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Fleet Policies and Updates / Stargate-Union: SGU inactive policy update - 2/03/2015

« on: February 03, 2015, 01:35:59 AM »

Hello Stargate-Union!  I hope everyone is enjoying the 5 year anniversary, i know i am.  I can't remember the last time i visited places like Andoria, or Starbase 39, but i'm happy to do Q's bidding as he sends us across the galaxy to stabilize Omega particles.

In other news, things have been slow in the fleet lately.  We're getting close to tier 5, but fleet activity has been very low, and a large portion of the fleet was inactive for a long period.  When we noticed how many inactive players there were, we realized that our policy for inactive players is kind of excessive.  So we've decided to make a change to our inactive policy.

Until now, members who had not logged in for 90 days were demoted to Lieutenant until they became active again, and members who did not log in for 180 days were viewed as totally inactive and removed from the fleet.

Starting in a couple days, inactivity will change to 30 days and 90 days.  Players who don't log in for 30 days will be demoted to Enlisted while they're inactive, and players who are inactive for 90 days will be removed from the fleet.  Anyone that gets removed will recieve a mail explaining why, and are welcome to re-join when they become active again.

This change is simply due to the large number of inactive players.  We'll be starting a new recruiting effort, and we think it's not very encouraging to new members to see a huge number of inactive players.

To those that have remained active, the entire fleet appreciates your hard work, and we hope to have a larger active roster soon.  We'll also be starting more holdings projects, but if you contribute resources and recieve a decent amount of credits, please remember to go to the starbase and use some of those credits on some doffs for starbase projects.  Part of the point of adding more projects is to help complete ALL the projects, so please try to contribute in all areas of the holdings, and not just fleet marks and other easy to obtain resources.

Happy new year
-blevok

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Fleet Policies and Updates / Stargate-Union: Fleet Update - 2/2/2014

« on: February 02, 2014, 12:36:47 AM »

Greetings everyone, i hope you are all enjoying the Season 8.5 update.  It's great to have another feature episode including a well known trek actor, and i'm pretty excited to start getting more use out of old ships with the new quick equip and starship switching functions.  I'm very happy to see the game continue to evolve and provide new ways to increase the fun.

I'd like to remind everyone that we have a Teamspeak 3 server located at ts.stargate-union.com
There is no password required, and it is available 24/7.  Please feel free to connect at any time.  Even if the leaders are not online, you can still connect and invite others to join you.

As always, complete info regarding teamspeak, promotion policies and other fleet information is available on our website at www.stargate-union.com

On another subject, i'm happy to congratulate Zohan@oxzohanxo on his pormotion to Colonel.  As a Colonel, he will join the fleet leadership, and assist in running the day to day operations of the fleet.  Zohan is a longtime member of SGU and i'm certain that he'll prove a valuable asset to the fleet as a leader.

Peace and long life,
-blevok

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Testing Ground / test

« on: April 06, 2013, 12:23:30 PM »

test

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Fleet Policies and Updates / Stargate-Union: SGU Fleet Bank - 10/12/2013

« on: October 12, 2013, 05:56:37 PM »

Hello Stargate-Union.

As you know, there exists a thing called the fleet bank.  Our bank has seen a lot of activity from a small group of members, but most of you never use it.  That's probably because we've never really talked about what specifically is the proper and fair way to use it.  So here it is.

The items in the fleet bank are there for anyone to use.  If you see an item that can help you, you are welcome to withdraw it.  However, we ask that you only withdraw items that you will actually use.  Do not withdraw items to sell for energy credits.  If you are in need of energy credits, there are many ways to make credits quickly.  You can ask for tips in the Stargate Union chat channel, or in fleet chat, or you can send a mail to a fleet leader for help.  As always, we are happy to help our fellow fleet members in any way we can.

Everyone in the fleet has access to the fleet bank, and your withdraw permissions increase as you increase in rank.  There is a daily item withdraw limit for each tab in the bank.  You will see how many items you are allowed to withdraw in each tab.

