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Character Deactivation
Hello crew!
This has been a long time coming, and at this point I don't think should come as a surprise. So I'll be brief.
There are several players/characters that have not logged on for months, some even over a year. We've all had a lot of emotional moments in…
Author: Captain Gordon Francis
Posted on: Fri 6th Sep, 2024 @ 5:40pm
Category: Sim Announcement
New Mission, "The Phoenix Gamble!"
Here we are, as promised, the start of a NEW MISSION, "The Phoenix Gamble!!!!"
After the rescue of a mysterious ship, Starbase 109 is attacked and crippled. Now everyone on the Starbase must make a difficult and personal choice that could lead them to redemption, or total annihilation. Can the…
Author: Captain Gordon Francis
Posted on: Mon 17th Jun, 2024 @ 3:19pm
Category: Sim Announcement
A Member of the Addams Family
Newer members of the sim might be unaware that descendants of the Addams family serve in Starfleet and/or live on the station.
Here is some member of the family playing music by Hildegard von Bingen--I kid you not!
An Addams Relative Who Can Sing!
Author: Commander Paul Graves PsyD
Posted on: Thu 1st Feb, 2024 @ 12:38am
Category: General News
General Update: 9 December, 2023
Hi Everyone! Your friendly-neighborhood Acting Captain here with the Monthly Report:
Awards:
Austen has won Theta Fleet Player of the Month! His return after a serious injury and surgery has been an inspiration to us all and it is an award well-deserved.
I also nominated Ruth in my report for…
Author: Criswell Sandbags
Posted on: Sat 9th Dec, 2023 @ 8:45pm
Category: General News
School versus Sim: School Won
Hello, all--I have formally announced to the Command Team that I need to go on an extended leave of absence because of school. I'm pursuing a BS in Healthcare Administration through night school, but I can't do that and write in this sim, too. I tried to tell myself I…
Author: Commander Paul Graves PsyD
Posted on: Thu 23rd Nov, 2023 @ 1:10am
Category: General News
September 2023 Sim Report for August Activity
Theta Fleet Sim Report for August 2023 Activity
Date of submission: September 6, 2023
Sim name: Starbase 109
URL for website: https://sb109.sim-station.net/index.php/main/index
Name of commanding officer: Captain Gordon Francis
Task Group: 51-A
Number of members at beginning of month: 13
Number of members at end of month: 13
Names of…
Author: Commander Paul Graves PsyD
Posted on: Thu 7th Sep, 2023 @ 5:08am
Category: General News
CF's July Report
Hi all! I thought I'd give some of my thoughts on our progression as a sim, the new command characters, and a little of July in general. Chantal has been taking it easy for a little while, so I'm sorry you have to put up with me instead.
So, just…
Author: Criswell Sandbags
Posted on: Tue 1st Aug, 2023 @ 4:11am
Category: General News
Last Day of Current Mission
Hello, all--MD-16 will be the last day of the current mission, "Neither Yours nor Mine." It is the day Captain Navarra receives her transfer orders to the USS Samurai.
Please figure on one week elapsing between the end of the current mission and the beginning of the next one. I…
Author: Commander Paul Graves PsyD
Posted on: Sat 8th Jul, 2023 @ 7:11am
Category: Out of Character
July 2023 Sim Report
Theta Fleet Sim Report for June 2023 Activity
Date of submission: July 5, 2023
Sim name: Starbase 109
URL for website: https://sb109.sim-station.net/index.php/main/index
Name of commanding officer: Acting CO Commander Paul Graves
Task Group: 51-A
Number of members at beginning of month: 12
Number of members at end of month: 11…
Author: Commander Paul Graves PsyD
Posted on: Thu 6th Jul, 2023 @ 7:45am
Category: General News
Sudden Departures and Continuations
Dear Crew--As you may have noticed if you've seen our crew manifest, Captain Navarra is no longer CO of SB-109. This is a friendly departure, as Navarra/Brandon will now be commanding the USS Samurai, which is fully repaired and will be leaving drydock. We wish him well and hope he…
Author: Commander Paul Graves PsyD
Posted on: Sun 25th Jun, 2023 @ 7:26am
Category: Sim Announcement
Covid at Our House
Hello, all--My husband is down sick with covid, so I am likely to catch it, too. We plan to be in quarantine for the next five days or until both of us recover. If you don't see me for a bit, I'll be curled up in bed.
Chantal
Author: Commander Paul Graves PsyD
Posted on: Sun 25th Jun, 2023 @ 4:58am
Category: Out of Character
Home Stretch for May!
Hello, all--We are in the last full week of May, as of Wednesday. If you have posts you need to complete before the end of the month, now's the time to work on them.
If there is anything you need from Austen, Susan, or me, please drop us a line!…
Author: Commander Paul Graves PsyD
Posted on: Thu 25th May, 2023 @ 8:58am
Category: General News
Seeking Nominations
To our awesome crew!
If you have any nominations for Post of the Month or Player of the Month, for posts written in April 2023, please email them to me here through Nova by the evening of Friday, May 5, your local time. Writer of the Month has already been…
Author: Commander Paul Graves PsyD
Posted on: Thu 4th May, 2023 @ 8:34am
Category: General News
April 2023 Sim Report for March Activity
Theta Fleet Sim Report for March 2023 Activity
Date of submission: April 5, 2023
Sim name: Starbase 109
URL for website: https://sb109.sim-station.net/index.php/main/index
Name of commanding officer: Captain Elena Navarra
Task Group: 51-B
Number of members at beginning of month: 13
Number of members at end of month: 13
Names of…
Author: Commander Paul Graves PsyD
Posted on: Thu 6th Apr, 2023 @ 3:37am
Category: General News
Happy St. Patrick's Day!
Wishing a happy St. Patrick's Day to any crew member who celebrates it! I celebrated by enjoying a French Dip sandwich with a pint of Dublin Me Luck Irish beer at Houston's Flying Saucer Draught Emporium. Tonight my husband and I will enjoy a couple of glasses of Bailey's Irish…
Author: Commander Paul Graves PsyD
Posted on: Sat 18th Mar, 2023 @ 5:38am
Category: General News
Just Call Me Dr. Smith :P
Hello, Crew--
You've probably wondered where I've been for the past almost-month.
The answer is, going to a lot of doctor visits, doing a lot of physical therapy, and getting used to living with pain going down one leg and having very little sleep. I can't find a comfortable position…
Author: Commander Paul Graves PsyD
Posted on: Wed 1st Mar, 2023 @ 7:55am
Category: General News
Sim and Fleet Awards!
Lovely and gracious crew! Theta Fleet awards have been awarded. I'd heard that Adm. Burke was having a difficult time working out with fleet leadership who should be awarded what, so I didn't check right away. Then medical stuff happened. Today I checked, and the awards were listed!
Fleet Awards…
Author: Commander Paul Graves PsyD
Posted on: Mon 23rd Jan, 2023 @ 7:14am
Category: Sim Announcement
January Sim Report for December Activity
Lovely and gracious crew--You guys wrote like heck in December!
Theta Fleet Sim Report for December 2022 Activity
Date of submission: January 5, 2023
Sim name: Starbase 109
URL for website: https://sb109.sim-station.net/index.php/main/index
Name of commanding officer: Captain Elena Navarra
Task Group: 51-B
Number of members at beginning of month (June):…
Author: Commander Paul Graves PsyD
Posted on: Fri 6th Jan, 2023 @ 8:53am
Category: General News
Checking In
Hello, folks!
