Incoming Obsidian Fleet Transmission...

Mission Report #2.28
____________________________________________________________________
Contents:
1) Command Staff OOC Addresses
2) Promotions/Awards/Academy Reports
3) Comings & Goings
4) Mission Summary Report
5) Mission Objectives
6) Quotable Quotes
7) Post Count
8) Team Building
____________________________________________________________________


I. Command Staff OOC Addresses

Salvete!

Well, thanks to Trent (aka Sally) there's been an article on about our new "Drive Thru WIndow feature" on Tesla. Of course, he's a real stinker and managed to get cheese in.

It was a pretty decent week for posts, the plots are starting to percolate around. We have a new member as well, the USS Swiftsure has a new 2XO, welcome aboard to Chen "Karin" who will be serving under Radcliffe.

What's up? Well, we surpassed last month's posts and that's what I was hoping for with all of the LOAs and lesser activity. If we can maintain this pace, a nice steady postcount will sustain us over the long run.

We begin July with a a smile. Why Jaynie? Because by the third week of July, our SIM in both its Galileo and Tesla combined incarnations will hit the 2 year mark. That's a great accomplishment! I'll be reminiscing more over the next month, pulling out some old chestnuts along the way. So, if you are a long standing crewbie, and you have something to say -- drop me a PM.

Something is currently wrong with the command mailing list so please just send it directly via PM.

Jason is headed out to Germany for a week so please contact me directly if you need command questions answered and I will pawn them off ... I mean address them appropriately.


Curate ut valeatis,

Jaynie


P.S. I went to a lecture this week about biodiversity and sustainability and the hippy wannabees were all talking about Humanure but the guy who was actually the hippy -- the bald old man who'd been a long haired Berkeley hippy in the sixties, and was a soil scientist looked at them and said, "You mean Poop." See, I agree, call it what it is.


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I'm excited that we passed the 60 mark this week in posts. See the above referenced big surprise. I'll be out of touch this week traveling to Germany. I keep telling Jaynie I'll be close enough to lob things at the Belgian. Inside joke for those of you who've been around that long.

I'll return, hopefully, to an overflowing box of wonderful prose. In keeping with the spirit of travel, and pride month, I offer you this hilarious way to tell if your flight attendant is gay.

Regards,
Jason/Raul

II. Promotions/Awards/Academy Report

Promotions: None
Awards: None

Academy report: None

III. Comings & Goings

Coming: Ensign Chen Xao-Ling, the 2XO of the Swiftsure!
Going: None this week
Leaves of Absence: Gnos (Miranda Clarke), Katie (Massengale), Ashley Lysander

Several folks have been poked online via email to ascertain their playing status and given some suggestions on how to proceed with the mission.

IV. Mission Summary Report

Location: On SB47 or support vessels, depending on your assignment
Status: Red Alert

This week: (if your department is blank, no action happened)
Swiftsure: Swifty is to do some repairs and recrewing
Fury: Nebula adventure!
Command: Stark enjoyed a quiet moment at home.
Security: Sutton deals with the impending riot in the cruise line terminal as the ship docks.
Operations & Engineering: The engineers try to make the station belch gas.
Science:
Medical & Counseling: DeAngelis gets trapped in a jefferies tube.
Diplomatic & Civilian: Allynda helps do repair work, stripping half-naked in the process.

V. Mission Objectives

Last Report:
USS Swiftsure Objectives: Evacuate wounded from medical bays. Check!
FURY: Reach the new place you're supposed to be exploring. Check!
TESLA:
Sec: Deal with the SS Centurion security checkpoint hell. Check!
Operations: Help with repairs. Incomplete
Engineering: Cover the hole and get rid of the radiation. In progress!
Silver Arrows:
Medical: Log from POV of medical staff unable to perform duties due to damage to medical facilities. Be creative. Check!
Counseling: Post a log, please. Any log. Incomplete
Science: Work with Fury OR Help engineering w/radiation removal.Incomplete
Civilian Affairs: Sally needs to post on her POV of the disaster, please. In progress!
CO & XO & 2XO & Yeoman:Command staff shakeup. Incomplete

Objectives for this week upcoming:
USS Swiftsure Objectives: Go to warp...take the wounded to the other starbase!
FURY: Report via subspace to the station your findings.
TESLA:
Sec: Keep angry tourists from mauling Prem. Disperse Agora-ians once radiation goes away.
Operations: Help with repairs. More French words, and cheese toast.
Engineering: Continue hole-patching and off-gassing.
Silver Arrows:
Medical: CMO's discretion.
Counseling: Post a log, please. Any log.
Science: Receive a copy of Fury report and analyze nebular data.
Civilian Affairs: Sally gets injured. Cut? Sprain? Bruise? Burn?
CO & XO & 2XO & Yeoman:Captain's discretion.

