News: Sim Announcement

New Word count policy

Just to advise there has been some changes to how posts are measured brought in by the fleet council.

Taken from the OF announcement:

https://www.obsidianfleet.net/2020/07/10/fleet-council-vote-2020-003-posting-count/

Going forward the Fleet Council has voted that we will be measuring by words. There are many reasons for moving to this but the biggest…

Author: Captain Melody Jones
Posted on: Tuesday 28 July 2020 @ 13:03
Category: Sim Announcement

Random Challenge

Hey Guys,

There's a joint log in progress that has given me an idea for a random challenge. In it there's a lot of movie and TV quotes. So, the challenge to you is this: from now until mission end I want to see who can fit the most movie…

Author: Captain John "Apollo" Barstow, M.D.
Posted on: Friday 5 April 2019 @ 18:24
Category: Sim Announcement

Goals, Edition 1

Hey All,

So, like I put out earlier, I have been working on some goals for Merlin. The biggest of those is better communication, something that I think has led to a few misunderstanding over the last little bit. To this end We are going to make a big push…

Author: Captain John "Apollo" Barstow, M.D.
Posted on: Monday 7 January 2019 @ 17:18
Category: Sim Announcement

Muster Call

Hey Guys,

In the last couple of weeks I have noticed a lull in posting. This isn't just single logs, but, lack of replies in joint posts as well and that kind of worries me. So, I need everyone to contact me with a status by Friday this week. I…

Author: Captain John "Apollo" Barstow, M.D.
Posted on: Monday 22 October 2018 @ 12:40
Category: Sim Announcement

Another Marine!

Hey All,

Please join me in welcoming 2nd Lieutenant Bilhana Karki, our new Company Executive Officer!! Welcome to Merlin!!!


Andrew

Author: Captain John "Apollo" Barstow, M.D.
Posted on: Friday 28 September 2018 @ 22:38
Category: Sim Announcement

The Challenge

Hey Guys,

Right now we are sitting at 36 logs, an average of 4 logs per person with 9 simmers! We still have 2 weeks, so, I'd like to see if we can pull off 60 logs for the month. Now, to meet that challenge I'm not above bribery ;P..…

Author: Captain John "Apollo" Barstow, M.D.
Posted on: Wednesday 18 July 2018 @ 16:35
Category: Sim Announcement

Site

Hey Guys,

Some of you may be experiencing a weird issue with it seeming like your posts are not being saved. The issue is being caused due to the name servers (the behind the scenes servers that store the site). I jumped the gun a little bit yesterday because they…

Author: Captain John "Apollo" Barstow, M.D.
Posted on: Tuesday 12 June 2018 @ 17:23
Category: Sim Announcement

Important Items, Please Read

Hey All,

I was researching for a project today and some of that research crossed back into simming :). So, I added some information to the wiki and came across more information I'd like to bring to everyones attention [[yes, I have shiny thing syndrome, want to distract just put…

Author: Captain John "Apollo" Barstow, M.D.
Posted on: Sunday 3 June 2018 @ 03:45
Category: Sim Announcement

Awesome!

Hey All,

33 logs total this month!! By the stats that's about 5 logs per simmer average a week :D. In the environment we're in, playing on the internet across the world, it's hard to come up with a thank you type thing. However, I do want to recognize everyone's…

Author: Captain John "Apollo" Barstow, M.D.
Posted on: Friday 1 June 2018 @ 13:51
Category: Sim Announcement

Proud!!

Hey Guys,

I just turned in the report and wanted to point something out. We have gone from just 7 logs last month to 23 this month, nearly triple!! I'm very proud of you guys, the count increased but the quality has remained high! I'm loving it guys, my excitement…

Author: Captain John "Apollo" Barstow, M.D.
Posted on: Monday 30 April 2018 @ 17:30
Category: Sim Announcement

Command Team Announcement!

Hey All,

As I announced earlier I have filled the command team!

aXO: Commander Kachiko Bayushi
Second Officer: Lieutenant Commander Cale Llewellyn

I'm happy to have both and look forward to bringing Merlin together! Now, these promotion will occure in character after we get Merlin resurrected.

Congrats…

Author: Captain John "Apollo" Barstow, M.D.
Posted on: Friday 20 April 2018 @ 18:54
Category: Sim Announcement

Academy Days

Greets All,

As those of you that have been simming for a while know character development is a major part of giving our characters a deepness they may not get. To this end I have put up a plot called Academy Days. The idea behind this is to give a…

Author: Captain John "Apollo" Barstow, M.D.
Posted on: Sunday 8 April 2018 @ 00:29
Category: Sim Announcement

Issues and Moving On

Greets All,

So, I'm sure you saw what happened earlier today. This has led to Jones, Miller and Tan leaving the sim. I am not going to discuss the situation beyond that and I wish and I wish all 3 well.