I've been dealing with sciatica and so haven't been very active on here for the last few days. I didn't know what it was at first, but it's gotten to the point where even sitting is no longer always a relief, so I'm getting my spine x-rayed Thursday…
Author: Commander Paul Graves PsyD
Posted on: Thu 5th Jan, 2023 @ 7:41am
Category: General News
Merry Christmas and Happy Holidays!
Dear Crew,
Many of you in the US and in the UK have experienced severe winter weather over the past week or are experiencing it now. I hope all of you will stay as warm as you can and stay off the roads if they are icy. I've heard that…
Author: Commander Paul Graves PsyD
Posted on: Sat 24th Dec, 2022 @ 8:11pm
Category: General News
Whittier, Alaska - What Turkana City Could Be
Today I happened across this Youtube video about Whittier, Alaska. The entire town, pretty much, is housed in one building. It's pretty incredible!
Chantal
Author: Commander Paul Graves PsyD
Posted on: Sun 25th Sep, 2022 @ 10:58pm
Category: Out of Character
End of an Era
I suspect no one in Theta Fleet remembers a time when Elizabeth II was not the Queen of England. Hearing Prince Charles called Charles III still hits me as a bit of a shock, even though we all expected the Queen's death was not a long way off.
Though 109's…
Author: Commander Paul Graves PsyD
Posted on: Mon 12th Sep, 2022 @ 7:20am
Category: Out of Character
Theta Fleet Awards
It is with great pleasure that I make the following announcements!
For June 2022 activity, Starbase 109 was awarded the Bronze Unit of Distinction award, tied with more other sims than I can remember the names of, and won the Task Group Commanding Officer's Award of Merit for Task Group…
Author: Commander Paul Graves PsyD
Posted on: Wed 13th Jul, 2022 @ 3:17am
Category: General News
Sim Report for June 2022 Activity
Date of submission: July 2022
Sim name: Starbase 109
URL for website: https://sb109.sim-station.net/index.php/main/index
Name of commanding officer: Suzuki Hikari (Commodore Suzuki)
Task Group: 51-B
Number of members at beginning of month (June): 14
Number of members at end of month: 14
Names of characters/players departed during month: 0
Names of…
Author: Commander Paul Graves PsyD
Posted on: Wed 13th Jul, 2022 @ 3:09am
Category: General News
Happy Fathers' Day!
Several members of our crew are fathers. In the US, the third Sunday in June is when we celebrate the contributions that our fathers or father-figures have made in our lives. Many thanks to all of you who take on the role of raising or mentoring children to be excellent…
Author: Commander Paul Graves PsyD
Posted on: Sun 19th Jun, 2022 @ 11:32pm
Category: General News
Theta Fleet Awards for May 2022 Activity
Herewith, gracious crew, are SB-109’s winnings from the Theta Fleet Awards!
First, we won the Silver Unit of Distinction for Area 51. It’s been a while since we won that. It is awarded for post quantity, so all of you had a hand in us winning it.
Secondly, our own…
Author: Commander Paul Graves PsyD
Posted on: Thu 9th Jun, 2022 @ 2:49am
Category: General News
June 2022 Sim Report for May Activity
Theta Fleet Sim Report for May 2022 Activity
Date of submission: June 5, 2022
Sim name: Starbase 109
URL for website: https://sb109.sim-station.net/index.php/main/index
Name of commanding officer: Suzuki Hikari (Commodore Suzuki)
Task Group: 51-B
Number of members at beginning of month (May): 15 (Should be 13.)
Number of members at end…
Author: Commander Paul Graves PsyD
Posted on: Mon 6th Jun, 2022 @ 5:02am
Category: General News
A Slight Correction
Regarding the timeline for "A Good Day to Hunt"--My bad! Any post published earlier than "A Great, Secret Wisdom" is part of the mission entitled "Waging Peace." So I got everything needed for "A Good Day to Hunt," and we just need for people to add tag lines/synopses to their…
Author: Commander Paul Graves PsyD
Posted on: Sat 14th May, 2022 @ 3:48pm
Category: General News
Timeline for 'A Good Day to Hunt'
Hello, all--I've spent the evening creating links to posts in the timeline for 'A Good Day to Hunt.' For several of these I have not written plot synopses because that would have meant reading the posts, and reading them would have taken a lot of time. So all of you,…
Author: Commander Paul Graves PsyD
Posted on: Sat 14th May, 2022 @ 9:12am
Category: General News
May 2022 Sim Report for April Activity
Theta Fleet Sim Report for April 2022 Activity
Date of submission: May 1, 2022
Sim name: Starbase 109
URL for website: https://sb109.sim-station.net/index.php/main/index
Name of commanding officer: Suzuki Hikari (Commodore Suzuki)
Task Group: 51-B
Number of members at beginning of month (April): 15
Number of members at end of month: 15…
Author: Commander Paul Graves PsyD
Posted on: Mon 2nd May, 2022 @ 1:50am
Category: General News
Happy Easter!
And Happy Passover, Blessed Ostara, and Ramadan Mubarak, to all of you who celebrate the various holidays!
I hope you have all had a restful holiday weekend filled with the love of family and friends, and delicious food!
Update on me--I've been sick for the past month or so, to…
Author: Commander Paul Graves PsyD
Posted on: Sun 17th Apr, 2022 @ 3:49pm
Category: General News
ThetaFleet Awards for February 2022 Activity
Congratulations, crew! This month SB-109 won two Fleet-level awards. They are:
* Bronze Unit of Distinction for Area 51 (tied with four other sims)
* Player of the Month, shared between Mike and Charlene.
Congratulations and many thanks to all of you for your fine work and excellent storytelling!
I…
Author: Commander Paul Graves PsyD
Posted on: Thu 10th Mar, 2022 @ 9:15am
Category: General News
Sim Report for February 2022 Activity
Theta Fleet Sim Report for February 2022 Activity
Date of submission: March 7, 2022
Sim name: Starbase 109
URL for website: https://sb109.sim-station.net/index.php/main/index
Name of commanding officer: Suzuki Hikari (Commodore Suzuki)
Task Group: 51-B
Number of members at beginning of month (February): 15
Number of members at end of month: 15…
Author: Commander Paul Graves PsyD
Posted on: Tue 8th Mar, 2022 @ 2:06am
Category: General News
Theta Fleet Awards for January 2022 Activity
Congratulations, awesome crew! How do I know how awesome you are?
You all won Player of the Month! It is richly deserved. We've had a couple of slow months, but it is good to see the writing picking back up, and it is especially good to see players coming forward…
Author: Commander Paul Graves PsyD
Posted on: Thu 24th Feb, 2022 @ 6:13am
Category: General News
Sim Report - January Activity
Theta Fleet Sim Report for January 2022 Activity
Date of submission: February 6, 2021
Sim name: Starbase 109
URL for website: https://sb109.sim-station.net/index.php/main/index
Name of commanding officer: Suzuki Hikari (Commodore Suzuki)
Task Group: 51-B
Number of members at beginning of month (January): 15
Number of members at end of month: 15…
Author: Commander Paul Graves PsyD
Posted on: Mon 7th Feb, 2022 @ 9:47am
Category: General News
February is Coming Up Fast!
Hello, everyone--This a friendly reminder that the last day of January is next Monday. If you have posts nearing completion, please finish them and get them published so that they will be included in our post count for January. Thanks!
