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New Crewmember!
Let's welcome our new Mission Advisor, Lieutenant Baylen Anders, so the sim!
For story purposes, we'll say that Lt. Anders is on Starnase 10 and hasn't yet been assigned to the Albion.
-Capt. Sprague
Author: Captain Dick Sprague
Posted on: Fri Sep 24th, 2021 @ 1:16am
Category: General News
New Crewmember
Let's welcome our newest crewmember, 2nd Lieutenant Takila-Bahkray Nabarati. For story purposes, we'll say that 2nd Lt. Nabarati is on Starbase 10 but hasn't been assigned to the Albion yet.
-Capt. Sprague
Author: Captain Dick Sprague
Posted on: Fri Sep 10th, 2021 @ 8:08pm
Category: General News
Ensign Zander Prime
Ensign Prime has decided to leave the sim. Feel free to write his character out of of the story.
-Capt. Sprague
Author: Captain Dick Sprague
Posted on: Mon Sep 6th, 2021 @ 4:50pm
Category: General News
I'm back!
Crew:
Thanks for bearing with me as real life took much of my time over the last month or so plus. Regardless, I'm back and ready to get the mission wrapped up. I plan to finish it toward the end of the week so feel free to get in anything…
Author: Captain Dick Sprague
Posted on: Wed Aug 18th, 2021 @ 12:57am
Category: General News
IDF's 20th Anniversary
Independence Fleet:
Thank you to everyone for the incredible journey we've been on these last 20 years. It simply can't be put into words. However, we've still tried, and we hope you enjoy this content:
20th Anniversary Message & Almanac
2021 Hall of Fame Inductees
Awards… For…
Author: Captain Dick Sprague
Posted on: Sun Jul 4th, 2021 @ 9:15am
Category: General News
https://albion.idfleet.com/index.php/main/viewnews/19
All,
I hope those who attended our 20th Anniversary webcast earlier today enjoyed it.
For everyone else, here's the recap.
-Capt. Sprague
Author: Captain Dick Sprague
Posted on: Sat Jul 3rd, 2021 @ 9:42pm
Category: General News
Welcome aboard!
All,
Let's welcome out new Chief Intelligence Officer onboard:
Ensign Zander Prime
-Capt. Sprague
Author: Captain Dick Sprague
Posted on: Sat Jul 3rd, 2021 @ 9:41pm
Category: General News
SciWorld is this Saturday
Just a reminder about SciWorld this Saturday. I hope to see a few of you there!
https://www.idfleet.com/2021/06/07/sciworld-2021/
-Capt. Sprague
Author: Captain Dick Sprague
Posted on: Wed Jun 9th, 2021 @ 1:49am
Category: General News
New Chief Engineer
All,
Let's welcome aboard our new Chief Engineer: Lieutenant Commander Grexx.
Lt. Cmdr. Grexx is played by an individual who dates back to the pre-IDF Sunfire. I told him this is the right place to be!
-Capt. Sprague
Author: Captain Dick Sprague
Posted on: Fri May 21st, 2021 @ 3:51pm
Category: General News
News & Welcome Aboard
Crew:
Let's give a warm welcome to our new Assistant Chief Operations Officer, Ensign Broderick Varley. For story purposes, we'll say that he is currently on Starbase 10 and hasn't been officially transferred to our crew yet. Welcome aboard, Ensign Varley!
And also congratulations to our April Award nominees:
Best…
Author: Captain Dick Sprague
Posted on: Thu May 20th, 2021 @ 7:25pm
Category: General News
Congratulations!
A very late congratulations to Lt. Genno on winning the Best Post award for March!
IDF March Award Winners
-Capt. Sprague
Author: Captain Dick Sprague
Posted on: Sun May 2nd, 2021 @ 5:34pm
Category: General News
March Awards nominations
All,
Here are our March IDF award nominees:
Best/Funniest Post: Lt. Genno for https://albion.idfleet.com/index.php/sim/viewpost/94
Most Posts: Ensign Mack for 7 posts
Good luck!
-Capt. Sprague
Author: Captain Dick Sprague
Posted on: Sun Apr 11th, 2021 @ 2:45pm
Category: General News
Welcome aboard!
