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Greetings Crew…

Well, it has been a busy three months since my last report. A lot of things have happened.

Region Awards:

Col Jason Schreck was awarded the Region One Edith Keeler Award.

USS Jamestown was awarded a Unit Commendation.

STARFLEET Marine Awards:

Col Jason Schreck

First Brigade Service Commendation

First Brigade Achievement Award

Sgt James Winsley

Star of Valor

USS Jamestown’s 108 MSG

Meritorious Unit Award

Legion of Valor

Fleet Promotions:

Commodore Richard Hewitt was promoted to the Rank of Rear Admiral.

Fleet Captain John Winsley was promoted to the Rank of Commodore.

MARCH OF DIMES WALK AMERICA:

Our final total for this year's "March of Dimes Walk America" was $516. I would like to thank these members for donations, selling candy, and/or walking at the event. Mary Ann Winsley, James Winsley, Marilyn Romero, Ron Romero, Becca Ostman, Richard Hewitt and Ray/Brad Goodman. Also I would like to thank all those crewmembers who bought candy at the meetings.

Duke Ward of the Phazion Corp Passes Away:

Sad news near the end of May 2003 on one of our local Trekies: Ambassador Duke Ward of the Star Trek Club "The Phazion Corp" passed away from Cancer. I was down in Florida during the week he passed. Duke Ward and the Phazion Corp were best remembered for building things. They built the "Time Arch" for the Federation Science Exhibit and a number of games for kids. Duke was a larger than life person, always thinking of ideas and things to make. Those of us who knew him will miss him, but we will never forget him.

Money Making Event:

On the weekend of June 28 and 29 a small away team mustered up at my house to earn money by repainting the numbers on my homeowners association parking places. Those members who helped: Comm John Winsley, Capt Mary Ann Winsley, Sgt James Winsley, Capt Marilyn Romero, LT Ron Romero, RADM Richard Hewitt and Cmdr Ray/Brad Goodman. There are still about 38 places I have to touch up or do because cars were not moved for us, but in a few weeks the USS Jamestown will receive a check for $349 for this. I would like to thank everyone who helped. Next year they want us to repaint the lines for the parking places. Remember events like this keep our dues from going up.

BLOOD FEUD III:

We had the latest meeting on the Blood Feud. Mike Romero and I have been working on the flyer. The Bat’Leth is creating this year’s logo. The USS Maat has totally joined the event so the Blood Feud will be at Patrick Henry Mall and Pembroke Mall on Nov 29. We are scheduled to have a meeting with the Patrick Henry Mall people on July 25.

RECRUITING EVENT – FANTASCI MINI CONVETION AT THE CHESAPEAKE VA LIBRARY:

The Chesapeake Main Library contacted me about coming back for their second annual Mini Convention on July 26 from 9 AM to 5 PM. I have informed him we will be there. We plan to bring the ship’s display and run movies again. I have picked up some more Next Gen Video Tapes. If you can help out at this event let me know.

At the Quark’s Casino Royale Night I presented the check for $57 for the Shuttle Columbia Fund that we had been collecting for the last three months to the STARFLEET Treasurer, Commodore Tammy Willcox. I would like to thank everyone who helped raise this money, either by donating items for the raffle or buying raffle tickets.

Like last month here are my reports to STARFLEET. Below are the last three month’s reports from March 2003 to May 2003.

SFI Academy Graduates:
Blackwell, Lori SCC-54921
VULCAN ACADEMY OF SCIENCE
Bachelors in Mathematics
Graduated with Distinction - 100% 03/09/03
Ostman, Rebecca SCC-48257
Vulcan Academy of Sciences
B in Genetics - DISTINCTION 03/12/03

Activities:
March 11, 2003
Held USS Jamestown Staff Meeting at the XO's House starting at 7 PM. Staff members attending: FCapt John Winsley, Capt Marilyn Romero, Capt Mary Ann Winsley, Capt Lee Vitasek, Comm Richard Hewitt, Col Jason Schreck, Cmdr Ray/Brad Goodman, Cmdr Eric VanArsdale, LT Thomas Chalmers, and SGT James
Winsley.
March 15, 2003
Held Enterprise Party at the CO's House starting at 6 PM. Members attending: FCapt John Winsley, Capt Mary Ann Winsley, Comm Richard Hewitt, SGT James Winsley, Col Jason Scheck, Cmdr Eric VanArsdale, Cmdr Ray/Brad Goodman and LT Thomas Chalmers.
March 16, 2003
Held USS Jamestown Regular Meeting at the VASC starting at 2 PM. Discussed upcoming events: IKV Bat'Leth Auction, Grand Reopening of the VASC, Casino Night, and Visit to the USS Maelstrom and Ship's Picnic. Held another raffle for the Shuttle Columbia Memorial Fund. Played games after the meeting: Nuclear War and Star Trek Uno. Members attending: FCapt John Winsley, Capt Mary Ann Winsley, Capt Marilyn Romero, Ltcdr Thomas Chalmers, Cmdr Ray/Brad Goodman, Col Jason Scheck, LTjg Lori Blackwell, Comm Richard Hewitt, Cmdr Eric VanArsdale and WO Matt Burdette.

March 22, 2003
Attended the IKV Bat'Leth and USS Jamestown's Model Hobby WorkShop. FCapt John Winsley attended. IKV Bat'Leth members attending: Tracy Phelps, John Martin, and others.
March 23, 2002
IKV Bat'Leth's Regular Meeting at the Hampton Main Library. USS Jamestown members attending: FCapt John Winsley, Capt Mary Ann Winsley, Cmdr Eric VanArsdale and Cmdr Ray/Brad Goodman. Participated in the Bat'Leth's Auction.
March 21, 2003
Cmdr Lee Vitasek USS Jamestown OCP Coordinator prepared the latest batch of coupon for shipment to the USS Jamestown's adopted base in Yokohama, Japan.
This Months Totals:
Food: $0,257.50
Non-Food: $0,371.15
Total: $0,628.65
YTD Totals:
Food: $00,896.80
Non-Food: $01,486.69
Total YTD: $02,383.49
March 28, 2003
Away Team to the IKV Bat'Leth's Picnic at Northside Park in Norfolk VA. USS Jamestown members attending: FCapt John Winsley and LtCol Michael Romero.

March 29, 2003
Away Team to Visit Crystal Belton’s (member of the IKV Bat'Leth's Crew) grave. USS Jamestown members attending: FCapt John Winsley, and Capt Mary Ann Winsley. IKV Bat'Leth members attending: Tracy Phelps, John Martin, Nancy Ellis, Roger and Rick.

