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Reply #2425 – November 10, 2017, 09:59:21 AM

JFIDDLE'S MEMBERSHIP TERMINATED DUE TO INACTIVITY

After sending several posting reminders without answer, and given the chance to return to active status or inform us whether or not he means to stay and write with us, Jfiddle's short tenure as a member here on Theurgy has ended. He has not logged in for almost a month so I hope he is okay.

His character, Vereyn Kiiz, has been in two threads, the latest an ongoing one with Brutus. My recommendation to Brutus is that he edits his last post to end the thread, and Kiiz can become an NPC of ours. Since he is a Trill, perhaps the host has an unfortunate accident and one of our unjoined Trill can get the symbiont? There are a few possibilities I can foresee, but either way, he remains listed as an NPC for the time being.

Ens. Vereyn Kiiz Transporter Specialist [NPC]

- Available to All Players

If someone cares to inherit Transport Officer Kiiz, please let me know. If not, I hope to be able to use the backgrounds or re-purpose the character images I made for this character somehow.

AND THE GM'S COMMENDATION GOES TO...

I would also hereby like to hand out a second Sim Contribution Award. Namely the GM's Commendation.

Awarded by the GM in appreciation for any act or contribution to the sim which is especially superogatory, rising above and beyond expectations.

The Recipient is...

Kaligos

When I decided on a recipient for this inaugural commendation, I considered a lot of aspects of what made the Theurgy community what it is today. I realised that the greatest difference from when we were hosted at House of Eros was the lack of our Discord Server, and I further realised how all of our current writers are there. Our chatroom has brought us all together in a way that we merely could via individual Skype accounts or in PMs before.

True, the chatroom will never negate the need for PMs here on the forum, since its incredibly awkward and time-consuming to try and keep up with all that is chatted about in the channels. News and announcements are lost, I can never keep track on plot ideas in the maelstrom of voices there, and there is no kind of ease in maintaining accessible posterity. So, the forum still the main platform of this community, and not just because of the story development on the boards.

However, Kaligos saw the potential and created the Discord chatroom for us all, and despite my initial reservations, look at us now, and how we can all chat on a daily basis and trade ideas for one-on-one threads in real time. The Discord chat has become a glue that binds us together rather than us being on islands all around the world and sending PMs for every little minor idea. Now, we can write a PM when it's important, when we need to keep something for posterity, or when we ask for it. I know many still prefer PMs over Discord DMs, and I am certainly one of them, but I feel the chat and the Forum's inbox are in no competition with each other since they cover different kinds of communication.

So, thank you @Kaligos for convincing me to trade Skype for Discord, and in doing so, making Theurgy the kind of community it is today. You may protest and say it was a small thing to practically do, but regardless the initial effort, I think I am not alone when I say that your contribution to the sim is worthy of this commendation. Consider this award our collective token of appreciation.

Best Regards,

Auctor Lucan
Game Moderator

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Reply #2426 – November 10, 2017, 02:08:24 PM

Waking up to that message made me blush. Thank you @Auctor Lucan.

To those i rp with sorry i have been slow the last few weeks ive been finishing my education. Im wrapping up my second to last course this month and gaduating in april. Hard to believe ive been at university for three years but its all about to pay off.

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Reply #2427 – November 12, 2017, 05:48:14 PM

You deserve the kudos, Kaligos!

Just chiming in to say I continue to enjoy all that I've been reading here and am so excited to have Absinthe helping out on the Counseling side. Hayden is dedicated to her work, but oh boy, she could use a friend in her trench! LOL

In any case,. I'm here, and though I will be visiting family for most of the coming week, the 6 hour car ride will allow me to catch up and get inside Hayden's head to put fingers to keyboard.

~Lori

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Reply #2428 – November 15, 2017, 08:47:24 AM

TWO AWARD POLLS

Tomorrow is the last day to vote on the nominations in the Suus Mahna and Pon Farr award categories. The two polls can be found here:

Suus Mahna Award Poll 2017

Pon Farr Award Poll 2017

The nominee(s) who get the most votes will receive the Suus Mahna or Pon Farr award respectively. If you are a Nominee, you may not vote on your own scene(s). Thank you in advance for your voting in these award categories!

TEARS & LAUGHTER | AWARD NOMINATIONS

There have only been a single nomination for one of these awards, and the nomination time expires tomorrow as well. I have no anonymous nominations in my PM inbox either.

Awarded to the main contributing writers in a humorous scene or situation that stands out way above the norm in terms of inducing laughter for the readers.

