Fleet Four

Report - February 2001

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Command Staff

FComm -- Commodore Larry Garfield, CO, USS Alliance
AFComm -- Fleet Captain Emma Rouse-Deane, CO, USS Asimov
Flagship -- USS Alliance, Andromeda-class

Fleet News and Briefs

Well, with the fleetwide in full swing, my staff has slowed down in getting these in. I will have to break out the CO9T again unless I see an improvement. We also have a new face in the fleet, Johnathan Hughes, who takes over for Ralf Steen, who was forced to resign as CO of the Columbus due to RL issues. I didn't want to send this report in until we had a full roster again. OK, yeah, and I was swamped with work, ok? On with the show!

RPG Update

Since everything ties together, and since I'm GMing all but one ship in the fleet right now, we'll get this out of the way all at once.

The Alliance was docked at Starbase 202 after its last mission, and several of the crew were hanging around on the station partying. Ships were starting to dock again. One of them was a frieghter, the SS Falcon, registered to one Lars Ono. Ono was carrying two passengers, both dressed in brown robes and able to influence the weak minded. They were in the cantina when the SNN broadcast regarding the Asimov's last mission came through, and were amazed at what they saw. We don't know exactly why yet.

Shortly after they left the Cantina, Ono entered the cantina where he was assaulted by a green and spikey alien named "Greedo." There was a large fight, and one of the Alliance officers, Lt. Toobits, a Yuki (wookie, see a previous Alliance mission), was nearly killed. Ono saved his life, and now Toobits feels he owes Ono. He helped Ono escape, but in the process several people in the cantina were injured and one Sec NE was killed by Greedo. Greedo is now in custody, on his way to the brig, while Ono and Toobits returned to the Falcon and blasted their way out of spacedock, damaging several weapons and shielding systems on the way. The Alliance took off in persuit of the Falcon. They are currently in persuit at high warp, far higher than a freighter of that size should be able to handle. Ono must have made some special modifications himself.

Meanwhile, the brown-robed pair suddenly swooned on the promenade, claiming to have sensed "a great disturbance in the Force." The proceeded directly to Ops, where they "persuaded" the crew to scan for strange occurances. As luck (or destiny) would have it, at almost the exact moment they felt a disturbance the USS Asimov had detected an explosion coming from Zeta Epsilon VII, a planet named Alderaan, in the same system as Sith, the homeworld of the Seetha. As near as they could tell, the planet had been entirely blown away. They are investigating the matter.

The two brown-clad figures then entered the BCO's office, where despite asking for privacy they allowed the BXO and CNS to enter before locking the doors. One of them is taller and looks human(oid), rather like Alec Guiness. He has identified himself as Obi-Enne. His companion is shorter than the Crag, green, wrinkly, and on the few occations that he has spoken his ears have wiggled. His name has not been revealed. They have so far revealed that they and their people have been looking for the Rolchana, the Dyson Sphere that the Overlords used to control the Crag, for a thousand generations. Of course, it was just destroyed 3 years ago by Starfleet.

Meanwhile, in another part of the forest...

After arriving at the scene, Fleet Captain Jeff Field of the USS Montgomery beamed over to the saucer section of the Columbus, unlocked the computer, and took command. The Monty and Columbus had a short but violent exchange of fire with the Viceroy's ship, in which an automated robot fighter from the Viceroy's ship slammed into the Montgomery's bridge, after they had lost their bridge deflector shields. The command crew relocated to Engineering, as was standard prcedure on that ship. The Columbus forceably beamed the Viceroy on board and placed him under arrest (for what reason, the lawyers will have to decide later), but managed to "persuade" him to give them access to his ship's sensor logs. The Columbus has managed to confirm that the stardrive was in fact not destroyed but left with the Malencar Sect slave ship. They are trying to determine their most likely destination

USS Alliance

CO: Larry Garfield
XO: Peter Hull
GM: Chris Ashley

Activity Level:

Currently the posting rat is low. We have had a bad period due to LOAs, AWOLs and near AWOLS. Those actually present on the ship are posting well..