Awards:
Jason Schreck, Region One Edith Keeler Award, Volunteer for the Year 2002
Promotions: None

Activities:
March 16
Capt Mary Ann Winsley Volunteered her time driving a Cancer Patients to their Doctors’ Appointments.

March 1, 15, 2003, and April 5, 12, 2003
Col Jason Scheck Volunteered at the Virginia Air and Space Center.
April 4, 2003
Blood Feud III Meeting at WinWok Restaurant, Hampton VA. Discussed IKV Bat’Leth and USS Jamestown's Third Annual Star Trek Blood Drive. USS Jamestown Members attending: FCapt John Winsley, and Capt Mary Ann Winsley. IKV Bat'Leth members attending: BGen Tracy Phelps, Capt Nancy Ellis, and LTCol John Martin. American Red Cross Representive: Mary Gawne.
April 15, 2003
Held USS Jamestown Staff Meeting at the XO's house. Discussed upcoming events: Blood Feud III and Casino Night II. Reviewed USS Jamestown Newsletter for Issue at the ship's meeting. USS Jamestown members
attending: FCapt John Winsley, Capt Marilyn Romero, Comm Richard Hewitt, Col Jason Schreck, Capt Mary Ann Winsley, Capt Lee Vitasek, Cmdr Ray/Brad Goodman, Cmdr Eric VanArsdale, and Lt Thomas Chalmers.
April 19, 2003
Enterprise Party at Cmdr Ray/Brad Goodman's house. Watched the latest episode of Enterprise, Played Nuclear War and Star Trek Uno and Watched Old Sci Fi Movies. USS Jamestown members attending: FCapt John Winsley, Capt Mary Ann Winsley, Capt Lee Vitasek, Comm Richard Hewitt, Col Jason Scheck and Cpl Adam Zalonis.
April 20, 2003
Held Regular USS Jamestown meeting. Discussed upcoming events and plans for the ship. Held Raffle for the Space Shuttle Columbia Memorial Fund. Raised $24, which brings our total to $49. USS Jamestown members attending: FCapt John Winsley, John Winsley Monkey (Acting XO), Capt Mary Ann Winsley, Capt Lee Vitasek, Cmdr Eric VanArsdale, Comm Richard Hewitt, Cmdr Ray/Brad Goodman, Steven Thomas, LT Thomas Chalmers, WO Matt Burdette, and Lori Blackwell. Also attending from Starfleet Atlantic, President Joy Dean.
April 26, 2003
Away Team to the Jefferson Lab's Particle Excelerator, Newport News VA. Took the Turn of the Excelarator and the Free Electron Lazer. USS Jamestown Members attending: FCapt John Winsley, Cmdr Ray/Brad Goodman and Sgt James Winsley
April 26, 2003
Quark’s Casino Night Meeting at the WinWok Restaurant. Made plans for the Second Annual Quarks Casino Night Charity. USS Jamestown members attending: FCapt John Winsley, Capt John Winsley, Sgt James Winsley, Capt Marilyn Romero, and Lt Ron Romero. IKV Bat'Leth members attending: BGen Tracy Phelps, Capt Nancy Ellis, LtCol John Martin, and ENS Roger Miller. USS Maat members attending: Cmdr Joe Kancel.
April 27, 2003
Away Team to the Hampton Roads Peninsula March of Dimes Walk America. USS Jamestown raised $516. USS Jamestown members attending: FCapt John Winsley, Capt Mary Ann Winsley, Sgt James Winsley and LtCdmr Becca Ostman. Members who raised money: FCapt John Winsley, Capt Mary Ann Winsley, Sgt James
Winsley, Capt Marilyn Romero, LT Ron Romero, LtCol Michael Romero, LtCdmr Becca Ostman, Comm Richard Hewitt, and Cmdr Ray/Brad Goodman.
April 27, 2003
Away Team to the IKV Bat'Leth's meeting. USS Jamestown Members attending: FCapt John Winsley, Capt Mary Ann Winsley, LtCmdr Becca Ostman and Cmdr Eric VanArsdale.
April 29, 2003
Cmdr Lee Vitasek USS Jamestown OCP Coordinator prepared the latest batch of coupon for shipment to the USS Jamestown's adopted base in Yokohama, Japan.
This Months Totals:
This Months Totals:
Food: $0,265.70
Non-Food: $0,441.95
Total: $0,707.65
YTD Totals:
Food: $01,162.50
Non-Food: $01,928.64
Total YTD: $03,091.14

