January 2025 General Report
Posted on 03 Feb 2025 @ 10:42pm by Commander Calliope Zahn
Edited on 04 Feb 2025 @ 3:35pm
Jan '25 General Report
JANUARY 25’ GENERAL REPORT
Total Crew: 7
Active crew: 5
total word count: 21,264
OF Post count: 43
8.51 posts/ active player
CURRENT ROSTER (7 players)
Markus/ Sep & DeHavilland
Nikki/ Zahn
David/ Rubens
Tara/ Van Der Laar
Spiral/ Brek
Sara/ Wagner
Endia/Leblanc
POST TRACKER SPREADSHEET
OBSIDIAN COMMAND DISCORD SERVER
UPDATE
And we’re back! Still recovering from the holidays, finding our 2025 work/school/life groove again, and how writing fits in with all of that IRL business. But it seems like people are pulling out their notes and figuring out where we left off our stories, individually and collectively. The Groundhog also saw his shadow so I guess that means we have six more weeks of winter for curling up with tea and writing posts from under a blanket..
!EXTRA AWESOME NEWS!
OC has been recognized by the Simming Prize!
See OC listed on the Simming League Historical Society website
Here’s the text of the award:
A high-quality and prolific sim, Obsidian Command has done it all. Boasting three Tournament of Simulations awards, including the top overall prize at the 2022 competition, and multiple awards from her home club, including for outstanding mission and outstanding creativity, the sim is widely recognized for its excellence by all who analyze it. The richness of its characters and the originality of its episodes serve as the foundation for making this sim one for the ages.
Congrats to us! I’ll make sure this win is added to our trophy list in the site wiki soon.
OBSIDIAN FLEET NEWS
Obsidian Fleet’s latest Comms Report
Also, remember to vote in the Fleet End of Year Awards! Open until this Friday, Feb 7th
2024 EotY Awards: Voting Open
And don’t forget, Khitomer Conference is coming up. Saturday, March 1st
www.khitomerconference.com
RECRUITMENT
Always taking applications!
Key Roles Available:
~Chief Operations Officer (LtCmdr or Senior Non-Com)
~Chief Security Officer (LtCmdr or Senior Non-Com)
~Chief Tactical Officer (LtCmdr or Senior Non-Com)
~Chief Science Officer (LtCmdr or Senior Non-com)
~Chief Support Craft Pilot (LtCmdr, or Senior Non-Com)
~Chief Traffic Controller (LtCmdr or Senior Non-Com)
~Chief Dockyard Engineer (LtCmdr or Senior Non-Com)
~Team Leads in all departments (Ltjg, Lt or PO3-PO1 Non-Coms)
~Many varied specialists in multiple departments
~Civilians: all sorts!
~And possibly unique, balanced character concept pitches
AWARDS
Paper Crown!
January 2025’s Paper Crown goes to Sep/ Markus. He’ll have to defend his bragging rights to it for February.
Chorus Medal - Spiral
For the series of posts where Brek must handle a “Confusion” of youthful Ferengi Engineers, literally travelling about with him as his very own chorus, complete with commentary to share. The situation continues to amuse and endear with every post.
Bronze Quill - Markus
For the set up and intensity of the tragically failed away mission in the backstory post titled “A Dark Place” which illuminates for the reader the fuel for Zayne’s long contained anger.
Silver Quill - David
For “The Runaway” continuing thread: the well crafted continuing story of Fernanda Ruiz, Runaway, turned Stowaway, and now set adrift as a Castaway! With David at the keyboard writing these twists for young Fernanda, we’re afraid to say it can’t get worse…
Wordsmith Medal for Descriptive Writing - David
From succinct, consistent portrayals of npcs with meaningful details, to well dressed settings, to the full use of the senses of the point of view characters, David puts the reader into his scenes, wherever he takes them. “The Runaway: It’ll Be Okay” is a great example: Fernanda’s stomach is “knotted into a ball “ and “fat tears dangled for a brief moment on her chin” Later, on the ship, you can palpably feel the moments leading to the knife fight, seeing through Fernanda’s eyes as she notices barely perceptible moments of the mutinous crewer’s hand going for the blade. We even get to taste flesh as Fernanda bites into an arm… David brings this level of detail to all of his writing.
Captain’s Merit - Nikki
Sep told me I’m doing a good job. He says he likes my writing descriptions as much as David’s. I’m issuing this award to myself to remember this by. *forges Sep’s signature*
That’s it folks! Thanks for a fun month. Let's tag soon!! ~n
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