Larry

Laeren

Re: In-Game Logo Contest

August 10 2010
Series of logos, mostly variations on a theme

Eric

chemkarate

Re: Commission: "The Stonewall Resistance"

August 10 2010
Captain’s Log, Stardate 86020.13. The USS Stonewall has just moved into orbit around Vulcan. Prior to our arrival, I contacted Captain T’Laris, who suggested we meet at a Vulcan temple. It hasn’t escaped my notice that the coordinates she sent me were removed not just from the site of her conference, but from most of the more populous areas of the planet.

Nick materialized on the surface of Vulcan in a shimmer of blue transporter light. He had come alone, which thankfully hadn’t raised too many eyebrows. It was Vulcan after all. Nick looked around and saw that he was standing at the foot of a very large staircase that scaled the side of a large rocky hill and led up to a temple. To his other side was wide but rather simple fountain. There were very few people around and the only Vulcan wearing a Starfleet uniform was sitting on fountain’s edge. She stood as Nick approached, and he immediately recognized her from her dossier.

“Captain T’Laris. A pleasure,” he said, raising his hand in the standard Vulcan greeting by parting his fingers into two pairs. T’Laris returned the gesture with a stoic expression.

“I have been expecting you, Rear Admiral Ford. I received a message from our mutual colleague, Rear Admiral T’Rehes. I request that you follow me.”

Nick nodded, but was surprised when T’Laris began leading him away from the temple toward a rocky area in the distance. She didn’t say a word to him for a good fifteen minutes. Nick was about to ask where they were going when she finally resumed talking.

“T’Rehes was brief in her message, Rear Admiral, which I have deduced to mean that you wish to speak with me about the Borg. Is this correct?”

Nick looked at T’Laris in surprise, then nodded. “Yes, it is. Are you familiar with a recent General Order that allows the formation of secondary fleets?”

T’Laris looked over her shoulder at Nick for a moment, then turned her attention back to the hill they were climbing. They reached the top just as T’Laris responded.

“Yes, Rear Admiral, I am.” She turned back to Nick, not continuing her response.

“I intend to form such a fleet, with the express purpose of determining what threat the Borg still pose to the Federation. At the moment, it would be mostly concerned with fact-finding in light of Starfleet’s refusal to restart a Borg Task Force, but that might change depending on the facts we find.”

T’Laris nodded again, studying him. He noticed that she seem particularly focused on his Borg implant. She then cast her gaze back toward the temple and continued.

“Rear Admiral, did you know that Vulcan officially protested the disbanding of the original Starfleet task force that had been assigned to evaluate the Borg?”

Nick shook his head, somewhat surprised by the revelation. “No, I didn’t.”

“Vulcan’s own intelligence service, as well as that of a number of member worlds, disagreed with Starfleet’s assessment of the situation. They felt that Starfleet lacked sufficient evidence and that their logic was... flawed. However, like so many other aspects of galactic politics, that all changed two years later when the Hobus star went nova.”

“Why did that affect Vulcan’s assessment?”

“It was not their assessment that it affected so much as it was their desire to have it heard. The Hobus nova resulted in the destabilization of the entire Alpha and Beta quadrants. The Vulcan High Council became very concerned about the increasingly violent and unstable nature of the Romulan Star Empire in particular. While Vulcan still does not claim the Borg are not a threat the way the Federation does, it does claim that there are much more immediate and lethal threats to deal with.”

Nick looked at T’Laris, trying to piece out where she was going with this. Was this her opinion as well? If that was the case though, why had T’Rehes sent him to her?

“Is that what you believe, Captain?”

“Belief is an inappropriate word, Rear Admiral. However, I do understand your meaning. I disagree with Starfleet’s decision. However, that is not my main concern. I have actually already spent some time investigating the Borg and something... troubling... has caught might attention.”

“What do you mean?” Nick asked, his voice filling with concern. “Have you found something that indicates they’re coming?”

T’Laris shook her head. “No. It is not what I was able to find that troubled me. It was what I was not able to find.”

When Nick’s face took on a perplexed look, T’Laris continued. “A number of key reports that were authored by the original Borg task force have vanished, Rear Admiral. They have simply ceased to exist within any computer system that I have access to, including those on Vulcan, Earth, and Memory Alpha. It is... perplexing. While I have a number of theories, I have no evidence for any of them.”

At that moment, T’Laris’ communicator beeped. A voice came through reminding her that she was due back at the conference in five minutes. She turned back to Nick.

“I apologize, but I must return. Please, Rear Admiral, keep me informed. I am interested in this fleet of yours.”

Nick was dumbfounded by T’Laris’ sudden revelation and departure. “Wait, Captain, is that all the information you have?”

“Unfortunately. I currently lack any access to the more confidential of Starfleet’s records, so I cannot confirm if the records are missing or have simply been moved to more secure location within the system.” She suddenly stopped for a moment, then looked back at Nick with a raised eyebrow.

“Rear Admiral, you mentioned in your initial transmission that you were headed for the Klingon Front. I imagine Starfleet keeps a number of intelligence officers stationed there. Perhaps the one stationed on K-7 could provide you with sufficient access.”

“K-7? Who is on K-7?”

T’Laris raised an eyebrow. “Need I remind the Rear Admiral of the consequence of exposing the identity of a non-public Starfleet Intelligence officer?”

Nick nodded in understanding. “No Captain, you do not. Thank you for the help.”