May 2003 Report

SFI Academy Graduates:
Richard Hewitt Flag Officers School Configuration - CA PASS 05/26/03
Richard Hewitt Starfleet in Cyberspace Basic Course HONORS 05/07/03
Jason Schreck Mecha ME-19 PASS 05/13/03
Jason Schreck Support SU-20 PASS 05/18/03
Comments:
None
Activities:
May 3, 10, and 17, 2003
Col Jason Scheck Volunteered at the Virginia Air and Space Center.
May 21, 2003
Blood Feud III Meeting at Anna's Restaurant, Hampton VA. Discussed IKV Bat’Leth and USS Jamestown's Third Annual Star Trek Blood Drive, TV and Radio Spot ideas. USS Jamestown Members attending: FCapt John Winsley, and Capt Mary Ann Winsley. IKV Bat'Leth members attending: LTCol John Martin. American Red Cross Representive: Mary Gawne.
May 6, 2003
Held USS Jamestown Staff Meeting at the CO's house. Discussed upcoming events: Blood Feud III and Casino Night II. USS Jamestown members attending. Made plans for summer events. FCapt John Winsley, Comm Richard Hewitt, Capt Mary Ann Winsley, and Cmdr Ray/Brad Goodman.
May 17, 2003
Attended Starfleet Atlantic and Babylon the 5th's Annual Yard Sale. USS Jamestown members attending: FCapt John Winsley, Sgt James Winsley and Cmdr Paul Payne.
May 17, 2003
Enterprise Party at Cmdr Ray/Brad Goodman's house. Watched the latest episode of Enterprise, and Watched Old Sci Fi Movies. USS Jamestown members attending: FCapt John Winsley, Comm Richard Hewitt, Col Jason Scheck, Cmdr Ray Goodman and Sgt James Winsley.
May 18, 2003
Held Regular USS Jamestown meeting. Discussed upcoming events, Casino Night, Blood Feud III, Ship’s Anniversary Dinner and other plans for the ship. Held Third Raffle for the Space Shuttle Columbia Memorial Fund.
Raised $9, which brings our total to $58. USS Jamestown members attending: FCapt John Winsley, Capt Marilyn Romero, Capt Mary Ann Winsley, Cmdr Eric VanArsdale, Comm Richard Hewitt, Cmdr Ray/Brad Goodman, LtCol Michael Romero, Steven Thomas, WO Matt Burdette, Ens Richard Crum, Sgt James Winsley, and Lori Blackwell. Also attending from the USS Chesapeake: Capt Rene Enders, Amanda Enders, Capt Jerry Martin, Bill Truesdale, Pam Truesdale, Patricia Jordan and Steve Bradley. Also attending from the USS Maelstrom Mike Hunnicut and the Maelstrom's XO.
May 22, 2003
FCapt John Winsley's 50th Birthday.
May 25, 2003
Captains Mary Ann Winsley and Marilyn Romero held Surprise Birthday Party for the ship's CO, FCapt John Winsley. FCapt John Winsley was Very surprised. USS Jamestown Members attending: FCapt John Winsley, Capt Mary Ann Winsley, Sgt James Winsley, Capt Marilyn Romero, LtCol Michael Romero, LT Ron Romero, Comm Richard Hewitt, Cmdr Ray Goodman, LtJg Lori Blackwell, Steve Thomas, and Cmdr Christine Woods. Non USS Jamestown Members attending: Chief Christine Chapman USNR, Bruce and Robin Payton, Al and
Betsey Castinein, Chris Winsley and Burt and Ellen Colenari friends. Starfleet Atlantic: Joy Dean. IKV Bat'Leth: Gen Tracy Phelps, Capt Nancy Ellis, LtCol John Martin, Ens Roger Miller, Ens Cindy Miller and their daughter.
June 3, 2003
FCapt John Winsley attended the March of Dimes Awards Dinner at the Kiln Creek Golf Club Clubhouse and Hotel.

Greetings, crew of the Mighty Jamestown! Summer has officially begun, and as usual the Jamestown crew has been very busy. We have already held our annual picnic and Casino Night. If you missed either, you missed a great time. We were joined at our picnic by the Bat’Leth, who entertained us with a preview of their drill team which will be performing at the Klingon Feast at Shore Leave. No injuries were reported, but there were a couple of close calls. This year’s Casino Night was an even bigger success than last year. The USS Jamestown, USS Maat and the IKV Bat’leth co-hosted the event which benefited the Animal Aid Society. Over $400 was raised in addition to other donations including food items for the Battered Women’s Shelter, pet food for the Animal Aid Society, stamps for the Stampede, and coupons for the OCP.

We also worked to add to the ship’s treasury this past month by painting parking space numbers for Commodore Winsley’s homeowner’s association. Yes, I said Commodore! John has been officially promoted to Commodore and Richard Hewitt has been promoted to Rear Admiral. Please join me in congratulating them both.

In May, Mary Ann Winsley and I gave a surprise birthday party for John. I believe he was truly surprised. We held it at my house so he wouldn’t suspect anything. We had a variety of people attend—members of the Jamestown, Bat’Leth, Starfleet Atlantic, and co-workers and friends of the Winsleys. A good time was had by all.

We still have quite a few vacancies on the Command Staff. They are: Chief Operations Officer, Chief Security Officer, Chief Petty Officer of the Command, Commandant of the Cadet Corps, and Assistant Department Chiefs for all departments except the Marines. If you are interested in any of these positions, please contact either John or myself.

First off, to Lee and the rest of the crew I am sorry that I missed putting the answers to Lee's Trivia Corner from the issue before. I am putting them in this issue but they will be the last once from Lee as he is no longer with us.

Again, I need stories and artwork from you, the members of the Jimmy-T, to use in the STARDATE this coming year. So, start writing now and get those stories and artwork in to us as soon as you can! If you have some pictures you would like to see in the STARDATE, just get them to me and I will see if I can use them in the next issue. You can give them to me as a normal picture, or if you can scan them and send them to me, I will have a head start on getting them into the newsletter.

As always, I need your stories, artwork, and reports turned in to me NO LATER THAN THE 20th OF THE MONTH PRIOR TO PUBLICATION. For those dates just check the first column on the 2nd page of the STARDATE. It is very easy to get your reports, stories, and artwork to me. 1) Just give it to me at a meeting. Please type it, or put it on a disk. If on a disk, please have it formatted for a PC and save it as a text file (*.txt). 2) E-mail it to VEKMA@COX.NET (this is our XO Marilyn Romero's email address). Once she has reviewed it, she will send it to me.

The financial report for the past three months reflects charitable efforts by the crew. In April, payments from the chapter’s account exceeded $334. The majority of this went to support the March of Dimes. May saw an expense to reserve a shelter for the picnic in June. More recently, a check was written to a fund honoring the crew of the space shuttle Columbia.

Over the past three months, four individual and three family members have rejoined Starfleet. Additional funds were collected through candy sales and raffle activity.

As of June 20, the club had $492.60 in the treasury, not including funds in the ship’s store. We are looking forward to a fund-raising activity at the end of the month, in addition to Quark’s Casino Night On June 21.

Beginning Balance: April 1 $743.19

Ending Balance: May 31 $534.60

HI Fellow Crewmembers…

These past few months have been busy for us. Jimmy came home from College in April and made the Dean’s List (again). I want to thank everyone who came out for John’s 50^th surprise birthday party. He was totally surprised. Last month was our annual club picnic. The turnout was great with the car races, boat races, water wars, card games, food and we saw the Klingons drill. I think everyone had a worderful time. Casino night turnout was, I think, better than last year and the next one will be even better. Last week the club had an opportunity to make some money for our treasury by painting the numbers on John and my homeowner’s association parking lots. Now for the serious side. I know everyone wants to have a good time, but when we have an opportunity to earn money for the club it is always the same small number of people who show up to help. This is money for our club so we can do things like the picnic, anniversary dinner and more. So please help out if you can. Which brings me to another question. If there is something you all want to do, speak up and let us know. That is all for now.

