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Weekly Update
Happy Wednesday, the last one before May. How time flies!
Lots of new JPs are in the works which I'm excited for and we've had many others posted since the last weekly update. Give those a read at your earliest convenience and let's use these next couple MDs to flesh…
Author: Commander Morgan Tarin
Posted on: 24 Apr 2024 @ 5:09pm
Category: General News
Weekly Update
Hi team,
We're at the halfway point through April and we're tracking a good pace to complete our current episode ahead of schedule. Keep up the great writing and activity pace, and please remember to honor our 48-hour activity standard.
The post purge is complete and any saved writing works…
Author: Commander Morgan Tarin
Posted on: 17 Apr 2024 @ 6:57pm
Category: General News
Upcoming Post Purge - 48 Hour Notice
Happy Friday,
This is a final reminder that we have a few saved (unpublished) posts in the writing database which don't appear to have been updated recently.
Be advised that in 48 hours, on Sunday April 14th, I will be deleting any saved JP which hasn't been updated since the…
Author: Commander Morgan Tarin
Posted on: 12 Apr 2024 @ 3:04pm
Category: General News
Weekly Update
Hey gang, hope you've all had a great week so far.
Mission day 03 is now closed for writing. Please don't begin any new works on this day but feel free to continue and wrap up any existing JPs/PLs set within the timeframe. Currently MDs 04-06 are open.
Our upcoming…
Author: Commander Morgan Tarin
Posted on: 10 Apr 2024 @ 5:46pm
Category: General News
Upcoming Post Purge
Hey all, a quick notice that we have a few saved (unpublished) posts in the writing database which don't appear to have been updated recently.
Be advised that next Friday, April 12th, I will be deleting any saved JP which hasn't been updated since the beginning of this month (April…
Author: Commander Morgan Tarin
Posted on: 05 Apr 2024 @ 7:18pm
Category: General News
Monthly Website Update
Website Statistics (March 2024)
Total Page Hits: 64,345
Total Pages Viewed: 35,431
No. of Unique Visitors: 2,447
Avg. Visitors/Day: 78.9
Updated Pages
- Main Header (all pages) - updated the main banner with a new slideshow mechanic.
Pending Work
- Responsive background image
- Departmental duties wiki list
Comments…
Author: Commander Morgan Tarin
Posted on: 01 Apr 2024 @ 6:13pm
Category: Website Update
Weekly Update
Happy Monday, and it's finally April!
Hope everyone had a great holiday weekend and Happy Easter to those who celebrated. Last month saw some excellent group roleplay, specifically the various contributions to our Act 2 climax. Really proud of everyone here for making it such an authentic and adrenaline-fueled read.…
Author: Commander Morgan Tarin
Posted on: 01 Apr 2024 @ 4:26pm
Category: General News
Attention All Hands
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...INCOMING MESSAGE...
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CLEARANCE: Level 1
FROM: CMDR Scarlet Blake
TO: All USS Galileo-A Personnel
The funeral service of John Hollenday is scheduled for 1600 hrs, stardate 94379.9 in USS Galileo-A's shuttlebay. The presence of all crew members is expected.
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--END MESSAGE--
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Author: Commander Scarlet Blake
Posted on: 31 Mar 2024 @ 6:53pm
Category: In-Character
Personal Logs Due
Hello,
Just a reminder that Personal Logs are due today. Thanks for all the great logs that have already been posted.
Katy
Author: Commander Scarlet Blake
Posted on: 31 Mar 2024 @ 10:48am
Category: General News
Weekly Update
Hey gang,
Apologies for not getting last week's update out; there was a miscommunication on the GM-side regarding availability. We're making great progress in writing our all-player JP and we're on-schedule to have it completed by the end of this month. Hopefully that will occur just in time for the…
Author: Commander Morgan Tarin
Posted on: 25 Mar 2024 @ 6:51pm
Category: General News
Personal Logs
Hello,
Just a quick reminder that Personal Logs are due in a week. This is a great chance for characters to reflect on the mission so far, contemplate what will or won't come to pass or even play with time itself.
Look forward to reading,
Katy
Author: Commander Scarlet Blake
Posted on: 24 Mar 2024 @ 6:31pm
Category: General News
Weekly Update
Hello all,
It’s been a busy time for the crew of the Galileo! Well, crew of both the Galileos!
We welcome Ensign Jonathon DeLaney to the madness (as a character, of course!) played by the returning Jake!
And apart from that we have some interesting posts going on…so tag when…
Author: Lieutenant Aria Rice
Posted on: 12 Mar 2024 @ 3:13pm
Category: General News
Monthly Website Update
Website Statistics (February 2024)
Total Page Hits: 52,317
Total Pages Viewed: 21,423
No. of Unique Visitors: 1,532
Avg. Visitors/Day: 52.8
Updated Pages
- Front Page - updated the subnav sidebar with the newest characters.
- Crew Manifest - the personnel roster was updated to reflect the newest PNPC positions, character additions/removals…
Author: Commander Morgan Tarin
Posted on: 04 Mar 2024 @ 3:50pm
Category: Website Update
Weekly Update
Hi team,
I hope everyone's well and has been enjoying the new stories posted over the last week. There's been some excellent creative RP taking place in the 'future lost era' of our ship's timeline. Please give our latest JPs a read if you haven't already, and feel free to…
Author: Commander Morgan Tarin
Posted on: 27 Feb 2024 @ 4:01pm
Category: General News
Weekly Update
Hey gang,
The end of February is fast approaching and the weather's been excellent for many of us. I hope everyone's been able to get outside and enjoy this unusually-warm winter. This past week on Galileo was semi-eventful and saw the return of our XO from LOA along with new…
Author: Commander Morgan Tarin
Posted on: 22 Feb 2024 @ 7:58pm
Category: General News
Weekly Update
Hey team, me again with an overdue weekly update.
February's so far been a kick in the butt for many of us. Between LOAs and illness and travel, we've been a bit slower with our collective activity. Real life always takes priority so no worries at all. Thank you to…
Author: Commander Morgan Tarin
Posted on: 13 Feb 2024 @ 9:40pm
Category: General News
Sim Milestone - 12-Year Anniversary
It's with great pleasure that I announce our game's 12th anniversary today. Our original adventures aboard Galileo began in February 2012, so this date marks our official 12th year as an active RP community.
It's been an exceptional ride with all of you throughout the years, whether you came aboard…
Author: Commander Morgan Tarin
Posted on: 01 Feb 2024 @ 7:52pm
Category: Sim Announcement
Monthly Website Update
Website Statistics (January 2024)
Total Page Hits: 62,407
Total Pages Viewed: 33,555
No. of Unique Visitors: 1,402
Avg. Visitors/Day: 45.2
Updated Pages
- Front Page - updated the subnav sidebar with the newest characters.
- Crew Manifest - the personnel roster was updated to reflect the newest PNPC positions, character additions/removals…
Author: Commander Morgan Tarin
Posted on: 01 Feb 2024 @ 6:39pm
Category: Website Update
Weekly Update
Hi all,
I am sure you’ve noticed that Blake’s put out a reminder for Personal Logs! So, I won’t remind you again this week as I am sure you’ve read it and are already eagerly writing it. Unless you did one in December in which case you are exempt! Doesn’t…
Author: Lieutenant Aria Rice
Posted on: 24 Jan 2024 @ 4:56pm
Category: General News
Weekly Update
Hello all!
Ah, January is whizzing away with us all isn’t it? And Auntie Anne is back from outer space. I wish.
Now we’re all settled in again, you’ll be happy to know that monthly personal logs are back! Posted one in December? Then you’re exempt! Of course if you…
Author: Lieutenant Aria Rice
Posted on: 15 Jan 2024 @ 4:14pm
Category: General News
Weekly Update
Hey team,
This past week was a bit slower than usual during which many of us recovered from our NYE hangovers and final holiday adventures. However, I'm happy to report that we currently have no player E/LOAs and everyone's returned to active status.
Please take a few days to get…
Author: Commander Morgan Tarin
Posted on: 10 Jan 2024 @ 7:57pm
Category: General News
Monthly Website Update
Website Statistics (December 2023)
Total Page Hits: 100,244
Total Pages Viewed: 38,767
No. of Unique Visitors: 1,507
Avg. Visitors/Day: 48.61
Updated Pages
- Front Page - updated the subnav sidebar with the newest characters.
- Crew Manifest - the personnel roster was updated to reflect the newest PNPC positions, character additions…
Author: Commander Morgan Tarin
Posted on: 01 Jan 2024 @ 6:48pm
Category: Website Update
Weekly Update
Happy New Year!
I hope our holidays were excellent and all of our families and friends enjoyed the festivities. 2023 was a robust year for our game community which saw a complete website and content overhaul, great new players, and a new episode. It's been an absolute pleasure to write…
Author: Commander Morgan Tarin
Posted on: 01 Jan 2024 @ 6:18pm
Category: General News
Weekly Update
Hey gang, me again (Auntie Anne's still away),
This will be our last weekly update until after the new year, and I hope you're all preparing for some vacation and family time over these upcoming holidays. Merry Christmas to those who celebrate, and Happy New Year!
Our in-progress JPs are…
Author: Commander Morgan Tarin
Posted on: 20 Dec 2023 @ 8:46pm
Category: General News
Weekly Update
Hey gang, Auntie Anne's away for a couple days on LOA so Aunt Tarin is here with this week's announcement! I know, everyone is so excited :)
We're approaching the heart of the holiday season and I wish you all a very festive rest of the month and New Years.…
Author: Commander Morgan Tarin
Posted on: 13 Dec 2023 @ 6:54pm
Category: General News
Weekly Update
Hi all,
Another week and wow, what a week it has been so far! We closed off November, ended episode 18 and we all have a lot of mission posts going on. And oh, it’s December! Time flies.
Personal logs were extremely juicy this month too, so bravo to all!…
Author: Lieutenant Aria Rice
Posted on: 05 Dec 2023 @ 7:49pm
Category: General News
Monthly Website Update
Website Statistics (November 2023)
Total Page Hits: 94,875
Total Pages Viewed: 38,685
No. of Unique Visitors: 1,348
Avg. Visitors/Day: 44.93
New Pages
- Gameplay Manual (11 - Downloads) - created a new game resource page (access-restricted) containing important files.
Updated Pages
- Front Page - updated the landing…
Author: Commander Morgan Tarin
Posted on: 01 Dec 2023 @ 6:20pm
Category: Website Update
Episode 18 Complete
Our second Season 4 mission, Episode 18 (Cold Station 31), is now complete and finished. I've just moved all remaining EP18 JPs over to EP19 and closed the episode.
Thank you all for the fun and amazing writing over the last year+ during which we explored the cold station and…
Author: Commander Morgan Tarin
Posted on: 01 Dec 2023 @ 5:38pm
Category: General News
Weekly Update
Hi all,
Another week, another step closer to:
Personal logs! Deadline is 30th November, submit or be airlocked!
Closedown of Mission 18! Get those last bits and pieces wrapped up and posted!
I hope that those who celebrated Thanksgiving had a good one, and that those that don’t just had…
Author: Lieutenant Aria Rice
Posted on: 26 Nov 2023 @ 1:35pm
Category: General News
Weekly Update
Hi all,
Another week, another Weekly Update! I hope everyone is staying warm/cool depending on which side of the equator they’re on. It has been an eventful week when it comes to posts, and in that I want to remind everyone that on the 30th November, Mission 18 shuts down…
Author: Lieutenant Aria Rice
Posted on: 20 Nov 2023 @ 5:52pm
Category: General News
Weekly Update
Hello all!
It has been an eventful week! We have had some website updates and more importantly: end of the mission and the start of a new one! Are we all ready to do the time warp again? Remember to keep MD01 at 14:00 to 17:00 free from posts as…
Author: Lieutenant Aria Rice
Posted on: 14 Nov 2023 @ 4:38pm
Category: General News
Weekly Update
Hello all!
Another month has passed and hopefully anyone who has enjoyed Halloween has taken the time to eat most of their sweets, and those who are celebrating other things this week (Bonfire Night for the UK, Diwali, Day of the Dead…the list goes on!) I hope you have a…
Author: Lieutenant Aria Rice
Posted on: 05 Nov 2023 @ 5:50pm
Category: General News
Monthly Website Update
Website Statistics (October 2023)
Total Page Hits: 131,081
Total Pages Viewed: 47,209
No. of Unique Visitors: 1,280
Avg. Visitors/Day: 41.29
Updated Pages
- Crew Manifest - the personnel roster was updated to reflect the newest character additions and removals.
- Chain of Command - the CoC page was updated with a…
Author: Commander Morgan Tarin
Posted on: 01 Nov 2023 @ 6:41pm
Category: Website Update
Weekly Update
Hi all,
Spooky season is upon us, and not just on the ship! Why not try out one scary episode per series:
Genesis - Star Trek: The Next Generation
And the Children Shall Lead - Star Trek
Persistence of Vision - Star Trek: Voyager
The Adversary - Star Trek: Deep…
Author: Lieutenant Aria Rice
Posted on: 30 Oct 2023 @ 3:56pm
Category: General News
Game Milestone - 6,000 Entries
Hey gang, I have a special announcement to brighten our Monday.
Earlier today we reached a milestone of total writing entries (personal logs + solo and joint posts). We have now collectively written and published 6,000 of them since 2012 which translates to a total of 17,357 posts using the…
Author: Commander Morgan Tarin
Posted on: 30 Oct 2023 @ 1:26pm
Category: Sim Announcement
Weekly Update
Hi all,
It’s been a busy week with 11 posts out. And with Halloween coming up, why not revisit Star Trek: The Next Generation episode Schisms? Yes, it is the one where it feels like the Enterprise dropped by the X-Files, but after all…it is the spooky season. Or why…
Author: Lieutenant Aria Rice
Posted on: 24 Oct 2023 @ 7:13pm
Category: General News
Weekly Update
Hey team,
Another great week of writing has led to more fun scenes which were recently published. Please catch up on those if you haven't already. Our writing pace and quality's been excellent throughout the past several months and I've received a few compliments from other GMs.
Episode 18's final…
Author: Commander Morgan Tarin
Posted on: 17 Oct 2023 @ 6:01pm
Category: General News
Weekly Update
Happy Monday,
We've had a great week of writing with more published JPs now available to read. If you haven't already, please start working your way through the new content.
A quick reminder that MDs 12 through 15 are closed for writing and MD 19 is now open and available.…
Author: Commander Morgan Tarin
Posted on: 09 Oct 2023 @ 12:40pm
Category: General News
Systems Test
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...INCOMING MESSAGE...
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CLEARANCE: Level 1
FROM: CMDR Morgan Tarin
TO: All USS Galileo Personnel
All crew members are required to report to their posts aboard Galileo by 0900, stardate 69372.61.
All department heads must account for all personnel and their belongings.
Prepare to conduct ship-wide systems test at…
Author: Commander Morgan Tarin
Posted on: 06 Oct 2023 @ 3:11pm
Category: In-Character
Weekly Update
Hey gang,
In addition to monthly website updates, we'll be resuming our standard weekly updates after a long hiatus. These updates are a quick way for the GMs to highlight noteworthy developments within our game on a regularly-scheduled basis.
Last week saw many fun new JPs and personal logs published.…
Author: Commander Morgan Tarin
Posted on: 01 Oct 2023 @ 5:17pm
Category: General News
Monthly Website Update
Website Statistics (September 2023)
Total Page Hits: 102,571
Total Pages Viewed: 36,802
No. of Unique Visitors: 1,254
Avg. Visitors/Day: 41.8
New Pages
- Custom Species - Axans - a new Science Manual page detailing Axan culture and society was uploaded.
- Custom Species - Vaeron - a new Science…
Author: Commander Morgan Tarin
Posted on: 01 Oct 2023 @ 4:44pm
Category: Website Update
Personal Log Reminder
Hello,
Just a reminder that personal logs are due in a few days time. As we have a few new players among us, a quick round up on personal logs:
All players need to submit a personal log for one of their characters by the end of the month. If…
Author: Commander Scarlet Blake
Posted on: 25 Sep 2023 @ 6:15pm
Category: General News
Happy Holdiays
For those that celebrate, Merry Christmas and for the rest since there are many holidays this time of year, Happy Holidays to the rest. Bendithion disglair i chi - Bright blessings to you. (I got to practice my Welsh).
Have a good one everyone!
Author: Commander Allyndra illm Warraquim
Posted on: 24 Dec 2022 @ 2:31pm
Category: General News
Personal Log Reminder
Hi all!
Just a reminder, whilst basking in this amazing summer sun, (well, at least it's a pretty good show of it here!), that you have a week to get your personal logs in for this month. The tension is starting to wind up on the mission, I look forward…
Author: Commander Scarlet Blake
Posted on: 23 Jun 2022 @ 2:09pm
Category: General News
Final Call for Personal Logs
Hello,
Just a reminder that you have a day left to get your personal logs in for April. This is the perfect 'calm before the storm' moment for all our intrepid characters!
Looking forward to reading,
Katy
Author: Commander Scarlet Blake
Posted on: 30 Apr 2022 @ 2:37pm
Category: General News
Final Call for Personal Logs
Hello,
Just your friendly neighbourhood spiderman reminder that it's your last day to get in your Personal Logs. Looking forward to them!
Thanks,
Katy
Author: Commander Scarlet Blake
Posted on: 31 Mar 2022 @ 2:29pm
Category: General News
March Personal Logs
Hello!
Just a reminder that you have a week to get your personal logs in for March. My topic tips for this month:
Feeling dizzy from all the sudden twists and turns? Tell the agony computer all about it.
How's the transit going without alcohol to help it along? I'm…
Author: Commander Scarlet Blake
Posted on: 24 Mar 2022 @ 8:49pm
Category: General News
Sim Milestone - Ten-Year Anniversary
It's with much pride and honor that I announce our game's 10th anniversary. Our adventures started in February 2012 and we've just crossed the decade mark into March 2022.
Remarkable. Outstanding. Proud and humbling. It's hard to convey the emotions I'm feeling. Back in '12 when I was going through…
Author: Rear Admiral Lirha Saalm
Posted on: 03 Mar 2022 @ 6:45pm
Category: Sim Announcement
Personal Log Reminder
Hello,
Just a reminder that you have 1 day left to get your personal logs in for February. There's been a lot of changes on the Gally for your characters to get their log teeth into, so I look forward to reading them!
Thanks,
Katy
Author: Commander Scarlet Blake
Posted on: 01 Mar 2022 @ 2:33pm
Category: General News
Personal logs are back!
Hello,
Personal logs are back on the menu! But because February is a shorter month, you'll have a couple more days this time. Please post your personal log by Wednesday 2nd March.
Thanks,
Katy
Author: Commander Scarlet Blake
Posted on: 25 Feb 2022 @ 5:23pm
Category: General News
Officer Corps - Physical Training
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...INCOMING MESSAGE...
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CLEARANCE: Level 4
FROM: CMDR Scarlet Blake
TO: Galileo Officer Corps
All officers are to report to Holodeck One tomorrow at 0530, without exception.
Be ready and prepared for a robust physical training session. All officers are expected to perform to their best and display the…
Author: Commander Scarlet Blake
Posted on: 06 Feb 2022 @ 9:09pm
Category: In-Character
Ship Wide Announcement - Alcohol Restriction
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...INCOMING MESSAGE...
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CLEARANCE: Level 1
FROM: CMDR Scarlet Blake
TO: All USS Galileo Personnel
Effective immediately, the consumption of alcohol is prohibited until further notice.
To facilitate this order, the Calisto bar and the Mess will not be serving alcohol and all personnel will be required to relinquish…
Author: Commander Scarlet Blake
Posted on: 06 Feb 2022 @ 7:16pm
Category: In-Character
January Personal Logs
Happy hump day,
Personal logs are due soon but I'm going to make them optional this month. Almost half of us are on LOA for various reasons so I want to give everyone a break to tend to OOC affairs.
We can start logs back up in February when we…
Author: Rear Admiral Lirha Saalm
Posted on: 26 Jan 2022 @ 5:26pm
Category: General News
Ship Status - Departure Imminent
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...INCOMING MESSAGE...
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CLEARANCE: Level 1
FROM: CMDR Scarlet Blake
TO: All USS Galileo Personnel
Effective immediately, shore leave has been postponed.
All crew are to return to Galileo to prepare for departure.
The ship will leave dock at 0345 hrs. I expect crew to be at their stations…
Author: Commander Scarlet Blake
Posted on: 10 Jan 2022 @ 6:36pm
Category: In-Character
Personal (Yule) Logs
Hello,
I wanted to put out the reminder a little earlier this month, as December is likely to get busy for most of us. Personal Logs are due by the end of the month...don't forget, if you need to go on LOA over the holidays please let us know and…
Author: Commander Scarlet Blake
Posted on: 14 Dec 2021 @ 5:46pm
Category: General News
Monthly Website Update
Website Update (November 2021)
Work on our new website continues after a long COVID hiatus. Progress is going well and the expected deployment date is late December.
Updated Pages
- Crew Manifest - the ship's manifest has been edited to reflect all current characters. Character bios and avatars were reformatted…
Author: Rear Admiral Lirha Saalm
Posted on: 29 Nov 2021 @ 7:01pm
Category: Website Update
Happy Holidays
Tomorrow is the beginning of the holiday season for many of us. Those in the US will be celebrating Thanksgiving, with Christmas festivities just around the corner.
Enjoy your vacations and be safe during your travels. If anyone needs a LOA for any reason, please submit one through the Control…
Author: Rear Admiral Lirha Saalm
Posted on: 24 Nov 2021 @ 4:41pm
Category: General News
Character Creation Changes
Hello Everyone,
The GMs have recently been discussing our manifest composition, specifically the prevalence of hybrid race and custom species characters. It's been a long-standing tradition on our game that we allow for the creation of unique non-canon species as well as hybrid characters. We want to preserve this.
Currently…
Author: Commander Scarlet Blake
Posted on: 17 Nov 2021 @ 5:16pm
Category: General News
Personal Logs Resuming
Greetings,
It's been a while since we last wrote personal logs. Our game is back in a healthy form so I want to reinstate our original monthly PL requirement. To refresh, all active players must write and publish one personal log per month, due by the last day of the…
Author: Rear Admiral Lirha Saalm
Posted on: 16 Nov 2021 @ 10:21pm
Category: General News
Episode 17 Complete
Our first Season 4 mission, Episode 17 (Crystal of Life), is now complete and finished. I've just moved all remaining EP17 JPs over to EP18 and closed the episode.
Thank you all for your diligence and excellent writing over the last two years (and bearing through COVID). This mission was…
Author: Rear Admiral Lirha Saalm
Posted on: 03 Nov 2021 @ 5:20pm
Category: General News
Tunguska event
FYI today is the 112th anniversary of the largest recorded impact (though some might say it was Tesla).
Yes larger ones in prehistory, but we are talking recorded.
So happy big BOOM day!
Author: Commander Allyndra illm Warraquim
Posted on: 30 Jun 2020 @ 5:00pm
Category: General News
It might be coming
Yes indeed, warp drive might be coming.
I was perusing some news and NASA is working on something called the Alcubierre Drive.
https://www.universetoday.com/89074/what-is-the-alcubierre-warp-drive/
Think of it as sort of like the magician pulling the table cloth out. Space-time stretches such that it shrinks in front and stretches to the rear…
Author: Commander Allyndra illm Warraquim
Posted on: 12 May 2020 @ 9:02pm
Category: General News
Happy Mother's Day
Happy Mother's Day:
Here in the USA we're celebrating the weirdest Mother's Day yet. Socially Distant. I'd like to take a moment and acknowledge and thank all the Mother's out there in our game. Thanks for all you do for families, for children. The grown-up ones and the wee ones…
Author: Lieutenant JG Matthew Plumeri
Posted on: 10 May 2020 @ 4:15pm
Category: Out-of-Character
miniature black hole
This is an interesting article
https://www.nature.com/articles/nature22373
However without slogging through the paper this is a great summary
https://www.livescience.com/59307-molecular-black-hole-created.html
While the article says not actual black hole, the electrons seem to disappear from existance.
