All News
The Challenge
Hey All,
I know at this point you're wondering when I'll shut up :P. Soon, I promise lol.
I'd like to reissue the challenge from last month, we were only a few logs shy of 60. However, since we now have 12 simmers I'm going to set the bar a…
Author: Captain John "Apollo" Barstow, M.D.
Posted on: Monday 6 August 2018 @ 18:52
Category: General News
We Grow Again
Hey All,
Please join me in welcoming our new Company Commander:
1st Lieutenant John Kayhill
Welcome to the chaos :D!!!
Andrew
Author: Captain John "Apollo" Barstow, M.D.
Posted on: Monday 6 August 2018 @ 12:58
Category: General News
ICOS
Hey Guys,
It's still under review, so this may get tweaked, however, this' the ICOS:
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Interactive Computer Operating System (ICOS)/ICOS Computer Core
The Interactive Computer Operating System, or ICOS, and it's computer core were designed to give ships access to an AI. ICOS can access previous Starfleet files, encounters…
Author: Captain John "Apollo" Barstow, M.D.
Posted on: Sunday 5 August 2018 @ 13:26
Category: General News
The New Collective
Hey Guys,
I have opened up the new mission, the new collective. This will start Sunday to give a few days to wrap up arrival and shorleave posts :). The ceremonies log may take a little longer, but, lets try to get it done by next Friday :). I'll also…
Author: Captain John "Apollo" Barstow, M.D.
Posted on: Friday 3 August 2018 @ 13:01
Category: General News
We Grow!
Hey Guys,
Please join me in welcoming 2 new officers to the crew:
Lieutenant JG Marbim Rejal
Chief Operations Officer
and
Lieutenant JG Stephanie O'Hara
Chief Engineering Officer
Welcome to you both!!
Andrew
Author: Captain John "Apollo" Barstow, M.D.
Posted on: Thursday 2 August 2018 @ 18:39
Category: General News
Golden PADD 2018
Hey Guys,
So, this is more to share than anything else. The results for the Golden PADD writing contest are in. My story won, so, Merlin is now the home of the Golden PADD 2018 winner :D. Sorry, just very excited :D. If you're interested you can see all the…
Author: Captain John "Apollo" Barstow, M.D.
Posted on: Sunday 29 July 2018 @ 18:40
Category: General News
Merlin Contest
Hey Guys,
So, the contest I put out there for the highest count this month I said I was going to make an award specific to this. Here it is, the Silver Quill:
The logs I'm seeing from you guys are outstanding!
Andrew
Author: Captain John "Apollo" Barstow, M.D.
Posted on: Tuesday 24 July 2018 @ 14:22
Category: General News
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
Arrival and Shoreleave
Hey All,
We have officially arrived and docked at Starbase 306! That wraps up our intro mission and I'm glad to have you guys writing here! As part of that all crew that participated in Lost Souls are awarded:
Expeditionary Medal
Awarded for participation in a…
Author: Captain John "Apollo" Barstow, M.D.
Posted on: Friday 13 July 2018 @ 19:34
Category: General News
Uniforms!
Hey All,
As you've seen I have been updating the site over the last few weeks. Some things I didn't put out so as not to spam everyone is I created several animated gifs for the crew manifest. Another thing I've done is finally gotten all the uniform pictures updated…
Author: Captain John "Apollo" Barstow, M.D.
Posted on: Monday 9 July 2018 @ 14:35
Category: Website Update
IFS 2
Hey Guys,
I'd like to ask y'all a favor. Obsidian Fleets has their IFS2 database which is where I get the Fleet News from and it houses much more. Another part of that is it has a spot for the sims and a place for crew to be listed. Here's…
Author: Captain John "Apollo" Barstow, M.D.
Posted on: Friday 6 July 2018 @ 11:54
Category: General News
Fleet News - Updated
Hey All,
I decided to move the fleet news items into tabs to keep things from looking cluttered. So, look for it with the other news and log posts at the bottom of the control panel and main page under the tab "News Around the Fleet'.
Andrew
Author: Captain John "Apollo" Barstow, M.D.