VI. Quotable Quotes:

Even in the future, "Gotta go gotta go gotta go right now" still applies.
"Just... the bathroom." - Diana Stark

See now, that's just too easy
"Smugglers, pirates or something bigger?," said the Officer in Charge. - Wm. Bainbridge

It's Colonel Sanders! I want grilled, as long as my Oprah coupon is valid.
"On screen," the tall man turned, running a finger over his white mustache. - Raul Kerano as Axelious Frane.

Ding Dong, Anachronism calling!
"Hey lady you doing alright?"
"Yes" she answered. "I have made it past the obstruction."
"Hello?" came the voice again. "You okay?"
Allynda was a bit peeved she had already answered him.
"Press the badge to answer."
--Allynda ilm Warraqen

So many great posts, so little time!? If you see something you think should be posted here, send the snippet to the command staff mailing list at tesla-command@syrenmuse.com

VII. Post & Log Count:

Tables in HTML using characters display differently for everyone.? Here's a simple version:

Monthly Posts/Personal Logs/Combined Count
D: [050/001/051]
J: [156/004/160]
F: [137/001/138]
M: [071/001/072]
A: [024/001/025]
M: [050/000/050]
J: [065/000/065]

Next month's goal: 100 posts! Those contributing will receive an ice cream party, those not contributing will receive detentio--...Oops, the teacher in me is coming out. Post!

VII. Team Building:

The tesla channel has been hopping night after night with current AND former crew members. Stop by to say hello, won't you?


IRC Meeting and How to Get There:
if you have an IRC client then set it to any of these servers:
kryten.ga.us.darkmystlorg
tornado.mo.us.darkmyst.org
and the channel: #tesla

OR just use this link to mibbit! TeslaChat

Incoming Obsidian Fleet Transmission...

Mission Report #2.27
____________________________________________________________________
Contents:
1) Command Staff OOC Addresses
2) Promotions/Awards/Academy Reports
3) Comings & Goings
4) Mission Summary Report
5) Mission Objectives
6) Quotable Quotes
7) Post Count
8) Team Building
____________________________________________________________________


I. Command Staff OOC Addresses

Salvete Slackers!

I'm not a complainer, a slave driver or whatnot but there are posts languishing to the death.

I understand people have lives. So do I. If you are looking to post, in any way... get on the horn to the tesla-command@syrenmuse.com email list asap and ask for something to do or for clarification. OR email directly to the OOC list. That's how we get it all done, we have the OOC list to plan ideas and plots. Click the OOC button on the main menu bar at the top of the page.

There is plenty to do to react to the mess. In fact, if you have a mess you've been assigned to and would like to spread the mess around, JP it with someone! We like to get messy.

Just a note, CMO is now the 'acting' CMO Dubai. Our beloved Lewelyn nee T'Lin for those around long enough to remember her as our counselor will be taking the NPC Akkadian character into full PC mode now. Yay!

Crewbies, got a friend? Recruit! I'll give you a ribbon.

Jason is off for the summer, which means he has PLENTY of time to JP.

Remember and always remember... Books are for Dummies

Curate ut vuleatis,
Jaynie

P.S. In a recent survey of American adults, 90% of respondents could NOT find Belgium on a map of Europe (50% selected France, and 40% chose Rand-McNally). Even worse, when asked "What is Belgium?", 75% picked "The University of Wisconsin - Madison football team".

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My fellow citizens,

It is with great pleasure that I get to create the mission report each week, as it forces me to take more than a cursory glance at the goings-on of this SIM. It's a way to really focus my ADHD and get something done--it also makes me appreciate the hard work that Jaynie and those who have been XO before me have done to create this fabulous world we call our story.

It takes a lot of work involving multiple people to get a plot going, and lots of behind-the-scenes action. I learned this about 8 years ago when I commanded a sub-SIM with Jaynie--a colony on the planet the starbase (the main sim) orbited. What fun!

I said all that to say this--are you giving 100%? For us, that means one quality post per week unless on approved LOA. That, folks, helps keep the story going. I love writing with each of you, and I can't wait for what the next mission holds.

Regards,
Jason/Raul

P.S., ever wondered if your neighbors are gay? This may help. The circuit-party like music and glittery spire at the end just make me tingle.

Jason/Raul

II. Promotions/Awards/Academy Report

Promotions: Lieutenant Raul Kerano --> Lieutenant Commander
Awards: None

Academy report:

Congratulations to our own Sally Connely for passing the Fleet Advocate course! Holy crap, that barkeep is a member of the bar! For real!

III. Comings & Goings

Coming: None
Going: None this week
Leaves of Absence: Gnos (Miranda Clarke), Katie (Massengale), Ashley Lysander

Several folks have been poked online via email to ascertain their playing status and given some suggestions on how to proceed with the mission.

