEWSLETTER OF THE SS TROUB@DOUR SFR-1201 @ CORRESPONDENCE CH@PTER OF ST@RFLEET: THE INTERN@TION@L ST@R TREK F@N @SSOCI@TION

Special points of interest: Captain’s of Starfleet

Members of the crew that graduat-ed high school this year! (Top pho-to is the Richards family with Amy Richards graduating. Bottom pho-to is Ashley Walker graduating)

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Publisher SS TROUBADOUR SFR-1201

Executive Editor

Paul C. Dyl

Editor Carol A. Dyl

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First Officer’s Update By RADM Paul Dyl

Greetings crew! I wish I had better news to give but I don’t. Most of you all know that our Commanding Officer had fallen and broken her hip. Well all seem to be doing good after the surgery and she was well on her rehab, but then she started having other issues with her blood pres-sure and having a bug of some sort and I was notified by the fami-ly that things were not looking good. The doctor only predicts she has a few months at best and that Hospice was going to be called in. The newsletter was delayed a few weeks so at this time it is now the third week of July. Please keep Helen and her family in your thoughts and prayers. As soon I hear anything I will email everyone and call those who do not have email access. I have been in contact with the Region 12 Regional Coordinator Admiral Jeff Higdon. He has been made aware of it and has notified the rest of the Region via the Re-gion 12 Monthly Status Report. Some of the crew have asked about what if’s…..As far as I stand

and Fleet, Helen is the Chapter CO and will remain so. In the mean time I will continue to handle the day to day Command responsibili-ties until her recovery. I also know many have asked about my Heart Attack that I had in the middle of June. All seems to be going ok. I have returned to work and I have more pending medical appointments for tests etc. For those who do not know, I have submitted my retirement from the Army. I have completed 25 years total and now its time to move aside and let the next Soldier have a chance to excel. I will be officially retired on 1 February 2013. I know my wife and family are all looking forward to it. I know that after one overseas short tour and

three combat tours as an Infan-tryman and one combat tour as a Senior Personnel Sergeant for a Battalion...I am ready! Well again I wish I had better news to give, but please do con-tinue to pray for Helen and her family during this difficult time. Helen and I go back to about 1995 when She was the Vice Commandant of STARFLEET Academy with Bjo Trimble as the Commandant and I was a School Director and then in 1996 when I became the Commandant and Helen remained on as my Vice-Commandant. She is a great friend who I learned to trust and depend on very quickly. Well until the next issue. Paul Dyl Executive Officer

Rear Admiral Paul Dyl

Helen at the last IC

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SS TROUBADOUR Promotions Update RADM Paul Dyl

and then again on the 8th Sep-tember 2012. The board members will consist of Paul Dyl, Jessica Reynolds, William Young, Sam Phillips and Lance Dyl. Department Heads, please insure you review your eligible crewmem-bers in accordance with the Chap-ter Regulation 100. Once again congratulations to all those promoted.

It is my privilege in the name of the Commanding Officer to make the following promotion announce-ments: To Petty Officer 3rd Class:

Heather Nelson

To Petty Officer 2nd Class: Heather Fikes Cassandra Phillips Jessica Reynolds

Michael McCarthy Sam Phillips Gary Reynolds

Christine Young To Lieutenant Junior Grade

Carol Dyl

Please join me in congratulating all the promotes. The next promotion board will be conducted on 25th August 2012

CHAPTER SPIRIT CITATION LTJG Carol Dyl JENS James Neslon Please join me in congratulating all the awardees! The next awards board will be conducted on 1st September 2012 and then again on the 15th Sep-tember 2012. The board members will consist of Paul Dyl, Jessica Reynolds, William Young, Cassie Phillips and Sandra Dyl. Department Heads, please insure

For the Commanding Officer and Command Staff of the SS TROU-BADOUR, I would like to an-nounce the following chapter awards:

GARTH ORDER OF TACTICS PO2 Michael McCarthy (Service in Afghanistan)

CHAPTER LONGEVITY AWARD All crewmembers assigned

OCC LTJG Carol Dyl

you review your eligible crewmem-bers in accordance with the Chap-ter Regulation 200. Once again congratulations to all those promoted.

SS TROUBADOUR Awards Program By LTJG Carol Dyl

the fleet since she joined in the late 80s, serving as the Vice Commandant of STARFLEET Academy, a frequent writer and reporter for the CQ and a friend of many where regard her as 'family'.

