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Mission (and Year) End
Greetings Travellers
Well, we're at the end of another mission. Admittedly this one took a few turns and RL did disrupt quite a bit of how we got there, but we got it over the line! Thank you all for your patience and flexibiity.
As is tradition, I have to…
Author: Commodore Jacob Kane
Posted on: Tue Dec 20th, 2022 @ 12:13pm
Category: General News
End of Season Arc & Shore Leave
Hello fine crew of the USS Athena.
As is tradition, at the end of a mission I do one of these summary news posts to rubber-stamp things. With the closing of the short mission "Ares Ascending" we officially end Season One of our storytelling. As first seasons go, I challenge…
Author: Commodore Jacob Kane
Posted on: Thu May 26th, 2022 @ 11:30pm
Category: General News
Mission End...and Start
With that, we come to the close of "With Gleaming Eyes". I realise things were a little rocky around the middle there, but we got it across the line which is what counts!
We'll be launching into our 'Series Finale' story, titled "Ares Ascending", almost immediately. In-game characters have about…
Author: Commodore Jacob Kane
Posted on: Thu Mar 31st, 2022 @ 2:37pm
Category: General News
Mission End and Important Changes
Hi Everyone!
As standard when we finish an in-character mission, I do like to put together a summary such as this one with updates and, of course, the traditional post-mission awards.
Firstly, however, I do have some important sim news to deliver: John/Emu, also known as Commander Taeler Santu, has…
Author: Commodore Jacob Kane
Posted on: Sat Sep 4th, 2021 @ 1:35am
Category: Sim Announcement
Mission Two Close
Hi everyone!
Been a while since we've had a full Sim announcement, but with Mission 2: Shadow of Arachne drawing to a close I felt I would put something out to formally bracket things and do some out-of-character admin.
Firstly, with the in-character promotion of Kane to Captain, that does…
Author: Commodore Jacob Kane
Posted on: Tue Jan 26th, 2021 @ 9:07pm
Category: General News
Mission Close & Awards!
Hi everyone!
Well, I'm officially closing our first mission: In the Family. No doubt there are a couple of JPs still going that we can certainly backpost, but there's also time for some character development to happen here too.
I'm genuinely very happy with the way this has gone, despite…
Author: Commodore Jacob Kane
Posted on: Sun Jul 12th, 2020 @ 10:51am
Category: General News
Welcome Bryan!
Hi all
Like London Buses, we have another new member of the crew come along! Please welcome Bryan to the crew, playing our new Chief Engineer Seleya Qellar (PHD). I've played with Bryan on other sims for a while now and am super excited to see what he can bring…
Author: Commodore Jacob Kane
Posted on: Thu Apr 30th, 2020 @ 9:58am
Category: General News
Welcome Lt James Brax
Hello all!
Please join me in welcoming Michael, who will be playing Lt James Brax - a new addition to our Security & Tactical team.
We're very excited to have him join us, please do welcome him aboard in the usual fashion - with lots of high-fives and JP requests.…
Author: Commodore Jacob Kane
Posted on: Sun Apr 26th, 2020 @ 6:06pm
Category: General News
Isolation
Hello wonderful crew of the USS Athena!
There's a lot going on in the world at the moment and I know that this has created a lot of uncertainty for everyone. I myself am working from home full time with two kids in the house. Until June. I think I'm…
Author: Commodore Jacob Kane
Posted on: Sat Mar 21st, 2020 @ 4:37pm
Category: General News
Unit of Merit: January 2020
Hi all
Just a quick message to mention that the USS Athena was awarded the Obsidian Fleet Unit of Merit for January 2020!
In the end this is thanks to all your hard work and willingness to get stuck in to having some fun together. I'm very proud of the…
Author: Commodore Jacob Kane
Posted on: Mon Feb 3rd, 2020 @ 11:06am
Category: General News
Two New Arrivals
Hi all
It's that time of the year when gifts are given, and we've gotten two new gifts ourselves here on the Athena!
Please join me in welcoming Lt Commander Peter Horn, head of Strategic Operations, and Lieutenant Noah Reed (MD) our new Chief Medical Officer.
This puts us in…
Author: Commodore Jacob Kane
Posted on: Mon Dec 16th, 2019 @ 11:36pm
Category: General News
Welcome Lt. Cmdr Reisen!
There's always a reason for welcoming Reisen!
Hehe...couldn't help that...
Welcome to our new Chief Engineer. :) We're edging closer to the crucial point whereby we can properly let the Athena out into space, which I'm super excited for. If anyone has any friends interested... ;)
Please join me in…
Author: Commodore Jacob Kane
Posted on: Wed Nov 13th, 2019 @ 8:13pm
Category: General News
Welcome Dessame Sar
Just a quick one to welcome our new Chief of Security, Dessame Sar! Please give her a warm welcome and rain tag requests down immediately. ;)
In other news, I'm shortly hoping to kick-off a mini-plot to keep us ticking over while we're in drydock. Keep an eye out for…
Author: Commodore Jacob Kane
Posted on: Sat Sep 28th, 2019 @ 5:50pm
Category: General News
Spotlight on Us!
Hi all!
We're the Sim Spotlight this month! Even though we're just starting out it's great to get more of ourselves out there.
Check out the article at:
https://www.obsidianfleet.net/2019/09/25/simm-spotlight-uss-athena/
Thanks all!
Paul
CO
Author: Commodore Jacob Kane
Posted on: Wed Sep 25th, 2019 @ 9:44pm
Category: General News
These Are The Voyages...
Here we go...(is this thing on?)...Welcome to the USS Athena!
I'm delighted that the sim has finally been given the go-ahead to get started. Welcome, if you're reading this for the first time - do stop and have a look around. This news item is hopefully to show you that…
Author: Commodore Jacob Kane
Posted on: Thu Sep 5th, 2019 @ 11:17pm
Category: General News