Upcoming Conventions/Conferences STARFLEET International Conference Region 7 Conference Shore Leave Convention FARPOINT Convention Other Regions

Shore Leave 46 con RETURN to AWAY MISSIONS Shore Leave is one of Region 7's meeting places. Location: L ancaster Wyndham Resort and Convention Center Time: all-day Date: July 10-12, 2026 We will be presenting " Stars over the Federation 26 " For more information, please see https://www.shore-leave.com/

Region 7 Conference & Muster STARFLEET Region 7 is holding its International Conference. Due to the COVID-19 virus pandemic, this year's Conference will once again be held virtually. Location: Zoom Time: Unknown Date: Dec 4 Opening Session is 12p EDT on Saturday Closing Ceremonies begin at 3p EDT on Sunday The Seventh Brigade of the STARFLEET Marine Corps is also holding its Brigade Muster. Due to the COVID-19 virus pandemic, this year's Muster will be held virtually. Attendance at/participation in this Muster will count for the purposes of the Brigade Muster Award. Location: Zoom Time: 17:00 (5p) Date: Oct 25, 2020

Apollo 13 25th Anniversary First Contact Day CANCELLED The movie Apollo 13 is back in theatres on a limited run just in time for First Contact Day. Join us in Monroeville as we have a joint away mission with the USS Stella Pirata (Pittsburgh, PA) Location: Cinemark Monroeville Mall, Monroeville, PA Due to the Coronavirus (Covid-19) shutting down all non-essential places, this event has been cancelled. However, if they reschedule, we will post those changes We will probably go out for a meal after the film. For more information, contact CAPT Maria Dutilly (USS Stella Pirata) or LtCDR Matthew Barclay (USS Solstice) on Facebook Away Mission Leaders: CAPT Dutilly, LtCDR Barclay NOTE: Since the USS Stella Pirata will be joining us for this event, uniforms are not required. That being said, LtCDR Barclay will likely be wearing a STARFLEET polo with combadge.

STARFLEET International Conference & Muster STARFLEET is holding its International Conference. Due to the COVID-19 virus pandemic, this year's Conference will be held virtually. Location: Zoom (https://facebook.com/events/s/virtual-2020-ic/315909086257795/?ti=icl) Time: 1300 (1p) EDT (various events are being held at/past this time) Date: 1 August 2020 The STARFLEET Marine Corps is also holding its International Muster. Due to the COVID-19 virus pandemic, this year's Conference will be held virtually. Attendance at/participation in this Muster will count for the purposes of the International Muster Award. Location: Zoom (https://facebook.com/events/s/virtual-2020-ic/315909086257795/?ti=icl) Time: 1600 (4p) EDT Date: 1 August 2020

2019 Renaissance Festival Including members of the Pittsburgh chapter, the USS Stella Pirata, and members who are currently unassigned

Star Trek: First Contact First Contact Day Attention Crew! This is your new ships’ counselor with an important message! You are invited to holodeck ‘Joyce’s house’ to celebrate the anniversary of ‘First Contact’, mere weeks after the -42nd (minus forty-second) anniversary of the event. Upon watching the movie, we can discuss different ways of verbal and nonverbal communications when engaging new species and experience some of their culinary delights. This is not a formal group session, but if you would like to dress in Trekkie attire feel free to do so. If you are interested in bringing a food item, please contact me so that we do not have duplicate items, unlike one of our XO’s party where there were about 5 replicated veggie trays. As your ship’s counselor, please know that I am Bajoran not Betazoid and cannot read minds, therefore, you will have to advise me if you are coming or not and if you are bringing a food item. Star Date: 2021 04.17 Holodeck Suite: 101 Vincennes Ct Trafford, PA 15085 Time: 6:00 PM-10:00 PM Com Badge: 412-913-1353 Movie to Start after monthly crew meeting (to be held approx. 7p)

Return to HOME PAGE Retrograde Review The editor of the Retrograde Review was CMDR Kristina Our former Second Officer and Communications Officer. Volume 1, Issue 1 Volume 1, Issue 2 Volume 1, Issue 3 The producer of the new newsletters will be LtJG Sarah Baughman , o ur Second Officer Summer (Not printed) October (Issue 4)

Apollo 13 25th Anniversary First Contact Day CANCELLED The movie Apollo 13 is back in theatres on a limited run just in time for First Contact Day. Join us in Monroeville as we have a joint away mission with the USS Stella Pirata (Pittsburgh, PA) Location: Cinemark Monroeville Mall, Monroeville, PA Due to the Coronavirus (Covid-19) shutting down all non-essential places, this event has been cancelled. However, if they reschedule, we will post those changes We will probably go out for a meal after the film. For more information, contact CAPT Maria Dutilly (USS Stella Pirata) or LtCDR Matthew Barclay (USS Solstice) on Facebook Away Mission Leaders: CAPT Dutilly, LtCDR Barclay NOTE: Since the USS Stella Pirata will be joining us for this event, uniforms are not required. That being said, LtCDR Barclay will likely be wearing a STARFLEET polo with combadge.

