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Happy Easter
Hi all
Apologies for my lack of posting over the last couple of months. It has been down to several factors, one of which someone (Who shall remain nameless) has intoduced me to Star Trek Online (16th Fleet has a presence in the game and my ship is the USS…
Author: Captain Melody Jones
Posted on: Sunday 24 March 2024 @ 18:03
Category: General News
Next Mission
Hello all.
Here is our next mission summary:
Moopsy Mainia!
Leaving Starbase 185 after repairs, the Merlin receives a distress call from Deep Space 3, A scientific research lab. When they arrive, the crew finds most of the research team dead, only their skins left. Only one researcher is left…
Author: Captain Melody Jones
Posted on: Monday 12 February 2024 @ 13:03
Category: General News
Update
Hello all.
So the plan today is I’m going to kick off some more jp’s.
We have a rescue mission leaving Starbase 185 to find the Merlin.
Since time does not exist in the Nexus, I’ll start a post where the rescue team starts to infiltrate the Nexus and try…
Author: Captain Melody Jones
Posted on: Sunday 29 October 2023 @ 11:28
Category: General News
New Writer
Hello all
I'd like to introduce our new Chief flight Officer, Ensign Arthro Tridi. I hope they enjoy writing with us.
Sam
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Author: Captain Melody Jones
Posted on: Saturday 2 September 2023 @ 11:43
Category: General News
New Mission
Hello all
So we're kicking off a new mission on the Merlin:
The Search
In their previous mission, the USS Merlin suffered some extensive damage to their beloved Excalibur class ship. Luckily they managed to get to Deep Space 21 for some repairs and upgrades and some much needed rest…
Author: Captain Melody Jones
Posted on: Saturday 2 September 2023 @ 08:37
Category: General News
welcome aboard
Hello all
I'd like to introduce our new XO, Lieutenant Commander Ras th'Zaanaq. I hope they enjoy writing with us.
Sam
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Author: Captain Melody Jones
Posted on: Saturday 2 September 2023 @ 08:35
Category: General News
Crew Signatures
Hi all
I've moved the crew signatures to a shared Google document. Click on the link on the page to see the crew signatures. If any need updating, please let me know.
Thanks
Sam
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Author: Captain Melody Jones
Posted on: Wednesday 28 June 2023 @ 11:44
Category: General News
New mission
Hi all
A Happy New Year to everyone :-)
I've kicked off the new mission "Where no one has gone before". I'll be starting a group JP shortly on MD1 for leaving Deep Space 21. We will be engaging the new quantum slipstream drive and exploring far beyond the borders…
Author: Captain Melody Jones
Posted on: Sunday 8 January 2023 @ 17:23
Category: General News
Crew Signitures
Hi All
It seems that with the latest Nova update, every time the crew signatures are edited, the format of the display is altered so that the HTML code is no longer visible in the table, which stops you from copying it into JP's for signing off. For the moment,…
Author: Captain Melody Jones
Posted on: Wednesday 4 January 2023 @ 06:13
Category: General News
Merry Christmas
Hello all
As another year draws to a close I'd just like to thank you all for your writing contributions to the Merlin this year.
I hope you've all enjoyed the plot threads and characters and I hope that in 2023 we will continue to explore strange new worlds and…
Author: Captain Melody Jones
Posted on: Friday 23 December 2022 @ 17:40
Category: General News
News update
Hi all
Hope you're all ok. Just to let you know I plan to wrap up the current mission and kick off the new mission in the new year.
Our upcoming mission:
Where no one has gone before
The newly refurbished USS Merlin departs Deep space 21 fitted with some…
Author: Captain Melody Jones
Posted on: Sunday 20 November 2022 @ 17:14
Category: General News
Posting Levels
Hey all
I had a quick look at the posting activity and.... wel.... it's not looking too good... :-(
I'm not naming names at this point but we are supposed to post 1 JP every 2 weeks, I know things have been fairly relaxed latly and real life always comes…
Author: Captain Melody Jones
Posted on: Tuesday 9 August 2022 @ 07:14
Category: General News
New Mission
Evening all. The new mission has kicked off:
The USS Merlin is undergoing extensive repairs and upgrades at Deep Space 21. Meanwhile, its crew are enjoying some well earned rest and relaxation. Melody and Draxx have taken the newest members of their family to the nearby planet of Ba’Ku where…
Author: Captain Melody Jones
Posted on: Wednesday 8 June 2022 @ 16:26
Category: General News
An Announcement
I'm afraid that due to RL commitments, The writer of Commander Rejal has left the Merlin. We wish him all the best for the future. Lieutenant Commander McPhee is taking over as XO and Lieutenant Nir’anyar will be second officer.
