Star Trek Monthly issue 49
Issue 49 of Star Trek Monthly was the  issue. A German-language edition was, otherwise unedited, released the subsequent month as issue 4 of Star Trek: Das offizielle monatliche Magazin.

Contents
First Contact
Darryl Curtis on what may be to come.

The Best of All Worlds
 premieres.
Rick Berman on the end of Deep Space Nine.
; Armin Shimerman on his recent episodes; Ronald D. Moore's regular hints column; part 1 of The Home Stretch – an interview with Ira Steven Behr.
; James Swallow talks to Bryan Fuller and Nick Sagan.

Interview – Nicole de Boer – "Ezri's Counsel"
by Ian Spelling.

Interview – Jonathan Frakes – "Frakes' Frontier"
by Ian Spelling.

Interview – Anthony Zerbe – "An Unadmirable Admiral"
by Ian Spelling.

A Fistful of Data
Jean-Luc Picard – too old for command?, anti-time future Enterprise-D, Starfleet consoles in English – universal translator?

Poster
Michael Dorn as Worf.

Movie Magic – Part One
Larry Nemecek looks at the development visual effects through the , covering -.

Insights into Star Trek
Jim Brumbaugh takes a look into the Sci-Fi Channel's 'Special Edition' airing of The Original Series.

Book extract
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From the Replicator
UK Update: Wesco, Space Marine.
Australasia Update: Apparel, Official Australian Star Trek Fan Club, Playcorp releasing Playmates Toys products.
US Update: , The Hamilton Collection, Component Game Systems, Playmates.
Read Out: The Dominion War, Star Trek: The Next Generation - The Continuing Mission, Warped Factors.
Game On: Re-releases of popular titles.

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