Goal is for every member to write four posts per…
Author: Commander Paul Graves PsyD
Posted on: Sat 29th Jan, 2022 @ 5:44am
Category: General News
Shchedryk
This year, I did not do a huge Christmas carol post, but I happened across this on YouTube, and it is so beautiful I wanted to share it. We know the music as "Carol of the Bells." Here it is sung in the original Ukrainian and in an English…
Author: Commander Paul Graves PsyD
Posted on: Fri 7th Jan, 2022 @ 7:01am
Category: General News
Happy New Year!
Happy New Year, everyone! I hope you and yours have had a joyous holiday season and that you are ready to start the new year with projects or goals that excite you!
Wishing all of you much success and happiness in 2022!
Chantal
For the Command Team
Author: Commander Paul Graves PsyD
Posted on: Sat 1st Jan, 2022 @ 9:52am
Category: General News
Sim Report for November 2021 Activity
Theta Fleet Sim Report for November 2021 Activity
Date of submission: December 4, 2021
Sim name: Starbase 109
URL for website: https://sb109.sim-station.net/index.php/main/index
Name of commanding officer: Suzuki Hikari (Commodore Suzuki)
Task Group: 51-B
Number of members at beginning of month (November): 15
Number of members at end of month: 15…
Author: Commander Paul Graves PsyD
Posted on: Sat 4th Dec, 2021 @ 11:09pm
Category: Out of Character
Fleet Awards for September 2021
This month, Starbase 109 earned the Silver Unit of Distinction Award, tied with the USS Tokyo, for producing 38 posts.
Austen (Renato Solis), won Writer of the Month for planning and contributing to six posts this month, several of which were parts of two lengthy story-arcs.
We also won the…
Author: Commander Paul Graves PsyD
Posted on: Wed 13th Oct, 2021 @ 1:34am
Category: General News
September 2021 Sim Report
Theta Fleet Sim Report for September 2021 Activity
Date of submission: October 5, 2021
Sim name: Starbase 109
URL for website: https://sb109.sim-station.net/index.php/main/index
Name of commanding officer: Suzuki Hikari (Commodore Suzuki)
Task Group: 51-B
Number of members at beginning of month: 16
Number of members at end of month: 16
Names…
Author: Commander Paul Graves PsyD
Posted on: Wed 6th Oct, 2021 @ 5:28am
Category: General News
Inspiration4 Rocks!
Today is the last day of the Inspiration4 3-day orbital flight entirely crewed by civilian astronauts. The flight is a charity event in support of St. Jude Children's Research Hospital, which treats children who are cancer patients free of charge. The hospital has a goal of raising $200 million…
Author: Commander Paul Graves PsyD
Posted on: Sat 18th Sep, 2021 @ 2:16pm
Category: General News
Sim Report for August 2021
Theta Fleet Sim Report for August 2021 Activity
Date of submission: September 8, 2021
Sim name: Starbase 109
URL for website: https://sb109.thetafleet.net/index.php/main/index
Name of commanding officer: Suzuki Hikari (Commodore Suzuki)
Task Group: 51-B
Number of members at beginning of month: 17
Number of members at end of month: 16
Names…
Author: Commander Paul Graves PsyD
Posted on: Thu 9th Sep, 2021 @ 5:44am
Category: General News
Introducing... Criswell!
Hello everyone! I am CF and I just came aboard as a civilian named Criswell, a hu-mon adopted and raised by Ferengi. I'm anticipating many adventures and shenanigans in times to come! Right now I have no posts at the moment, so if anyone wants to help bring this crazy…
Author: Criswell Sandbags
Posted on: Wed 11th Aug, 2021 @ 1:59am
Category: Out of Character
July 2021 Sim Report--Starbase 109
Theta Fleet Sim Report for July 2021 Activity
Date of submission: August 2, 2021
Sim name: Starbase 109
URL for website: https://sb109.thetafleet.net/index.php/main/index
Name of commanding officer: Suzuki Hikari (Commodore Suzuki)
Task Group: 51-B
Number of members at beginning of month: 16
Number of members at end of month: 16
Names…
Author: Commander Paul Graves PsyD
Posted on: Tue 3rd Aug, 2021 @ 3:42am
Category: General News
End of Month
Hey, all--Just sending out an end-of-month alert. If you have any posts that are almost done, please finish and publish them so they will count toward our post total for July. Thanks!
Chantal
For the Command Team
Author: Commander Paul Graves PsyD
Posted on: Sat 31st Jul, 2021 @ 1:43am
Category: General News
Theta Fleet Awards--And Quarterly Awards!
I was not expecting the Theta Fleet Awards to be as awesome as they turned out to be! I had in fact completely forgotten that June was Quarterly Awards month. So, glorious and gracious crew, here are our results for June's Theta Fleet Awards and for the Theta Fleet quarterly…
Author: Commander Paul Graves PsyD
Posted on: Thu 22nd Jul, 2021 @ 5:22am
Category: General News
July Sim Report
Theta Fleet Sim Report for June 2021 Activity
Date of submission: July 7, 2021
Sim name: Starbase 109
URL for website: https://sb109.thetafleet.net/index.php/main/index
Name of commanding officer: Suzuki Hikari (Commodore Suzuki)
Task Group: 51-B
Number of members at beginning of month: 16
Number of members at end of month: 16
Names…
Author: Commander Paul Graves PsyD
Posted on: Thu 8th Jul, 2021 @ 4:47am
Category: General News
May 2021 Theta Fleet Awards
To our gracious crew--We earned some awards this month!
First off, Starbase 109 took home the Silver Unit of Distinction in Area 51 for May.
We also were awarded the Task Group CO's Award of Merit for Task Group 51-B.
But best of all? Our own Brad Linton was awarded…
Author: Commander Paul Graves PsyD
Posted on: Thu 10th Jun, 2021 @ 1:28am
Category: General News
May 2021 Fleet Report
Theta Fleet Sim Report for May 2021 Activity
Date of submission: June 5, 2021
Sim name: Starbase 109
URL for website: https://sb109.thetafleet.net/index.php/main/index
Name of commanding officer: Suzuki Hikari (Commodore Suzuki)
Task Group: 51-B
Number of members at beginning of month: 15
Number of members at end of month: 16
Names…
Author: Commander Paul Graves PsyD
Posted on: Sat 5th Jun, 2021 @ 8:24am
Category: General News
If Starfleet Musicians Performed "The Sound of Silence"
I came across this on Youtube. I'm a huge fan of the song as performed by Disturbed. This borrows from that but doesn't try to be it. Ballsy music director, though, to take up the challenge of bringing a Marine twist to a metal cover of a Sixties folk song.…
Author: Commander Paul Graves PsyD
Posted on: Sat 5th Jun, 2021 @ 5:12am
Category: General News
Never Break the Chain
These guys sound like the metal band that Purulence Addams' ex-boyfriend used to belong to!
Playing a cover of "The Chain" by Fleetwood Mac.
Chantal
Author: Commander Paul Graves PsyD
Posted on: Sun 16th May, 2021 @ 12:25am
Category: General News
Happy Mother's Day!
Just wanted to wish all you wonderful mothers a very happy Mother's Day! I hope all of you are able to enjoy time with your families in these difficult, but slowly improving times.
Enjoy your day!
Mike aka Dallas Briggs and a small cast of others
Author: Lieutenant Commander Dallas Briggs
Posted on: Sun 9th May, 2021 @ 6:13pm
Category: General News
Still here !
Hi everyone !!