Author: Commander Allyndra illm Warraquim
Posted on: 02 Aug 2019 @ 4:31pm
Category: General News
The universe just got a whole lot weirder
And you thought that quantum mechanics was as Einstein stated, “Spooky action at a distance,” then my favourite quote from ‘Jurassic Park’, “Hang onto your butts.”
Most of us have heard about quantum entanglement. It is that odd property in which two quantum systems meet and entangle then even across…
Author: Commander Allyndra illm Warraquim
Posted on: 09 Jul 2019 @ 12:22pm
Category: General News
Mirror Universe maybe real
https://www.newscientist.com/article/mg24232330-200-weve-seen-signs-of-a-mirror-image-universe-that-is-touching-our-own/
Interesting read
Author: Commander Allyndra illm Warraquim
Posted on: 06 Jun 2019 @ 1:14pm
Category: General News
Sim Milestone - 15,000 Posts
Happy New Year!
As we move into 2019 and celebrate our game's 7-year anniversary next month, we also recently passed the 15,000-post mark. This is an incredible achievement for all of us and a testament to the strength of our writing community.
None of this would have been possible without…
Author: Rear Admiral Lirha Saalm
Posted on: 31 Dec 2018 @ 1:27pm
Category: Sim Announcement
A new supra group in the tree of life
https://www.quantamagazine.org/what-a-newfound-kingdom-means-for-the-tree-of-life-20181211/
The tree of life just got another major branch. Researchers recently found a certain rare and mysterious microbe called a hemimastigote in a clump of Nova Scotian soil. Their subsequent analysis of its DNA revealed that it was neither animal, plant, fungus nor any recognized type of protozoan —…
Author: Commander Allyndra illm Warraquim
Posted on: 17 Dec 2018 @ 1:57pm
Category: General News
A Sad Good Bye
Hello and Good Evening!
It is with trepidation that I post this this evening. I am stepping down as Executive Officer of the sim, as I will be away for a few months. I am leaving attend OCS for the US NAVY. Once I finish with OCS I will be…
Author: Commander Aren Ban
Posted on: 22 Aug 2018 @ 10:45pm
Category: Sim Announcement
Jean-Luc Picard returns
Patrick Stewart will reprise his role as Jean-Luc Picard in a new Star Trek series.
https://variety.com/2018/tv/news/star-trek-patrick-stewart-picard-cbs-all-access-1202895410/
Author: Commander Allyndra illm Warraquim
Posted on: 04 Aug 2018 @ 7:03pm
Category: General News
Some congratulations are in order
I am probably going to get flogged for jumping over the captain but just to let everyone know.
The Galileo got a Silver unit of distinction for May. The Galileo has gotten silver or gold for the past several months and that means it is you the crew that has…
Author: Commander Allyndra illm Warraquim
Posted on: 17 Jun 2018 @ 12:16pm
Category: General News
Rocket: The Newest Nerd
Hey everyone,
I just got back from an LOA that was a little longer than I had planned. That is for good reason. After all, my daughter was just born and I wanted to spend more time with her.
If you want to learn more about her, feel free to…
Author: Chief Warrant Officer 3 Azra Ghoc
Posted on: 16 May 2018 @ 7:36am
Category: Out-of-Character
FNN Special Report
"SFS To Dissolve SFMC"
Earth, Paris - JUN 23, 2391 - By Jamoran Piilun
Following months of deliberation among all chartered worlds, the Federation Council has just approved Measure 1917, effectively dissolving the remains of the Starfleet Marine Corps into Starfleet Security primary operations. Federation News Network sources say this…
Author: Rear Admiral Lirha Saalm
Posted on: 21 Apr 2018 @ 2:49pm
Category: In-Character
Congratulations to all.
I just received word that Galileo was awarded Theta Fleet's Silver Unit of Distinction for February.
Thank you all for making it happen and congratulations!
Marilyn
Author: Commander Allyndra illm Warraquim
Posted on: 19 Mar 2018 @ 11:23am
Category: General News
Sad news indeed
Well I am sure many of you have already heard but yesterday Professor Stephen Hawking passed away.
Just out of interest he was born exactly 300 years after the death of Galileo Galilei and died on Pi day.
RIP Professor and thank you for you brilliant insights.
Author: Commander Allyndra illm Warraquim
Posted on: 14 Mar 2018 @ 12:26pm
Category: General News
A Far Sun departure
Everyone,
I am going to leave this open until 1200 PDT March 15. Please check for tags and sign off.
Consensus is to jump to arrival and I will put a mass JP start up for that on the 15th.
If anyone wants to add any travel time posts feel…
Author: Commander Allyndra illm Warraquim
Posted on: 12 Mar 2018 @ 9:51pm
Category: General News
Finishing up old posts
Yes me again. Considering I would like to get the Schofield to depart by February 27 try to finish up any pending posts especially the cadet cruise.
Thank you
Marilyn
Author: Commander Allyndra illm Warraquim
Posted on: 23 Feb 2018 @ 12:22pm
Category: General News
Monthly logs
Everyone, we are still going to do monthly logs. No award again.
Since I am a bit late getting this out, logs will be due before March 2nd.
Thank you
Marilyn
Author: Commander Allyndra illm Warraquim
Posted on: 23 Feb 2018 @ 12:19pm
Category: General News
A far sun
In a bit I am going to put up the first bit of a ship wide JP. Jay has given me approval to start a sort of side mission. I know things have been a bit slow lately but hopefully this little mission (maybe not quite so little). So everyone…
Author: Commander Allyndra illm Warraquim
Posted on: 20 Feb 2018 @ 12:01pm
Category: General News
Weekly Update
Hey team,
Happy holidays to all and hope no one's working too hard. The last couple weeks have been pretty fun and I don't have much to announce except a couple quick reminders.
First, new tags for many characters are now pending in the cadet training post so be sure…
Author: Rear Admiral Lirha Saalm
Posted on: 25 Nov 2017 @ 2:42pm
Category: General News
Upcoming Post Purge
Afternoon all, a quick notice that I'll be doing a post purge in 48 hours on Friday evening. There's a few old posts that haven't been worked on for a while so I'll be going into the saved JP list and deleting any JP that hasn't been updated since the…
Author: Rear Admiral Lirha Saalm
Posted on: 15 Nov 2017 @ 2:55pm
Category: General News
New Deployment Listings
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...INCOMING MESSAGE...
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CLEARANCE: Level 1
FROM: 7th Fleet Command
TO: E-1 - E-9, O-1 - O-6, and CIV unassigned personnel
ALCON,
New operational postings are now available for consideration, see the following:
USS Valley Forge NCC-43305; DP 16 mo; SB-234
USS T'Kumbra NCC-62100; DP 6 mo; SB-67
USS…
Author: Rear Admiral Lirha Saalm
Posted on: 03 Nov 2017 @ 2:11pm
Category: In-Character
Weekly Update
Morning all, here's a brief update on our current affairs as we get ready for the end of the month.
Our Academy training JP is now in motion and new orders have been issued! Please be sure to stay on top of your tags to allow the post to move…
Author: Rear Admiral Lirha Saalm
Posted on: 25 Oct 2017 @ 10:53am
Category: General News
Some Science News
Hello.
Some of you might have seen some of this or not but the link to the first article is actually quite something. The standard model has predicted more baryonic matter (protons, neutrons, electrons) then we have ever been able to observe and calculate. Well, turns out it is out…
Author: Commander Allyndra illm Warraquim
Posted on: 10 Oct 2017 @ 12:11pm
Category: General News
Shore Leave Recall
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...INCOMING MESSAGE...
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CLEARANCE: Level 2
FROM: RADM Julio Vega
TO: Cmdrs. Ban, Blake, Warraquim, et ALCON
ALCON,
Shore leave recall in effect from stardate 68440.1 to 68451.0. Report to Starbase 001 dock 30 by 0400 stardate 68451.0. Orders are as follows:
1) Support Starfleet Academy cadet training needs…
Author: Rear Admiral Lirha Saalm
Posted on: 04 Oct 2017 @ 4:09pm
Category: In-Character
Academy OPTR 499 - Deployment Orders
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...INCOMING MESSAGE...
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CLEARANCE: Level 2
FROM: RADM Julio Vega
TO: All Cadets, Course OPTR 499 Sections 001-002
Cadets,
Operational training to commence on stardate 68451.0 at 1000 and end on stardate 68467.5. See updated course syllabus attachment for assignment details.
Report to Starbase 001 dock 30 by 0600…
Author: Rear Admiral Lirha Saalm
Posted on: 04 Oct 2017 @ 3:53pm
Category: In-Character
Weekly Update
Afternoon Galileans!
A short and sweet update this week since there isn't much new to mention. Personal logs are due by Saturday evening and award submissions are now closed. Please don't submit any new awards until further notice.
A quick update on the new website and new mission will be…
Author: Rear Admiral Lirha Saalm
Posted on: 26 Sep 2017 @ 12:42pm
Category: General News
Weekly Update
Morning!
Just a short message to keep you all updated on a few upcoming dates. But first, a quick heads-up that the website news items will be more sporadic from now until the new website is up and running. I'm moving content between the databases and will be focusing on…
Author: Rear Admiral Lirha Saalm
Posted on: 17 Sep 2017 @ 9:53am
Category: General News
It was 40 years ago this month
That Voyager 1 and 2 were launched.
Voyager 1 is now the only craft that humanity has launched to have entered interstellar space.
No one expected that either craft would still be operating yet they do (but bad for slide rules and pencils!). Expected that the fuel will finally run…
Author: Commander Allyndra illm Warraquim
Posted on: 05 Sep 2017 @ 12:39pm
Category: General News
Weekly Update
Hey all, looks like I missed last week's update :( Sorry!
It's now the end of August and I see a lot of fun writing in the works. The shore leave subplots are coming along great and we have about another 30 days to get them all wrapped up in…
Author: Rear Admiral Lirha Saalm
Posted on: 31 Aug 2017 @ 4:28pm
Category: General News
Weekly Update
Hi team,
August is chugging right along and there's a lot of JPs now in progress. Shore leave is now in full swing so please remember to visit the Subplot Signup Sheet to create and join any adventures with the rest of the crew. If anyone needs access to…
Author: Rear Admiral Lirha Saalm
Posted on: 15 Aug 2017 @ 5:32pm
Category: General News
Weekly Update
Hi team,
I've got a short but sweet update this week. Shore leave is now upon us, and with Saalm's trial now underway and the new mission days open, there's some great writing opportunities for anyone who's interested. Remember to visit the Subplot Signup Sheet to create and join…
Author: Rear Admiral Lirha Saalm
Posted on: 05 Aug 2017 @ 2:09pm
Category: General News
Monthly Website Update
Website Statistics (July 2017)
Total Page Hits: 77,584
Total Pages Viewed: 25,998
# of Visitors: 2,695
Avg. Visitors/Day: 86.94
Updated Pages
- Crew Manifest - the personnel roster has been updated to reflect the newest character additions and departures.
- Mission Status Display - the sidebar mission status indicator has been…
Author: Rear Admiral Lirha Saalm
Posted on: 05 Aug 2017 @ 1:29pm
Category: Website Update
Weekly Update
Hey gang,
Today brings an eventful weekly update with some new mission days and a new player :)
Now that our crew debriefings are all finished, I'm going to open up the shore leave period for all of us. I know you've all been waiting a while for the chance…
Author: Rear Admiral Lirha Saalm
Posted on: 31 Jul 2017 @ 1:48pm
Category: General News
Attention All Unassigned Civilian and Fleet personnel
Attention all currently unassigned Civilian and Fleet personnel.
Recently an agreement has been made with the Akkadian Council to allow the presence of a Class 2 base to study and be a launch platform to the mostly unexplored Sagittarius Arm of the galaxy. The base will be located on or…
Author: Commander Allyndra illm Warraquim
Posted on: 28 Jul 2017 @ 11:51am
Category: General News
Weekly Update
Good Evening, friends!
Tonight I bring our latest weekly update report with a few minor news items and a couple of new player announcements.
We've officially entered the heart of the summertime period which is both a blessing and a curse. On one hand it means that many of us…
Author: Rear Admiral Lirha Saalm
Posted on: 22 Jul 2017 @ 7:17pm
Category: General News
Weekly Update
Evening all, and happy Friday!
We're approaching mid-July and this past week's been a bit quiet. Lots of JPs are in the works behind the scenes, and now that our new mission days are open, please dive into some posts and finish up your planning for shore leave. We'll be…
Author: Rear Admiral Lirha Saalm
Posted on: 14 Jul 2017 @ 9:26pm
Category: General News
Weekly Update
Howdy gang, and welcome to July! Happy Canada Day to all of our Canucks, and Happy 4th to all the Yankees :)
This week we're opening up a new set of mission days. Our initial debriefing interviews with our guest writers have been a lot of fun to read, and…
Author: Rear Admiral Lirha Saalm
Posted on: 03 Jul 2017 @ 6:16pm
Category: General News
Monthly Website Update
Website Statistics (June 2017)
Total Page Hits: 109,699
Total Pages Viewed: 29,979
# of Visitors: 1,076
Avg. Visitors/Day: 35.86
Updated Pages
- Mission Status Display - the sidebar mission status indicator has been updated to reflect the newest mission days.
- Mission Operations - Mission Briefing Room (S3, E5) -…
Author: Rear Admiral Lirha Saalm
Posted on: 03 Jul 2017 @ 6:08pm
Category: Website Update
Star Trek vs Star Wars vs Battlestar Galactica vs Andromeda vs Farscape vs Mass Effect
Pretty darn awesome if you ask me.
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=3kJaa1tdUQE&t=162s
Author: Lieutenant JG Cameron
Posted on: 29 Jun 2017 @ 1:14pm
Category: General News
Weekly Update
Afternoon/Evening Galileans! I bring good tidings on this lovely summer day. I hope that you all are staying cool and enjoying the good weather.
All's been well this past week and there are no new major updates to announce. Our IC interviews and debriefings are going well, and we should…
Author: Commander Aren Ban
Posted on: 25 Jun 2017 @ 6:40pm
Category: General News
Weekly Update
Afternoon/Evening Galileans! I bring good tidings on this lovely summer day.
All's been well this past week and there are no new major updates to announce. Our IC interviews and debriefings are going well, and all of them should be wrapped up by the end of the month. If anyone…
Author: Rear Admiral Lirha Saalm
Posted on: 12 Jun 2017 @ 4:40pm
Category: General News
Monthly Website Update
Website Statistics (May 2017)
Total Page Hits: 155,217
Total Pages Viewed: 35,668
# of Visitors: 1,743
Avg. Visitors/Day: 56.23
New Pages
- Science Database - Nekomi Species Data - General species details for the Nekomi race have been added and uploaded to the Science database.
- Science Database -…
Author: Rear Admiral Lirha Saalm
Posted on: 03 Jun 2017 @ 7:20pm
Category: Website Update
Weekly Update
Hey team, June is now upon us and I hope the summer is going well for everyone so far.
Not much to mention this week since things have been moving along excellently. Lots of fun new JPs have been posted, so if you haven't already, get caught up on your…
Author: Rear Admiral Lirha Saalm
Posted on: 03 Jun 2017 @ 7:07pm
Category: General News
Weekly Update
Afternoon all,
May is almost over and it's been a great month so far. Activity has been strong and the beginning of our shore leave is coming along nicely. Recently, the new interview JPs with our guest writers have begun to take place, so keep an eye on your inboxes…
Author: Rear Admiral Lirha Saalm
Posted on: 26 May 2017 @ 4:20pm
Category: General News
Weekly Update
Hi gang, me again with the weekly update!
We're off to a great start in EP15 and it's fun to read some of the new JPs and PLs popping up. Perhaps most importantly, we've finally arrived back at Earth after a very long absence. Our arrival JP is now in…
Author: Rear Admiral Lirha Saalm
Posted on: 17 May 2017 @ 6:39pm
Category: General News
Weekly Update
Afternoon Galileans,
May is now upon us and it's looking glorious! Lots of fun JPs appear to be in the works and the subplot signup sheet for EP15 has just been posted. For anyone who wants to engage in some character development over the next month, please read the latest…
Author: Rear Admiral Lirha Saalm
Posted on: 08 May 2017 @ 4:46pm
Category: General News
Monthly Website Update
Website Statistics (April 2017)
Total Page Hits: 155,762
Total Pages Viewed: 46,245
# of Visitors: 1,390
Avg. Visitors/Day: 46.33
New Pages
- Mission Operations - Mission Briefing Room (S3, E5) - Emanation briefing has been created and uploaded with the new mission details.
Updated Pages
- Mission Status…
Author: Rear Admiral Lirha Saalm
Posted on: 02 May 2017 @ 9:01pm
Category: Website Update
Weekly Update
Hey all, me again!
With EP14 now closed and EP15 underway, it's great to see new JPs popping up and some new mission days available for everyone to write on. We've got about another OOC week before we finally arrive back on Earth and the debriefings begin, so please use…
Author: Rear Admiral Lirha Saalm
Posted on: 01 May 2017 @ 6:28pm
Category: General News
Episode 14 Complete
Evening all, I'm very pleased to announce that our fourth Season 3 mission, Episode 14 (Statecraft), is now complete and finished! I've just moved all remaining EP14 JPs over to EP15 and closed the episode.
Thank you all so much for seeing another great mission through from start to finish!…
Author: Rear Admiral Lirha Saalm
Posted on: 01 May 2017 @ 6:15pm
Category: General News
Weekly Update
Evening Galileans!
Much has happened over the last week which means it's time for more updates :)
First, I've just brought EP15 online and MDs -45 through -33 are now available for posting. These are transit days aboard the Saber-class USS Chaka which will be taking us from the Neutral…
Author: Rear Admiral Lirha Saalm
Posted on: 23 Apr 2017 @ 6:19pm
Category: General News
Interesting article on silicone lifeforms
http://www.space.com/36477-silicon-based-alien-life-possible.html?ref=yfp
Combination of silicone and carbon
Author: Commander Allyndra illm Warraquim
Posted on: 16 Apr 2017 @ 2:53pm
Category: General News
Weekly Update
Hi all, me again with an eventful holiday update! I hope everyone who celebrates is enjoying time with their families, and that all is well on the homefront.
The past week has been most excellent with some great contributions from everyone. The final plot reveal has just occurred which means…
Author: Rear Admiral Lirha Saalm
Posted on: 16 Apr 2017 @ 2:33pm
Category: General News
Weekly Update
Evening gang,
As we start to wrap up our current episode, please take this time (the next three weeks) to start and finish any posts you would like to write for our current mission. Our current all-crew JP has been progressing faster than expected which is excellent, and it looks…
Author: Rear Admiral Lirha Saalm
Posted on: 09 Apr 2017 @ 6:06pm
Category: General News
Weekly Update
Morning all,
April is now upon us and it looks glorious! I know we've all been enjoying ourselves in the current mission, and it looks like this will be our final month of adventures aboard IKS DuJa'Q. Our current post is now in full-swing and there's only one final mission-specific…
Author: Rear Admiral Lirha Saalm
Posted on: 03 Apr 2017 @ 1:03am
Category: General News
Monthly Website Update
Website Statistics (March 2017)
Total Page Hits: 131,258
Total Pages Viewed: 36,405
# of Visitors: 1,413
Avg. Visitors/Day: 45.58
Updated Pages
- Mission Status Display - the sidebar mission status indicator has been updated to reflect the new mission days, starship location, and Klingon alert status.
- Starship Status Display -…
Author: Rear Admiral Lirha Saalm
Posted on: 03 Apr 2017 @ 12:39am
Category: Website Update
Weekly Update
Hey gang, Spring is finally upon us!
Hope you're all getting the chance to get outside and enjoy the nice weather wherever you are. And for those of you in school, hope you had a great spring break.
We seem to be right on pace with our writing now that…
Author: Rear Admiral Lirha Saalm
Posted on: 26 Mar 2017 @ 3:02pm
Category: General News
Supplemental Update
Hey all, a quick notice that I've just opened up new mission days for writing.
Since we're almost finished with our current all-crew JP, MD 07 through MD 11 are now online and available for posting. These mission days are transit time from the SB-234 vicinity to the Klingon Neutral…
Author: Rear Admiral Lirha Saalm
Posted on: 21 Mar 2017 @ 3:59pm
Category: General News
Weekly Update
Evening team,
Another great week has passed despite the time flux. Hope all of you have channeled your inner-Borg to adapt to the daylight savings change.
Some excellent new JPs have been posted in the last seven days and we're almost ready to wrap up our adventure in the Beta…
Author: Rear Admiral Lirha Saalm
Posted on: 19 Mar 2017 @ 7:22pm
Category: General News
Weekly Update
Afternoon team, Happy Friday and apologies for the weekly update delay!
Not much to report this week as we seem to be making good progress on our adventures. The recent posts that've been published are all great reads, so make sure stay caught up on your reading in order to…
Author: Rear Admiral Lirha Saalm
Posted on: 10 Mar 2017 @ 4:35pm
Category: General News
Monthly Website Update
Website Statistics (February 2017)
Total Page Hits: 21,313
Total Pages Viewed: 14,116
# of Visitors: 1,984
Avg. Visitors/Day: 70.85
New Pages
- Episode 14 - Statecraft - our new mission, Episode 14, has been brought online and is filled with all the pertinent details.
- Mission Operations - Mission…
Author: Rear Admiral Lirha Saalm
Posted on: 05 Mar 2017 @ 6:23pm
Category: Website Update
Weekly Update
Hey gang,
February's a short month and has flown by so quickly! Our first JP series in the new mission was just posted and it looks great. Currently we're working on our first encounter (roadblock) post, but there's plenty of interim transit time for everyone to explore their characters and…
Author: Rear Admiral Lirha Saalm
Posted on: 27 Feb 2017 @ 9:11pm
Category: General News
Weekly Update
Hey gang, time for the weekly update! It was a busy weekend for me so apologies for the delay in posting our updates.
As you've all seen, EP13 is now closed and completed. Special thanks to all of our active and LOA players who participated...it was truly a fun and…
Author: General ('aj) Ko'raH House of G'Iogh
Posted on: 19 Feb 2017 @ 9:52pm
Category: General News
Episode 13 Complete
Evening gang, I'm happy to announce that our third Season 3 mission, Episode 13, is now complete and finished! I've just moved all remaining EP13 JPs over to EP14 and closed the episode.
I must commend all of you for the excellent writing and roleplay that I saw in EP13.…
Author: General ('aj) Ko'raH House of G'Iogh
Posted on: 16 Feb 2017 @ 6:40pm
Category: General News
Sim Milestone - Five-Year Anniversary
Hi all, it's with much pride and joy that I announce our sim's 5th-year anniversary! Yes, our valiant crew has now been undertaking our scientific adventures for five full years...quite a remarkable feat within the Trek simming genre and within the online RPG world.
Each year has brought with it…
Author: General ('aj) Ko'raH House of G'Iogh
Posted on: 09 Feb 2017 @ 5:25pm
Category: Sim Announcement
Weekly Update
Hi team, apologies for the recent website troubles. We missed last week's update due to some hosting problems but they've now been resolved and we're back in action. Hopefully everyone's been able to stay updated on recent events through our Yahoo list.
In light of the recent delays, the deadline…
Author: General ('aj) Ko'raH House of G'Iogh
Posted on: 08 Feb 2017 @ 8:50pm
Category: General News
Monthly Website Update
Website Statistics (January 2017)
Total Page Hits: 79,663
Total Pages Viewed: 21,191
# of Visitors: 2,148
Avg. Visitors/Day: 69.29
Updated Pages
- Crew Manifest - the ship's manifest has been edited to reflect all new & depated players and PNPCs.
