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Sorry for the delay - work travel monday + tuesday (plus no wifi in the hotel) and I caught the plague AND work has at least 3 crises going on at the moment. I'd like to get an update tonight, but I'm going to glug some nyquil and hit the sack instead. fingers crossed for tomorrow.

Worst case scenario I'll be back among the living on Monday (i'm crash coursing to get well because I'm skiing Sun Valley Saturday and Sunday unless I'm throwing up or have lost a limb).

I just wanted to let you all know that my wife is giving birth to our first baby very soon. We're inducing on the 14th if she does not go into labor before then. I honestly have no idea how this will effect how frequently I can post once the adventure starts.

No problem, I'll move your character along if we don't hear from you in a while. Honestly though, I'd concentrate on my family now if I were you. Those first weeks with a newborn in the house are hectic, and amazing! You really don't want to miss that. Congratulations on the coming baby, and we'll see you again when we see you :)

Azira is certainly right, those first few weeks are interesting.

I will probably be getting my character up this weekend when I have a moment to deal with it. :)

I've managed to submit the Commander.

I figured between his emergency medicine and cmbrian's engineer with a decent medical score we were covered. :)

So, this week got a bit busy as well, but let's get this party started now.

By the way, i noticed some errors in the characters submitted so far (or did I not notice some customization options?)

Reiter should have 7 in Reason, not 8.
Nosim should have 3 in Conn, not 2, 2 in security, not 4 and 2 in medicine, not 3.

I'm approving the characters to get things moving, but please fix them (or correct me if I've missed something)

I'll have the first post up shortly

Nosim corrected. Could have sworn I started this with a cut/paste. Guess not.
So Captain is Cmdr Reiter, Science Officer is Sevek, Con is Phenna, and Engineer Lt.(JG) Nosim?

What are Sevek & Phenna's new ranks? And how did you guys who kept your old characters enjoy making up their additional values, focuses, and talents? I was a bit intimidated which influenced my decision to take a new character.

Afaik everyone has changed chars, but Dramasailor and Tricorder has yet to submit them.

The cast:
Dramasailor: Captain Sumek, Captain of the U.S.S. Venture
Falryx: : Cmnd. Waldemar Reiter, Executive Officer (second in command?)
Mr_Tricorder: Lt. Cmnd Sabin Jiral, Chief of Security
Combrian: Lt. (JG) Cordal Nosim, Chief of Engineering

I put the first post up before everyone submitted so we might get moving. Mr. Tricorder might be afk for a bit though, but I'll just assume his char is "around" until he's back. If we need his char, I'll play his char (but just assume he's on silent vigil for now)

Submitted sorry!

No problem, approved :)

I'm starting to re-introduce non-baby-related things back into my routine and finally submitted my character sheet for Sabin Jiral. I'm still not sure how often I'll be posting, but I'll post when I can.

Congratulations, Mr_T!!"

Congratulations indeed! And as I said before, don't worry about this, I'll move things along if needed.

Congrats for sure!

Funbabytime!

Good luck and have fun -- and best of luck with all the unsolicited advice you'll receive from parents, friends and strangers. In that vein I'd like to say: there's no instruction book and so far no demonstrable "best way" to raise a kid. Do what works for you and keeps your family unit strong and happy and that will pay off in the end!

No instruction book? Nobody told you? We are living in the future, it's here now: Baby Owners Manual. Bought it when we were awaiting our first one. Can't say it got that much use though, who has time to read with a baby in the house? ;)

Off to ski for a week! slow-to-no posting likely from me. Generally my intent is to have Reiter swing by his quarters and use the refresher and just happen to pick up, you know, his phaser, to complete the tour. Commander Jiral's suspicions are infectious.