Eric Biessman

Biessman01

[EVENT] Captain Biography Contest! General Kthor

October 20 2014
KDF General Kthor "Korby" of House Konom, is the grandson of Korby, son of Gava of House Konon. Korby was a half-Klingon/half-Human who served as an ambassador to the Klingon Empire in the 24th century. Korby was adopted by Konon, one of the first Klingons to serve Starfleet under the command of Captain Kirk in the 24th century. In time Korby married and had a daughter, Gava who had a relationship with Worf of House Mogh, now of House Martok. However, Kthor's father was not Worf.

Kthor was born with the same light skin and near blond white hair of his grandfather. Once a mark of dishonor as the result of a failed human/klingon hybrid, House Konom sees it as a mark of pride. Though House Konom has maintained good relations with humans throughout its history, Khtor is a Klingon first.
Having been assimilated by the borg and then rescued by a joint Klingon-Orion team, Kthor has strong affinity to the Orions. As his family has ties to the diplomatic circles of both governments. Kthor spent some time as a child on Cestus III and even visited the Gorn homeworld. During those years he came to respect the Gorn and even though the Empire now rules the Kingdom, considers those Gorn under his command, friends. His respect for all those under his command has created a ship free of the usual turmoil and intrigue. With the return to peace, officers of the Federation have found the ship a model of discipline and efficiency, and it has become a top requested ship for the reinstated exchange program.

During his career, Kthor and his crew gained glory for his House and the Empire, including the capture of a Breen Chel Grett Warship, he named the I.K.S. Thag’lhr, which is commanded by his life partner, Kurrozh, a Klingon-Human hybrid who has strong connections to Klingon Intelligence. The crew of the Thag’lhr is diverse and includes, liberated Borg, humans of both universes, Orions, Gorn, even a Voth defector. Any thought such diversity would prove a weakness have been repeatedly discounted by their numerous acts of bravery in service to the Empire. Indeed, without irony, Khtor often paraphrases the Vulcans in telling his fellow Klingons “in diversity we find strength, in our diversity we find glory!” As Kthor and his crew begin their journeys into the Delta Quadrant, that philosophy will be tested, and proven correct. For in embracing our differences, we embrace ourselves.
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The Suggestion Box: Oct 20th - Dec 20th

October 20 2014
It's been over six years since NicholasJohn first dreamed of Stonewall Fleet and in that time we have come a long way.

We are now a multi-game gaming Network with hundreds of active members.

I'd like to thank each and every one of you, past and present, for choosing to call Stonewall your home. It means the world to us that anybody can come to a friendly safe place and enjoy some gaming with friends without the fear of harassment for simply being who they are.

But it's about time we asked for some feedback. We are not perfect and we have made mistakes. So I have created a forum called The Suggestion Box which you should see just below the public section of the forums.

I'd like to ask each and every one of you to start posting suggestions on how we can improve and what you'd like to see Stonewall become in the future.

Some topics you might want to talk about:
  • The Website and any improvements or new features we can add,
  • Changes to how we operate as a leadership team,
  • How we handle expansion guilds,
  • Guilds you'd like to see in future games,
  • How we handle membership issues (discipline),
  • Stonewalls Code of Conduct*,
  • ..Or anything else you can think of.

I only ask that when making your post you do not speak directly about a member of the leadership team or any other member of the community. If you are having a problem with someone else please report it as you would normally do so.

If you wish to discuss how the leadership team operates and ways we can improve then please do so generally as to not target individuals.

*You can discuss ways in which the Code of Conduct may change or how we can improve the way we handle Code of Conduct issues but please note that our PG-13 policy is a fundamental part of who we are and, even though we are open to suggestions on how to improve, it won't be going anywhere.

We have decided on a two-month period to give everyone chance to have their say.

If you decide to give feedback just head down to the Suggestion Box and start up a thread. Thank you.