Signing off for now…

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Well, here it is reporting time again. Wow, that's hard to believe. Summer is again upon us and I'm out of school as is the rest of the strike group, so hopefully we will be able to do some things over the summer. One project I want to do is a non fictional history of Starfleet Marines on the Jamestown. I know I can get some of the information from the Marine history page and already have to some degree. But I'd like to ask for help from members who have been on the ship for some time and may be able to give me some information on Marine groups on the ship in the past. I've already talked to Richard about possibly seeing some of the old Stardates to get reports from previous Marine commanders, and I hope to do that this summer after I narrow down the time frame of when the first strike group was formed. I would still appreciate any other help I could get on this project as well. Please, if anyone is interested in helping me, you can email me at LB206@aol.com.

Well, that's it for this month. Semper Fi.

Colonel Schreck Signing Off.

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Well, it is again time for the "State of the Coupons" address. First off, thanks goes to Captain Lee Vitasek for his hard work with the OCP, but he had to step down for personal reasons. We have been doing well on our coupon totals recently. Let us keep up the good work. Now, to thank the following people for their contributions of coupons: Commander Christine Woods, Captain Mary Ann Winsley, and Fleet Captain John Winsley. In addition, all of the people who turned in coupons at the "Quark's Casino Night II". Please remember to cut and sort your coupons into Food and Non-Food groups and turn them in at any meeting. Here are our totals for 2003:

This Month's Totals:

Food: $1,693.82

Non-Food: $3,372.80

Total: $5,066.62

YTD Totals:

Food: $2,333.12

Non-Food: $4,488.34

Total YTD: $6,821.46

Grand Totals:

1998: $03,861.06

1999: $25,273.07

2000: $19,517.12

2001: $06,358.62

2002: $10,113.41

2003: $06,821.46

Grand Total: $71,944.74

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Membership Totals since last report: 32

New Members or Rejoined Members 01

Renewals since last report 05

Members lost since last report 02

Total STARFLEET Members 31

Total Members Listed on the Current SFI Roster 31

STARFLEET’s records now have us at 31 as of June 30, 2003. Below are the USS Jamestown members who need to renew their STARFLEET membership.

Member Name SCC Number Expiration Date

WOODWARD, PAUL 55848 12/07/2002

BATTS, JASON 55909 01/05/2003

LEREW, HEATH 54301 06/19/2003

LEREW, TIRA 54302 06/19/2003

OLIVER, CLAY 51741 07/24/2003

WINSLEY, JOHN 19772 08/30/2003

WINSLEY, MARY ANN19973 08/30/2003

WINSLEY, JAMES 19974 08/30/2003

ROMERO, MARILYN 44863 08/26/2003

ROMERO RONALD 22202 08/26/2003

ROMERO, MICHAEL 22203 08/26/2003

HEWITT, JENNIFER 10167 08/21/2003

HEWITT, RICHARD W 10233 08/21/2003

HEWITT, CHRIS 50605 08/21/2003

To renew your membership you can either pay the ship’s Treasurer Cmdr Brad Goodman at our meetings or mail a check or money order (payable to the USS Jamestown) to Cmdr Brad Goodman, 915 Ironwood Dr, Yorktown, VA 23693-5562. You can also pay by credit card on the STARFLEET Web Site: http://www.sfi.org or log in at the SFI Database at http://database.sfi.org and use your user ID and Password I supplied to the members with computers. Renewal Costs are: $15.00 for one member, $22.00 for a family of two, $25.00 for a family of three, $28.00 for a family of four, $31.00 for a family of five and $34.00 for a family of six.

Crew, just a reminder that Jamestown membership dues will be due at the Sept 21^st regular ship’s meeting. Dues are $12 per member plus $3 per additional family member. Please pay Cmdr Brad Goodman at the meetings or mail a check or money order (payable to the USS Jamestown) to Cmdr Brad Goodman, 915 Ironwood Dr, Yorktown, VA 23693-5562.

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Well, I am back. I have been working on some recruiting and thinking about how to get the word out on "The Blood Feud III." As for "Quark's Casino Night," we got covered in the Daily Press on July 6. They did a good story on the evening and our ship. I hope you had a change to read it, but if you did not I have a copy of it you can look at. I will try to do this job the best I can. If you have something you think is important and that I might be able to use, just let me know.

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Hi Crew.

Instead of having a canned Food report I am combining it with the Casino Night report. On June 21 starting at 7 PM the USS Jamestown, USS Maat and IKV Bat’Leth held the Second Annual Quark’s Casino Royale. This is a continuation of the USS Maat’s Casino Night they have been running for a number of years. Last year we made $385 for the American Red Cross. This year I am happy to say we made $415 for Animal Aid and delivered the dog food donations to Animal Aid this morning. Following is a list of dog food donations: 24 - 3.5 oz cans, 12 - 3.2 oz cans, 10 - 5.3 oz packets, 2 - 4# bag, 1 - 8# bag, 1 - 20# bag, 1 - 40# bag, 1 - 14# box of biscuits (Bones). We also collected 276 food items for the Hampton Battered Women's Shelter and about $5,066.62 worth of coupons for the Overseas Coupon Program.

First Prize was won by a combination from the IKV Bat’Leth, they won the DS9 Season 3 DVD set. Sgt James Winsley won Second Prize and got the Lord of the Rings soundtrack. Everyone had a great time. I do not know the estimate of how many people were there, be I think we had over 100 people, which beats last year’s 85. Great job for everyone who helped, and I hope everyone had as good of a time as I did.

Here is a link the the Daily Press Article on the Casino Night:

http://broadband.hrticket.com/broadband/dp-28523sy0jul06.story

This is our present canned food totals:

Donations Month Quantity

Year 2000 199

Year 2001 089

Year 2002 231

Year 2003 289

Total to Date 808

At this time, I have about 1056 stamps. They were used at "Quark's Casino Night" for our crew to use. Well, we got over 1000 stamps this year. That is great so let’s keep saving those stamps. We are now starting over with 81 stamps. I would like to thank those who have been giving me their stamps; they are John Winsley, Ray Goodman, Lee Vitasek, Marilyn Romero and myself. So, remember to save those stamps and bring them to each meeting.

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For Widest distribution.

Hello once again Ladies and Gentlemen,

Here is the second of three new Schools which have come to Starfleet Academy and the Starfleet Cadet Academy.

This School is under the direction of Shawn Gregory and focuses entirely on ... well ... Borg Technology.

Tuition for this course is $2.00 which will cover the cost of the printing and mailing of exams and certificates. The Course will be free to those who take it entirely via e-mail.

