View Award - Obsidian Fleet's Post Spotlight
Highlighting a post that has notable qualities causing it to stand out. Nomination should include some explanation for the selection.
Category: Both
Awarded: 22 times
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Lieutenant Commander Maurice Rubens 02 Jan 2024 @ 8:06pm |
For the post: "Unwitnessed, Unratified: A Good Day, A Bad Day" This post is an excellent all around image, going into Maurice Ruben's backstory and illustrating a-day-in-the-life of an up and coming young diplomat, and yet it is definitely no ordinary day in the life... This is a piece of fictional reality, by which I mean to say the fiction rings true to our own personal lives when we reflect on those irrevocable instants in which something truly rended the fabric of our own collective generational experience. But I won't spoil it any further for you. You just have to read it. (Written Sept '23, submitted to OF Jan '24) |
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Chief Petty Officer Ibis Xeri 01 Jan 2024 @ 11:09am |
M3 - "Homecoming" This is the post that sees the USS Pathfinder back to Obsidian Command. There is a sense of relief, the return to safety and a place they call home. For Major Porter Wallace and Chief Petty Officer Ibis Xeri it’s a moment that signals the end of their ordeal. There is however, one more hurdle to go through: an official reception by the Marine Corps, and no one is going to escape this honour. It is a post that shows Starfleet at its best, and what happens when two heroes finally make it back home. (entered retroactively. Awarded Aug '23) |
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Major Porter Wallace 01 Jan 2024 @ 11:08am |
M3 - "Homecoming" This is the post that sees the USS Pathfinder back to Obsidian Command. There is a sense of relief, the return to safety and a place they call home. For Major Porter Wallace and Chief Petty Officer Ibis Xeri it’s a moment that signals the end of their ordeal. There is however, one more hurdle to go through: an official reception by the Marine Corps, and no one is going to escape this honour. It is a post that shows Starfleet at its best, and what happens when two heroes finally make it back home. (entered retroactively. Awarded Aug '23) |
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Captain Corvus DeHavilland 01 Jan 2024 @ 11:07am |
M3 - "Homecoming" This is the post that sees the USS Pathfinder back to Obsidian Command. There is a sense of relief, the return to safety and a place they call home. For Major Porter Wallace and Chief Petty Officer Ibis Xeri it’s a moment that signals the end of their ordeal. There is however, one more hurdle to go through: an official reception by the Marine Corps, and no one is going to escape this honour. It is a post that shows Starfleet at its best, and what happens when two heroes finally make it back home. (entered retroactively. Awarded Aug '23) |
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Atif ibn Sharjar - Merchant of the Al Ashar 01 Jan 2024 @ 11:00am |
M3 - "Ibn Sharjar: The Trickster's Hammer of Fire" On the return leg of their journey for the children to choose their new stars, the travelers pick up speed, concerned to make it to shelter to avoid the peak radioactive activity of an impending sunstorm. They rush headlong into brutal desert winds full of obsidian glass. This adventure picks up the pulse! (entered retroactively. Awarded July '23) |
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Chief Petty Officer Ibis Xeri 01 Jan 2024 @ 10:58am |
M3 - "Stranger on the Shore" A great collaboration between three writers, who worked together to reveal, through light touches, the existence of a lost UFP Marshal whom no one knew about. Through the tenacity of Chief Deputy Marshal Steiner and the somewhat reluctant cooperation of Major Wallace and CPO Xeri, the mysterious officer’s life is brought to the fore, with the use of an immersive flashback, coloured by Bajoran culture. (entered retroactively, Awarded July '23) |
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Chief Deputy Marshal: Ridge Steiner - FMS 01 Jan 2024 @ 10:57am |
M3 - "Stranger on the Shore" A great collaboration between three writers, who worked together to reveal, through light touches, the existence of a lost UFP Marshal whom no one knew about. Through the tenacity of Chief Deputy Marshal Steiner and the somewhat reluctant cooperation of Major Wallace and CPO Xeri, the mysterious officer’s life is brought to the fore, with the use of an immersive flashback, coloured by Bajoran culture. (entered retroactively, Awarded July '23) |