Halish

I'm locking this thread in case people accidentally post suggestions here and they get lost. If you wish to reply directly about this announcement then please do so in the suggestion box section.
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Heli

Narciso

Music?

October 20 2014
Play that funky music white boy!!! :D
Steven Skeffington

Rasilek

Music?

October 20 2014
For those seeking music this Halloween, I invite you to a re-release of "Shiver", my 7th podcast that I first arranged last year. Updated post found here from this same thread.

I feel like it was the only one that I did..well, right. :whistle:

For the tunes! Enjoy.

Steve
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Whittier Strong

SiranNataan

[EVENT] New Member Mixer - Oct 11th

October 19 2014
#5: "I hate when the kitty crawls into my lap when I'm trying to work."
Volkrov (Eurrsk) Ruk

Eurrsk

Does the Scryer Intel Science Vessel look familiar?

October 19 2014
I love my donut ship! :D
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John Tucker

tango2bravo

Does the Scryer Intel Science Vessel look familiar?

October 19 2014
I thought it was ugly at first but I couldn't afford the pack so I got it as my new ship and I really love it. Best ship ever for me.

I think the design might be referencing some of this too ( http://www.washingtonpost.com/news/post-nation/wp/2014/06/11/this-is-the-amazing-design-for-nasas-star-trek-style-space-ship-the-ixs-enterprise/ ) that is, taking the outer ring, fitting it to the front and rotating it to be more in line with the ship's axis. Or in a egg and chicken kind of way perhaps.
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William

Siafu

[EVENT] New Member Mixer - Oct 11th

October 19 2014
Capture 5


"When I said, my thoughts to your thoughts, I'm not sure we were on the same page here!"


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Maakur

maakur

ArcheAge

October 18 2014
I probably should have clarified - the lag was definitely not ArcheAge's fault; rather I live in rural 'murrika so I have a piss poor internet connection sometimes :P
David

Keioel

We now have a Guild Flagship!

October 18 2014
We should just park it useful somewhere right now but I would like in the future when we get more members and ramp up activity to use it to contest for planets.
Michael Minks-Bungard

Dax_aussie_boy

Character Biography

October 18 2014
Jadis Dax's Biography. Please enjoy.

Captain Jadis Kinséy Tigán was born on Trill in the year 2370, her parents met while their ships were docked at Deep Space Nine during the installation phase of advanced Starfleet weapons systems upgrades prior to the Klingon-Cardassian war. It wasn’t until the year 2385, a decad after the Dominion Wars, that Jadis’s family decided to retire from Starfleet to live the simpler life back on Trill. During this time Jadis received training to become a host to the symbiont from another Trill. It wasn’t until she turned twenty three that she joined Starfleet. She became known for ability to analyse Borg technology and be able to apply Borg syntax algorithms to increase Starfleet Academy's main computer information processing speedby 15 %.

By the time she was twenty-six; she graduated from Starfleet Academy with high distinction and was given her first posting on the U.S.S. Farragut as the ship’s main science officer under the command of Captain Jeffrey Giles. During her time on the Farragut, she was called upon by the Trill Symbiosis Commission to join with the Dax symbiont. She felt the greatest honour in being able to be the host of a very renowned and respected symbiont. She was requested to come back to Trill to undergo the joining ceremony. The experience of the joining took a major toll on her ability to processes the memories and being able to separate her memories from her previous host’s memories and feelings. After she made a full recovery and was able to travel, she returned to the Farragut and proceeded with her duties. Her newly formed persona, strong, confident and serine in, nature were very characteristic of pasts hosts.

The U.S.S. Farragut was sent out to the Neutral Zone near Romulan space in the Alpha Centauri Sector. Its purpose was to catalog spatial distortions which looked similar to what the U.S.S. Voyager had encountered during its time in the Delta Quadrant. Before completing their scan of the distortion, a Borg Sphere appeared out of transwarp and began its attack on the Farragut. Both Captain Giles and the Commander were killed, and the 2nd officer was nowhere to be found during the attack. Jadis had to assume command and hold off the the Borg as long as she could. Her symbiont's knowledge of the Borg was very limited besides what she had read during her time as a cadet in the Academy as well as from her symbiont's pervious hosts experiences.