My apologies for being quiet this month, just had a lot going on but am re engaging to get back to writing !!
Thank you !
Nate
Author: Sipov Boros
Posted on: Wed 28th Apr, 2021 @ 10:54pm
Category: General News
Theta Fleet Awards for March and First Quarter, 2021
Greetings, most excellent and gracious crew! Herewith are the Fleet awards for March and the Thetafleet Quarterly Awards for the first quarter of this year. The Quarterly Award winners are selected from those players who won monthly awards during the given quarter.
Theta Fleet Sim Awards for March 2021
SB-109…
Author: Commander Paul Graves PsyD
Posted on: Fri 16th Apr, 2021 @ 5:16am
Category: Sim Announcement
March 2021 Sim Report
Sim Name: Starbase 109 / SB109
Task Group: 51-B
URL for website: http://sb109.thetafleet.net
Name of Commanding Officer: Suzuki Hikari (Commodore Suzuki)
Noteworthy changes (if any) to your website: Nothing worth noting. Maybe a tweak to an LCARS page or two; that’s about it. There was discussion among the Command Team…
Author: Commander Paul Graves PsyD
Posted on: Wed 7th Apr, 2021 @ 6:27am
Category: General News
Happy First Contact Day !!
Happy First Contact Day !! Only 42 more years !! April 5th, 2063.
Startrek.com has a number of things today to celebrate, different videos and panels starting @ 12 noon PST for anyone interested.
Live long and Prosper.
Nate (Sipov)
Author: Sipov Boros
Posted on: Mon 5th Apr, 2021 @ 8:17pm
Category: General News
Happy Easter!
Hello! Wishing a Happy Easter to those of you who celebrate it. May it be a time of hope and renewal for all of us!
Chantal
For the Command Team
Author: Commander Paul Graves PsyD
Posted on: Sun 4th Apr, 2021 @ 9:38pm
Category: General News
SB-109 Rock Band!
Hello, awesome crew! We have our own rock band! It's true!
Chantal
Author: Commander Paul Graves PsyD
Posted on: Sun 14th Mar, 2021 @ 12:18am
Category: General News
Need to get away from it all for a bit ??
Greetings Everyone !!
Very soon my character, Sipov Boros, will be looking for crew. If anyone is interested in participating as part of that either with their PC or an NPC please let me know, the ship has a crew of 10 so there are 9 spots open if anyone…
Author: Sipov Boros
Posted on: Fri 12th Mar, 2021 @ 10:33pm
Category: Out of Character
Theta Fleet Awards for November 2020
Dearest crew!
Starbase 109 earned two awards for November activity!
Post of the Month was awarded to Starbase 109 for Ruth's post, "Board Exams," and we earned the Task Group Commanding Officer's Award of Merit for Task group 51-B. Congratulations, all of you, for your fine work! You are what…
Author: Commander Paul Graves PsyD
Posted on: Tue 15th Dec, 2020 @ 3:12am
Category: General News
http://sb109.sim-station.net/index.php/main/viewnews/246
Sim Name: Starbase 109 / SB109
Task Group: 51-B
URL for website: http://sb109.thetafleet.net
Name of Commanding Officer: Suzuki Hikari (Commodore Suzuki)
Noteworthy changes (if any) to your website: Added October award images, corrected a character’s rank. Otherwise, nothing worth noting.
Number of Members at beginning of month: 15
Names of…
Author: Commander Paul Graves PsyD
Posted on: Tue 8th Dec, 2020 @ 9:09am
Category: General News
Welcome to Sipov Boros!
Welcome to Nate, who plays our newest civilian inhabitant of Starbase 109, Sipov Boros! Sipov is an accomplished civilian pilot. He also has ... character flaws--also known as good story fodder! I look forward to seeing more of Sipov soon, and I notice his first post is already published.
Glad…
Author: Commander Paul Graves PsyD
Posted on: Wed 25th Nov, 2020 @ 6:15am
Category: Out of Character
Award Nominations Needed
Dear Crew,
If there is any post written during the month of November that you would consider deserving of a sim or Fleet award, please remember to nominate it! This helps the Command Team when we complete the monthly sim report at the end of the month.
We also need…
Author: Commander Paul Graves PsyD
Posted on: Tue 24th Nov, 2020 @ 8:36am
Category: Out of Character
October 2020 Fleet Awards
The October 2020 Theta Fleet Awards have been given out. It is pretty low-key for us, this month.
Once again, we earned the Silver Unit of Distinction in a three-way tie with the USS Crazy Horse and the USS Tokyo.
We were also awarded the TGCO Award of Merit for…
Author: Commander Paul Graves PsyD
Posted on: Sat 21st Nov, 2020 @ 4:54am
Category: Sim Announcement
October 2020 Fleet Report
Herewith be the doings of our most excellent crew in October!
Sim Name: Starbase 109 / SB109
Task Group: 51-B
URL for website: http://sb109.thetafleet.net
Name of Commanding Officer: Suzuki Hikari (Commodore Suzuki)
Noteworthy changes (if any) to your website: None, save for minor tweaks to an LCARS article or two.…
Author: Commander Paul Graves PsyD
Posted on: Thu 5th Nov, 2020 @ 6:06am
Category: Sim Announcement
September 2020 Fleet Awards (Yes, a Tad Late)
To our lovely and gracious crew!
As you can see, we are a couple of weeks late in announcing the September awards, which were posted on October 11, but here they are now.
We tied with the USS Crazy Horse for the Silver Unit of Distinction!. We have been working…
Author: Commander Paul Graves PsyD
Posted on: Sat 31st Oct, 2020 @ 6:18am
Category: Sim Announcement
Blue Moon on Halloween
I just saw this in an email account I'm about to delete because it is so spam ridden.
This week, for the first time in three years, the September full moon is in a unique situation: it's happening so early in the month — a timing that gives it an…
Author: Commander Paul Graves PsyD
Posted on: Fri 4th Sep, 2020 @ 4:05am
Category: General News
Laura on the Way
I might be scarce on Thursday, depending on how close Hurricane Laura comes to Houston and how long we have electricity. I will keep you all posted.
UPDATE:. Well, Hurricane Laura moved east of the Houston area and smacked into Lake Charles, Louisiana, instead. I've never seen so many trees…
Author: Commander Paul Graves PsyD
Posted on: Wed 26th Aug, 2020 @ 12:04am
Category: Out of Character
Supply Chain Management
Supply Chain Management:
"The supply chain is the chain I will beat you with if you don't reorder some gorram supplies for this ship!" --Not said by Malcolm Reynolds, but he should have said it.
In other words, I passed the Supply Chain Management course and am now moving on…
Author: Commander Paul Graves PsyD
Posted on: Wed 5th Aug, 2020 @ 8:13pm
Category: Out of Character
Bringing Artyom back in the fold plus one
Hello, all -
As a result of my being absent for so long, it's been a little hard jumping Artyom right back into the middle of things as though he'd never left. With that in mind, I've been considering an few options which will have put him off the station…
Author: Lieutenant JG Artyom Mikhailov
Posted on: Fri 26th Jun, 2020 @ 6:07pm
Category: General News
Scarce Today (5/31/2020)
Hey, all--I am taking a final exam and working on/turning in a paper today, so I likely won't be on until late this evening. Happy writing! I'll see you again in June. :)
Chantal
Author: Commander Paul Graves PsyD
Posted on: Sun 31st May, 2020 @ 10:55am
Category: Out of Character
End of Term
All--It is just about the final week of my current school term. I will come on briefly around 10pm or so each night, my time, but that's about it. New term starts May 1, when I will have more time to be with you all.
