Ship's Status

Ship's Status is a Star Trek: TOS club zine published six times a year by S.T.A.R. Winston-Salem.
It was "dedicated to the return of Star Trek."
==V.1. N.1==
Ship's Status v.1 n.1 was published in 1974.
==V.1 N.2==
Ship's Status v.1 n.2 was published in 1974.
==V.1 N. 3==
Ship's Status v.1 n.3 was published in 1974.
==V.1 N.4==
Ship's Status v.1 n.4 was published in November 1974 and contains 5 pages. 
* conclusion of Sherwood Jones' Star Trek story, in script form
* Tribble Talk, comic strip
==V.1 N.5==
Ship's Status v.1 n.5 was published in January 1975 and contains 6 pages.
* short editorial
* Star Trek Word Search
* story in script form by Wendell Sagraves
* a short description of Paramount inventing "Magicam", a new camera application
* a short blurb about meditation: "For deeper rest, Vulcans go into 'plak-tow' and humans meditate. For a deep, creative, and easy-to-learn rest, contact the International Meditation Society."
* a short plug for the magazine, Monster Times
* a reminder to members to renew their subscriptions: $2 a year, for six issues
==V.1 N.6==
Ship's Status v.1 n.6 was published in March 1975 and contains 8 pages.
* short editorial
* Fortress, fiction by Craig Harris
* The Forever People, fiction in script form by Franklin Bolin
* Tribble Talk, comic strip
==V.2 N.1==
Ship's Status v.2 n.1 was published in May 1975 and contains 4 pages. 
[[Image:shipsstatus2-1.jpg|thumb|left| fans hadn't sent in any art or fiction. 
This issue has small bits about a Trek con in Charlottesville that has been canceled, news that Star Trek: The Animated Series has been canceled, WRET-TV has taken Trek reruns off the air. However, the Bob Gordon Theater will be showing Trek episodes until the end of May.
The newsletter also has a short comic strip called "Tribble Talk," and a full-page flyer for Bill Hickey's company selling Starfleet Uniforms.
It contains some updates on a possible Star Trek movie: 
==V.2 N.2==
Ship's Status v.2 n.2 was published in July 1975 and contains 4 pages. 
* short editorial
* Exception to the Rule, fiction by Craig Harris
* a list of upcoming Star Trek conventions
* comic, Tribble Talk
==V.2 N.3==
Ship's Status v.2 n.3 was published in September 1975 and contains 6 pages. 
* short editorial (Wooten mentions he no longer sells yearly subscriptions, and instead each issue is 50 cents)
* Planet Earth, fiction in script form by Wendell Sagraves
* short plug for Rocket's Blast magazine
* short plug for Shatner's new show, Barbary Coast
* comic strip, Tribble Talk
==V.2 N.4==
Ship's Status v.2 n.4 was published in November 1975 and contains 6 pages. 
* short editorial
* Enigma, fiction by Robin Thompson, Roberta Woods, and Sharon Hinnant
* a hand-drawn con flyer for the 1976 Star Trek Lives!
* Tribble Talk, comic
==V.2 N.5==
Ship's Status v.2 n.5 was published in January 1976 and contains 4 pages.
* short editorial (apologies for the lateness)
* Amuck Time: A Galactic Tragedie with a Happy (?) Ending, satirical fiction by Marian Starr
* report of the lecture Gene Roddenberry gave on December 6, 1975 at Wait Chapel, Wake Forest University
==V.2 N.6==
Ship's Status v.2 n.6 was published in March 1976 and contains 4 pages.
* short editorial
* Mind Palace, fiction in script form by Wendell Sagraves
* some upcoming con dates
==References==
Category:Star Trek TOS Zines
Category:1970s Zines