Forum Upgrade Complete

We are pleased to announce that the planned forum upgrade has now been completed.

Taking a little less than a day to complete, the upgrade occurred ahead of schedule and with no immediate problems and as a result, you will also notice that the Instant Messaging bar has been re-added to the bottom of the page.

Most importantly, we now benefit from our own dedicated server making for faster forum load times, increased storage space and the room for future expansion as the fleet increases in size.

The upgrade may take up to 48 hours to fully propagate for all members, however, if you experience any problems don't hesitate to email support@shadowfleet.org.

Replacement Command Staff for USS Churchill

Following on from our previous announcement concerning the USS Gettysburg, we am now pleased to reveal the two officers chosen to lead the crew of the Churchill from February 1st onwards.

Selected to command the Intrepid-class vessel is Lieutenant Commander Reece Thompson who will transfer from his current posting on the Gibson with promotion to the rank of Commander. Mr Thompson has served in Shadow Fleet for nearly four years, working his way from the junior rank of Ensign to become a senior Lieutenant Commander. Prior to his service on the Gibson, Commander Thompson served as First Officer on the USS Discovery so he is no stranger to the command position.

Assisting Commander Thompson as First Officer will be the Churchill's existing Head of Security, Lieutenant Commander John Brown. Mr Brown has been a long-serving member of Shadow Fleet, having held Department Head positions on no less than three of our ships. He brings a wealth of experience to the role of First Officer and I am sure he will continue to serve the Churchill well.

As previously mentioned, these promotions will take effect upon the launch of the USS Gettysburg, currently scheduled for February 1st. Until then, please congratulate these two officers on their success.

50, 000 Mark Reached!

We are delighted to announce that the 50,000 post mark was surpassed today!

This milestone figure represents the incredible efforts by each and every one of you - our community. It shows that together we can create some great posts, whether they be in missions, general discussions or just plain fun!

In addition, we are also pleased to say that in just the first two weeks of the New Year, you have together created an incredible 80 new topics, posted a magnificent 1924 new posts and welcomed 3 new members to the fleet.

Keep up the great work Shadow Fleet, and here's to our continuing success through 2013.

Bring on the 100,000 mark!

USS Gettysburg Crew Roster Announced

Following on from our official announcement of the opening of our next SIMM, the USS Gettysburg, we are pleased to reveal the full crew roster of those who will be serving on her.

 

The Galaxy-class USSGettysburg

The USS Gettysburg will be the fleet's first Galaxy-class starship SIMM, its purpose to reignite the ethos of exploration and discovery beyond the fringes of Federation space. Commanding our first heavy cruiser will be Commander Lance Krol with promotion to the rank of Captain, who will be assisted by his current First Officer, Lieutenant Commander Connor Price, who will also be receiving a promotion to the rank of Commander.

Take a look at the full crew roster listed below:

Commanding Officer: Captain Lance Krol
First Officer: Commander Connor Price
Chief Security/Tactical Officer: Lieutenant Kirok
Security/Tactical Crewman: Crewman Recruit Revek Tre'el
Chief Engineering Officer: Ensign Safi Larson
Engineering Crewman: Warp Core Specialist Benjamin Bradley
Operations Crewman: Sensor Systems Specialist Sukal
Chief Science Officer: Lieutenant T'Ra Jones
Medical Crewman: Senior Medical Technician Rennan Protheus

Full instructions for those transferring to the Gettysburg will be made available in due course, but if you didn't get a place on our newest ship, don't worry! There will be plenty of opportunities for transfer later on down the line.

The Gettysburg is due to open with her first mission entitled "Unwritten Future" this February 1st.

Cadet of the Year (with Admiral Kawolsky) and Player of the Year (with Admiral O'Neill)

With both the SIMM and Task Group awards now over, it is time to focus our attention to the annual fleet-level awards. There's only two to present but they both recognize the hard work of our members in making us a real contender on the Star Trek RPG front.

