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Defiant-Class Deck Plans
Hey Crewmates!
I have been using an online resource of official deck plans for Star Trek Universe ships.
https://www.cygnus-x1.net/links/lcars/sd-defiant.php
I have found this site extremely helpful when writing up descriptions of different locations on the ship. I occasionally deviate to aid the storyline, like making the XO's quarters two rooms,…
Author: Commander Kevin Lance
Posted on: Thu Dec 14th, 2023 @ 8:04pm
Category: General News
Fleet Awards
Good day to you all!
Please find this month’s Fleet Awards HERE.
Unfortunately there is no representation from the Chuck Norris this month, but given that we’ve only just got the sim restarted, I’m sure that will change in the coming months! There’s certainly enough talent onboard!
Keep up…
Author: Admiral Ken Gillis
Posted on: Sat Jun 24th, 2023 @ 12:20pm
Category: General News
Departure of a Crewmember
Good Day All,
Lieutenant Djon Zyngh has decided that his writing style no longer coincides with the style of the sim. For this reason he has chosen to depart from the sim. We wish him well on his future endeavors.
For this reason, his characters will be written off the…
Author: Captain Aurther Winters
Posted on: Fri Sep 24th, 2021 @ 2:24am
Category: General News
Clearing up the Personnel Roster
Good Day Everyone,
As some of you may have seen, from the last post of our current mission, to the Personnel Roster, there has been a purge to remove inactive players. All those players had not posted in over 3 months, and not logged in for over 2. I would…
Author: Captain Aurther Winters
Posted on: Thu Aug 26th, 2021 @ 6:27pm
Category: General News
A New Crewmember
=/\= Incoming Transmission =/\=
All hands this is the Captain, please welcome aboard the newest crewmember on the Chuck Norris:
Lieutenant JG Lyra Blake will be taking over the position as our Chief Medical Officer.
Please take the time to welcome them to the crew!
Thank you,
Captain Winters
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Author: Captain Aurther Winters
Posted on: Thu Aug 26th, 2021 @ 5:53pm
Category: General News
A New Crewmember
=/\= Incoming Transmission =/\=
All hands this is the Captain, please welcome aboard the newest crewmember on the Chuck Norris:
Chief Warrant Officer Van Hendrix has gloriously joined as part of the Chuck Norris's elite Hazard Team.
Please take the time to welcome him to the crew!
Thank you,
Captain…
Author: Captain Aurther Winters
Posted on: Thu Jul 29th, 2021 @ 7:08pm
Category: General News
Active Roster List
=/\= Incoming Transmission =/\=
Hey All on the glorious crew of the U.S.S. Chuck Norris! I am just going through the current active roster list, and will be making those who have not logged in, in over 2 months to the inactive list. This again, is just for logging in.…
Author: Captain Aurther Winters
Posted on: Wed Jul 21st, 2021 @ 6:31pm
Category: General News
A New Crewmember
=/\= Incoming Transmission =/\=
All hands this is the Captain, please welcome aboard the newest crewmember on the Chuck Norris:
Ensign Daniel Hauser as our new Assistant Chief Medical Officer.
Normally I would ask that they are placed into the story, but Daniel was able to get ahead and make…
Author: Captain Aurther Winters
Posted on: Wed Jul 14th, 2021 @ 1:15pm
Category: General News
IDF's 20th Anniversary
Independence Fleet:
Thank you to everyone for the incredible journey we've been on these last 20 years. It simply can't be put into words. However, we've still tried, and we hope you enjoy this content:
20th Anniversary Message & Almanac
2021 Hall of Fame Inductees
Awards… For…
Author: Captain Grover vonMcCormick
Posted on: Sun Jul 4th, 2021 @ 9:19am
Category: General News
A New Crewmember
=/\= Incoming Transmission =/\=
All hands this is the Captain, please welcome aboard the newest crewmember on the Chuck Norris:
Ensign Ensign Silvio Costa as our new Chief Operations Officer.
For the purpose of the story, we will assume that he joined the Chuck Norris on Starbase 10.
Thank you,…
Author: Captain Aurther Winters
Posted on: Mon Jun 21st, 2021 @ 6:18pm
Category: General News
A New Crewmember
=/\= Incoming Transmission =/\=
All hands this is the Captain, please welcome aboard the newest crewmember on the Chuck Norris:
Ensign Merlar R'heil as one of our newest security officers.
I will allow her to introduce her character on her own, in which case feel free to be on Starbase…
Author: Captain Aurther Winters
Posted on: Tue Jun 15th, 2021 @ 6:31pm
Category: General News
IDF Awards Nominations for March 2021
Greetings to the intrepid crew of the Chuck Norris,
Here are the nominations sent in for the March IDF Award Nominations:
Best Post (Single Author): Commander Ech'am G'ginloss
https://chucknorris.idfleet.com/index.php/sim/viewpost/296
Best Post (Multiple Authors): Captain Aurther Winters & Lieutenant JG Steven Wright & Lieutenant JG Awal Kronnelti & Lieutenant JG Djon…
Author: Captain Aurther Winters
Posted on: Wed Apr 7th, 2021 @ 1:03pm
Category: General News
A New Crewmember
=/\= Incoming Transmission =/\=
All hands this is the Captain, please welcome aboard the newest crewmember on the Chuck Norris:
Lieutenant JG Steven McCloud as our new Chief Medical Officer.