- Duty Roster - the ship's duty roster has…
Author: Rear Admiral Lirha Saalm
Posted on: 02 Feb 2017 @ 4:07am
Category: Website Update
Weekly Update
Hi team, the end of the month is near and preparations are fully in place to begin our transition to EP13. I just finished revising a draft of the mission plan which I'll be sending to the rest of the CS for review. We should have it finalized by Friday…
Author: General ('aj) Ko'raH House of G'Iogh
Posted on: 26 Jan 2017 @ 4:36am
Category: General News
Weekly Update
Hey gang, I've got an eventful update this week with a few bits of new info and future plans.
Some great tags and posts have been going out recently and we're making good progress on our group JPs. Some of them look ready to wrap up in the near future,…
Author: General ('aj) Ko'raH House of G'Iogh
Posted on: 19 Jan 2017 @ 4:30am
Category: General News
Weekly Update
Evening Galileans, seems like the last week flew right by with some great tags, new posts, and fun character development. Keep up the excellent work as we push into the middle segment of our current episode.
All current mission days (01-14) are still open for the time being. Next weekend…
Author: General ('aj) Ko'raH House of G'Iogh
Posted on: 09 Jan 2017 @ 12:44am
Category: General News
Episode 12 Complete
Hi all, I'm happy to announce that our second Season 3 mission, Episode 12, is now complete and finished! I've just moved all remaining EP12 JPs over to EP13 and closed the episode.
As always, it's a special time for us when we're able to finish a mission and advance…
Author: General ('aj) Ko'raH House of G'Iogh
Posted on: 02 Jan 2017 @ 6:09am
Category: General News
Monthly Website Update
Website Statistics (December 2016)
Total Page Hits: 121,195
Total Pages Viewed: 29,606
# of Visitors: 2,234
Avg. Visitors/Day: 72.06
New Pages
- Mission Operations - Mission Briefing Room (S3, E3) - Rogue briefing room page and mission details have been created and uploaded.
- Episode 13 - Rogue -…
Author: General ('aj) Ko'raH House of G'Iogh
Posted on: 02 Jan 2017 @ 5:35am
Category: Website Update
Weekly Update
Hey gang, want to first wish everyone a very happy New Year if I don't see you all before then. I can't believe it's almost 2017 already but yet here it is!
Not much news to mention this week. We still have quite a few LOAs because of the holiday…
Author: General ('aj) Ko'raH House of G'Iogh
Posted on: 31 Dec 2016 @ 12:47am
Category: General News
Guess Who's Back?
[ON]
Howdy boys and girls, familiar faces, and new ones I haven't actually met yet, it's me - your not-so-friendly-actually-quite-grumpy-used-to-be-XO-then-CO-then-Academy-Instructor back from self imposed exile!
Now that that's all over with and I can take a breath - HI!
So before anyone panics, I won't be coming back aboard ship…
Author: Captain Jonathan Holliday
Posted on: 30 Dec 2016 @ 4:05pm
Category: General News
Weekly Update
Happy holidays and Merry Xmas to all! I wish each of you a wonderful weekend and hope you're all surviving family visits and terrible in-laws :)
Not much to mention this week except to give a one-week reminder that EP12 will be closing next Saturday, December 31st. If you have…
Author: General ('aj) Ko'raH House of G'Iogh
Posted on: 24 Dec 2016 @ 10:14pm
Category: General News
Weekly Update
Greetings Galileans, I have an exciting update for everyone this week with lots of new news and mission updates.
First, our migration to Theta Fleet is now complete. I'm very pleased it went so smoothly and efficiently. Everyone I've met has been very kind and helpful thus far. Our fleet…
Author: Rear Admiral Lirha Saalm
Posted on: 17 Dec 2016 @ 9:24pm
Category: General News
Weekly Update
Evening crew, I bring good tidings of upcoming Xmas to all and I hope everyone is enjoying the holidays and exams ;) Yes, those tests are stressful but vacation is soon in sight!
I've just posted our initial plot reveal for Kreanus so head on over and give it a…
Author: Rear Admiral Lirha Saalm
Posted on: 09 Dec 2016 @ 4:24am
Category: General News
Monthly Website Update
Website Statistics (November 2016)
Total Page Hits: 78,968
Total Pages Viewed: 19,378
# of Visitors: 1,627
Avg. Visitors/Day: 54.23
Updated Pages
- Crew Manifest - the ship's manifest has been edited to reflect all new & depated players and PNPCs.
- Duty Roster - the ship's duty roster has…
Author: Rear Admiral Lirha Saalm
Posted on: 02 Dec 2016 @ 4:33am
Category: Website Update
Weekly Update
Hey all,
Hope everyone had a great November, and for those Yankees in here, that we all had a fun and fruitful Thanksgiving holiday. It's a busy time of year for a lot of us and I thank everyone for keeping in touch with me to let me know about…
Author: Rear Admiral Lirha Saalm
Posted on: 02 Dec 2016 @ 4:23am
Category: General News
Weekly Update
Afternoon Galileans,
I've returned from my LOA and am now back in action. Details of my adventures and future availability have been posted on the Yahoo list so give the messages a quick read. I'm in the process of getting caught up on all our JPs and pending requests, and…
Author: Rear Admiral Lirha Saalm
Posted on: 23 Nov 2016 @ 10:54pm
Category: General News
Monthly Website Update
Website Statistics (October 2016)
Total Page Hits: 85,858
Total Pages Viewed: 30,724
# of Visitors: 2,158
Avg. Visitors/Day: 69.61
New Pages
- Science Database - Kreanus - planet Kreanus has been created and uploaded to our stellar cartography database.
Updated Pages
- Crew Manifest - the ship's…
Author: Rear Admiral Lirha Saalm
Posted on: 21 Nov 2016 @ 9:38am
Category: Website Update
Weekly Update
Weekly update time!
I finished posting our Panko series of JPs over the weekend. Reading back through them, they're probably most fun series of all-crew JPs that I've ever been a part of here. They got a bit chaotic and hectic at times, but the end product is amazing to…
Author: Rear Admiral Lirha Saalm
Posted on: 25 Oct 2016 @ 2:06am
Category: General News
Weekly Update
Evening Galileans,
Apologies for the delay in our latest update. I tried to save the best for the weekend :D
As you've all hopefully seen by now, our mission has taken an unexpected twist. Sadly our valiant starship was unable to survive the Klingon's combat barrage in the nebula. Details…
Author: Rear Admiral Lirha Saalm
Posted on: 15 Oct 2016 @ 4:41am
Category: General News
Monthly Website Update
Website Statistics (September 2016)
Total Page Hits: 136,533
Total Pages Viewed: 57,027
# of Visitors: 3,246
Avg. Visitors/Day: 108.2
Updated Pages
- Mission Status Display - New alert status and present location has been updated.
- Crew Manifest - the ship's manifest has been edited to reflect all new…
Author: Rear Admiral Lirha Saalm
Posted on: 02 Oct 2016 @ 1:13am
Category: Website Update
Weekly Update
Hi team, here's our weekly update!
Behind the scenes I've seen some great posting and activity from everyone. I'd like to express my gratitude to all of you for being so involved and enthusiastic in our current posts. Tagging and OOC participation has been up across the board over the…
Author: Rear Admiral Lirha Saalm
Posted on: 02 Oct 2016 @ 12:39am
Category: General News
Weekly Update
Evening all,
The last two weeks have been great and character interaction has been most excellent. I've been reading all of our published JPs and it's very fun to see all of the relationships (and rivalries) forming ;)
We're currently in the middle of a couple large posts so there's…
Author: Rear Admiral Lirha Saalm
Posted on: 20 Sep 2016 @ 1:10am
Category: General News
Monthly Website Update
Website Statistics (August 2016)
Total Page Hits: 153,310
Total Pages Viewed: 65,195
# of Visitors: 2,606
Avg. Visitors/Day: 84.06
New Pages
- Science Database - Paulson Nebula - a wiki page with detailed info about the Paulson Nebula has been created and uploaded.
- Mission Operations - Mission Briefing…
Author: Rear Admiral Lirha Saalm
Posted on: 07 Sep 2016 @ 1:06am
Category: Website Update
Proxima b
I mentioned a bit back about the discovery of a world around Proximan Centauri, our nearest stellar neighbor.
http://www.nature.com/nature/journal/v536/n7617/full/nature19106.html
Here is a link the abstract, you have to have a subscription for the full article.
Anyway, as mentioned the planet is in the habitable zone, is rocky in composition about…
Author: Commander Allyndra illm Warraquim
Posted on: 04 Sep 2016 @ 8:08pm
Category: General News
Weekly Update
Happy Friday, Galileans!
This past week.5 has been very nice. Lots of posts, lots of character development and an excellent round of tagging in our big JPs.
A quick notice to everyone that both MD 01 and MD 02 are online for posting. There's about 30+ hours between our main…
Author: Rear Admiral Lirha Saalm
Posted on: 02 Sep 2016 @ 7:43pm
Category: General News
Possible SETI signal
SETI researchers say an intriguing radio spike was detected last year by the RATAN-600 radio telescope. (Credit: SAO RAS)
SETI researchers are buzzing about a strong spike in radio signals that seemed to come from the direction of a sunlike star in the constellation Hercules, known as HD 164595.
The…
Author: Commander Allyndra illm Warraquim
Posted on: 29 Aug 2016 @ 12:22am
Category: General News
Prton Radius Puzzle and possible MOND
Sorry everyone, but I was reading an interesting article on a phenomenon known as the Proton Radius Puzzle.
I am not going to go into detail but the gist is that when you measure the radius of a simple hydrogen atom (a single proton) one can determine the radius. What…
Author: Commander Allyndra illm Warraquim
Posted on: 28 Aug 2016 @ 11:36pm
Category: General News
Possible habital world next door.
I am sure some may have seen this and I have held off but the paper has been
accepted by peer review Nature (and trust me they are tough). A planet has beeb discovered in the habital zone and is rocky with an estimated size of 1.3 earth madd
orbiting…
Author: Commander Allyndra illm Warraquim
Posted on: 24 Aug 2016 @ 9:42pm
Category: General News
Weekly Update
Hey team,
A couple quick announcements this week, most of which have already been posted in some form or another on the Y! list. First, I've finally gotten around to overhauling the manifest. All new duty shifts, crew quarters, roommate assignments, and promotions are now complete. All of the updated…
Author: Rear Admiral Lirha Saalm
Posted on: 23 Aug 2016 @ 9:25pm
Category: General News
Episode 11 Complete
Hey team, I'm happy to announce that our first Season 3 mission, Episode 11, is now complete and finished! I've just moved all remaining EP11 JPs over to EP12 and closed the episode.
As always, it's always a special time for us when we're able to finish a mission and…
Author: Rear Admiral Lirha Saalm
Posted on: 20 Aug 2016 @ 1:55am
Category: General News
Weekly Update
Afternoon gang,
I'm happy to announce that EP 12 is now online and available for posting. MDs -07 through -01 are open for any JPs you'd like to do. These mission days are considered transit time, aka the period when Galileo travels from Celes III back to SB-234. Please keep…
Author: Rear Admiral Lirha Saalm
Posted on: 11 Aug 2016 @ 5:52pm
Category: General News
Monthly Website Update
Website Statistics (July 2016)
Total Page Hits: 79,495
Total Pages Viewed: 27,308
# of Visitors: 1,974
Avg. Visitors/Day: 63.68
Updated Pages
- Mission Status Display - All new open mission days have been added to reflect our current posts-in-progress.
- Fleet Assignment Display - The TF 21 ship listing…
Author: Rear Admiral Lirha Saalm
Posted on: 02 Aug 2016 @ 10:38pm
Category: Website Update
Weekly Update
Evening Galileans!
This week's update is short and sweet. Our departure JP from Celes III is now underway and we're about to wrap up EP 11. EP 12 should be coming online within the next day or two and I'm just putting the finishing touches on the image work and…
Author: Rear Admiral Lirha Saalm
Posted on: 02 Aug 2016 @ 10:19pm
Category: General News
Weekly Update
Evening all!
This week's been a busy one for me as I'm sure you were able to read on our Yahoo list. Lots of stuff to catch up on including a few player departures, an inactivity purge, and new mission planning. Thanks so much to all of you for your…
Author: Rear Admiral Lirha Saalm
Posted on: 22 Jul 2016 @ 10:42pm
Category: General News
Weekly Update
Afternoon Galileans,
It's nice to be back with all of you from my LOA and I'm working my way through reading some of the excellent JPs and personal logs that were recently posted. Some fantastic writing and character building here!
I don't have much major news to announce this week.…
Author: Rear Admiral Lirha Saalm
Posted on: 11 Jul 2016 @ 6:12pm
Category: General News
Monthly reminder
Just a quick reminder to everyone that is not on LOA or ELOA (as I almost forgot myself) but end of the month is coming up. Personal logs and crew's choice nominations.
Marilyn
Author: Commander Allyndra illm Warraquim
Posted on: 27 Jun 2016 @ 5:59pm
Category: General News
Weekly Update
Hello team! Great tidings to all this evening and I have a short series of announcements to make tonight.
First, although our recruiting is officially closed, I'm very happy to announce two new Galileans who joined us this past week. Both of them have expressed a strong interest in joining…
Author: Rear Admiral Lirha Saalm
Posted on: 09 Jun 2016 @ 4:20am
Category: General News
Monthly Website Update
Website Statistics (May 2016)
Total Page Hits: 123,138
Total Pages Viewed: 35,771
# of Visitors: 2,814
Avg. Visitors/Day: 90.77
Updated Pages
- Mission Status Display - New open mission days have been added to reflect our current posts-in-progress.
- Crew Manifest - the ship's manifest has been edited to…
Author: Rear Admiral Lirha Saalm
Posted on: 09 Jun 2016 @ 3:51am
Category: Website Update
Weekly Update
Evening all!
I hope everyone is doing well and those of you in the US were able to enjoy a long weekend and some vacation. I know a lot of us have been busy recently, so try to get out and get some sun and stress relief.
All is moving…
Author: Rear Admiral Lirha Saalm
Posted on: 01 Jun 2016 @ 5:17am
Category: General News
Weekly Update
Evening team!
Sorry for the delay in getting this update out. We've been moving along smoothly and there wasn't much to mention last week.
This week, however, we're doing great work on our pending JPs and I'm excited to see where they lead! MDs 13 through 20 are now open…
Author: Rear Admiral Lirha Saalm
Posted on: 25 May 2016 @ 3:59am
Category: General News
New Star Trek series
Not sure if anyone else has seen this yet or not but CBS (in America) has decided to do a new Star Trek TV series. Mid-season replacement which means early 2017.
Not much known yet but says: New crew, new villians, new worlds.
A small teaser is out.
http://www.ign.com/articles/2016/05/18/cbs-unveils-new-star-trek-series-teaser
Author: Commander Allyndra illm Warraquim
Posted on: 19 May 2016 @ 5:03pm
Category: General News
Weekly Update
Evening Galileans!
I've returned from my purgatory and am now fully active once again :)
We've had many E/LOAs during this past week and I know it's a busy time for many people...please enjoy (or lament) your RL duties and take care of them before you return to the sim.…
Author: Rear Admiral Lirha Saalm
Posted on: 09 May 2016 @ 9:51pm
Category: General News
Monthly Website Update
Website Statistics (April 2016)
Total Page Hits: 102,210
Total Pages Viewed: 34,985
# of Visitors: 2,624
Avg. Visitors/Day: 87.46
Updated Pages
- Mission Status Display - Blue alert has been set to reflect our current posts-in-progress.
- Crew Manifest - the ship's manifest has been edited to reflect all…
Author: Rear Admiral Lirha Saalm
Posted on: 09 May 2016 @ 9:45pm
Category: Website Update
Weekly Update
Howdy all,
Another week has passed and it has been a great one! EP10 is now officially closed and all remaining posts have been moved to EP11. Our new mission timeline is now online and we are making our way to the surface of the planet. Our all-crew JPs are…
Author: Rear Admiral Lirha Saalm
Posted on: 23 Apr 2016 @ 2:15am
Category: General News
Episode 10 Complete
Hey team, I'm happy to announce that our shore leave mission, Episode 10, is now complete and finished! I've just moved all remaining EP10 JPs over to EP11 and closed the episode.
It's a special time whenever we finish a mission from start to finish. Thank you to all of…
Author: Rear Admiral Lirha Saalm
Posted on: 16 Apr 2016 @ 11:10pm
Category: General News
Weekly Update
Hi gang, apologies for the omission of our last weekly update! It's a busy time of year for many of us university students and we've had a few recent LOAs posted in order for players to take advantage of some time off to focus on their studies.
The past two…
Author: Rear Admiral Lirha Saalm
Posted on: 11 Apr 2016 @ 6:01am
Category: General News
Monthly Website Update
Website Statistics (March 2016)
Total Page Hits: 136,352
Total Pages Viewed: 58,135
# of Visitors: 3,311
Avg. Visitors/Day: 106.8
Updated Pages
- Website Graphics - two new images have been created and uploaded; the new splash page image on the index.html page, and the new EP11 mission banner on…
Author: Rear Admiral Lirha Saalm
Posted on: 07 Apr 2016 @ 7:40pm
Category: Website Update
Weekly Update
Evening Galileans, this week's update is eventful and there's a couple important notices to relay.
First, our departure JP is now underway which is the transition post between the two episodes. I'll be bringing EP11 online tomorrow afternoon and it will be available for posting along with an updated briefing…
Author: Rear Admiral Lirha Saalm
Posted on: 21 Mar 2016 @ 5:27am
Category: General News
Weekly Update
Evening, team! I'm finally back online and all caught up after an unexpected password delay. I've got some short but important information to relay to everyone, so please take notice of our upcoming events.
First, Episode 11 will be beginning one week from now, on Thursday the 17th. This means…
Author: Rear Admiral Lirha Saalm
Posted on: 11 Mar 2016 @ 5:24am
Category: General News
Monthly Website Update
Website Statistics (February 2016)
Total Page Hits: 164,333
Total Pages Viewed: 80,617
# of Visitors: 3,345
Avg. Visitors/Day: 119.46
New Pages
- Mission Operations - Mission Briefing Room (S3, E1) - Divinum Mundi briefing has been created and uploaded. The tentative mission timeline has been displayed.
Updated Pages…
Author: Rear Admiral Lirha Saalm
Posted on: 09 Mar 2016 @ 12:38am
Category: Website Update
Weekly Update
Good evening/morning Galileans!
This week's update will be brief yet eventful. First, we have two new players who just joined us. Please help me welcome:
ENS Jaana Voutilainen, Stellar Cartographer
ENS Lia Circe, ACIO
Both Lia and Jaana are returning players who have spent prior time with us…
Author: Rear Admiral Lirha Saalm
Posted on: 26 Feb 2016 @ 6:29am
Category: General News
Weekly Update
Afternoon all,
Another week has passed with more excellent JPs. It's great to see us in full swing as we prepare for our upcoming departure from Jupiter Station.
This week has been eventful and I'm pleased to officially announce three new players who recently joined us. Please welcome:
ENS
Author: Rear Admiral Lirha Saalm
Posted on: 18 Feb 2016 @ 8:05pm
Category: General News
Weekly Update
Evening Galileans, this week we begin by officially announcing the arrival of our newest player. For those of you who have not met him yet, please help us welcome:
CWO2 Anthony Duval, Engineering Officer
Duval is a returning member who was with us briefly during our MU episode, and…
Author: Rear Admiral Lirha Saalm
Posted on: 10 Feb 2016 @ 2:20am
Category: General News
Sim Milestone - Four-Year Anniversary
Hi all, it's with great pleasure that I am able to announce this very special occasion for our sim. We have had many players aboard our game over the years, each of whom have contributed some great writing and storytelling to our fiction while helping further our Trek adventures.
Each…
Author: Rear Admiral Lirha Saalm
Posted on: 04 Feb 2016 @ 11:00pm
Category: Sim Announcement
Monthly Website Update
Website Statistics (January 2016)
Total Page Hits: 156,792
Total Pages Viewed: 47,436
# of Visitors: 3,335
Avg. Visitors/Day: 107.58
Updated Pages
- Mission Status Display - new open mission days have been added and the in-game date has been adjusted accordingly.
- Fleet Assignment Display - the fleet assignment…
Author: Rear Admiral Lirha Saalm
Posted on: 04 Feb 2016 @ 10:17pm
Category: Website Update
Weekly Update
Hi gang, another week great week has gone by and I've had the pleasure of reading some great JPs and PLs. It's great to see everyone settling into both the sim and our shore leave mission, and our symposium adventures are a delight to browse.
I don't have much to…
Author: Rear Admiral Lirha Saalm
Posted on: 01 Feb 2016 @ 1:44am
Category: General News
Executive Order Sierra-Two-Seven-Alpha
From - Office of Fleet Personnel - Starfleet Command - San Francisco - Earth - Sol System
To - Holliday, Captain Jonathan - Commanding Officer - USS Galileo
This Executive Order is issued to you with the full authority of Starfleet Command. You are both requested and required to…
Author: Captain Jonathan Holliday
Posted on: 20 Jan 2016 @ 6:07pm
Category: In-Character
Weekly Update
Hey team, a short update for this week as we appear to be moving along at a great pace with our mission.
New mission days have been opened up, and these are MD 81 through MD 88. You may all begin writing and posting on these days if you like,…
Author: Rear Admiral Lirha Saalm
Posted on: 19 Jan 2016 @ 11:29pm
Category: General News
Monthly Website Update
Website Statistics (December 2015)
Total Page Hits: 167,279
Total Pages Viewed: 38,255
# of Visitors: 2,848
Avg. Visitors/Day: 82.73
Updated Pages
- Mission Status Display - new open mission days have been added and the in-game date has been adjusted accordingly.
- Crew Manifest - the ship's manifest has…
Author: Rear Admiral Lirha Saalm
Posted on: 08 Jan 2016 @ 4:41am
Category: Website Update
Weekly Update
Hello Galileans, this week has hopefully been great for everyone as we usher in the new 2016 year. Our upcoming 4-year anniversary looms on the horizon and I'm very excited to start our new season of writing.
All is well aboard the sim and our shore leave continues to expand.…
Author: Rear Admiral Lirha Saalm
Posted on: 08 Jan 2016 @ 4:11am
Category: General News
Weekly Update
Hi team, I am alive! After being ambushed by family and children for the Xmas weekend, things have finally returned to normal and I'm able to catch up on admin duties.
I hope you've all had a wonderful holiday so far if you celebrate, and I hope everyone's upcoming New…
Author: Rear Admiral Lirha Saalm
Posted on: 29 Dec 2015 @ 1:25am
Category: General News
Episode 09 Complete
Hi all, I'm happy to announce that Episode 09 is now fully complete and finished! I've just moved all remaining EP09 JPs over to EP10 and closed the episode, and as always, it's a special time whenever we finish a mission from start to finish.
Thank you to all of…
Author: Rear Admiral Lirha Saalm
Posted on: 29 Dec 2015 @ 12:52am
Category: General News
Monthly Website Update
Website Statistics (November 2015)
Total Page Hits: 133,190
Total Pages Viewed: 32,291
# of Visitors: 2,482
Avg. Visitors/Day: 82.73
Updated Pages
- Fleet Status Display - the fleet status sidebar panel has been updated with the most current URLs and TF 21 ship listing.
- Mission Status Display -…
Author: Rear Admiral Lirha Saalm
Posted on: 15 Dec 2015 @ 6:39am
Category: Website Update
Weekly Update
Hi team, I'm back in action now that my workload has calmed down. Seems we've all been very busy the past week which is great to see.
