Sounds good to me. http://expansionfleet.sparks.priorweb.be/ikonboard/iB_html/non-cgi/emoticons/smile.gif" border="0" valign="absmiddle" alt=':)'>

So how do I do this, just pick the right avatar, right?

I will inform Admiral Mallory.

All right, here we go.

Will Karelia, you are now officially CO of this division. First, let's start with a few technical things you need to know.

Bookmark, first of all, this URL:
http://omega-rpg1.netfirms.com/cgi-bin/admincenter.cgi

This" target="_blank">http://omega-rpg1.netfirms.com/cgi-bin/admincenter.cgi

This is the "Admin Center" where you can control your board. Don't give anyone else access to this for security reasons. You will get a login screen, and you just type your username and password as if you were to log into your character. Then you will have access.

A brief explanation on what you can do...

Member Control.
You see letter links to see the current registered usernames in alphabetical order. For example, if you click on the "W" you will find your own username there. This will allow you to edit/remove a username.
Important: in the "edit" section here, for each username, you can fill out the "Member Title", which is normally used for the rank statement (when someone is a Lieutenant, for example, you write "Lieutenant" there). Basically it says "civilian" for all newcomers, until you modify it manually there. Also there, you can choose the access for this person (normal user, banned user, moderator, administrator). Only "administrator" gives access to the admincenter, so dont remove your own! Moderators can only moderate the forums you give them to, that means they can remove posts that are inappropriate and such, but not enter the admincenter.

Forum Options.
Here you can add, remove or modify forums of the board.  Everything pretty much explains itself here.
It is here, that you specify who is moderator of which forum. You go to a certain forum and fill out the correct username for the moderator of your choice, in the field "Forum Moderator(s)" for each forum. But note that this ONLY works when you give this username "moderator" access in the Member Control.
An administrator has automatically moderation access everywhere.

Order Forums.
This is to rearrange the order in which you see the forums on the board. At the moment they are fine, but if you would add a forum, they might switch randomly in order, and then you can re-order them if necessary.

Styles Setup.
This is to create and modify the looks of your board (colours, fonts, ...). Everything is pretty much set up alraedy, but if you need to modify anything, this is where you do it.

Variables Setup.
If you don't know what it means, dont touch it here. Doing something wrong may cause the board to malfunction. At the moment, everything is set correctly there.

Member Titles Setup.
Auto-member titles according to the number of posts. We don't use that system because we assign ranks to people and choose ourselves when to promote someone.

Bad Word Filter Setup
Pretty much explains itself lol.

Edit the board Template.
Be carefull not to mess with this. If you don't know HTML, better not touch this. Generally nothing needs to be done here.

Some other remarks.
If you get the message "please wait 5 minutes and try again to access this page" or something like it, just click refresh a few times, you don't need to wait 5 minutes for it to work again. It is a very stupid policy of netfirms.com on which this board is located, and we hope to find a better location for this board, in time, when it has become as active as the other ones.
If you get a 404 Page Not Found, hit the "back" button and try again.

The moderator functions can be found UNDER each forum (when you are in a topic). Such as: "lock topic", "move topic", "delete topic", "unlock topic", ...
If you would delete topics, you must make sure to have AT LEAST 1 topic left in your forum. Removing the last topic of a forum either deletes the forum, or corrupts it.

You may choose whoever you wish as your XO, and such.  Expansion will assign a "Division Supervisor" to help you out, when we have one available in time. So please be patient. Meanwhile, I will help out where necessary, so feel free to ask if there's anything you need to know.

One last remark: when people sign up through Expansion, for this division, you will get an automatic generated email containing the answers they filled out on the submisson form. This is informational, so you know who they are and how often they can post and so on. You do not need to reply to them unless you want to, because an automated reply is sent to them.

I think that is all for now http://expansionfleet.sparks.priorweb.be/ikonboard/iB_html/non-cgi/emoticons/smile.gif" border="0" valign="absmiddle" alt=':)'>

Sir should i change Avatars for both Julia Rellek and Tara Lollock???

Soran, Ru afo, Jack Roberts, and Mellish still here Admiral.