The items you withdraw are deposited by other fleet members that want to help the fleet, so please return the favor and help others in the same way by depositing items that you won't use.

Almost any item is welcome in the bank if it can be useful to someone, however there are a few items that really just take up space.  Items that are acceptable to deposit are weapons, consoles, ship and ground equipment, particles, consumables, repair components, etc...  Other items such as pets, doff packs and xp boosts are also welcome.  Equipment deposits should be green quality mark X or better.  Please do not deposit tribbles, food items,  or lockboxes.

Please feel free to send any questions, comments, or concerns to any of the fleet leaders, or post on the fleet forum, located at www.stargate-union.com/forum

Thanks,
-blevok

Fleet Leaders
@blevok
@bahamut8591
@ussexcaliber1
@leosg1

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Fleet Policies and Updates / System Lords: Fleet Update - 9/27/2013

« on: September 27, 2013, 09:34:28 AM »

Greetings to the System Lords members.

I realize things have been in disarray here for a while.  After the big split on the federation side, we also lost some key contributors here, so things really slowed down.  But i just want to reassure everyone that we have not given up by any means.  We've made some good progress with our holdings, and with your help we will continue to grow.

Bank permissions have been reset so that everyone has some form of access to items, and your access grows as you increase in rank.  The purpose of the fleet bank is to help the fleet, so please feel free to take anything that can help you.  And if you have something that you won't use but could be useful to others, you can donate it to the bank.

We've recently revised the rank structure.  Promotion requirements are as follows.  Lower ranks are based on fleet credits earned.  Higher ranks are held by department heads and leaders.
Lieutenant - 35,000
Captain - 200,000
Major - 500,000 (or 350,000 if you are also active on our teamspeak)

If you do not meet the requirements for your current rank, all you have to do to keep your rank is remain active.  Any player above lieutenant that goes inactive for 90 days will be reduced to lieutenant while you are inactive.  When you return, you will be returned to your appropriate rank based on credits earned, or leadership role for higher ranks.

We appreciate your support and loyalty, and we look forward to the future of the System Lords.
Please feel free to contact me @blevok anytime with questions, comments, etc...

Qapla'

@blevok
@bahamut8591
@ussexcaliber1
@leosg1

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Fleet Policies and Updates / Stargate-Union: Fleet Promotions - 9/15/2013

« on: September 15, 2013, 12:49:01 PM »

Hello again Stargate-Union.

Two weeks ago, on September 1st, our fleet project manager (@ussexcaliber1) sent out a notice of pending changes to the rank promotion requirements.  A delay of two weeks was decided on, in order to give our members a chance to reach the next rank before the changes take effect.

As of today, September 15th, those changes are now in effect.  Anyone that reached the requirements under the old scale has now been promoted, and any new promotions from here forward will be based on the new scale.

If you do not meet the new requirements for the rank you currently hold, all you have to do to keep your rank is remain active.  If you go inactive for a period of 90 days, your rank will be reduced until you return to active duty.  Additionally, all members who have progressed past Lieutenant that go inactive for 90 days will be reduced back to Lieutenant.

If you return to the game after being inactive, and find that you've been demoted, simply send a mail to a fleet leader, or post on the fleet forum, and you will be promoted back to your appropriate rank.  The purpose of this change is to keep the higher ranks from becoming cluttered with inactive players.