I hope everyone stays safe…
Author: Commander Paul Graves PsyD
Posted on: Thu 23rd Apr, 2020 @ 4:31am
Category: Out of Character
Greetings from Coronaville
Hello, all--
First off, kudoes to Mike/Dallas Briggs and Charlene/Kiara Lena for their posts! I've very much enjoyed reading them. :) I am in the middle of writing posts with several other people, so we hope to have those posted soon.
School hit me hard this term, with a math…
Author: Commander Paul Graves PsyD
Posted on: Sat 28th Mar, 2020 @ 3:22pm
Category: General News
Checking In with the Crew
Hello, everyone! It's been pretty quiet on SB-109 for the last few days. I am checking in to let you all know that your leadership team is still around and working on posts behind the scenes. Jenny remains on sick leave, and Susan is dealing with illness in her family--the…
Author: Commander Paul Graves PsyD
Posted on: Fri 7th Feb, 2020 @ 12:53am
Category: General News
Returning
Good Morning, Starbase 109 -
I am sorry for the long and unannounced hiatus which I've taken over recent weeks. To be honest, with everything that is ongoing in the real world I've often gotten home knowing full well that I need to take at least five minutes to log…
Author: Lieutenant JG Artyom Mikhailov
Posted on: Tue 7th Jan, 2020 @ 8:56am
Category: General News
Space Force
The United States Space Force was signed into existence today. And I will adore Admiral James Stavridis forever for saying the following:
"It should operate through the Air Force, but the ranks ought to be naval--because Colonel Kirk did not command the Starship Enterprise."
Clearly, the Admiral gets it. :)…
Author: Commander Paul Graves PsyD
Posted on: Fri 20th Dec, 2019 @ 9:25pm
Category: Out of Character
Sorry again
So the last week has been a bit hellish. Started with Strep, then the Flu, Pinkeye, and now Pneumonia. I wanted to send this earlier but have had little to no energy, and yet miraculously kept my confinement to the couch instead of the hospital. I'm very sorry for the…
Author: Lieutenant JG Artyom Mikhailov
Posted on: Sat 30th Nov, 2019 @ 7:29pm
Category: General News
Personal Update
Hello All,
I apologize for the disappearance act. In all honesty I thought I had sent something out already but when I checked this morning I didn't see it.
On November 5th, our Matthew Richard Beatty was born into the world at 8 pounds 8 ounces at precisely 3PM in…
Author: Lieutenant JG Artyom Mikhailov
Posted on: Tue 19th Nov, 2019 @ 12:00pm
Category: General News
Six Months!
Congratulations to Rob/Artyom Mikhailov, for six months of simming on Starbase 109! I was quite startled to find you had been with us for a full half-year already, Rob. Looking forward to reading more about Artyom and Matthew!
Chantal
For the Command Team
Author: Commander Paul Graves PsyD
Posted on: Tue 12th Nov, 2019 @ 7:42pm
Category: Sim Announcement
Business Trip
Hello, all--I will be leaving today for a brief business trip to Austin. I will have my laptop with me, so if you need to contact me for anything sim related, you can; I just won't be able to reply until after work hours. I can be reached at my…
Author: Commander Paul Graves PsyD
Posted on: Mon 14th Oct, 2019 @ 10:27am
Category: General News
Trois Anées (Morticia, You Spoke French!)
Congratulations to our own Jenny (Dr. Chlamydia Addams) and Brandon (Harbor Capt. Henry Perry) for three years of delightful writing for Starbase 109! Hoping for many more years of your stories!
Chantal
for the Leadership Team
Author: Commander Paul Graves PsyD
Posted on: Wed 2nd Oct, 2019 @ 11:23pm
Category: Sim Announcement
Availability
Hey All,
I am a little more than a week from a certification exam for work (MCSA 70-740) and will be doing some heavy cramming over the next few days. So please be patient as my logging rate may decline a bit until after the exam.
-Rob
Author: Lieutenant JG Artyom Mikhailov
Posted on: Tue 1st Oct, 2019 @ 8:00am
Category: General News
The Joys of College Algebra
Just letting you know that my Business Ethics class just ended, and I am now deep into (the refresher for) college algebra. I'm working to get through this class as quickly as I can, since end of term is October 31, and I still have a Healthcare Ethics class to…
Author: Commander Paul Graves PsyD
Posted on: Fri 6th Sep, 2019 @ 1:50pm
Category: Out of Character
Two-Year Milestone!
Congratulations to Christina, aka Lt. Commander Baro Alora, for having attained two years of longevity with Starbase 109! Thank you for having taken the time to help us build our ongoing story. :)
Chantal
For the Leadership Team
Author: Commander Paul Graves PsyD
Posted on: Wed 4th Sep, 2019 @ 8:12pm
Category: Out of Character
Deja Vu
Hello All,
I feel like I'm repeating myself a lot these days. I have been utterly slammed at work over the last two weeks which will explain my absence as of late. I'm going to get back to log responses tomorrow and have a few ideas for for upcoming logs.…
Author: Lieutenant JG Artyom Mikhailov
Posted on: Mon 2nd Sep, 2019 @ 3:34pm
Category: General News
Sorry!
Hey All,
For those who are waiting for my responses and or follows up in regarding to the upcoming subplot, I do apologize for the delay. I hurt my back over the weekend and haven't been doing a whole lot of moving around until today. I have an after-work engagement…
Author: Lieutenant JG Artyom Mikhailov
Posted on: Mon 12th Aug, 2019 @ 5:08pm
Category: General News
The Lighthouse Incident Subplot
Hello, All -
I am looking to explore Artyom's backstory from back before he enlisted into Starfleet and was still local to his homeworld. I have a full mission write-up and more details can be found in his bio. I am hoping to grab anybody who might be interested in…
Author: Lieutenant JG Artyom Mikhailov
Posted on: Mon 5th Aug, 2019 @ 2:18pm
Category: General News
Happy Apollo Day!
On this day in 1969, astronauts Buzz Aldrin and Neil Armstrong set foot on the moon, with astronaut Michael Collins in the lunar control module, ensuring that they could get home.
Today, several countries are planning efforts for humanity to return to the moon, including India, China, Israel, and the…
Author: Commander Paul Graves PsyD
Posted on: Sat 20th Jul, 2019 @ 12:01pm
Category: Out of Character
Sorry for the delay!
For those of you whom I've reached out to about getting logs started before suddenly vanishing over the last two days, I do apologize. We had a client's network turn into a proverbial dumpster fire and I've been working 12-15 hour days in getting them put back together. Thankfully, I…
Author: Lieutenant JG Artyom Mikhailov
Posted on: Thu 20th Jun, 2019 @ 2:10pm
Category: Out of Character
Memorial Day 2019
Today is Memorial Day in the United States, a time when we honor the sacrifices of our military servicepeople who have lost their lives, and families of active duty military personnel. If you are a friend or a relative of someone in active duty or past military service, we thank…
Author: Commander Paul Graves PsyD
Posted on: Mon 27th May, 2019 @ 10:16am
Category: General News
Theta Fleet Awards, April 2019
Hi everyone,
The fleet awards for last month are in and, as a sim, we were recognised with the Silver Unit of Distinction award for April.