Please read this announcement.

http://www.expansionfleet.com/cgi-bin/fleet/ikonboard.cgi?act=ST;f=1;t=30;st=0;&#entry1" target="_blank">Fleetwide Assignment Policy

Report for the week of 7/14/03

Mission Descriptions

USS Tiberon- Investigation of "covert" maneuvers by the Romulan Coalition

USS Sequoia- Survey the Frinshi Nebula for signs of deuterium gas worthy of harvesting

Location of vessels

USS Tiberon- En route to last known position of "covert" movements

USS Sequoia- En route to Frinshi Nebula

New discoveries
-Romulan Coalition
-Frinshi Nebula

New Crewmembers
-Lucas Bailey, Owner of "The Irish Clover" tavern
-Tara Lollock, Lt. Cmdr, Sec/Tac Chief of USS Tiberon
-James Walker, Lt. Cmdr, Sec/Tac Chief of USS Sequoia
-Berik, Cmdr, CMO of USS Sequoia
-Quannun, Ensign, Helmsman of USS Sequoia
-Tom Karelia, Ensign, Helmsman of USS Tiberon
-Waylon Bain, Lieutenant, CSO of USS Sequoia
-Zynth, Rear Admiral, Omega Division 3rd
-Marco Diaz, Pending

Transfers
-Gordon Freeman, XO of Tiberon to CO of Sequoia
-Jim Yugiman, Chief engineer of Tiberon to XO of Sequoia
-Julia Rellek, Ops of Tiberon to XO of Tiberon
-Josh Teal, Engineer's assistant of Tiberon to Chief Engineer of Tiberon
-Tara Lollock, CO of Hazard Team to Sec/Tac of Tiberon
-James Walker, Hazard Team Sniper to Sec/Tac of Sequoia
-Berik, Hazard Team Medic to CMO of Sequoia

Extra Comments
-The Hazard Team has been discontinued due to lack of members and the members given other assignments
-The USS Sequoia has been added to the Omega Division Fleet.

(Edited by Will Karelia at 2:57 pm on July 14, 2003)

Admiral, I would like to announce that Omega Division has shot from 15 inactive members to 40 highly active members in about a month. We have completed a total of 4 missions combined, we are nearing the commissioning of our 3rd ship, and over 1/2 of our forums are posted in daily. We have miraculously transformed Omega Division from the bottom of the bucket to one of, if not the most active divison in Expansion. I hope we experience similar improvement in the future.

(Edited by Will Karelia at 2:50 pm on July 27, 2003)

Here at ExpansionFleet, we try to maintain a standard style for posting, so that others who may not be familiar with a specific form do not become confused between thoughts, actions, speech, communication channels, etc. Here are a few of our recommended posting keys, and will be universally accepted here.

---Type 1: ASCII Form---

Normal text:
Admiral Karelia stepped onto the Operations Deck.

Speech:
"Lieutenant, please charge the main deflector."

Communications:
=A= Karelia to Vorak =A=

"Sir, could you meet me in the conference room?"

=A= Karelia out =A=

Alternate Communications:
=A= Admiral Vorak, could you please meet me in the conference room? =A=

NOTE: For alien communications, substitute the =A= symbol with @.

Thoughts or telepathy:
~"I really hate writing these god-awful reports."~

~"Don't worry, they cannot hear us. I am speaking directly into your mind.~

Sound Effects:

"I was just reading the report and then..."

*clunk*

"What was that?"


---Type 2:Novel Form---

Normal text:
Admiral Karelia stepped onto the Operations Deck.

Speech:
"Lieutenant," the admiral said, "please charge the main deflector."

Communications:
Karelia tapped his communicator. "Admiral Vorak," he said, "could you please meet me in the conference room?"

Thoughts or telepathy:
"I really hate writing these god-awful reports," the captain thought to himself.

"Don't worry, they cannot hear us," the Betazoid said. "I am speaking directly into your mind."

Sound Effects:

I was just reading the report," Karelia said, "and then..."

There was a sharp clunk noise coming from within the ceiling. "What was that?" the admiral exclaimed.

BONUS - Italic station/starship names:

Captain Taurik stepped proudly onto the bridge of the Rivendell.


NOTE: It is not expressly required that you post in one of these forms, but failing to do so will not only piss people off and make them more reluctant to acknowledge you, but will also severely curtail your chances for a promotion or for an assignment on an exciting mission, because no one wants to work double-duty just to read your post.

---===Important Message from Expansion Fleet Administration===---

We are beginning the final mission of the current Expansion Fleet story arc, and this mission will conclude the events that have been building for the past few years, some of which began at the launch of Expansion Fleet. This mission will yield an end to the Heraan War, and will be concluding the events of the entire game.

