News: General News
New Mission! Rumours
Hey Everyone
Next week we will be starting the new mission, Rumours, where a trip through a fae portal has consequences for international relations, with starfleet staff on trial for war crimes.
The first post will involve an away team going through one of the fae portals, and we'd like…
Author: Civilian 'Key Holder' Yolanthe Ibalin
Posted on: Thu Sep 15, 2016 @ 4:40pm
Category: General News
Welcome!
Good Afternoon Deep Space Fivers,
Please join with me to welcome two new faces Jeremey, who will write our new Chief Science Officer, Ensign Korudos th'Razh, and Brandon who will write Cadet Senior Grade Nathan Matheson who will be spending his final year before graduation from the Academy with us…
Author: Captain Isha t'Vaurek
Posted on: Fri Sep 2, 2016 @ 8:18pm
Category: General News
July/August timeline
Hi Everyone
There's an updated time line here so everyone can check whats been going on, and make sure they're not putting themselves in two places at once
http://ds5.utopia-host.com/index.php/wiki/view/page/37
In July we had 44 posts, and 41 in August, which averages out at 3 per player, which is great.
If…
Author: Civilian 'Key Holder' Yolanthe Ibalin
Posted on: Thu Sep 1, 2016 @ 3:18pm
Category: General News
July UOM Award
Good Afternoon Deep Space Fivers,
I hope your national teams all had a great medal haul!
I wanted to congratulate you all on winning the Bronze UOM Award for July. Its been a while (or feels like it) and this one is all down to you.
I'm going to apolgise…
Author: Captain Isha t'Vaurek
Posted on: Sun Aug 21, 2016 @ 9:07pm
Category: General News
Welcome!
Good evening Deep Space Fivers,
Please join me in giving a warm Deep Space Five welcome to John who will be playing Selah Zanaz, a young lady with a past who joins us seeking work as a waitress.
He's keen to write, so don't delay in hitting him up for…
Author: Captain Isha t'Vaurek
Posted on: Sun Jul 31, 2016 @ 10:54pm
Category: General News
Station Days?
Good afternoon Deep Space Fivers,
Did anyone have any feedback on the way we are running station/mission days at the moment?
Is it more/less confusing than simply having one 'mission'?
Are we moving too fast/slow?
That sort of thing?
I'm asking now because Interlude is not time or plot critical…
Author: Captain Isha t'Vaurek
Posted on: Fri Jul 22, 2016 @ 9:48pm
Category: General News
Sort of LOA
As I write my local sparky is condemning the wiring in my entire house. Until the emergency rewire is done in will have only sporadic Internet access. Please bear with me until normal service is resumed
Regards
Notty
Author: Civilian 'Key Holder' Yolanthe Ibalin
Posted on: Mon Jul 11, 2016 @ 6:13pm
Category: General News
Admin, Nitpicking and General Stuff
Good afternoon Deep Space Fivers
A few issues have come up recently across the sim and I am posting this to make sure you all know what is what.
If you are writing a JP you should respond to tags within 48 hours unless you are on LOA. If you…
Author: Captain Isha t'Vaurek
Posted on: Thu Jul 7, 2016 @ 10:39pm
Category: General News
Timelines
Hi All
I've got new timeline updates here. These are all PDFs. I'm also going to put links in the LCARS section later on today.
Pangaea:
https://drive.google.com/file/d/0B8f_m_IiATbYdERyS2YxZ0NVczQ/view?usp=sharing
Interlude II: https://drive.google.com/file/d/0B8f_m_IiATbYbzM0UmVJVkRsX3c/view?usp=sharing
Things past:
https://drive.google.com/file/d/0B8f_m_IiATbYT2ZPS2JOZmZEaDg/view?usp=sharing
In terms of timing, I'm operating on the basis that the last day of Pangaea is MD17…
Author: Civilian 'Key Holder' Yolanthe Ibalin
Posted on: Fri Jul 1, 2016 @ 9:55pm
Category: General News
Interlude Day 2
Evening DSFivers!
If you have posts that take place in day 2 of Interlude you may be free to post them. The whole day is open as we are not planning any major events in this time place so posts here and day 1 are welcome and encouraged.
Louise.
Author: Captain Isha t'Vaurek
Posted on: Sat Jun 25, 2016 @ 12:14am
Category: General News
Rogue Posts
Good Afternoon Deep Space Fivers,
Can I ask everyone to check their PaDDs please.
There seem to have been a few posts that, having previously been posted have been returned to 'saved' status - some of them in closed missions.