The new promotion requirements are as follows:

Lieutenant - 35,000 fleet credits earned
Captain - 200,000 fleet credits earned
Major - 500,000 fleet credits earned  (You can also be promoted to Major at only 350,000 credits if you are also very active on Teamspeak)

Note: These changes also apply to our klingon fleet (System Lords)

The full details of the promotion requirements and rank privilages can be found here:
www.stargate-union.com/rank

Please send any questions related to promotions to either @blevok or @ussexcaliber1

And as always, please feel free to send any questions, comments or concerns to any of the fleet leaders, or post on the fleet forum, located at www.stargate-union.com/forum
@blevok
@bahamut8591
@ussexcaliber1
@leosg1

Thanks,
-blevok

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Fleet Policies and Updates / Stargate-Union: Fleet forum and website info - 9/14/2013

« on: September 14, 2013, 02:36:33 PM »

Hello Stargate-Union

On behalf of all the fleet leaders, I would like to express our appreciation and gratitude to all members of the fleet for the hard work and resources you all have put in.  The fleet starbase is now at Tier 3, and both the Embassy and Dilithium Mine are now Tier 2.  We couldn't have made it this far without you, and with your help we will continue to grow and build our holdings to their full potential.

I'd also like to remind everyone to take a few minutes and visit the fleet website from time to time.  It's still a work in progress, but you can find useful information to help you stay connected with the fleet.  Just go to www.Stargate-Union.com and have a look around.

On the Ranks and Promotions page, you'll find information about promotion requirements and rank specific permissions that you have been granted.

On the fleet forum, you can create an account and communicate with the fleet when not in-game.

You'll also find information about how to connect with us on Steam, Facebook, and Teamspeak.

On the SGU Chat Channel page, you'll find info about how to join our in-game chat channel, called Stargate Union.  The chat channel enables you to communicate with the fleet, even if you're currently playing on another character that is not in the fleet.  You can use the Stargate Union chat channel on any character on your account, regardless of what faction or fleet your other characters are in.  It's the best way to communicate with the fleet from anywhere in-game.

If you ever have any questions, comments or concerns, you can message any of the fleet leaders at the following handles:

@blevok
@bahamut8591
@ussexcaliber1
@leosg1

There are also many other fleet members that are always willing to help a fellow member, so don't hesitate to use fleet chat and the SGU channel to ask for help when you need it.

Peace and long life,
-blevok

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Fleet Policies and Updates / Stargate-Union: C-Store Giveaway this week! - 8/12/2013

« on: August 12, 2013, 08:45:59 AM »

Hello everyone, in case you don't already know, there is a major C-Store giveaway happening this week.

Each day, from now thru friday, an item will be chosen to give away free for one day.  At about 10am pacific time, the item of the day will be announced in the news section of the forum.

All you have to do is go to the C-Store in-game and claim the item.  Once claimed, the item is unlocked and available for every character on your account, and that includes new characters you create in the future.

Todays item is the DS9 Uniform, so if you don't already have it unlocked, go to the C-Store, in the appearance tab, and claim it.  You can get it until 10am tomorrow, when it will return to normal price, and a different item will become free.

There will be some great items, including ships, so don't forget to log in every day and get your free items.

Go here to see the daily announcements:
http://sto-forum.perfectworld.com/showthread.php?t=823101

Peace and long life,
-blevok

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Fleet Policies and Updates / Stargate-Union: Fleet Information - 4/16/2013

« on: April 16, 2013, 02:51:41 AM »

Hello all, blevok here. First off i'd like to welcome all the new members to the fleet, and also i'd like to thank all the members that have switched over from our old fleet.  We're working hard to build up the starbase. The current strategy is to get to tier 2 as fast as we can. After that, we'll start adding more provisioning projects. We greatly appreciate the contributions you have all been making.


Promotions

Our promotion policies are based on earned fleet credits for lower levels, and general participation for mid to high levels.
The first promotion, Lieutenant, happens once you earn 20,000 credits.
The next promotion, Captain, happens once you earn 80,000 credits, but you also need to be in the fleet for at least a week before recieving this promotion.
Promotions to Major and beyond are based on your general level of participation.  You can show that you're interested in higher level promotions by participating on teamspeak, joining team play events, recruiting new members, etc...


Fleet Bank

The fleet bank is there to help the fleet. If you see something that would help you, you can send a mail to a leader requesting items, and we'll withrdaw and mail them to you.  Some items can be withdrawn without the help of a leader, such as particle traces and consumables.  When you click on a bank tab, it will show the number of items that you're able to withhraw per day.

