What Is Region One Sciences?

As noted above, R/1 Sciences is a Starfleet Region One department run by RDC Adm. Richard Heim. We are a bunch of people who are interested in science and who wish to share our enthusiasm about science through mutual scientific education. Some of us are real scientists who are interested in Star Trek and science-fiction, while others are Star Trek fans who find real science interesting and fun to learn. Perhaps the most exciting thing about Region One Sciences is seeing how the science fiction of Star Trek, and of science-fiction in general, has become science fact during the 20th Century.

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Region One Sciences Reports

Region One Sciences sends monthly reports to the RDC Program Manager. They include reports from the Science Officers of Starfleet's Region One starships and space station. Anyone can contribute to the reports. Send your submissions to Richard Heim or land mail them to the address below.

Region One Sciences Reports
P.O. Box 749
Enka, NC 28728
U.S.A.

Recent reports can be examined here:

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Chief Science Officers' Handbook

New Chief Science Officers frequently wonder what their responsibilities are aboard their starship in their new role. The answer is: the CSO position is whatever you want it to be. After all, Starfleet is a club about a fictional organization and it's supposed to be fun! But here are some guidelines which we hope you find useful.

You are functioning as part of a Starfleet chapter, so the rules and procedures of Starfleet and your chapter for ranks and promotions apply. As a department chief (Chief of Sciences aboard your ship), you generally need to provide a periodic report to your Commanding Officer. You also need to provide a monthly report to Richard Heim, the RDC of Sciences.

What do you do aboard your ship as CSO? The guiding principle should be to educate and to have fun. You can:

  • discuss how science was portrayed in the Star Trek shows.
  • have science-based skits with the characters being historical scientists or Star Trek/Science-Fiction characters.
  • write articles on science for your chapter's publications.
  • have guest speakers attend chapter meetings and talk about science.
  • or even be a guest speaker yourself at local organizations and talk about science. These could include slide shows, videos, etc. at local schools, churches, library groups, etc. This could be an excellent publicity venue for your club.
  • plan field trips to local scientific organizations. Some areas have facilities that allow public tours, such as Washington, D.C. which is home to the National Air and Space Museum and NASA's Goddard Space Flight Center, and Asheville, NC which is home to the National Climatic Data Center. There are science educational facilities, like Charlotte, NC's Discovery Place and Boston, MA's Museum of Science, to name just two. Also local planetariums and other special libraries and museums.
  • plan field trips to area science "hot spots", like caverns, archeaological sites, etc. Western North Carolina has Judaculla Rock, southern New Hampshire has America's Stonehenge, Wyoming has Yellowstone National Park and Devil's Tower, Arizona has the Grand Canyon and Meteor Crater and the Petrified Forest, South Dakota has the Badlands. Our country is overflowing with neat places to see!
  • plan stargazing field trips.
  • these field trips can be by just members of your ship, or you can plan joint science away teams with members from other ships in your area.

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Ship CSO Responsibilities

Region One Chief Science Officer's need to send a monthly report to RDC Richard Heim. They can be emailed to AlaricRH then the at symbol charter.net or land mailed to: Region One Sciences, P.O. Box 749, Enka, NC 28728. CSO reports are due by the 25th of the month.

The monthly report is a writeup telling us (R/1 Sciences) what your ship's science departments have been up to. It can be a couple sentences, or a long missive, or anything in between. It should include:

  1. Your name and address (including land and email).
  2. Chapter name.
  3. Date of report.
  4. Total number of members in department (including yourself).
  5. If you have any members who have been promoted, completed Starfleet Academy courses, or any members who have received any special awards (within Starfleet or outside), please list their names and accomplishment.
  6. If you have any departmental project planned or in the works, please include that as well.
  7. If you have any concerns or just want to tell us what your ship has been doing, by all means include that too!
A PDF fillable form is available for your use in sending in your monthly CSO report (click here for the form then do a "save as" to save the form to your hard drive).

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This web page last updated January 27, 2024 by Richard Heim Jr.