The 12th Fleet: Starbase Valhalla

YOU are Invited to
The Fleet-Wide Squad of the Month Meet!

The scheduling of the APRIL 2025 Squad of the Month meet is now OPEN.

By order of the Council of Admirals, after completion of the competition portion of the Meet, there will be a drawing at this month's SotM for:
PRIZE GIVE-AWAY
20 Million Energy Credits
Hello All!

Time to schedule the next meet!

• The leading option is: Saturday the 19TH
  
  The other choice(s): Saturday the 26TH.
  
  Saturday the 12TH is not an option, because I will be away running tech for a Quaker convention in Iowa that weekened.
  
  Post your availability or preferences for the date choice in a reply below.

What is Squad of the Month?
The Squad of the Month ("SotM") meet is a monthly fleet event that takes place on our 12th Discord server every month on a Saturday, the exact date determined by polling in a scheduling thread (such as this one).

The meet commences with an inter-squad competition to determine the Fleet's Squad of the Month. The competition is followed immediately by a drawing for EC from the Fleet Bank. Subsequent activities may include: group battle zone runs, teaming up to cruise TFO queues and Story-Line Missions, build advice, and just hanging out together on Discord.

The meet lasts about seven hours with an hour meal break midway. Members and their friends are welcome to join in at any time during the course of the event; you do not have to be there for the beginning or stay to the end. We are a casual fleet, and participation in any portion of the event is optional.

Scheduling the Meet:
The date for the meet is chosen based on allowing for the most attendance by members during the competition and prize give-away in the first half hour. Scheduling of the event is usually open in the forum for about a week before a date is chosen, but that time may be shorter in order to allow at least five days notice before the event date. The date chosen depends ultimately on who wants to participate and who will actually show up. Be sure of your commitment when requesting a date change because not showing up on a date that has been changed to accommodate you may mean your choice will get less weight in future event scheduling. Extra weight in scheduling will be given to the availability of those who are administering activities throughout the meet.

Rules for Competition:
The winner of the Squad of the Month is decided by competition between all squads with members present during the first 15 minutes of the meet ("the grace period"). By default the competition will consist of a bot race by a representative member from each of the qualifying squads. The representative squad member for the race will be chosen by the convener of the meet based on ranking squad command officer (or that officer’s designee), seniority, or election of the squad members in that order of preference. Any method other than bot race for determining the winner, must be agreed upon by all competing squad members present and approved by the convener of the meet (normally me) as being swift enough to be resolved simply without taking up the whole meet or leaving the winner undetermined beyond the end of the meet.

13th is a nope for me. the rest looks clear

26th is preferable to me

Im open any Saturday

Actually scrap what I said, I cant attend anyway ._.

The 26th would be better for me

Not able to make these meeting as life is still crazy busy for me. One day I will retire or slow down but hope everyone is good!!

Scheduling has been open more than a week. No conflicts were voiced to the suggested date. However, a preference was voiced by an administrator for the optional date. Unfortunately, this administrator has conflicts now that would preclude him participating for much of the optional date. Therefore, the date of the meet will be:

Saturday, April 19, 2025 at 19:00 UTC (i.e., 8PM BST, 3PM ET, 2PM CT, 12AM PT)

The scheduling of this month's meet is now CLOSED.

See you there!!!!!

Your Squad Needs YOU!
Saturday, April 19 at 19:00 UTC
(i.e., 8PM BST, 3PM EDT, 2PM CDT, 12PM PDT)


Squad of the Month meet is THIS COMING SATURDAY!

RENDEZVOUS
Earth Space Dock ("ESD")

For those who like to gather in game at the start of the event, this month we will be gathering at ESD.
The exact spot at ESD will be determined at the time. The gathering in game at a public location is to show off our fleet label to the STO community.

As always, the Meet will convene on our Discord in a channel relabeled "Squad of the Month" at the time set forth above.

PRIZE GIVE-AWAY
After completion of the competition portion of the Meet there will be a drawing on Discord for:
20 Million Energy Credits

What is Squad of the Month?
The Squad of the Month ("SotM") meet is a monthly fleet event that takes place on our 12th Discord server every month on a Saturday, the exact date determined by polling in a scheduling thread (such as this one).

The meet commences with an inter-squad competition to determine the Fleet's Squad of the Month. The competition is followed immediately by a drawing for EC from the Fleet Bank. Subsequent activities may include: group battle zone runs, teaming up to cruise TFO queues and Story-Line Missions, build advice, and just hanging out together on Discord.

The meet lasts about seven hours with an hour meal break midway. Members and their friends are welcome to join in at any time during the course of the event; you do not have to be there for the beginning or stay to the end. We are a casual fleet, and participation in any portion of the event is optional.

Rules for Competition:
The winner of the Squad of the Month is decided by competition between all squads with members present during the first 15 minutes of the meet ("the grace period"). By default the competition will consist of a bot race by a representative member from each of the qualifying squads. The representative squad member for the race will be chosen by the convener of the meet based on ranking squad command officer (or that officer’s designee), seniority, or election of the squad members in that order of preference. Any method other than bot race for determining the winner, must be agreed upon by all competing squad members present and approved by the convener of the meet (normally me) as being swift enough to be resolved simply without taking up the whole meet or leaving the winner undetermined beyond the end of the meet.