As far as depositing, there is limited space for items, so please restrict your deposits to uncommon MK X and above for weapons and equipment. If you have lower level items that you dont need, you can sell them to a vendor for half their listed value, which is more than you would get by simply recycling them.



Everyone that joins the fleet gets invited to our chat channel "Stargate Union". Check the channels tab of chat options to find and accept the invite.

Our teamspeak server is located at ts.stargate-union.com

If you have any questions, please feel free to send a mail or pm to blevok@blevok or bahamut8591@bahamut8591

Thanks,
-blevok

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RolePlaying (RP) Area / Kek'tar!

« on: June 05, 2012, 04:03:12 PM »

Tek ma tek.  Lo'tak meta satak blevok, a 71 year old jaffa once in the service of Imhotep.  I was loyal to my god throughout his deception of the rebel jaffa.  Upon his murder by Teal'c, I remained undercover and lived among the tau'ri and many shol'va on a secret base of the tau'ri.  I discretely transmitted information to Anubis about a new weapon the tau'ri were constructing, and as reward Anubis gave me the gift of immortality and allowed me to serve him.  Since his dissapearance, I have traveled to many worlds, and battled many tau'ri along the way.
I am a capable warrior, however my time among the tau'ri has left me with occasional disturbing visions of another life.  In the visions, I often sit in front of a glowing box, with another glowing box to my side.  I'm not sure what it means, but I have the vision often.  I am convinced that the only way to find peace and bring meaning to my life, is to continue to do battle with the tau'ri, and to hunt down shol'va until the return of my master Anubis.
Kalek shal'tek!

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Stargate-Union / SGU Fleet Uniforms

« on: April 01, 2012, 12:28:36 AM »

After some recent inquiries from fleet members regarding my uniform, i decided to post some instructions on how to create it.  We do have a fleet uniform saved, however fleet uniforms cannot be saved with unlockable items, so other than being green, the one that's saved isn't very stargat-ey.

To make the official Stargate-Union SG team member uniform, you must purchase the Mercenary set for 400 C-Points from the C-Store. When you enter the tailor screen, select "off duty" in the drop down menu at the top right of the screen.

The following images show the uniform and all the settings.  You can customize the colors of course, but i believe the green uniform with black flac jacket and belts look the most like stargate.

When you are finished, remember to save your outfit and finally, click purchase.  You must click on purchase when making any changes to your uniform, even if the changes don't cost anything.






Here's some other familiar looks you can create in STO

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General Discussion / Stargate-Union fleets

« on: January 09, 2012, 01:27:33 PM »

Stargate-Union is the original Stargate fleet in Star Trek Online, a Free-2-Play MMO set in the vast universe of Star Trek.  We are an active fleet and we regularly engage in team activities including PvP, STF's, episode missions and more.

By joining a Stargate-Union fleet, you are not obligated to participate in any special events or missions.  You can continue to go at your own pace, but if you need any help with anything, don't hesitate to ask.  Galactic domination is of course among our goals, and we will do whatever we can to achieve that end.

Stargate-Union is a drama-free coalition of fleets.  We seek to co-exist peacefully with fans of other sci-fi franchises (even Star Wars).  Spamming, extreme trolling and being a douche on the forum or in-game are against fleet policy and could get you kicked.

We have fleet emblems saved, and fleet uniforms, so if you like you can wear them by selecting a uniform at a tailor, and display the emblems on your uniform and on your ship.

If you are a Steam user, please join our Steam group at http://steamcommunity.com/groups/SGU-STO

And join us on Teamspeak 3 at ts.stargate-union.us

So come meet us in game and join Stargate-Union!

On the Klingon side, join us in the KDF Honor Guards fleet.  Our enemies will tremble in fear as we conquer their worlds and enslave the populations.  Let it be known that all who oppose the KDF Honor Guards will be brutally defeated.

Kalek shel'tec!