I, as well as many, were looking forward to her attending IC2012 in Memphis. I have come to re-spect and value her advice and friendship over the years. That is why I ask for your prayers and good thoughts on behalf of Helen, the Officers and Crew of Trouba-dour Station, her friends and fami-ly as they all go through this trying time. Now it's time… ...To talk about the International Conference. It's almost time for me to load up the Admiral's Barge (my Maroon 2003 Dodge Ram QuadCab Pickup Truck) for the trip to Mem-phis. Embarking with me on the barge will be the commodore (my wife, Karen, XO of the Black Hawk), the Brigadier (my son, Chris), Major Higdon (my daugh-

ter, Emily, the recently discharged US Marine and student) and Ca-det Brody (my grandson). IC is meant to be a family affair as well as a chance to meet and greet old friends and fellow STARFLEET Members. I have looked forward to this event since before it was announced at IC2010. We will be traveling a majority of the day on Thursday, August 2nd. Once there I will be assisting in the registration of the ECAB and members that will be arriving ear-ly. I will (hopefully) see some of my siblings who actually reside in Northern Mississippi, who said they would try to come up for a brief visit. But my main reason for being there is to represent your inter-ests. I need to know what you be-lieve I should bring before the Ad-miralty Board and the Executive Committee. E-Mail me at rc@region12.org and please give me your thoughts on what you see as the important issues of STARFLEET. You can watch the Opening Cere-monies, General Session and Closing Ceremonies by viewing it at http://www.ustream.tv/ chan-nel/ic2012. Final Thoughts As IC2012 comes, there are thoughts of the 12th Fleet and it's membership that come to mind. We are growing and strengthening day by day and it is through YOU that we do it.

It's that time of year again – it's time for the STARFLEET Interna-tional Conference! I am honored to be able to repre-sent the Twelfth Fleet during IC2012, this year in Memphis, Tennessee and is being hosted by Region 1, 2 & 12! Yes, we are again helping in hosting this IC since it is being held the the boarders of these three region. However, we start on regional business before we comment on what is going on at the beginning of August! Welcome I want to welcome the USS Pin-guin, NCC-53777, Edmund Fitz-gerald Class Starship, to Region Twelve. The Pinguin (spelled correctly), under the command of Colonel Matt Dunn, is transferring from our sister region, the Fifth Fleet. Matt's can be contacted at ussp-inguin@gmail.com. Please help me welcome the Officers and Crew of the USS Pinguin to the Twelfth Fleet! Honorary Vice Fleet Commander As many of you know, our Honor-ary Vice Regional Coordinator, Admiral Helen Pawlowski, who also is the Commanding Officer of Troubadour Station, has been be-set by a series of health issues in the recent weeks and months. Helen fell, causing her to break her hip. Since then additional is-sues have happened that her fam-ily has placed her in hospice care. Helen has been an active force in

R12 News Update By ADM Jeffery Higdon (JUL 2012 RSR)

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ADM Jeffery Higdon R12 Coordinator

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Camille Saviola

Brock Peters

Nana Visitor

Carel Struycken

Glen Hambly

Vaughn Armstrong

Linda Park

Dominic Keating

Hana Hatae Louise Fletcher

Patrick Stewart Peter Duryea

Laura Kraatz

James Kraatz

Lloyd Kraatz Megan Kraatz

Wil Wheaton

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Leland Orser

Josh Clark

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Jonathan Frakes

Diana Muldaur

Pearson Nelson

Tanya Kraatz

Jeffery Kraatz

Ceria Young

Christine Young

Paul Dyl

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Greetings Region 12, I hope everyone is having a great summer. And that everyone had a great 4th. This month is going fast for me. Soon we will have the Internation-al Conference. I see they will be having a wonderful program. I re-gret I will not get to attend, I am hoping there will be plenty of folks from Region 12 there to represent us. I would like to send my condolenc-es to the people in Aurora, Colora-do that was attack in the movie theater. I am thankful they will bring the person that did this to justice. Well that wraps it up for now... till

R12-Senior Vice Regional Coordinator Supplemental Vice Admiral Beatrice Hart ( Jul 2012 RSR)

next month. Hart over and out.

Vice Admiral Beatrice Hart R12 Senior Vice Regional Coordinator

Greetings to the mighty crew of the TROUBADOUR! Well I have finished looking into the department shirt idea and I have submitted a separate article about it in this issue. Please take a look and let us know what you think and or what you would like to see changed. So far I have four crewmembers who have signed on for the laser tag competition. I’d like to have at least six before I try contacting any of the Region One chapters. The Summer months are here and I sure would like to do this during the next few months.

