April 2025 Theta Fleet Awards

UNIT OF DISTINCTION

Task Force 23

    Gold: USS Fenrir & USS Warbler

    Silver: USS Ark Royal & Deep Space 5 & USS Hecate

    Bronze: USS Thunderbird & USS Calypso & USS Artemis

Area 51

    Gold: USS Tokyo

    Silver: USS Astrea & USS Myogi

    Bronze: USS Herodotus & USS Jane Addams & USS Valkyrie

WRITER OF THE MONTH

    Task Force 23: Fenrir & Hecate & Thunderbird

Fenrir: Lieutenant JG Riaothren (Ren) ch'Shaorhs has been exceptional this month, involved in several posts and showing the range of a man who has taken on his dead husband’s little brother as a dependent. Ren’s character scope and depth has truly shone this month, establishing him as a much loved character on the sim.

Hecate: Lieutenant Marques Hunt. I loved the background post on his character and family, showing the two responses possible to Klingon aggression during the 23rd century. 

Thunderbird: Jen Chapman for her excellent work and writing as Dr. Patrick Ryan. With a mission that has resulted in a medical crisis situation, Jen has shown her writing chops. 

    Area 51: Jane Addams & Tokyo

Jane Addams: Bill as Lieutenant Micheal Taggart for his character work of having a Betazoid, and empath thrown into all this chaos with a whirlwind of emotion. 

Tokyo: Dave - Dave has pulled off some fantastic writing this month as reflected in my post of the Month nomination. 

PLAYER OF THE MONTH

    Task Force 23: Artemis & Deep Space 5

Artemis: For this month I would like to nominate a group of people. Commander Mariko Tao, Lieutenant Johnathan Corwin, Lieutenant Vincent Zandrell, and Cassandra Frost. This group helped me get through a particularly tricky post. Even going as far as accepting the deletion and restart of the post three times. However, we did get it right and the post stands as one of the best in the game thus far.

DS5: This is tough. Several players have been key in moving the story forward and in helping plot the battle. Cynthia, Chris, Stuart, and Bryan have been especially helpful this month. Cynthia, as the new XO, has been looking at some past posts and talking to people to help us mov forward. Chris, who plays the Marine CO, has also helped with continuity and in giving us information in and out of character to wrap the old post and move forward. Stuart, the chief counselor, was part of the rebellion on the station and has helped organize and write the station's preparations for battle. Bryan, as the chief of security, has also been helpful moving forward.

The battle connects the old with the new. However, most of the key players from before are no longer on the sim and most of the current crew is new, so this makes it more difficult to go from the destruction of Deep Space 5 to sending a team going back in time to repair the sabotage and bring in a handful of starships to help defend the station in order to save the system and the quadrant. Connecting just enough pieces to make the story fit with so many changes has been made much easier with the help of these four.

    Area 51: Astrea & No Way Home

Astrea: Jezra Siv - Jezra has been great about creating some temporary characters to fill in some roles in stories, jumping in with tags, and getting some posts started and jumping in to help with other players and their ideas. I’ve really appreciated their initiative in keeping others engaged in motivated this year, and especially this month. (Whoa, stats.) 

No Way Home: Jeff – He has thrown himself into his characters and has put out more posts than others due to his belief that this game can thrive. 

POST OF THE MONTH

    Task Force 23: Ark Royal & Unicorn

Ark Royal: "Extraction" (https://arkroyal.harperhold.com/index.php/sim/viewpost/17)

Unicorn: “Planetside Mobile Medical Unit" (https://unicorn.harperhold.com/index.php/sim/viewpost/95)

    Area 51: Herodotus & Ontario

Herodotus: "Time After Time" by Lieutenant Commander Zosia & Lieutenant Junior Grade M'Ressa - https://herodotus.uss-pioneer.com/index.php/sim/viewpost/103

Ontario: "Part 1 - Relief and Panic" (https://ontario.harperhold.com/index.php/sim/viewpost/314)

"Part II - Demons of the Past" (https://ontario.harperhold.com/index.php/sim/viewpost/318)

This is our first view of the new pilot. It's a wonderful introduction to the character and his backstory.

TASK FORCE CO AWARD

    Task Force 23: USS Ark Royal

    Area 51: USS Tokyo

 AWARD OF MERIT

Task Force 23

    23-A: USS Ark Royal & USS Fenrir

    23-B: USS Hecate

    23-C: USS Warbler

Area 51

    51-A:  USS Valkyrie

    51-B: USS Herodotus

    51-C: No Way Home

    51-D: Starbase 109