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Major Porter Wallace 01 Jan 2024 @ 10:57am |
M3 - "Stranger on the Shore" A great collaboration between three writers, who worked together to reveal, through light touches, the existence of a lost UFP Marshal whom no one knew about. Through the tenacity of Chief Deputy Marshal Steiner and the somewhat reluctant cooperation of Major Wallace and CPO Xeri, the mysterious officer’s life is brought to the fore, with the use of an immersive flashback, coloured by Bajoran culture. (entered retroactively, Awarded July '23) |
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Captain Corvus DeHavilland 01 Jan 2024 @ 10:48am |
For M3 - "A Tiki Wake" Ptolemy Cumberland’s wife, Minka Mazur, has died in child birth (as was revealed gut-punch style in a post spotlighted previously! See "Medical Report") And he gathers with some old friends at a beloved bar where emotions and memories stir. A heartening read by a skillful writer. (Retroactively entered. Awarded July-Aug '23) |
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Captain Corvus DeHavilland 01 Jan 2024 @ 10:42am |
For M3 - "Shadow Games" This is the dramatic and suspenseful introduction of the USS Alabama crew. The reader discovers little by little a new crew faced with the presence of a Starfleet vessel where it shouldn’t be. It is the Alabama’s mission to save the day. As the crew does so, we discover who they are and how they cope with the fact that they must operate in absolute secrecy. An intense description of what it’s like to serve the fleet from the ‘dark side’. (retroactively entered, Awarded June '23) |
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Lieutenant Commander Maurice Rubens 06 May 2023 @ 6:35pm |
Post Spotlight: Under the Crystal Domes David joined Obsidian Command as the Chief Diplomatic Officer, and so it only made sense to invite him to play the aliens in a first contact as well. He went above and beyond in taking the physical description provided and the simple planet description and then through a series of questions posed to himself in response to the few known variables, he developed enough worldbuilding to ultimately bring it all back around to the personal— the point of view of a young Korinn delegate as she prepares to embark on a journey to the stars to try to garner Federation support for her beleaguered and dying planet. http://command.obsidianfleet.net/index.php/sim/viewpost/515 (Posted in March ‘23, OF Spotlight May ‘23) |
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Admiral Zavareh Sepandiyar 26 Apr 2023 @ 12:42pm |
Post Spotlight: "Medical Report" The post preceding this one showed the seven months pregnant Chief Medical Officer, Minka Mazur, going into pre-term labor and under distress. In the earlier post, Doctors from multiple ships arrive to try to address the emergency. In this post, "Medical Report" which follows after, Doctor Llywd takes the time to enter a detailed report of the earlier events. This masterfully designed post will have the best effect when patiently read through to the end… (Posted in March ‘23, OF Spotlight April ‘23) |
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Commander Calliope Zahn 05 Apr 2023 @ 6:56pm |
Ibn Sharjar: The Sky at Night http://command.obsidianfleet.net/index.php/sim/viewpost/493 This post is a culmination of so many pieces of lore including the original novel source (Vulcan’s Forge) featuring the planet after which our Fleet was named (Obsidian), fleet reference material, established posts for our sim, connections to the GM’s mission background, and OOC collaborative work— all forming into a narrative witnessed by Polar’s character, Ibn Sharjar, as he journeys into some of the least known regions of the desert and learns of things the UFP has not uncovered in a century of working with the natives from the city of Kalara or with those that come to the clinic or outreach centers. Unlike Starfleet’s official channels, Ibn Sharjar trades directly with the tribes people in the farthest reaches and, as he gains their trust, is invited to some of their firesides and now to one of their sacred rituals, where the children are trained in the Stations of the retelling of their history, a Watch they keep of the past, present and future. While most other tribes shun outsiders from the stars, or treat them with distrust or indifference, this one, though fiercely hated by the other tribes for their heresies, still looks to the stars for the restoration that is to come. And as Ibn Sharjar listens to their story, we, the readers, are treated to a deep history of the Planet Obsidian and the oldest surviving account of the people who came to call the barely hospitable planet home, many thousands of years ago. |
