USS Atlantis Status Report
July 2006
Stardates:
- 2392.07.12
- 2392.07.13
- 2392.07.14
Locations of the (crew of the) USS Atlantis:
- In Deasian space, approximately 2,7 light years away from the planet Helteka in the Andari system, in the Gamma Quadrant, at a position roughly 1000 light years from the wormhole.
Summary:
- 2392.07.12
Most of the senior crew of the Atlantis had been spread out over the L'tari convoy fleet to assume command over some of the convoy's vessels. Even before going to warp towards the planet Helteka, though, problems started to arise. On the L'tari 3, for instance, designated "Starseeker", a crewmember was murdered over some sort of gem. Ensign Bukov, trying to find out what happened, talked to Deasian crewman Wup, who seemed to know more than he let on.
Other problems were of a different nature: Ensign Wiley, on board the L'tari 5, called "Kiteone", had trouble fighting off the flirting by the ship's Leisure Officer, who wished to be promoted to Senior Quartermaster so she could design new, more stylish uniforms.
On the L'tari 39, called "Nilav" by its commanding officer, Lieutenant Jomorr, the diverse crew was working round the clock to repair the damage sustained during the recent pirate attack. In an attempt to grasp what exactly the L'tari convoy entailed and how many sacrifices the Deasians were willing to make in order to reach Helteka, Jomorr called his FO, Hadan, to explain the meaning of the L'tari.
- 2392.07.13:
On the L'tari 17, or "Jatmey", Doctor Kadar succeeded in capturing a couple of criminal stowaways. Despite the fact that these criminals attacked her, Kadar allowed them to sit in a somewhat comfortable brig, much to the surprise of the crew of the Jatmey.
- 2392.07.14:
The skeleton discovered in a closet on the L'tari 25, "Remember Edan", turned out to be the remains of the very first Captain of the L'tari 25. It was his wish to remain on board after he died, and over the years, the various crews of the ship have come to regard his bones as a lucky charm. His actual place was on the Bridge, and so the skeleton was put back there again. The Captain had returned.
But even The Captain could not prevent the misfortune that was about to strike the L'tari convoy. Only a minute before a scheduled stop, the entire convoy ran into a subspace distortion field, and the warp fields collapsed, stranding the convoy. It turned out that the distortion field was emanating from within the minefield that stretched out in front of the L'tari ships. Going around the minefield at impulse would take hours, so the decision was made to neutralise the subspace distortion field. That would mean to take a ship deep into the minefield, however, and destroy the installation present there, all the while avoiding colliding with mines or getting attacked by pirate ships.
Before the plan could be set in motion, though, explosions occurred all around the convoy ships. The installation within the minefield was firing long-range torpedoes to do as much damage as possible. And indeed, a lot of damage was done to some of the convoy ships. Fortunately, the Atlantis was able to take out several of these torpedoes before they hit, and some mines as well.
Suddenly, the mines and the long-range torpedoes weren't the worst of the convoy's problems, as a huge fleet of pirate ships was seen closing in on the Atlantis and the cargo vessels. The pirates swarmed around the Atlantis mostly, cutting the larger ship off from the rest of the convoy.
While under attack from pirate vessels, Lieutenant Jomorr on board the Nilav came up with a plan: he was going to send a shuttlecraft with explosives on board to the centre of the minefield on automatic pilot. Once there, the shuttle would be detonated and the installation which emitted the distortion field would be destroyed. Unfortunately, this plan went horribly wrong. Pirate ships got sight of the small shuttle and fired at it -- carrying volatile explosives, the shuttle burst up in flames and exploded in the vicinity of the "Remember Edan". Heavily damaged, the L'tari 25 was barely able to establish communications with Lieutenant Jomorr, who immediately offered his help. But now that Lieutenant Montgomery on board the "Edan" has lost consciousness, and now that the ship seems critically damaged, the question is what help Jomorr and his crew can offer... Before it is too late.