IV. Mission Summary Report

Location: On SB47 or support vessels, depending on your assignment
Status: Red Alert

This week: (if your department is blank, no action happened)
Swiftsure:
Fury: Evacuation backpost.
Command: Stark approved Jones' plan before retiring to her quarters.
Security: Kerano was comforted by Rotrov before turning over things to Sutton for a duty shift.
Operations & Engineering: Jones' plan is implemented full steam ahead. Sykes shows up and gets to work. Menet makes Reese get off his ass.
Science:
Medical & Counseling:
Diplomatic & Civilian:

V. Mission Objectives

Last Report:

USS Swiftsure Objectives: Evacuate wounded and/or initiate the engineering plan. Incomplete
FURY: Actually depart this week, please. Incomplete
TESLA:
Sec: Meet the new security chief that you don't know is the new security chief. Check!
Operations: Help with repairs. Check!
Engineering: Initiate the plan you guys came up with last week. Check!
Silver Arrows: eLOA
Medical: Continue to treat the wounded. Ratty to joint log with Abbadon. Incomplete
Counseling: Crowd management, please! Incomplete
Science: Do a joint log with Ratty in medical. Incomplete
Civilian Affairs: Sally needs to post on her POV of the disaster, please.
CO & XO & 2XO & Yeoman:Command staff shakeup. Incomplete

Objectives for this week upcoming:

USS Swiftsure Objectives: Evacuate wounded from medical bays.
FURY: Reach the new place you're supposed to be exploring.
TESLA:
Sec: Deal with the SS Centurion security checkpoint hell.
Operations: Help with repairs.
Engineering: Cover the hole and get rid of the radiation.
Silver Arrows:
Medical: Log from POV of medical staff unable to perform duties due to damage to medical facilities. Be creative.
Counseling: Post a log, please. Any log.
Science: Work with Fury OR Help engineering w/radiation removal
Civilian Affairs: Sally needs to post on her POV of the disaster, please.
CO & XO & 2XO & Yeoman:Command staff shakeup.

VI. Quotable Quotes:

Mmm, smores!
Liz shook the ensign's hand. "Sorry you get to be thrown directly into the fire." Liz remembered her favorite professor's test of engineering ability and decided to try it with Sykes.
--Elizabeth Jones

This falls under the "I do not recall" category of evasive answers
"I will just have Captain Stark order you into a dangerous situation," Raul deadpanned, and returned to the bedside where Mark lay.
--Raul Kerano

StarkMobile offers 1500 minutes for $49.99/monthly, 2 year contract required.
"Brilliant," Diana tapped her badge, "Stark to Roskilly, I'm leaving my office and going mobile, I'll be on call and will fill you in shortly."
--Diana Stark

I guess it's better than being a retard.
"For one, stop feeling so sorry for yourself," Stella snapped irritably. She hated it when people would not take stock of their own actions. It was almost despicable. "You're being a pleurard."
-Stella Menet (PNPC Kelly)

So many great posts, so little time!? If you see something you think should be posted here, send the snippet to the command staff mailing list at tesla-command@syrenmuse.com

VII. Post & Log Count:

Tables in HTML using characters display differently for everyone.? Here's a simple version:

Monthly Posts/Personal Logs/Combined Count
D: [050/001/051]
J: [156/004/160]
F: [137/001/138]
M: [071/001/072]
A: [024/001/025]
M: [050/000/050]
J: [048/000/048]

48 posts in 22 days = 2.18 posts/day. Pretty good!

VII. Team Building:

The tesla channel has been hopping night after night with current AND former crew members. Stop by to say hello, won't you?


IRC Meeting and How to Get There:
if you have an IRC client then set it to any of these servers:
kryten.ga.us.darkmystlorg
tornado.mo.us.darkmyst.org
and the channel: #tesla

OR just use this link to mibbit! TeslaChat

Incoming Obsidian Fleet Transmission...

Mission Report #2.26
____________________________________________________________________
Contents:
1) Command Staff OOC Addresses
2) Promotions/Awards/Academy Reports
3) Comings & Goings
4) Mission Summary Report
5) Mission Objectives
6) Quotable Quotes
7) Post Count
8) Team Building
____________________________________________________________________


I. Command Staff OOC Addresses

Salvete,

Seems we're well on our way to repair thanks to the crack engineering crew. There are a few people who still have not chimed in yet so I believe I need to remind you of the SIM Rule of 1 quality post per week. By quality it should be in some way connected to the plot or plots you are currently partaking in that are mission related (and of course not be one paragraph or we shall mock you). We have one main plot right now, that is the big hole. The other is one beginning with the Fury's plot which will be a subplot for now and then turn into the main plot once the hole is well in hand. OK that came out wrong.