The Security Department would

like to take this time and wish Hel-en and Paul a speedy recovery. As you all know Helen has been having some health issues and as Paul’s report stated, its very seri-ous. What Paul failed to say is he

himself also has a health issue gong on and we wish and pray for both of them. In closing, I would like to re-mind everyone that I will be out in the field with my unit a few weeks starting on the 14th of July. I look forward to our next issues and any thoughts you have on the shirts. JENS James Nelson Chief Security Officer

Chief Security Officer’s Report JENS James Nelson

Filling 9 oz. Cream cheese-softened 3/4 c. Powered sugar 1 tsp. Grayed orang peel 1 tsp. Orange juice Topping 1 pt. Strawberries, hulled and sliced or raspberries 1/2 pt. Blueberries 1/4 c. Apple jelly melted or honey

-Heat oven to 400 degrees -Beat butter and sugar at medium speed until light and fluffy (1-2 min). -Add flour and milk; beat at low speed until well mixed. - Press dough on bottom and 1/2” up sides of 13”x9” pan. -Prick bottom with fork -Bake 14-18 min. or until lightly browned -Cool -Next mix all filling ingredients at

medium speed until light and fluffy (1-2 min.) -Spread on top of cooled crust -Refrigerate 1 hour or until firm -Just before serving, arrange fruit on filling in design of the U.S. Flag, (using blueberries for stars and strawberries for the stripes) -Brush fruit with melted apple jelly. I hope you enjoy. I closing, I would like to wish Hel-en a speedy recovery and I am praying for her. Helen and Paul go a way back and everyone is con-cerned. Until the next issue God bless! Carol Dyl Chief Medical Officer

Happy 4th of July to our crew…. Well the summer is here in full swing so make sure you are staying hydrated in all your outdoor activi-ties, even if it is on the holodeck. Dehydration is one of the top emer-gency room (sick bay) issues dur-ing the summer. Also, as a remind-er during the 4th festivities do not over indulge in alcohol. When it comes to home fireworks, please be careful. We do not want anyone suffering burns or loss of appendages! Trust me firecrackers can hurt! I had one thrown on my barefoot and it exploded when I was a kid….play it safe! Anyone who wants to learn more about STARFLEET and its working, I really recommend taking the Of-ficer Command College. I have been working on and off for the past month and I found it to be challenging and made me think. The one pre-reqisit is you have to take the Officer Training School first. I know you have been waiting for the Recipe of the Month. Well here it is… Stars and Stripes Tart Ingredients: Crust 1 c. Soft butter 1/2 c. Sugar 2 1/2 c. Flour 1/2 c. Milk

Chief Medical Officer Report LTJG Carol Dyl

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Greetings everyone. In my Chief Security Report from the last is-sue, I mentioned the idea of De-partment Shirts for casual wear to show off not only our chapter but our department. The cost is the same as the regular chapter shirts approximately $24.00. So a down fall is if some one moves from one department to the next. But that is all on one’s point of view. Some-one may want to get a collection of department shirts. I have displayed each department and would like your opinion. I hope you like?

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Vacant Department Chief Positions

DOUR Membership Handbook. Here you will find all the infor-mation that you will need to know as far as positions in each depart-ment and what each department does within the chapter. Also if you feel you may want to be a Department Head, please refer to Regulation 500 which goes into further details. The following key leadership posi-tions are vacant; Second Officer, Third Officer, Chief Operations,

The SS TROUBADOUR has nu-merous position vacancies on the Command Staff. Key Department Head positions and Support Staff positions are available. If you feel you may be interested in any of these positions, please feel free to contact the First Officer or Com-manding Officer and ask about them. For more information on the differ-ent departments and what their duties and responsibilities are, please refer to the SS TROUBA-

Chief Engineering, Chief Support Services, Chief Communications, Chief Science, Chief Diplomatic Corps, and Marine Strike Group CO. RADM Paul Dyl XO

