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'''BayCon''' is the San Francisco Bay Area's longest-running fan-run '''speculative fiction''' convention, and the flagship convention of the [[Tenth Fleet]]'s area of responsibility. Founded in 1982 as the Bay Area's regional science fiction and fantasy convention, it was held over Thanksgiving weekend for its first two years, moved to Memorial Day weekend from 1984 through 2019, and — after the 2020 event was cancelled during the pandemic and 2021 was held virtually — returned in 2022 on the Independence Day weekend, where it has remained.<ref name="wp">[https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/BayCon "BayCon"], Wikipedia — convention history, year-by-year dates, venues, and themes.</ref><ref name="baycon">[https://baycon.org/ BayCon official website].</ref> Its venues have included the Hyatt Regency Santa Clara (through 2015), the San Mateo Marriott, and, since 2023, the Santa Clara Marriott.<ref name="wp" /> In more recent years BayCon has broadened its remit from science fiction and fantasy to the wider '''speculative fiction''' genre, showcasing horror and supernatural themes alongside its traditional programming.
'''BayCon''' is the San Francisco Bay Area's longest-running fan-run '''speculative fiction''' convention, and the flagship convention of the [[Tenth Fleet]]'s area of responsibility. Founded in 1982 as the Bay Area's regional science fiction and fantasy convention, it was held over Thanksgiving weekend for its first two years, moved to Memorial Day weekend from 1984 through 2019, and — after the 2020 event was cancelled during the pandemic and 2021 was held virtually — returned in 2022 on the Independence Day weekend, where it has remained.<ref name="wp">[https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/BayCon "BayCon"], Wikipedia — convention history, year-by-year dates, venues, and themes.</ref><ref name="baycon">[https://baycon.org/ BayCon official website].</ref> Its venues have included the Hyatt Regency Santa Clara (through 2015), the San Mateo Marriott, and, since 2023, the Santa Clara Marriott.<ref name="wp" /> In more recent years BayCon has broadened its remit from science fiction and fantasy to the wider '''speculative fiction''' genre, showcasing horror and supernatural themes alongside its traditional programming.


BayCon has been designated a '''[[Portal:Policy Documents|Flag Event]]''' — the modern successor term to the "Fleet Event" classification in use before the 2023 reorganization — and is the convention at which the [[Tenth Fleet]] has most consistently gathered. [[Task Group 91.1]] attended BayCon every year from 2014 through 2019, and once more upon the convention's 2022 return, and the fleet has hosted its annual '''Tenth Fleet Summit''' at BayCon in 2015, 2017, 2019, 2024, and 2026.
BayCon has been designated a '''[[Portal:Policy Documents|Flag Event]]''' — the modern successor term to the "Fleet Event" classification in use before the 2023 reorganization — and is the convention at which the [[Tenth Fleet]] has most consistently gathered. [[Task Group 91.1]] attended BayCon every year from 2014 through 2019, and once more upon the convention's 2022 return; BayCon also serves as the southern venue for the fleet's rotating '''[[Tenth Fleet Summit]]''', which it has hosted in 2015, 2019, 2022, 2024, and 2026.