Here is a brief introduction by Shawn:

"My name is Shawn Gregory. I first joined Star Fleet back in the early 1990's and belong to the chapter down in Panama City, Florida as Chief Science Officer, and I rejoined Star Fleet back in March of 2002. I belong to the U.S.S. Prevailing Wind (NCC-74667), the local fan club based in Harrisburg, Pennsylvania and have been promoted to full Lieutenant and Deputy Chief Science Officer. I have come up with a new School that hopefully lots of you will enjoy taking. The name of the course is School of Borg Technology I came across this while visiting the Star Trek website and noticed that there was no School for this, so I decided to try it and see what responses I get."

For further information, or to enroll in the School, please contact Shawn at:

borgtech@uss-prevailingwind.org

Enjoy!

Marlene academy@sfi.org

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1) D

2) D

3) C

4) B

5) D

6) D

7) B

8) B

9. B
10. B
11. D
12. D
13. D
14. B
15. A
16. A
17. D
18. D
19. A

20) D

Submitted by: Capt. Lee Vitasek

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Here are the answers for the Jan. 2003 issue of the Stardate:

1) His ears

2) Plum

3) "Where No Man Has Gone Before"

4) b) Physicist

5) Dunsel

6) Picard

7) True

8) False

9) "Whispers"

10) True: for a few moments after killing Gowron.

Submitted by: Capt. Lee Vitasek

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Here are my last ten new trivia questions for the Stardate.

1. Beverly Crusher's grandmother was ___________.

a) an engineer b) a healer c) a psychic d) a homemaker

2. How many times was Dr. Pulaski married?

3. In "Balance of Terror," it was revealed that Earth's war with the Romulans took place _____ years earlier. a) 10 b) 57 c) 100 d) 200

4. In "The Voyage Home," who admitted that Spock's associates were people of good character?

5. Which of the following Vulcan terms was NOT used in "The Search for Spock?"

a) Katra b) Pon farr c) Plak tow d) Fal-tor-pan

6. True or False: In "The Homecoming," Kira Nerys was recalled to Bajor.

7. On Voyager, The Doctor is an EMH AK ______. a) I b) II c) III d) IV

8. What part of Neelix's body did the hawk attack in "Tattoo?" a) His eye b) His ear c) His hand d) His foot

9. What was Neelix's nickname for Kes?

10. The Horta in "The Devil in the Dark" was a ________-based life form.

The answers to these questions will appear in the next issue of the Stardate.

Submitted by Capt. Lee Vitasek

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How well do you know your episode titles? Identify these titles with the following:

A) TOS B) TNG C) DS9 D) Voyager

1. Paradise

2. Parallox

3. Parallels

4. Parturition

5. Penumbra

6. Phantasms

7. Progress

8. Projections

9. Prototype

10. Rapture

11. Rascals

12. Rejoined

13. Relics

14. Remember

15. Resistance

16. Resolutions

17. Resurrection

18. Retorspect

19. Reunion

20. Revulsion

The answers to these questions will appear in the next Stardate.

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Mr. Miyazaki was born on January 5, 1941 in the town district of Tokyo. After seeing the animated film, Hakujaden (translates to Legend of the White Serpent) while in senior high school, he became totally confident that he wanted to become a comic artist. Other inspirations were the cartoons of the 1930's by Max and Dave Fleischer and The Snow Queen directed by Russian cartoonist Yuri Norstein. After graduating from Toyotama High School, Miyazaki attended Gakushuin University where he enrolled into their children's literature research club (the nearest thing to a manga group at that time). In the late sixties, he was a key animator for Toei Doga where he worked on such anime classics as Puss in Boots, Ali Baba and the Forty Thieves, Animal Treasure Island, and The Adventures of Hols, Prince of the Sun (directed by friend and future collaborator, Isao Takahata). In 1971, he moved to A Pro then Nippon Animation two years later. While working for Tokyo Movie Shinsha (TMS), Hayao was given his first directing job of the first Lupin the 3rd TV series, based upon the manga by Monkey Punch (pseudonym for Kazuhiko Katou). Later, he directed the one hundred and forty-fifth and final episodes of the second Lupin the 3rd series. About this time, he also directed his first original creation, Future Boy Conan, a 26 episode television series that ran from April to October of 1978. He took one more shot at Lupin by directing and writing the second (and many consider the best) movie, Lupin III: Castle of Cagliostro. Though the film was originally a box-office disappointment, it is now considered a classic. TMS also had Hayao direct and write the first six episodes of their Sherlock Hound series.

After leaving Tokyo Movie Shinsha, Mr. Miyazaki teamed up with Tokuma Shoten and Animage in 1984 to direct the film version of his epic long running manga series, Nausicaa of the Valley of the Wind. With gorgeous animation, and beautiful music composed by Joe Hisaishi (who would go on to score all of Miya-san's future projects), the movie was a groundbreaking success. The crew behind Nausicaa came together to form Studio Ghibli (pronounced "ji-blee") for Hayao's 1986 feature film, Laputa: Castle In the Sky. In 1988, Ghibli introduced their mascot with his warmhearted picture, My Neighbor Totoro followed by Kiki's Delivery Service in 1989 and Porco Rosso in 1992. As a producer he worked on Whisper of the Heart (which he also wrote) as well as its TV movie sequel, The Cat Returns. In 1997, he released Princess Mononoke, which became the highest grossing Japanese film of all time until Titanic came along and currently, he is working on Howl's Moving Castle which is set to be released in Japanese theaters next summer. For a time, a primarily Asian audience could only view this visionary's work of genius. That all changed fortunately in 1996 when Walt Disney Corporation signed an agreement with Tokuma Shoten Publishing for worldwide distribution of all of Miyazaki's films from Studio Ghibli. I totally recommend that you see at least one of these remarkable pieces of art by a man who has thrilled the imaginations of young and old alike worldwide.

Four of Miyazaki's most popular films, Princess Mononoke, Kiki's Delivery Service, Laputa: Castle In the Sky, and the Oscar winning Spirited Away are now available on DVD from Buena Vista Home Entertainment; his 1988 film. My Neighbor Totoro is also on DVD, but currently only dubbed from Fox Home Entertainment; and Lupin III: The Castle of Cagliostro is available from Manga Entertainment on dubbed or subtitled VHS and bilingual DVD. For more information and news about Hayao Miyazaki and Studio Ghibli, visit: http://www.nausicaa.net.

This is Corporal Adam "Fory-san" Zalonis signing off! Live long and prosper (and eat lots of rice)!