Let's welcome aboard our new Assistant Chief Security/Tactical Officer: Ensign Kellan Glass
-Capt. Sprague
Author: Captain Dick Sprague
Posted on: Sun Apr 11th, 2021 @ 2:42pm
Category: General News
February Monthly Awards: Congratulations!
Congratulations to Lt. Sheeraashaa Genno, Ens. Mack (& myself) for winning IDF awards for last month: IDF February Awards
Congratulations is also due to 4 of our fellow IDF sims for taking home prizes at ToS:
IDF ToS Winners
ToS Announcement
Well done, everyone!
-Capt Sprague
Author: Captain Dick Sprague
Posted on: Sun Mar 28th, 2021 @ 10:34pm
Category: General News
February Awards Nominations
All,
IDF awards nominations for February are as follows:
Best Post: Lt. Moria Hadden
https://albion.idfleet.com/index.php/sim/viewpost/6
Funniest Post: Lt. Sheeraashaa Genno
https://albion.idfleet.com/index.php/sim/viewpost/88
Genesis Award: Captain Dick Sprague
https://albion.idfleet.com/index.php/sim/viewpost/1
Most Post: Ensign Mack
28 posts
MVP: Lt. Sheeraashaa Genno
Rookie of the Month: Ensign Mack
Good luck to everyone!
-Capt. Sprague
Author: Captain Dick Sprague
Posted on: Mon Mar 8th, 2021 @ 8:37pm
Category: General News
What a month!
Crew,
What a ride we had in our first month of operation! Launching on February 16th and with just 13 days, we wrote an astounding 108 posts--which is the exact total the USS Avalon had in its first month of July 2001. We're also already wrapping up our first mission.…
Author: Captain Dick Sprague
Posted on: Tue Mar 2nd, 2021 @ 6:26pm
Category: General News
24-Hour Rule
Crew,
Just a quick reminder about the "24 hour rule." Instead of talking about it, I'll just quote from our Rules page:
"24 hour rule: Players cannot post twice in a row unless at least 24 hours have passed. This applies separately for Mission Posts and Personal Logs.
What…
Author: Captain Dick Sprague
Posted on: Wed Feb 24th, 2021 @ 12:37am
Category: General News
The Difference Between Mission Posts & Personal Logs
Crew,
Pretty simple:
Mission Post: where you advance the story using the characters.
Personal Log: where your character reflects on or simply records what's happening. Think of it like a "Captain's Log" from Star Trek.
All players are expected to read and keep up with the Mission Posts. Players can…
Author: Captain Dick Sprague
Posted on: Tue Feb 23rd, 2021 @ 9:35pm
Category: General News
Farewell!
Crew,
Lieutenant JG Tanya Hughes has resigned from the sim. This type of role playing definitely isn't for everyone! Best wishes moving forward, Lieutenant JG Hughes!
Here character will be written out of the story soon.
-Capt. Sprague
Author: Captain Dick Sprague
Posted on: Mon Feb 22nd, 2021 @ 6:44pm
Category: General News
News!
Crew,
We made the IDF news: All Aboard the USS Albion
In ship news, Crewman Sol Silva has decided to leave the sim. He has already been written out of the story.
-Capt. Sprague
Author: Captain Dick Sprague
Posted on: Sat Feb 20th, 2021 @ 4:02am
Category: General News
New Crewmember!
We already have our first new crewmember:
Lieutenant Commander Spivick, Chief Medical Officer
For story purposes, we'll say that Spivick was on the original crew roster that Sprague read in Post #1.
I love the activity so far!
-Capt. Sprague
Author: Captain Dick Sprague
Posted on: Tue Feb 16th, 2021 @ 10:18pm
Category: General News
We are operational!
On today, the 21st anniversary of the launch of the original USS Sunfire (NCC-3935) in Utopia Fleet, the USS Albion (NCC-3020) is hereby operational in Independence Fleet.
Capt. Sprague
Author: Captain Dick Sprague
Posted on: Tue Feb 16th, 2021 @ 2:02pm
Category: General News
Welcome aboard!
Welcome to the USS Albion, an open roleplaying script formatted Galaxy class starship exploring deep space. If those terms aren't familiar to you, check out our Sim page. This game continues the tradition of IDF's old USS Avalon series. The multiple incarnations of the Avalon developed many great role…
Author: Captain Dick Sprague
Posted on: Mon Feb 15th, 2021 @ 9:51pm
Category: General News