Crew:

Those of the crew who are posting are all working well. The GM has been absent for some time which makes things difficult. I have attemted a side sim that hasn't gone too well!

General:

I'm still finding my feet and getting into the XO role.

CO Report:

The GM hath returned, and things are picking up again. The long plotless period was a tad too long. Still, most of us are still there, and slowly working back up. Interestingly, we now have two DHs who outrank the XO. He doesn't seem to mind (much).

USS Asimov

CO: Emma Rouse-Deane
XO: Taliyah Campbell
GM: Larry Garfield

Activity Level:

The Asimov has been very active this month as the new fleetwide has started up.

Crew:

We have had quite a few people join our crew recently. A few new members as well as a few veterans of starfleet. Cordell Garrett recently returned to pick back up an old Asimov character and the crew is happy to see Micheal Briscoe back. Nicole Talkington is a new member to starfleet who I feel will go far. From her posting level and quality which are excellent she has been a fabulous addition to the crew.

General:

With the new crew members our crew has become extremely active and all appear to be working well with everyone else. Rumour has it Ash should be returning soon from her iLOA and so our Medical department will have fun becoming reaquainted with an old character.

AFComm Report:

Well the Asimov's simple patrol duties along the Seetha border have turned out to be anything but. After bearing the brunt of a shockwave from the now destroyed Alderaan, we are still no closer to determining what caused it. A range of possibilities are on the cards, including some kind of weapon (as if..!), over mining (ala Praxis), a natural disaster, or something entirely different.. bets are now open :)

The crew and ship have been doing great, posting is and has remained constant and high, and we are now looked forward to our third wedding, which will be uniting Emily's pregnant Arbazan character with Mack's psycho doc character, just in time for the babies to be born, god help us ;)

All the departments are looking strong, although the Engineering Department's crew seem to either have a tendency for hurting themselves, or being near the wrong piece of equipment at the wrong time, although this has the side effect of keeping the medical department occupied, and out of mischief :) That leaves security trying to deal with a sabateur, as well as doing some group bonding..

The crew itself has remained fairly constant, except for the return of Cordell with his Doctor character, Michael Briscoe, welcome back Cord :)

Another month gone, the crew and ship are looking good... wheee!!!

USS Columbus

CO: Johnathan Hughes
XO: Linus Lindblad
GM: Larry Garfield

Activity Level:

All goes well on the eastern front. Posting has been stable exept for a few inactive members.

Crew:

We have a couple of local oddballs that spread their own kind of fun in the ship, aswell as some of the Monty's crewmembers that seem to slip into our posts. Mix and stir and you'll get a crew.

General:

We are very close to a conclusion now, a month or two. :)

FComm Addendum:

Haha! Yeah, right, sure.

CO Report:

Exempted. Johno just got there. :-)

AFComm Report:

With Fleet Captain Field in command of the Columbus, we have engaged the Viceroy's ship, after he proved to be unco-operative. The Junior officers have still been trying to get on with one another although it doesn't help matters when some, namely a big burly klingon doesn't want to :) After finally being granted access to the senior staff logs, the science department have found them to be useless.. nothing relating to the mind control 'Force Generators' were contained, and the surveillance tapes have drawn a blank as well. The mystery still remains, what happened to all the senior officers, and will the truth ever be uncovered?

However, firing on the Viceroy's ship had some unplanned consequences, automated fighters began to retalliate, which the science department has managed to find a way around now by confusing their signals. However, not before a stray one went hurtling towards the Montgomerys bridge..oops! To add insult to injury, the Columbus' phasers also took out the small round window on the Montgomery. Maybe a course in weapons fire, or some phaser training is in order? ;)

Activity on the Columbus has been strong, and fairly constant. Again there has been little activity from the CO or the XO on occasion, but that has not hampered activity, and the rest of the crew are ploughing through the sim, no doubt we will get to the bottom of it.. and find the stardrive section :)

USS Montgomery

CO: Jeff Field
XO: Philip Hobday
GM: Larry Garfield

Activity Level:

Rate of posting down a little, possibly due to the complexity of the fleetwide and the dispersal of the crew. But will improve once sim gets a good direction going again.