The last think Jadis remembered upon waking up with a green lights shining around her was a group of Borg drones appearing on the bridge and beginning to attack and assimilating the crew stationed there. Jadis was caught in the blast of an exploding console and knocked unconscious. She turned her head and saw several crew members whom she knew had been assimilated into the collective. Her worst fear came to life before her very eyes. The next feeling she felt was at her neck, where a pair of assimilation tubules piercing her carotid artery, injecting Borg nanites throughout her body.

Jadis’s eye opened up on an ice world, she couldn’t feel her body, and was feeling disoriented from the massive impalement of a metal pole through her abdomen. She looked around the area but knew something was wrong, she was hearing some soft voices as if someone was whispering in her ear, very closely. She looked around and reached out her left arm and saw that it had been replaced with a cybernetic prosthesis of Borg origin. She didn't remember anything about how it got there, let alone any memory of who she was. The next few moments became a blur to her as she saw silhouettes of a group of people appearing in front of her before losing consciousness due to her injuries.

She awoke laying on a biobed in a sickbay. She attempted to move but felt restrained. She spoke out with her mechanically modulated voice that the Borg gave her. A person in a silver body suit came forth and said, "You were damaged and we have made attempts to correct this.". Jadis was mesmerized by the person who spoke to her. She had pale, golden blonde hair, with a silvery crescent of metal encompassing her left orbital eye contour. She wondered if she was dreaming or if it were a hallucination of some sort. “Doctor, Please remove the forcefield that is holding this drone in the biobed,” said the silver-suited stranger. "Drone, what is this person talking about?" Jadis thought, and then she remembered about her arm. Jadis didn't know what she could do or say at this moment of time to be able to understand what had happened to her.

Jadis' disconnection from the Collective allowed her to remember who she was, what she was and what year it was. The year was 2407; a long time has passed to what her service record had contained prior to her assimilation into the Collective. Both her parents had died as they attempted to search for Farragut’s remains out in the Alpha Centauri Sector. They were killed by the Romulan Warbird Virinat; she was reminded about the incident on Romulus back in 2387. These people and their names meant nothing to her, as all she remembers were these 9 people whom seemed important to her, but she couldn't recall their faces, yet she knew them as well as she knew herself. Then it suddenly hit her, the symbiont!

Jadis’s symbiont was injured due to the abdominal trauma, but made a full recovery thanks to is infusion of Borg technology, though she could not understand why the symbiont was not removed when they were both assimilated. Starfleet Medical wanted to get their hands on the symbiont in order to study and understand the nature of its partially assimilated state. The Trill Symbiosis Commission objected to and insisted to have the symbiont removed and destroyed. Since being released from Starfleet Medical, Jadis has conducted her own investigation into the condition of the Dax symbiont she still carries within her. She has determined that the symbiont's size is slightly bigger than it originally was prior to her assimilation into the Collective. The symbionts natural chemicals it produced had increased significantly. Jadis has theorized that with these changes to her metabolic, the symbionts healing capabilities are higher than any known symbiont on record.

Jadis refused and appealed to both of Starfleet HQ and the Trill Symbiosis Commission and made it clear that no attempts at examining or removing of the symbiont would be done as they deemed Jadis as an individual and no longer a Borg Drone. This sparked massive debates on the Trill Homeworld on the fact that the Dax symbiont was no longer a symbiont fully recognised by Trill standards. Jadis was approached by many people who insisted on examining it to see what changes were done which were supervised closely to ensure no harm came to Jadis.

