All: I'm happy to hear from Mark, Melanie and Warren (who was connected with Gamma Fleet). Thank you! Again, if anyone knows how to contact Steve (Darkwater), Angus (Shar) or Jonathon (E'thexx), that would be tremendously helpful. My contact information for them seems to be outdated. I'm hard at work on the post (and still holding out hope that we'll hear from a few more people). To give you an idea on what to do about your characters, present continuity will be five years from the last Vanguard post, which involved Santos being recovered after being held prisoner by the Romulans. I know that particular thread was never completed, but because of the tone of those posts (Santos was held captive and brainwashed, so the Vanguard's entire history as witnessed by Santos is suspect), this leaves this new thread open-ended. It also gives us (particularly me) some distance from those events so that we can touch upon them (or not), and frankly, it really has been about five years since we did a complete Vanguard group fiction. (Has it really been that long? It's hard to believe.) I'm curious what our characters have been up to, and because their creators are also five years older, maybe a little wiser, we can reflect on our characters in a different way. In a nutshell, it's both starting anew...and picking up right where we left off. I'm hard at work on the post now (and taking a break to write this email so that you don't think I've forgotten), and as I begin, Dominic Santos is on board a starbase--his new post--and anxiously awaiting the crew of the Vanguard for their annual reunion. I'm glad you decided to take one more spin with me. I hope it will be worth your while. Your friend, Andy _____________________________________________________________ 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 _____________________________________________________________