SNN UPDATE #27

Sunday, 25 August 1996

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After a short commercial interruption, Welcome Back Once    
Again to SNN UPDATE.  Today we're going to examine all      
those little things in STF that we forgot to examine        
yesterday:  For example, the REAL inside dope on McCullick, 
Midyette, and More.  AND, the Final Fate of the Dresden.    
AND, more information on the New Fleet.  AND, highlights of 
the Premsident's Addresses of the last few weeks, AND, this 
really obnoxious Sentance that Ate Manhattan at the end of  
the opening paragraph, telling you this.                    
                                                            
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* In the second week of July, 1996, President Randy "God    
 Emperor of STF" McCullick issued three notes in the "STF - 
 PREZ ADRESS" subject, establishing by edict finally the    
 ranks and positions of STF.  The much-contested Rank list  
 includes all the "normal" ranks up to Fleet Captain, Comm- 
 odore, and places Vice Admiral between Cdre. and  Admiral, 
 and Fleet Admiral above that.  Notable exceptions  to The  
 List: Vice Flt. Adm., Rear Admiral, and Flag Admiral.  The 
 Premsident dismissed these as "not needed."                
* Also established in that two-note posting were the On-    
 Ship staff listing (which remains unchanged, except for a  
 misspelling of "counselor" <g>), the Command listing (also 
 remaining unchanged), and the various ways of appointing   
 and approvals needed for transfers, departmental direct-   
 ors, and other positions.  Basically, it is a definitive   
 statement from a Premz known for "sticking to his guns"    
 and not being afraid to step on toes to push through       
 sweeping reforms.  SNN UPDATE applauds his clarification   
 efforts in this particularly sticky STF topic.             
* One of the sadder parts of McCullick's 7th July Adress    
 was the decommissioning of the USS Dresden of Fleet Two,   
 reducing STF's combined strength to five ships, a number   
 that used to reflect, in the Midyette days, the number of  
 ships dedicated to Fleet Two alone.  Hopefully, the Web    
 fleet will bring that number up, but for now the Dresden   
 is history, moved to the #2 "recomm" spot (that is, second 
 on the list of ships to be recommissioned when STF's pop-  
 ulation justifies it).  The Dresden had formely been in    
 the STBB "Colony" Fleet 3 during its existance, and had    
 been transferred back "home" to Fleet Two when the Colony  
 was assessed as a failure.  The decommissioning was promp- 
 ted by Dresden CO Paula Lorenzo's resignation.             
* On a brighter note, many STF regulars (or is that IRregu- 
 lars?) have rejoiced at the return of that STF fixture,    
 Midyette's Place (in the OT).  Owned & Reopened by none    
 other than Jim Midyette Himself, the Place is one of STF's 
 oldest bars and has been a steady rock in the OT since its 
 inception.  Stop by for a Coke... but watch out for what   
 appear to be heightened tensions in the Cola Wars in that  
 area.  Maybe we should all just order Snapple?             
* CHAT!  Who remembers that word?  With School/Work rearing 
 its ugly head again, CHAT meets will soon become much har- 
 der to schedule... All STFers within the sound of my       
 voice, congregate at "STF CHAT!" here in the Games BB to   
 discuss our next Meet.  Be there, or be left out!          
                       >> Don't forget to have a nice day.  
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was published today, and yesterday, by Mike "Okay, you can  
go back to RPGing now" Ballway.  While Mike does have opin- 
ions, he's keeping them secret until the end of the Democ-  
ratic Convention, so the ones herein are not necessarily    
his, or even Bill Clinton's.  SNN UPDATE, while refusing to 
cover the DNC (or RNC for that matter) still shares with    
the Networks the Journalistic Motto of "Quick, Informative, 
Totally Biased Reporting of STF Events."  If you have a     
complaint, take it to Nightline.  We don't care.  No,       
seriously:  Complaints, comments, commendations, etc.       
should be emailed to the Publisher: Mike "bwsc65c" Ballway