Now, with the Atlantis facing a nearly overwhelming number of small, hostile ships, the convoy ships are left to fend for themselves... And against a large pirate fleet, that is not going to be easy.
CAST:
PC: [ 10 ]
CO Captain Alfred Torn, Played by David Susman
FO Commander Paul Velden, Played by Ben Versteegt
2O/CONN Lieutenant Una Andersson, Played by Hanna Brunefeldt
ACMO Ensign Andre Thomas, Played by Andre Thomas
ACONN Ensign Colin Wiley, Played by Michael Wolfe
ASTC Ensign Petr Bukov, Played by Mike Sheinin
COUNS Lieutenant Circe Pilkington, Played by Chantal Sellers
CMO Ensign Morgan Kadar, Played by Morgan Kadar
OPS Lt. Jg Kyler Fletcher, Played by Alonzo Soban
STC Lieutenant Vladek Rofellian, Played by Patrick Buidin
SPC [ 21 ]:
ACEO Lt. Jg Leo Montgomery, Played by Bram Peeters
ACMO Ensign Bastian Dupre, Played by Hanna Brunefeldt
Ambassador Diana Von Klinkerhoffen, Played by Rob Versteegt
AOPS Ensign Andrusia, Played by Martin Miller
ASTC Sean William Fitzpatrick, Played by Neil Langston
Counsellor Ensign Arek Vox, Played by Adrian Rodd
CSO Lt. Jg Jomorr, Played by Rob Versteegt
Diplomatic attaché Demetrius, Played by David Susman
Emergency Medical Hologram, EMH, Mark 1, Played by Rob Versteegt
Engineering Officer Ensign Nikki, Played by Hanna Brunefeldt
Glitch, Played by Ben Versteegt
Helmsman Ensign Masakazu Brown, Played by Hanna Brunefeldt
Helmsman Lieutenant Ran Singh, Played by Adrian Rodd
Holly, Emergency Engineering hologram, EEH Mark 1. Played by Adrian Rodd
Holographical Bartender Bart, Played by Rob Versteegt
Medical Officer Leonard Zimmerman, Played by David Susman
Operation Officer Ensign Zoë Vil, Played by Bram Peeters
Science Officer Ensign Whas Ouder, Played by David Susman
Transporter Chief Ensign Nasatha Sh'lin, Played by Ben Versteegt
This translates into the following list of players:
David Susman: Active.
PC:
- CO Captain Alfred Torn
SPCs:
- Diplomatic attaché Demetrius
- Medical Officer Leonard Zimmerman
- Science Officer Ensign Whas Ouder
Ben Versteegt: Active.
PC:
- FO Commander Paul Velden
SPCs:
- Glitch
- Transporter Chief Ensign Nasatha Sh'lin
Hanna Brunefeldt: Active (but on LOA now)
PC:
- 2O/CONN Lieutenant Una Andersson
SPCs:
- ACMO Ensign Bastian Dupre
- EO Ensign Nikki
- Helmsman Ensign Masakazu Brown
Morgan Kadar: Active
PC:
- CMO Ensign Morgan Kadar
Mike Wolfe: Active (but on LOA now)
PC:
- ACONN Ensign Colin Wiley
Bram Peeters: Active (but on semi-LOA now)
PC:
- ACEO Lt. Jg Leo Montgomery
SPCs:
- Operation Officer Ensign Zoë Vil
Mike Sheinin: Active
PC:
- ASTC Ensign Petr Bukov
Chantal Sellers: Inactive (LOA)
PC:
- COUNS Lieutenant Circe Pilkington
Patrick Buidin: Inactive (LOA)
PC:
- STC Lieutenant Vladek Rofellian
Alonzo Soban: Inactive (just returned from LOA)
PC:
- OPS Lt.jg Kyler Fletcher
Andre Thomas: Inactive (LOA)
PC:
- ACMO Ensign Andre Thomas
Adrian Rodd : Active (but on LOA now)
SPCs:
- Counsellor Ensign Arek Vox
- Helmsman Lieutenant Ran Singh
- Holly, Emergency Engineering hologram, EEH Mark 1
Rob Versteegt: Active
SPCs:
- Ambassador Diana Von Klinkerhoffen
- CSO Lt. Jg Jomorr
- Emergency Medical Hologram, EMH, Mark 1
- Holographical Bartender Bart
Martin Miller: Active