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When I first joined the Jamestown about ten years ago, the Stardate had a feature that was essentially the transcript of a multitude of messages flying back and forth between various crewmembers. The messages added up to tell one hilarious story with several subplots such as two tons of raw fish and kitty litter being delivered to the cargo bay, laser tag matches between the Jamestown’s engineering mice and the Klingon rats, James Winsley’s many robots running amok, Tholians confusing our dilithium crystal chamber with a tanning booth, and the running favorite, a Klingon raptor being transported into a certain flag officer’s sonic shower. After talking with Lieutenant Colonel K’Vin (John Martin) of the IKV Bat’Leth, it was felt that this feature should begin anew. So without further ado, welcome to the first installment of the new comm logs!

From: Commodore John Winsley, CO – USS Jamestown

To: Lieutenant Thomas Chalmers, CEO – USS Jamestown

Sub: Replicator Trouble

It seems that replicators all over the ship are on the fritz. When I tried to get my morning cup of coffee, the computer responded, "My central processing unit hurts…please restate request more softly." I did so, and this time, the computer hiccupped and went silent. I still haven’t had my coffee yet. Please see to this matter as soon as possible.

From: Lieutenant Thomas Chalmers

To: Commodore John Winsley

Sub: Re: Replicator Trouble

I’ve just finished a level one diagnostic of the replicator system, Commodore. I don’t quite understand how it happened yet, but the computer appears to be hungover. Repairs are underway, but I can’t yet guarantee when you’ll be able to have your coffee.

From: Lt Col Mike Romero, DOIC, 108^th MSH

– USS Jamestown

To: Colonel Jason Schreck, OIC, 108^th MSH–USS Jamestown

Sub: Martinis are Ready

Hey Jason! It took all morning, but I finally managed to replicate the thousand martinis we’ll need to entertain all the guests for the Marine picnic in holodeck three this afternoon. It’s a good thing I finished when I did…after the last martini materialized, the computer burped and asked if it could keep all the olives.

From: Colonel Jason Schreck

To: Lieutenant Colonel Mike Romero

Sub: Re: Martinis are Ready

The Marine picnic seems to be coming together really well…we’ve got the drinks, the USS Maelstrom’s Marines are providing the hotdogs and hamburgers, and the IKV Bat’Leth Marines just got back to me and confirmed that they’ll be bringing a ton of those Hershey’s cookies and cream bites. Tell the rest of the unit to stay out of the mess hall for breakfast so they can save room for the picnic…we don’t want any of them catching food poisoning at the last minute, either. Oh, and don’t worry about the replicators, I heard that Lieutenant Chalmers put them on his maintenance schedule.

From: Lt Cmdr Becca Ostman, CSO–USS Jamestown

To: Lieutenant Colonel Mike Romero

Sub: Eroo?

I thought I smelled vodka…

From: Lieutenant Colonel Mike Romero

To: Lieutenant Commander Becca Ostman

Sub: Re: Eroo?

You stay out of this, Hot Lips, or I’ll stop selling tickets to your shower day.

From: Lieutenant Commander Becca Ostman

To: Staff Sergeant Zale, Starfleet Quartermaster’s Office

Sub: Equipment Requisition

Please see attached requisition form 46579-C for one M-119 Concussion Grenade Launcher.

From: Commodore John Winsley

To: Lieutenant Thomas Chalmers

Sub: Caffeine Cravings

I don’t mean to rush you, but I would REALLY like a cup of coffee right now. Hey, I have an idea! While you’re working on the replicators, why don’t we just open a Starbuck’s on the rec deck?

From: Lieutenant Thomas Chalmers

To: Commodore John Winsley

Sub: Re: Caffeine Cravings

Yeah, we could do that, but buying the franchise rights would put us in the poor house.

From: Lt Cunningham, Cargomaster – USS Jamestown

To: Lieutenant Commander Becca Ostman

Sub: Package Pickup

Ma’am, a rather large package just beamed in for you via FederationExpress. Please pick it up at your earliest convenience in cargo bay two.

From: Colonel Jason Schreck

To: Lieutenant Thomas Chalmers

Cc: Captain Mary Ann Winsley, CMO – USS Jamestown

Sub: Assistance Requested

I need a damage control team and a medical team in the Marine briefing room as soon as possible. We have a bulkhead and some decking that was damaged by a concussion grenade. Lt Col Romero didn’t like the grenade much, either.

From: Lieutenant Thomas Chalmers

To: Colonel Jason Schreck

Sub: Re: Assistant Requested

Damage control team is on the way. Busy morning…the coffee still isn’t ready, and all we have left are a few surviving cans of ImagineCon 2000 surplus beer…

From: Captain Mary Ann Winsley

To: Colonel Jason Schreck

Sub: Re: Assistance Requested.

The concussion grenade seems to have worked as Lieutenant Colonel Romero now has one, but other than that, he’s none the worse for wear. We managed to peel him off the bulkhead using a giant pizza spatula that we borrowed from the mess hall.

From: Sgt James Winsley, MECHA Leader, 108^th MSH

– USS Jamestown

To: Lt Col K’Vin vestai-Decara, Marine Commander

– IKV Bat’Leth

Sub: Trade?

NuqneH, Colonel. I just came across a thousand canisters of some extremely corrosive liquid outside the Marine briefing room replicator. Lieutenant Colonel Romero said they were martinis and were safe for drinking, but I’ve smelled the stuff, and I don’t quite believe him. It looks like it would make an excellent hull cleanser, but use extreme caution, as this stuff will eat through ablative armor if spread too thickly. Anyway, would you be interested in trading me for a hundred meters of that draq tape your engineers use? I need something to reinforce the structural integrity of my model rockets before I launch them later at the Marine picnic.

From: Lieutenant Colonel K’Vin vestai-Decara

To: Sergeant James Winsley

Sub: Re: Trade?

Your offer is accepted. Unfortunately, we do not have that much tape to spare at the moment, but do not fear…I have a friend who has a friend who knows someone whose sister is an animal keeper at the Imperial Aviary back on Qo’noS, and have arranged to send you a hundred live draqs instead. When they arrive, it should be simple enough to kill them and convert them into tape yourself. Use some of your no-name security officers to distract the draqs, as they will bite…repeatedly. See you at the picnic. Qapla’!

From: Commodore John Winsley

To: All Hands

Sub: COFFEE NOW!

No coffee not good…yes coffee good…it is my precious…pretty coffee…coffee now…@&$%# *phbbbt*!