We also took home 'Post of the Month' for 'Self-Rescuing Knights', (https://sb109.thetafleet.net/index.php/sim/viewpost/1178 ) which is pretty cool since, as Jenny mentioned previously, pretty much…
Author: Commander Mikaela Locke
Posted on: Wed 15th May, 2019 @ 3:17pm
Category: Sim Announcement
Who wants to write?
Hello All,
Thanks for the warm welcome. My name is Rob and I'm writing Arytom Mikhailov, your newest Engineer.
I'm open to logs with anybody who would be interested. Just shoot me a message if interested. I'll be throwing a few requests out as I start to get ideas. Thanks!…
Author: Lieutenant JG Artyom Mikhailov
Posted on: Mon 13th May, 2019 @ 2:33pm
Category: General News
LCARS Reorganization
Hello! This is a notice to you all that I will be reorganizing some of the LCARS information to the extent that I'm able. (I might not be able to move around pages created by other people.) I've noticed that a lot of LCARS articles listed as categories really ought…
Author: Commander Paul Graves PsyD
Posted on: Fri 29th Mar, 2019 @ 10:48pm
Category: General News
Halloween and Upcoming Plots
On behalf of the leadership team, I'd like to wish all of you a very happy Halloween and/or Samhain or All Saints' Day or El Dia de los Muertos, whichever you might celebrate!
It has been a rather slow month. We have been dealing with illness, the crunch time that…
Author: Commander Paul Graves PsyD
Posted on: Wed 31st Oct, 2018 @ 7:56pm
Category: General News
More Tenure Milestones!
Congratulations to the following people who have helped to make Starbase 109 the wonderful place it is during their time here!
Jenny/Lt. Commander Chlamydia Addams, MD - Two years Jenny is also the public face of our NPC commanding officer, Captain Suzuki.
Christina/Lt. Alora Baro - One year
John/Jacen Miller…
Author: Commander Paul Graves PsyD
Posted on: Sun 16th Sep, 2018 @ 6:31pm
Category: General News
Tenure Celebration!
Congratulations, James/Eddie Hunt, for having achieved two years with SB-109!
The Leadership Team
Author: Commander Paul Graves PsyD
Posted on: Wed 15th Aug, 2018 @ 8:52pm
Category: Sim Announcement
LCARS News
For those of you who have been dying (*snicker*) to read the Slug and Grub menu, the layout is now corrected.
Chantal
Author: Commander Paul Graves PsyD
Posted on: Sat 28th Jul, 2018 @ 11:39am
Category: General News
Bailey's Irish Cream Poke Cake!
This needs to be a dessert available on SB-109. Because the little Carlo in my head is going into heart palpitations.
Chantal
Author: Commander Paul Graves PsyD
Posted on: Mon 16th Jul, 2018 @ 9:17pm
Category: Out of Character
An Invitation: Help Build Our World!
One of the truly fun things about creating a starbase, especially one as large as ours, is the unparalleled opportunity we have for world-building here.
If there is any kind of fascinating business or activity that you can imagine being inserted into the world of Star Trek, you can create…
Author: Commander Paul Graves PsyD
Posted on: Sun 10th Jun, 2018 @ 9:58pm
Category: General News
December Theta Fleet Awards!
The results of the December 2017 Theta Fleet Awards are in! Starbase Vanguard did very well this month.
Starbase Vanguard was awarded the Unit of Distinction - Silver for the second month in a row! We also won the December TGCO Award of Merit for Task Group 23-C.
Player of…
Author: Commander Paul Graves PsyD
Posted on: Thu 11th Jan, 2018 @ 10:18pm
Category: General News
Merry Christmas!
Hi Everyone,
Wishing you all the merriest of Christmases and the happiest of holidays - may it be a season of joy and peace.
(Also, just to say, we'll be wrapping up the Christmas Party post in the next few hours, so if you haven't participated yet, and still want…
Author: Commander Mikaela Locke
Posted on: Mon 25th Dec, 2017 @ 9:42pm
Category: Out of Character
Award Nominations
Guys,
So the award nominations have been piling up and there truly are some great ones, all of which are well deserved. I wanted to authorise and publish them here, along with the reasons for nomination!
Leah Jamison - Doyle Mystery Award - Nominated by Susan
Allison has developed a…
Author: Colonel Horatio Drake
Posted on: Mon 4th Dec, 2017 @ 9:08pm
Category: Sim Announcement
September/October Awards
So, slowly but surely we are returning Vanguard to her former glory. Even in our weakened state we are still managing to scoop some fleet awards.
In September we received the BRONZE UNIT OF DISTINCTION from Theta Fleet. These award images will be going up onto the site soon, hopefully.…
Author: Colonel Horatio Drake
Posted on: Sun 19th Nov, 2017 @ 3:00pm
Category: Sim Announcement
New Player
All,
Please give a warm welcome to Christina who joins us with Lieutenant Jadera Baro, Chief Operations Officer. Christina comes with a host of experience in Star Trek simming and has got some brilliant Treknobable in her arsenal!
We'll be hopefully getting her boarding post out at some point this…
Author: Colonel Horatio Drake
Posted on: Mon 4th Sep, 2017 @ 2:52pm
Category: Sim Announcement
July Awards
Guys,
Another amazing month for us has seen yet more awards come our way.
From Theta Fleet:
Silver Unit of Distinction (joint award with USS Erebus & USS Winchester)
James filed our monthly report this time around and nominated Jenny for Writer of the Month - naturally she won!
Jenny…
Author: Colonel Horatio Drake
Posted on: Sat 19th Aug, 2017 @ 11:24am
Category: Sim Announcement
LOA
Helo, all--I will be away from home until Saturday evening. I am unable to access this site by cellphone; I keep being told that my password is not correct, even though it works just fine on my desktop computer. So if a miracle happens, and I am able to access…
Author: Commander Paul Graves PsyD
Posted on: Thu 17th Aug, 2017 @ 6:44pm
Category: General News
June Awards
So, a relatively quiet month this time around but still with some remarkable posts being put out there!
FLEET AWARDS
Silver Unit of Distinction - this month saw us achieve the silver UoD for TF23. Considering it's been such a quiet month I think we should be really happy with…
Author: Colonel Horatio Drake
Posted on: Sun 16th Jul, 2017 @ 10:19am
Category: Sim Announcement
Saluting - Verdict
Vanguardites,
So, thanks for the recent debate on saluting - I found it interesting and a bit of an eye opener getting other viewpoints on it. Going forward, I think we'll drop Google Group and it clearly just doesn't work properly! We'll find a new forum for any further discussions.…
Author: Colonel Horatio Drake
Posted on: Fri 7th Jul, 2017 @ 2:10pm
Category: Out of Character
New Player
Welcome to Captain Gunnar (played by David) who joins us as our new Brigade Commanding Officer, leading up the Marine Detachment on board. David comes with a wealth of experience and has a rather interesting character!
Jamie
Author: Colonel Horatio Drake
Posted on: Wed 21st Jun, 2017 @ 5:19pm
Category: Sim Announcement
News and Absent this Weekend
Hello, all--Just letting you know that, my second short story publication appeared in a YA fantasy anthology called Dragons and Witches: Fairy-Tale Villains Reimagined. It's available on Amazon. No real dragons were harmed during the writing of this book, but I did mess with my fictional dragon some...
I was…
Author: Commander Paul Graves PsyD
Posted on: Mon 19th Jun, 2017 @ 4:22am
Category: General News
May Awards
Apologies the awards are a bit late this month!