Sam
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Author: Captain Melody Jones
Posted on: Sunday 15 May 2022 @ 06:16
Category: General News
Welcome Back
Hello all
I'd like you to join me in welcoming back Hadir Prenar who will be writing Lieutenant Pete "Maverick" Mitchell, our new Chief Flight control officer. Some of you may remember Lieutenant Michael Ki MD who they wrote last time they were on board and who might be making…
Author: Captain Melody Jones
Posted on: Monday 4 April 2022 @ 12:45
Category: General News
Welcome Aboard
Hello all
I'd like you to join me in welcoming Lieutenant JG Korotayev Tarr who will be our new Infiltration Specialist I hope they enjoy writing with us.
Sam
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Author: Captain Melody Jones
Posted on: Sunday 9 January 2022 @ 09:09
Category: General News
Start of the New Year and New Mission
Hello everyone
Hope you all had a good Christmas and a happy new year :-)
I've kicked off the new mission, "Disaster!" with a JP that takes place on the bridge just after the ship has been stuck by the Quantum filament. Now I've included everyone so they can get…
Author: Captain Melody Jones
Posted on: Thursday 6 January 2022 @ 12:45
Category: General News
Sneak Peak!
Hey Guy.
Hope everyone is ok. Here is the description for the upcoming mission... Disaster!
This is a mission with a difference. It will last just 24hrs. Each JP, or solo post will be in Mission hours (MH) not Mission days (MD) and start at 0000 hrs.
After being hit…
Author: Captain Melody Jones
Posted on: Sunday 10 October 2021 @ 17:57
Category: General News
Full crew JP’s
Hey all
In JP’s where the full crew or a large number of writers are involved, once the post has been written, if rewrites are absolutely necessary could you please put an out of character comment (OOC) before the correction is made outlining what needs to be changed and why…
Author: Captain Melody Jones
Posted on: Friday 27 August 2021 @ 05:26
Category: General News
New Mission - First Contact
Hi All
So I’ll be kicking off the new mission this evening which will run in parallel with the last few posts of the old mission.
The first post will be the staff briefing. Everyone will be included so you know what’s happening. If you’re not in the briefing you…
Author: Captain Melody Jones
Posted on: Monday 23 August 2021 @ 17:28
Category: General News
Upcoming mission outline
Hi all
Here is a rough mission day guide to our next mission, First Contact. Please note that on some days it mentions character development and own jp’s, these are just suggestion and these can be ongoing throughout the mission.
MD 1 - Staff briefing, Merlin to hold position for…
Author: Captain Melody Jones
Posted on: Friday 20 August 2021 @ 17:07
Category: General News
New crew member
Hello all
I'd like you to join me in welcoming Lieutenant Gulliver ‘Gull’ Chester who will be our new chief engineer. I hope they enjoy writing with us.
Sam
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Author: Captain Melody Jones
Posted on: Friday 20 August 2021 @ 16:55
Category: General News
New player
Hi All
I'd like you all to join me in welcoming aboard Chief Petty Officer Johnathan "Jack" MacGyver who is joining us as the new engineering specialist.
I hope they enjoy writing with us.
Sam
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Author: Captain Melody Jones
Posted on: Friday 16 July 2021 @ 05:32
Category: General News
Our next mission
Hi all
With "A cry in the darkness" coming to a conclusion soon after the rescue of Commander Miller, here is the brief for our next mission:
First Contact:
The Merlin has been ordered to explore some nearby star systems that may contain life. In one such star system, the…
Author: Captain Melody Jones
Posted on: Saturday 5 June 2021 @ 08:53
Category: General News
NEWS :-)
Hi All
Spring is a time of rebirth so with that in mind I’d just like to make sure everyone is doing ok. Since our move to Zodiac fleet, we’ve been more relaxed than our previous fleet, but I would like to keep stories and character development moving.
When starting…
Author: Captain Melody Jones
Posted on: Thursday 25 March 2021 @ 16:52
Category: General News