The next two years after being found on the P class planet, Starfleet had asked if Jadis would consider taking up a field commission of Captain with her insights and knowledge of the Borg as there has been an increase in Borg activity. Jadis accepted the field commission of Captain and became the Captain of the U.S.S. Armagosa and the U.S.S. Olympus. Her dual command of these two ships was very rare and unusual, but she found the need to use one ship to take care of imminent needs to nearby planets and the other for escort and protection missions. She mainly commands the Armagosa for its quick nimble maneuvering capabilities in combat.

During her time of being in command, there was a transporter incident where Jadis became two people. This incident happened twice before with Commander William Riker and Captain James T Kirk. But in this case, Jadis’s twin, Jade wasn’t just a copy of Jadis, but was the complete polar opposite of Jadis. Instead of being kind and compassionate, Jade was ruthless, analytical and aggressive. In Jade’s eyes the world was too soft and she wanted to cause trouble during her stay on the Armagosa. It wasn’t until Jade left the ship and found her calling to join the Klingon Empire during their war with the Federation. Not much was certain on how much information she knows about the Starfleet protocols and codes to access encrypted messages from Starfleet. After this incident Starfleet had changed all necessary protocols to prevent possible sabotage by the Klingon Empire. As far as Starfleet was concerned, this incident was to be kept confidential and not disclosed without Beta level clearance. As such, Jadis’s twin Jade, was as far as anyone was concerned, a rogue Trill who was impersonating a Starfleet Captain in hopes to destabilized the Alpha Quadrant by fostering an image of corruption in the Starfleet Ranks. The pair have met in battle several times but neither were able to gain the upper hand over the other. The only physical characteristic that differentiates the them from one another, is the sizable scar along the left side of her face, obtained from a ship to ship combat between the U.S.S. Armagosa and the I.K.S. Vurn.
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Linda Layne

Ltervlet

We now have a Guild Flagship!

October 17 2014
I will just need to add a slight change to the cost of movement. The 20k amount is what will probably change as it's the fuel cost for ship movement. I was only able to look at moving it to Tython which costs 20k. The other planets will probably be more expensive BUT might be cheaper. I think the amount is going to vary just like it does with our own ships. So we will have to check the fuel cost each time from where the flagship might currently be to move it to another planet. Unfortunately, the amounts that would be listed while it is near the fleet (which is its current location) won't stay the same if the ship is someplace else so it won't be possible to make an accurate list to refer to. We'll have to check the planet list each week to determine the going cost.
Seannewboy

Seannewboy

We now have a Guild Flagship!

October 17 2014
Quote by NicholasJohn16
We could have a monthly or weekly poll where everyone can vote for where they'd like for us to move it to. At the end of every week, the winning planet would get it moved there. Unless we were doing some kind of guild event and having the flagship present benefited it in some way.

*Chevy Chase in bounty hunter gear* We here at Knights of Stonewall know that the universe needs help from good people, but even the strongest Jedi can use some help from time to time, thats why we bring you "The Stonewall". For a small fee we can park this wonderful Star Cruiser over the planet of your choice. Annoyed at the evil barista on Hoth, send him a personal gift assortment of red hot laser. Had enough of that glaring monster on Voss, you know the one, send it some screaming missiles. When your do or do not, has gone and went, send in some hot plasma. Brought to you by the leadership of your guild, for when only the best planetary bombardments will do.

We now have a Guild Flagship!

October 17 2014
We could have a monthly or weekly poll where everyone can vote for where they'd like for us to move it to. At the end of every week, the winning planet would get it moved there. Unless we were doing some kind of guild event and having the flagship present benefited it in some way.
William

Siafu

[EVENT] New Member Mixer - Oct 11th

October 17 2014
Capture 4


"Okay give 'em back ********, you and Roy here, can buy your own ******** batteries!"



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Kyle

QiqJoe

We now have a Guild Flagship!

October 17 2014
I'm pleased to announce Knights of Stonewall's newest acquisition: our guild flagship, THE STONEWALL!