The monthly website update will be posted shortly and I'll be updating some of our web content to reflect the most recent changes.…
Author: Rear Admiral Lirha Saalm
Posted on: 15 Dec 2015 @ 6:14am
Category: General News
Weekly Update
Morning Galileans,
Today is a most special Monday because we have just completed EP09! The endgame was posted last night which means we are officially finished with the mission and will be moving on to shore leave in the coming hours. I'd like to give a special thanks to all…
Author: Rear Admiral Lirha Saalm
Posted on: 30 Nov 2015 @ 6:00pm
Category: General News
Weekly Update
Happy Thanksgiving to all our Yankees, and a belated Thanksgiving to our Canucks! I hope you all had/will have some fun time off to visit family and enjoy some shopping. :)
Life aboard the Gal is running smoothly and we're still on schedule to complete our endgame on time. There's…
Author: Rear Admiral Lirha Saalm
Posted on: 24 Nov 2015 @ 11:15pm
Category: General News
Sim Milestone - 10,000 Posts
It's with great pleasure that I can announce another very special milestone for our game: earlier this week we hit the 10,000 mission post mark!
This is the total post count for all of our combined missions and does not take into account the additional 820 personal logs...and best of…
Author: Rear Admiral Lirha Saalm
Posted on: 20 Nov 2015 @ 10:44pm
Category: Sim Announcement
Weekly Update
Hey team. Another quick update for everyone as we head into mid-November.
Our endgame JP has just been started and there's plenty of writing opportunities to be had for all factions. Please take a proactive approach to the JP and get yourselves involved instead of waiting for specific character tags.…
Author: Rear Admiral Lirha Saalm
Posted on: 16 Nov 2015 @ 2:15am
Category: General News
Monthly Website Update
Website Statistics (October 2015)
Total Page Hits: 154,915
Total Pages Viewed: 34,828
# of Visitors: 2,998
Avg. Visitors/Day: 96.71
Updated Pages
- Fleet Status Display - the fleet status sidebar panel has been updated with the most current URLs and TF 21 ship listing.
- Mission Status Display -…
Author: Rear Admiral Lirha Saalm
Posted on: 12 Nov 2015 @ 12:09am
Category: Website Update
Weekly Update
Hi gang, another week has now passed and it's been quite fun!
I've had the pleasure of reading some great collective and individual JPs and personal logs, so please keep up the great work!
For those who are interested, I've started another all-crew JP to help us resist the evil…
Author: Rear Admiral Lirha Saalm
Posted on: 10 Nov 2015 @ 2:06am
Category: General News
Weekly Update
Happy Halloween, Galileans! :)
I hope everyone is having fun this weekend and getting a chance to go out and enjoy the festivities. If you're dressing up, let us know and send some pics!
All is moving along well on the sim and our story is entering its next phase.…
Author: Rear Admiral Lirha Saalm
Posted on: 31 Oct 2015 @ 5:43am
Category: General News
Weekly Update
Oops, I did it again and forgot last week's update! Sorry!
We're moving forward now with our next plot progression which should be fun for everyone. Our TE alts will be meeting our PU characters, and I can't wait to see some of the resulting fireworks. The new JP has…
Author: Rear Admiral Lirha Saalm
Posted on: 19 Oct 2015 @ 6:32pm
Category: General News
Monthly Website Update
Website Statistics (September 2015)
Total Page Hits: 261,322
Total Pages Viewed: 63,777
# of Visitors: 2,213
Avg. Visitors/Day: 73.76
Updated Pages
- Fleet Status Display - the fleet status sidebar panel has been updated with the most current URLs and TF 21 ship listing.
- Crew Manifest - the…
Author: Rear Admiral Lirha Saalm
Posted on: 05 Oct 2015 @ 6:37pm
Category: Website Update
Weekly Update
Afternoon, gang. Not a whole lot to mention as far as updates go. A new JP is pending and will appear in your inboxes shortly while we continue the primary plot arc.
There aren't any new player announcements this week but we do have a pending one, and hopefully he…
Author: Rear Admiral Lirha Saalm
Posted on: 05 Oct 2015 @ 6:20pm
Category: General News
Weekly Update
Howdy team, me once again...with another weekly update! :D
Things have been fantastic this past week and our writing is as good as ever. Lots of fun character JPs have been posted and we're all making good headway on our primary plot JP, and I hope for it to be…
Author: Rear Admiral Lirha Saalm
Posted on: 30 Sep 2015 @ 1:03am
Category: General News
Weekly Update
Hi team,
This is actually a bi-weekly update since I wasn't able to post last week's update. My apologies!
We're chugging along strong right now and I've just had a chance to read over ten fantastic JPs in the last few days which are all most excellent :)
Our current…
Author: Rear Admiral Lirha Saalm
Posted on: 21 Sep 2015 @ 12:50am
Category: General News
Monthly Website Update
Website Statistics (August 2015)
Total Page Hits: 153,565
Total Pages Viewed: 33,380
# of Visitors: 1,298
Avg. Visitors/Day: 41.87
Updated Pages
- Starship Status Display - the details of Galileo current operational status have been updated with the most recent information.
- Mission Status Display - the details of our new…
Author: Rear Admiral Lirha Saalm
Posted on: 05 Sep 2015 @ 4:37pm
Category: Website Update
Weekly Update
Hi all, me once again with the weekly update.
First and foremost, welcome to September! We're approaching the fall months which usually see a big boost in activity and new players, and I can't wait for us to have some new faces join us and for our adventures to rapidly…
Author: Rear Admiral Lirha Saalm
Posted on: 04 Sep 2015 @ 2:59am
Category: General News
Weekly Update
Howdy gangileans, I've got a quick update for this past week's events. Progress is still moving along well on the mission front and we're about to begin several new JP's tomorrow after our landing sequence is posted. Keep an eye peeled on your inboxes for some new writing opportunities. Most…
Author: Rear Admiral Lirha Saalm
Posted on: 28 Aug 2015 @ 2:24am
Category: General News
Weekly Update
And we're back! It looks like our website issues have been resolved and I'd like to give a big thanks to everyone for being so patient over the past couple weeks. There's still a few kinks to work out with the Nova 2 version of this skin and I'll be…
Author: Rear Admiral Lirha Saalm
Posted on: 17 Aug 2015 @ 5:03pm
Category: General News
Weekly Update
Hi team, it looks like I missed last week's update...very sorry! We've all been pretty busy with our writing and RL summer plans, and things have been going great on the sim recently. We do have one issue still pending in regards to our website's email notifications. I'm still in…
Author: Rear Admiral Lirha Saalm
Posted on: 27 Jul 2015 @ 5:59pm
Category: General News
Weekly Update
Evening Galileans! Another busy week has passed and we're moving right along with our mission. Our arrival post is almost complete and will hopefully be posted by Friday which will give us a few IC days to explore our MU alts.
I'm almost finished with the MU manifest ranks and…
Author: Rear Admiral Lirha Saalm
Posted on: 14 Jul 2015 @ 1:54am
Category: General News
Weekly Update
Howdy gang,
My turn for the update this week!!
As Jay has already said Episode 8 is now closed and we are now moving into Episode 9, our Mirror Universe mission as drafted as evilly as possible by yours truly! This is my first mission where I've written the plot…
Author: Captain Jonathan Holliday
Posted on: 05 Jul 2015 @ 5:33pm
Category: General News
Monthly Website Update
Website Statistics (June 2015)
Total Page Hits: 210,640
Total Pages Viewed: 48,266
# of Visitors: 1,198
Avg. Visitors/Day: 39.93
New Pages
- Gameplay Manual - Terran Empire (MU) - political faction data regarding the Terran Empire has been created and uploaded.
- Gameplay Manual - Klingon-Cardassian Alliance (MU) -…
Author: Rear Admiral Lirha Saalm
Posted on: 05 Jul 2015 @ 4:19pm
Category: Website Update
Episode 08 Complete
Hey all, I'm happy to announce that Episode 08 is now complete and finished! As always, it's a special time whenever a sim finishes a mission from start to finish, and I'd like to thank all of you for your hard work and flexibility during the NIMBUS games. with the…
Author: Rear Admiral Lirha Saalm
Posted on: 05 Jul 2015 @ 3:43pm
Category: General News
Posting Format Reminder - Please review
Hi all,
Just a quick reminder of the posting format that we aim to always use in this sim - all posts should be structured the below :
[ON]
Subject material bla bla bla bla
[OFF]
Rank Name
Position
USS Galileo
[PNPC Your Main Character] (if applicable)
I've noticed a…
Author: Captain Jonathan Holliday
Posted on: 29 Jun 2015 @ 4:12pm
Category: General News
Weekly Update
Afternoon, Galileans,
It's been another excellent week with a lot of fun developments. Not only is EP 08 wrapping up, but EP 09 is now online and available for posting. All players should be added to the new JP in-progress, and if you're stuck finding things to do, give me…
Author: Rear Admiral Lirha Saalm
Posted on: 28 Jun 2015 @ 8:55pm
Category: General News
Weekly Update
Hi team, what a week it's been! Great progress on our endgame and I'm happy to see all the interest in our next mission! As you all probably know by now, the OOC framework for EP 09 has been disseminated on our Yahoo list so please have a read and…
Author: Rear Admiral Lirha Saalm
Posted on: 18 Jun 2015 @ 11:44pm
Category: General News
NIMBUS Conclusion
======================
...INCOMING MESSAGE...
======================
CLEARANCE: Level 1
FROM: RADM Lirha Saalm
TO: All USS Galileo, USS Chronos, USS Aventia, USS Nautilus, USS Atlas Personnel
All crew, be advised the NIMBUS training exercises have concluded and all essential and non-essential personnel are to report back to their respective starships by 1930.…
Author: Rear Admiral Lirha Saalm
Posted on: 10 Jun 2015 @ 6:02pm
Category: In-Character
Weekly Update
(This is a repost of Shaun's recent Yahoo message for archival purposes)
Hey guys,
Just your friendly XO here with your weekly run-down of Galilean news.
In fact, there's nothing really news-worthy to report this week. A few new faces have joined our dysfunctional family and I for one am…
Author: Rear Admiral Lirha Saalm
Posted on: 05 Jun 2015 @ 4:11pm
Category: General News
Monthly Website Update
Website Statistics (May 2015)
Total Page Hits: 194,532
Total Pages Viewed: 43,525
# of Visitors: 1,549
Avg. Visitors/Day: 49.96
New Pages
- Tactical Manual - D8 Battlecruiser - a new Klingon battlecruiser has been created and detailed for our game world.
Updated Pages
Author: Rear Admiral Lirha Saalm
Posted on: 04 Jun 2015 @ 7:35pm
Category: Website Update
Weekly Update
Howdy, another week has passed and we're making great progress on our endgame. I anticipate us finishing our current mission within the next two weeks, and the final act will be started in another JP very soon.
I'm happy to welcome three new players aboard our sim who recently joined…
Author: Rear Admiral Lirha Saalm
Posted on: 29 May 2015 @ 8:15pm
Category: General News
Weekly Update
Hi team, another week has passed and it's been quite action-packed with some fun personal subplots, new position promotions, and a giant space battle!
Everything is moving great so far and activity has been very good. We do have a few LOAs in progress and the most recent updated player…
Author: Rear Admiral Lirha Saalm
Posted on: 21 May 2015 @ 7:10pm
Category: General News
Weekly Update
Hi team! Another week has passed with some more great RPing. I don't have any major updates to mention, but for anyone not already aware, we have started our climax mission JP and it is now underway.
I know a lot of us have been busy recently with RL matters,…
Author: Rear Admiral Lirha Saalm
Posted on: 12 May 2015 @ 10:32pm
Category: General News
Weekly Update
Howdy all, greetings on this lovely Spring Thursday :) All is well aboard Galileo which is always great to see, and I'd like to congratulate everyone on a great month of writing in April. We had a great collective post count and a lot of really fun subplot JPs were…
Author: Rear Admiral Lirha Saalm
Posted on: 07 May 2015 @ 8:07pm
Category: General News
Monthly Website Update
Website Statistics (April 2015)
Total Page Hits: 264,630
Total Pages Viewed: 58,197
# of Visitors: 1,390
Avg. Visitors/Day: 46.3
Updated Pages
- Crew Manifest - the ship's manifest has been edited to reflect all new/departed players and PNPCs.
- Duty Roster - the ship's duty roster has been updated…
Author: Rear Admiral Lirha Saalm
Posted on: 05 May 2015 @ 7:50pm
Category: Website Update
Weekly Update
Howdy Galileans, this week was most excellent with some really fun contributions being added to our story. I've updated our wiki Briefing Room page and mission notes with the most recent additions, so be sure to log in and give them a look.
MD 02 is now online and available…
Author: Rear Admiral Lirha Saalm
Posted on: 26 Apr 2015 @ 10:53pm
Category: General News
Weekly Update
Hi team, me again with another weekly update as usual! Our diplomatic JPs are moving along excellently and most of our remaining touring posts should be completed and posted in the next few days. Our Warrior's Mess post is also looking great and I'd like to set an upcoming tentative…
Author: Rear Admiral Lirha Saalm
Posted on: 19 Apr 2015 @ 11:48pm
Category: General News
Weekly Update
Howdy all, it's been another productive week with even more great JPs coming out. Our main plot posts are also progressing nicely so keep up the great work!
I don't have anything major to announce this week, just a couple updates on our new personnel positions. Our new DHs have…
Author: Rear Admiral Lirha Saalm
Posted on: 12 Apr 2015 @ 7:47pm
Category: General News
Monthly Website Update
Website Statistics (March 2015)
Total Page Hits: 306,351
Total Pages Viewed: 72,177
# of Visitors: 1,519
Avg. Visitors/Day: 49
Updated Pages
- Crew Manifest - the ship's manifest has been edited to reflect all new/departed players and PNPCs.
- Duty Roster - the ship's duty roster has been updated…
Author: Rear Admiral Lirha Saalm
Posted on: 03 Apr 2015 @ 11:38pm
Category: Website Update
Weekly Update
Hello all!
I'm pleased to report that everything is going well with the mission! It's been great to see the amount of creativity and character work showing in the big JPs and I look forward to seeing how they all turn out.
This month is a full award month, meaning…
Author: Commander Scarlet Blake
Posted on: 02 Apr 2015 @ 9:29pm
Category: General News
Weekly Update
Morning Galileans, it's been another excellent week aboard the sim and some great JPs and PLs have recently been posted. We're also right on pace for our OOC mission timeline and everything appears to be running smoothly.
MD 01 is now open and available for writing. I've updated our mission…
Author: Rear Admiral Lirha Saalm
Posted on: 28 Mar 2015 @ 1:41pm
Category: General News
Weekly Update
Hi all, me again!!
So I get the fun of this week's update, and to start off with some awesome news!
It gives me great pleasure to announce we had a trio of wins in the fleet awards recently.
Firstly, our mighty overlord Jay took home the CO Of The…
Author: Captain Jonathan Holliday
Posted on: 19 Mar 2015 @ 4:56pm
Category: General News
Weekly Update
Hi team, me again with the weekly update! It's been another strong week of writing with lots of JPs and PLs posted which is great to see. As you've all seen, I just posted the final JPs for EP07 and our shore leave mission is now closed. Great work, guys,…
Author: Rear Admiral Lirha Saalm
Posted on: 06 Mar 2015 @ 6:50pm
Category: General News
Episode 07 Complete
Hi all, I've just published the final inspection posts for Sojourn which officially brings our shore leave to a close.
Episode 07 is now complete and finished! It's always a special time when a sim finishes a mission from start to finish, and I'd like to thank all of you…
Author: Rear Admiral Lirha Saalm
Posted on: 06 Mar 2015 @ 6:27pm
Category: General News
Monthly Website Update
Website Statistics (February 2015)
Total Page Hits: 356,576
Total Pages Viewed: 93,495
# of Visitors: 1,240
Avg. Visitors/Day: 44.29
New Pages
- Mission Briefing - S2, E3 (NIMBUS) - the new mission briefing page has been created and is online.
Updated Pages
- Website Skin - the website's…
Author: Rear Admiral Lirha Saalm
Posted on: 01 Mar 2015 @ 8:04pm
Category: Website Update
Loss of a Legend
When a CO of another ship told me this news, I honestly thought it was a joke. But it is not. Today the Star Trek world lost yet another legend.
Mister Leonard Nimoy died today at age 83. He suffered COPD for quite sometime. I know I will mourn his…
Author: Lieutenant Benice Gyce Ph.D.
Posted on: 27 Feb 2015 @ 8:17pm
Category: General News
Weekly Update
ALCON:
Hey guys,
Well, Yahoo Groups seems to have gotten a little confused this month with the fact that it's February and appears not to have sent out its reminder for the monthly Personal Logs and Crew Choice Award nominations. But it is business as usual so could you please…
Author: Commander Norvi Stace
Posted on: 27 Feb 2015 @ 11:05am
Category: General News
Weekly Update
Afternoon, Galileans! This week's update is short and sweet since we're now back on pace and running smoothly.
As all of you have already seen, Episode 08 is now online and available for posting. Currently only the transit days (MD -03 through MD -01) are available for posting, but soon…
Author: Rear Admiral Lirha Saalm
Posted on: 21 Feb 2015 @ 7:14pm
Category: General News
NIMBUS Departure
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...INCOMING MESSAGE...
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CLEARANCE: Level 1
FROM: RADM Lirha Saalm
TO: All USS Galileo, USS Chronos, USS Aventia, USS Nautilus, USS Atlas Personnel
All crew, be advised the task group will be departing SB-84 tomorrow evening at approximately 2000. All crew are to report to their designated assignments and…
Author: Rear Admiral Lirha Saalm
Posted on: 13 Feb 2015 @ 9:02pm
Category: In-Character
Weekly Update
Hello all!
Everything is going nice and smoothly, (should I be worried?), so there's not much I need to say this time around.
Just a reminder that we're closing in on the end of this shoreleave break, so keep wrapping up those final posts to get them out. There will…
Author: Commander Scarlet Blake
Posted on: 13 Feb 2015 @ 7:00pm
Category: General News
Weekly Update
Hi all, me again with another weekly update.
As you've all seen by now, the EP08 preview is now online for viewing. I plan to begin our new mission next weekend and I'll be providing more info for everyone as we approach the big day.
Now is a good time…
Author: Rear Admiral Lirha Saalm
Posted on: 06 Feb 2015 @ 6:54pm
Category: General News
Post Purge - Friday 6th February - 0900 GMT
Morning all,
Just a heads up that I'll be doing one of my usual post purges tomorrow at 9am GMT - anything that is from 2014 (and yes some posts still exist from then!) and anything before the 20th of January 2015 will be deleted to stop us ending up…
Author: Captain Jonathan Holliday
Posted on: 05 Feb 2015 @ 1:20pm
Category: General News
Sim Milestone - Three-Year Anniversary
Hi all, I'm forgoing our weekly update in favor of this most excellent sim announcement. Today is Galileo's 3rd anniversary! :D
Yes, it has indeed been three years since our tiny Nova-class first set sail from San Francisco Fleet Yards and I can't believe the time has gone by so…
Author: Rear Admiral Lirha Saalm
Posted on: 01 Feb 2015 @ 10:40pm
Category: Sim Announcement
Monthly Website Update
Website Statistics (January 2015)
Total Page Hits: 271,696
Total Pages Viewed: 70,309
# of Visitors: 1,571
Avg. Visitors/Day: 50.67
New Pages
- Tactical Manual - Hull Classification (Introduction) - a new page detailing the basics of starship hull classification.
- Tactical Manual - Hull Classification (Escort) - a new…
Author: Rear Admiral Lirha Saalm
Posted on: 01 Feb 2015 @ 10:07pm
Category: Website Update
Inspection
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...INCOMING MESSAGE...
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CLEARANCE: Level 1
FROM: Task Force 21 Command
TO: All USS Galileo Personnel
All crew, be advised RADM Saalm will be boarding USS Galileo in sixty (60) minutes to conduct a ship-wide inspection.
All Starfleet and civilian personnel are to secure their stations and work areas,…
Author: Rear Admiral Lirha Saalm
Posted on: 27 Jan 2015 @ 12:41am
Category: In-Character
Weekly Update
Afternoon, Galileans. I've got a short update this week since everything appears to be progressing smoothly. I've seen a lot of great JPs being posted recently which have been a pleasure to read, so keep up the great writing!
A quick reminder for everyone, personal logs and Crew's Choice award…
Author: Rear Admiral Lirha Saalm
Posted on: 25 Jan 2015 @ 7:12pm
Category: General News
Weekly Update
Good Morning, Galileans, I hope everyone's had a great week so far. It's almost Friday! :D
Everything is looking great on my end and the mission continues to chug right along. A few of our LOA players have returned so hopefully we'll see another boost in activity over the coming…
Author: Rear Admiral Lirha Saalm
Posted on: 15 Jan 2015 @ 5:14pm
Category: General News
Weekly Update
Hi all,
Sorry for this being late - I had every intention of putting this up yesterday and as usual one thing at work led to another and it was halfway through the evening before I knew it!!
Anyway - a happy new year to everyone that I haven't spoken…
Author: Captain Jonathan Holliday
Posted on: 09 Jan 2015 @ 10:55am
Category: General News
Monthly Website Update
Website Statistics (December 2014)
Total Page Hits: 181,369
Total Pages Viewed: 41,869
# of Visitors: 1,768
Avg. Visitors/Day: 57.1
New Pages
- Tactical Manual - Combat Overview (Nova-class) - a new page detailing the combat strengths and weaknesses of the Nova-class has been created and uploaded to a new…
Author: Rear Admiral Lirha Saalm
Posted on: 02 Jan 2015 @ 4:50pm
Category: Website Update
Weekly Update
Happy New Year, Galileans! I hope you all survived the festivities, and here's to an amazing 2015!
I don't have much new news to report this week. It seems to be business as usual aboard the sim. We do have quite a few E/LOAs at the moment so please be…
Author: Rear Admiral Lirha Saalm
Posted on: 02 Jan 2015 @ 4:30pm
Category: General News
Weekly Update
Good morning, Galileans! I hope you've all had a wonderful and relaxing week while enjoying some leisure time.
We're continuing to move right along with shore leave and we're on a good pace to complete our current episode within the next 30 days. All of our departmental subplots are progressing…
Author: Rear Admiral Lirha Saalm
Posted on: 27 Dec 2014 @ 2:33pm
Category: General News
Galileo Impulse, 4th Edition Q1 2015
Merry Xmas and happy holidays, Galileans! The new 1st quarterly 2015 edition of the Galileo Impulse sim newsletter is now online and published! It can be found at www.stgalileo.com/impulse/ or by clicking the Galileo Impulse link in the main navigation at the top of the page.…
Author: Rear Admiral Lirha Saalm
Posted on: 27 Dec 2014 @ 1:40pm
Category: Newsletter
Weekly Update
Hi guys!
Firstly, since it's the week before Christmas (and I'm massively Welsh!) let me say Nadolig Llawen to one... and all and that I hope that you're all gearing up for a festive few weeks with your loved ones.
As we all know, simming seems to take a back…
Author: Commander Norvi Stace
Posted on: 19 Dec 2014 @ 1:03pm
Category: General News
Weekly Update
Howdy gang, me again with another weekly update! Everything looks peachy on my end and we seem to be moving right along into the heart of vacation season. We have a few E/LOAs which are to be expected this time of year, and I'll do my best to keep everyone…
Author: Rear Admiral Lirha Saalm
Posted on: 13 Dec 2014 @ 4:36pm
Category: General News
Weekly Update
Morning all!!
As Jay has already done the monthly update I think he has covered most of the bases! The sim is progressing nicely and with Xmas coming up I'm sure everyone, myself included, will be taking some quieter time away from the Galileo to celebrate the holidays with their…
Author: Captain Jonathan Holliday
Posted on: 05 Dec 2014 @ 11:04am
Category: General News
Monthly Website Update
Website Statistics (November 2014)
Total Page Hits: 283,987
Total Pages Viewed: 59,813
# of Visitors: 1,812
Avg. Visitors/Day: 60.4
New Pages
- Medical Database - Bolian - Detailed biological data regarding the Bolian species has been created and uploaded to the database.