Command Operations Engineering Medical Support Services

Science Communications Security Diplomatic Corps

Marines

Department Shirts By JENS James Nelson

Command Support Services Security

Science Operations Medical

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SS TROUBADOUR SFR-1201

CREW ROSTER

NAME RANK SSC # DEPARTMENT POSITION

PAWLOWSKI, HELEN M. ADM 18040 COMMAND COMMANDING OFFICER

DYL, PAUL C. RADM 22241 COMMAND FIRST OFFICER

PAWLOWSKI, TIMOTHY ENS 46295 SCIENCE SCIENCE TECH

PAWLOWSKI, TERANCE ENS 51760 SCIENCE SCIENCE TECH

PAWLOWSKI, IAN ENS 51761 SCIENCE SCIENCE TECH

PAWLOWSKI, LESLIE ENS 60584 MEDICAL MEDICAL TECH

KRAATZ, TANYA ENS 65919 MEDICAL MEDICAL TECH

KRAATZ, MADONNA CMDR 51762 COMMAND FINANCE OFFICER

KRAATZ, LLOYD ENS 51763 ENGINEERING ENGINEERING TECH

KRAATZ, JAMES ENS 51764 SCIENCE SCIENCE TECH

KRAATZ, JEFFERY ENS 51765 SECURITY SECURITY TECH

KRAATZ, LAURA ENS 51766 MEDICAL MEDICAL TECH

KRAATZ, MEGAN ENS 51767 SCIENCE SCIENCE TECH

RICHARDS, RACHEL L. PO3 55165 SUPPORT SERVICES COMMISSARY TECH

RICHARDS, JOEL PO3 55166 SUPPORT SERVICES MISCELLANEOUS SERVICES TECH

RICHARDS, BETHANY PO3 55167 MEDICAL MEDICAL TECH

RICHARDS, AMY PO3 55168 MEDICAL MEDICAL TECH

RICHARDS, DAVID CRMN 55169 SECURITY SECURITY TECH

DYL, ROBERT JR PO3 55170 ENGINEERING SHIP FITTING

DYL, VICKIE PO3 55171 MEDICAL NURSE

MCCARTHY, MICHAEL PO2 55172 SECURITY SECURITY TECH

DYL, REBECCA PO3 55173 MEDICAL MEDICAL TECH

DYL, DANIEL PO3 55174 SECURITY SECURITY TECH

DYL, KALOBE CRMN 55175 MEDICAL MEDICAL TECH

DYL, LANCE PO3 55176 SCIENCE COMPUTER SCIENCES

DYL, PATRICK PO3 55177 SUPPORT SERVICES COMMISSARY TECH

DYL, ERIC PO3 55178 SECURITY SECURITY TECH

DYL, MATTHEW PO3 55179 MEDICAL XENOMEDICINE TECH

DYL, PATTY PO3 56527 SUPPORT SERVICES COMMISSARY TECH

DYL, MOLLY CRA 55176 MEDICAL MEDICAL TECH

DYL, TIMMOTHY PO3 55180 SUPPORT SERVICES MISCELLANEOUS SERVICES TECH

DYL, ROBERT SR PO3 55182 SCIENCE COMPUTER SCIENCE TECH

DYL, SANDRA L. PO3 55183 MEDICAL NURSE

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NAME RANK SSC # DEPARTMENT POSITION