I usually try to get these out before they post, but McCloud has beaten me to the punch. Please welcome…
Author: Captain Aurther Winters
Posted on: Wed Mar 24th, 2021 @ 6:30pm
Category: General News
Promotions and Update to the Roster
Good Day and hailing frequencies are open...
I want to say good to work to everyone for helping us not only push through to get the mission accomplished, but really stepped up our game and writing. It was a absolute pleasure to see, and I hope we can keep this…
Author: Captain Aurther Winters
Posted on: Mon Mar 22nd, 2021 @ 6:40pm
Category: General News
IDF Awards for February 2021
Greetings All!
The awards for February have been posted, please find them here.
https://www.idfleet.com/2021/03/09/monthly-awards-february-2021/
Congratulations are in order to our intelligence department.
Lieutenant John Wyatt brought home the MVP for the month.
Lieutenant (JG) Steven Wright bringing home the most improved.
Congrats again to you both, and here is hoping…
Author: Captain Aurther Winters
Posted on: Tue Mar 9th, 2021 @ 7:12pm
Category: General News
IDF Awards Nominations for February 2021
Greetings to the intrepid crew of the Chuck Norris,
Here are the nominations sent in for February IDF Award Nominations:
Best Post (Single Author): Lieutenant John Wyatt
https://chucknorris.idfleet.com/index.php/sim/viewpost/282
Best Post (Multiple Authors): Captain Aurther Winters & Lieutenant Commander Ech'am G'ginloss & Lieutenant JG Steven Wright & Cadet Sophomore Grade Xun…
Author: Captain Aurther Winters
Posted on: Wed Mar 3rd, 2021 @ 2:47am
Category: General News
Back to Basics
Greetings All...
I know I sound like a broken record, but I wanted to make sure that each of these announcements was separate from each other to make sure for ease of reading and understanding.
The Chuck Norris was founded as a "Open Sim" using the "Prose & Script" styles…
Author: Captain Aurther Winters
Posted on: Fri Feb 26th, 2021 @ 8:13pm
Category: General News
MIA, but making a comeback.
Greetings All,
I just want to thank you all for being patient with me, and the ship. Work and family have taken over my life for the last few weeks, so I have only be able to keep track of things a bit in helping move things along.
To help…
Author: Captain Aurther Winters
Posted on: Fri Feb 26th, 2021 @ 8:04pm
Category: General News
Loss of a crewmember
Greetings all,
Lieutenant Tyjuuc has decided to part ways with the Chuck Norris. We wish them all the best on their future endeavors. There character will be written out of the story in the future.
Thanks,
Justin/Winters
Author: Captain Aurther Winters
Posted on: Fri Feb 26th, 2021 @ 8:01pm
Category: General News
A New Crewmember
=/\= Incoming Transmission =/\=
All hands this is the Captain, please welcome aboard the newest crewmembers on the Chuck Norris:
Lieutenant JG Stellan Everson, Chief Operations Officer.
Welcome Stellan, normally I would say to post or log whenever you feel like it, but you already have so... welcome!
To the…
Author: Captain Aurther Winters
Posted on: Tue Feb 9th, 2021 @ 4:02am
Category: General News
A New Crewmember
=/\= Incoming Transmission =/\=
All hands this is the Captain, please welcome aboard the newest crewmembers on the Chuck Norris:
Ensign Djon Zyngh, Assistant Chief Science Officer
Welcome Djon, please feel free to jump in with a mission post or log at your leisure.
To the rest of the crew,…
Author: Captain Aurther Winters
Posted on: Mon Jan 25th, 2021 @ 7:54pm
Category: General News
Recap: Not Where I Belong
Hey All!
I know it's been almost a full month since we had really any action around here, so to help out I thought I would get a recap going to bring people back up to speed incase they have forgotten:
The U.S.S. Wayne, under the command of Captain Jenkins,…
Author: Captain Aurther Winters
Posted on: Thu Jan 21st, 2021 @ 2:18pm
Category: General News
IDF Awards Nominations for December 2020
Greetings to the intrepid crew of the Chuck Norris,
Here are the nominations sent in for Decembers IDF Award Nominations:
Best Post: Lieutenant Tyjuuc & Ensign Jack Keegan
https://chucknorris.idfleet.com/index.php/sim/viewpost/225
Funniest Post: Lt. Cmdr. G'ginloss & Lt. G'odoss & Ensign Keegan
https://chucknorris.idfleet.com/index.php/sim/viewpost/240
Genesis Post: None
Most Posts: Lieutenant J'goss Yass G'odoss…
Author: Captain Aurther Winters
Posted on: Mon Jan 11th, 2021 @ 7:35pm
Category: General News
Merry Christmas and a Happy New Year
Good Day to you All!
I would like to say a Merry Christmas, Happy Holidays and a Happy New Year to you all. I hope you all took advantage of the time to spend it with loved ones, and just take some time for yourselves well.
I know there has…
Author: Captain Aurther Winters
Posted on: Mon Jan 4th, 2021 @ 7:05pm
Category: General News
Congratulations you have graduated from Starfleet Academy! Now what?
Hey Everybody!
Whether you are new to the ship, new to simming or an experience simmer, I want to say welcome aboard, glad to have you and I hope we can all have some fun together.
I have seen that a few of you have been logging in, but still…
Author: Captain Aurther Winters
Posted on: Fri Dec 18th, 2020 @ 3:28am
Category: General News