From the end of the Carillon mission, I've decided to take us two years into the future. Santos is in command of Starbase Brigadoon, where Vanguard makes its home port. Zena Quetan has been promoted to the rank of captain and is in command of the Vanguard. Cynan Mandrake is no longer second officer of the Vanguard in a back story that, I hope, Mark will reveal for us. A few changes that you will notice if you look at the personnel pages on the Web site: http://ncv80221.net/personnel.htm Kieran Darkwater and Dr. Jaav E'thexx are the new Chief Science Officer and Chief Medical Officer, respectively, reflecting changes since Mel's character, Quetan, is now a captain and soon to be executive officer of the Vanguard, and we've bid farewell, unfortunately, to Alexa, who played Chief Medical Officer Dr. Droin. We've bid goodbye to a number of inactive players, and I'm waiting to hear from Raye (Desdemona), Andrea (Nostrova) and Alec (McCaw) about the future of their characters. I'm happy to say that, as far as I know, Shar, Miller and Kavan retain their positions and ranks. As you can see, from the number of changes and for the long interim since the Carillon mission, I thought it best to move the game forward to a point in the future, to explain both personnel changes and also to give us a "fresh start," perhaps lending us a fresh perspective. I've thought about some possible scenarios that I'll be discussing with Mel and Mark. In the meantime, we should be welcoming a new player in the near future. Thanks, Andy (Commodore Santos) _____________________________________________________________ USS Vanguard: http://www.ncv80221.net/default.htm Vanguard Archives: //www.freelists.org/archives/ncv80221 FreeLists: //www.freelists.org Trying to contact the USS Vanguard managers? Send an email to: vanguard.staff@xxxxxxxxx _____________________________________________________________