Updated Pages
Author: Rear Admiral Lirha Saalm
Posted on: 04 Dec 2014 @ 3:23pm
Category: Website Update
Weekly Update
Hi gang, it's been an excellent week for us both IC and OOC, and it's been great to see a lot of fun JPs and logs coming out recently. I hope everyone is enjoying the start of the holiday season and I hope all our USA players have awoken from…
Author: Rear Admiral Lirha Saalm
Posted on: 29 Nov 2014 @ 5:54pm
Category: General News
Weekly Update
Hello crew,
It has fallen to me this week to deliver the highly anticipated, electric weekly news update as we move into the final week of November. (I hope all the lads have got their 'taches on for Movember - and some of the ladies, maybe. We don't discriminate here…
Author: Commander Norvi Stace
Posted on: 21 Nov 2014 @ 11:37am
Category: General News
Weekly Update
Hello all!
It's great to see people getting stuck into some creative character development posts at the moment.
This IC quieter transit period and shoreleave is the ideal time to reach out to players you might not have written much with before and start a JP with some new or…
Author: Commander Scarlet Blake
Posted on: 14 Nov 2014 @ 3:32am
Category: General News
Weekly Update
Hi crew,
Well this week has been a quiet one in general - lots of posts being busily worked on, some of which have now been published but many of our collective subplots during shore leave I can see blossoming behind the scenes!
Shore Leave is a great opportunity for…
Author: Captain Jonathan Holliday
Posted on: 06 Nov 2014 @ 12:50pm
Category: General News
Monthly Website Update
Website Statistics (October 2014)
Total Page Hits: 242,623
Total Pages Viewed: 70,808
# of Visitors: 2,004
Avg. Visitors/Day: 31.8
New Pages
- Mission Operations - Mission Briefing Room (S2, E2) - Sojourn briefing details have been created and updated with the latest mission postings, mission days, and information.
Author: Rear Admiral Lirha Saalm
Posted on: 03 Nov 2014 @ 10:22pm
Category: Website Update
Weekly Update
Hi gang, it's business as usual this week so not much news to mention. Shore leave has officially started so please begin your subplots as soon as you like. There's no immediate rush to get them completed but I don't anticipate this mission lasting any longer than three months so…
Author: Rear Admiral Lirha Saalm
Posted on: 30 Oct 2014 @ 8:10pm
Category: General News
Recurring requests in subplots
Morning everyone,
I just wanted to write a short message as I have been asked a similar sort of thing by a few people now, and I just thought it easier to tell everyone in one go.
Access to Earth during this mission is pretty much not possible - the…
Author: Captain Jonathan Holliday
Posted on: 21 Oct 2014 @ 8:38am
Category: General News
Weekly Update
Howdy Galileans, it's been a busy week for me so my apologies for any delays (including this update!). I've got a few important pieces of news as we move our story forward.
First and most importantly, we've completed EP06 and all remaining EP06 posts have now been moved to EP07.…
Author: Rear Admiral Lirha Saalm
Posted on: 19 Oct 2014 @ 5:15pm
Category: General News
Episode 06 Complete
Hi team, I've just published the final post for Legend of Souls. It is a short epilogue detailing the final events of the mission as well as any possible future outcomes.
Episode 06 is now complete and closed! I'd like to thank everyone for a detailed and amazing mystery/horror…
Author: Rear Admiral Lirha Saalm
Posted on: 16 Oct 2014 @ 2:19pm
Category: General News
Weekly Update
Hello crew, I have great news for everyone. Episode 07 is now online and available for posting, and currently MD -27 through MD -01 (yes, minus) are open. MD -27 through -01 are the transit days during which Galileo will travel from Lyshan back to SB-84. I will be posting…
Author: Rear Admiral Lirha Saalm
Posted on: 09 Oct 2014 @ 2:49am
Category: General News
Monthly Website Update
Website Statistics (September 2014)
Total Page Hits: 200,765
Total Pages Viewed: 59,829
# of Visitors: 1,874
Avg. Visitors/Day: 38.24
Updated Pages
- Crew Manifest - the ship's manifest has been edited to reflect all new/departed players and PNPCs.
- Duty Roster - the ship's duty roster has been updated…
Author: Rear Admiral Lirha Saalm
Posted on: 02 Oct 2014 @ 9:10pm
Category: Website Update
Weekly Update
Good afternoon Galileans,
It's been yet another great week for JPs and we had an amazing last month of overall role-play. We posted well over 400 posts in September with almost 30 personal logs, and it was great to see everyone contributing and not only getting involved in the mission's…
Author: Rear Admiral Lirha Saalm
Posted on: 02 Oct 2014 @ 8:39pm
Category: General News
Weekly Update
Hey boys and girls,
So our current mission to Lyshan is slowly coming to an end, and very soon we will be releasing some information on our next assignment. As usual now that we are approaching the end of the month, it will be time for our personal logs and…
Author: Captain Jonathan Holliday
Posted on: 25 Sep 2014 @ 2:47pm
Category: General News
Weekly Update
Hello Galileans, I bring even more great news this week. Our mission climax has just been posted which can be read in the Legend of Souls 4-part JP series. We're now over the hump and moving quickly towards our endgame epilogue which will hopefully be completed within the next…
Author: Rear Admiral Lirha Saalm
Posted on: 18 Sep 2014 @ 5:15pm
Category: General News
Weekly Update
Hello all!
What a week for horror fans! Dark, twisted tunnels full of zombies....and even worse, piles and piles of cute little fluffy things! Noooooooooooooooo!
Anyway, the plot is proceeding nicely, thank you for such great contributions! Because things are going well, there's little to report this week.
Just a…
Author: Commander Scarlet Blake
Posted on: 12 Sep 2014 @ 7:44pm
Category: General News
Weekly Update
Hi crew, we're off to a solid start for the month and I'm happy to finally get us underway for the endgame of our current mission. I'm projecting us to finish up EP06 sometime in October which doesn't give us too much more time to write, so please do your…
Author: Rear Admiral Lirha Saalm
Posted on: 03 Sep 2014 @ 8:38pm
Category: General News
Monthly Website Update
Website Statistics (August 2014)
Total Page Hits: 218,097
Total Pages Viewed: 68,034
# of Visitors: 1,986
Avg. Visitors/Day: 37.47
New Content
- Sim Newsletter - Galileo Impulse - the third quarterly edition of the 2014 newsletter has been published and is online for viewing.
New Pages
Author: Rear Admiral Lirha Saalm
Posted on: 03 Sep 2014 @ 8:30pm
Category: Website Update
RE: Tribble Status - Orange Alert
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...INCOMING MESSAGE...
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CLEARANCE: Level 1
FROM: CDRE Lirha Saalm
TO: All USS Galileo Personnel
All crew are to disregard previous orders to decompress tribbles into space. The use of deadly force against tribbles is NOT authorized.
Any crew member discovered to have participated in the elimination of tribble…
Author: Rear Admiral Lirha Saalm
Posted on: 28 Aug 2014 @ 5:21pm
Category: In-Character
Tribble Status - Orange Alert
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...INCOMING MESSAGE...
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CLEARANCE: Level 1
FROM: CAPT Jonathan Holliday
TO: All USS Galileo Personnel
Tribbles have now compromised all primary systems aboard this vessel - as such I am ordering emergency countermeasures in order to prevent any loss of life.
Orange Alert is to be set throughout…
Author: Captain Jonathan Holliday
Posted on: 28 Aug 2014 @ 4:28pm
Category: In-Character
Weekly Update
Hello Galileans, I bring tidings of good news this most excellent Thursday. We've been working hard on our mission posts the past couple months and the end of our mission is now in sight. Our current Cave Terrors JP participants are working on our mission's climax which should be completed…
Author: Rear Admiral Lirha Saalm
Posted on: 28 Aug 2014 @ 4:02pm
Category: General News
Weekly Update
Hello everyone!
I hope things are well on whichever side of whichever pond you happen to sit on!
In terms of our update, we've had a really good week of writing. Our mission posts are pushing forward, so thank you to everyone who is working hard on those. We've also…
Author: Commander Scarlet Blake
Posted on: 20 Aug 2014 @ 8:00pm
Category: General News
Galileo Impulse, 4th Edition Q3 2014
Sorry for the delay, Galileans, but they say good things come to people who wait. The new 3rd quarterly 2014 edition of the Galileo Impulse sim newsletter is now online and published! It can be found at www.stgalileo.com/impulse/ or by clicking the Galileo Impulse link in…
Author: Rear Admiral Lirha Saalm
Posted on: 18 Aug 2014 @ 8:04pm
Category: Newsletter
Weekly Update
Morning crew!
For once I'm actually stuck for something to write - maybe it's because my IC keyboard is covered in tribbles but I'll leave that up to you lot to decide on!
The plot is moving along quite nicely if I do say so myself - we haven't had…
Author: Captain Jonathan Holliday
Posted on: 15 Aug 2014 @ 10:22am
Category: General News
Tribble Update - Yellow Alert!
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...INCOMING MESSAGE...
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CLEARANCE: Level 1
FROM: CAPT Jonathan Holliday
TO: All USS Galileo Personnel
It has come to my attention that tribbles have now accessed multiple systems aboard this vessel. As such I am ordering the immediate evacuation of all non-essential areas of the ship, to be followed…
Author: Captain Jonathan Holliday
Posted on: 06 Aug 2014 @ 9:21am
Category: In-Character
I'm Baaaaaack!
Hey boys and girls,
after a very unexpected lack of internet thanks to the telecoms company buggering up my house wiring I am back online! Apologies to anyone who's been waiting around for me - I will be getting caught up this morning so please put away your pitchforks and…
Author: Captain Jonathan Holliday
Posted on: 04 Aug 2014 @ 9:16am
Category: General News
Monthly Website Update
Website Statistics (July 2014)
Total Page Hits: 261,637
Total Pages Viewed: 85,880
# of Visitors: 1,673
Avg. Visitors/Day: 32.2
New Features
- Chat Room - a new proper chat room has been integrated with Nova and into the website. Chat features includes the ability to create multiple rooms, instant message…
Author: Rear Admiral Lirha Saalm
Posted on: 03 Aug 2014 @ 3:56pm
Category: Website Update
Message from Our TFCO
I'd like to share a very warm and heartfelt message I just received from our TFCO, RADM Hurin:
=========
Commodore Saalm and the Crew of the USS Galileo,
I wanted to share with you, and your crew the great pride I have watching the USS Galileo continuing it's everlasting streaks…
Author: Rear Admiral Lirha Saalm
Posted on: 31 Jul 2014 @ 6:42pm
Category: General News
Weekly Update
Hello all!
We've been a busy crew over the last few weeks. I don't think I've seen so many JPs in one month before! Good job everyone.
There's not much to report this week. I'd like to say another hello and welcome to our new players. I hope you've had…
Author: Commander Scarlet Blake
Posted on: 29 Jul 2014 @ 1:27pm
Category: General News
Weekly Update
Fellow Galileans, it's been another excellent week of writing and role play, and our primary mission plot and tribble subplot are moving along splendidly.
I don't have much news to report this week except for a plethora of new players who recently joined us. I'd like to officially welcome our…
Author: Rear Admiral Lirha Saalm
Posted on: 22 Jul 2014 @ 5:27pm
Category: General News
A request from the CO
Hey all,
I've been reading all the posts currently in the storyline (both published and unpublished) and I can see some really great work being done - it certainly makes me one of the proudest Captains on Obsidian Fleet right now!
Can I just ask in the spirit of this…
Author: Captain Jonathan Holliday
Posted on: 21 Jul 2014 @ 3:34pm
Category: General News
Post Purge
Hi all,
Just to let you know that as we are well and truly approaching the end of July, I will be going through the site on the morning of the 23rd of July - and at 0900 hours (GMT) will be deleting any and all posts with a "last…
Author: Captain Jonathan Holliday
Posted on: 21 Jul 2014 @ 10:23am
Category: General News
Weekly Update
Hi all,
It's been a quiet yet productive week on board this time - all posts seem to be coming along nicely and I'm not faced with a huge list of unworked documents which is always nice to see!!!
I wish I had more to write but with everything going…
Author: Captain Jonathan Holliday
Posted on: 14 Jul 2014 @ 10:30am
Category: General News
Weekly Update
Hi crew, we've had another productive week and I've got a few updates for everyone.
First, we are moving forward in our mission timeline. MD 07 and 08 are now open for writing, and MD 02 through MD 04 are now closed. Please do not begin any new JPs on…
Author: Rear Admiral Lirha Saalm
Posted on: 08 Jul 2014 @ 4:28pm
Category: General News
Monthly Website Update
Website Statistics (June 2014)
Total Page Hits: 128,391
Total Pages Viewed: 19,615
# of Visitors: 1,450
Avg. Visitors/Day: 30.2
New Pages
- Medical Database - Orion - biological and medical information for the Orion race has been uploaded to the medical database.
Updated Pages
Author: Rear Admiral Lirha Saalm
Posted on: 04 Jul 2014 @ 2:24pm
Category: Website Update
Tribble Alert
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...INCOMING MESSAGE...
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CLEARANCE: Level 1
FROM: CAPT Jonathan Holliday
TO: All USS Galileo Personnel
Tribbles have been confirmed as present aboard Galileo without supervision - as such it is extremely likely that primary and secondary systems are at risk of being compromised. Any and all actions should be…
Author: Captain Jonathan Holliday
Posted on: 02 Jul 2014 @ 4:08pm
Category: In-Character
Weekly Update
Hello everyone,
Things are moving well with our mission and there isn't too much to report this week.
Tweaks and changes are being made to the website and updates will continue for the next few days, so don't worry if things are looking different or changing before your very eyes...it's…
Author: Commander Scarlet Blake
Posted on: 01 Jul 2014 @ 3:44pm
Category: General News
Weekly Update
Hi team, I've got a relatively short update for everyone this week with no major announcements. Instead, I'd like to give a couple reminders for upcoming deadlines. Please be advised that I will be posting our mine investigation JPs no later than Sunday morning (the 29th), so please finish up…
Author: Rear Admiral Lirha Saalm
Posted on: 24 Jun 2014 @ 7:19pm
Category: General News
Weekly Update
Hello Galileans, I hope this update reaches all of you well. It's been another fun week of writing and it's great to see everyone enjoying our plot's horror and mystery elements as well as the beginning of our comedic subplot.
I'd first like to give a quick update on our…
Author: Rear Admiral Lirha Saalm
Posted on: 17 Jun 2014 @ 7:20pm
Category: General News
Weekly Update
Hello all,
On this very warm summer's evening, I'm just writing to update you briefly with the latest Galileo news!
Just a reminder that the new mission days have opened up to use (MD 05 and 06). However, if you wish to use those days for a post set on…
Author: Commander Scarlet Blake
Posted on: 09 Jun 2014 @ 7:39pm
Category: General News
Monthly Website Update
Website Statistics (May 2014)
Total Page Hits: 92,425
Total Pages Viewed: 14,123
# of Visitors: 1,363
Avg. Visitors/Day: 29.63
New Pages
- Wiki Category - Medical Database - a new category (formerly Player Manuals) has been created which will house pertinent medical information for various races and custom species.…
Author: Rear Admiral Lirha Saalm
Posted on: 05 Jun 2014 @ 7:42pm
Category: Website Update
Weekly Update
Hi all,
sorry this is a bit late - I find myself unexpectedly in Germany for the week with work so my access to an internet connection has been sporadic at best. The good news is now that I have reached hotel number 2 I seem to have a decent…
Author: Captain Jonathan Holliday
Posted on: 02 Jun 2014 @ 11:41am
Category: General News
Weekly Update
Greetings Galileans, I hope this update reaches all of you well and everyone is enjoying the beginning of summer. It's Memorial Day weekend here in the US so hopefully some of you are getting a chance to enjoy some nice weather and vacation time.
We've had another strong week of…
Author: Rear Admiral Lirha Saalm
Posted on: 25 May 2014 @ 3:47pm
Category: General News
Weekly Update
Hello all,
On this fine and sunny evening, I'm just writing to let you all know that things seem to be dandy!
We still have quite a few on LOA at the moment:
Zhao
Amril
Zaren
Beaumont
Crawley
Barel
Mott
Those of you who aren't well, please get well soon!…
Author: Commander Scarlet Blake
Posted on: 18 May 2014 @ 8:57pm
Category: General News
Weekly Update
I hope everyone is enjoying the beginning of summer and isn't too hectic with life right now ;) We've currently got eight players on E/LOA who I'm hoping will be returning to us in the coming weeks, so please be patient with our friends while they take care of their…
Author: Rear Admiral Lirha Saalm
Posted on: 11 May 2014 @ 10:16am
Category: General News
UPCOMING POST PURGE!!!
Hi all,
It's that time again -as we are now into May I will be taking my shears to the post list and anything that has a date in March will be getting deleted no later than 9am GMT on Thursday the 8th - as always if there's something in…
Author: Captain Jonathan Holliday
Posted on: 06 May 2014 @ 6:16am
Category: General News
Weekly Update
Hi all,
Your friendly XO turned CO here with some more words of wisdom! Everything seems to be going pretty smoothly onboard and I'm happy with how our mission is turning out - even if a certain Cardassian Gul is doing his best to rile up the entire crew!
This…
Author: Captain Jonathan Holliday
Posted on: 02 May 2014 @ 7:00am
Category: General News
Monthly Website Update
Website Statistics (April 2014)
Total Page Hits: 89,908
Total Pages Viewed: 17,148
# of Visitors: 1,345
Avg. Visitors/Day: 35.4
New Pages
- Galileo Impulse - the second quarterly edition of our newsletter has been published and is online and available to view.
Updated Pages
Author: Rear Admiral Lirha Saalm
Posted on: 01 May 2014 @ 9:30am
Category: Website Update
Weekly Update
Hello everyone,
After a week of some excellent writing on some pretty complex and rather massive JPs, there's only a couple of pieces of housekeeping to cover this time round.
First of all, it's that time of year for bugs and work to creep up on us. We have a…
Author: Commander Scarlet Blake
Posted on: 25 Apr 2014 @ 6:35am
Category: General News
Galileo Impulse, 4th Edition Q2 2014
It's with much pleasure that I announce the new 2nd quarterly 2014 edition the Galileo Impulse sim newsletter is now online and published! It can be found at www.stgalileo.com/impulse/ or by clicking the Galileo Impulse link in the main navigation at the top of the page.…
Author: Rear Admiral Lirha Saalm
Posted on: 19 Apr 2014 @ 6:01pm
Category: Newsletter
Weekly Update
I'm happy to see us making great strides on our main plot JPs and we're finishing the week out strong after a slow start. I don't have much major news to mention this time around, but we do have a new player who joined us late last week. I'd like…
Author: Rear Admiral Lirha Saalm
Posted on: 18 Apr 2014 @ 8:04pm
Category: General News
Episode 05 Complete
This is a bit belated but we've just officially posted the final JPs of our last mission and published them on the website (the Impulse Burn series). Episode 05 is now complete and closed, and I'd like to thank everyone for a hugely successful shore leave mission which included so…
Author: Rear Admiral Lirha Saalm
Posted on: 11 Apr 2014 @ 10:02am
Category: General News
Weekly Update
Hi all,
Me again, your friendly neighbourhood starship captain!
I get the fun of writing the weekly update today but unfortunately I haven't got a huge amount to write about! Our new mission has kicked off to a great start and soon we should be starting our investigation into what…
Author: Captain Jonathan Holliday
Posted on: 11 Apr 2014 @ 3:29am
Category: General News
Weekly Update
As we sail into the troubled, fluffy waters of our new mission, we're making great progress with ongoing JPs and writing.
We have a new player with us, so please be sure to chase him for JPs!
Lieutenant JG Wakeham Paul Alasia Ph.D. , Diplomatic Officer.
Just a reminder…
Author: Commander Scarlet Blake
Posted on: 03 Apr 2014 @ 3:59pm
Category: General News
Monthly Website Update
Website Statistics (March 2014)
Total Page Hits: 709,235
Total Pages Viewed: 918,934
# of Visitors: 1489
Avg. Visitors/Day: 48.0
New Pages
- Gameplay Manual - Style Guide - Some writing tips and tricks for sim continuity, including grammar, spelling and punctuation. This page is a guideline, not a set…
Author: Rear Admiral Lirha Saalm
Posted on: 03 Apr 2014 @ 10:16am
Category: Website Update
Weekly Update
It's been another great week of writing for all of us and we're about to begin our main plot JPs. MD 02 through 04 are now open for writing so feel free to begin JPs on those days. Please note we will be arriving at Lyshan III at ~1300 on…
Author: Rear Admiral Lirha Saalm
Posted on: 29 Mar 2014 @ 6:14pm
Category: General News
Weekly Update
Hello Galileans, not much new to report this week, it looks as though we're still right on track and working on some of our EP06 JPs. I want to keep us moving along at a good pace, therefore MD 02 thru 04 are now open to begin writing. I'll be…
Author: Rear Admiral Lirha Saalm
Posted on: 21 Mar 2014 @ 6:43am
Category: General News
Weekly Update
Hi all, it's been another fun week and by now our different departments should be working on their team briefings. I've posted the senior staff briefing which involved all DHs, so for all non-DH players, your team leaders should be getting in touch with you to organize some JPs very…
Author: Rear Admiral Lirha Saalm
Posted on: 14 Mar 2014 @ 12:24pm
Category: General News
Weekly Update
Hi crew, it's been another great week for us and I'm happy to see everyone settling in to our next episode so quickly. We're almost done with our Earth departure and senior staff briefing JPs, and both will be posted by the end of next week. I'll be speaking to…
Author: Rear Admiral Lirha Saalm
Posted on: 07 Mar 2014 @ 11:34am
Category: General News
Monthly Website Update
Website Statistics (February 2014)
Total Page Hits: 430,644
Total Pages Viewed: 420,373
# of Visitors: 908
Avg. Visitors/Day: 36.0
New Pages
- Mission Operations - Mission Briefing Room (S2, E1) - Legend of Souls briefing has been created and now contains the new mission information.
- Science Database…
Author: Rear Admiral Lirha Saalm
Posted on: 05 Mar 2014 @ 3:38pm
Category: Website Update
Post Purge
Hi all,
Just wanted to follow on from Jay's comments about the new mission starting soon and the deadline for all posts related to our shore leave mission.
As a heads up, once that deadline passes, the following day I will be going through the post records and anything that…
Author: Captain Jonathan Holliday
Posted on: 03 Mar 2014 @ 9:54am
Category: General News
Weekly Update
Hi gang, we're moving right along on schedule and I'm pleased to see us making good progress for the end of shore leave. Tomorrow I will be bringing the new mission online which will begin with our departure from Earth, and I will simultaneously be starting our senior staff briefing…
Author: Rear Admiral Lirha Saalm
Posted on: 28 Feb 2014 @ 11:37am
Category: General News
Personnel Recall
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...INCOMING MESSAGE...
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CLEARANCE: Level 1
FROM: CDRE Lirha Saalm
TO: All USS Galileo Personnel
Shore leave permissions have expired. USS Galileo deployment scheduled in 72 hours. All personnel are required to report to San Francisco Fleet Yards by 1600 hrs, stardate 67196.1, dock 34, USS Galileo. All belongings…
Author: Rear Admiral Lirha Saalm
Posted on: 26 Feb 2014 @ 3:12pm
Category: In-Character
Weekly Update
We've had another excellent week of writing accompanied by some great solo and joint posts, and even a couple awesome personal logs. Very nice!
Currently we're about 10 days away from the start of the new mission, and the sneak peak is now online for everyone to view under the…
Author: Rear Admiral Lirha Saalm
Posted on: 21 Feb 2014 @ 12:59pm
Category: General News
Weekly Update
Hi crew, we're chugging along at a good pace so now is a good time to give you all a two-week warning for the end of shore leave. I plan on starting our new mission on March 1st which gives everyone the next couple of weeks to start and finish…
Author: Rear Admiral Lirha Saalm
Posted on: 14 Feb 2014 @ 11:50am
Category: General News
Weekly Update
Hi all,
My turn to throw in my thoughts for the week! Nothing in particular to mention, but I don't think we should ignore this weekly writing tradition because things have been progressing without a hiccup!