== Tenth Fleet origins at BayCon (2014) ==
== Tenth Fleet origins at BayCon (2014) ==
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== Tenth Fleet Summits ==
== Tenth Fleet Summits ==
{{main|Tenth Fleet Summit}}
{{main|Tenth Fleet Summit}}
The '''[[Tenth Fleet Summit]]''' is the fleet's principal annual in-person gathering, held at BayCon. From 2015 through 2019 the fleet and its principal California task group '''alternated''' hosting duties: the fleet-wide Tenth Fleet Summit convened in the odd-numbered years, while in the intervening even-numbered years [[Task Group 91.1]] held a summit for its own members.
The '''[[Tenth Fleet Summit]]''' is the fleet's principal annual gathering, and is '''not exclusive to BayCon'''. To keep travel equitable across the Tenth Fleet's very large area of responsibility, Fleet leadership rotates the summit between '''southern''' (California) and '''northern''' (Pacific Northwest) conventions. BayCon is the fleet's southern venue, and has hosted the Tenth Fleet Summit in:
* '''2015''' — '''Tenth Fleet Summit''', hosted by [[Task Group 91.1]]; the commissioning of the fleet's first LAC carrier, {{hms|Cerberus|CLAC-42}}.<ref name="tg">[[Task Group 91.1]] — task group history documenting BayCon attendance and the 2015/2016 summits.</ref>
* '''2015''' — hosted by [[Task Group 91.1]]; the commissioning of the fleet's first LAC carrier, {{hms|Cerberus|CLAC-42}}.<ref name="tg">[[Task Group 91.1]] — task group history documenting the 2015 summit and its commissioning.</ref>
* '''2016''' — '''Task Group 91.1 Summit''' (the first such summit for the task group's own members); the commissioning of the destroyer {{hms|Chainshot|DD-372}}.<ref name="tg" />
* '''2019''', '''2022''', and '''2024'''.
* '''2017''' — '''Tenth Fleet Summit'''.
* '''2026''' — designated a Flag Event and the 10th Fleet Summit for 2026 by [[Orders:Tenth Fleet Order 2511-01|Tenth Fleet Order 2511-01]].<ref name="tfo2511">[[Orders:Tenth Fleet Order 2511-01]]</ref>
* '''2018''' — '''Task Group 91.1 Summit'''.
In the intervening years the summit is held at northern venues such as [[NorWesCon]] (2016), [[OryCon]] (2017, 2025), and [[RadCon]] (2020).
* '''2019''' — '''Tenth Fleet Summit'''.
 
* '''2024''' — '''Tenth Fleet Summit''' (resumed after the pandemic-era hiatus).
Separately, and distinct from the fleet-wide summit, [[Task Group 91.1]] held its own '''Task Group 91.1 Summit''' for the task group's own members at BayCon in '''2016''' — where the destroyer {{hms|Chainshot|DD-372}} was commissioned — and '''2018'''.<ref name="tg" />
* '''2026''' — '''Tenth Fleet Summit''', designated a Flag Event and the 10th Fleet Summit for 2026 by [[Orders:Tenth Fleet Order 2511-01|Tenth Fleet Order 2511-01]].<ref name="tfo2511">[[Orders:Tenth Fleet Order 2511-01]]</ref>


== 2023: MantiCon and the TRMN reorganization ==
== 2023: MantiCon and the TRMN reorganization ==
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| 2016 || 27–30 May || "It's All About Space!" || First '''Task Group 91.1 Summit'''; {{hms|Chainshot|DD-372}} commissioned
| 2016 || 27–30 May || "It's All About Space!" || First '''Task Group 91.1 Summit'''; {{hms|Chainshot|DD-372}} commissioned
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| 2017 || 26–29 May || "Dystopia/Utopia" || '''Tenth Fleet Summit'''
| 2017 || 26–29 May || "Dystopia/Utopia" || Task Group 91.1 attendance (fleet summit held at [[OryCon]] 39, Portland)
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| 2018 || 25–28 May || "Patchwork Fandom" || '''[[Tenth Fleet Summit|Task Group 91.1 Summit]]'''
| 2018 || 25–28 May || "Patchwork Fandom" || '''[[Tenth Fleet Summit|Task Group 91.1 Summit]]'''
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| 2021 || colspan="2" | ''Virtual only'' || No in-person gathering
| 2021 || colspan="2" | ''Virtual only'' || No in-person gathering
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| 2022 || 1–4 July || "The Sun Rises" || BayCon returns in-person on the Independence Day weekend; TG 91.1's final BayCon attendance
| 2022 || 1–4 July || "The Sun Rises" || BayCon returns in-person; hosted the '''Tenth Fleet Summit'''; TG 91.1's final BayCon attendance
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| 2023 || 1–4 July || "A Night at the Space Opera" || Held jointly with [[MantiCon]]; TRMN adopts new bylaws and seats its [[Board of Directors]]
| 2023 || 1–4 July || "A Night at the Space Opera" || Held jointly with [[MantiCon]]; TRMN adopts new bylaws and seats its [[Board of Directors]]
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