I think I speak for everyone when I say, YAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAY!!!!!!! *does a really embarrassing dance* Major props to Jacian for being our sugar daddy on this one -- I really need to take some lessons from you about acquiring cash -- and Ltervlet for setting it all up!

Now onto business.....

We can move the guild ship to any of the planets. When we do this and enable the Orbital Support function, every player from our guild who quests on this planet receives some buffs to damage, healing, damage reduction, and max health. It'll also help streamline travel on the planet (summon players to you, transport to anywhere on the planet -- still need to look into this further though).

It costs 20k credits to move the ship, and then it costs another 50k to enable the Orbital Support function. So this is something we probably won't do very often but it's not terribly cost prohibitive either.

Now the question is: Where do we want to locate the guild ship? We have a lot of members on a lot of different planet and in various stages of character progression, so this is a tough question.

I have a few suggestions for now (please feel free to share your own!):
  • A large planet with a lot of missions. Sorry, Quesh, we probably just wouldn't get the benefit from putting it there.
  • A mid-tier or later-tier planet. It seems like a lot of the membership is either already at 55 or getting ready for the mid- to later-tier planets. All these characters have to progress through here, that way everyone gets a chance to get these bonuses.


All that being said, here are my suggestions:
  • Belsavis: It's a big planet, lots of missions. Level 41-44.
  • Hoth: Big planet, quite a few missions, takes a LONG time to get around. Level 37-41
  • Corellia: Big planet, quite a few missions. Level 47-50.
  • Voss: A lot of missions, decent sized planet. Level 44-47.
  • Alderaan: Huge planet, lots of mission, long time to get around. Level 28-32.
  • Balmorra (Republic): Decent size, quite a few missions. Level 32-36.


Of that list, I probably wouldn't do Balmorra just because it's Republic-only, and we don't have to worry about getting attacked by Imperials there. Otherwise, they all look pretty good to me. One other thing to consider is the amount of end-game content on those planets. Belsavis and Corellia have the dailies there, so it might help with those.

What do you guys think?
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Edited October 17 2014 by QiqJoe
David

Keioel

New SWTOR Digital Expansion: The Shadow of Revan

October 16 2014
I'm a completionist so I can't leave a planet till I've completed all the missions which means I'm WAY ahead of the leveling curve for the planet so this does nothing for me but it's still an appreciated gesture. :)
David

Keioel

Guild Update

October 16 2014
Yay, I'm excited to see what happens moving forward, especially since Delta Rising has me less then enthused atm lol
Steven Skeffington

Rasilek

[EVENT] Captain Biography Contest!

October 16 2014
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Original Biography, updated for 2410 and Submittal to the contest. Thanks!





Name: Steven R. Rasilek

Species: El Aurian/Human

Age: 117 Years

Assignment: USS Deep Sky, NCC-74121-A

Background
Born in 2294 and raised on Alpha Centauri. Father (Calin Rokien) was an El Aurian refugee among those rescued by the Enterprise-B a year prior. Mother, Joanna, was human and served as a community outreach representative for the Federation. Following his rescue, Calin took residence at Alpha Centauri where he met Joanna Rasilek, where they eventually married and had 2 children.

Joanna fell ill to a rare nerve ailment while enroute home from a follow-up visit with a new race. She died in 2310 despite extensive treatment. Calin remained in Alpha Centauri, raising his 2 sons and giving them their mother’s last name in her beloved memory.

Aside from graduating with honors at Alpha Centauri University, not much is known of Steven’s upbringing at that time until he left for Starfleet Academy in 2350. However, Steven had seemed to take on his El Aurian side with regards to life span, of which his physicians predict would endure for several hundred years.

Early Starfleet Career
Steven graduated from SFA in 2357, excelling mainly in Astrophysics and Starship Engineering. He spent the first years of his career at the shipyards of Earth Spacedock where he participated as a systems design assistant in multiple starship construction projects. In 2365, he accepted a new assignment on the Enterprise-D where he worked among various science and engineering teams until the ship’s destruction in 2371.