Now, that said, we need to continue to move…

Author: Captain John "Apollo" Barstow, M.D.
Posted on: Tuesday 11 July 2017 @ 00:52
Category: Sim Announcement

Updates, Updates, Updates

Hey Guys,

Over the last couple of days I have done a few updates. Some, such as upgrading to the Nova update, you may not really notice. However, I have also updated everyone's SF ID's in their profiles and updated the Merlin video to reflect current crew [now that I…

Author: Captain John "Apollo" Barstow, M.D.
Posted on: Sunday 9 July 2017 @ 00:51
Category: Sim Announcement

1 Year Mark

Greets All,

I am 2 months late, but, Merlin is a year old! There have been ups and downs but we have kept the sim strong. With the sim turning a year old I also want to give a shout out to all those that hit theit 1 year milestones:…

Author: Captain John "Apollo" Barstow, M.D.
Posted on: Saturday 8 July 2017 @ 19:44
Category: Sim Announcement

Muster Call and Personnel Changes

Greets All,

I hope everyone had a great holidays! I know it's been quiet, however, the 7th was our return date. I have seen a few log replies starting to trickle in over the last few days, however, this is a call to all Merlin simmers! This week is going…

Author: Captain John "Apollo" Barstow, M.D.
Posted on: Tuesday 10 January 2017 @ 06:07
Category: Sim Announcement

New Task Force

Hey Guys,

Merlin has been reassigned to Task Force 21 and Task Group 21A the "Defenders" there. The reason for this move is because I have been selected to take over as the Task Group Commander there! There will not be much change in the sim other than maybe occasional…

Author: Captain John "Apollo" Barstow, M.D.
Posted on: Tuesday 20 December 2016 @ 00:49
Category: Sim Announcement

Congratulations

All crew, this is Lieutenant Commander Cale Llewellyn,

Our dear Commander is now longer our commander for he is NOW a Captain. Please join me in congratulating CAPTAIN John "Apollo" Barstow, MD. It is LONG overdue and well deserved :)

Author: Commander Cale Llewellyn DSci
Posted on: Wednesday 30 November 2016 @ 02:30
Category: Sim Announcement

First Annuel Merlin Holiday Celebration

Greetings,

The USS Merlin would like to invite you to its first annual holiday celebration! This celebration will include virtual food and drink, fun as well as a promotion and awards ceremony that all CO’s will be invited to participate in to award all crew who can make it from…

Author: Captain John "Apollo" Barstow, M.D.
Posted on: Saturday 19 November 2016 @ 22:18
Category: Sim Announcement

Holiday Simming

Hey Guys,

The holidays are coming up quick with the US Thanksgiving and Christmas. Thanksgiving is on the 24th, so, no logging will be required between 22NOV-27NOV.

Then from 17DEC-07JAN2017 no logging will be required. We'll have this plot wrapped up probably just after Thanksgiving and from there we'll put…

Author: Captain John "Apollo" Barstow, M.D.
Posted on: Wednesday 9 November 2016 @ 23:53
Category: Sim Announcement

Obsidian Fleet Service Citation

Please join me in congratulating the following crew on receiving the Obsidian Fleet Service Citation!

Obsidian Fleet Service Citation



Awarded to a member of the crew who has served with the ship for at least 6 months. This award is non-cumulative.


Lieutenant Commander Cale Llewellyn
Lieutenant Melody…

Author: Captain John "Apollo" Barstow, M.D.
Posted on: Saturday 29 October 2016 @ 18:17
Category: Sim Announcement

One More

Hey Guys,

One more promotion to add to this month's list:

Lieutenant j.g. Saveena Tillatix:

Promotion: Lieutenant


Congratulations Lieutenant!


The Command Team

Author: Captain John "Apollo" Barstow, M.D.
Posted on: Saturday 24 September 2016 @ 01:05
Category: Sim Announcement

Awards!

Greets All,

The Command Team has been talking and we would like to tell y'all how impressed we are with everyone (we say that a lot, but only because it's true :D). We have been watching and we are proud to present the following awards:

Lieutenant Commander Cale Llewellyn:

Author: Captain John "Apollo" Barstow, M.D.
Posted on: Wednesday 21 September 2016 @ 22:02
Category: Sim Announcement

We Grow Yet Again!

Hey All,

Please join me in welcoming Lieutenant JG Eleena our new Chief Security/Tactical Officer! Welcome, Lieutenant, we have cookies in the lounge :P



Andrew

Author: Captain John "Apollo" Barstow, M.D.
Posted on: Friday 19 August 2016 @ 04:31
Category: Sim Announcement

Crew Awards

Hey Guys,

A few awards have gone out in the last month, so, I wanted to recognize those players. Normally I like doing this in character after a plot, but, during this first plot I figured we'd give them as we saw them :):

Lt. jg. David Tan - Most…

Author: Captain John "Apollo" Barstow, M.D.
Posted on: Tuesday 16 August 2016 @ 07:39
Category: Sim Announcement