Once again, Vanguard is bursting at the seams with awards! Some of you will remember the days of SB Protector and the fun we had on it. When I came back to simming, those funs times were what I was determined…
Author: Colonel Horatio Drake
Posted on: Sun 18th Jun, 2017 @ 10:13am
Category: Sim Announcement
Mission Split
Guys,
Just a quick one - to avoid confusion we've split the missions into two.
'For the Uniform' is the mission set on the Bretagne.
'Unity Week' is for everything happening on Vanguard.
Just select from the drop down box the relevant mission, when writing a post.
Cheers,
Jamie
Author: Colonel Horatio Drake
Posted on: Thu 8th Jun, 2017 @ 2:21pm
Category: Out of Character
End of Mission
So folks,
With my log post, so I bring this chapter of Vanguard to a close! It's been an interesting mission, which played out a bit differently from last time! We've lost some friends along the way but new ones have joined us!
So, 'Wrongs Darker Than Death or Night'…
Author: Colonel Horatio Drake
Posted on: Tue 16th May, 2017 @ 9:42pm
Category: General News
Casino Royale
Hello everyone,
I know I'm new on Vanguard, but I've been talking to Susan (Jade Lantz) about being able to do something in Tivoli or the Promenade. The thing that really took my notice was a casino as there is so much you can do with it.
It's soon going…
Author: Lieutenant Thomas Maynard
Posted on: Mon 15th May, 2017 @ 3:03pm
Category: General News
April Awards
Guys,
So another amazing month for May and, with it, comes a load of awards!
Firstly, Starbase Vanguard is the proud recipient (for the second month running) of the 'Gold Unit of Distinction for Task Force 23'. What can I say? You've produced some spectacular posts this month and they…
Author: Colonel Horatio Drake
Posted on: Sun 14th May, 2017 @ 3:49pm
Category: Sim Announcement
Next Mission
Guys,
The final posts for this mission are coming together... Chantal and I are writing one that corners Dobbs for his crimes! She has very patiently put up with my slow responses, so we should be getting this one out either later today or tomorrow. Once this has been published,…
Author: Colonel Horatio Drake
Posted on: Tue 9th May, 2017 @ 7:23pm
Category: Out of Character
Another New Player
All,
Please welcome the newest addition to the Vanguard family, Will. He brings with him Lieutenant Brock Johnson, our new Security Investigations Officer. Let the JP bombardment, commence!
James
Author: Commander Zachary Hunt
Posted on: Fri 5th May, 2017 @ 1:50pm
Category: Sim Announcement
New Player
All,
Please welcome the newest addition to the Vanguard family, Tom. He brings with him Lieutenant Thomas Maynard, our new Chief Intelligence Officer. Let the JP bombardment, commence!
Jamie
Author: Colonel Horatio Drake
Posted on: Sun 30th Apr, 2017 @ 7:23pm
Category: Sim Announcement
Mission Ending
Hello Everyone,
Just to give you the heads up that we are planning the mission end next Sunday 7th May. So if you can wrap up any joint posts to do with the mission and then we can start getting into the conclusion! The new mission will be very soon…
Author: Commander Zachary Hunt
Posted on: Sun 30th Apr, 2017 @ 9:08am
Category: General News
Fleet Awards - March
All,
WE"VE GOT GOLD!!!!! For the first time since we reactivated this sim, we have finally received a much deserved gold award! Starbase Vanguard has been awarded the Gold Unit of Distinction for Task Force 23 for the month of March! We've only been able to achieve this because of…
Author: Colonel Horatio Drake
Posted on: Wed 12th Apr, 2017 @ 4:43pm
Category: General News
March Summary & Awards
Guys,
This is something that I am going to try and do every month, henceforth!
A slower month in March saw us only publish 47 posts across 10 of us - certainly not anything to be sniffed at and still head and shoulders above some sims in the fleet, but…
Author: Colonel Horatio Drake
Posted on: Sun 2nd Apr, 2017 @ 10:58am
Category: Sim Announcement
February Fleet Awards
Everyone,
Just a brief note to let everyone know that Vanguard has received yet more awards - truly a reflection on the skill, dedication and commitment that you all put in!
We have received the Bronze Unit of Distinction for Task Force 23 for February.
James filled in the monthly…
Author: Colonel Horatio Drake
Posted on: Tue 14th Mar, 2017 @ 9:56am
Category: Sim Announcement
February Awards
Guys,
As ever it gives me great pleasure to hand out some awards!
Commander Zachary Hunt - Longevity Ribbon - For serving on Starbase Vanguard for six consecutive months
Lieutenant Jasmine Collins - Longevity Ribbon - For serving on Starbase Vanguard for six consecutive months
Lieutenant Commander Chlamydia Addams -…
Author: Colonel Horatio Drake
Posted on: Thu 2nd Mar, 2017 @ 12:49pm
Category: Sim Announcement
Timeline & History
Hi Everyone,
Chantal recently pointed out some discrepancies regarding both the timeline that Vanguard is set in and the history of the base, as well as confusion over SB Protector Vs. SB Vanguard. So, I will clear things up!
When we brought Vanguard to life we used the old Protector…
Author: Colonel Horatio Drake
Posted on: Mon 27th Feb, 2017 @ 1:45pm
Category: Out of Character
New Player
Hello everyone,
Brief news announcement. Can we please all welcome a new player - Joseph. He will playing as Lieutenant Andrew Eberstark who is Chief Tactical & Strategic Operations Officer.
Bombard him with JP's and give him the Vanguard welcome we are all accustomed to!
James
Author: Commander Zachary Hunt
Posted on: Fri 17th Feb, 2017 @ 8:59pm
Category: General News
More Website Changes
Hello again,
More website changes to speak of, these ones are thanks to requests from Susan.
On the home page there is now a Federation News Service widget, which is a live feed from the website of current news which is happening to date. For more information click the widget…
Author: Commander Zachary Hunt
Posted on: Thu 16th Feb, 2017 @ 11:33pm
Category: General News
Website Changes
Hello everyone.
I've updated the website with a couple of changes as listed below;
- Brief diagram of Starbase on home page
- Alert status of Starbase on home page
- LCARS (WIKI) home page now features a map.
The main change that I've been working on is an integrated…
Author: Commander Zachary Hunt
Posted on: Mon 13th Feb, 2017 @ 3:59pm
Category: General News
Recent Website Problems
Hello everyone,
We have encountered some recent website problems on Vanguard which has caused login issues, posts not updating and error messages. I've been chasing the hosts and they said they have a team on people looking into it, apparently due to 'caching' issues. However my joint posts have seem…
Author: Commander Zachary Hunt
Posted on: Wed 8th Feb, 2017 @ 12:07pm
Category: General News
New Addition
All,
Please join me in welcoming Joshua into the Starbase Vanguard family. He joins us with Lieutenant Commander Solan Jekkar, Chief Security Officer.
As ever, you may now commence the JP bombardment!
Jamie
Author: Colonel Horatio Drake
Posted on: Thu 26th Jan, 2017 @ 10:33pm
Category: Sim Announcement
Unexpected Surprise
Hi all,
Just a quick one regarding a rather unexpected surprise from Theta Fleet...
I've been awarded CO of the Quarter... James has been awarded XO of the Quarter as well as Player of the Quarter for his work on the website.
With this in mind... as well as it…
Author: Colonel Horatio Drake
Posted on: Fri 20th Jan, 2017 @ 2:04pm
Category: General News
New Mission
All,
We are starting our new mission tomorrow - Wrongs Darker than Death or Night!