We are swiftly approaching the end of our shore leave and as Jay has…
Author: Captain Jonathan Holliday
Posted on: 07 Feb 2014 @ 6:04am
Category: General News
Monthly Website Update
Website Statistics (January 2014)
Total Page Hits: 504,410
Total Pages Viewed: 477,164
# of Visitors: 1149
Avg. Visitors/Day: 38.3
Updated Pages
- Crew Manifest - the ship's manifest has been edited to reflect all promotions as well as new/departed players and PNPCs.
- Duty Roster - the…
Author: Rear Admiral Lirha Saalm
Posted on: 04 Feb 2014 @ 11:18am
Category: Website Update
Sim Milestone - Two-Year Anniversary
Hi crew, it's with great pride and honor that I announce today as our second sim anniversary! Galileo originally launched in late January 2012 with only four players, and now two years later, we are still operational and writing some fantastic stories. Our family has grown to be quite large…
Author: Rear Admiral Lirha Saalm
Posted on: 01 Feb 2014 @ 11:35am
Category: Sim Announcement
Weekly Update
Good morning/afternoon, Galileans. I've got a few quick updates for everyone which shouldn't take too long.
We had an excellent week of writing last week and it was very fun to be able to read so many great posts coming from all of you. I hope you are all enjoying…
Author: Rear Admiral Lirha Saalm
Posted on: 31 Jan 2014 @ 10:55am
Category: General News
Bar Installation Underway!
I've started up the bar installation meeting post (finally, I know, I'm sorry!), but if I didn't add your operations or engineering character, and you wished to be involved, please let me know! I went based off of the response I received from PMs and the Yahoo! group (and I…
Author: Lieutenant Asahi Kita
Posted on: 28 Jan 2014 @ 6:18pm
Category: General News
Weekly Update
Hi all,
It's that time of week again where you get to hear my lovely voice, or at the very least, read my lovely prose!
Our shore leave is proceeding nicely and we should be ready to head into our next mission soon, something I'm sure Jay has worked long…
Author: Captain Jonathan Holliday
Posted on: 23 Jan 2014 @ 6:14am
Category: General News
Weekly Update
Hi crew, I've had the pleasure of reading a few great JPs which have come out in the past week and I'm very happy to see everyone enjoying their shore leave!
I don't have anything major to mention this week. We're moving along smoothly with our mission so I'm going…
Author: Rear Admiral Lirha Saalm
Posted on: 14 Jan 2014 @ 2:38pm
Category: General News
Weekly Update
Hey again boys and girls,
It's been a quiet week in terms of developments aboard Galileo as we continue our refit after the completion of our previous mission. Several subplots are running simultaneously here as each of us works on character development in time for our next mission which should…
Author: Captain Jonathan Holliday
Posted on: 09 Jan 2014 @ 11:05am
Category: General News
Monthly Website Update
Website Statistics (December 2013)
Total Hits: 460,381
Total Pages Viewed: 400,760
# of Visitors: 931
Avg. Visitors/Day: 34.1
New Website Pages
- Galileo Impulse - the sim newsletter is now online and can be found on the website's main navigation bar at the top of the page.
Author: Rear Admiral Lirha Saalm
Posted on: 02 Jan 2014 @ 1:06pm
Category: Website Update
Galileo Impulse, 4th Edition
The 4th edition of the Galileo Impulse sim newsletter is now online and published, and can be found at www.stgalileo.com/impulse/ or by clicking the Galileo Impulse link in the main navigation at the top of the page.
Enjoy!
-Jay
Author: Rear Admiral Lirha Saalm
Posted on: 01 Jan 2014 @ 11:45pm
Category: Newsletter
Galileo Impulse Re-Launch
I know I promised you all something special for the new year, so without further delay, I'd like to officially announce the re-launch of our sim newsletter, the Galileo Impulse! After two months of hard work and multiple contributions from several of our players, our new 4th edition newsletter website…
Author: Rear Admiral Lirha Saalm
Posted on: 01 Jan 2014 @ 11:38pm
Category: Sim Announcement
Weekly Update
Hi gang, I'd like to wish everyone a very happy new year and a prosperous 2014! Last year was a fantastic time for our game and we have even more fun events lined up for this upcoming year.
Many of us are still on holiday E/LOA but it's good to…
Author: Rear Admiral Lirha Saalm
Posted on: 01 Jan 2014 @ 4:36pm
Category: General News
Episode 04 Complete
I'd like to give everyone a huge congrats and a pat on the back for our completion of Episode 04 - Exodus. I've just finished posting all the remaining JPs and have officially closed the mission, and noticed that we racked up an impressive 1180 posts for the adventure. This…
Author: Rear Admiral Lirha Saalm
Posted on: 22 Dec 2013 @ 12:27pm
Category: General News
Weekly Update
Hi crew, we've had a fun and busy week with lots of new character development underway. Galileo is officially now in port at San Francisco so feel free to start up your subplots whenever you like. We have many players on LOA at the moment which I mentioned earlier this…
Author: Rear Admiral Lirha Saalm
Posted on: 20 Dec 2013 @ 9:37pm
Category: General News
Promotions
Promotions have been posted on our Yahoo! Groups page and have been updated on the crew manifest and duty roster. Congratulations to all the recipients! You have all done a wonderful job throughout Episode 04 and I'm very honored to be a part of the best crew in the…
Author: Rear Admiral Lirha Saalm
Posted on: 15 Dec 2013 @ 12:43pm
Category: General News
Weekly Update
Hi all, a few important updates to mention this week. First, tomorrow we will be officially ending Episode 04 and closing all of the mission days for that episode. The mission will remain online for an additional week, until Saturday the 21st in order to allow all of you ample…
Author: Rear Admiral Lirha Saalm
Posted on: 13 Dec 2013 @ 11:11am
Category: General News
Weekly Update
Hey guys,
my turn to write the update this week! With some of our crew on LOA and others getting ready for their finals activity has been a little slower than usual but nothing that we hadn't expected for this time of year.
We're rapidly approaching the end of our…
Author: Captain Jonathan Holliday
Posted on: 06 Dec 2013 @ 4:37am
Category: General News
Monthly Website Update
Website Statistics (November 2013)
Total Hits: 508,001
Total Pages Viewed: 424,128
# of Visitors: 1192
Avg. Visitors/Day: 38.4
New Wiki Pages
- Gameplay Manual - Promotion Guide - the details of sim promotions, both rank and position
- Gameplay Manual - Callisto Bar - details about the…
Author: Rear Admiral Lirha Saalm
Posted on: 05 Dec 2013 @ 11:51pm
Category: Website Update
Upcoming Post Purge
Hi all,
as we are now well into December I have decided that on Monday at midday GMT I will be wiping out any posts that haven't been worked on since December - anything from October or November will be deleted unless someone lets me know they need to keep…
Author: Captain Jonathan Holliday
Posted on: 05 Dec 2013 @ 12:19pm
Category: General News
Weekly Update
Hi all, I'd like to start by wishing all of my American friends a very happy and wonderful Thanksgiving Day. I hope those turkeys are basting and the stuffing is being seasoned... And of course...gravy everywhere!!
We've had a very productive week of simming which now has us at our…
Author: Rear Admiral Lirha Saalm
Posted on: 28 Nov 2013 @ 10:35am
Category: General News
Repair Schedule
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...INCOMING MESSAGE...
======================
CLEARANCE: Level 1
FROM: CAPT Lirha Saalm
TO: All USS Galileo Personnel
First contact established with the Le'kt species on the planet's surface. Offer of repair assistance to Galileo has been extended and accepted. Ship will be moving to orbital repair yards on far side of…
Author: Rear Admiral Lirha Saalm
Posted on: 27 Nov 2013 @ 11:40am
Category: In-Character
Holliday back in action
Hi all,
Just a heads up that if anyone wants a chat with their beloved XO he's now taking guests either from Sickbay or from his office/quarters in a couple of days - if anyone wants to stop by and make sure he isn't still planning to assimilate everyone just…
Author: Captain Jonathan Holliday
Posted on: 26 Nov 2013 @ 11:39am
Category: General News
Weekly Update
Greetings,
I hope everyone is well, even as the temperatures are starting to plunge and we head well and truly for winter.
There is little to report at this time, everything is going smoothly. We are heading towards the end of the first contact and our assimilated people are home…
Author: Commander Scarlet Blake
Posted on: 20 Nov 2013 @ 6:46pm
Category: General News
Counseling JPs
Hi all,
So I just wanted to echo the call that went out for medical JPs a few days ago and say I'm open for counseling JPs too. I'd expect everyone could use a chat but especially our recovered Borg folks.
I think it'd be cool if we could assume…
Author: Lieutenant JG Delainey Carlisle
Posted on: 17 Nov 2013 @ 10:45pm
Category: Out-of-Character
Sim Milestone - 5000 Posts
It's with great pleasure that can I announce a very special milestone for our game: we have just hit the 5,000 mission post mark! This is the total post count for all of our combined missions and does not take into account personal logs...and best of all, it only took…
Author: Rear Admiral Lirha Saalm
Posted on: 16 Nov 2013 @ 3:22am
Category: Sim Announcement
Weekly Update
Hi all, we're chugging along towards the mission finale at a good pace and we should be starting the endgame JPs this weekend. A couple of important dates to remember: Tomorrow (the 15th) is the deadline for all of the Borg rescue JPs. Team leaders, please meet your deadlines if…
Author: Rear Admiral Lirha Saalm
Posted on: 14 Nov 2013 @ 2:45pm
Category: General News
Weekly Update
Hey all, we've had a very smooth and eventful week and I don't have too many updates to mention.
We're advancing quickly in our story which means MD 01, 02, and 03 are now closed. Please do not start any new JPs on these days, and begin to wrap up…
Author: Rear Admiral Lirha Saalm
Posted on: 07 Nov 2013 @ 10:26am
Category: General News
Monthly Website Update
Website Statistics (October 2013)
Total Hits: 472,320
Total Pages Viewed: 347,415
# of Visitors: 981
Avg. Visitors/Day: 31.6
New Wiki Pages
- Gameplay Manual - Chevrons - the details of our sim's new chevron prestige system
New Website Pages
Author: Rear Admiral Lirha Saalm
Posted on: 04 Nov 2013 @ 11:29am
Category: Website Update
Weekly Update
Hello everyone!
Time for our weekly update, one and all. I suppose the first piece of news is this is my first weekly update! Exciting!
Okay, so on to real news:
Our mission is moving along fantastically well. This means that MD 01 and 02 are now closed for posting,…
Author: Commander Scarlet Blake
Posted on: 31 Oct 2013 @ 5:00pm
Category: General News
Weekly Update
Hi all,
Time for another weekly news update - written by my own fair hand whilst battling the dreaded man-flu.......bleh!
First the absences list - Brent (Fahad) is now on ELOA, Nelle (Zaren) will be taking over in Engineering for the foreseeable future and we will reassess once Brent returns…
Author: Captain Jonathan Holliday
Posted on: 22 Oct 2013 @ 10:51am
Category: General News
Weekly Update
Hi all, sorry for the delay...I think I might have missed last week's update by accident :S I don't have any major news but there's a couple fun announcements I'd like to make.
First, I'd like to officially welcome our newest player to the sim:
GYSGT Luke Wyatt, Temporary…
Author: Rear Admiral Lirha Saalm
Posted on: 14 Oct 2013 @ 12:57pm
Category: General News
Monthly Website Update
We have some major updates to our website which have taken place over the past two months. I'd like to thank our CEO, Brent, for his amazing help and dedication to helping improve our gaming experience. I've been collaborating with him for a while now, and we now have some…
Author: Rear Admiral Lirha Saalm
Posted on: 03 Oct 2013 @ 11:27pm
Category: Website Update
Weekly Update
Hi Crew,
Not much to report this week as everything has been smooth sailing so far. We've had some time to lament and do a bit of character development following the Borg attack, so now we'll be moving forward with the main plot this weekend. Stay tuned for another all-crew…
Author: Rear Admiral Lirha Saalm
Posted on: 03 Oct 2013 @ 10:52pm
Category: General News
Sim Announcements - September
Hi all,
Me here with the weekly news report this time! John isn't exactly himself at the moment so this is giving me something to write about! First off, a few housekeeping points....
1. the number of people voting in the crew awards seems to be getting smaller and smaller…
Author: Captain Jonathan Holliday
Posted on: 23 Sep 2013 @ 11:23am
Category: General News
Weekly Update
Hi all, a couple quick updates this week. I want to once again congratulate everyone on the very fun and traumatic battle JP we just completed. I will be splitting it up and posting it in the next hour or so for all to read.
Now that we're over the…
Author: Rear Admiral Lirha Saalm
Posted on: 18 Sep 2013 @ 7:40pm
Category: General News
Weekly Update
Hi gang, this is a medium-sized update so please bear with me and assimilate this information ;)
First, we're making great progress on our all-crew JP and the drama has been outstanding! I couldn't be happier as a CO, and I hope all of you are enjoying the chance to…
Author: Rear Admiral Lirha Saalm
Posted on: 13 Sep 2013 @ 12:11am
Category: General News
Post Purge Warning
Hi all,
Well, I'm back and raring to go - even if my character currently is somewhere on a Borg cube being turned into RoboCop's uglier cousin....
Just a heads up that as we are now well into September I will be doing another one of my post purges to…
Author: Captain Jonathan Holliday
Posted on: 12 Sep 2013 @ 8:55am
Category: General News
Trek Simming Podcast
Hey gang, just wanted to let you all know that I was recently a guest on Sero's Trek Simming Podcast show last weekend. I chatted with her and another simmer (Warren) for about two hours, during which we discussed a variety of simming topics. It was loads of fun for…
Author: Rear Admiral Lirha Saalm
Posted on: 06 Sep 2013 @ 4:08pm
Category: General News
Weekly Update
Hey gang,
I hope all of you in the US had a great Labor Day weekend and I hope everyone had a fun chance to enjoy some time off at the end of the summer. I've been a bit busy recently so I'm trying to get caught up on all…
Author: Rear Admiral Lirha Saalm
Posted on: 04 Sep 2013 @ 10:13am
Category: General News
Weekly Update
Hey all, a couple quick reminders this week: Crew's Choice Award votes and Personal Logs are both due by the end of the day Friday, per usual. Since we're in the middle of an action sequence, you can post a battle log if you like, or you're welcome to do…
Author: Rear Admiral Lirha Saalm
Posted on: 28 Aug 2013 @ 9:06pm
Category: General News
Weekly Update
Hi all,
Not much from Jay or myself this week! No new players on the scene but that doesn't mean we aren't always looking for more - so if you're reading this and not already a player, then head on over to the application page!
As you can all see…
Author: Captain Jonathan Holliday
Posted on: 23 Aug 2013 @ 7:24am
Category: General News
Supplemental Update
Please welcome our newest Galilean who just joined us tonight:
LTJG Ammar Fahad, Chief Engineering Officer
Welcome aboard and congratulations on your new assignment!
-Jay
Author: Rear Admiral Lirha Saalm
Posted on: 15 Aug 2013 @ 1:26am
Category: General News
Attention All Hands - Change of DH
From : Holliday, Commander Jonathan - XO - USS Galileo
Effective immediately, Lieutenant Warraquim has assumed the post of Chief Medical Officer by the order of Starfleet Command. Lieutenant Kohl will continue as Assistant Chief Medical Officer.
Captain Saalm and I would like to outline that this change of…
Author: Captain Jonathan Holliday
Posted on: 14 Aug 2013 @ 4:31pm
Category: In-Character
Weekly Update
Hi crew,
We've gotten through the first portion of our new mission and a new all-crew JP will be appearing in your control panels hopefully by tomorrow (depending on my availability today). We will be revealing more fun plot devices which should keep everyone entertained for the next few weeks.…
Author: Rear Admiral Lirha Saalm
Posted on: 13 Aug 2013 @ 1:58pm
Category: General News
Weekly Update
Hi crew, a few quick updates to mention this week.
As you have all probably seen by now, EP03 is now officially complete! Congratulations on an outstanding mission, it was a huge success and we totaled an amazing 1600+ posts for the 5-month period. I have closed the mission and…
Author: Rear Admiral Lirha Saalm
Posted on: 08 Aug 2013 @ 8:41pm
Category: General News
Monthly Website Update
It's a big one this month! We have tons of new content so please read through the lists below and check out the various pages.
New Wiki Pages
- Astrometrics Lab - Akkadia System - a new detailed solar system, the home of our ACMO (LTJG Warraquim), has…
Author: Rear Admiral Lirha Saalm
Posted on: 02 Aug 2013 @ 6:58pm
Category: Website Update
WARNING - Upcoming Post Purge!
Hey again boys and girls,
Just a heads up to let you know I will be doing another of my old post purges soon.
On Saturday I will be deleting anything with a last worked date of the 15th of July or older - as we are going into August…
Author: Captain Jonathan Holliday
Posted on: 31 Jul 2013 @ 11:35am
Category: Sim Announcement
Weekly Update
Hi crew, I've got a few important pieces of news and some general housekeeping to mention.
First, our sim was recently awarded the June 2013 Silver Unit of Merit. This is a very prestigious sim award which was made possible by all of you, so congratulations on a job well…
Author: Rear Admiral Lirha Saalm
Posted on: 30 Jul 2013 @ 7:18pm
Category: General News
Galileo Impulse, Third Edition
(this is a re-post of deleted content posted on 4/13)
Thanis: Welcome to Galileo Impulse. I'm your host, Thanis Rothgra-
Nesh: -and I'm Nesh Saalm.
Thanis: Keeping our ears to the ground and our sensors on full. We know it's hard sometimes for all you players/writers/puppeteers/readers…
Author: Rear Admiral Lirha Saalm
Posted on: 26 Jul 2013 @ 8:59pm
Category: Newsletter
Weekly Update
Hi crew, not much to report this week except some quick player updates and a couple standard posting reminders.
Matt (Quinn) has returned from his ELOA to once again play our illustrious COB :). Tom (Holliday), Nelle (Peers), and Sarah (Coleman) are still on LOA, and Dennis (Rhodes) has just…
Author: Rear Admiral Lirha Saalm
Posted on: 23 Jul 2013 @ 10:26pm
Category: General News
Weekly Update
Hi all, it's been a busy week for many of us but I've been able to get us pretty much all set to start our new mission. A new JP will appear in everyone's inboxes soon, so keep an eye out for it and be sure to read the instructions…
Author: Rear Admiral Lirha Saalm
Posted on: 18 Jul 2013 @ 2:21pm
Category: General News
Supplemental Update
I'd like to officially welcome our two newest Galileans who recently joined us. You've probably already seen them wandering around the ship, so please welcome:
ENS S'Ranna T'Srrr'Kharh, Flight Control Officer
and
LTJG Allyndra illm Warraquim, Asst. Chief Medical Officer
Congratulations on your new assignments and welcome to…
Author: Rear Admiral Lirha Saalm
Posted on: 12 Jul 2013 @ 6:58am
Category: General News
Weekly Update
"For those of you just joining us, you've missed an incredible ballgame so far, a back and forth matchup between two great teams - Simming and RealLife. It's now the bottom of the ninth, one on, two outs and Simming is trailing by one with Galileo at the plate... Here's…
Author: Rear Admiral Lirha Saalm
Posted on: 09 Jul 2013 @ 3:20pm
Category: General News
Recruitment Time!
To all current players and to all our readers!
Galileo is in need of a few good crewmen to replace members of our team who are moving on after spending some time with us - if you or someone you know is interested in joining our team for a commited…
Author: Captain Jonathan Holliday
Posted on: 05 Jul 2013 @ 7:14pm
Category: General News
Monthly Website Update
Updated Pages
- Crew Manifest - the ship's manifest has been edited to reflect new players and NPCs
- Duty Roster - the ship's duty roster has been updated to reflect all new characters and duty shifts
- Chain of Command - the…
Author: Rear Admiral Lirha Saalm
Posted on: 04 Jul 2013 @ 1:42pm
Category: Website Update
Upcoming Holiday for Holliday!
Hi all,
my soon-to-be-wife and I will be taking a short holiday this month in a last-gasp attempt to rid ourselves of wedding nerves! So this does mean that I will be away from Sunday 14th June - Thursday 25th June with most likely no access to internet…
Author: Captain Jonathan Holliday
Posted on: 04 Jul 2013 @ 11:22am
Category: LOA
Loss Of Life - USS Galileo
From : Holliday, Jonathan - XO, USS Galileo
To : Starfleet Command
Saalm, Lirha - CO, USS Galileo
It is with great regret that I inform you of the loss of Lieutenant Commander Evelyn Coleman, assigned as Second Officer to the USS Galileo.
As acting Captain in the…
Author: Captain Jonathan Holliday
Posted on: 03 Jul 2013 @ 3:11pm
Category: In-Character
Weekly Update
Hi gang, this is a short update but there's some important info I need to quickly mention.
First, our deadline for the end of EP03 is now less than two weeks away. It is scheduled to end on July 15, at which point we will begin the next episode and…
Author: Rear Admiral Lirha Saalm
Posted on: 02 Jul 2013 @ 3:06pm
Category: General News
Post Purge!
Hi all,
I'm getting around to doing my monthly purging of old posts - so can I ask that if there are any posts older than the 17TH OF JUNE that you DON'T want deleting - please either let me know by PM, or work on the post so that…
Author: Captain Jonathan Holliday
Posted on: 02 Jul 2013 @ 9:06am
Category: General News
Weekly Update
Hi all,
Quite a lot to get through this weekend so hold onto your seats for a thrilling news update!!! (and if that doesn't prove I work in Sales from time to time you know nothing else will! :P)
As a lot of you probably know, Mike and Phoebe will…
Author: Captain Jonathan Holliday
Posted on: 25 Jun 2013 @ 1:28pm
Category: General News
Weekly Update
Hi all, me again (a brief one this time),
I think we're on track to finish our current episode on time so I'd like to request that everyone do their best to stay on top of their tags and PMs for the near future. I personally have been a bit…
Author: Rear Admiral Lirha Saalm
Posted on: 18 Jun 2013 @ 4:05pm
Category: General News
Hi Ho! Hi Ho! It's off to work I go!
Hey all,
I'm off to Germany for a couple of days to keep work happy - hopefully the hotel they're putting me in has wi-fi, in which case you'll hardly notice my absence, but if it doesn't I won't be able to post until Thursday morning - sorry for any…
Author: Captain Jonathan Holliday
Posted on: 18 Jun 2013 @ 7:41am
Category: LOA
Weekly Update
Hi crew,
We just had a fantastic week in which many fun JPs were posted and I'm very happy to see such great, creative writing being displayed. :) I would also like to remind everyone that our end-of-mission deadline is quickly approaching. We now have about three weeks (four at…
Author: Rear Admiral Lirha Saalm
Posted on: 11 Jun 2013 @ 5:30pm
Category: General News
LOA - Chief Medical Officer
Andreus Kohl will be stepping away from the sim for about a month or so, as his player has just signed papers to buy a condo. My first home! Exciting and also overwhelming.
Closing date is in early July and once I move in, I'll be in a better position…
Author: Commander Andreus Kohl
Posted on: 11 Jun 2013 @ 11:07am
Category: LOA
Monthly Website Update
Updated Pages
- Crew Manifest - the ship's manifest has been edited to reflect new players and NPCs
- Duty Roster - the ship's duty roster has been updated to reflect all new characters and duty shifts. SEC/TAC is currently pending the DH's approval and will…
Author: Rear Admiral Lirha Saalm
Posted on: 07 Jun 2013 @ 5:10pm
Category: Website Update
Weekly Update
Good afternoon fellow Galileans!
This week has been a great boost for our sim, with many of the main story JP's beginning to take their final shape!
A reminder of the email that Jay sent out to all of us last week that this episode of the sim has a…
Author: Captain Jonathan Holliday
Posted on: 04 Jun 2013 @ 1:08pm
Category: General News
Weekly Update
Hi crew, here's our weekly update.
