Critical News of the USS Atreides

Critical News of the USS Atreides is a supplement to 'Critical Mass, a Star Trek fan club newsletter published in the mid-1990s by U.S.S. Atreides.
The supplement was begun after David Nottage, editor of Critical Mass, "left the ship to start his own flight team."
==Issue 1==
Critical News of the USS Atreides 1 was published in August 1994 and contains 11 pages.
* a calendar of club events
* news from other local Star Trek fan clubs
* a full-page ad for the "Imzadi Tour Poker Championship" in Sacramento, CA on September 10, 1994: "Play to win for the charity of your choice then stay for the Creation Entertainment's Imzadi Tour presentation with Jonathan Frakes and Marina Sirtis on Sunday, September 11, 1994 at the Sacramento Community Convention Center." This poker tournament was not affiliated with Creation Entertainment.
* information about the USS Defiance's participation in the West Sacramento Community Days Parade on October 16, 1994. The theme was "Together We Can." The club wanted to show that "all of fandom could work together and that, to borrow a phrase, "Together We Can...This is the most important rule of all: THE ORDER OF THE DAY IS, 'HAVE FUN!' We'll probably get together at the Baker's Square after the parade, and after that... who knows? This should be one tremendous good time, and an opportunity to make new friends in other clubs with which you might not be familiar. Remember, STARFLEET types, that famous saying: "Before Roddenberry there was Robert A. Heinlein."
==Issue 2==
==Issue 3==
Critical News of the USS Atreides 3 was published in October 1994 and contains 19 pages.
* a calendar of club events
* some club bios
* membership descriptions
* news from other local Star Trek fan clubs
* roll call of new and graduating members
* ads for upcoming pool party and a blood drive
* "So You Want to Design a Starship," by Chris Wallace and Alex Rosenzweig, article on how to design and submit designs to STARFLEET: The International Star Trek Fan Association, Inc.
* Interview with Dr. Lawrence Schoen of the Klingon Language Institute, part three, conducted by Bill Mason
* a full-page ad for Starquest '95, a multimedia and science fiction con to be held at the Red Lion Inn in San Jose, California on August 18–20, 1995
* a plea from a fan regarding oral hygiene: "Recently, I have attended several STARFLEET functions and have found one common medical problem: halitosis, accompanied with yellowish/greenish teeth. People, it is of the utmost importance that everyone brush their teeth at least once a day."
==Issue 4==
Critical News of the USS Atreides 4 was published in November 1994 and contains 21 pages.
* a calendar of club events
* some club bios
* membership descriptions
* news from other local Star Trek fan clubs
* roll call of new and graduating members
* full-page ad for the second annual toy drive
* many descriptions of classes run by members on various Starfleet subjects (officer's training, liberal arts, history, computers)
* the editor said they would no longer print fans' phone numbers due to one fan being solicited by another fan regarding the purchase of some Trek merchandise
* a con report for Fanfest '94, emphasis on Marina Sirtis
* a report on the fan campaign to bring back Battlestar Galactica
* a report about the income tax form filing, rumors, regarding STARFLEET: The International Star Trek Fan Association, Inc.
==Issue 5==
Critical News of the USS Atreides 5 contains 15 pages.
The zine itself is labeled issue #6, but the content is for January 1995.
* a calendar of club events
* the new club meeting venue will be "Round Table Pizza Parlor"
* news from other local Star Trek fan clubs
* roll call of new and graduating members
* two photos of fans at fan gatherings: at the Pool Party, at the Toy Drive
==Issue 6==
Critical News of the USS Atreides 6 was published in February 1995 and contains 15 pages.
* a calendar of club events
* news of the club's Recycle Yard Sale
* news from other local Star Trek fan clubs
* roll call of new and graduating members
* a full page ad for the Creation Con in Pasadena
* a full 2-page ad for Starquest '95
* a full page ad for the Star Trek Experience in Las Vegas
==Issue 7==
Critical News of the USS Atreides 7 was published in March 1995 and contains 21 pages.
* a calendar of club events
* the newsletter starts a round robin story: each issue will have an installment written by a different ship/fan club—the story is called "Maquis' Progress" of which two chapters are printed in this issue. The first one is by Gary Scott Decker, and the second by J. Unicorn Escobedo
* news from other local Star Trek fan clubs
* this issue has a fan review by Mather Pfeiffenberger of David Alexander's authorized biography of Gene Roddenberry
* some photos of club members
* roll call of new and graduating members
* Paul Ortiz offers up a lesson:
==Issue 8==
Critical News of the USS Atreides 8 was published in April 1995 and contains 18 pages.
* a calendar of club events
* some club bios
* membership descriptions
* news from other local Star Trek fan clubs
* roll call of new and graduating members
* an installment of the story "Brotherhood of War" by Paul J. Ortiz
* "The Intrepid Class Cruiser: The Maquis Will Soon Meet Their Match" by Chris Wallace
==Issue 9==
Critical News of the USS Atreides 9 was published in May 1995.
==Issue 10==
Critical News of the USS Atreides 10 was published in June 1995.
==Issue 11==
Critical News of the USS Atreides 11 was published in July 1995.
==Issue 12==
Critical News of the USS Atreides 12 was published in August 1995 and contains 17 pages. NOTE: this issue was not specifically called "Issue 12" but instead "v.4 issue 1. If it maintained its pattern of monthly publication, this would be the twelfth issue.
* a calendar of club events
* many, many convention ads and news
* membership descriptions
* news from other local Star Trek fan clubs
* roll call of new and graduating members
* "Mulgrew, Cons, and the Net": "The following came over the AP wire for publication Monday, July 10 -- Going where no woman has gone before hasn't been a problem for "Voyager" captain Kate Mulgrew. Trekkie conventions and the Internet, however, are another story. 'There are so many people who feel I should go to the conventions because that's a part of the job—and I do want to honor the fans,' she says in the latest TV Guide. But Mulgrew says the experiences are too exhausting. 'It's just not worth it. Because something is going to suffer in my work.' Mulgrew... hates how her fans learn Star Trek secrets—such as upcoming plot twists—through the Internet. 'I think the Internet is terrifying. I hate the whole idea. What does it mean but just a total loss of privacy? [The fans] know everything.'"
* this issue contains a long and detailed speculation of the plot of the next Star Trek: TNG movie
* press release: Michael Dorn joins the cast of Star Trek: DS9
* a full-page ad for a Creation Con August 5–6, 1995 at the Masonic Center in San Francisco
* a full-page ad for MallWorld
Category:Star Trek Zines
Category:1990s