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Star Trek: Communicator
Star Trek: Communicator was the main publication of the Official Star Trek Fan Club . An evolution from Star Trek: The Official Fan Club Magazine , Communicator was a bimonthly magazine , and began releasing with issue 100 - continuing the issue numbering from its predecessor.
On 9 February 2001 , Decipher purchased the assets of FANtastic Media , including the Fan Club, and continued publication of Communicator . In 2005, the company announced the cancellation of the magazine after issue 155 , citing complaints about subscription mailing delays as well as threats of lawsuits; the underlying cause was financial, due to the collapse of the card gaming industry that was Decipher's mainstay. Attempts to revive the publication by creator/club founder Dan Madsen and managing editor Larry Nemecek have, to date, been unsuccessful.
A number of limited edition starship replicas including the Captain's yacht "Cousteau " and the Vulcan ship from Star Trek: First Contact were released by John Eaves and the fan club, in conjunction with the magazine. Along with a Deep Space 9 replica, they have become much sought-after collectors' items.
Recurrent sections
Dossier
Readers' letters
Briefing
News on upcoming episodes, information on Trek actors, sets, behind-the-scenes, etc.
Profile
Information and interviews with actors and actresses in Trek )
Tech
Specifications of ships and stations, "Treknology"
Media
Star Trek gaming
Issues
100-110 | 111-120 | 121-130 | 131-140 |141-150 | 151-155
For issues 1-99, see Star Trek: The Official Fan Club Magazine
Issue #
Month
Cover
Contents
100
December 1994 /January 1995
101
February /March 1995
102
May /June 1995
103
July /August 1995
104
October /November 1995
Interview with Merri D. Howard
105
December 1995 /January 1996
106
March /April 1996
107
June /July 1996
108
August /September 1996
109
November /December 1996
110
January /February 1997
111
March /April 1997
112
May /June 1997
113
August /September 1997
Vulcan's Forge review, turbolifts , designing the USS Enterprise -E , villains, Star Trek: The Experience , Interviews: Rick Berman , Marina Sirtis , Robert Beltran , André Bormanis
114
December 1997 /January 1998
115
February /March 1998
116
April /May 1998
117
June /July 1998
118
August /September 1998
119
October /November 1998
120
December 1998 /January 1999
121
February /March 1999
122
April /May 1999
123
June /July 1999
124
August /September 1999
Special DeForest Kelley memorial issue; DS9 and Voyager season reviews
125
October /November 1999
126
December 1999 /January 2000
127
February /March 2000
Special time travel issue, CCG finalists, Klingon Hamlet , Interviews: Rick Berman, Harve Bennett
128
129
130
131
132
133
Decipher branding begins
134
August /September 2001
135
October /November 2001
136
December 2001 /January 2002
137
April /May 2002
138
June /July 2002
139
August /September 2002
140
October /November 2002
141
December 2002 /January 2003
142
February /March 2003
143
144
145
146
147
148
149
150
151
152
October /November 2004
153
December 2004 /January 2005
154
February /March 2005
155
Final issue