DYL, BRIAN A. PO3 55184 SCIENCE OCEANOGRAPHER

DYL, ANGELA PO3 55185 MEDICAL NURSE

DYL, BOBBY PO3 55186 SECURITY SECURITY TECH

DYL, PAUL G. PO2 67307 SECURITY SECURITY TECH

DYL, CAROL A. LTJG 67308 MEDICAL CHIEF MEDICAL OFFICER

WALKER, ASHLY R. PO2 67309 COMMUNICATIONS PHOTOGRAPHER

PHILLIPS, CASSANDRA E. PO2 23492 SUPPORT SERVICES MISCELLANEOUS SERVICES TECH

PHILLIPS, SAM PO2 67808 COMMUNICATIONS CRYPTOGRAPHY TECH

PHILLIPS CHRISTOPHER CRR 69540 MEDICAL MEDICAL TECH

FIKES, HEATHER M. PO2 23493 MEDICAL MEDICAL TECH

PHILLIPS, STEPHONIE CRR 68198 MEDICAL MEDICAL TECH

FIKES, ELIZABETH CRR 67809 MEDICAL MEDICAL TECH

REYNOLDS, JESSICA D. PO2 23494 SUPPORT SERVICES COMMISSARY TECH

REYNOLDS, EMILY CRR 67760 MEDICAL MEDICAL TECH

REYNOLDS, XANDER CRR 67761 SECURITY SECURITY TECH

REYNOLDS, GARY PO2 67762 SCIENCE COMPUTER SCIENCE TECH

REYNOLDS, EDDIE CRR 67763 SECURITY SECURITY TECH

YOUNG, CHRISTINE R. PO2 23495 MEDICAL MEDICAL TECH

YOUNG, CERIA CRR 67800 MEDICAL MEDICAL TECH

YOUNG, WILLIAM PO3 67801 SECURITY SECURITY TECH

YOUNG, NATALIE CRR 67802 MEDICAL MEDICAL TECH

NELSON, JAMES E. JENS 67692 SECURITY CHIEF SECURITY OFFICER

NELSON, MELONY PO3 67693 MEDICAL SURGICAL TECH

NELSON, BRANDIE PO3 67694 MEDICAL MEDICAL TECH

NELSON, HEATHER PO3 67695 MEDICAL MEDICAL TECH

NELSON, KAYLA CRMN 67696 MEDICAL MEDICAL TECH

NELSON, PEARSON CRR 67697 SECURITY SECURITY TECH

PEFFER, PAUL PO3 PEND SUPPORT SERVICES QUARTERMASTER TECH

PEFFER, ALISHA PO3 PEND SUPPORT SERVICES QUARTERMASTER TECH

DYL, ELLEN PO3 55181 SUPPORT SERVICES MISCELLANEOUS SERVICES TECH

DYL, ZACKERY CRR 68205 SUPPORT SERVICES MISCELLANEOUS SERVICES TECH

DYL, KYLE CRA PEND MEDICAL MEDICAL TECH

DYL, HANNAH CCR 69309 SUPPORT SERVICES MISCELLANEOUS SERVICES TECH

KIRK, DOUGLAS PO3 PEND MEDICAL NURSE

HARRIS, CATHERINE PO3 68855 MEDICAL NURSE

LLOYD, JESSICA PO3 PEND MEDICAL DOCTOR

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STARFLEET PERSONNEL FILE: Picard, Jean-Luc Rank: Captain Current assignment: Command-er, U.S.S. Enterprise NCC-1701-E Full Name: Jean-Luc Picard Date of birth: July 13, 2305 Place of birth: Labarre, France,

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Department Shirts Cont.

The Captain’s of Starfleet: Captain Jean-Luc Picard STAR TREK.COM

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Earth Parents: Maurice and Yvette Pi-card Education: Starfleet Academy, 2323-27 Marital status: Single Children: None Quarters: Formerly, Enterprise: Deck 9, Room 3601

Patrick Stewart as Captain Jean-Luc Picard

Marines Engineering Diplomatic Corps Communications Back of all shirts

Another option is the department logo on the front and chapter logo on back or vise-versa

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family man" and was long uncom-fortable with the Galaxy-class star-ship's civilian family contingent; the orphaned son of Lt. Marla Aster again raised this concern, although his unease with children has dissi-pated since being stranded with three youths during a shipboard quantum filament crisis. His initial reaction to family is also reflected in the friction with his father and, later, his older brother over leaving the family business, a winery. However, when asked about having children of his own Picard once replied that "wishing for a thing does not make it so." The issue of lineage and his lack of offspring caused a sustained yet brief period of depression upon the sudden accidental deaths in 2371 of Robert and his nephew Rene, his only other family mem-bers. His outlook was also affected by the chance to experience a tradi-tional family through an encounter in the Nexus in 2371, as recounted later, and after having relived 40 years of a Kataanan native's life three years earlier; in the latter case the decades of experience com-pressed into 30 minutes from a Kataanan archival probe was over-whelming. Lingering throughout Picard's life is a series of unsuccessful romantic relationships, stemming in part from his introspective nature as a career officer and his self-professed desire to avoid long-term commitments. Significant adult romances have in-cluded Jenice Manheim in 2342, Capt. Phillipa Louvois in 2356, rogue archeologist Vash in 2366-68, andLt. Cmdr. Nella Darren in 2369. In addition, he also had barely acknowledged feelings for Ens.

The Captain’s of Starfleet Cont.

