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Graduating Class of 240004.13
Quinn Reynolds replied to Jordan aka FltAdmlWolf's topic in Graduation Hall
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Graduating Class of 240004.04
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2023 graphics contest Graphics Contest 2023 Winners!
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Graduating Class of 240003.20
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Graduating Class of 240003.09
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Graduating Class of 240002.16
Quinn Reynolds replied to Jordan aka FltAdmlWolf's topic in Graduation Hall
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DATES: The class began on 2022-12-20 and ended 2022-12-31 LIST: sb118-Academy3 COMMANDING OFFICER: Commander @Jo Marshall FIRST OFFICER: Lt. Commander @Elizabeth Snow GRADUATES: Kevin Breeman Welcome back to the fleet; it's great to have you here! š„³
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Graduating Class of 239912.05
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Graduating Class of 239911.29
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Graduating Class of 239911.17
Quinn Reynolds replied to Rahman and Rivi Vataix's topic in Graduation Hall
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The Gorkon's theme for this year is classic 80s VHS horror! We currently have a full-time crew of 10, with 1 secondary (who is taking part on their primary ship). I confirm we have: Properly named all avatar files and uploaded them to the wiki. Properly named our category on the wiki. Properly categorized our category on the wiki.
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Graduating Class of 239910.10
Quinn Reynolds replied to Jordan aka FltAdmlWolf's topic in Graduation Hall
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Graduating Class of 239910.03
Quinn Reynolds replied to Jordan aka FltAdmlWolf's topic in Graduation Hall
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Congratulations on graduating, and it's great to have you in the fleet! š„³
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DATES: The class began on 2022-08-22 and ended 2022-08-27 LIST: sb118-Academy1 COMMANDING OFFICER: Commander @Addison MacKenzie FIRST OFFICER: Lt. Commander @Elizabeth Snow GRADUATES: @SRaga Congratulations, and welcome to the fleet ā we're so glad you're here! š„³
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DATES: The class began on 2022-08-16 and ended 2022-08-23 LIST: sb118-Academy4 COMMANDING OFFICER: Lt. Commander @Samira Neathler FIRST OFFICER: Lt. Commander @Elizabeth Snow GRADUATES: Ray Sutter @Obsius Sill-con Congratulations, and welcome to the fleet ā we're so glad you're here! š„³
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DATES: The class began on 2022-08-01 and ended 2022-08-08 LIST: sb118-Academy3 COMMANDING OFFICER: Commander @Jo Marshall FIRST OFFICER: Lt. Commander @Alora DeVeau GRADUATES: @Marcus Barrick Congratulations, and welcome to the fleet ā we're so glad you're here! š„³
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DATES: The class began on 2022-07-27 and ended 2022-08-03 LIST: sb118-Academy2 COMMANDING OFFICER: Lt. Commander @Lael Rosek-Skyfire FIRST OFFICER: Commander @Jaelyne Isa GRADUATES: Krik Congratulations, and welcome to the fleet ā we're so glad you're here! š„³
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This is a really lovely sim by Tahna Meru; beautifully written, with lovely character development. A great way to explore a character from a different perspective. Bravo! ((Starfleet Academy, San Francisco Campus, Earth)) The windows of Archer Hall reflected the sunset, pinks and oranges and golds splashed across their glistening surface, the vibrant colors of the sky slowly chased down into the bay by the deep blue of oncoming twilight. Trees and shrubs lined the path back to his dormitory, still the boring, unimaginative green of summer vegetation. Renas wasnāt sure when theyād begin turning, but he was excited for his first autumn on Earth, reportedly cooler and more golden than summer. It would be weird, experiencing an autumn without helping with the kava harvest. Heād laughed when, at the end of spring semester, Alex had suggested they spend an afternoon picking strawberries āfor fun.ā Heād intended to leave picking and weeding and farming and growing all behind on Bajor, leave it to the folks who actually enjoyed that work, like his father and sister. Now, eight months into his time on Earth, the harvest season was coming up. And he wouldnāt be participating in any harvest rituals or celebrations, wouldnāt be sorting kava and hauling it all to market. Now, instead of feeling incredulous at the idea that someone would farm āfor fun,ā he feltā¦something else, something he couldnāt name. Something that wasnāt hunger, but was gnawing at the pit of his stomach, making him feel twitchy all over. Guilt, maybe? Longing? But it was different, this time, from when heād felt those emotions in the past. He didnāt like it. He looked down at the PADD in his hands, two quick movements swiping across the screen to forward his new schedule, and place a call. It rang thrice before the screen lit up with a familiar face. Warm brown skin, less tanned now than it was when they were both back on