Awarded to the main contributing writers in a dramatic scene or situation that stands out way above the norm in terms of emotional impact, keeping the readers on the edge of their seats and wondering what may come next.

If there are more nominations made, two separate polls will be posted on the 17th of November for these two award categories. Here is the thread where you post your nominations:

Tears & Laughter | Award Nominations

You may also submit your nominations anonymously via PM to me. I look forward to read your nominations!

Best Regards,

Auctor Lucan

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Reply #2429 – November 16, 2017, 12:13:37 PM

I have done a nomination for both awards. Sorry I didn't get to it sooner.

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And congratulations Kaligos!!!! I must say I love the discord server chat. It was a fabulous idea and you definitely deserve the award!

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Reply #2430 – November 17, 2017, 10:53:01 PM

The votes in the two recent polls are in, and here are the results!

THE SUUS MAHNA AWARD WENT TO CANADIANVET, DOC M. & AUCTOR LUCAN

Nomination: In a series of posts, CanadianVet and Auctor Lucan set out to create one very epic battle of the fates that would determine the course of events that would follow. Shoutout to Doc M. as well for that glorious portrayal with Billy Bob. All the participating writers did not hold back on providing a very detailed description of the characters and the scenery as they engaged and interacted in mortal combat.

More importantly, they did not encroach on becoming unnecessarily long-winded or monotonous. The flow of writing was smooth, perfect and just right, keeping the pace, holding the interest and the progress constant. Every post was a cliffhanger as the outcome was genuinely uncertain until it came about. And it was an epic ending for a major villain in the story.

Links:
Invictus

THE PON FARR AWARD WENT TO SUMMERDAWN & STEELPHOENIX

Nomination: They did an excellent job of keeping an appropriate focus on the biological imperative behind the act of love making but at the same time balanced it with K'Ren's and Deacon's personal history and their motivations. There are some aspects that stands out from the norm of scenes like these, and K'Ren being in heat is just one of them. There is also the dramatic build-up to the scene, with Deacon undergoing surgery to survive Virus 117, and the Devoted making an attempt at his life.

Link: Day 02 [1600 hrs.] Of Serendipity and Vicissitude

SERA VERS ALDNOAH NEW AVAILABLE CHARACTER

Because of his tough RL commitments, Mathis will no longer be playing his inherited characters Sera vers Aldnoah anymore. Mathis will, of course, remain a member in our sim and continue writing his own character Derik Veradin, and this in a more timely manner in terms of posting frequency I am really happy about Mathis staying with us still, and I look forward to continue reading the threads where Derik Veradin is involved.

As for the scenes Sera vers Alndoah is in right now, I will be jumping in to solve those threads in the interim before this awesome characters get a new writer. This will not be too tough for me, hoping that people will enjoy the way I handle it. Sera, the one flying the unique ship Sabine, is a really important character in the story, and I hope that whomever is interested in her is able to really commit him or herself to writing her.

Ms. Sera vers Aldnoah Explorer (NPC)

- Formerly Played by Mathis

If you would like to inherit this character, you should contact me over PM and I will be able to provide all information about what the character has been up to so far in the story, as well as potential development for her. Please consider also how you, as the new writer of the character, has a creative license to change the way s/he is played.

Here are our current available characters, aside from the two above: Available Characters

TWO NEW AWARD POLLS

Lastly, thank you to those who took their time to make nominations in the Pakled Order and Inner Light award categories. Now, the nomination time has expired, and two polls have been posted, one for each award category:

Pakled Order Award Poll 2017

Inner Light Award Poll 2017

The polls will run for 7 days, in which those who cast their votes should take a few minutes to read the linked scenes first. The nominee(s) who get the most votes will receive the Pakled Order or Inner Light Award respectively. If you are a Nominee, you may not vote on your own scene(s).

Thank you in advance for your voting in these award categories!

Best Regards,

Auctor Lucan

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Reply #2431 – November 18, 2017, 03:20:15 PM

HAPPY BIRTHDAY OMARDEX!

It just came to my attention that @Omardex , the 3D artist that brought Thea's design to life, celebrates his birthday today. Congrats! 😀

1000 WATCHERS ON DEVIANTART AND 500 ON TUMBLR!

Our art has a big audience by now, and still growing. We just passed the 1000 watchers milestone on DeviantArt and 500 on Tumblr. It's quite incredible, really.

That's all for now! 😀

Best Regards,

Auctor Lucan

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Reply #2432 – November 21, 2017, 04:06:41 PM

Hi all, Sorry for the lack of communication lately. I've been rather busy at work with some ridiculous shifts, as well as moving house. I had intended the move to go faster but some complications with the new house delayed factors.