Once that subplot turns into a main plot we'll start on another plot which is already hatching (planwise) with the command staff. Your current command staff is me, Jason and Ange. You can contact us with ideas at tesla-command@syrenmuse.com Ideas are good!

Midstrata of command is the department head middle management layer. Department heads are meant to run their departments like mini-sims in that you need to get your department integrated with the others, deliver quality posts, find a few lackeys (RL friends are good). There's nothing better than a few crew in one department working cross-departmentally.

Special Announcement: A level 2 Award in Obsidian is one that must be approved by the Awards Director. It is nominated by the CO. In this case, it was the entire command staff. If you want to nominate a crewmember for one, just let Command know which one by emailing the tesla-command list. You can find the awards listed at the Awards Page on OFHQ Which award was given? Check the Awards section of the Mission Report!

There's a new Engineering tech in town, Kit Sykes (shhh don't tell her about Mike & Kat). Be gentle, she's never SIMmed before. Under Jed's careful tutelage, she should be just fine!.

Welcome back to Ratty! That persnickety, cantankerous crazy female Klingon. This time, Ratty will form her line in Medical. Speaking of which, Medical will be having a change in leadership as our current wonderwoman steps down to do more work as our resident Ambassador (to become a PC) from the Steampunk planet Akkadia. Dubai will be elevated to CMO (and she has the rank in the OF database to warrant it -- Madeline has been played consecutively for over three years).

A big hidey Ho to Sutton. I've known this player for a looong time. In fact, he's one of the few I've actually met real life. I know him well *ahems* and trust him implicitly with the Security & Tactical department. I've known Sutton almost as long as Kitrin and Raul. I met Sutton while fantasy RPing in the Wheel of Time genre. Bastard never became my warder! But then I sucked him into Trek RP and he's been at it on and off ever since. Ask him about it (;

I have rambled enough. Go watch some Trek and have a giggle.

Curate ut vuleatis,
Jaynie
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Hola,

Welcome to Kit Sykes, Doug (my replacement at Security), and welcome BACK to Ratty! That's all I have for you today. If you are lost and don't know what to post, PLEASE email me and I will help you determine an appropriate task. Let's have a great week!

Jason/Raul

II. Promotions/Awards/Academy Report

Promotions: None
Awards:

Here they are! Drum roll, please...
Professional Merit - Lieutenant Commander Anderson Dower
Air Medal - Lieutenant Ashley Lysander
Library Excellence Award - Lieutenant Commander Arafel ferch Lewelyn
Good Conduct Medal - Lieutenant Commander William Bainbridge
DeForest Kelly Humour Award - Sally Connelly
Air Medal - Lieutenant JG Tenara Zel
Outstanding Volunteer Award - Lieutenant Commander Raul Kerano
Captain's Personal Merit - Lieutenant Commander Reese Kelly
Captain's Personal Merit - Lieutenant Commander William Bainbridge
Technical Merit - Lieutenant Madeline Dubai
Obsidian Fleet Distinguished Service Cross - Lieutenant Commander Marcus Talbert
Obsidian Fleet Merit of Time Served - Lieutenant Commander Raul Kerano
Obsidian Fleet Distinguished Service Cross - Lieutenant Commander William Bainbridge
Obsidian Fleet Distinguished Service Cross - Lieutenant Elizabeth Jones
Obsidian Fleet Distinguished Service Cross - Lieutenant JG Tenara Zel
Obsidian Fleet Distinguished Service Cross - Lieutenant Madeline Dubai
Obsidian Fleet Distinguished Service Cross - Lieutenant Ashley Lysander
Obsidian Fleet Distinguished Service Cross - Lieutenant JG John Kelly
Obsidian Fleet Distinguished Service Cross - Lieutenant JG Alan Difienbacker
Obsidian Fleet Distinguished Service Cross - Lieutenant JG Noelle Bennett

Last, but not least, the "OF Level 2" Scheherezade Award goes to Marilyn, the player behind Arafel, Allynda, and Avanell!

Named after the mythical heroine of the Arabian Nights, the Scheherezade awards the intricate story-crafting which is displayed within Obsidian fleet. This goes beyond simple matters of spelling, grammar, and legibility; rather, it is for the obvious effort put into posts to make them enjoyable to read for all members of a platform and not just as enjoyment for the writers who created them – for telling a tale within a tale as they weave their own story within the greater plot of their SIMM.

This award is an extension of the Level 1 Library Excellence Ribbon: the Scheherezade is awarded for use of excellent language for artistic purposes and not just for the sake of making language more complex. It focuses more on the intent, but also on the successful writing, of supreme quality posts.

