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Charlie Greene, Tue November 1st 2011 5:43am

In the Spotlight: An Interview with Anthony Wittrock

Interview conducted for FNN by Charlie Greene

Today, we're interviewing Captain Anthony Wittrock, the game manager of Outpost Sierra VI, formally Starbase 418.

FNN: Anthony, you recently took command of Starbase 418 and renamed the sim Outpost Sierra VI. Can you tell us why the new direction?

AW: I sought out the new direction because I believed it's important. I have huge respect for my predecessor, Roy Conklin. I wanted to honor his legacy ...
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Charlie Greene, Tue November 1st 2011 5:24am

Brett Gann writes about the UFP Government

The United Federation of Planets, like any government, is a puzzling network of councils, committees, departments, and agencies. And because Star Trek is an entertainment franchise and not a documentary franchise, the writers have only provided us bits and pieces of information over the years from which to develop a complete picture of the Federation government.

Some novels have dealt more openly with Federation government. One notable example is "Articles of the Federation" by Ke ...
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Brett Gann, Tue November 1st 2011 4:05am

All about Quark Trivia Answers

Trivia is composed of 5 questions. Everyone is invited to send their answers to the Editors, and those who get the most correct will be mentioned in the next issue (along with the answers)!

Previous Answers:
1. Appeared in 3 different Star Trek series as the same character (TNG, DS9 and VOY)
2. TNG: "The Last Outpost"
3. DS9: "Far Beyond the Stars"
4. Cook on a Ferengi freighter
5. House of Kozak

Correct submissions:
There w ...
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