I'm going to be quiet for a little longer as I've just had a call to say that my last living grandparent has about 48 hours left to live and as such, I'm going to rush across the country to see if I can make it there in time to say goodbye.

Wish me luck.

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Reply #2433 – November 21, 2017, 05:36:40 PM

@Arista Godspeed and best of luck.

@Kaligos I'm a little late in replying to this, but congratulations on the much deserved award. The Discord chat has fused us into an even tighter knit community, and its all because you had an idea and ran with it. Well done sir, well done

Slowly making my way through my posting backlog. Its going to be a busy week but its a week without work, or (hopefully) health issues so I'd like to think i can make some progress

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Reply #2434 – November 21, 2017, 10:06:31 PM

MAKING AN EXCEPTION, IN THE FORM OF ZYRAO NATAUNA!

The timing for when we closed recruitment and character creation was very untimely for one of our newer members, namely Blue Zephyr. She had joined us by inheriting Eun Sae Ji, with plans to create a character of her own creation soon. I closed this opportunity in front of her nose, and Blue Zephyr has felt that she is kind of locked only writing one character, showing that she has no problems posting often. Moreover, her character concept fit the story in the Sabine Away Mission, since her new character joins the story through the Klingon carrier IKS Hakkarl, which just arrived in the thread Zoom Zoom.

Her character can be found here:

Zyrao Natauna Strategist

- Played by Blue Zephyr

This El-Aurian has a long backstory, suffering from bad experiences in her long life, but she's quite resourceful too. Hope you like her, for I know that I do!

So, recruitment is still closed until further notice, this exception being fair because Blue Zephyr was merely playing an inherited character.

Best Regards,

Auctor Lucan
Game Moderator

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Reply #2435 – November 22, 2017, 11:07:26 AM

Oooh a fun new character!! That's awesome @Blue Zephyr! Can't wait to see her in action!

@Arista, I hope the trip is a good one and you make it in time. Prayers and best wishes following you all the way!

In other news, I have been stricken with a rather virulent virus and have had a posting delay because of it. I apologize. This year has not been a great one for my health. I finally saw the doctor on Monday and he mandated that I take 2 days off work to recover. Not the best timing from a work perspective (literally the busiest week of the year for retail), but so far great for my health and my posts! I've been able to rest and catch up on my writing so.. I feel like it's good timing there. I hope to get most things caught up before my shift on thanksgiving, since I don't know how much time I'll have between Thursday and next Tuesday to fit them in around work and sleep.

I may chime in on Discord a bit, but I'm going to mostly focus on replying to things and taking naps, haha.

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Reply #2436 – November 22, 2017, 02:31:35 PM

@Blue Zephyr very cool character idea there. you probably should expect Zrinka to hit on her though ;-)

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Reply #2437 – November 22, 2017, 02:39:20 PM

Thanks guys! I'm so excited to really get into the meat of who Zyrao is and everything that she can be in the future. @Even Angels Cry I hope you feel better! Make sure you take as many naps as possible! @Josie she is MORE than welcome to try. I'm excited to put Zy into some fun situations!!!

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Reply #2438 – November 26, 2017, 10:12:24 AM

PLEASE CONGRATULATE THE AWARD RECIPIENTS OF THE PAKLED ORDER AND THE INNER LIGHT AWARD

The votes in the two recent polls are in, and here are the results!

THE PAKLED ORDER WENT TO DOC M.

Nomination:
Between Tessa Lance and Billy Bob, Doc M never fails to make me laugh. With both those characters, Doc M brings in a great deal of much needed comic relief, but without beating us over the head with gratuitous slapstick comedy, compromising the humanity and three-dimensional aspects of the characters or turning the characters themselves into buffoons whose sole reason for existing is to lighten the mood. But he brings a levity to this sim, which to be fair tends to be pretty grim and helps keep things into perspectives, and the rest of us on our toes with the way they behave.

Links:
https://uss-theurgy.com/forum/index.php/topic,2146.0.html@msg13120
https://uss-theurgy.com/forum/index.php/topic,1197.0.html - Frankly, any thread with Billy Bob O'Connell.