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Atif ibn Sharjar - Merchant of the Al Ashar 05 Apr 2023 @ 6:55pm |
Ibn Sharjar: The Sky at Night http://command.obsidianfleet.net/index.php/sim/viewpost/493 This post is a culmination of so many pieces of lore including the original novel source (Vulcan’s Forge) featuring the planet after which our Fleet was named (Obsidian), fleet reference material, established posts for our sim, connections to the GM’s mission background, and OOC collaborative work— all forming into a narrative witnessed by Polar’s character, Ibn Sharjar, as he journeys into some of the least known regions of the desert and learns of things the UFP has not uncovered in a century of working with the natives from the city of Kalara or with those that come to the clinic or outreach centers. Unlike Starfleet’s official channels, Ibn Sharjar trades directly with the tribes people in the farthest reaches and, as he gains their trust, is invited to some of their firesides and now to one of their sacred rituals, where the children are trained in the Stations of the retelling of their history, a Watch they keep of the past, present and future. While most other tribes shun outsiders from the stars, or treat them with distrust or indifference, this one, though fiercely hated by the other tribes for their heresies, still looks to the stars for the restoration that is to come. And as Ibn Sharjar listens to their story, we, the readers, are treated to a deep history of the Planet Obsidian and the oldest surviving account of the people who came to call the barely hospitable planet home, many thousands of years ago. |
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Commander Calliope Zahn 05 Apr 2023 @ 6:53pm |
Post Spotlight Camp Sunrise: Just One More Day featuring Maj Porter Wallace and CPO Ibis Xeri http://command.obsidianfleet.net/index.php/sim/viewpost/505 For its remarkable description of a community that tries to survive in a harsh environment, with all the humiliations and challenges that this represents. “Just One More Day” is a gripping post that describes the patient resilience of its protagonists, and yet this is not a grim read. There are touches of hope and humour, giving signs that Ibis, Wallace and all those they care for might indeed survive many more days. (Nominated by Spiral) |
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Lieutenant Commander Maurice Rubens 05 Apr 2023 @ 6:52pm |
Post Spotlight Camp Sunrise: Just One More Day featuring Maj Porter Wallace and CPO Ibis Xeri http://command.obsidianfleet.net/index.php/sim/viewpost/505 For its remarkable description of a community that tries to survive in a harsh environment, with all the humiliations and challenges that this represents. “Just One More Day” is a gripping post that describes the patient resilience of its protagonists, and yet this is not a grim read. There are touches of hope and humour, giving signs that Ibis, Wallace and all those they care for might indeed survive many more days. (Nominated by Spiral) |
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Chief Deputy Marshal: Ridge Steiner - FMS 03 Nov 2022 @ 4:16pm |
Ibn Sharjar: The Cafe Ra Hetjan Easily underestimated, Ibn Sharjar is a clever merchant who has worked out a lucrative network of trading routes on Planet Obsidian. He seems to know just what everyone wants and where to find it for them— and at just the right price! In this post he settles down to a local cafe for some business meetings and we get a tasting platter of the local food and customs, not to mention a secret tip on something Ibn Sharjar is sure to follow up next… http://command.obsidianfleet.net/index.php/sim/viewpost/406 Sept '22 post, OF Featured in Nov'22 |
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Lieutenant Commander Sikan 01 Nov 2022 @ 7:26pm |
Obsidian Command’s Chief of Security, LtCmdr Sikan, contemplates his final martial arts test back on Vulcan from the current perspective in his new assignment to protect the lives aboard the stardock space station. This entry clues the reader in to the mind of Sikan, where he draws a defensive circle around his new post and contemplates the dangers that surround. The writing moves effortlessly between the big picture and the personal and between the past and the present… as Sikan begins to anticipate the future. http://command.obsidianfleet.net/index.php/sim/viewpost/410 Sept '22 post, OF Featured in Oct '22 |
