Our Mission's to explore,
To seek out strange new worlds,new life,
To go where we have never gone,and meet the people there.
We voyage in the name of peace.We celebrate all life.
Diversity combined: it's the refrain that guildes our quest.
For different voices,even those that frighten us at first
Can join ours in harmonies we never could have dreamed;
Just as our voices all combine to sing the Song of Life
A whole that's greater than the sum,a chord of destiny.

I understand your fear- your dread of losing all you have,
That dread is known to us, more so than you could ever dream.

Like you today,we faced the end of our entire world.
We could have bowed to panic,helped to tear that world apart.
Instead,we let our fear inspire us all to stand as one.
To join in greater chorus,even with our enemies,
And sing a louder,richer song than any could alone
A harmony that won out over chaos and discord,
Resolved the darkest movement in our cosmic symphony.
And let us start anew,transposd into a brighter key.

Still,there is loss,I know.My grief will be an overtone
In every joyous song to come.For they'll be incomplete.
They'll lack a certian voice that I will never hear...

In all my songs thereafter,Void has sung one of the parts.
But Void must not be the loudest singer in the song.

We act in fear because we wish to change the course of Fate.
Believing we can stop the surge of oceans if we try.
But if we swim against the Song's inexorable flow,
We may just smash ourselves upon the shores of death and pain,
Destroyed by our misguided fight against that very doom.

There is no shame in fear,unless we let it make us deaf.
We've all known fear and loss; we need to heed each other's song
And add the voice the other lacks,fill in the aching void...
Not swim alone in fear until we lose our very selves.
Together,we can bring the song back into harmony.

Only together will we be able to start this new chapter in life.
Only together will this dream turn in to reality.
Only together will we bring the 12th Fleet to Greatness!!
It is one for all and all for one.
In Valhalla,
That is 12th Fleet,
Home of the best in STO.

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Ken
Research Division,Alpha Squad
The 12th Fleet
United Federation of Planets
USS Omnis Arcanum [Sol Class] NCC-96491
Currently on Shore Leave,Earth,Singapore
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I though that our fleet needed more to be bonded,
thus the poem.
So i hope you will post your views here,thanks.

ps:Arsinoe,i know i should have asked you,thus if you want to remove this thread,i have nothing to say.

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Ken
Research Division,Alpha Squad
The 12th Fleet
United Federation of Planets
USS Omnis Arcanum [Sol Class] NCC-96491
Currently on Shore Leave,Earth,Singapore
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Thanks for making this

Only together will we be able to start this new chapter in life.
Only together will this dream turn in to reality.
Only together will we bring the 12th Fleet to Greatness!!
It is one for all and all for one.
In Valhalla,
That is 12th Fleet,
Home of the best in STO.

I especially like this part. With recent events now is the time to stay together and accomplish great things, become the best

Yes we can !!

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Some very wise thoughts there.

"We've all known fear and loss; we need to heed each other's song
And add the voice the other lacks,fill in the aching void...
Not swim alone in fear until we lose our very selves.
Together,we can bring the song back into harmony."

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Mendal@Mendal
Vice Admiral of Resources
USS Volga
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Well sure we can
but we need all the fleet effort we can get ^^

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Ken
Research Division,Alpha Squad
The 12th Fleet
United Federation of Planets
USS Omnis Arcanum [Sol Class] NCC-96491
Currently on Shore Leave,Earth,Singapore
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Thx Mendal

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Ken
Research Division,Alpha Squad
The 12th Fleet
United Federation of Planets
USS Omnis Arcanum [Sol Class] NCC-96491
Currently on Shore Leave,Earth,Singapore
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Thx Mendal

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Ken
Research Division,Alpha Squad
The 12th Fleet
United Federation of Planets
USS Omnis Arcanum [Sol Class] NCC-96491
Currently on Shore Leave,Earth,Singapore
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Hey guys,i have a good one here.

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Ken
Research Division,Alpha Squad
The 12th Fleet
United Federation of Planets
USS Omnis Arcanum [Sol Class] NCC-96491
Currently on Shore Leave,Earth,Singapore
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Are u willing to settle for an ordinary life?
Or do you think you were meant for something better?
Something special?

You will forever be a child of two worlds,
Capable of choosing your own destiny.
The only question you face is,
Which path will you choose?

Will your believes,faith and destiny push you along your path?
Will the path you chose,
Be one of Greatness, powered by the kindness of mankind?
Or will it be one of Darkness, powered by the anger of mankind?

We have proven to be capable of great emotions.
Happiness and Saddness,Joy and Anger,Love and Hatred.

We chose what we want to be.
Be it one that is surrounded be friends,equals,always striving for the best.
Be it one that cut himself off from others,working in silent solitude.
Be it one that embraces good.
Be it one that condons evil.

This is what set us apart from others.
The one thing that makes us unique.
Infinite Diversity in Infinite Combinations

Thus,it is never really about what others are,
It's about what you have become.
And what results in the two meeting each other.

And that decision is only wishful thinking until you take that first irreversible step.
You can tell yourself that you have already decided, that nothing now can stop you,
but if that step backwards is so much safer than step forwards,
what will hold you true to your path when the going gets tough?
Sometimes, the right thing to do is to take that first irreversible step,
the one after which you cannot go back.
And now, for you, this will mark the begining for a fresh new start.

Will you sail with the 12th Fleet under the flag of the federation?
Or will you aid the kilingons?

The choice is yours.

Join 12thFleet now!!

http://www.12th-fleet.com/

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Ken
Research Division,Alpha Squad
The 12th Fleet
United Federation of Planets
USS Omnis Arcanum [Sol Class] NCC-96491
Currently on Shore Leave,Earth,Singapore
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how's that for a recruitment post??

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Ken
Research Division,Alpha Squad
The 12th Fleet
United Federation of Planets
USS Omnis Arcanum [Sol Class] NCC-96491
Currently on Shore Leave,Earth,Singapore
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