First, I'd like to mention that it's a busy time of year for many people so there will no doubt be a few of us coming and going off LOA in the near future. We currently have five players on LOA and they include…
Author: Rear Admiral Lirha Saalm
Posted on: 27 May 2013 @ 3:42pm
Category: General News
Weekly Update
Hi All,
My turn to write the news this week!!
Our beloved Mr Quinn has gone onto an ELOA for personal reasons - Jay and I have taken action to cover all his current sim activity so please be patient in the interim, and we hope to have him back…
Author: Captain Jonathan Holliday
Posted on: 20 May 2013 @ 12:59pm
Category: General News
Weekly Update
Hi crew, we've had another strong week of simming and I've been pleased to read all the new developments and discoveries in our various JPs. I've been a bit preoccupied with some admin duties but am still here, posting and answering PMs/IMs and emails. I hope everyone had a fantastic…
Author: Rear Admiral Lirha Saalm
Posted on: 13 May 2013 @ 3:36pm
Category: General News
Old Post Purge II
Hey all,
Just a heads up that this time next week I'll be deleting any posts that are still being worked on if they have a last updated date of the 2nd of May or older - ie anything still left from April!
Please either let me know why I…
Author: Captain Jonathan Holliday
Posted on: 13 May 2013 @ 1:44pm
Category: General News
I'm Back!
Hello everyone,
I'm back from vacation. I did not get a chance to find wi-fi so I will be backed up catching up with my several simms over the next few days. If there is anything particularly pressing that needs my attention please send me a PM.
-Psylus Anon
Author: Amril
Posted on: 09 May 2013 @ 2:09am
Category: LOA
Weekly Update
Hi crew, not much news to report this week. Activity has been solid and our away team JPs seem to be progressing well. Dennis has updated the Security department's duty roster and the direct link can now be found under the 'Duty Roster' sub-navigation link on the Personnel page. This…
Author: Rear Admiral Lirha Saalm
Posted on: 07 May 2013 @ 3:10am
Category: General News
Heads Up
Hey all,
Just to let you know, I am going on a brief vacation, leaving later today. I will try to get all my tags answered before I go. I will be gone for only a few days but I do not know if I will have time to answer…
Author: Amril
Posted on: 05 May 2013 @ 6:07pm
Category: LOA
Monthly Website Update
New Wiki Pages
- 2.7.1 - Activity Group Rota - a new Gameplay Manual page designed by our chaplain which lists the various activity/social groups available to join, as well as specific times and locations for each
Updated Pages
- Crew Manifest - the…
Author: Rear Admiral Lirha Saalm
Posted on: 05 May 2013 @ 4:12pm
Category: Website Update
Weekly Update
Hi all, I'm thinking of moving our weekly updates to Sundays in the hopes of giving us all something to look forward to for the coming week. We'll try this out for a month and see what everyone thinks.
I only have a couple quick things to mention this week.…
Author: Rear Admiral Lirha Saalm
Posted on: 28 Apr 2013 @ 4:03pm
Category: General News
Slow But Steady!
Hey all,
Just a heads up to let you know I'm going to be away with work at an exhibition in London from Tuesday until Friday so my replying speed might be pretty slow - staying in a hotel and I'll try and wi-fi it up a notch to get…
Author: Captain Jonathan Holliday
Posted on: 27 Apr 2013 @ 7:43pm
Category: LOA
Weekly Update
Hi Galileans, this past week was very eventful and I would like to bring us all up to speed with recent sim events.
First, as you all know, Paula has resigned her commission due to RL time constraints. She was one of our longest-tenured players and a great friend to…
Author: Rear Admiral Lirha Saalm
Posted on: 18 Apr 2013 @ 3:53pm
Category: General News
CMO on ELOA
Hi crew, our CMO (Ni Dhuinn) has just put in an ELOA and I have no idea when she will be back as even she cannot tell me. Brendan (Kohl) will be taking over the Medical department until further notice and working with our chief counselor to make sure the…
Author: Rear Admiral Lirha Saalm
Posted on: 14 Apr 2013 @ 8:27am
Category: LOA
Weekly Update
Hi All,
me again!!!
It's been a good week so far (not that I would expect any less under my intrepid leadership whilst Jay takes a well-earned break!!! :P)
As most people are now aware we have had to remove our CSTO and a replacement will hopefully be appointed in…
Author: Captain Jonathan Holliday
Posted on: 12 Apr 2013 @ 12:10pm
Category: General News
Old Posts Update
Hi all,
as some of you will notice from your dashboards, I have now followed up on my previous article and deleted any and all posts that had a date older than the 8th of March and I had not been informed needed to be kept.
I'm going to start…
Author: Captain Jonathan Holliday
Posted on: 04 Apr 2013 @ 9:57am
Category: General News
Weekly Update
Hi crew, I don't have much major news to mention this week...instead just a few small updates. We have just completed our arrival at Rojar II and our first set of away team JPs are already in progress. I hope to be able to start the second, larger set early…
Author: Rear Admiral Lirha Saalm
Posted on: 03 Apr 2013 @ 10:35pm
Category: General News
Monthly Website Update
Updated Pages
- Crew Manifest - the ship's manifest has been edited to reflect new players and NPCs
- Duty Roster - the ship's duty roster has been updated to reflect all new characters and duty shifts
- Mission Briefing Room (S1, E3)…
Author: Rear Admiral Lirha Saalm
Posted on: 02 Apr 2013 @ 5:22pm
Category: Website Update
Galileo Impulse, Second Edition
Nesh: Welcome to Galileo Impulse. I'm your host, Nesh Saalm-
Thanis: -and I'm Thanis Rothgra. Keeping our ears to the ground and our sensors on full. We know it's hard sometimes for all you players/writers/puppeteers/readers to keep up with everything…
Author: Lieutenant Lilou Zaren
Posted on: 26 Mar 2013 @ 7:05pm
Category: Newsletter
Old posts!
Hi all,
I've noticed on the pending posts page that there are still some posts from the start of March and even half a dozen from the end of February that are being worked on!
Obviously I'm not exactly comfortable with old posts hanging around if they are never going…
Author: Captain Jonathan Holliday
Posted on: 26 Mar 2013 @ 3:09pm
Category: General News
Weekly Update
Hi crew, I have a couple important items to mention this week.
First, a reminder that personal logs and Crew's Choice Award votes are due by the end of the month (Sunday). In addition, there are also two polls on our Yahoo list which need to be voted on. All…
Author: Rear Admiral Lirha Saalm
Posted on: 26 Mar 2013 @ 1:56pm
Category: General News
Weekly Update
Hi boys and girls,
another week has gone by on Galileo and things are looking pretty awesome! We've finished our first JP for our arrival into the Rojar system and part two should be in progress shortly.
Thanks to all our players who have maintained an excellent level of activity…
Author: Captain Jonathan Holliday
Posted on: 21 Mar 2013 @ 1:18pm
Category: General News
Weekly Update
Hi crew, I have a couple quick updates to mention this week.
First, I'd like to congratulate Nelle on her completion of the Academy Medical course last week. She is our third Academy graduate in the past month and I'm very pleased with our enrollment and completion percentage. If any…
Author: Rear Admiral Lirha Saalm
Posted on: 15 Mar 2013 @ 6:50pm
Category: General News
James T. Kirk, CO of the Year Award
Congratulations to our very own Captain Saalm for being awarded the James T. Kirk CO of the Year Award for Obsidian Fleet!!! Well done, Skipper.
Author: Command Master Chief Markum Quinn
Posted on: 10 Mar 2013 @ 12:58am
Category: General News
Tactical Response Team qualifications
Greetings all hands.
As you all know, the Security Department has been talking to various Department heads regarding possible candidates for the Multi-department Tactical Response Team that has been requested on behalf of Lieutenent Stone and myself.
As many of Department Heads have been explained the ideas behind the Tactical…
Author: Chief Warrant Officer 4 Cyrus Kiwosk
Posted on: 05 Mar 2013 @ 4:56pm
Category: In-Character
Weekly Update
Hi crew, I have just two quick updates for everyone this week.
First, MD04 is now open to begin writing and posting. Please refrain from starting your expeditions JPs until the list is finalized on Wednesday, but in the meantime feel free to participate in any character development you like.…
Author: Rear Admiral Lirha Saalm
Posted on: 05 Mar 2013 @ 4:02pm
Category: General News
Monthly Website Update
Updated Pages
- Crew Manifest - the ship's manifest has been edited to reflect new players and NPCs
- Duty Roster - the ship's duty roster has been updated to reflect all new characters and duty shifts
- Mission Briefing Room (S1, E3)…
Author: Rear Admiral Lirha Saalm
Posted on: 03 Mar 2013 @ 12:19am
Category: Website Update
Supplemental Update
Hi crew, we have a new member who just joined us today. Please welcome:
ENS Alket Dahe'el, Asst. Chief Operations Officer
Congratulations on your new assignment and welcome to Galileo! Alket is played by Jan-Willem (J-W) who is an experienced simmer and Trek enthusiast. Please greet him with…
Author: Rear Admiral Lirha Saalm
Posted on: 01 Mar 2013 @ 3:23am
Category: General News
Galileo Impulse, First Edition
Thanis: Welcome to the Galileo Impulse. I'm your host, Thanis Rothgra.
Nesh: *clearing throat* And I'm Nesh. Saalm!
Thanis: Keeping our ears to the ground and our sensors on full. This month, we're doing a little house-cleaning, so we wanted to give…
Author: Lieutenant Lilou Zaren
Posted on: 28 Feb 2013 @ 10:15pm
Category: Newsletter
Weekly Update
Hi Crew,
After a busy week we have finally finished most of our department JPs and are now ready to move forward with the storyline. Please keep an eye on your email inboxes for the GDocs Arrival JP, after which we will move forward in time and begin the survey.…
Author: Rear Admiral Lirha Saalm
Posted on: 26 Feb 2013 @ 12:01am
Category: General News
Weekly Update
Hi everyone,
Time for another weekly update from the desk of your friendly neighbourhood XO!
First I'd like to welcome the new players to our sim, particularly the arrival of Kestra Orexil back on board - for those of you who were here, Kestra played our CTO when we originally…
Author: Captain Jonathan Holliday
Posted on: 18 Feb 2013 @ 7:57pm
Category: General News
Weekly Update
Hi all, my apologies for missing last week's update...I was a bit preoccupied with work and admin duties :S
I have updated everyone's character bios with the most recent duty shifts and awards, so have a look and check out your spiffy new ribbons.
MD 03 (0000 - 2030) is…
Author: Rear Admiral Lirha Saalm
Posted on: 11 Feb 2013 @ 8:06pm
Category: General News
SHIPWIDE MEMO
[OUTGOING DATE: 20th OCT, 0820 H]
SUBJECT: [SDD] Federation News Network
SENT: 67104.3
CC/FW: ALL
All Galileo personnel:
The Federation News Network have sent a team of reporters who will be covering both our expedition to the Rojar system and life aboard a Starfleet vessel. These reporters can be distinguished…
Author: Rear Admiral Lirha Saalm
Posted on: 07 Feb 2013 @ 3:22pm
Category: In-Character
Monthly Website Update
New Wiki Pages
- Main Wiki Page - a new front page design for our wiki along with a re-organization of all content
- Astrometrics Lab - Rojar System - detailed info about the Rojar system
- Astrometrics Lab - Asteroid Classification -…
Author: Rear Admiral Lirha Saalm
Posted on: 03 Feb 2013 @ 6:07am
Category: Website Update
Sim Milestone - First Year Anniversary
End of Year Stats (February 2012 - February 2013)
Player Stats
- Current Players: 25
- Departed Players: 10
- Min Players: 8 (Feb '12)
- Max Players: 25 (Feb '13)
Original Members
- Lirha Saalm
- Markum Quinn
- Jonathan Holliday
- Amril (as Chauncey Remington III)
- Pola…
Author: Rear Admiral Lirha Saalm
Posted on: 02 Feb 2013 @ 6:28pm
Category: Sim Announcement
Weekly Update
We are moving along nicely with the new mission and we are almost ready to get underway with the survey. The senior staff briefing has been posted so head on over and take a look. Department heads will be contacting their players in the coming days to organize JPs…
Author: Rear Admiral Lirha Saalm
Posted on: 01 Feb 2013 @ 12:57am
Category: General News
Sim Milestone - 500 posts/month
This morning I filled out Galileo's monthly report and I was completely shocked to see that we had over 500 mission posts this month, as well as an additional thirteen personal logs.
ZOMG!!
Most importantly, this is not the result of only having a few players who were very active;…
Author: Rear Admiral Lirha Saalm
Posted on: 31 Jan 2013 @ 3:41pm
Category: Sim Announcement
Away for the weekend
Hey guys,
I'm going to be unavailable from basically now until Monday - loads of family stuff going on that is taking me to the other end of the country for a couple of days!
I'll be back posting on Monday so please be patient with me until then :)…
Author: Captain Jonathan Holliday
Posted on: 25 Jan 2013 @ 11:49am
Category: LOA
Weekly Update
I want to congratulate everyone on our recent completion of Episode 02. I thought it was a very well executed shore leave mission with many fun subplots and huge amounts of character development. Great job! :D
I have closed the completed mission and now it's time to focus on our…
Author: Rear Admiral Lirha Saalm
Posted on: 23 Jan 2013 @ 5:30pm
Category: General News
Conference
Hi all, Patrick here (AKA Lt. (jg) Jacob Pendleton, just wanted to let you all know that I will be at my quarterly State Independent Living Council Meeting Tuesday through Friday (22nd-25th). Keep the Science Lab warm for me. Can't wait to get back and get to posting. :)
Author: Lieutenant Jacob Pendleton
Posted on: 21 Jan 2013 @ 8:35pm
Category: LOA
Limited Weekend Availability
Hi all,
Just a heads-up that I will be rather limited in my tagging this weekend. I should be able to long on at least a couple times a day but no promises. I have several guests coming in from out of town and we are preparing to go to…
Author: Rear Admiral Lirha Saalm
Posted on: 18 Jan 2013 @ 6:21pm
Category: LOA
Weekly Update
We've had a great week and I'm so happy to see that everyone has been active and JPing with each other. I truly am very proud of all of us for maintaining such a high activity level with such a good quality of writing...keep up the great work!
I'm also…
Author: Rear Admiral Lirha Saalm
Posted on: 16 Jan 2013 @ 5:54pm
Category: General News
Important Reminder - 18+ listing
Ladies and Gents,
I feel that given some of our more recent posts I need to remind all members of the Galileo's crew exactly what we mean when we say the sim is rated as 18+.
When we applied for this increase in rating from our earlier 15+, Jay and…
Author: Captain Jonathan Holliday
Posted on: 16 Jan 2013 @ 4:54pm
Category: Sim Announcement
I'm Back.
Hey everyone, I'm back.
I was gone longer than expected, but I'm glad to see you all again. I know a few of you are looking for JPs so get in touch with me if you don't hear from em in a day or two (or just send em a…
Author: Amril
Posted on: 15 Jan 2013 @ 5:57am
Category: LOA
Weekly Update
Hi crew,
a few bits of information for everyone today, so please take a few moments to read through this for some very important data.
Firstly I'd like to welcome our new Counsellor, Dawn who is played by Geoff, as well as the return of someone who has played on…
Author: Captain Jonathan Holliday
Posted on: 08 Jan 2013 @ 5:50pm
Category: General News
Supplemental Update
Hi crew, we have a new member who just joined us today. Please welcome:
LTJG Jacob Pendleton, Chief Research Officer
Congratulations on your new assignment and welcome to Galileo! Jacob is played by Patrick who is an experienced role-player and OF simmer. Please greet him with some friendly…
Author: Rear Admiral Lirha Saalm
Posted on: 05 Jan 2013 @ 11:07pm
Category: General News
Weekly Update
Hi crew, I have a couple updates to mention this week.
First, MD 06 thru MD 10 are now closed, please do not start any new JPs on these days. MD 16 is now open which is our last day on Vega Colony, so it's time to have our characters…
Author: Rear Admiral Lirha Saalm
Posted on: 02 Jan 2013 @ 4:10pm
Category: General News
Monthly Website Update
New Wiki Pages
- Mission Briefing (S1, E3) - Frontier briefing is now online
- 0.0.6 Nova Software Guide - a guide to using the Nova software
- 3.3.3 Reaction Control System (RCS) - technical manual ship information
- 4.1.1 Control…
Author: Rear Admiral Lirha Saalm
Posted on: 31 Dec 2012 @ 5:20pm
Category: Website Update
Sim Milestone - 2,000 Posts
Crew, this weekend we hit a new milestone for Galileo: 2,000 mission posts!
This is quite an achievement and it only took us eleven months to get there, so congrats to all of you! There's beer and pizza in the observation lounge for anyone who wants to celebrate XD
-Jay
Author: Rear Admiral Lirha Saalm
Posted on: 31 Dec 2012 @ 1:22am
Category: Sim Announcement
Supplemental Update
Crew, we have a new member who just joined us today. Please welcome:
ENS Jared Nicholas, Language Specialist
Congratulations on your new assignment and welcome to Galileo! Jared is played by Chris, a veteran simmer who comes to us with many years of experience across different sci-fi genres.…
Author: Rear Admiral Lirha Saalm
Posted on: 24 Dec 2012 @ 8:14pm
Category: General News
Merry Christmas!
Ladies and gentlemen, 2012 is drawing to a close on board our little ship and I know a lot of our crew will be out and about enjoying the festivities.
It's been a pleasure to serve as your XO these past months, and I sincerely hope that we can continue…
Author: Captain Jonathan Holliday
Posted on: 24 Dec 2012 @ 4:57pm
Category: General News
Weekly Update
Not much news to report this week, but I've been very pleased at the work many of you have been doing recently. I've seen some very high-quality and fun JPs going out, and it has been a lot of fun to read them and see how everyone's characters are developing.…
Author: Rear Admiral Lirha Saalm
Posted on: 20 Dec 2012 @ 4:56pm
Category: General News
Weekly Update
Hey all,
this week it's the friendly local XO doing the news update!
As Jay has already stated we're relaxing the posting rules for the Xmas holiday (see his news item for details) but I'm still pleased to see a good level of input from everyone even this close to…
Author: Captain Jonathan Holliday
Posted on: 12 Dec 2012 @ 12:17pm
Category: General News
Weekly Update
Hi Crew, I have a couple player updates to mention this week along with some sad news.
First, I received Brendan's resignation two days ago. He has been struggling to balance his new job and simming, and unfortunately it did not work out too well. Over the past six months…
Author: Rear Admiral Lirha Saalm
Posted on: 04 Dec 2012 @ 9:25pm
Category: General News
Still Standing!
Hey guys and girls,
so yeah, as Jay has mentioned in his last news update - I'm sure that work is actually trying to kill me, but luckily, I'm still fighting back! Huzzah!
Anyway - I've come up with a cunning plan that lets me still post without having to…
Author: Captain Jonathan Holliday
Posted on: 03 Dec 2012 @ 4:21pm
Category: General News
Bridge Renovation Complete
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...INCOMING MESSAGE...
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CLEARANCE: Level 1
FROM: CAPT Lirha Saalm
TO: All USS Galileo Personnel
The main bridge refit is complete, and Deck 1 is now open. Please be mindful of engineering and science technicians as they perform final tests on the new module.
All crew are required to…
Author: Rear Admiral Lirha Saalm
Posted on: 30 Nov 2012 @ 7:53pm
Category: In-Character
Supplemental Update
Crew, we have a new member who just joined us yesterday, just in time for the end of the month. Please welcome:
LTJG Jeremy Stone, Chief Security/Tactical Officer
Congratulations on your new assignment and welcome to Galileo! Jeremy comes highly recommended and will be taking over for our…
Author: Rear Admiral Lirha Saalm
Posted on: 30 Nov 2012 @ 3:18pm
Category: General News
Monthly Website Update
Updated Pages
- Crew Manifest - the ship's manifest has been edited to reflect all new characters
- Duty Roster - the ship's official manifest and duty shifts have been updated to reflect the most current info
- Mission Briefing Room (S1, E2)…
Author: Rear Admiral Lirha Saalm
Posted on: 28 Nov 2012 @ 4:47pm
Category: Website Update
Weekly Update
Hi Crew, we have a few updates this week that I'd like to mention.
First, as many of you have seen, we have a new promo video that Phoebe was gracious enough to create for us. I've uploaded it to the website server and the link can be found at…
Author: Rear Admiral Lirha Saalm
Posted on: 27 Nov 2012 @ 5:57pm
Category: General News
Weekly Update
Happy Thanksgiving to my fellow Americans! Make sure to gorge yourself on the finest turkey, stuffing and gravy you can find...I know I will :D
We're moving right along with shore leave and making good progress. MD 04 and 05 are now closed, please do not start any new posts…
Author: Rear Admiral Lirha Saalm
Posted on: 22 Nov 2012 @ 4:25pm
Category: General News
Bridge Renovation
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...INCOMING MESSAGE...
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CLEARANCE: Level 1
FROM: CAPT Lirha Saalm
TO: All USS Galileo Personnel
Beginning tomorrow at 0700, Deck 1 will be closed for repairs and renovations. This includes the main bridge, ready room and conference room. A new bridge module will be installed to increase Galileo's operational…
Author: Rear Admiral Lirha Saalm
Posted on: 20 Nov 2012 @ 5:20pm
Category: In-Character
Semi-LOA
Hey all,
so I'm majorly tied down with work at the moment - long story short I'm involved with the implementation of a whole new computer system which means I'm sat in meetings all day every day - doesn't give me any free time to post....
So please bear with…
Author: Captain Jonathan Holliday
Posted on: 20 Nov 2012 @ 2:43pm
Category: LOA
Weekly Update
Hey guys, just a quick one for me! Everything seems to be going pretty well at the moment and I'm extremely happy with how we are proceeding. As far as I can see we're kicking butt amongst all the other sims and I know our name is certainly getting out…
Author: Captain Jonathan Holliday
Posted on: 16 Nov 2012 @ 8:40pm
Category: General News
Weekend LOA
Hi crew, I seem to have come down with a cold so I'm going to go on LOA for the weekend while I try to recover. Please contact Tom or Sarah if you need assistance with any matters.
Thanks,
-Jay
Author: Rear Admiral Lirha Saalm
Posted on: 16 Nov 2012 @ 2:15pm
Category: LOA
Weekly Update
Not much to report this week, we are making good progress on our posts and I'm very pleased with the quality of writing which is being put out.
There are a few minor website updates this week that I would like to mention. I have updated the Briefing Room, Mission…
Author: Rear Admiral Lirha Saalm
Posted on: 08 Nov 2012 @ 1:36pm
Category: General News
Monthly Website Update
New Wiki Pages
- Quarters and Offices List - a (WIP) list of all PC and PNPC's living and work areas aboard the ship
Updated Wiki Pages
- Crew Manifest - the ship's manifest has been edited to reflect new positions and promotions…
Author: Rear Admiral Lirha Saalm
Posted on: 29 Oct 2012 @ 1:55pm
Category: Website Update
Weekly Update
We've had a great month so far and I'm very pleased to see our new players settling in so well with the rest of the group :D We are almost finished with the first (MD 01-05) phase of our shore leave mission and there are only two storyline JPs left…
Author: Rear Admiral Lirha Saalm
Posted on: 29 Oct 2012 @ 1:40pm
Category: General News
Weekly Update - a bit late!
Hey all,
sorry this is late - I was supposed to write this up at the end of last week but my internet access decided to pack in, luckly I'm back at home now (and work sadly!) so everything should go back to normal.
Obviously with the start of our…
Author: Captain Jonathan Holliday
Posted on: 22 Oct 2012 @ 8:52am
Category: General News
To th new guys
I've made a new NPC engineer, Petty Officer James Watt. He's awesome and since I haven't had the chance to meet our new players you should PM me so I can RP with all you awesome people. Send me a PM and we can discuss some JPs. I'm going to…
Author: Amril
Posted on: 21 Oct 2012 @ 3:07am
Category: Out-of-Character
Honey I'm Home!
