Jesse DeVere

Welcome aboard, look forward to seeing you around

By all means, contact me anytime you wish.

My placement with Starfleet as part of an officer exchange program was to help facilitate the possibility of re-establishing dialogue between our respective factions. In my time here, I have discovered far more about the nature of Starfleet and the fine men and women that call it not only their career, but their family and home. I have made friends that I never thought I would, without compromising my racial culture or identity, and have never felt anything less then acceptance despite the hardships inflicted on each other in the past. It is with overwhelming joy that I read this article, having seen a similar one posted on the Hegemony's state-run news network. I would like to think, that despite our differences, our similarities will prevail and allow once again continued cooperation and collaboration on many mutually beneficial projects. By proxy, I received notification that the exchange program (at least my participation) has been extended from the initial 5 year to 'indefinite', giving me the full reign to fully explore my career and hopefully continue to serve with distinction while proving that differences can be overcome in the name of progress and opportunity.

Ha, I'm a Star Wars fanatic (going to the midnight showing at 00:01AM on the 17th!), there will be more

Yes in theory it's possible, there are two biggest hurdles really. One is discovering a way of FTL travel or some sort of suitable hyperspace alternative, but that requires some sort of energy generator that is currently well beyond our comprehension as it requires near-infinite power. There is also the 'Great Filter' to overcome as well, although we don't know yet if we have passed it or if we simply haven't come across it yet. (http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Great_Filter) But if we did crack that, then we've already discovered a whole host of 'earth like' planets we could potentially expand into, and humanity is extremely good at breeding and spreading. Whether that's good or bad is a very philosophical question. I think we'd need to have some sort of realization that we need to function as a collective whole, like WWIII and first contact did for humanity in the ST universe. Honestly I think the Mass Effect universe is more likely then Star Trek, less of a utopia. If there was a Starfleet though? Good grief no, space is dangerous! I'm a total coward.

How is it after all the patches? I've not played it since before Delta Rising came out and to be honest I did try logging in the other day and had a panic attack when I saw how my buttons were all different! Is there a lot of new stuff or is it more of the same grinding aspect?

Thank you, was an excellent training sim and a great introduction to the community. Look forward to taking an active role!