T’Laris nodded and raised her hand in the Vulcan gesture. “Live long and prosper, Rear Admiral Ford.”

Nick returned the gesture, and the two soon went their respective ways in shimmers of transporter light.
Brandon Felczer

CapnBranFlakes

Re: A Stonewall Guide to Diplomacy 1.3

August 09 2010
Wow!! Gratz Mandy!!
Dean

deano2006

Re: Iconians in Star Trek Magazine

August 09 2010
After seeing an Iconian ship rip apart four borg cubes in a matter of seconds,in a recent mission, my adimiral is considering early retirement :lol:
Nick

Nikku

Re: Iconians in Star Trek Magazine

August 09 2010
Oh wow, loving the concept art so far! :)
Neal

nrhoney

Re: In-Game Logo Contest

August 09 2010
Edited August 09 2010 by nrhoney
John

Seraph01972

Re: In-Game Logo Contest

August 09 2010
I thought this looked neat.
Lee

Galan_Vaurek

Re: In-Game Logo Contest

August 09 2010
I actually really like that one... :P

Saith


PjhN wrote:
I gotta admit, I'm SO unimpressed by the logo creator! So my vote is we campaign to be allowed to buy the right to upload our actual logo (buy with energy credits by preference).

Failing that in the mean time, I'd still like to join in with this... and I think it's great there's been so many entries so far!

This one's quite basic, but I was aiming for something that could be used by all of Stonewall if they'd like...

The laurels for peace, decked out in Federation blue and Klingon red, surrounding a similarly coloured infinity sign, thus symbolising peace for everyone. I wanted to avoid any overt gayness, since we welcome straight allies who'd probably rather not run around wearing a rainbow etc., and 'cause it's certainly not how I define myself.... blah blah blah etc. :) here it is...
Brandon Felczer

CapnBranFlakes

Re: Iconians in Star Trek Magazine

August 09 2010
whoot!!! great find :)
Pete Spreadborough

Pete_jhS

Re: Iconians in Star Trek Magazine

August 09 2010
Aye, very very awesome. These guys should be bad-ass. I'm looking forward to the lore they'll have written for the Iconians too, I think STO's done a great job so far of filling in the holes in Trek history.

Lets just hope any new missions are longer than the most recent offerings.
Pete Spreadborough

Pete_jhS

Re: In-Game Logo Contest

August 08 2010
I gotta admit, I'm SO unimpressed by the logo creator! So my vote is we campaign to be allowed to buy the right to upload our actual logo (buy with energy credits by preference).

Failing that in the mean time, I'd still like to join in with this... and I think it's great there's been so many entries so far!

This one's quite basic, but I was aiming for something that could be used by all of Stonewall if they'd like...

The laurels for peace, decked out in Federation blue and Klingon red, surrounding a similarly coloured infinity sign, thus symbolising peace for everyone. I wanted to avoid any overt gayness, since we welcome straight allies who'd probably rather not run around wearing a rainbow etc., and 'cause it's certainly not how I define myself.... blah blah blah etc. :) here it is...
Chris

Propecius

Re: In-Game Logo Contest

August 08 2010
This was my 2nd favorite with the lightning bolt. Pink and blue for the boiz and grrlz. "S" for Stonewall.

Chris

Propecius

Re: In-Game Logo Contest

August 08 2010
I liked how the 2nd lightning bolt looked like an "S" for Stonewall. But I'm not sure if this is supposed to just be for the primary fleet (which is mostly/all Feds) or all alt fleets, too. Here's my favorite from the ones I tried.

Chris

Propecius

Re: Iconians in Star Trek Magazine

August 08 2010
Intriguing!
Scott Dallman (married Name)

Malikius

Re: Roleplaying Event

August 08 2010
how do I find this area. I am still trying to learn the website. How do I sign up for this? And where?

Iconians in Star Trek Magazine

August 08 2010
In Star Trek Magazine, they talked about Star Trek Online's future enemy, the Iconians. I think the cats out of the bag with this one, the Iconians are gonna be the 'super enemy' in STO.

Here are some captures from the magazine. They're pretty low resolution, but at least you can see the pretty artwork.

http://www.stonewallfleet.com/iconians1.png
http://www.stonewallfleet.com/iconians2.png
Trehes

trehes

Re: A Stonewall Guide to Diplomacy 1.3

August 08 2010
PjhN wrote:
Not sure if anyone had noticed this, so just in case I thought I'd mention, that this awesome guide is linked to by the latest STOked episode: http://www.jupiterbroadcasting.com/?p=2512

:-D


sweet!
Edited August 08 2010 by trehes
Brandon Felczer

CapnBranFlakes

Re: Stonewall Fleet Checks in from Vegas!!!

August 08 2010
Our last Captain's Log from Vegas is up now. Set a course for home, maximum warp! ENGAGE!
Pete Spreadborough

Pete_jhS

Re: A Stonewall Guide to Diplomacy 1.3

August 08 2010
Not sure if anyone had noticed this, so just in case I thought I'd mention, that this awesome guide is linked to by the latest STOked episode: http://www.jupiterbroadcasting.com/?p=2512

:-D
Chris

Propecius

Re: Stonewall Fleet Checks in from Vegas!!!

August 08 2010
Thanks for the check-ins! It's great to get a sense of what's going on in Vegas. Looks like you're having lots of fun! I'm thinking I need to drag my partner to the next IRL meeting.

Cheers, and keep having enough fun for all of us!!!