Ozu Saya
Engineering/Ops
[TI19]
Posts: 878 Likes: 29
Rank: Master Chief Petty Officer
Position: CoB/Chief Engineer
Species: Vulcan-Bajoran
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Post by Ozu Saya on Dec 8, 2020 16:27:00 GMT
Hey, Frontierites! The admins wanted to let you know about some potential upcoming changes. We would like to phase Perry out (you may have already noticed that this is in the works), to make room for two very special promotions. We would like to promote Judy Eastman to captain, and Thea Baker to commander and official XO (Thea would also continue as CMO, like Spock did as XO and Chief Science Officer in The Original Series). These promotions wouldn't change anything functionally. We are still equal co-admins with the same level of shared authority. We just didn't find the shared CO (Perry) very effective, and it interfered with our ability to RP with our regular, official characters. Because this is a bigly change, we wanted to get some feedback from our player base before formally making it official. If you're comfortable making a comment here, please do so. If you'd prefer to make an anonymous comment, you can use our feedback Google Form.
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Jovireh Velal
Security & Tactical
[TI18]
Posts: 2,609 Likes: 55
Rank: Senior Chief Petty Officer
Position: Chief of Security/Tactical
Species: Betazoid/Romulan
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Post by Jovireh Velal on Dec 8, 2020 16:30:23 GMT
Makes perfect sense to me.
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Sven Aune
Security & Tactical
[TI23]
Posts: 378 Likes: 23
Rank: Lieutenant Commander
Position: Chief of Security. Combat Engineer
Species: Human
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Post by Sven Aune on Dec 8, 2020 16:45:38 GMT
Sounds good to me
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Kaya Som
Engineering/Ops
Site Historian
Yaya! You have survived! That's too bad!
Posts: 804 Likes: 108
Rank: Senior Chief Petty Officer
Position: Chief of Engineering
Species: Trill
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Post by Kaya Som on Dec 8, 2020 23:45:59 GMT
This is a great idea. I think it will make writing missions and that a little more clear and, in-character, provide some permanence that will benefit the crew.
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Phoebe Volante
Security & Tactical
[TI20]
Posts: 53 Likes: 5
Rank: Ensign
Species: Human
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Post by Phoebe Volante on Dec 9, 2020 3:10:14 GMT
Killing of Perry? Sounds good to me. And congrats to the promotees!
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Isaiah Quinn
Science
[TI36]
Posts: 1,153 Likes: 57
Rank: Lieutenant Commander
Position: Chief Science Officer
Species: Human
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Post by Isaiah Quinn on Dec 14, 2020 21:34:02 GMT
Let me first preface by say that I fully support these promotions.
Both the in-game characters are certainly deserving of these promotions. Though, I did want to share a few observations that came to mind (and that you've all likely already considered given how thorough you've proven to be.) At best... they may arise a plot bunnies in some shape of form.
(1) So, does this technically mean that Thea could assume command at her own discretion? As CMO, she is the only person that can relieve the captain of her duties if the captain is deemed medically unfit. Leaving Thea, as XO, as the next in line for command. [Thea is not allowed to fall susceptible to mind control, nor is mirror-Thea allowed to wreak havoc on our lives in the prime universe.]
(2) I'm kinda bombed that we won't see Thea in a red uniform. Though, blue does seem to be her color.
(3) Just out of curiosity... will we ever get to see our Captain and XO in the same thread? Or will we follow the format we have the past few episodes where CO leads either mission/event and the XO takes the other. [Sometimes it's an interesting dynamic to see them actually interact together. Perhaps when you both have lighter GM-duty plots]
(4) Second officer? Now that everyone has moved up, will another plot-moving, Perry-esque NPC be joining us on Frontier Station? Someone that can simply act as a recurring standby-commander when the plot calls for it? Or perhaps one already present gets promoted as well?
(5) Purely plot-speculation/insinuation, but I'm interested in seeing how the two of them handle their newfound responsibilities. [I'm just a sucker for character growth. That's all.]
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Thea Baker
Command
[TI12]
Posts: 1,448 Likes: 46
Rank: Captain
Position: Commanding Officer
Species: Human
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Post by Thea Baker on Dec 14, 2020 21:47:43 GMT
Yay :-) Also some great observations. 1. I would say yes as when we're in different threads she would Acting CO so being able to do that, it makes sense for her to have that ability. Especially with her being CMO as you mentioned. Also don't worry about mirror Thea muhahaha. 2. I'm sure you will get to see her in red 3. I think that will be a possibility depending on the month. But yes pretty much the same format as normal. 4. That's something we can definitely look into. 5. Me too so I look forward to it aswell.
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Judith Eastman
Civilian
Grandma
Posts: 2,593 Likes: 84
Rank: Civilian/other
Position: Civil Servant
Species: Human
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Post by Judith Eastman on Dec 14, 2020 23:18:32 GMT
Let me first preface by say that I fully support these promotions. Both the in-game characters are certainly deserving of these promotions. Though, I did want to share a few observations that came to mind (and that you've all likely already considered given how thorough you've proven to be.) At best... they may arise a plot bunnies in some shape of form. (1) So, does this technically mean that Thea could assume command at her own discretion? As CMO, she is the only person that can relieve the captain of her duties if the captain is deemed medically unfit. Leaving Thea, as XO, as the next in line for command. [Thea is not allowed to fall susceptible to mind control, nor is mirror-Thea allowed to wreak havoc on our lives in the prime universe.](2) I'm kinda bombed that we won't see Thea in a red uniform. Though, blue does seem to be her color. (3) Just out of curiosity... will we ever get to see our Captain and XO in the same thread? Or will we follow the format we have the past few episodes where CO leads either mission/event and the XO takes the other. [Sometimes it's an interesting dynamic to see them actually interact together. Perhaps when you both have lighter GM-duty plots](4) Second officer? Now that everyone has moved up, will another plot-moving, Perry-esque NPC be joining us on Frontier Station? Someone that can simply act as a recurring standby-commander when the plot calls for it? Or perhaps one already present gets promoted as well? (5) Purely plot-speculation/insinuation, but I'm interested in seeing how the two of them handle their newfound responsibilities. [I'm just a sucker for character growth. That's all.] You bring up great points. I'll answer with my own opinions and judgements, to the extent that I can. 1) You're right, Thea could pull a coup by declaring Judy medically unable. I think we could come up with some special IC arrangement to avoid that, or leave the hole open for a plot of some kind. 3) It's certainly something to think about. We always try to balance our threads so each one has someone who could plausibly be in charge. It's happened that so far, that's usually led to the CO and XO splitting up, but we could have a scenario like the current mission where the two ranking officers are in the same place at the same time. 4) It's something we need to think about. That's a good point. 5) We'll just have to find out, but Judy being who she is, there will be snacks aplenty.
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