Crew:

Difficult to say, since the fleetwide is engaging some people and not others. Tara Manini, a new arrival, has been posting well.

General:

The fleetwide is proving personally enjoyable, but I wonder if some officers are finding it difficult to engage. Perhaps the powers that will help COs and XOs out by providing the odd sub-plot to involve personnel not in the centre of things right now.

CO Report:

Jeff was too busy playing with his sheep to be bothered to write a report. I'm going to have to ground him (or the ship).

FComm Report:

With the Montgomery and Columbus cross-linked, reading both means I read both twice. It also means that a few people were confused for a bit as to which post was where and where they were. That has sorted itself out now, however, and with the away team on its way back that should be settled. The plot on both ships is moving more slowly than I would like, due mostly to the fact that it's a complex plot to begin with, and the Columbus' crew keeps changing out from under me. I guess after two years of rock-solid RPing, fate has caught up with this little ship, it can't keep a command staff. :-) I'm trying to speed things along in order to resync things with the rest of the fleet. I fear the timing will be off. In other news, the Montgomery welcomes back Shalon Hurlbert, who left us last year due to RL issues. He's back now, with the same character as our new COS. The welcome back banner was destroyed along with the bridge.

Starbase 202

CO: Philip Hobday
XO: David Yim
GM: Larry Garfield

Activity Level:

The posting rate is normal but the crew need a few boasts to return the station to its good old days.

Crew:

The crew are alright, if not great in general. However, some problems can still be observed in the performances of the command officers, especially the BXO. Perhaps he should be shot. ^_^ Two newcomers, Ryan Reeder and India Wilson seems to have potential to be good officers.

General:

Despite the confusing sim, the station remain united and progress can be seen everyday.

CO Report:

There has been a change in pace with the arrival of the fleetwide after our all-out efforts to capture the terroists in the last sim. The Party on the Promenade, I think, was a good idea - everyone seemed to get involved, even some from the Alliance! - and I've suggested SB202 might be a good place to have the end of Fleetwide party, although it's up to the FComm, of course. Medical is suffering from the loss of personnel, and Ops from the COO's LOA, but both of these problems are in the process of being sorted - the COO is back and involved as ever, and Medical will hopefully be up to strength. My XO, David Yim, has performed superbly, engaging crew members and providing top-quality advice to a CO in his first command...The Fleetwide is a good idea, but, as in my Monty XO report, GM staff need to ensure as many members as possible have something to do to engage with the plot. A quieter month than the last, but 202 is getting there.

AFComm Report:

The incident on the promenade involving Greedo and Lars Ono has finally come to a head. Greedo has been taken into custody, but Ono, along with Toobits, a security officer from the Alliance, have managed to escape on the SS Falcon. In her hasty escape, they managed to damage both the starbases weapons, tractor beam, docking clamps and shields.. Tough little ship, huh? ;) The Alliance which had been docked at SB202 for shoreleave is preparing to pursue the fleeing vessel.

The shockwave that eminated from within Seetha space from Alderaan has been picked up on the starbases sensors, and with some pursuasion from the two mysterious robed figures, they are trying to unravel the same mystery that is occupying the Asimov, well two heads are better than one :)

The crew has remained constant

Activity on the Starbase has steadily increased this month, but is still off the levels enjoyed by both the Columbus and the Asimov, but I have no worries that we will get there.

Crell

Active Members: Larry Garfield, Deanne Ashton, Emma Rouse-Deane, Johnathan Hughes

Status:

Johno Hughes has joined us on Crell, with a character that originated in an alternate dimension created by Deanne's warped mind on the Alliance. :-) So far so good on that front. With several plots running in parallel, we're doing alright, although as always every LOA is a major hit for the whole planet. I'm considering additional draftees currently.

DH Recommendations

None at this Time

XO Recommendations

None at this Time

Quote of the Month

"The more you tighten your grip, FComm, the more starships will slip through your fingers."

Report signed: FComm-4 Larry Garfield 12 February 2001

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