This is a reprint from a scan of an original. It has all of the original material (except for some advertising inside the cover for products no longer available). We are making it available for fans who want to have the complete collection. The bound version has a black and white cardstock cover. The unbound version is just pages. Due to the layout, it is not practical to hole punch this item.
This 1993 issue is 80 pages long.
THE EARLY YEARS first appeared in this issue, with rules, scenarios, and six cruiser SSDs.
HISTORY includes "The Long Road Home" about a WYN frigate making a secret trip to pick up something the Patriarch wants for his new ship and also has the Kzinti rank insignia chart.
DATABASE includes communications, new product schedule, recent product reviews, humor, Input Guide, Battle Force 525 (battle tugs), Ask Kommodore Ketrick, example of SFB EW rules, Proposals Board, and Why.
DOOMSDAY was a recent event and this issue includes 10 questions about Doomsday and a list of ship changes in the Doomsday Edition.
UNIVERSE (which later became the venues section) includes articles on Star Fleet Missions, Star Fleet Battle Force card game, and Prime Directive first edition (stats for Klingons and ISC).
SCENARIOS includes five new ones (SL138-SL142).
TACTICS includes the tactics board (the professor asks questions of cadets with names suspiciously like the guys on the BBS), Term Papers, Victory at Origins 1993, and Ask Uncle Ardak.
FEDERATION & EMPIRE includes Q&A, Tactical Notes, an example of retreat priorities, an update from the Total War project, commentaries, the strategy (collect the capitals) that the Coalition still uses, and an Early Years scenario.