Bajor, unruly hair pulled back in a messy knot, a violet blanket wrapped around her shoulders like a cape. The odd opposite to him, in his freshly-pressed Academy uniform and well-gelled hair. She yawned, covering her mouth with one hand. Tahna: Hey, Ren. Valis: Hey! So I just got next semesterās schedule and sent it your way, did you have any of the professors? She huffed, shifting slightly, and her eyes began slowly scanning the text. Valis: What time is it there anyway? Tahna: You have just interrupted my morning raktajino, thank you very much. He grinned, sporting the same rascal-ish look his family would probably forever associate with him, despite his neat new uniform and sense of duty. Professionality was so hard to maintain; for all that heād tried, it simply wasnāt in his nature. Valis: Oops. Anyway, see any familiar names? He paused, leaning up against a tree just off the path, rubbing a hand over his chin. She sipped at a raktajino in a Brew Continuum-branded mug. Extra sweet with kava, if he had to guess. He couldnāt stand the stuffāno amount of sweetener was able to mask the bitter, drying tannins, no matter what anyone told him. No thank you, heād stick to his Maximum Warp Energy Drinks (Matter/Antimatter Berry Mix was by far the best flavor, and maybe if Meru would just give the drinks a chance, sheād agreeā¦). Tahna: I had Commander thāEllin, Federation Law. She interrupted his musings, flicking away the schedule and making eye contact through the screen. Tahna: Heās a good professor, but heās got zero tolerance for late work. Stay on top of everything and youāll be fine. Valis: Got it. What about the others? Mer shook her head, steam from the mug curling up in front of her face in long, translucent tendrils. She closed her eyes, taking in the drinkās unique (overpowering, off-putting) scent. He really appreciated her extra insight on Academy life, but honestly, heād not had any problems with professors so far. Heād earned straight As, in fact, and he intended to keep it that way. He had every intention of beating his cousin to captain, never mind her five-year head start or her complete lack of interest in a captaincy (he figured those two facts balanced each other out). Valis: So I guess Iāve gotta call you Lieutenant now, not "Mer" or "vayshĀ¹." She rolled her eyes. Tahna: Bye, Ren. She didnāt end the call, though, just sat there, staring and sipping her raktajino. He began walking again, slowly, because as soon as he rounded the next hill his dormitory would be in sight, and as long as he was out here, not in there, he could delay his evening plans. It was unlike him to delay anything, especially anything where socializing was a key element, but classes and missions and time differences meant this was the first chance heād had to actually talk to his cousin in months. Theyād exchanged notes, of courseā¦ āHey, any chance you can put a word in for me with Commander Lowe? I want to join his next project, but heās only taking upperclassmen,ā heād write. āYou think my word goes a lot further than it actually does,ā sheād write back, āHow are classes?ā He slowed as he neared the crest of the hill. San Francisco was very different from Kashnar. It was really hilly, for one thing. He still wasnāt entirely used to the fact that it wasnāt just kava fields as far as the eye could see. It was also much, much bigger than their tiny farming town. You couldnāt walk from one side of town to the other in a couple hours or less, and everybody didnāt know everybody here. Compared to back home, he felt like a nobody here, and that was both exciting and intimidating. It felt likeā¦well, it felt like standing at the top of a hill, looking down at a bay of endless potential. Valis: Howās your mother? Meru gave him a funny, tired look. Tahna: Letās talk about something else. He knew, as well as anyone, the tension between Mer and his aunt. Heād lived with it for nearly two decades, and it only got worse when he was accepted to the Academy. Everyone else in their family was supportive, sure, but YaniaĀ² Tahnaā¦she held too tightly to everyone, like she was afraid of being hurt, and it didnāt seem to work well for her. But he knew better than to push the subject, especially when Mer still hadnāt finished her raktajino. Valis: Okay. Well, I have a date tonight. That was one way to change the subject. His cousin raised an eyebrow, hiding a teasing smirk behind her mug. Tahna: Really? Whoās the unlucky guy this time? He snorted. Valis: Okay, rude. I am a great date. And heās a very handsome Orion, in the nursing program. Fixed me up when I dislocated my elbow sparring last week. Heād even made fun of Renas for the injury, calling him āone of those no-good Command hopefuls,ā while he adjusted the joint, his beautiful shoulder-length curls pulled back in a very professional ponytail. Ren had retorted that he was ājust another fussy nurseāāit was all very charming, and they were going for seafood tonight. Ren still had to get ready for that date, and he would, as soon as his lazy walk back to the dorms reached its inevitable end. But he considered Mer just as much a sister to him as Tara, despite any technicalities about how they were related, and they hadnāt had a chance to catch up in a while. He didnāt want to end their rare call prematurely, or leave her with the impression that since he joined Starfleet he only