2369 ? Assigned to covert raid and captured by Cardassians on Celtris III, later returned to Enter-prise command 2371 ? Lost Enterprise-D at Veridian III while opposing El-Aurian scientist Tolian Soran 2372 ? Chosen to command rela-tively new Sovereign-class U.S.S. Enterprise-E, SD 49827.5 2373 ? Deflected Borg invasion of Earth; risked further contami-nation to restore Borg temporal sabotage of human first contact Psychological Profile: Report of Ship's Counselor Deanna Troi Updated from Starfleet File Reports An accomplished diplomat and tactician, Picard managed to sur-pass a 22-year career as first of-ficer and later captain of the U.S.S. Stargazer with an even more impressive record as cap-tain of the fleet's former flagship U.S.S. Enterprise. In the latter role he not only witnessed the major turning points of recent ga-lactic history but played a major role in them as well, from surviv-ing as the only human abductee of the Borg invasion in 2366, to becoming the chief contact point with the Q Continuum, to serving as arbiter choosing the current ruler of the Klingon Empire and exposing the Romulans as back-ers of his chief rivals, later help-ing a pacifist underground move-ment to gain a toehold there. Owing to a single-minded drive since childhood for a Starfleet career, Picard has "never been a

Continued From Page 18 Office: Enterprise: Deck 1 Ready Room, adjoining Main Bridge Starfleet Career Summary 2333 ? Assigned as commander and first officer on U.S.S. Stargaz-er, later promoted to captain after death of his superior in battle 2355 ? Forced to abandon Star-gazer after encounter with then-unknown Ferengi, with few casual-ties 2356 ? Cleared of negligence in Stargazer loss by routine inquiry 2363 ? Chosen to command rela-tively new Galaxy-class U.S.S. Enterprise-D 2364 ? Offered but turned down promotion to admiral as comman-dant of Starfleet Academy

2366-7 ? Declared missing in ac-tion during Borg invasion, later rescued from assimilation and re-turned to Enterprise command

Captain Jean-Luc Picard

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concept yet beyond human under-standing. Genetic engineering with its pre-determination disturbs him, saying it robs humanity of the un-known factor that makes life worth

living. Having to be patient in the presence of mounting problems, even if it is unavoidable or even the best path to take, is unsettling to him; nevertheless, he has shown a clear skill in knowing when to solicit opinions and when to act decisively. His Enterprise operations officer, Data, once esti-mated only a 17% chance that Pi-card would be so indecisive in a crisis as to call Starfleet for in-

The Captain’s of Starfleet Cont.

Continued on Page 20 Continued From Page 19 Marta Batanides following their Starfleet graduation; the Kriosian metamorph Kamala; and the widow of his best friend Lt. Cmdr. Jack Crusher, Beverly — a Starfleet doctor, long-time friend and his chief medical officer on the En-terprise. Aside from these feelings regarding children, family and women, Picard was even aloof with those he consid-ered his close friends. Neverthe-less, he has shown a willingness to stake his career for them — as when defending the inherent sen-tient's rights of first Data and then his daughter Lal against Starfleet confiscation, then acting as Worf's cha'dich before the Klingon High Council and stepping in on behalf of Crewman Simon Tarses during Adm. Satie's virtual witchhunt. Al-so, a Q-induced encounter in 2370 with a possible future timeline seems to have diffused this sepa-ration from friends somewhat. While he has had no more en-counters with his best Academy mates, both of Picard's closest friends from his early career, Jack Crusher and Walker Keel, were killed in the line of duty. Part of Picard's private nature in-cludes a difficulty in confronting deep personal issues, which then tend to become suppressed. Phil-osophically, he sees life and death as more than two choices of eter-nal or momentary existence; in fact, he believes there is another

structions. Though he often heatedly defends a strict interpreta-tion of the Prime Directive, he has broken it numerous times when he felt it was warranted. For example, during his Enterprise ca-reer he allowed an Edo fe-male to confront her "god" from space and brought a pre-spaceflight Mintakan leader aboard so as to un-do the damage done by cul-tural contamination. (He later offered his life to a dis-

tressed Mintakan's arrow to prove he was no immortal him-self.) He also chafes at the Star-fleet directive banning captains from most away-team missions in uncertain or hostile situations. Picard had few friends as a youngster and self-admittedly "skipped his childhood," due to his early, single-minded drive to be in Starfleet. Though shy, he took piano lessons only to please his mother; he hated public per-formance and soon quit — a move he now regrets. He did build airships in bottles when young, and like his nephew years later he wrote a ribbon-winning report on starships; reading of the ancient Bajorans in the fifth grade might have been another influence on his lifelong passion for archeology. Later he was school president, valedictorian and a star athlete. Picard failed his first try on the Academy entrance exams but only required one more to pass.