In my capacity as Acting Academy Commandant, I am delighted to be presenting the first award today in the form of Cadet of the Year. This is awarded to the player who has shown creativity in writing the best academy course of the entire year. Without further ado, I am proud to announce that Lieutenant Archangel T'Koris has been chosen for this award due to her excellent standard of writing and verbal reasoning skills. She answered each level of her exam with intelligent responses and demonstrated professionalism throughout. A well deserved award, I am sure you will agree. Congratulations!

Kawolksy

Greetings Everyone,


I hope everyone has had a good holiday during the Winter break. I am making it Winter break instead of Christmas break for a number of reasons which some of you might figure out faster then others. Before I continue, I would like to apologize if there has been any downtime in the past week. I kinda forgot to pay the hosting bill as I was kinda out of action due to err, Winter related illness what tends to hate me.

Now, for the presentation of the Player of the Year award. I have watched nearly the entire fleet this year either as hidden or active.  This year I present the award to Lieutenant Kirok for outstanding achievements. Kirok has been online constantly, dedicated to both the simm and the fleet, committed to his quality posting and also has made a concerted effort to get to know other members in the entire Shadow Fleet community.

Congratulations to you Kirok and I hope you keep up the good work.

Chris Newberry
Shadow Fleet CO/CEO

Task Group Alpha Awards Ceremony With Admiral Kawolsky

TASK GROUP ALPHA

Awards Ceremony - January, 2013

As the individual SIMM awards draw to a close, it's now time to reflect back on the performance of Task Group Alpha as a whole in what is the first awards ceremony of the new year. Before we begin, I would like to thank each and every one of your for the effort you have put into making your own unique SIMMs the best they can be. I realize we have experienced peaks and troughs recently, but overall you have remained dedicated and submitted some quality posts to the boards.

Anyway, without further ado:

The Unit Citation is awarded to all players of a SIMM deemed to be the most active over the last six month period. As before, I had an extremely difficult decision to make. All of the SIMMs in TGA have performed equally well but I do believe that one has shone out as being slightly more active than the other two. I am proud to award the officers and crew of the USS Churchill the Unit Citation. Congratulations Commander Krol.





This leads me nicely onto the Distinguished Command Award. Due to his excellent ability to keep things moving on the Churchill coupled with the fact he is regularly online, I am delighted to award this one to Commander Lance Krol. Congratulations!

The final presentation I would like to make today is in recognition of one person's efforts within our Task Group. Since joining, I have continually received excellent reports about one player in particular. Not only is this player always online, but they have contributed some brilliant posts to their SIMM's storylines, posts that have been recognized through nominations for Post of the Month on more than one occasion. Please congratulate Lieutenant Archangel T'Koris on being awarded the Task Group CO's Commendation!

That officially brings an end to our Task Group awards ceremony. Once more, I would like to thank all of you - the Command Level Officers to Department Heads, to Crewman that are the backbone of our SIMMs - for an extraordinary effort these past six months. Please do keep it up so that we can make 2013 an awesome year!

USS Gettysburg: Coming Soon!

The time has arrived to formally announce our next SIMM in the form of the Galaxy-class USS Gettysburg along with an exciting new launch trailer!

 

The Galaxy-class USS Gettysburg

The Gettysburg, named after Gettysburg, Pennsylvania, the site of a major campaign during the American Civil War, will be the fleet's largest ship to date. With a remit to explore the very fringes of Federation space, our newest ship will reignite the ethos of exploration and discovery that Star Trek embodies.

Commanding the Gettysburg will be Commander Lance Krol who will also be receiving promotion to the more appropriate rank of Captain for his previous efforts on the Churchill. Further details, including a full crew roster will be announced in due course but if you wish to serve on this wonderful new SIMM, just let us know by commenting in the discussion topic on Shadow Fleet.

The USS Gettysburg is due for launch on February 1st. If you can't wait until then, check out our announcement trailer on YouTube for more excitement!