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CTHuskyMan

Back To The Old School

Hey all!

My name is CTHuskyMan, aka Matt/Matty B.  I'm a longtime Trekkie and simmer from southwestern Connecticut, USA.  I've been playing Trek sims for some time now....I think I started in 2000, with SFOL (Spacefleet Online)'s USS Ranger.  I've also held a post on board that group's USS Regayov (Voyager spelled backwards....we wanted to use that name, but Paramount had a hissy fit).  My highest rank achieved is that of Lieutenant.  You may know me as "Paul Washington", or by some other name. 

Anywho, having a bit of free time lately, I've decided to come back to the simming world (after a long absence).  As such, I'm looking for some Academy sims that I can participate in.  Hopefully, you guys can point me in the right direction.  I see some names that I used to know on here....if I don't know you, I look forward to meeting and simming with you! :)

-- CTHuskyMan (aka Matty B)

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Hello and welcome to STSF, Matt.  You seem to have quite a bit of experience in Trek, and we are glad you found us!

For ease of service, our academy has evolved into a more hands-on scenario.  

The new system is outlined on this site here: https://www.stsf.net/help/academy-graduation-requirements.php.  

Basically, you choose an advanced sim that sounds good, you contact the GMs for approval, when you are accepted you come into their game and the fun starts:

  1. As a new player, you watch silently (to the screen) for two weeks. The GMs will be available for questions in private message during the game and will perform a quick debrief at sim's end to answer any other questions you might have.
  2. The player will then "come aboard" as a non-officer crewman for at least two sims. They may be promoted to Ensign at any point after these two additional games, but it may not happen after just two weeks. This is completely at the discretion of the Advanced Sim's command team. The GM team is also within their rights to let a prospective player know that it will not work out on their sim and they are free to look elsewhere. None of these steps is open to negotiation or open for J.A.G./peer review. 
  3. Any player that has successfully joined an Advanced game with this method will not be available for a transfer or additional duties on another Advanced game for 3 months. In addition, there is a limit to the number of concurrent sims that such a new player can participate in. They can only be a member of two sims for their first 6 months of game play.

Choose a game, and have at it!  

Welcome aboard!

Chirakis Kirel, GM for Sky Harbor Aegis

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Welcome, Matt (oh dear - welcome mat... I won't say it)

Glad you found us and it's interesting that you were involved in SFOL.  STSF is a direct offshoot of SFOL, as all of our sims were once a part of that group.  Just as you commented on Paramount's demands about our Trek name usages, it became even more interesting with AOL.  So, we reached out to StarTrek.com and found a new home with them.  We built this site to support our chat rooms on StarTrek.com and, over time (and the shut down of their gaming chat rooms), we fully migrated all STSF operations to our website - and here we are.  So it's not just "glad you found us," it's also "welcome back!"

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Glad to be back in the fold.  :)

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