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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: 30 Dec 2016 @ 6:47pm
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 @ 10:05am
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 @ 4:14pm
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 @ 3:24pm
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: 08 Dec 2016 @ 10:24pm
Category: General News


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: 01 Dec 2016 @ 10:23pm
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 @ 4:54pm
Category: General News


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: 24 Oct 2016 @ 9:06pm
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: 14 Oct 2016 @ 11:41pm
Category: General News


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: 01 Oct 2016 @ 7:39pm
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: 19 Sep 2016 @ 8:10pm
Category: General News


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 @ 3:08pm
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 @ 2:43pm
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: 28 Aug 2016 @ 7:22pm
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 @ 6:36pm
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 @ 4:42pm
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 @ 4:25pm
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: 19 Aug 2016 @ 8:55pm
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 @ 12:52pm
Category: General News


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 @ 5:19pm
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 @ 5:42pm
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 @ 1:12pm
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 @ 12:59pm
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: 08 Jun 2016 @ 11:20pm
Category: General News


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 @ 12:17am
Category: General News

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