I have taken a hugely successful storyline from a previous mission and merged it with another which was largely overlooked. James will be leading one half of this and I will be leading the other…
Author: Colonel Horatio Drake
Posted on: Sun 8th Jan, 2017 @ 2:35pm
Category: General News
Welcome the New Year!
Hi Everyone,
I hope you all had a smashing Christmas and a peaceful, joyous and refreshing New Year!
For me, work has returned to normal once again so I am very excited about getting back into Vanguard after my little Christmas break! So, we'll be taking down the decorations, adding…
Author: Colonel Horatio Drake
Posted on: Wed 4th Jan, 2017 @ 1:35pm
Category: General News
Leave of Absence
Guys,
Just to let everyone know I am going to put myself on a semi-LOA for just over one week. Once Christmas is over I'll be back to my usual activity levels. I will still be around this week, completing JP's and the like, just not full-time. I think James…
Author: Colonel Horatio Drake
Posted on: Sun 18th Dec, 2016 @ 11:09am
Category: Out of Character
November Awards
Guys,
A massive well done for yet another month of Vanguard being on the awards radar of Theta Fleet. We have received the Silver Unit of Distinction for November... surely it's got to be gold next month?
I'm also pleased to announce that James has been named as Player of…
Author: Colonel Horatio Drake
Posted on: Tue 13th Dec, 2016 @ 4:30pm
Category: General News
Murder Victim
Hello,
A few queries from a few, I have forgotten to tell people who the murder victim is. The victim is Kris Kringle, who was the Commanding Officer of the vessel. We felt the Commander should be the victim as it would be easier to create motives towards the Captain.…
Author: Commander Zachary Hunt
Posted on: Wed 23rd Nov, 2016 @ 9:28pm
Category: General News
Awards
For those of you who have simmed with me before, you know I enjoy giving out awards... usually at the end of each mission. So, why not carry on with the tradition!
I am pleased to announce that, following the completion of Vanguard's first mission; some players have earned the…
Author: Colonel Horatio Drake
Posted on: Tue 22nd Nov, 2016 @ 11:14pm
Category: Sim Announcement
Murder on the SS Silent Night
So... our Christmas murder mystery begins!
Before I begin to explain our plan, let me highlight that whilst this is a serious mission for Vanguard... some parts of it are to be taken as tongue in cheek, such as the name of the passenger ship and crewmembers etc.
James and…
Author: Colonel Horatio Drake
Posted on: Mon 21st Nov, 2016 @ 4:51pm
Category: Out of Character
New Mission
All,
Just a heads up that our new mission will be starting this Sunday! So this is your chance to wrap up any loose ends and finish any plot lines! The Christmas murder mystery will soon be here! Ho, Ho, Ho!
Jamie
Author: Colonel Horatio Drake
Posted on: Thu 17th Nov, 2016 @ 8:00pm
Category: Out of Character
Christmas is Coming
Yes...that's right...Christmas is around the corner....just over 6 weeks. For some of you, this may be a horrid thought, but for some, you enjoy Christmas and all the shopping was done back in some ridiculous summer heatwave.
The header for the Nautilus skin has been changed to a small Christmas…
Author: Commander Zachary Hunt
Posted on: Tue 15th Nov, 2016 @ 5:28pm
Category: General News
Unit of Distinction....Silver!!
Hello!
Just to say we have received this month's silver unit of distinction! Bronze last month, silver this month! This couldn't be done without you all! So a well done to all of you. Personally I have enjoyed reading all your posts, so keep it up.
Gold next month?! ;)…
Author: Commander Zachary Hunt
Posted on: Sat 12th Nov, 2016 @ 12:02am
Category: General News
Another New Player!
Everyone,
Mike is our newest member who joins us with Warrant Officer Moklor of the House Karn (rank TBC) who is the Squadron Leader of MF-100 Squadron.
Please commence Joint Post bombardment!
Jamie
Author: Colonel Horatio Drake
Posted on: Fri 21st Oct, 2016 @ 9:24pm
Category: Sim Announcement
Unit of Distinction
So... we've only just come back to Theta Fleet... we haven't even got the lights on yet, let alone started clearing up the mess that the FCDA made... Jade, Chantal and Jenny are knee deep in blue prints and the river keeps flooding over their market stalls... and yet we've…
Author: Colonel Horatio Drake
Posted on: Wed 19th Oct, 2016 @ 12:57pm
Category: Sim Announcement
Welcome, Welcome, Welcome
Guys and Girls of Vanguard,
Please welcome our newest player, Allison who brings with her Captain Brooklyn Wellington, our new Aerospace Group Commander!
I'm sure you'll all welcome her with a barrage of JP requests!
Jamie
Author: Colonel Horatio Drake
Posted on: Tue 18th Oct, 2016 @ 11:16pm
Category: Sim Announcement
My Compliments to The Crew...
Hi all,
I've just caught up on a small back log of posts that I had and I just wanted to say how impressed I was with the imagination, detail and writing skill of all those who have posted in the last couple of weeks! It truly is a joy…
Author: Colonel Horatio Drake
Posted on: Tue 18th Oct, 2016 @ 12:57pm
Category: Out of Character
What is going to happen whilst the away team are gone....
Hey guys,
So those characters that are not on the away team;
Zachary Hunt (James), Ricardo Shepherd (Brandon), Chlamydia Addams (Jenny), Kyle Green (Christian), Sianna Dal (Andrej) & Jade Lantz (Susan), there is a plan for something to happen on Vanguard to happen whilst they are away to make it…
Author: Commander Zachary Hunt
Posted on: Sat 8th Oct, 2016 @ 11:07am
Category: General News
First Mission Briefing
Guys,
I'm currently writing quite a few JP's with players which I hope to have out before the publication of the Senior Staff Briefing. If any of the new guys fancy cracking one out in the next few days, then I'm all up for that!
Any questions, drop me a…
Author: Colonel Horatio Drake
Posted on: Mon 26th Sep, 2016 @ 8:16pm
Category: General News
First Mission Soon
Hello everyone
Sorry for some delays in getting missions started, we've had a couple of new people who have joined so we are going to give them a chance to do their boarding posts and then will crack out the first mission on Monday. It's been good to read your…
Author: Commander Zachary Hunt
Posted on: Wed 21st Sep, 2016 @ 8:59pm
Category: General News
Ready to Begin
We've now officially be listed as operational so are free to commence our first mission! We will probably wait until everyone has had a chance to get their character on board and then launch straight into a briefing with everyone!
We've got a couple of ideas for the first mission...…
Author: Colonel Horatio Drake
Posted on: Sun 18th Sep, 2016 @ 5:41pm
Category: General News
Introduction
Hello Everyone,
Just a quick introduction! I've been working alongside Jamie to try and get this site up and running ready for us all to sim. I'm fairly new to the simming business, however Jamie always spoke to me about Starbase Protector and how much he wanted to get it…
Author: Commander Zachary Hunt
Posted on: Wed 14th Sep, 2016 @ 8:46pm
Category: General News
Welcome Back
Hi Everyone,
A very short and sweet message... just welcoming those who are returning after too many years of being apart from the days of Protector... and to those who are new and looking for a permanent bed in the nut house!
I'll be getting my boarding post out there…
Author: Colonel Horatio Drake
Posted on: Tue 13th Sep, 2016 @ 9:04pm
Category: General News