Hey all,
apologies for my absence last week - on holiday and the first week I was in a place without phone signal or internet access - was great for recharging my brain but useless for keeping up to date with the sim!
Anyway this week I'm still on holiday…
Author: Captain Jonathan Holliday
Posted on: 13 Oct 2012 @ 3:00pm
Category: LOA
Supplemental Update #2
Crew, we have a another new member who just joined us yesterday. Please welcome:
LTJG Liyar, Diplomatic Officer
Congratulations on your new assignment and welcome to Galileo! Liyar will be arriving from Starfleet HQ on Earth in the coming mission days, so please greet him with open arms…
Author: Rear Admiral Lirha Saalm
Posted on: 12 Oct 2012 @ 1:08pm
Category: General News
Supplemental Update
We have a new crew member who just joined us late today. Please welcome:
CWO Cyrus Kiwosk, Security/Tactical Officer
Congratulations on your new assignment and welcome to Galileo! Please greet him with open arms and JP requests as usual. :)
-Jay
Author: Rear Admiral Lirha Saalm
Posted on: 10 Oct 2012 @ 10:55pm
Category: General News
Weekly Update
We've officially transferred over to Episode 02 and only have a couple JPs left before our characters officially start shore leave on MD05. The mission debriefing and crew promotions will be taking place as soon as we complete the landing JP, so the faster we write, the sooner some of…
Author: Rear Admiral Lirha Saalm
Posted on: 10 Oct 2012 @ 4:34pm
Category: General News
Player Updates
A quick update on two players' statuses:
Tom will be without internet for this week but should be back online (hopefully) starting next week.
In addition, Nelle has informed me that she's been very sick lately, but is on her way to recovery and will hopefully rejoin us soon.
Everyone…
Author: Rear Admiral Lirha Saalm
Posted on: 09 Oct 2012 @ 4:50pm
Category: LOA
Holliday's Holiday!
Hey all,
I just wanted to issue a general heads up that after this week I'm going to be off on holiday for a fortnight - the first week I have no idea what my internet access is going to look like apart from on my phone, but the second…
Author: Captain Jonathan Holliday
Posted on: 02 Oct 2012 @ 2:27pm
Category: LOA
Weekly Update
Welcome to October! With Episode 01 wrapping up at the end of the week, Episode 02 is now open for all players to begin writing, specifically MD 01 thru MD 05. Please make sure all posts fit into this time frame until the other mission days are opened at a…
Author: Rear Admiral Lirha Saalm
Posted on: 01 Oct 2012 @ 2:55pm
Category: General News
Monthly Website Update
New Wiki Pages
- Star Classification - a comprehensive look at stars.
- Mission Briefing - S1, E2 (Resupply) - the new mission briefing for Episode 02.
Updated Wiki Pages
- Sister Ships - two sims have been removed and one…
Author: Rear Admiral Lirha Saalm
Posted on: 26 Sep 2012 @ 3:16pm
Category: Website Update
Weekly Update
With our endgame underway, MD 08 and 09 are now closed. Please no new posts on these days, and begin to finish up any remaining posts on MD10/11. I would like to see all Episode 01 JPs completed and posted by the end of the month, which gives us one…
Author: Rear Admiral Lirha Saalm
Posted on: 24 Sep 2012 @ 3:03pm
Category: General News
Weekly Update
Hey guys,
my turn to do the update this week so here we go! Our mission to recover Project Sienna is fast approaching its finale, so everyone be prepared for the endgame to start sometime soon - more information will be issued in due course.
Also in the meantime, Jay…
Author: Captain Jonathan Holliday
Posted on: 19 Sep 2012 @ 2:58pm
Category: General News
Weekly Update
We have had a slow start to the month with many of you taking LOAs and returning to school. Now that most of us are back, I would like to see activity return to normal. I had hoped we would be ending the mission at the end of September but…
Author: Rear Admiral Lirha Saalm
Posted on: 11 Sep 2012 @ 3:02pm
Category: General News
In Memoriam
Eleven years ago today, the lives of many in America and across the world were forever changed by the inhumane actions of a psychopath who declared war on the free world and deliberately targeted civilians. We will never forget the sadness and anger which ensued, nor the resolve and commitment…
Author: Rear Admiral Lirha Saalm
Posted on: 11 Sep 2012 @ 2:37pm
Category: Out-of-Character
MD 10/11
MD10 and MD11 are now online, feel free to post anytime during those mission days however make sure no posts go past MD11 1230 hrs (technically the end of the mission). We only have three more storyline posts to go, so please use this time for any final character development.…
Author: Rear Admiral Lirha Saalm
Posted on: 04 Sep 2012 @ 6:56am
Category: General News
Weekly Update
Hey all,
my turn for the update this week :)
Thanks to most people for turning in their award nominations and personal logs - they certainly made for some entertaining reading :) Congratulations to everyone who won an award this month!
Those of you who didn't submit nominations or logs,…
Author: Captain Jonathan Holliday
Posted on: 04 Sep 2012 @ 3:45am
Category: General News
Monthly Website Update
No major changes to the website this month, but we have a new Wiki page which just went online: Special thanks to Matt (Cho) for creating our sim's Planetary Classification List.
Please head on over and take a look, and get familiar with the various types of celestial bodies…
Author: Rear Admiral Lirha Saalm
Posted on: 03 Sep 2012 @ 12:48pm
Category: Website Update
Weekly Update
Hi Crew,
I don't have much news to report this week, things have been moving along rather smoothly and we had a great weekend with a bunch of JPs being posted.
There are a few of us who are on LOA, as well as some who are coping with Hurricane…
Author: Rear Admiral Lirha Saalm
Posted on: 28 Aug 2012 @ 5:23pm
Category: General News
ELOA
Hey Guys,
Well the time has come to say my good byes...for two weeks anyhow ;)
I'll think of you all while I'm sunning myself on holidays! Try not let the ship blow up while I'm gone ;)
Any big JP's shouldn't require any of my characters at this point,…
Author: Lieutenant Commander Pola Ni Dhuinn M.D.
Posted on: 23 Aug 2012 @ 12:48pm
Category: LOA
Recruitment Drive!
Yee-haw!
sorry...erm....*composes self*
Anyway!
As our writers will know and as our readers will have no doubt noticed, we lost quite a few crew members thanks to those pesky Klingons, and upon our return to Earth, we're going to be in need of a few good men and women to…
Author: Captain Jonathan Holliday
Posted on: 22 Aug 2012 @ 6:32am
Category: General News
Weekly Update
Hey guys and girls, me again with the week's news!
(I feel like I need a little desk to sit behind and shuffle papers...oo and reporters to cross live to....hmmm...."
Anyway! As you all know I like to get the bad stuff out the way first to end on the…
Author: Captain Jonathan Holliday
Posted on: 20 Aug 2012 @ 10:43am
Category: General News
Weekly Update
Hi Crew,
As some of you may have seen, we won another Unit of Merit award, this time it's the Bronze award for the month of July! Congrats to all of you for making this possible. I personally think we should be winning the Gold every month, but such decisions…
Author: Rear Admiral Lirha Saalm
Posted on: 14 Aug 2012 @ 12:26pm
Category: General News
Weekly Update
Hey all, me again with a quick update of the sim.
Firstly I'd like to add my congratulations to two of our players who are departing the sim and to wish them the best of luck.
Kestra Orexil - our Chief Tactical/Security Officer will be leaving as her writer has…
Author: Captain Jonathan Holliday
Posted on: 08 Aug 2012 @ 9:13am
Category: General News
Weekly Update
Congratulations on a great month of writing...we totaled ~300 mission posts for July! This is a monumental achievement which I have personally never seen done on any other sim. Everyone has had a great month and it shows!
We have also reached our six-month anniversary with another milestone sim achievement:…
Author: Rear Admiral Lirha Saalm
Posted on: 01 Aug 2012 @ 10:35am
Category: General News
Monthly Website Update
I've been busy this month adding a number of significant upgrades to the website, so I'd like to give you all a list of the changes and new pages which have been created. The content and HTML both take a while to create so I hope you are all pleased…
Author: Rear Admiral Lirha Saalm
Posted on: 25 Jul 2012 @ 2:44pm
Category: Website Update
In Memorandum - To the Family of Lt Cmdr Remington
From : Lieutenant Commander Jonathan Holliday, XO, USS Galileo
Madam,
I write to you in the most dire of circumstances, with a heavy heart and a broken spirit. I had only served with your partner for a short time, but I felt that I should be the one…
Author: Captain Jonathan Holliday
Posted on: 25 Jul 2012 @ 5:52am
Category: In-Character
Weekly Update
Hey boys and girls, it's that time again!
Well, as you can all see the sim is progressing well with our boarding party posts starting to finish up nicely, please be speedy on finishing those up so we can get on with rescuing our captured team mates!
Whilst we hide…
Author: Captain Jonathan Holliday
Posted on: 25 Jul 2012 @ 3:58am
Category: General News
Damage Report
LCARS TERMINAL ACCESS 4553218647
USER IDENTITY : HOLLIDAY, JONATHAN E. - XO, USS GALILEO
REQUESTED DATA : SHIPWIDE DAMAGE REPORT
DECK ONE :
DAMAGE TO PRIMARY POWER JUNCTIONS TO MAIN BRIDGE
GEL PACK FAILURE - SECTION 15
ESCAPE POD LAUNCH SYSTEM OFFLINE
DECK TWO:
TRANSPORTER ROOM…
Author: Captain Jonathan Holliday
Posted on: 24 Jul 2012 @ 8:18am
Category: In-Character
Weekly Update
I want to congratulate everyone because last two weeks of simming have been amazing...great job guys! We finally finished our 10-part mass JP (whew) and are making good progress on the battle posts. Can we get them all finished by the end of the month as well, I wonder?! XD…
Author: Rear Admiral Lirha Saalm
Posted on: 18 Jul 2012 @ 2:25pm
Category: General News
Weekly Update
Dear Crew,
I have returned from LOA early, my apologies for the sudden disappearance. We are almost finished with our space battle posts, therefore MD 08 and MD 09 are now open for all crew to begin posting. The Briefing Room, Mission Map, and Mission notes have been updated as…
Author: Rear Admiral Lirha Saalm
Posted on: 12 Jul 2012 @ 2:22pm
Category: General News
Yes I know I'm late! :P
I know I'm a day late and therefore suck because of this, but happy 4th July to all our American based players and their loved ones!
hope you had a good time :)
Tom
Author: Captain Jonathan Holliday
Posted on: 05 Jul 2012 @ 11:55am
Category: Out-of-Character
Sister Ships
Crew,
Last month saw the closure of many sims, some of which were our sister ships. I was very sad to see these games close down, so I have been on somewhat of a diplomatic mission the last few weeks, trying to establish relations with new sims and COs. So,…
Author: Rear Admiral Lirha Saalm
Posted on: 02 Jul 2012 @ 12:03pm
Category: General News
Weekly Update
Hey all,
In Jay's absence I'm covering for the weekly update, so here we go!
No new crewmembers this week but that doesn't mean we aren't still actively looking for more players. I think we must have one of the biggest crews in the fleet right now, and I see…
Author: Captain Jonathan Holliday
Posted on: 02 Jul 2012 @ 4:41am
Category: General News
An update from the desk of Holliday..
Hey guys, me again, just thought I'd give my two cents on the current situation and just keep everyone in the loop.
First off - congratulations on the three team posts that are either done or almost done for the part of our mission onboard the Starbase - they look…
Author: Captain Jonathan Holliday
Posted on: 25 Jun 2012 @ 9:55am
Category: General News
Weekly Update
Crew,
We are wrapping up our SB-152 Sienna Transfer JPs and some of them will be posted very soon for everyone to see. You will notice that some of them will indicate a continuation, which means that the final parts are still being written and will be posted as soon…
Author: Rear Admiral Lirha Saalm
Posted on: 19 Jun 2012 @ 10:42am
Category: General News
Weekly Update
Last week was a relatively quiet week of simming, with many people on LOA for one reason or another. As far as John and I are aware, everyone should be back from their leave by now which means we have a lot of catching up to do. There are eight…
Author: Rear Admiral Lirha Saalm
Posted on: 12 Jun 2012 @ 1:11pm
Category: General News
New Player
Hey all, I would like to announce a new crew member who joined us yesterday. Please welcome:
ENS Aria Rice, Security/Tactical Officer
Congratulations on your new assignment and welcome to Galileo! Like our other new crew members, Aria will be coming aboard via shuttlecraft from SB-152 on MD…
Author: Rear Admiral Lirha Saalm
Posted on: 06 Jun 2012 @ 2:25pm
Category: General News
Weekly Update!
Hello once again fellow crew members!
This time the honour of the weekly sim update falls to me, so lets see how I go....
The sim appears to be going swimmingly, with some great posts being churned out as always, and as Jay has said previously our post output is…
Author: Captain Jonathan Holliday
Posted on: 05 Jun 2012 @ 12:10pm
Category: General News
Sister Ships
Dear Crew,
The end of this month has sadly seen the closure of two of our sister ships, the USS Gemini (Galaxy Class) and USS Voltaire (Nova Class). I had the pleasure of simming aboard Gemini and several of our other players have had similar positive experiences aboard Voltaire. Let…
Author: Rear Admiral Lirha Saalm
Posted on: 29 May 2012 @ 9:46pm
Category: General News
Weekly Update
I'd like to start by commending everyone for a spectacular month. In preparation for submitting our monthly report, I had a look at our sim statistics and noticed that we almost doubled our already-large post count from last month. It's been so much fun to see different characters from various…
Author: Rear Admiral Lirha Saalm
Posted on: 29 May 2012 @ 9:00pm
Category: General News
Weekly Update
I have several announcements for everyone this week. First, I discovered over the weekend that Galileo has been named the Task Force 72-C Senior Ship! This is a fun new role for us and it means that I am becoming the new Senior Ship CO for our Task Group, thanks…
Author: Rear Admiral Lirha Saalm
Posted on: 22 May 2012 @ 10:12pm
Category: General News
Almost that time again!
Hey again fellow simmers,
Seeing as we're in the middle of May (where has the year gone????) I thought I would take the opportunity to remind everyone in advance that if you haven't done so already, all players must have posted a personal log entry before the end…
Author: Captain Jonathan Holliday
Posted on: 15 May 2012 @ 4:26am
Category: Out-of-Character
Weekly Update
MD06 and MD07 are now online! We will be arriving at Starbase 152 around 1400, so please make sure no posts after that time. The Briefing Room, Mission Notes and Duty Roster have all been updated to reflect the most current information. Please note that we will be exiting Klingon…
Author: Rear Admiral Lirha Saalm
Posted on: 08 May 2012 @ 12:52pm
Category: General News
A little housekeeping
Hi everyone, me again.
I just wanted to bring a few things up to everyone's attention that I've noticed from speaking to various people since I asked for any hints, tips etc to be brought forward for myself and the CO to look at.
The biggest one that I'm seeing,…
Author: Captain Jonathan Holliday
Posted on: 04 May 2012 @ 5:21am
Category: General News
Weekly Update
I'm very pleased with the activity level and contributions that I'm seeing from everyone. John and I say it a lot, but we really are proud of all of you. We've moved along very quickly through the first few mission days and are approaching the halfway point of our adventure.…
Author: Rear Admiral Lirha Saalm
Posted on: 02 May 2012 @ 12:30pm
Category: General News
Another promotion!
Hi again everyone,
As some of you may have noticed from the post that I put up a short while ago, and also from the change to our crew roster, we have now appointed Lieutenant JG Pola Ni Dhuinn as our new Chief Medical Officer to replace Doctor Hilyer who…
Author: Captain Jonathan Holliday
Posted on: 02 May 2012 @ 6:27am
Category: General News
Deadline approaches!
Hey again all,
As our CO has already pointed out,the deadline for award nominations and personal logs is the end of the month. Whilst the awards are optional, the more nominations we have to look at, the fairer the results!
Personal logs however, are a mandatory requirement of the sim.…
Author: Captain Jonathan Holliday
Posted on: 28 Apr 2012 @ 6:55am
Category: General News
Mandatory Psych Evaluations
IC Shipwide Memo
From: Dr. Brayden White
Timestamp: MD04: 1630 hrs
Due to medical circumstances, Lieutenant McCarthy has been temporarily relieved of duty. If you have not yet reported for your mandatory psych evaluation, please schedule an appointment as soon as possible. If you have reported for your mandatory psych…
Author: Lieutenant JG Kestra Orexil
Posted on: 27 Apr 2012 @ 2:20pm
Category: In-Character
New Crew Member
We have a new crew member who just joined us today. Please welcome:
ENS Kiri Cho, Science Officer
Congratulations on your assignment and welcome to Galileo!
Since we are currently inside of Klingon territory, Kiki will be introduced under the premise that she came aboard during our resupply…
Author: Rear Admiral Lirha Saalm
Posted on: 26 Apr 2012 @ 12:36am
Category: General News
Weekly Update
As John said, I'm very pleased with the general level of activity and quality of writing that's being posted. The story is now progressing AHEAD of schedule and has become deeper than I ever planned. :) There are also some good subplots developing which will serve us well on later…
Author: Rear Admiral Lirha Saalm
Posted on: 25 Apr 2012 @ 11:12am
Category: General News
Thoughts, comments, opinions, bring them to me! :)
Hey again all, your friendly neighbourhood XO here again.
I've been looking through all the posting being done, and those currently being written, and I for one am extremely pleased with how active this sim is being!
So, I'd like to ask a personal favour of you all if I…
Author: Captain Jonathan Holliday
Posted on: 25 Apr 2012 @ 7:16am
Category: General News
Weekly Update
We have moved on to MD 03-05 so please finish all remaining MD 02 posts as soon as possible and get them posted. Like John said, there is a lot going on right now in all areas of the game so it's important that everyone keeps pace. I would also…
Author: Rear Admiral Lirha Saalm
Posted on: 18 Apr 2012 @ 12:04pm
Category: General News
A note from your friendly XO :)
Hey all,
just a heads up to let you know I'm going to be away on business from Tuesday morning until Thursday morning so if I go quiet in any posts please dont panic, I'll respond to any and all tags when I get back.
Similarly if anyone wants to…
Author: Captain Jonathan Holliday
Posted on: 16 Apr 2012 @ 8:36am
Category: Out-of-Character
Weekly Update
We are departing SB234 and moving on to MD 03-05 this weekend so please finish up all MD 01-02 posts by Friday. If you need an extension, let me know and I'll do my best to accommodate you. Also, please finish creating any NPCs by Friday. We will not be…
Author: Rear Admiral Lirha Saalm
Posted on: 11 Apr 2012 @ 11:56am
Category: General News
Weekly Update
We are coming along nicely with our resupply posts so lets plan on finishing them by next Friday. The Briefing Room and Mission Map have been updated to reflect the most current information. Don't forget to use these as a reference when planning your character posts.
Please try…
Author: Rear Admiral Lirha Saalm
Posted on: 04 Apr 2012 @ 11:39pm
Category: General News
Supplemental Update
We have two new crew who have joined us since the last update. Please welcome:
LTJG Kestra Orexil, Chief Security/Tactical Officer
LTJG Dea Mialin, Chief Flight Control Officer
Congratulations on your transfers and welcome to the Galileo!
The Duty Roster has been updated to…
Author: Rear Admiral Lirha Saalm
Posted on: 30 Mar 2012 @ 11:04am
Category: General News
Weekly Update
There are quite a few updates that I need to cover so please bear with me as this might be a bit lengthy.
Website Updates
Several new sections of the website have been created or updated recently. The first new addition is called the Briefing Room. This is…
Author: Rear Admiral Lirha Saalm
Posted on: 28 Mar 2012 @ 1:39pm
Category: General News
Yearly Physical Exams
Attention crew if anyone wishes to write a post with your friendly Physician now is the time...
For your regular check ups...
Dr. Robin Hilyer, CMO
USS Galileo
Author: Lieutenant JG Robin Hilyer MD
Posted on: 21 Mar 2012 @ 11:21pm
Category: General News
Weekly Update
We are just about finished with Episode 00 and I plan to wrap it up by the end of the week. Please finish all of your current JPs and get them posted by Friday night. The Launch post will be the final post in the episode, after which no backposts…
Author: Rear Admiral Lirha Saalm
Posted on: 20 Mar 2012 @ 12:18pm
Category: General News
Weekly Update
We've been very busy with our posting this last week which is great to see. I have a couple of announcements, which should make everyone happy.
First, our hard work and writing has been noticed by our Task Force superiors and the Galileo has been awarded February's Bronze Unit of…
Author: Rear Admiral Lirha Saalm
Posted on: 14 Mar 2012 @ 6:41pm
Category: General News
Weekly Update
No major updates this week, we seem to have settled in nicely with our storyline JPs and if everyone finishes up their tags before the weekend, we can start our Launch post.
Also, our awesome XO has returned from LOA so be sure to try and overwhelm him with tags…
Author: Rear Admiral Lirha Saalm
Posted on: 07 Mar 2012 @ 3:43pm
Category: General News
Weekly Update
Awards have been entered into the website and will begin to be distributed next month. There are quite a few and they cover most aspects of the sim, including OOC contributions. As long as you stay active and participate, there is a good likelihood that you will be recognized for…
Author: Rear Admiral Lirha Saalm
Posted on: 29 Feb 2012 @ 1:35pm
Category: General News
Leave of Abscence
Fellow Crew,
I have a requested a Leave of Abscence, I will be away from a computer for a two days.
Dr. Hilyer
Author: Lieutenant JG Robin Hilyer MD
Posted on: 23 Feb 2012 @ 2:25pm
Category: Out-of-Character
Weekly Update
Crew,
We are rapidly approaching our launch date. The only mission posts which need to be completed are the Banquet post, as well as the Systems Check. Those of you who were involved in the original Systems Check will notice that I've decided to split the post up into different…
Author: Rear Admiral Lirha Saalm
Posted on: 21 Feb 2012 @ 7:45pm
Category: General News
Weekly Update
As we move forward with our systems check and crew banquet, I'd like everyone to use the rest of MD 03 and 04 for character development. Also, please let me know which NPCs you would like to own so that we can begin to develop some of them as well.…
Author: Rear Admiral Lirha Saalm
Posted on: 17 Feb 2012 @ 9:13pm
Category: General News
Weekly Update
Wow, what a busy week we've had :) It's great to see everyone settling in and posting, and I must say, things are coming along nicely. As soon as everyone completes their character introductions, we will move forward and begin the preliminary systems check.
I have a couple announcements to…
Author: Rear Admiral Lirha Saalm
Posted on: 09 Feb 2012 @ 5:42am
Category: General News
Astrometrics Display
I've just created our ship's Astrometrics display which is now posted on our website's main page, just above the News items. It is a real-time map of our current/upcoming mission and displays our ship's position in the galaxy in relation to our objectives. As mission posts are logged into the…
Author: Rear Admiral Lirha Saalm
Posted on: 03 Feb 2012 @ 9:08am
Category: Website Update
New Arrivals
Crew,
I'm excited to announce we have two new arrivals to the ship:
LT(JG) Robin Hilyer M.D., Chief Medical Officer and Second Officer
CWO Markum Quinn, Chief Engineering Officer
Congratulations on your well-deserved transfers!
-Lirha
Author: Rear Admiral Lirha Saalm
Posted on: 02 Feb 2012 @ 5:41am
Category: Sim Announcement
Welcome Aboard!
Crew,
I want to welcome everyone to the sim and give a little information about our first mission, which will last only about a month. Episode 00 is a short mission and the in-character time frame is five days, MD 01 thru MD 06. The Galileo is currently in…
Author: Rear Admiral Lirha Saalm
Posted on: 01 Feb 2012 @ 9:46pm
Category: Sim Announcement
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