As nominated by the command staff:
"The player for Arafel ferch Llewelyn has worked diligently in the world creation for the Akkadian race in PG1x sytem. Not only has she helped in the world creation and was instrumental in developing a viable system but her posts accompanying those of the CO and solo for this race have been tremendous. We want to hear about Allynda Al Warrquim of the Akkadians, a Guildmistress of the Guild of Knowledge.

Allynda is a full representation of an anachronistic algorithm caught in our time and trying to make heads or tails of what she sees. The parallels of Trek tech to Steampunk tech are often hilarious and at the same time she will make you weep for the soulless of our society.

This award is a long time coming and is fully endorsed by the entire command staff of Starbase 47: Tesla Station.

Congratulations!!

III. Comings & Goings

Coming:
Lieutenant Scott Sutton - Chief of Security
Lieutenant Rat'tanA -Medical staff
Ensign Kit Sykes - Engineering
Going: None this week

Several folks have been poked online via email to ascertain their playing status and given some suggestions on how to proceed with the mission.

IV. Mission Summary Report

Location: On SB47 or support vessels, depending on your assignment
Status: Red Alert

This week:
Swiftsure: Tasha begins offering her assistance to the ship traffic orbiting the station and the medical evacuation.? Torin Mobara is injured (bye bye birdy!).
Command: Nothing happened this week.
Security: Kerano encountered a wounded comrade in the infirmary and had a flashback to a painful life event courtesy of an injured Vulcan.
Operations & Engineering: Pilar and Jones come up with a creative plan for tackling the hull breach and power loss problem.
Science: Nothing happened this week.
Medical & Counseling: The EMH continues to be worked to his limit.? Rat'tanA arrives.
Diplomatic & Civilian: Allynda attempts to escape from the deck where she is at before the forcefield over the hull breach fails.

V. Mission Objectives

Last Report:
USS Swiftsure Objectives: Return from eLOA. Check!
FURY: Oops! No objectives last week.
TESLA:
Sec: Go visit Mark. Check! Investigate reports of looting. Incomplete Discuss the XO thingy with Diana. Incomplete
Operations: Reese and Rhys to meet with Diana, help w/repairs otherwise. Incomplete
Engineering: Get main power back online, or die. In progress!
Silver Arrows: Leader's discretion. Incomplete
Medical: Continue to treat the wounded. Incomplete
Counseling: Report to the Agora to calm the crowds. Incomplete
Science: Fury mission or help Medical. Incomplete
Civilian Affairs: Murder wrap up from Miranda's POV. Incomplete
CO & XO & 2XO & Yeoman: Command staff shakeup. Incomplete

Objectives for this week upcoming:

USS Swiftsure Objectives: Evacuate wounded and/or initiate the engineering plan.
FURY: Actually depart this week, please.
TESLA:
Sec: Meet the new security chief that you don't know is the new security chief.
Operations: Help with repairs.
Engineering: Initiate the plan you guys came up with last week.
Silver Arrows: Leader's discretion.
Medical: Continue to treat the wounded. Ratty to joint log with Abbadon.
Counseling: Crowd management, please!
Science: Do a joint log with Ratty in medical.
Civilian Affairs: Sally needs to post on her POV of the disaster, please.
CO & XO & 2XO & Yeoman:Command staff shakeup.

VI. Quotable Quotes:
You want fries with that?
"Next problem, the station has a nice sized drive thru. Currently the protection forcefields are covering the hole but they are draining life from our generators." -- Elizabeth Jones

Do Klingons ever take Kahless' name in vain?
"How in Fek'lhr do you design a station so that the corridor access is inoperative, but the hatches between critical junctions are open?" -- Raul Kerano

We need to say this to Carter more...
"You've been a real shit." -- Mitchell Rotrov (dead guy) to Carter Rotrov

Nothing says "My Gagh is spoiling, you petaQ! better than weapons fire.
The Swiftsure had already had to fire a warning shot to break up two squabbling merchant captains who were firing at each other, all over perishable cargo. -- Tasha Radcliffe

Just be a good hamster, run in your wheel and no one gets hurt...
"Allynda made an odd shrug and replied, "I think becoming a very unwilling test animal in a very odd experiment." -- Allynda Ilm Warraqen

So many great posts, so little time!? If you see something you think should be posted here, send the snippet to the command staff mailing list at tesla-command@syrenmuse.com

VII. Post & Log Count:

Tables in HTML using characters display differently for everyone.? Here's a simple version:

Monthly Posts/Personal Logs/Combined Count
D: [050/001/051]
J: [156/004/160]
F: [137/001/138]
M: [071/001/072]
A: [024/001/025]
M: [050/000/050]
J: [028/000/028]

28 posts in 15 days is NOT bad at all!? Bravo! Can we return to the Jan-Feb post-a-palooza?? That'd be awesome.? We did almost 300 posts in those 60 days!

