Fine Nick......RIP BaconArmada. :-(

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WINNER ANNOUNCED
SUPER PET SHOWCASE SPECTACULAR!
Thank you to all of the amazing Stonewall pet guardians who dazzled us with their family photos, photobombs and other pet screenshot submissions! There were so many fantastic submissions to choose from, but like in any low-budget contest, there can be but one winner! So without further adieu...

Congratulations T'Lara on winning the contest with your Jane Goodall style submission! We loved seeing you enjoy spending time on Risa with Bok, Ruky and Aida in their natural habitat. We all know that while the holodeck can provide some temporary luxuries to your best fury friends while you're on deep space assignments, there's just no substitute for the real thing.

T'Lara, you've won, a modest prize pack which includes the following items:


1x Krenim Temporal Specialist Duty Officer
1x Taking You With Me Ground Trait
1x "Lucky" Beagle Pup Adoption Certificate!


We can tell from your screenshot that there's always room on your ship for one more cute pet in need of a home. That's why we're sending you "Lucky" the Beagle to add to your family. She's had all of her immunizations and I'm sure you'll find her to be a loving addition to your home!

You'll find all of these items attached to an in-game mail message. Remember, you'll have to go to an in-game mail console to retrieve the mail attachments, so don't delete the message before claiming your prize!

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Thanks to everyone for indulging me in my love for in-game pets. I wish that everyone could have been a winner, but I ran out of goodies to give away! Hope you all had fun contributing to the thread!

Voleron (Dave)

Thanks Gareth!!

Its nominations like these that will really heat up the competition! Lets try and get some more :D

Not long left to nominate before voting begins!!

Nominations written... and sent. Easy as Peas

As a tac captain wanting to do deeps I think I would find myself drifting to the pilot ships still.

There is nothing wrong with this ship and I have found it good to fly and the trait would be especially good for someone who wants to fly the narcine or jem dreadnaught. Though the pilot ships just seem more effective at making things blow up, for me at least.

The kitties!!!

Love that pic Andy!

Before this post goes all POMO with VHS tapes, I would like to add that the Akira T-6 Is a a beaut, I have not had the opportunity to pilot her, but stats alone tell me that she is golden. If you are a Captain who love's a good tact carrier, she is the lady for you.

I mean... I have things to discus and the like.

Here's a neat little snapshot I got of us all stood outside with a ship directly behind us as it went past :)

a few members were wondering about starting another Beta fleet that was based in temporal mechanics... just saying. Wondering if the Gods [Nick, et. al] would approve.

Also why is it that Dexxx in zero gravity is able to still go a perfect duck face?!

I was glad to join in the festivities! :cheer:

PS: Let me know if you see in grammar mistakes, spelling errors or other issues!

Hey everyone,

Help me bump this post!

Respond to the nice people. Ignore the trolls.

Thanks!!

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Just a quick bump of the thread to open a dialogue with respect to where we stand as a fleet, on the Armada functionality that launched with Season 10.5; specifically, if we are approaching or have been approached by other fleets in an effort to expand Stonewall's Armada. I was hoping we could discuss what kind of discussions or plans are in the works as far as that's concerned, and whether there'd been any conversation regarding officially implemented plans to allow for cross-fleet communication within any armada that we ultimately form.

My personal feeling is that making use of the Armada system would help maintain our fleet's relevance in an ever-changing STO environment and I'm personally eager and hopeful to get the Stonewall Armada underway. Just looking for some information sharing or to have some conversation regarding Armadas and how we see it fitting with our fleet :)

As Gareth stated, sorry for not updating you guys sooner. We've had some things to discuss and things have been changing rather rapidly.

As soon as the armada feature was announced, we started getting requests to join our armada from lots of different places and this was before we even gotten to look at the system on Tribble. We needed to decide what we wanted from the armada and what information we needed to get from the fleets to inform our decision of who to invite. We had settled on a few fleets to invite and once reaching out to them, the day after 10.5 launched, they had all (save one) decided to join other armadas.

We settled on three basic rules. The fleets have to be either glbta or glbta-affirming. They have to be larger than 1 person and active. And they can't be made up of disgruntled ex-Stonewall members. Now that things are settling down a bit, we can reach out to the community and see what other kind of allies we can find.

Speaking of which: http://www.arcgames.com/en/forums#/discussion/1198618/stonewall-armada-looking-for-fleets

I agree with both of you. The bottom of that new Akira saucer looks hideous. It's a step backward (not in a cool retro vibe way) & manages to out-fugly the Dervish Class & her sister ships.

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Those are all valid concerns and I'm really appreciative that the admiralty is thinking this through in its entirety. A hastened decision could definitely lead to a the armada requiring quite a bit of unneeded effort on the part of Stonewall--mainly the additional moderation and application of our rules/guidelines. Plus, getting buy in from the other fleets might be really tough and it could come across that we're bullying them or being overbearing. It could easily shatter the armada and create an environment where the other fleets start to become a revolving door of joining and leaving.

Maybe a fleet poll or contest to name the Armada Channel? BaconArmada ?

Sorry, already beat ya too it. :P Nothing extreme in the naming as there's no actually way to name the armada. (I was personally hoping to name it the Turing Armada :(). The channel is just StonewallArmada. It exists and you can join it whenever you like.

We decided this was the best way to go as it allows us to remove offending individuals without having to kick an entire fleet and still allows for cross-faction chat. Though, StonewallFleet channel should still be our default chat for most conversation.

Fleeties are keeping busy today and finding a way to reach all those nooks and crannies. Feel free to tag yourself.

Group Shot On ESD (some had to be held in place as they forgot their spacesuits ohh myy :ohmy: :





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thank you all so much! this really helped!