The Adventures of the Fifth Fleet
The stories of the crews of the
starships of the Federation Fifth Fleet have been published in several fan
club newsletters.
Sensor Scan, the USS
Arcturus Newsletter,
was published from 1988 until 1994.
It featured the adventures of the crew of the Tikopai-class starship
USS Arcturus NCC-1807 during the era
of the Star Trek films (specifically ST II through V), and later the
Arcturus-class starship USS Arcturus
NCC-1807-A during the Next Gen era.
Wormhole Warble, the USS
Sarek Newsletter,
was published from Spring 1994 until Winter 1995. It mainly featured the adventures of the
crew of the USS Sarek NCC-72075,
a Galaxy-class starship and the first Federation starship assigned to
explore the Gamma Quadrant of the galaxy, taking place between Earth years
2370 and 2371.
Wormhole Warble also featured several adventures of the crew of Arcturus-A, the ship where many of
the Sarek characters originated.
Subspace Chatter, the USS
Dauntless Newsletter, 1st Edition was originally published from Fall
1996 until Spring 2001. The newsletter,
for the first three years, featured the adventures of the crew of the
Intrepid-class starship USS Dauntless
NCC-74658 over the course of Earth years 2372 through 2374. Starting in the fourth year, the vessel
changed to the Sovereign-class USS Dauntless
NCC-75310 and continued through Earth years 2375 and 2376.
Subspace Chatter also featured previously unpublished stories of the USS Arcturus and USS Sarek that had not made it into Wormhole Warble before that
newsletter ceased publication.
Subspace Chatter discontinued publication in 2001 when the fan club chapter
moved from New England to Virginia.
Subspace Chatter, the USS
Dauntless Newsletter, 2nd Edition started publishing in early 2004
when the fan association USS
Dauntless was re-established in eastern Massachusetts. The newsletter was published as the
official USS Dauntless newsletter
from 2004 until Fall 2008 and covered Earth years 2380 through 2384. The newsletter was re-booted with the
launch of the Fifth Fleet in January 2009.
Subspace Chatter, the Fifth
Fleet Newsletter,
3rd Edition began publication in October 2008 and at first
continued the adventures of the crew of the USS Dauntless NCC-75310 in Earth year 2385 before leading to
the commissioning of the Federation Fifth Fleet in 2386, which includes not
only Dauntless but the starships USS Bellerophon, USS Sarek, USS Besiege, USS Triton, and their command base, Starbase 719, on the edge of the
final frontier.
For other original Star Trek adventures, visit; 
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