THE INNER LIGHT AWARD WENT TO AUCTOR LUCAN, KALIGOS, SUMMERDAWN & NOLAN

Nomination & Links by Even Angels Cry:
Up until the meeting with Ian Hawthorne, I (like many others) didn't know what to expect. There had been a few posts to indicate his condition (affected my parasites) and I didn't think negotiations would go as planned, but in no way did I see any of these bombshells coming. Each time one of the threads was updated, I found myself clicking immediately to read what had been posted. As the grisly story unfolded further, there were several shocking key moments. I have listed them below as my nomination links, and each of them left me dangling on the edge of a cliff, waiting for the next piece of the story. In total, the story as a whole was a true piece of epic writing and each author should be celebrated. There were many excellent action and combat scenes, but this particular award is for dramatic writing with emotional impact, and I have not yet read a scene that affected me as much as this one or in as many places & with as many characters throughout it.

There are a multitude of phenomenal posts here, but I will link a few that stand out to me.

Ian Hawthorne showing a glimmer of humanity in his final moment- https://uss-theurgy.com/forum/index.php/topic,1202.msg10105.html#msg10105
Ryuan Sel making an impossible choice - https://uss-theurgy.com/forum/index.php/topic,1202.msg10057.html#msg10057
Tristan Kendrick doing the unthinkable - https://uss-theurgy.com/forum/index.php/topic,1202.msg9852.html#msg9852
Cameron Henshaw when the truth was revealed- https://uss-theurgy.com/forum/index.php/topic,1201.msg9841.html#msg9841

SCIENCE & SOUL AWARD NOMINATIONS

Nominations for two new Writing Awards are now open until the 3rd of December, where two separate polls will be posted on the 4th of December for the two award categories and their nominated scenes respectively.

This time the awards are these:

This is dedicated to a writer who mines Stark Trek canon for technical or cultural details, or built an species that truly stand out in originality. To read posts from this writer is to feel as if one is walking in the shoes of a real person in the Star Trek universe. Details should have long-lasting effects on the Theurgy story as a whole.

This award is bestowed on a writer who demonstrated extraordinary character development and depth of writing. The character's plot goals are long-term with life-altering changes.

Here is the thread where you post your nominations:

Science & Soul | Award Nominations

You may also submit your nominations anonymously via PM to me. I look forward to read your nominations!

Best Regards,

Auctor Lucan

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Reply #2439 – November 26, 2017, 10:41:23 AM

Well,

I just wanted to say congrats to Auctor, Summerdawn, Kaligos, and Nolan.

You guys did awesome in those scenes and I tip my cap you you, even if my initial reaction was to say something like this -

(I am just being funny with this and in no way wish to imply I am upset or anything like that. There will be other awards and I don't write to win awards, I write for the love of the praise I get for writing! (that was also a joke) )

Anyway, sorry for the long delays between my posts. I don't have an excuse other than I am slow and I am trying to only do posts when I have it in me and not force myself to do them. So it takes me forever, sorry.

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Reply #2440 – November 26, 2017, 11:22:02 AM

Congratulations to my fellow writers who won. You've all deserved it!
Also thank you for all those who have voted on us.

On another note, posting on my end might slow down as I'm planning to move to a new apartment in the next coming days. My provider for internet and television can't keep up, so I might be off desktop internet for a week or two. I'll check in with mobile, but expect delays nevertheless.

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Reply #2441 – November 26, 2017, 06:08:04 PM

Congratulations one and all! Well deserved acknowledgement for your ongoing labors of love.

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Reply #2442 – November 27, 2017, 05:07:18 PM

Congratulations to you all! You're an inspiration to the rest of us! :D

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Reply #2443 – December 02, 2017, 11:58:37 PM

A NEW SPECIES ADDED TO STAR TREK: THEURGY

Today, @Hastata-Nerada should be proud to reveal his new contribution to our story, namely the Kataan species!

>> Link to the Species Page

A submission of excellent quality, and perhaps foreshadowing the appearance of a character of this species further down the line. Thank you so much for the time and research you put into the creation of the Kataan, and for wanting them added to our site.

I hope you all will all enjoy the reading, because they are well worth the time.

SCIENCE & SOUL AWARD NOMINATIONS

A final reminder that the deadline for nominations closes today. These are the awards:

This award is bestowed on a writer who demonstrated extraordinary character development and depth of writing. The character's plot goals are long-term with life-altering changes.

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Reply #2444 – December 03, 2017, 05:51:26 AM

I want to apologize to all those who have been waiting so patently for replies from me. The past few weeks have been particularly difficult with work going into an overdrive for the impending holidays (we shut down for half a week for Thanksgiving then a full week for Christmas-New Years so everything that would normally be done then has to be done ahead of time). This has been compounded by the end of DST, which completely threw my pattern off (I've caught myself falling asleep around dinnertime the past few weeks).

Thankfully I've managed to get my feet back under me along those fronts, so I'll be able to start posting more regularly again. I'll do my best to catch up as quickly as I can, my plan is to focus on the longest-waiting threads first, and work my way up through the list.

