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Fleet Quarterly - January 2008 |
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Written by Mark Tucker
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The first Fleet Quarterly for Echoes was released today.
 |  | VOLUME - #1 | ISSUE 1 | JANUARY 6, 2008 | | | | ATTENTION! | Echoes is always looking for creative game ideas to explore and the people to help us explore them as game managers. Do you think you have what it takes? If you do, contact
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for more information. | | PLAYER POLL | Would you be interested in playing on a vessel that is Civilian in nature? Click Here to have your say. | | GAME STATS | MEMBERS: | 65 | CHARS: | 23 | IRC: | 11 | PBEM: | 12 | | | GAME LINKS | | |  | | Star Trek Echoes 2.0 Site went live on two weeks ago. We have a brand new look, and a revitalized energy that will move us forward in 2008. | | Eldad Ben-Tovim, Dave Smith, Mike Jones, Stefan Löffler, and Kurt Goring have joined the Echoes Team. Mike and Dave as Game Managers for the Ark Royal and Discovery respectively. Kurt is leading our graphics and adveristing efforts, you can thank him personally for the new Echoes Logo, shown to the left. Stefan has been helping us begin work on Echoes 3.0 and a Forums based game. Eldad has been assisting with everything to do with the technical side of Echoes, including helping us move to a new provider. |  | |  | In addtion to the full site redesign, here are some highlights: - New Character Data Elements
- Additional Playable species added, including species from Star Trek Novels
- Integrated Forums added, no need for a 2nd sign on
- New Chat rooms, information can be found here
- Datacore Wiki has been updated
- We are now hosted on a Dreamhost server
|  | We are proud to announce two new Games to the Echoes lineup... The USS Discovery, NCC-1823, a Constitution Class Refit starship set during the time just after the signing of the Khitomer Peace accords between the Federation and the Klingon Empire. This Chat based game will be running on Tuesdays at 10pm EST, and is currently accepting players to begin its launch cycle. The USS Ark Royal, NCC 85871, an Akira class starship set in the Post-Nemesis Trek Universe has been created. The Chat-based game is set to launch on Sunday January 13, 2008 at 5:30PM EST / 10:30PM GMT. Join us for the Launch in our Episode Chat room. There are currently some positions available, so apply now. Check out Available Positions here. You can also Create a New Character or Request a Transfer for an existing character. |  |  | | The USS Callisto was launched as part of the Luna Project. Its goal to revitalize Starfleet as the exploratory branch of the Federation. With the Borg and Dominon conflict, Starfleet needs to return to exploration. Captain Amanda D'Aubigne, a seasoned veteran of the Dominion War, has been charged with taking the Callisto into the previously uncharted Laiordes Stellar Nursery. This relatively young area of space is home to many worlds capable of supporting life according to deep space scans. The Callisto will be far from Starfleet and Home. Her crew will rely on their wits and experience while venturing into the Laiordes Nursery. Read More... | SPECIES:DELPHINE
Aquatic lifeform based on Delphinius Tursiops - Bottlenose Dolphin. This species is a direct result of human eugenics research of the late 20th and 21st centuries. Contact was not made with Delphine until the Universal translator was remodified for aquatic brain patterns, after the Whale Probe encounter and it was discovered that Terran aquatic mammals were indeed sentient and intelligent. All Delphine have the innate ability of sensing even the slightest movement, even in spite of intertial dampeners. This skill has made Delphine Navigators highly sought after in the Federation, leading to Cetacean Ops being a vital component of any Starship large enough. Read More... | | | | | | |
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Last Updated ( Sunday, 06 January 2008 )
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