All Good Things

Captain Slog, Stardate 26:09:99. Fans of the Star Trek universe will know 
the end is never really THE end. We activated the self-destruct sequence 
back in AC14 to give anyone interested in offering an alternative a chance 
to emerge and if you check out the news pages you'll see it's just 
possible an alternative will appear.

Like the Starship Enterprise we've also travelled where no magazine has 
gone before with only the resources of our crew to depend on. Two people 
in particular deserve a special mention, step forward Ensign Shiuming Lai 
and Mark "Wesley" Wherry - without their efforts we would have abandoned 
the mission some time ago.

Mike "Chakotay" Kerslake has proved time and again two heads are better 
than one (or the 12 former ACG members!) at making executive decisions and 
Al "Worf" Goold has always provided no-nonsense straight-talking when we 
needed it. Sadly, our ship's Doctor, Brian Stanton, didn't get to return 
to Starbase with the rest of us and his bedside manner is sorely missed.

Barring temporal anomalies this will be my last mission but I may make 
guest appearences elsewhere if I have something to say (I doubt I can keep 
quiet for long). For years the needs of the many outweighed the needs of 
the few but now it's time for the needs of the few to outweigh the needs 
of the many.

Live long and prosper!

Joe Connor
(Star Trek fan for over 30 years)