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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

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