News: General News
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
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
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
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
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
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
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
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
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
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
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
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
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
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
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