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Important Announcement from the Commanding Officer
Crew
It is with a heavy heart that I inform you of my decision to resign my command of the Manoora. I will also be standing down from all simming commitments, effective immediately.
The truth is, I’ve been struggling over the past year or so with several personal and professional…
Author: Captain Julius Whitlam
Posted on: Sat Nov 26th, 2016 @ 2:54pm
Category: Sim Announcement
An Excellent Month
Team
A quick news item to let you all know that we not only met our target of 2 post per player for the month of October, but beat it! This is an area we've been focusing on, so it is really good news that we've reached out goal.
So…
Author: Captain Julius Whitlam
Posted on: Thu Nov 3rd, 2016 @ 2:55pm
Category: General News
New Player
Hi Team
Just a quick announcement to let you know that we have a new player joining us. Please welcome Aaron, who is playing Lieutenant Commander Kiaon Solomon our new Ospreys Squadron Leader. He will initially be the Squadron's XO, but will find himself unexpectedly catapulted into the squadron leader's…
Author: Captain Julius Whitlam
Posted on: Thu Sep 8th, 2016 @ 12:38am
Category: Sim Announcement
Message from Chief of Fleet Operations
Hi Team
There's a discussion happening right now amongst the Fleet about Task Force organisational structures. Below is a message from Admiral Gates regarding this discussion and how you can have your say.
From the looks of it, the Manoora would transition, along with the rest of our Task Force,…
Author: Captain Julius Whitlam
Posted on: Tue Aug 16th, 2016 @ 6:16am
Category: General News
Loss of Player & Fighter NPCs
Hi Team
I'm sad to report that, due to ill health, we have officially lost Malcolm, who played 2nd Lieutenant Lancaster, one of our fighter jocks. He has been dealing with a difficult health situation for the past little while and I know I speak for everybody on the crew…
Author: Captain Julius Whitlam
Posted on: Mon Aug 15th, 2016 @ 3:16pm
Category: General News
Writing Challenge
Hi Crew
I know things are a little quiet right now, so I want to try and provoke some activity. I'm aware of some real life pressures that are affecting some players ability to tag in, and that's fine. However, this is having a flow-on effect to any JPs that…
Author: Captain Julius Whitlam
Posted on: Thu Aug 11th, 2016 @ 7:41am
Category: General News
News Update - June 2016
Team
What a fantastic month May was for the Manoora! I want to congratulate you for such a great effort - easily the best month we’ve had. And, to top it off, we won the Bronze Sim of the Month award for May as well!
Great job!
Also, terrific work…
Author: Captain Julius Whitlam
Posted on: Fri Jun 10th, 2016 @ 2:20pm
Category: General News
New Crew Member
Hi Everyone
We have a new writer joining our ranks. Please welcome Joy, who will be playing the ship’s Chief Counselor, Mikela Reyes.
Welcome aboard, Counselor.
Captain Julius Whitlam
Commanding Officer
Author: Captain Julius Whitlam
Posted on: Sat Nov 28th, 2015 @ 3:03pm
Category: Sim Announcement
Moving Forward
All Hands
It's been a quiet few months in the sim, so I'm keen to get things moving again.
I've just posted the senior staff briefing post, which outlines the part the Manoora will play in the Battle of Torros III. The post establishes that there is two hours between…
Author: Captain Julius Whitlam
Posted on: Sat Aug 8th, 2015 @ 5:32am
Category: General News
Quick Update
All Hands
A quick update for you all. We've had the first couple of posts of "First Strike" go out and, as you could tell from those posts, the Manoora has reached Starbase 310. We're mere hours from a shooting war.
The senior staff are working on a briefing post,…
Author: Captain Julius Whitlam
Posted on: Fri Jul 17th, 2015 @ 3:11pm
Category: General News
New Mission and Housekeeping
All Hands,
This month has been a bit slower than our first month, but I’m confident we’ll soon be able to pick that up. I have to shoulder most of the responsibility for that as we’ve come to the end of the Prologue mission and I haven’t had much time…
Author: Captain Julius Whitlam
Posted on: Sun Jun 28th, 2015 @ 2:01pm
Category: General News
One Month Down, Awards and the Mission
Hi Crew
We’ve now made it through the first month of the USS Manoora! Congratulations and a big thank you to everybody for signing up. I’m very pleased to have such a great group of writers come aboard so quickly.
At the beginning of May, we didn’t exist. Now, we’ve…
Author: Captain Julius Whitlam
Posted on: Sun Jun 7th, 2015 @ 1:54pm
Category: General News