This gives us a unique opportunity, one that we've not explored before, nor have most of the Star Trek RPG's out there. We are going to be starting a new "series" of sorts, in much the same way a new Star Trek series precedes the last. This will give everyone the opportunity to start fresh, with all new characters, new backstories, and new sub-plots. We will even be introducing a new region of space, a new Starfleet space station, and an entirely new fleet.

For the duration of the final mission, due to the extremely cooperative nature of such a finale, we will be combining the posts of all four ships, as well as those of the Starbase Avalon personnel, into a single forum, to alleviate the need to read several forums at once. This mission is to be contained in it's own forum, located at the top of the list of Expansion Fleet vessels we are all familiar with. The new forum will move no one from their previous situations, but will direct them toward the goings-on of this finale. I will be posting a list of guidelines necessary in such a forum, please read those first before posting.

The new forum for the finale is located here: http://www.expansionfleet.com/cgi-bin/fleet/ikonboard.cgi?act=SF;f=308" target="_blank">http://www.expansionfleet.com/cgi-bin....F;f=308

Thanks,
EF Admins

Division   Exective Officer:(TAKEN)(Vice Admiral)
                 Division Tatical/Secutiy Officer:(TAKEN)(Rear Admiral)


STARBASE 12
COMMANDING OFFICER(OPEN)(Captian)
EXECTIVE OFFICER(OPEN)(Commander)
CHIEF OPERATIONS OFFICER(OPEN)(Lt.Commander)

COMMANDING OFFICER TATICAL(OPEN)(Commander)
ECECTIVE OFFICER TATICAL(OPEN)(Lt. J.G)
CHIEF MEDICAL OFFICER(OPEN)(Commander)
CHEIF ENGINEING OFFICER(OPEN)(Lt.Commander)
U.S.S Windsor
COMMANDING OFFICER(OPEN)( Fleet Captian J.G)
EXECTIVE OFFICER(OPEN)(Commander)
CHEIF OPERATIONS OFFICER(OPEN)(Lt.Commander)
OPERATIONS OFFICER:(OPEN)(Lt J.G)
CHEF TATICAL/SECUITY OFFICER(OPEN)(LT)
Tatical Officer:(OPEN)(ENS)
CHIEF SCIENCE OFFICER(OPEN)(Lt)
CHIEF HELMSMEN(OPEN)(LT)
CHEF MEDICAL OFFICER(OPEN)(COMMANDER)
CHEIF ENGINER(OPEN) (LT.COMMANDER)

Some of you may have noticed the board seeming to drop in and out of existance. Please, do not get frustrated, as we are still ironing out some bugs with our new database and automation systems. If an error persists for more than an hour or two, please feel free to contact me (Will Karelia) at mailto:Omega_Division@expansionfleet.zzn.com">Omega_Division@expansionfleet.zzn.com or Admiral Vorak at mailto:masterphoenix@skynet.be">masterphoenix@skynet.be. We will try to rectify the problem ASAP.

Thank you,
Expansion High Command Staff

Attention all Expansion Fleet members:

I will be blunt. It has come to our attention that the Admiralty of Expansion has become inflated. Therefore, we will be instituting a number of "re-evaluations" to give over-ranked officers a more appropriate rank. Please understand that if you are being reduced in rank as of this, it is not due to anything you have done wrong, just due to a major swelling of the upper ranks, far more than is necessary or useful to the fleet.

As of now, the following changes are taking place:

Tom Hobson will be moved from the rank of Fleet Admiral and Frontier Division XO to the rank of Admiral and Frontier Division CO.

James Madison will be moved from the rank of Fleet Admiral to the rank of Admiral and assigned as Frontier Division XO.

Andrew Yates will be moved from the rank of Fleet Admiral to the rank of Admiral and assigned as Avalon Divison XO.

Mike Powell will retain the rank of Lieutenant General, but will be removed from his tenure as Avalon Division XO to allow full concentration on the Dantor Marines.

Julian will retain the rank of Vice Admiral but will be assigned as the CO of the Starfleet contingent on the planet Dantor.

Lucas Bailey will be moved from the rank of Admiral to the rank of Rear Admiral.

Brian Higgins will be moved from the rank of Vice Admiral to the rank Commodore and MAY assigned as XO of Intelligence Division. Higgins has not yet been contacted on this.

Richard Ransom will be moved from the rank of Fleet Admiral and Frontier Division CO to the rank of Captain and U.S.S. Windsor CO.

Dean Starwind will be moved from the rank of Rear Admiral to the rank of Commander and U.S.S. Windsor XO.