Disclaimer Return to the Crew Ship's Memorial These are the crewmembers that have fallen in the line of duty, on to the Next Emanation. We honor them by listing their names here. Name and Rank Dates Position on ship (if any) Attention Crew.... Calling all staff and personnel. This is the captain. It is my sad duty to inform you, that a member of the crew ( Crewman Paris (Ptrain) Brackett has been lost in the line of duty. He is the finest example of STARFLEET Officer, a young man of remarkable courage and strength of character. His loss will be deeply felt by all who knew him. Captain out. USS SOLSTICE dimming her lights for a loss of a fellow crewmember. Paris Brackett passed away 10-10-2020 and we were just told today. Keep his family in your prayers.

Southwestern PA's chapter of STARFLEET International, with an emphasis on science fiction fandom, Star Trek inspired memorabilia, and real-life technology & astronomy. USS SOLSTICE Career in STARFLEET Request Crew Appearance About the Solstice & Crew Join the crew or renew Away Missions ships Calendar STARFLEET Academy Newsletter STAR TREK Fan Club NCC-1221 Disclaimer Scroll down for MORE info We are about having fun, making friends, going to con's and keeping the ideals of Star Trek alive and healthy into the future. Our involvement is in community service and the community as a whole. Scroll down for MORE info > Mission Statement To Participate in social activities and educate the public in the science of Star Trek and Astronomy. U.S.S. SOLSTICE is a Star Trek inspired fan club that is part of STARFLEET, The International Association Fan Club, Inc.. As a fan club, we hope that our members have fun by encouraging them to dress up and attend conventions, recruit new members, and ask for you to attend STARFLEET Academy, free of charge! We hope to keep the ideals of Star Trek alive and healthy in to the future. Scroll down for MORE info > STARFLEET is the oldest continuously operation Star Trek Fan Organization in the world. Founded back in 1974, when there were only 79 original live action STAR TREK episodes and NO movies yet, STARFLEET has grown over the years to thousands of members. Scroll down for MORE info > > Scroll down for MORE info STARFLEET , The International Star Trek Fan Association, Inc. and Region Seven of STARFLEET are not in any way associated with Paramount Pictures, CBS, Viacom, or whomever owns Star Trek (if not one of the aforementioned entities). No intent to violate copyright laws is intended with this website. STARFLEET IN OUR REGIONS STARFLEET Chapters are grouped into Regions, with each Region covering a different geographical area. These regions will often hold gatherings where crews of many Chapters get together for conferences, parties, charity events, and a wide range of other activities. > Scroll down for MORE info Scroll down for MORE info > STARFLEET IS OUR CHAPTERS STARFLEET is divided into hundreds of local Chapters, spread out across the United States, and the world. It is in this local chapters that members of STARFLEET get together to make friends, meet and have a fun time. In keeping with the Star Trek theme, our chapters are each named as a ship of the line or space station. STARFLEET Chapters range in size from 10 members to several dozen. Some get together and meet in person, while others are correspondence Chapters. In these chapters, members who live far away from each other can still exchange messages via e-mail, telephone, and even good, old-fashioned postal mail. STARFLEET IS OUR MEMBERS For over four decades, STARFLEET has provided Star Trek fans a way to make friends, have fun, give back to their communities, and show that the dream of Gene Roddenberry can “live long and prosper”. On the local level, members can gather with other fans for a variety of enjoyable activities. On the international level, STARFLEET offers our members a wealth of resources that cannot be found in any other Star Trek fan club. In addition to a great set of membership materials and our regularly-published newsletter, STARFLEET offers members the chance to get involved with STARFLEET Academy, the STARFLEET Marine Corps, the Department of Technical Services, and much, much more. We even have a group of academic monetary scholarships that are awarded to deserving STARFLEET members each year. Scroll down for MORE info > STARFLEET HAS A CHAIN OF COMMAND, JUST LIKE IN STAR TREK Each Chapter is led by a Commanding Officer and a First Officer and so forth. Chapters report to Regional Coordinators, who form the Board of Directors for STARFLEET and work with an elected a 7-member Executive Committee that serves a term of 3 years. A solid chain of command exists to deal appropriately and fairly with any problem or concern a STARFLEET member might have with or at any level of the organization. One of the most fun aspects of being in STARFLEET is that every member can be assigned a rank–if the member chooses–and get promoted for participation in their local Chapter, or at the Regional or Fleet level, as well. New members in Chapters can start with introductory ranks, such as Cadet and Ensign, and get promoted up through higher ranks like Lieutenant and Commander. The more actively a member participates in any level of the STARFLEET organization, the higher the rank that member is likely to earn, even to Captain, Commodore or Admiral. We encourage costuming in STARFLEET, for special occasions, such as conventions (comic cons), functions in which we signed up for or have been invited to, as well as local chapter events, and meetings. However, costuming is NOT mandatory for some ship functions, such as Official Meetings or Holodeck time with the crew. Functions that do require costume (uniform) are Official events. This may include but not limited to Comic Cons, Libraries, or events in which there is a host who invited (or we signed up for such as SteelCityCon) our crew to participate in a function. It can be a lot of fun to dress up with fellow STARFLEET friends & members. Feel free to wear the costume of any Star Trek race, or just a great Star Trek T-Shirt, to the meeting or a crew activity (holodeck time) so that you can have a great time and be comfortable. Of course, you can be a member of STARFLEET without joining a Chapter . While some Chapters have membership dues separate to those of STARFLEET, The International Star Trek Fan Association, Inc., so far this chapter does not (note: according to our bylaws, the maximum dues can be $20/person/year) >