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Commander Calliope Zahn 27 Mar 2022 @ 12:51pm |
http://command.obsidianfleet.net/index.php/sim/viewpost/183 "Under a Rock: Whack-a-Mole" After sifting through officer reports surrounding the events of the Battle for OC (The battle that featured as the Climax of OC’s First Mission, “Emergence”), out-of-favor Commander Calliope Zahn downplays medical advice to rest and recover, and instead arranges for a fellow adventurous soul and hot-shot pilot, Commander Bruce Kensforth, to help her investigate something fishy in the outer reaches of the Loki system. They get way more than they bargained for (although, arguably what Kensforth wished for) and it all culminates in this exciting chase scene. This post is fast and it’s fun! What more could anyone ask? If you want to follow the 4 post set, start with this one and follow to the end of the series. Under a Rock: The All Clear |
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Admiral Zavareh Sepandiyar 27 Mar 2022 @ 12:50pm |
http://command.obsidianfleet.net/index.php/sim/viewpost/183 "Under a Rock: Whack-a-Mole" After sifting through officer reports surrounding the events of the Battle for OC (The battle that featured as the Climax of OC’s First Mission, “Emergence”), out-of-favor Commander Calliope Zahn downplays medical advice to rest and recover, and instead arranges for a fellow adventurous soul and hot-shot pilot, Commander Bruce Kensforth, to help her investigate something fishy in the outer reaches of the Loki system. They get way more than they bargained for (although, arguably what Kensforth wished for) and it all culminates in this exciting chase scene. This post is fast and it’s fun! What more could anyone ask? If you want to follow the 4 post set, start with this one and follow to the end of the series. Under a Rock: The All Clear |
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Commander Calliope Zahn 13 Mar 2021 @ 12:49pm |
Ghostly Comforts It’s rare to find a post written by a single player that truly stands-out. In a Fleet of sims, almost all writing is done by two writers with their characters sharing the scene. This Post Spotlight highlights a posting equivalent of a solliloquay; a single writer with a single character – musing to themselves over the stresses of work and relationship while exploring the quarters of a man she has never met. A man killed in action over a year ago. She plays backgammon with him. Shares a drink with him. Calliope’s writer takes the reader on a journey through the different emotions she is feeling in a unique way, taking her time to set the scene and play the thought process out as a conversation between her and her own mental image of what this man might have been. The result is a melancholy but beautiful character piece well worth reading even without the full background context and leaves the reader wanting more. |
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Captain Corvus DeHavilland 10 Mar 2021 @ 10:56pm |
Awarded for the post— "A Walk Among the Stars" For a satellite stationed in orbit, Obsidian Command has seen quite a bit of action. Having been recovered from a spacial void only one IC week before the events in this post, it's also now enduring an attack by a coalition of enemy forces who committed themselves to taking out the Federation outpost before it could be properly repaired, staffed, and defended. Its commander, Captain Corvus DeHavilland, has had the indignity of her command center being left disconnected from the rest of the station, and leads her mostly junior officers towards the safety of a Marine unit below decks. But to get there, they have to make their way past the most intense fighting between Marines and boarding parties in the Engineering levels. Rather than risk the engagement inside with their inexperienced staff, Captain DeHavilland elects to take a space walk along the hull outside while a ship-to-ship battle rages in the skies surrounding Obsidian Command. The Captain of Obsidian Command went above and beyond in this composition, creating a gripping scenario with action, suspense, pain, and loss, and going beyond just GMing events for the sim by supplying a personal account from the Captain’s perspective in an intensely charged situation and paying off the entire set up as a major turning point in the story. It’s exemplary in characterization, in content, and in craft and demonstrates genuine investment in the story, the characters, the setting, and the sim as both a GM and a writer. |