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Evening all
With the news that Utopia host is shutting down, the Merlin site is being moved to Stormy hosting. To facilitate this move, the site will be down from Tuesday 21/07/2020 0900 BST to Wednesday 22/07/2020 0900 BST. This is so all files can be backed…
Author: Captain Melody Jones
Posted on: Monday 20 July 2020 @ 17:29
Category: Website Update
Promotion
Hi all
Just want to say congratulations to our First Officer Marbim Rejal on his promotion to the rank of Lieutenant Commander.
Sam
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Author: Captain Melody Jones
Posted on: Friday 17 July 2020 @ 19:12
Category: General News
News Update
Evening all
Keeping you all informed. The site was updated to the latest version of Nova.
Also, a Word count has been introduced in Obsidian fleet. This is to level the playing field for posting numbers. You may have noticed a new entry on completed posts showing a word count…
Author: Captain Melody Jones
Posted on: Sunday 12 July 2020 @ 18:55
Category: General News
News
Hey guys
I hope you are all keeping well. A number of posts have gone up recently without everybody getting a chance to sign off. This was to get the posts up before the monthly sim report was due. Apologies but time was of the essence.
The New mission will…
Author: Captain Melody Jones
Posted on: Tuesday 30 June 2020 @ 16:59
Category: General News
Upcoming mission.
Hi Guys.
Here's a summary of the new mission:-
A whale of a problem (We're going to need a bigger boat)
The USS Merlin encounters a probe similar to the one that was sent to make contact with Humpback Whales and almost destroyed Earth in the process. This one however,…
Author: Captain Melody Jones
Posted on: Wednesday 24 June 2020 @ 10:13
Category: General News
Joint Mission with the USS Andromeda
Hello all
I hope you are all keeping well in these strange and uncertain times. As some of you already know, we are starting a joint mission with the USS Andromeda (Task Fleet 72). For this mission, Merlin crew members have had their characters duplicated on the Andromeda for writing…
Author: Captain Melody Jones
Posted on: Saturday 11 April 2020 @ 13:03
Category: General News
Mission Notes update
Hello all
I hope you are all well. Communication has been very quiet the last month. If people are under the impression I've not been available I do apologize. I recently started a new job in RL and I'm still in the process of getting settled in. I'm including myself…
Author: Captain Melody Jones
Posted on: Wednesday 4 March 2020 @ 05:25
Category: General News
Update
Hey guys
I hope everybody is ok. If anyone has any subplots they want to get up and running or if anyone is having trouble getting inspiration for writing please don't hesitate to get in touch with me or any of the command team for help. I would like to…
Author: Captain Melody Jones
Posted on: Sunday 16 February 2020 @ 17:24
Category: General News
Writing challenges and Awards
Hello all
I'm planning to introduce writing challenges every month to encourage more JP's. At the end of the year, the writers who have completed the most challenges will be placed into a draw and the winner will receive a prize (probably funny and or ironic). Could any Jp's wanting…
Author: Captain Melody Jones
Posted on: Monday 20 January 2020 @ 04:49
Category: General News
Merry Christmas
Hello all
I'd just like to wish everybody a Merry Christmas and a Happy New year for 2020.
Sam
Author: Captain Melody Jones
Posted on: Sunday 22 December 2019 @ 18:55
Category: General News
Latest addition
Hey guys
I would like you to join me in welcoming back Andrew who will be writing Richard "Wolf" Johnson, Psy.D. The Marine company Commander of Knights squad.
Author: Captain Melody Jones
Posted on: Saturday 7 December 2019 @ 06:35
Category: General News
Update
Hey guys
The problem with the security certificate on the Merlin site seems to have been resolved and is working once again.
If it is ok with all, I was thinking having shore leave end with the New Year and we can start the new mission properly.
If anyone has…
Author: Captain Melody Jones
Posted on: Thursday 5 December 2019 @ 17:49
Category: General News
Hello all....