Marcus Brodie will retain the rank of Captain but will be moved from U.S.S. Windsor CO to U.S.S. Unity CO.

Wil Riker will retain the rank of Commander but will be moved from U.S.S. Windsor XO to U.S.S. Unity XO.

On this note, to prevent such swelling in the future, all promotion requests must be submitted to High Command for approval before becoming valid. Fleet Admiral Karelia or Admiral Hobson can be contacted with regards to this in the future.

Signed,
ExpansionFleet High Command
-Flag Admiral Vorak
-Fleet Admiral Diego Montrell
-Fleet Admiral William Karelia
-Admiral Thomas Hobson
-Admiral James Madison
-Admiral Andrew Yates

Mr. Tech savvy (me) is wondering:
When i am on the homepage, do i go to "Join Expansion Fleet!" from the navigation section?

We of the High Command are aware of the intermittent Ikonboard CGI errors occurring while trying to post, change users, or even access the main board. We are working to replace or repair the integrated portal system of the main board, which has been known to crumble under the immense strain that ExpansionFleet puts on it.

For now, just be patient, keep trying to log in or post every once in a while, and we'll have this cleared up as quick as we can.

Thanks,
Admiral Karelia

From this point forward, all new applicants are required to enroll in and graduate from the Deep Space Academy on Avalon Station before officer ranks of Ensign or higher may be reached.

All applicants who do not wish to enroll at the Academy must be content with a non-commissioned rank, however, may choose to enroll at the Academy at any time.

Therefore, the current Starfleet rank scheme is as follows:

Enlisted Crew

-Crewman Recruit (CM3)
-Crewman Apprentice (CM2)
-Crewman (CM1)
-Petty Officer 3rd Class (PO3)
-Petty Officer 2nd Class (PO2)
-Petty Officer 1st Class (PO1)
-Chief Petty Officer (CPO)
-Senior Chief Petty Officer (SCPO)
-Master Chief Petty Officer (MCPO)

Warrant Officers

-Warrant Officer (WO)
-Chief Warrant Officer 3rd Class (CWO3)
-Chief Warrant Officer 2nd Class (CWO2)
-Chief Warrant Officer 1st Class (CWO1)

Line Officers - Requires graduation from Deep Space Academy

-Ensign (ENS)
-Lieutenant JG (LT JG)
-Lieutenant (LT)
-Lt. Commander (LCDR)
-Commander (CDR) (Requires completion of Bridge Commander's Test)
-Captain (CAPT)

Flag Officers - Requires permission from existing Flag Officer

-Commodore (COMM)
-Rear Admiral (RADM)
-Vice Admiral (VADM)
-Admiral (ADM)

High Command - Requires permission from existing High Command

-Fleet Admiral (FADM)
-Flag Admiral (FLADM)


All crew must begin at the rank of Crewman Recruit, unless he/she decides to enroll at the Academy. Upon graduation, he/she will be immediately granted the rank of Ensign. Initial assignments to any rank above Crewman Recruit or Ensign may only be given out with High Command approval.

If one does not wish to enroll at the academy, they may progress through the NCO ranks into the Warrant Officer ranks. If the CO agrees, the Warrant Officer may later be promoted to Ensign.

To be granted the rank of Commander or higher, one must have successfully passed the Bridge Commander's test. An officer is eligible to take the Bridge Commander's Test once they reach the rank of Lieutenant. A passing grade must be verified to the High Command by the Division CO upon completion of the test.

To be granted the rank of Commodore or higher, one must have the approval of an existing officer of the Admiralty. This is subject to scrutiny by the High Command.

To be granted the rank of Fleet Admiral, one must already hold the rank of Admiral, and must recieve an official promotion by a member of the High Command. Those holding the rank of Fleet Admiral before this act are not subject to this, but are also not eligible to give a promotion to Fleet Admiral.

The rank of Flag Admiral may not be reached by anyone other than Flag Admiral Vorak, unless the member plans on using the promotion as an excuse to end the character's assignment in Expansion Fleet. For example, one may reach Flag Admiral if the character is to be transferred to the Alpha Quadrant.

All promotions are subject to scrutiny by the High Command and the Admiralty.

-----
Expansion Fleet High Command
-Flag Admiral Vorak
-Fleet Admiral Diego Montrell
-Fleet Admiral William Karelia
-Fleet Admiral Thomas Hobson
-Fleet Admiral James Madison