cared about how much she could advance his career Tahna: Sounds like an amazing first impression. Think this oneās gonna last any longer than the lastā::She paused, making a show of counting up his previous dates on her fingers:: fifty or so? He made a show of pouting. Valis: Why do I bother calling when I know youāre just going to bully me? And yes, this guy feels different. She was kind enough not to point out that heād also said that about the previous āfifty or soā guys. He meant well, he really did want to be in a relationship, not just date. But it was weird going from knowing all six people in your town who were eligible, to a massive city full of single folks, each as unique as the grains of sand on the beach. Valis: Anyway, youāre one to lecture me about relationships. When was the last time you even went on a date? Another one of the many ways he differed from his cousin. They shared the traits of being overachievers, of longing for the stars, but heād always been the wild child to her quiet, reserved intelligence. He looked at her now, her expression notably blank. Tahna: Iāve beenā¦ busy. Yeah, busy, for what, three years? Four? He didnāt know the specifics of her last relationship, only that Tara told him it ended badly, and since then sheād made the excuse that she was just ātoo busyā to date. He was living proof that being a chronic overachiever wasnāt entirely at odds with wanting a bit of romance. He wanted to help! She deserved to find a partner to be happy with, but this was a subject sheād consistently avoided with him and Tara both. Not because she wasnāt interested in dating, but because she was scared, and hid it behind excuses of ānot having time.ā But this was another topic that would go nowhere if he pushed it; Mer could be just as stubborn as every other Tahna and Valis. This time, she changed the subject. Tahna: Youāre still going for the Command program, right? He nodded. Valis: Yeah. But itāsā¦ weird. I canāt do much specifically Command track as a first year, and people keep encouraging me to consider other tracks, and itāsā¦ ::He stopped, considering his next words.:: Iām not used to not knowing where I fit. Tahna: Thereās a million ways to the chair. He nodded; heād heard those very words about a million times from different professors, and he knew sheād heard them plenty too, even if sheād never considered that path for herself. Tahna: I donāt think I ever told youāit was too embarrassing at the timeābut my first year roommate introduced me to everyone we met, incorrectly, for a year. Renās eyes widened as his thoughtful look morphed into a curious smile, his command woes temporarily forgotten. She hadnāt told him this, or Tara, or anyone else in their family as far as he knew. And what a quintessentially Meru story it sounded like! She was never smart enough to stay out of trouble for long. Valis: No, really? Meru nodded, one corner of her lips tilting up in the tiniest dimpled smile. Tahna: Yep. She was human, and so proud of herself for reading up on Bajoran culture before we met. She read enough to know that Tahna was my family name, but not enough to know that typically only their closest family and friends use a Bajoranās given name. She proudly introduced me to all her friends as āmy roommate, Meru!ā Ren gasped, then laughed, a boisterous laugh he got from his father. Tahna: I was too timid to correct her, and no one else she introduced me to knew better so I didnāt want to seem rude, and she seemed so confident. ::She shook her head.:: It was uncomfortable at first, and then I got used to it, I guess. She paused to sip her raktajino before setting the mug aside. She mustāve finally finished it. Her face was more serious now, more alert. Tahna: Then, I joined the Gorkon, and I was so used to being known as Meru and so scared of seeming standoffish, because of that well-meaning roommate, that I didnāt know how to introduce myself anymore when I met my crewmates outside of a work setting. Thankfully, theyād all had a lot more experience with Bajoran culture than her, and no matter how I introduced myself, even the people who became my friends called me Tahna. Still do. ::She smiled softly, and the look in her eyes was that of a person a million lightyears away from their body, lost in a fond memory.:: They didnāt even realize they were doing it, but they gave my name back its power. Valis: Thatāsā¦yeah. He trailed off, lacking the words to respond, but he understood. āTimidā had never been an accurate descriptor for Renas, but he understood feeling out of place, even among friends, even in your own body. But she just smiled at him from the screen of his PADD, the same encouraging smile and deep brown, nearly black eyes she shared with Tara. The same sisterly attitude, too; always ready to help others, but hesitant to accept help herself. Tahna: Keep at it, Ren. Youāll find your place. He nodded, standing outside the entrance to his dorm now, with the sun hanging so low in the sky it almost appeared to melt into the sea. He ran a hand through his hair and cleared his throat, grinning with all the cockiness he usually boasted. Valis: Aye, Lieutenant. Now if Iām dismissed, Iāve got a date. Ā¹ Bajoran: jerk Ā² Bajoran: aunt -- Cadet Valis Renas 1st Year Cadet Starfleet Academy as simmed by Lieutenant (j.g.) Tahna Meru Science Officer USS Gorkon (NCC-82293) G239801TM4