Hello all
First of all, I’d like to apologise for being a bit quiet over the last month. My work rota has been quite intensive and getting a night on the computer has been few and far between. I will be sending a private message to all crew just to…
Author: Captain Melody Jones
Posted on: Thursday 17 October 2019 @ 13:48
Category: General News
New Mission
Hey guys
I was just having a look at our posting log and almost everyone has posted within the last two weeks which is great. Good work folks, let's keep up the posts. It doesn’t always have to be massive JP’s with everyone. We haven’t had many solo post or…
Author: Captain Melody Jones
Posted on: Tuesday 1 October 2019 @ 17:23
Category: General News
Upcoming changes
Hey all
It’s with some sadness that I have to inform you that Andrew has had to resign as CO due to real life responsibilities. We wish him the very best and hope everything works out OK. He has asked me to step up and assume command of the Merlin.…
Author: Captain Melody Jones
Posted on: Thursday 26 September 2019 @ 17:11
Category: General News
FYI
Hey All,
Just a heads up, for some reason I'm not getting site e-mails, and just finding out. For now please e-mail me directly if you need anything from me and I'll be on the site a lot more. Also, please keep in mind, I cannot reply on discord except…
Author: Captain John "Apollo" Barstow, M.D.
Posted on: Sunday 15 September 2019 @ 15:35
Category: General News
Discord
Hey All,
I just wanted to drop a note real fast about my discord presence. During the week I am going to not be around on discord to much. I started my Masters degree in May and am going through a bit of a transition in my living situation as…
Author: Captain John "Apollo" Barstow, M.D.
Posted on: Friday 30 August 2019 @ 14:42
Category: General News
Absence
Hey All,
I had an unscheduled absence for the last few weeks due to RL getting extremely bad there for a minute. However, I am back now. I’ll be playing an NPC for a bit, while Barstow is out....somewhere ;P. I want to thank Commander Jones for stepping up and…
Author: Captain John "Apollo" Barstow, M.D.
Posted on: Tuesday 20 August 2019 @ 12:51
Category: General News
Holidays
Hey Guys
Just giving you a heads up. Myself and Debs will be on holiday from the 1st of July to the 5th of July so will be unavailable for those 5 days. We will be back on Saturday the 6th.
Sam
Author: Captain Melody Jones
Posted on: Sunday 23 June 2019 @ 12:06
Category: General News
Finding Balance
Hey All,
I just wanted to let you know why my discord availability has been limited. I have started a Masters degree program and the classes take up a lot of the day. I'm finding my balance between here and school still, but, I will reply to messages left on…
Author: Captain John "Apollo" Barstow, M.D.
Posted on: Thursday 16 May 2019 @ 21:37
Category: General News
Ever Changing World
Hey All,
The last 2 weeks have had a lot of changes happen, so, I wanted to let everyone know what they are with so many. First, Cale has decided to leave the sim, his pips will be found in the ready room and he'll just be gone, a mystery…
Author: Captain John "Apollo" Barstow, M.D.
Posted on: Tuesday 30 April 2019 @ 12:34
Category: General News
Tidy posts
Hey Guys
Could we please all check that any OOC’s and unanswered TAGS are deleted before a JP is posted. Just makes it look neater.
Thanks
Sam
Author: Captain Melody Jones
Posted on: Thursday 18 April 2019 @ 07:00
Category: General News
Signing Off
Hi all
Just to make sure we're all on the same page in regards to signing off posts.
When you are happy with a JP all writers involved need to sign off at the bottom before it is posted. Don't sign off if you intend to add more to the…
Author: Captain Melody Jones
Posted on: Monday 15 April 2019 @ 16:39
Category: General News
XO
Hey Guys,
Cdr Llewellyn has decided it was time to leave the sim and we wish him well in his future endeavors! With that, however, we had been left with the spot open and I have asked Cdr Melody Jones to take on the XO mantle once again. OOC this…
Author: Captain John "Apollo" Barstow, M.D.
Posted on: Sunday 14 April 2019 @ 13:06
Category: General News
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