Posted on: Thursday 5 July 2018 @ 01:00
Category: Website Update
Fleet News Feed
Hey Guys,
Part of what I'm doing as TGCO that overlaps with Merlin is creating news stories for both sims and non-player ships/bases. The idea is to give snippets from the bigger universe that might trickle into the sim, for example there is one soon to be published about a…
Author: Captain John "Apollo" Barstow, M.D.
Posted on: Wednesday 4 July 2018 @ 09:54
Category: Website Update
Site Skin
Ok Guys,
Now it is really installed and there, I swear lol.
Andrew
Author: Captain John "Apollo" Barstow, M.D.
Posted on: Sunday 1 July 2018 @ 12:45
Category: General News
Welcome and Site Skin
Hey All,
First I'd like to welcome Lieutenant (j.g.) Saren Barel! Saren will be taking up the Chief Science Officer position, welcome Lieutenant!!
I also want to let y'all know about one of the skins I put in when I first put up the site. It's called Hyperion, and this…
Author: Captain John "Apollo" Barstow, M.D.
Posted on: Sunday 1 July 2018 @ 12:15
Category: General News
New Tweak
Hey Guys,
Since I'm using a mod that displays the ship alert, MD, system status, etc, I went ahead and added the infobox (that box that's usually on the left with your character picture, facebook, etc) to the control panel page :). I figured this would help a bit as…
Author: Captain John "Apollo" Barstow, M.D.
Posted on: Thursday 28 June 2018 @ 16:20
Category: Website Update
Merlin Discord
Hey Guys,
I know it has been a minute since it has been used, however, I'd like to try getting the Merlin discord going again. I know not everyone can get on or can't be on for very long, but, still pop in when you can :D. If you need…
Author: Captain John "Apollo" Barstow, M.D.
Posted on: Monday 25 June 2018 @ 20:39
Category: General News
Mission Notes System
Hey Guys,
Rather than filling your e-mails with PM's every 3 days I'm going to use the mission notes system to update on Mission Day changes :). If you have not used it before the mission notes appear when you go to add to a joint log or to write…
Author: Captain John "Apollo" Barstow, M.D.
Posted on: Monday 25 June 2018 @ 13:33
Category: General News
Updates, Updates, Updates
Hey Guys,
Over the last few months I've been going through and updating all the links, database, etc. I think I finally got everything except for the Marine equipment (I need to track that information down)! If you spot any links I missed please let me know, otherwise, have at…
Author: Captain John "Apollo" Barstow, M.D.
Posted on: Thursday 21 June 2018 @ 19:21
Category: Website Update
Announcements
Hey All,
With the email back up (yay!) there are a few things I'd like to put out. First, you may have noticed on the main page it says Task Group 47-A Flagship. Last week I was instated as the Task Group 47-A CO :D. This is not much of…
Author: Captain John "Apollo" Barstow, M.D.
Posted on: Wednesday 20 June 2018 @ 15:50
Category: Out of Character
Testing
Hey Guys,
This is a test of the Merlin broadcasting system :P. Please let me know if you get this.
Andrew
Author: Captain John "Apollo" Barstow, M.D.
Posted on: Wednesday 20 June 2018 @ 14:28
Category: General News
Mission Days
Hey All,
So, we hit on mission days a little bit ago but I kind of stayed away from them because I have a hard time with them. However, in looking at the calendars Frank has made up I am going to use the mission days and I’m going to…
Author: Captain John "Apollo" Barstow, M.D.
Posted on: Saturday 16 June 2018 @ 22:03
Category: General News
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 - Site Outage
Hey All,
The site host is going to be migrating their servers starting tomorrow. During this time the site will be unavailable. This will last until, at most, Monday. Due to this I am going to be putting the site in maintenance mode so that I can do a final…
Author: Captain John "Apollo" Barstow, M.D.
Posted on: Thursday 7 June 2018 @ 18:59
Category: Website Update
Web Host-Important
Hey Guys,
This week our web host is going to be changing servers to a new server provider. This means the site will be out in the next few days, but, it will be back. I am making back ups of the site and database, however, without an exact date…
Author: Captain John "Apollo" Barstow, M.D.
Posted on: Wednesday 6 June 2018 @ 03:25
Category: General News