VII. Team Building:

The tesla channel has been hopping night after night with current AND former crew members. Stop by to say hello, won't you?


IRC Meeting and How to Get There:
if you have an IRC client then set it to any of these servers:
kryten.ga.us.darkmystlorg
tornado.mo.us.darkmyst.org
and the channel: #tesla

OR just use this link to mibbit! TeslaChat

Incoming Obsidian Fleet Transmission...

Mission Report #2.25
____________________________________________________________________
Contents:
1) Command Staff OOC Addresses
2) Promotions/Awards/Academy Reports
3) Comings & Goings
4) Mission Summary Report
5) Mission Objectives
6) Quotable Quotes
7) Post Count
8) Team Building
____________________________________________________________________

I. Command Staff OOC Addresses

Salvete,


Once upon a time...

I thought I'd tell you a story. But then I thought... I want to hear yours. I want to know your stories. Tell me something about your character that I don't know, this week, in your post. Tell me something you didn't know about your character. It doesn't have to be bad. In fact, sometimes when crisis strikes, we remember a time that can give us strength, or maybe we push away a painful memory. Let's all try this week to tell each other something about our character that makes us like them more, whether it is through vulnerability or strength. Solo posts are up there. We don't see enough of them lately so don't wait, this is a challenge you can do alone (or with a disposable NPC).

Now, onto the good news. The Weekly Staff meetings are really working to keep me and the rest of the command staff motivated. However, I see some departments are having trouble still getting into the storyline. I expect that'll change as this week's challenge is taken up.

I expect a lot from myself. I sometimes forget to share the load. I learned an important piece about command that I had forgotten. Delegation. I used to do it very well but ... I got out of the habit, burned out and that's why now I have a brilliant XO / 2XO team that keeps me on my toes and helps me with everything. Remember to contact us just email tesla-command@syrenmuse.com (and send your Department Head weekly reports).

I also want to commend Bainbridge for his support of this station through the thin times including the last CO of this station's demise. Whenever I start to falter I think -- Bainbridge has been through this before and I can't let him down!

I have chatted enough. Go post!

Curate ut vuleatis,
Jaynie

P.S. - Brussels' biggest tourist attraction is a statue of a boy pissing.
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Hola,

Firstly, I didn't greet you in Spanish because Raul is Spanish. It's a habit. Raul is Argentinian. He's from the Pampas. In the south, we have that grass, and it catches fire really eas--....I'm rambling. Welcome to the weekly column of hilarity.

This week's best technical writing log goes to Rose (Dubai) and Ange (Reese/Melanie/Simon) for their backpost of the autopsy. I felt like I was in the morgue with that weird guy from CSI. Not that you guys' characters remind me of old men or anything. Just saying.

If you hadn't noticed, Justin has decided to do away with his Dower character and replace him with Nikou, who is female, and should be a lot more fun. Raul won't have a problem with it as long as Carter doesn't go anywhere. ::pokes Justin:: RIGHT?

If you have any sim related questions, please contact me...I am officially on teacher summer vacation and have lots of time to do a whole lotta nothing. Check my character page for IM and email info.

See you next week, on this episode of Sesame Street Starbase, brought to you by the letter R and the number 1.

Jason/Raul

II. Promotions/Awards/Academy Report

Promotions: None
Awards: They're in and done for...look for 'em at the end of the mission.
III. Comings & Goings

Coming: Lieutenant Scott Sutton - Chief of Security
Ensign Kit Sykes - SCE Special Projects Liason (no relation!)
Going: Alan Diffienbacker, due to lack of communication

Several folks have been poked online via email to ascertain their playing status and given some suggestions on how to proceed with the mission.

IV. Mission Summary Report

Location: On SB47 or support vessels, depending on your assignment
Status: Red Alert

This week:




Command: Diana ripped Roskilly a new one, and took out her XO woe on Raul, who's a candidate for the job now.
Security: Raul had a conversation with Diana about conditions on the station.
Operations & Engineering: Dower gets into a serious fracas with Ambassador Rakvik Vu, a passenger on the Centurion. The Silver Arrows look for a place to set down, while on the station, Reese begins to have a nervous breakdown.
Science: Abbadon is rescued from the science lab. Avanell is the target of a hungry bird on PG1159 Planet #3.
Medical & Counseling: The Nausicaan's medical examination happened. Mark Nave is treated in the infirmary by Jenkins, the med tech.
Diplomatic & Civilian: Mark Nave finds himself caught in the plasma conduit rupture on the Agora. Prognosis: Bad. Simon and Melanie's daughter goes missing in the evacuation. Lily escapes to her quarters where she is able to swim again. Allynda gets caught in the explosion after biting a gentleman.