To avoid messing up our post count too much, if…
Author: Captain Isha t'Vaurek
Posted on: Tue Jun 7, 2016 @ 9:32pm
Category: General News
Saturday Update
Good Mornign Deep Space Fivers,
It is with great regret that we say goodbye to Zayne Malik. In her short time with us she has been a lively and active player, but RL calls. Thank you for being a great sport, and for sticking around to finish off your JPs.…
Author: Captain Isha t'Vaurek
Posted on: Sat May 28, 2016 @ 3:38pm
Category: General News
Pangaea Timeline (Complete)
And further to Bert's text digest, the full up to date timeline is here:
(PDF format)
https://drive.google.com/open?id=0B8f_m_IiATbYb2RoSHJ5TVNUSDA
Regards
Notty
Author: Civilian 'Key Holder' Yolanthe Ibalin
Posted on: Sun May 8, 2016 @ 3:30am
Category: General News
Pangaea Timeline (Partial)
Here's the timeline of events going as far back as Mission Day 7 (MD07). I made this using a timeline of Notty's as a jumping off point. Some of it is her work too (Thanks, Notty). Forgive the poor formatting and other errors. This has been an almost all-day job…
Author: Commander Caden Aldrex
Posted on: Sat May 7, 2016 @ 3:51pm
Category: General News
Larping Season
UK larping season gets into full swing this weekend, and I'm off to Empire as per usual.
The event is at a new site, and I don't know if I'll have any signal for replying to people, so I'm going LOA, just in case.
If there's no signal, I'll be…
Author: Civilian 'Key Holder' Yolanthe Ibalin
Posted on: Thu Mar 24, 2016 @ 4:32pm
Category: General News
Quick Update
Good Morning Deep Space Fivers,
My apologies for being a bit busy recently - I've a few exams ongoing so have been concentrating on that side of things.
To let everyone know Reade/Krell Antos has left due to real life commitments. This means I'll need to rejig the post-participants for…
Author: Captain Isha t'Vaurek
Posted on: Mon Mar 21, 2016 @ 4:04pm
Category: General News
Updated Timeline
Hi all
I've updated the Pangaea timeline with the posts from January and February now, and the can be found in PDF format by clicking here:
https://drive.google.com/open?id=0B8f_m_IiATbYcXdfUEhMZ1JGSEU
I'd like to take this opportunity to remind people that correct time format for any mission post is to give mission day, and…
Author: Civilian 'Key Holder' Yolanthe Ibalin
Posted on: Mon Mar 7, 2016 @ 9:19pm
Category: General News
Monthly Memo
Good Morning Deep Space Fivers,
Awards & Promotions
Thanks everyone for a brilliant January - a post count of 63 from a team of eleven is no mean feat, doubly so with everyone meeting the minimum posting requirement.
Once Isha is back in the big chair there are a few…
Author: Captain Isha t'Vaurek
Posted on: Sat Feb 13, 2016 @ 5:00pm
Category: General News
A Goodbye and a Hello
Good Morning Deep Space Fivers,
Just to let you know that without two months of contact Lieutenant Kyle "Loki" Carter is no longer part of DS5.
On a happier note, please welcome Reade to the station, Reade will be playing the Bajoran Ambassador Krell Antos and is sure to add…
Author: Captain Isha t'Vaurek
Posted on: Thu Jan 14, 2016 @ 5:32pm
Category: General News
Quick Update
Good Evening Deep Space Fivers,
My apologies for being a bit quiet so far in January, I've focussed on the site updates but neglected to keep the story moving, something I'll be addressing this week.
I'll be updating the mission notes to summarise where we are, and pushing to get…
Author: Captain Isha t'Vaurek
Posted on: Tue Jan 12, 2016 @ 2:44am
Category: General News
New Year's Resolutions - Timelines
Hey everyone
I hope you are all happily recovering from the holiday season indulgences and are looking forward to a happy 2016
My new years resolution for this year is to keep the timelines up to date. I used to be quite good and then life happened in spades, and…
Author: Civilian 'Key Holder' Yolanthe Ibalin
Posted on: Sun Jan 3, 2016 @ 6:05am
Category: General News
NPCs
Good Afternoon, Deep Space Fivers!
Just a quick reminder - NPCs are welcome.
If you happen to create one for one of our open positions i.e department heads, please remember that if we get a great applicant, your NPC will have to step aside.
If you want to create a…
Author: Captain Isha t'Vaurek
Posted on: Fri Dec 4, 2015 @ 7:59pm
Category: General News
Another Welcome!
Please extend a warm DS5 welcome to Andy who will be playing Lieutenant JG Alistair Wood our new Chief Operations Officer.
Andy will also be providing an NPC Chief Diplomatic Officer Lieutenant JG Sorien Tallon who will be assisting me with the diplomatic side of our new mission.
Mrs. Louise…
Author: Captain Isha t'Vaurek
Posted on: Sun Aug 30, 2015 @ 6:56pm
Category: General News
Some Recognition!
Hi, everyone. I'm pleased to report that the Fleet Unit of Merit awards for July came down today and Deep Space Five was awarded a Bronze. Our Task Group Commanding Officer said that we are "by far the strongest performing simm in 21C" in her citation.
Congratulations to you, the…
Author: Commander Caden Aldrex
Posted on: Mon Aug 24, 2015 @ 12:21pm
Category: General News
Timeline Update!
Posting is now open between MD03 17:30 and Midnight.
There is a unknown contaminent in the environmental syestems that will cause everyone on board to experience hallucinations.
Characters not currently on DS5 are immune. People whose ships are docked, and connected via the service umbilicals are also affected. Those who…
Author: Captain Isha t'Vaurek
Posted on: Fri Jul 24, 2015 @ 2:39pm
Category: General News