The 12th Fleet: Starbase Valhalla

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

The scheduling of the July 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 12th.
  
  Saturday the 26th is off the table because I will be away doing the audio/video/broadcasting tech for a Quaker convention in Iowa. Scheduling will close on the evening of Monday, July 7, to give enough notice time if the 12th is chosen.
  
  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.

The 12th is no good for me

there are no good times. 12-13, 20, 27 are all race days. and there's a game convention on the 19th via steam and youtube.

Scheduling has been open only three days, but is closing now because a choice would need to be now on on of the two choices to give sufficient notice. Conflicts have been voiced to all dates by one member, and a definite conflict voiced by admin to the optionally suggested date. Therefore, the date of the meet will be:

Saturday, July 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.

I am unable to do the Squad Of The Month but do hope everyone has a great time. Take care everyone.

might wanna get the word out

Your Squad Needs YOU!
Saturday, July 19, 2025, at 19:00 UTC
(i.e., 8PM BST, 3PM EDT, 2PM CDT, 12PM PDT)


Squad of the Month meet is THIS COMING SATURDAY!

RENDEZVOUS
on Risa

For those who like to gather in game at the start of the event, this month we will be gathering at Risa for the Summer Event
(exact spot on the planet TBD, but probably the dance floor).
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.

Lupy's engineering skill have improved

Lupy wrote: Mon July 21st, 2025 5:11 pm Lupy's engineering skill have improved

Apparently so have the hacks!