V. Mission Objectives

Last Report:
USS Swiftsure Objectives: Return from eLOA. incomplete
FURY: If you're on staff, get aboard and head out for the Argus platform. in progress
TESLA:
Sec: Meet with the CO, report on murder and evacuation. Check!
Operations: Conduct investigation into the explosion. Meet with CO.incomplete
Engineering: Get main power back online. incomplete. Kelly to report to Fury for disembarkation. in progress. Taurus to hold cruiseliner in orbit of station pending instructions.check!
Silver Arrows: Hold cruiseliner in orbit of station until it can be evacuated.check!
Medical: Work triage on station and/or Taurus.check! Abbadon to assist.in progress
Counseling: Show some signs of life this week, in any way, please! check! (ooc email)
Science: Assist medical and board Fury for Argus mission, with either character. in progress
Civilian Affairs: Your reactions to the overloaded Agora.check! Clarke: Post murder wrap up from Miranda's POV. incomplete
CO & XO & 2XO & Yeoman:Diana's reaction to the explosion. Meet with Chief Ops/XO/Sec Chief. check!


Objectives for this week upcoming:

USS Swiftsure Objectives: Return from eLOA.
FURY:
TESLA:
Sec: Go visit Mark. Investigate reports of looting. Discuss the XO thingy with Diana.
Operations: Reese and Rhys to meet with Diana, help w/repairs otherwise.
Engineering: Get main power back online, or die.
Silver Arrows: Leader's discretion.
Medical: Continue to treat the wounded.
Counseling: Report to the Agora to calm the crowds.
Science: Fury mission or help Medical.
Civilian Affairs: Murder wrap up from Miranda's POV.
CO & XO & 2XO & Yeoman:Command staff shakeup.

VI. Quotable Quotes:

Better roughshod than to use the phrase rode hard and put away wet...
Exiting the office, Elsie Roskilly pondered to herself that it was possibly the first time since her petty officer days, that she had been rode roughshod so... elegantly. Sitting at her desk, the thoughts became audible, "Bitch. --Diana Stark as Elsie Roskilly (NPC)

Technically not a quote, but Most Innovative Computer Noise Award goes to...
=^= TWEEDLEBEEP =^= --Abbadon, as Majel Bar..um...the computer.

This is the beginning of an Eminem song...although Reese never gave anyone mushrooms...
This was my mess to begin with, he thought, staring at his hands, trembling in his lap. This is my fault. --Reese Kelly

Don't offer drugs to a drug-free people. They might turn into Tickle Me Elmos...
Sputtering, he replied, "A what? A drug? A... what... what?" The already wound up Ambassador felt the world spin and go red. "I will have you for lunch... You will be sweeping floors in the basement of Utopia Planetia!" he shouted then shook his fist. --The Ambassador

So many great posts, so little time! If you see something you think should be posted here, send the snippet to the command staff mailing list at tesla-command@syrenmuse.com


VII. Post & Log Count:

Tables in HTML using characters display differently for everyone. Here's a simple version:

Monthly Posts/Personal Logs/Combined Count
D: [050/001/051]
J: [156/004/160]
F: [137/001/138]
M: [071/001/072]
A: [024/001/025]
M: [050/000/050]
J: [018/000/018]

18 posts in 9 days is NOT bad at all! Bravo! Can we return to the Jan-Feb post-a-palooza? That'd be awesome. We did almost 300 posts in those 60 days!

VII. Team Building:

The tesla channel has been hopping night after night with current AND former crew members. Stop by to say hello, won't you?

IRC Meeting and How to Get There:
if you have an IRC client then set it to any of these servers:

kryten.ga.us.darkmystlorg
tornado.mo.us.darkmyst.org
and the channel: #tesla

OR just use this link to mibbit! TeslaChat

Incoming Obsidian Fleet Transmission...

Mission Report #2.24
____________________________________________________________________
Contents:
1) Command Staff OOC Addresses
2) Promotions/Awards/Academy Reports
3) Comings & Goings
4) Mission Summary Report
5) Mission Objectives
6) Quotable Quotes
7) Post Count
8) Team Building
____________________________________________________________________

I. Command Staff OOC Addresses

Salvete,

Thanks to Jason (aka Raul Kerano) this week all I have had to do was write you a letter. So, here goes...

There are some significant changes about to go on the station. First off, if you have NOT yet reacted to the big gaping hole in the side of the station, do it. If you aren't reacting, you aren't alive and you will get cut. How would your department react to such a thing? Your character? There are casualties, there will be losses of personnel, and grief, there will be confusion. We are running on auxiliary power so there will be a "war rationing" type of existence until everything gets put back into order. Turbos are on an as needed basis as are transporters. Security & Medical have highest priority for transporters but we are still at a majorly limited capacity until main power can be brought back online. Also, this may not have been mentioned in any post but it will be mentioned, the station's docking bay door is stuck halfway open. *snerk*

The most significant thing to remember is that ships cannot dock currently, they are not docked and were all evacuated. If you did not read Whoopsie Go Boom or even if you did, read it.