SPCs:
- AOPS Ensign Andrusia
Neil Langston: Active
SPCs:
- ASTC Sean William Fitzpatrick
Number of PC players: 11
Number of Active PC players: 7
PC Activity ratio: 63,6 % (last month: 63,6 %)
Number of SPC players: 8
Number of SPC-only players: 4
Number of Active SPC-only players: 4
SPC-only activity ratio: 100 % (last month: 80 %)
Total number of players: 15
Total number of Active players: 11
Total activity ratio: 73,3 % (last month: 70,6 %)
A player is listed as Inactive when he or she has not posted for two weeks or more at the end of the month. This may be due to a LOA (announced or not). Be advised that if a player has not posted for two weeks or more at the end of the month, but has posted in the beginning of the next month, he or she is still listed as inactive in this status report.
VACANCIES [ 4 ] :
AOPS
CEO*
ACEO
ACSO
* = Will be filled soon.
Promotions:
None this month.
Departures:
None this month.
New Arrivals:
No new arrivals this month either.
Posting Stats:
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Player | PC |S/NPC|Total| Last post date
----------------------+----+-----+-----+-----------------------
David Susman | 4 | | 4 | July 28
Ben Versteegt | 2 | 2 | 4 | July 28
Hanna Brunefeldt | 3 | | 3 | July 14 LOA
Chantal Sellers | 1 | 2 | 3 | July 13
Alonzo Soban | 0 | | 0 | June 3 LOA*
Patrick Buidin | 0 | | 0 | May 28 LOA
Morgan Kadar | 8 | | 8 | July 30
Andre Thomas | 0 | | 0 | June 13 LOA
Mike Wolfe | 3 | 1 | 4 | July 26 LOA
Mike Sheinin | 3 | | 3 | July 31
Bram Peeters | 8 | 3 | 11 | July 30 Semi-LOA
Martin Miller | | 1 | 1 | July 26
Rob Versteegt | | 9 | 9 | July 29
Adrian Rodd | | 10 | 10 | July 28 LOA
Neil Langston | | 5 | 5 | July 30
----------------------+----+-----+-----+-----------------------
Joint Posts | 0
----------------------+----+-----+-----+-----------------------
Total | 32 | 33 | 65 | Last month: 60
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Legend: LOA = Player has been on LOA this month and has not yet returned.
LOA* = Player has been on LOA this month but has returned.
Notes: Revisions were not counted, for obvious reasons.
Top 3 posters for July 2006:
1) Bram Peeters, 11 posts
2) Adrien Rodd, 10 posts
3) Morgan Kadar, 8 posts
Considering there were again many LOAs this month, I think we did a fine job with 65 posts. Nevertheless, let's try to post some more in August. I'll try to do so, anyway. ;-)
Quote of the Month:
If you know a quoteworthy line from any of the posts in August, drop me a line by the end of the month. I might put it in here. Now, however, I just had to pick one again. So after re-reading several posts, I picked a quote by Rob and Morgan.
Deasian Engineer Shra: "I'm sorry, uh. . . Captain. We cannot go into warp, since there is some sort of dampening field preventing us from forming a stable warp field."
CMO Kadar: =/\= Dampening field? Can you explain what you mean? =/\=
Deasian Engineer Shra: "Explain what a dampening field is? I am. . . sorry Captain, but doesn't everyone know what it is?"
CMO Kadar: =/\= I was a doctor on the Atlantis, Shra. Humor me. =/\=
-- ST Frontier Fleet, USS Atlantis (L'tari 17: Jatmey), Stardate 2392.07.14 |
