FENCON 2022
Sheraton Hotel (D/FW North), Irving, TX

The ISS Kidd was well represented at FenCon this year.  (Left to right: Commander Tracy Clark, Rear Admiral Tank Clark, Colonel Sarah Hays, Colonel Kelly Hays, and Colonel Noble Hays.)

FenCon is a fan-run convention, oriented towards literary work, incorporating both Science Fiction and Fantasy.
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The convention started on Friday, and ran through Sunday. On Saturday morning, Tank & Tracy ran (& were on) a well-received panel about Star Trek Uniforms. Members of the Kidd were also quite effective in the "Trivia with Tribbles" panel later on Saturday -- Tank getting 8 tribbles, and Sarah getting 3.  STARFLEET Region 3 put on lots of panels, as well as hosting a great room party. It was wonderful to see so many of our STARFLEET friends, and it was great for this to be the first time the ISS Kidd participated in a Regional event.

Glory to the Empire!

Clark, commanding Kidd, out

Stardate 0/2209.10,
Decatur Public Library
1000 to 1400 hours

RADM Clark and Cmdr Clark volunteered at the Decatur Public Library this weekend, running a D&D (5th Edition) one-shot game. In addition to the Kidd members, there were four players in attendance, who all seemed to enjoy the game tremendously.

For the Empire!

Clark, commanding Kidd, out.

Ship's General Meeting
Online (Discord Server) and in-person (Decatur Public Library)
2208.06/1230 to 1400 hours

The glorious crew of the ISS Kidd gathered in both electronic and physical formats for another fast-moving, yet fun, ship's meeting. We're still in the process of figuring things out, and making decisions about our various departments, future departments, and logistics.
Next month's meeting will be held at the same location, but we'll be starting earlier -- at 1030 hours -- to allow a bit more discussion/fun time.
Meanwhile the ship's shakedown is going quite well.  We're currently at fifteen members, and we continue to follow leads and try to recruit.

Mit Freunden Spaß Haben!

Glory to the Empire!

Clark, commanding Kidd, out.

Ship's Meeting, #00001
via Discord and at Decatur Public Library
12:30

In attendance today: Colonel Kelly Hays, Colonel Sarah Hays, Colonel Noble Hays, Commander Perry Brulotte, Commander Tracy Clark, Major General Tank Clark

The glorious crew of the Starship Kidd met today to begin nailing down things in our wonderful new Larson-class destroyer.

We started with a review of the history of our STARFLEET Marine unit, the 340th "Time Keepers". We have adjusted the unit to be a Marine Strike Group, as opposed to a Marine Expeditionary Unit, and we discussed the history of the 340th.

The crew likes their first look at the Ship's Articles; we are looking at approving them by the end of the calendar year.  Everyone seems to like the Experience Point system, especially as it will help us keep track of who did what where and at what time, to whom; this will make "-of the year" awards easier to award.

We had a preliminary discussion about a ship's motto and slogan, but we all agreed we need more time to ponder the possibilities.

Further discussion included what type of Auxiliary Departments (other than the SFMC) we want on board (SFSO/MACO, SF Medical, PetFleet, Corps of Engineers, etc); we discussed creating a standard ship's uniform (including rank insignia style -- I lean toward using Canon rank insignia for officers, SFMC/SFSO/MACO insignia for enlisted);  and reviewed imagery available online.

Our regular meetings will be on the first Saturday of each month, at 12:30 until 1400.

For the Empire!

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Clark, commanding Kidd, out