Next and most significantly is that there will be a changing of the guard. The plot gives us the opportunity for the command staff to switch hats around. So, Reese Kelly will step into the role of Chief of Operations while Rhys Monroe will be stepping back to Assistant Chief Operations officer. Our new XO will be Raul Kerano. We'll be doing some posts on this in the next few days to a week to nail it all down.


Lastly, reduce your carbon footprint... use Vegan Condoms

Curate ut vuleatis,
Jaynie

II. Promotions/Awards/Academy Report

Promotions: None
Awards: Coming soon! Awards will be handed out at the end of the murder plot, get your nominations in! Check out our Awards page for those "special" ones created already. There have been several nominations already placed, but we are looking for a few more. Deadline for
awards to be submitted is Friday 5pm PDT.

III. Comings & Goings

Coming: Sutton - Chief of Security
Going: None

Several folks have been poked online via email to ascertain their playing status and given some suggestions on how to proceed with the mission.

IV. Mission Summary Report

Location: On SB47 or support vessels, depending on your assignment
Status: Red Alert

This week:
Command: Nothing happened.
Security: We found out that the Nausicaan was accidentally killed, and the case file went cold on Arden Hue.
Operations & Engineering: Taurus rescued the SS Centurion with the help of the fighters and headed for the station with the ship in tow.
Medical & Counseling: Arden Hue's medical examination happened (backpost)
Diplomatic & Civilian: None.

V. Mission Objectives

Last Report:
USS Swiftsure Objectives: Get back from holiday...incomplete
FURY: Begin plot regarding the Argus Platform... incomplete
TESLA:
Sec: Transporter reports for Naussican. check
Operations: Conduct investiation into the Boom. incomplete
Engineering: Plz to fix chzburger? Also, need an engineer to report to Fury incomplete
Silver Arrows: Go fly cover for Taurus (track Dower down) check
Medical: Medical examiner report findings on 1st body, get to Taurus. check
Counseling: Meet up with Medical folks, panic is on station, need Counselor! incomplete
Science: Get together with Fury for the Argus plot incomplete
Civilian Affairs: Help out on the Agora post Boom incomplete
CO & XO & 2XO & Yeoman: Murder plot, Engineering Plot, Swiftsure Plot, Fury Plot, Personal Plots and MORE!incomplete

Objectives for this week upcoming:

USS Swiftsure Objectives: Return from eLOA.
FURY: If you're on staff, get aboard and head out for the Argus platform.
TESLA:
Sec: Meet with the CO, report on murder and evacuation.
Operations: Conduct investigation into the explosion. Meet with CO.
Engineering: Get main power back online. Kelly to report to Fury for disembarkation. Taurus to hold cruiseliner in orbit of station pending instructions.
Silver Arrows: Hold cruiseliner in orbit of station until it can be evacuated.
Medical: Work triage on station and/or Taurus. Abbadon to assist.
Counseling: Show some signs of life this week, in any way, please!
Science: Assist medical and board Fury for Argus mission, with either character.
Civilian Affairs: Your reactions to the overloaded Agora. Clarke: Post murder wrap up from Miranda's POV.
CO & XO & 2XO & Yeoman:Diana's reaction to the explosion. Meet with Chief Ops/XO/Sec Chief.

VI. Quotable Quotes:

~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~
Time to get out and push...
"Understood Taurus," came the cheery response from Vee One "We're rolling up our sleeves." - Ashley Lysander


If your hands would stick out, you could be a nice shelf...
"For a moment, I thought I was going to end up in that wall," Raul shook his head and tugged on his uniform shirt. - Raul Kerano
~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~

So many great posts, so little time! If you see something you think should be posted here, send the snippet to the command staff mailing list at tesla-command@syrenmuse.com


VII. Post & Log Count:

Tables in HTML using characters display differently for everyone. Here's a simple calculator:

Monthly Posts/Personal Logs/Combined Count
D: [050/001/051]
J: [156/004/160]
F: [137/001/138]
M: [071/001/072]
A: [024/001/025]
M: [050/000/050]

Can we return to the Jan-Feb post-a-palooza? That'd be awesome. We did almost 300 posts in those 60 days!

VII. Team Building:

The tesla channel has been hopping night after night with current AND former crew members. Stop by to say hello, won't you?

IRC Meeting and How to Get There:
if you have an IRC client then set it to any of these servers:

kryten.ga.us.darkmystlorg
tornado.mo.us.darkmyst.org
and the channel: #tesla

OR just use this link to mibbit! TeslaChat