Each issue is generally divided into a number of sections: This section contains at least one fiction story set in the universe, a number of smaller (one-page) articles featuring specific data on certain aspects of the universe (such as medals used by a specific race's military, for example).
This section presents news on upcoming products, after-action reports on previous releases, as well as question-and-answer articles.
Including supplementary background information, as well as new articles for Star Fleet Battle Force and Prime Directive.
This is the section for Federation and Empire, and mirrors on a lesser scale the SFB content of the rest of the magazine - with news of upcoming products, tactical notes, experimental rules and scenarios, and F&E-style information on the new ships presented in the Shipyard section.
Jeffrey W. Cisneros reviewed Captain's Log #13 in White Wolf #44 (June, 1994), rating it a 2.5 out of 5 and stated that "I'm not overly fond of this installment in the SFB series.