Steven then took promotion to Lieutenant and a new assignment at Starbase 119 as Spacedock operations coordinator, meanwhile pursuing a personal construction project on the side. His resourcefulness earned from his time at the shipyards allowed him to finish design of the USS Deep Sky, an Excelsior class cruiser meant for deep space exploration and study.

Following the Deep Sky’s commission in 2373, it wasn’t long until Rasilek was assigned command of the vessel amidst a shortage of resources under the growing incursion of the Dominion into Federation space. The ship was then outfitted with weaponry vice its science equipment in hopes to benefit the war front.

Steven quickly adapted into his command of a starship through applying his knowledge of the ship’s design along with his interdisciplinary experience from his time on the Enterprise.

Wartime Tribulation
In 2374, while on patrol along bordering territories, the Deep Sky came under attack by a squad of Jem Hadar warships. She put up a strong fight before a Starfleet/Klingon Patrol group had arrived to assist. The Deep Sky was ultimately destroyed before the reinforcements could completely ward off the remaining Jem-Hadar ships. While Rasilek’s order to abandon ship was narrowly successful, nearly all hands were still lost while the Jem Hadar proceeded to incinerate many of the fleeing escape pods. Rasilek was among the 47 remaining crew that survived the onslaught, out of the 320 souls aboard.

Meanwhile, Rasilek’s father and brother had both been killed while visiting Betazed during that world’s invasion by Dominion forces.

In dealing with personal struggle over the loss of his crew, his friends, and family during the war, Steven deemed himself unfit for duty and he resigned from Starfleet in 2375 shortly after the non-aggression treaty was signed with the Dominion. He then took residence on Earth, a hiatus lasting for over 30 years.

Return to Space
In 2407 at 113 years old, Rasilek came to terms with his previous experiences. Growing bored of his civilian life, the stars called once more and he decided to return to Starfleet. Steven was required to take a series of refresher courses at SFA where he also took another degree in Tactical Studies. He once more became an officer in 2409, but with the rank of Lt. Commander. He was assigned to the USS Moontide, a Centaur class vessel where he assisted in defense and rescue during the 3rd Borg Incursion into Federation Space. Following the Borg’s defeat, he was promoted to Commander and given command of the ship by Admiral Quinn shortly thereafter. Rasilek accepted.

As the continued conflict with the Borg raged on, Rasilek served through several command assignments, and several ships including the USS Astoria, the USS Alero, and the USS Arroway. His numerous commendations on the warfront had promptly earned him the rank of Captain. As that tour against the Borg concluded, his new assignment had ultimately returned him to the Captain’s chair of the Deep Sky-A, a grand Odyssey class starship that bears the name once more.

Currently, the Deep Sky has since departed Federation space and, with Starfleet and its allies, continues its mission of exploration into the Delta Quadrant, operating strategically in exploration and diplomatic envoy in tandem with the USS Eno under command of Rasilek’s close colleague, Captain Arlo K’tzik.

Known fondly by his colleagues as "Ras", Steven is a noted and passionate musician of the guitar, piano and vocals, playing regularly with his crewmates within bands and other casually-arranged ensembles through their voyages.

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Edited November 16 2014 by Voleron

Unknown Person

Guild Update

October 16 2014
A very big thank you to QiqJoe for a very generous donation that set us over the 50 million credit mark. We could not have done it without you! Hopefully we should have a Republic guild ship in the next day or so. If you're able to craft war supplies and/or dark projects, please do so and place them in the guild bank. The War Supplies are needed to craft Dark Projects which are used to unlock more rooms and features on the guild ship.

Also, please consider donating credits to our Imperial guild, Lords of Stonewall so that we may soon purchase a guild ship for them as well. I've still got a grip of cartel items to auction off so hopefully we'll be able to get an Imp guild ship soon as well!