From: Lieutenant Kannen Phadder, CoS – USS Jamestown

To: All Hands

Sub: Security Alert

Run! Run! The Tasmanian Devil is on the loose! Run! Run for your lives! Run!

From: Captain Marilyn Romero, XO – USS Jamestown

To: All Hands

Sub: Re: Security Alert

Who the heck let a Tasmanian Devil loose on the bridge?! I swear, John is never around when you need him…

From: Lieutenant Cunningham

To: Captain Marilyn Romero

Sub: This Can’t Be Good

Number One, we’ve got a serious situation in cargo bay three! Someone just beamed over a hundred Klingon draqs and they’re running amok in the bay! They’ve eaten two cargo handlers and nine no-name security officers already! Send help!

From: Captain Marilyn Romero

To: Lieutenant Thomas Chalmers

Sub: Draq Problem

Lieutenant, send a pest control team to cargo bay three ASAP. It seems that a hundred draqs are on the loose down there and are trying to eat our Security Department. We’re understaffed in Security as it is, please see what you can do. And more importantly, we still don’t have any coffee! Hurry up!

From: Lieutenant Thomas Chalmers

To: Captain Marilyn Romero

Sub: Re: Draq Problem

Ma’am, it’s the strangest thing…my pest control team got down to cargo bay three, but the draqs had already been taken care of. Some Tasmanian Devil tore its way in and ripped them all to shreds. The bay didn’t sustain any appreciable damage, but there’s now a giant knot of draq tape gumming things up, and we lost seven cargo handlers and forty-two no-name security officers. On another note, I’m just about finished with the replicators; you should have your coffee any minute now. And stay away from that ImagineCon beer! I was going to try and sell it to the Pakleds claiming that its plasma coolant…

From: Captain Mary Ann Winsley

To: Captain Marilyn Romero

Sub: Status Report

It seems that the Tasmanian Devil was really John, who underwent a freak genetic mutation caused by severe caffeine deprivation. After running on his rampage throughout the ship, we finally caught John after he swallowed an old coffee machine that we had hoped to save for the next yard sale. He did cough up the filter and some used grounds, but I’m going to have to operate to extract the rest of the machine. He’s in pretty bad shape, so you’re going to be in command for at least a week and a half.

From: Captain Marilyn Romero

To: All Hands

Sub: I Am Not Happy

Whoever is responsible for this mess is going to be in SERIOUS trouble when I get ahold of them…

From: Lieutenant Colonel Mike Romero

To: All Hands

Sub: Re: I Am Not Happy

Um…who wants a martini?

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Aviation Week & Space Technology, a leading aerospace industry magazine, recently honored the "Top 100 Stars of Aerospace." The group was selected by industry professionals worldwide as the most influential and intriguing personalities in the history of flight. Naturally, since the list was created in part to commemorate the 100^th anniversary of the Wright Brothersí flight, Orville and Wilbur share the top spot. Dominating the list are the names of engineers and industrialists, innovators and advocates, scientists and researchers, warriors, pathfinders and spacefarers. There are also a few names on the list that should be familiar to fans of science fiction.

Ranking in the top twenty, just barely, is Jules Verne. Farther down the line, in the 56^th position, is Arthur C. Clarke. H. G. Wells finished in 84^th. And at number 71, ahead of the first woman in space, cosmonaut Valentina Tereshkova and just behind veteran astronaut John Young, is Gene Roddenberry. There are some on the list with writing credits in addition to other accomplishments, such as Carl Sagan, tied with Sergey Korolyov at number 67, and Anne Morrow Lindbergh at 59. In case you are wondering, there is also one actor on the list -- Jimmy Stewart is ranked 63^rd.

An alphabetical listing appeared in the June 16 issue of the magazine, with the ranked list shown in the June 23 edition.

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Hi Crew…

Marilyn Romero, Jason Schreck, Jason Batts, Mary Ann Winsley and I went to the Virginia Air and Space Center Volunteer Award Ceremony yesterday. Below are the hours and total hours that members of the Jamestown, Powhatan, Maat, Bat’Leth and Star Fleet Atlantic have volunteered 2002.

HRS HRS

Robert Armstrong 002.25 0200.50 USS Powhatan

Rose Armstrong 002.25 0195.00 USS Powhatan

Jason Batts 0250.00+USS Jamestown

Lori Blackwell 002.75 0256.00 USS Jamestown

Joy Dean 008.50 0016.50 Star Fleet Atlantic

Nancy Ellis 007.75 0016.75 IKV Bat’Leth

Ray Goodman 007.75 0056.50 USS Jamestown

Robert Lambert 008.75 0008.75 USS Maat

Elizabeth Lambert 008.75 0016.75 USS Maat

Dan Morris 004.00 0004.00 IKV Bat’Leth

Tracy Phelps 003.50 0029.50 IKV Bat’Leth

Thomas Rawls 007.00 0007.00 USS Powhatan

Michael Romero 008.50 0119.25 USS Jamestown

Marilyn Romero 013.50 0149.50 USS Jamestown

Ron Romero 002.75 0034.75 USS Jamestown

Jason Schreck 0191.25 1498.25 USS Jamestown

Lee Vitasek 009.25 0062.50 USS Jamestown

Tammy Willcox 008.75 0016.75 USS Maat

James Winsley 001.00 0071.50 USS Jamestown

John Winsley 023.00 0126.75 USS Jamestown

Mary Ann Winsley 020.25 0085.00 USS Jamestown

Christine Woods 003.75 0012.25 USS Jamestown

Adam Zalonis 010.25 0010.25 USS Jamestown

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UPCOMING USS JAMESTOWN EVENTS

July 26, 2003 "Fantasci II", Chesapeake Main Library, Chesapeake VA

August 1, 2003 International Plastic Modelers Society at the VASC at 7 PM.

August 12, 2003 USS Jamestown Staff Meeting at the XO’s house starting at 7 PM.

August 16, 2003 Model Hobby Work Shop at the Ben Franklin’s /Yorktown VA starting at 12:30 PM

August 16, 2003 Enterprise Party at the CO’s House. Please Bring a bottle of soft drink and food to share.

August 17, 2003 USS Jamestown Regular Meeting at the VASC 2 PM

August 24, 2003 IKV Bat’Leth’s Regular Meeting at the Hampton Main Library starting at 2 PM.

Sept 5, 2003 International Plastic Modelers Society at the VASC at 7 PM.