USS ENTERPRISE bridge officers during wedding of CMDR Riker and LCDR Troi

USS ENTERPRISE NCC-1701-D

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The Captain’s of Starfleet Cont. Galen, whose fatherly approach was a trait sorely missed by the son estranged from his true father. In fact, it was not until after his ab-duction during the Borg crisis that Picard ventured home, the first time in 20 years, and began to heal the rift with his brother Rob-ert, who had been jealous of his high-achieving younger brother whom he viewed as getting away with spurning family traditions and responsibilities. In an early highlight of his illustri-ous and fondly recalled years aboard the U.S.S. Stargazer, First Officer Picard took command of the bridge upon his captain's death and saved the ship, leading to his permanent promotion to captain. His command has abrupt-ly halted in 2355 when the vessel was abandoned with relatively lit-tle loss of life during an encounter that, years later, was realized to be the first UFP-Ferengi contact; casualties would have been much higher had he not devised a de-ceptive warp-speed jump maneu-ver that today is still studied and bears his name. Even so, he en-dured a standard inquiry a year later but was cleared of all negli-gence. It was only a year before the Star-gazer's loss, in 2354, that Jack Crusher was killed on an away team, and he had returned the body to his widow at Starbase 32. That same year he visited Chalna; earlier, the Stargazer had barely eluded ambush while on an un-successful truce mission during the Cardassian border wars. Picard assumed captaincy of the

Continued on Page 21 Continued from Page 20 As a student athlete, he became the only freshman ever to win the Academy marathon — the event at Danula II marked the beginning of his friendship with Admiral Han-son — and he once out-wrestled a Ligonian in 14 seconds with a re-verse body lift for a pin. He gradu-ated at or near the top of his Acad-emy class, even though he once failed an Academy class over a woman he refers to only as "A.F.," the initials he carved into gardener Boothby's prize campus elm tree; he was called at least once to the Academy superintendent's office, and he credits Boothby for helping him through an ordeal that saved his graduation. His lack of self-discipline as a young officer nearly led to his death in a near-fatal stabbing at Starbase Earhart in 2328 while awaiting post-graduation assignments. Picard went on as a lieutenant to meet Ambassador Sarek at the wedding of his son Spock.

Another mentor of those years was archeology professor Richard

U.S.S. Enterprise NCC-1701-D on SD 41124, having hand-picked much of his senior staff — such as two young officers who impressed him enough upon first meeting to win a place in the sen-ior staff: Geordi La Forge once piloted his inspection tour shuttle and stayed up all night to refit an engine part he'd made a passing comment on, and he witnessed Tasha Yar risk her life to save colonists amid a Carnelian mine field. Finally, he had picked Riker from among simple resumes as his first officer and promoted him to commander sight unseen, im-pressed by his record of inde-pendence. His command pres-ence and ethics persevered even through the Satarran memory wipe—despite orders, he would not fire on unarmed people. Within months of his Enterprise captaincy he was offered admi-ral's rank and the job of comman-dant of Starfleet Academy by Ad-miral Quinn but turned it down to retain his flagship. He also com-manded the 23-ship blockade fleet to deter Romulan interfer-ence along the Klingon border during the empire's civil war of 2367-68, and undertook a covert raid in 2369 with two Enterprise officers on Celtris III to investi-gate a reported Cardassian met-agenic weapons base, later found to be a hoax. Following the loss of the Enter-prise at Veridian III, Picard won command of the ship's next namesake, one of the new Sov-ereign class, in 2372 on SD

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maris V, Dachlyd, and Krios-Valt Minor. Picard keeps a healthy outlook on life with a wide variety of interests and recreational pursuits, includ-ing his near-professional pursuit of archeology, having studied the Iconian culture since his cadet days and addressed the Federa-tion Archeological Council as key-note speaker on his oft-studied Tagus III ruins in 2367. He enjoys Terran literature in its written ra-ther than holo-visual display, es-pecially detective fiction such as Dixon Hill, and Shakespearean drama; oddly enough, while he enjoys role-playing the former in holo-programs, he avoids acting or any other performance art him-self despite an interest in classical music and attending the shipboard concerts and plays on the Enter-prise. Even so, he overcame his childhood dislike and began play-ing a Kataanan flute following his encounter with that culture. Picard's interests go well beyond archeology and literature, howev-er. The subject of planetary mo-tion and physics is another; he kept up with the Atlantis Project on Earth through journals; and is fas-cinated to be the first to discover the spacefaring life form, com-municate with the Crystalline Enti-ty, and reveal an ancient Promelli-an battle cruiser. He has studied semantics and keeps his Latin fresh, but has no interest in poli-tics, dance, small animals, or the Enterprise senior staff's poker game until his 2370 encounter with Q and an alternate future timeline.