If anyone needs me to reply by a certain time give me a poke and let me know, college taught me that deadlines are a great way to get my creative juices flowing. ^^

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Reply #2445 – December 03, 2017, 10:40:11 PM

TWO NEW AWARD POLLS

Hello Theurgists! Thank you to those who took their time to make nominations in the Researcher's Medal and Depth of Character award categories. Now, the nomination time has expired, and two polls have been posted, one for each award category:

Researcher's Medal Award Poll 2017

Depth of Character Award Poll 2017

The polls will run for 7 days, in which those who cast their votes should take a few minutes to read the linked scenes first. The nominee(s) who get the most votes will receive the Researcher's Medal or Depth of Character award respectively. If you are a Nominee, you may not vote on yourself, but you are free to vote on your fellow competitors.

Thank you in advance for your voting in these award categories!

Best Regards,

Auctor Lucan

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Reply #2446 – December 04, 2017, 12:44:26 PM

CHANGE OF PLANS: EPISODE 05 COMING SOON...

Today, I am posting a fresh story overview here in the Main OOC thread, so that we are all on the same page about who is next to post where. Posting frequency is still quite low, and the Random Encounters are still not taking off as they should, so I hope we can all get things rolling again. Remember that the Random Encounters can happen on Day 02 as well, of course.

Because of the lull in posting, I will have to end the Interregnum prematurely, and kick things off along the lines of the Story Workshop result with a new Episode that will feature the Asurians, the Sheromi and Task Force Archeron, doing that story as an Episode instead of sub-plots in this Interregnum. The new idea is that Episode 05 starts off right after the Away Mission ends, sometime around 1500 hrs. on Day 03.

So, stay tuned for more information on this, and just to be clear, those who wish to keep writing in the Interregnum can still do that since a lot of Day 02's late evening and the first half of Day 03 remains unwritten. The story must, however, go on to inspire new development.

STORY OVERVIEW

Currently, we are writing in Day 02 and 03 of the Interregnum, with Day 01 off limits for posting new thread starters. The Sabine Away Mission has begun on Day 03. You may post starters on Day 03 up until 1400 hrs., which is concurrent with when the Sabine Away Mission has ended and they - at the earliest - might have gotten back to the Theurgy. So, here are the posting rules for the Interregnum at the moment:

Day 01 was the same day as the Battle of Starbase 84. No new threads are allowed to be made during Day 01 any more. So, Day 01 is off limits for new threads.
The latest point at which threads can be started on Day 03 is 1400 hrs.
Day 03 is off limits as of later than 1400 hrs. for the time being. You may post starters set before then (only not on Day 01)

RANDOM ENCOUNTER LIST FOR DAY 03

Here is the result of the random encounters for Day 02 or 03 (up until 1400 hrs.)!

The two writers that have been paired need to figure out a way to do it, and the third column will suggest a location for the two characters to meet. The writer with a character in the left column is the one who posts the starter. I have taken the liberty to cross out the threads already started with green lines, and used yellow for scenes where the writers have expressed wishes to forego the scene due to different reasons. Either the scene has already happened, one or two writers are overburdened, a member has left or a character is in no state to see anyone (injured/dead/stasis/etc.)

If anyone wants to cross out more scenes on this list, feel free to contact me! These encounters are not meant to be mandatory, but a fun thing, so please don't feel forced into anythig, lol.

Best Regards,

Auctor Lucan

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Reply #2447 – December 04, 2017, 11:50:18 PM

Don't forget that December is the big holiday month. I suspect that posting is going to be sluggish until January.

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Reply #2448 – December 05, 2017, 03:38:25 PM

Update to the writers involved with my merry bunch of characters.
I'm hoping to resume posting somewhere next week as my move is getting finalized. If internet and the sorts are decently and steadily hooked up I should be able to find some time to get some actual posting done.
Hope to hear from you all and I'm looking forward to read up on the various threads!

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Reply #2449 – December 06, 2017, 03:08:17 AM

THE COVER ART FOR EPISODE 05: COURAGE IS FEAR

I might tinker some more with it, but it's finished for the evening, and I hope you like it.

More information:

First six chapters chalked up for Episode 05: Protectors of Truth. Prologue and Chapter 1 synopsis finished too. Those two will be in the first phase of the Episode. Chapters 2 to 5 will be the second phase, posted simultaneously. So, to begin with, there will be 2 threads, and then, when those have run their course, there will be 4 new ones.

G'night!

Best,

Auctor Lucan