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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 @ 11:50am
Category: General News


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 @ 10:56am
Category: General News


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 @ 2:13pm
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 @ 1:01pm
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 @ 7:40am
Category: General News


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 @ 12:17pm
Category: General News


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 @ 1:15pm
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 @ 8:31am
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 @ 9:09am
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 @ 9:37am
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 @ 9:29am
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 @ 3:49pm
Category: General News


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 @ 8:33am
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 @ 11:23am
Category: General News


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 @ 11:26am
Category: General News


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 @ 11:46am
Category: General News


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 @ 10:41am
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 @ 11:16am
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 @ 4:21pm
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 @ 12:20pm
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 @ 12:00pm
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 @ 4:02pm
Category: General News


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 @ 11:31am
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 @ 7:22am
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 @ 8:14am
Category: General News

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