A virtually endless supply of supposedly realistic NPCs to use and if necessary maim and kill off in order to add further depth and emotion to the stories... I like this present

The probability of ending up a victim in a possibly stupid and/or quite bland manner of death is also high enough to make some of the members think about it. We already have carrots to motivate everyone, a subtle yet devious stick to further "inspire" them to remain around and active couldn't really hurt. Like Driver said, it would just need to be properly implemented so as people won't be able to abuse it and members end up overly despising it. That bit would be counter productive after all.

Driver, I'll be sending you a PM or maybe hit you up on IRC in a day or two - once I both better familiarize myself with the previously suggested idea(s) and consider the pros, drawbacks and possible improvements that could be added to them at this point.

Oh yeah - Happy 2012 all you Shrikes... and all you non-Shrike visitors lurking about

After a strenuous workload for the past few weeks, I'm going to have a post up on the Shrike story tomorrow.

Finally got another post up on the Vast Empire Strikes back thread.. Will check over the NS topic later today or tomorrow, and formulate my reply

PS. Welcome back Van!

Hello everyone,

Its great to be back on Vast Empire and with a great fleet nonetheless. Just wondering where I should begin posting and what exactly the lowdown is.

Nis'o will be my Wookie character for those of you who do not know.

*Nis'o grabs the green stuff and swigs it down.*

Atrasin wrote:please welcome back Van to the Navy.

he is placed as Nightshrike A-3.

/me slides the newest Wook a large bottle of the Green Stuff.

/me puts on a Drac mask.

"ITS A TRAP!"

I guess you could say puns are like steak...
/me dons another Drac mask.
They're a rare medium, well done.

I'm really not sure whether to be flattered or...or...unsure of how to feel. Guess I'll go with flattered, then. Thanks! I've never been a meme before. lol

-Drac

NOW I promise a post on the Shrike story. My internet was shut off a few days ago and it's just been reactivated. Starting a post now, though I'll be posting it in a bit.

'revealing'  = dropping his pants in McDonald's...AGAIN.

ah yes, the sarcastic 'Deep' pertaining to all of 6 centimeters.

Nightshrike, please welcome your newest member, Senior Crewman Titus "Slammer" Green, who'll be occupying B-2 in the roster. 

Reporting in, as it were.

DeepSix'll be along presently to get you acclimated, but just so you know: the squadron has a couple run-ons going on here and here, and very soon the Navy's going to start another Fleet-wide story.    Get to know your fellow pilots on the ComNet and irc, and start posting!

Alright, I'm back from my extended vacation. Posted on the NS squad story and the Surprise story. I'd like to see other people jump in on the "Battle of the Black hole" which seems to have died out since I posted last.. but if nobody wants to I guess Hades will just have another drink

So to clarify, I now report to Drac and Fyston.. or Drac and Deep?

The new reporting structure hasn't arrived yet so the current interim one is still in effect. And according to that one Drac and possibly a direct superior would need to receive your reports. According to Drac's latest announcement the new changes will occur immediately as far as administrative duties go (and these include reports). Thus technically all you remaining NS members would need to report to Drac and Fyston, just as the Tuk'ata members would need to report to Drac and Dunny.

Not sure if Fyston is around atm or even if he was made aware of these changes however so if you want to be extra sure your report is counted and acknowledged feel free to still add my name somewhere in that "to:" list. Call it a redundancy measure. Also consider it for that which it is - purely optional at this point and if so only till things stabilize.