Sept 16, 2003 USS Jamestown Staff Meeting at the XO’s house starting at 7 PM.

Sept 20, 2003 Model Hobby Work Shop at the Ben Franklin’s /Yorktown VA starting at 12:30 PM

Sept 20, 2003 Enterprise Party at the CO’s House. Watch the latest Episode of Enterprise and play games or watch videos afterwards. Please Bring a bottle of soft drink and food to share.

Sept 21, 2003 USS Jamestown Regular Meeting at the VASC 2 PM

Sept 27, 2003 USS Jamestown Anniversary dinner

Sept 28, 2003 IKV Bat’Leth’s Regular Meeting at the Hampton Main Library starting at 2 PM.

Oct 3, 2003 International Plastic Modelers Society at the VASC at 7 PM.

Oct 14, 2003 USS Jamestown Staff Meeting at the XO’s house starting at 7 PM.

Oct 18, 2003 Model Hobby Work Shop at the Ben Franklin’s /Yorktown VA starting at 12:30 PM

Oct 18, 2003 Enterprise Party at the CO’s House. Watch the latest Episode of Enterprise and play games or watch videos afterwards. Please Bring a bottle of soft drink and food to share.

Oct 19, 2003 USS Jamestown Regular Meeting at the VASC 2 PM Costume Workshop.

Oct 26, 2003 IKV Bat’Leth’s regular Meeting at the Hampton Main Library starting at 2 PM.

Nov 29, 2003 Blood Feud III, Patrick Henry Mall

By Caillan

June 17, 2003 - 3:55 AM

With filming on Enterprise's third season reportedly scheduled to begin on June 26 (story), the producers are planning to introduce several new elements to shake up the series — including fresh writers, characters and new story arcs.

"We've got story changes, new design elements and new characters that we will be introducing, and new costumes that will be added to some of our new characters," executive producer Rick Berman told Star Trek Monthly (via Sci-Fi Pulse). The new characters will likely be a group of marines which joined the Enterprise NX-01 in the season finale to provide some military muscle in the Delphic Expanse.

There may be a some fresh faces behind the camera too, with Berman looking for some new recruits to join Enterprise's writing staff. "We're in the process of interviewing a lot of writers now and we're hopefully going to be hiring two or three new writers for the show." There have been changes to the writing staff each season, with last year's additions being co-executive producer John "Minefield" Shiban and consulting producer David "Judgment" Goodman.

Berman and his fellow executive producer Brannon Braga have already got stuck into plotting the season's initial stories. "We're working on a variety of different arcs and set-ups for the first half dozen episodes," he said. "All of that was set up by "The Expanse" and we're both very pleased by how it all came out."

Enterprise's new mission to seek out the Xindi has opened up a myriad of possible plot developments, according to Berman. "I think that we've set it up properly, with Archer having been given this remarkable and auspicious responsibility, Trip dealing with the death of his sister and T'Pol having made a commitment to Archer. It's set up a very exciting new direction. And the Delphic Expanse is going to be a very strange and spooky place. So, the finale is enabling us to come up with some fresh and exciting story ideas that we're now in the process of writing."

To read the full interview, in which Berman also talked about Star Trek Nemesis and fan response to Enterprise, pick up issue 106 of Star Trek Monthly. Alternatively, further excerpts are available at Sci-Fi Pulse.

Universal Studios Home Video announced that it will release a complete DVD set of the original 1978 Battlestar Galactica TV series on Oct. 21, in advance of the Dec. 7 premiere of the SCI FI Channel's upcoming original Battlestar Galactica miniseries, inspired by the original show.

Universal will also release a Battlestar Galactica video game this September for the PlayStation 2 and Xbox.

Timed for release during the 25th anniversary of the original Galactica TV series, the six-disc Battlestar Galactica; Complete Epic Series DVD box set will feature all 24 hour-long episodes of the original series in their air order, remastered with enhanced sound. The set will also include newly produced and never-before-seen bonus features, including interviews with series creator Glen A. Larson and stars Richard Hatch (Apollo), Terry Carter (Col. Tigh) and Anne Lockhart (Sheba). (The DVD set will not include episodes from the later Galactica 1980 series.)

The Complete Epic Series DVD collection carries a suggested retail price of $119.98. Universal Studios Home Video is a unit of Vivendi Universal, which also owns SCIFI.COM.

A recent visit to the set of the upcoming SCI FI Channel original miniseries Battlestar Galactica revealed that the "reimagined" show will mix design elements from the original 1970s TV series with new designs.

The miniseries is currently shooting on soundstages in Vancouver, B.C.

NBC has confirmed rumors that a new film based on the 1980s miniseries about alien invasion is in the works, Variety reported.

The three-hour made-for-television movie, called V: The Second Generation, will be directed, written and produced by Kenneth Johnson, creator of the original series.

Johnson is talking to original stars Marc Singer, Robert Englund, Jane Badler and Faye Grant about reprising their roles, though no official casting decisions have been made, the trade reported. The Second Generation will be set 20 years after the original, with the alien Visitors now in control of much of the Earth, according to Johnson.

"The alien force is deeply entrenched, has turned many Earth people into followers and is sweeping them toward a dangerous new conquest," Johnson told the trade. "The Resistance seems to be fighting a losing battle when suddenly Earth gains a powerful and mysterious new ally."

While the movie is envisioned as a stand-alone project, future sequels are possible if ratings are high enough. If green-lighted, the project wouldn't be ready until fall 2004 at the earliest, the trade paper reported.

Arnold Schwarzenegger, who reprises his most famous role in the upcoming film Terminator 3: Rise of the Machines, told SCI FI Wire that he performed his wildest stunt ever for the movie: a chase involving a construction crane.

"I think everyone will agree when they see it," Schwarzenegger said during an interview at the Los Angeles Comic Book Convention over the weekend. "That it is the most intense chase scene that you've ever seen in any movie."

Schwarzenegger added, "I am stuck on the hook of a crane. The crane is being driven by TX, [the female cyborg played by] Kristanna [Loken]. ... What I go through, the kind of things that were planned stuntwise: ... hanging on the hook, going through buildings and going through cars."

Schwarzenegger said that the scene is shot in part from his character's point of view and that the sequence "took us a long time to shoot, because there were just so many wonderful ideas that were written in the script." The entire sequence is "most spectacular, ... but, again, also very very tiring and very dangerous." Terminator 3: Rise of the Machines opens July 2.