Continued on Page 22 Continued From Page 21 49827.5. While Lt. Cmdr. Worf chose to be the exception, Picard's entire senior staff and many junior officers made the transfer with their captain. That continuity proves fortuitous: less than a year later, Picard was or-dered away from repelling a se-cond Borg attack for fear of giving unwitting aid to the enemy, but after reconsidering he led a deflec-tion of the main assault. From there, a risky time-travel gambit paid off to correct temporal sabo-tage involving human first contact. Other mission performance high-lights of his years on the Enterpris-es included his second meeting with Sarek, where at great person-al risk he agreed to a mind-meld to save the Legaran conference in 2366 with the ailing ambassador; the legendary Vulcan had taken an interest in his career, calling it "satisfactory," but Picard was still awed by the UFP legend. They met again briefly as Sarek lay dy-ing two years later as Picard was en route to another reunion with Spock, leading an underground pro-unification movement with Vul-can on Romulus. Picard has also participated in first-contact encounters with the Borg, Ferengi, Edo, Alde-ans,Tamarians, Jarada, Malcori-ans, Douwd, Mintakans, Paxans, Cytherians, the Ux-Mal, and Devidians, among others, and served as a negotiator and diplo-mat on missions includingAcamar III, Rutia IV, Angosia III, Bajor, Ta-larians, Turkana IV, Pentaurus V, Ventax II,Kaelon II, Lenaria, Ge-

Medical history: Report of Cmdr. Beverly Crusher, M.D., Enterprise CMO Picard enjoys excellent health, thanks to a regimen carried over from his days as an athlete. He still finds time for fencing, rac-quetball and equine sports, usu-ally by Holodeck, but he does show a tendency for overwork, avoids formal vacations, and has reported bouts of insomnia. His aversion to annual physicals must also be noted and dealt with. Owing to a fatal stabbing through the heart in a brawl as a newly-graduated ensign in 2328, a car-diac device later found to be de-fective was implanted to save his life. The unit required replace-ment when it malfunctioned in 2365, overseen at Starbase 212 by then-CMO Dr. Katherine Pu-laski. Four years later in a near-fatal Lenarian attack using com-pressed tetryon weaponry, it was damaged and replaced. He suf-fered head trauma to the right temple area in the same incident that led to Jack Crusher's death in 2355, and has sustained nu-merous injuries on occasion, none with long-lasting physical damage. He was formerly declared dead by Adm. Hanson as a casualty of war after his assimilation by the Borg; the ruling was rescinded six days later, after he fought through the imposed Borg mind of Locutus and got back to his own identity following his recap-ture. Along with his physical

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The Captain’s of Starfleet Cont. I am positive will be resolved by the caption's unusually strong self-ego. However, in dealing with re-ports by officers who were pre-sent, I have decided to focus fu-ture efforts on the subject's linger-ing anger toward his one-time captors in future, if any, Borg en-counters. This episode has also revealed a second and as-yet unexamined factor in the captain's command decision-making process to be considered in future crises: his command history itself. Certainly Picard has compiled an illustrious career and laudable accomplish-ments in both diplomacy and tac-tics, but the fact remains that he abandoned his first command — a decision cleared by court-martial review — and lost his second. While his quick accession to a new command betrayed any con-cern at Starfleet about his emo-

Continued on Page 23 Continued From Page 22 recovery, the invasive incident took an enormous emotional toll and required several weeks of counseling. Picard followed a simi-lar though less lengthy recupera-tion following his capture and tor-ture by Cardassians in 2369. Counselor's update: Report of Cmdr. Deanna Troi, 2373 Less than a year on our new ship and I find myself returning to the events of 2366-67 regarding our captain: the once-quelled ghosts of his Locutus experience and his former commands have returned. It has taken this second Borg ex-perience to remind him of the ex-istence of a "Borg Queen" who pursued him then, and his reaction to the bureaucratic Starfleet reac-tion on his involvement is an issue

tional fitness to lead a starship, it did play a factor in delaying his eventual decision surrounding the aborted abandonment and self-destruct of the new vessel to stop the Borg temporal invasion. In this case, thanks to the inter-ference of a strong-willed con-temporary associate of Zefram Cochrane, Picard was persuaded that self-destruct was his only option, then thankfully found oth-er options that saved his vessel — including his unusually strong bond with longtime second officer Data.

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