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2024!

I know its a bit late... But welcome to 2024!

Sorry I've been rather busy with real life these last few weeks, it always happens this time of year. But, now lets really push forward and get back into writing again!

We're nearly done with our current mission 'Cracks in…

Author: Captain Akeno Misaki
Posted on: Sun Jan 28th, 2024 @ 2:17pm
Category: General News


Christmas Side Mission!

To All Crew!

I have made a side-mission called "Christmas!". It shall be open from now until the end of the first week in January. This side mission allows us to do some festive posts and writing. Participation in this mission is voluntary!

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Mission Rules

- All Posts…

Author: Captain Akeno Misaki
Posted on: Fri Dec 15th, 2023 @ 10:13pm
Category: General News


IDF 22nd Anniversary!

So, today is the 22nd Anniversary of Independence Fleet, our little home away from home!

This year we as CO's were asked to produce a 'Movie Poster' for a little bit of a fun contest. I decided to make a poster for our current mission 'Cracks in the Mirror' and…

Author: Captain Akeno Misaki
Posted on: Tue Jul 4th, 2023 @ 11:51pm
Category: General News


Its Spooky Season!

To all crew!

Its coming upto Spooky Season, which means... Halloween! (Insert spooky ghost wail here).

To celebrate the Spooky Holiday, I have created a side-mission for those who want to write something festive.

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All posts in this mini-side-mission will be Out of Timeline so they can…

Author: Captain Akeno Misaki
Posted on: Wed Oct 19th, 2022 @ 11:42am
Category: General News


Arista Recap and New Mission - When on Risa.

To all crew!

End of Arista

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Congratulations and well done for such a successful mission! 'Arista' was one of our best missions yet to date! Not only did we see some fantastic writing but also some amazing character development and actions scenes. I thoroughly enjoyed every…

Author: Captain Akeno Misaki
Posted on: Tue Aug 2nd, 2022 @ 4:16am
Category: General News


Wayfarer Status Update

Attention all Wayfarer Crew!

Welcome!

First of all, a big welcome to Ray/Starduster who is joining us as Lieutenant Rania Bhatti our new Chief Counsellor. He is a good friend of mine and a wonderful writer, if you want some craziness or something different than Ray is your guy. Please…

Author: Captain Akeno Misaki
Posted on: Mon Feb 7th, 2022 @ 12:46am
Category: General News


New Year!

To all crew!

I just wanted to take a few moments to wish you all a happy new year and fill you in on what I am going to be doing with the Wayfarer this year.

I understand that the sim has been a little slow over the last few…

Author: Captain Akeno Misaki
Posted on: Tue Jan 11th, 2022 @ 2:33am
Category: General News


IDF's 20th Anniversary

Independence Fleet:

Thank you to everyone for the incredible journey we've been on these last 20 years. It simply can't be put into words. However, we've still tried, and we hope you enjoy this content:

20th Anniversary Message & Almanac

2021 Hall of Fame Inductees

Awards… For…

Author: Admiral Charles Star
Posted on: Sun Jul 4th, 2021 @ 9:16am
Category: General News


Mission Update & New Mission

To all crew

We are finally getting near to the end of our current mission. Once the post is finished where we put all three realities back together we will be returning to Earth. At Earth we will drop off Captain Sprague and Akeno will take full command of the…

Author: Captain Akeno Misaki
Posted on: Wed Nov 4th, 2020 @ 3:15am
Category: General News


New Chief Science Officer

Please give a warm welcome to Lieuteant Junior Grade Raymond Bailey.
Who will be playing as our Chief Science Officer.

Please make him feel welcome crew. And welcome Lieuteant

Sincerely
Lieutenant Commander Zoey Perkins

Author: Lieutenant Commander Zoey Perkins
Posted on: Tue Oct 20th, 2020 @ 8:01pm
Category: General News


Mission Update & New Crew!

To all crew of the Wayfarer!

First of all, please welcome Petty Officer 3rd Class Caleb Stone who has joined our engineering department! Give him a warm welcome!

Mission Update

Currently the Wayfarer crew are seperated into three different realities caused by a Quantum Filiment. This has caused us all…

Author: Captain Akeno Misaki
Posted on: Thu Oct 15th, 2020 @ 8:16pm
Category: General News


Welcome new CEO!

Please welcome Lieutenant K'Lorr who will be joining us as our new Chief Engineer!

Welcome to the Wayfarer Lieutenant!

Regards

Commander Akeno Misaki

Author: Captain Akeno Misaki
Posted on: Wed Oct 14th, 2020 @ 9:58am
Category: General News


Extra! Extra! Read all about it!

Crew,

First, our Chief Engineer Lt. Tyvok has resigned due to time constraints. Second, Ensign Deborah Bennett decided not to play due to unknown reasons.

Tyvok, it's been fun! I hope you'll someday be able to join us again, but I definitely understand the issues with time constraints. Ens. Bennett,…

Author: Captain Dick Sprague
Posted on: Mon Oct 12th, 2020 @ 8:35pm
Category: General News


September Awards

Crew,

Congratulations to our September IDF monthly award nominees:

Best Post: Lt. Cmdr. Zoey Perkins, Lt. Tyvok & Lt. Rosaleen O'Donnell for https://wayfarer.idfleet.com/index.php/sim/viewpost/111
Funniest Post: Lt. Basil Dampfish for https://wayfarer.idfleet.com/index.php/sim/viewpost/93
Genesis Award: Capt. Dick Sprague for https://wayfarer.idfleet.com/index.php/sim/viewpost/108
Most Posts: Lt. Cmdr. Zoey Perkins for 8 posts
MVP: Lt. Basil Dampfish…

Author: Captain Dick Sprague
Posted on: Fri Oct 9th, 2020 @ 6:37pm
Category: General News


Welcome Aboard!

Crew,

Let's welcome aboard our new Flight Control Officer: Ensign Tego Milan! For story purposes, let's put him in Reality A with Sprague.

Ensign Milan, welcome to the Wayfarer!

-Capt Sprague

Author: Captain Dick Sprague
Posted on: Tue Oct 6th, 2020 @ 3:44pm
Category: General News


Welcome our new Science Officer

Crew,

Let's welcome aboard our new Chief Science Officer: Ensign Deborah Bennett!

For story purposes, let's place her in "Reality C" for our current mission: Those who were never assigned to the Wayfarer before the Wayfarer was destroyed in the last mission.

Also, we could still really use a CMO…

Author: Captain Dick Sprague
Posted on: Thu Sep 24th, 2020 @ 7:59pm
Category: General News


PG-13

Crew,

Just a reminder to everyone that this sim and all sims in IDF are not to exceed PG-13. If you think some content you want to post might be questionable or exceed PG-13, you've already made your decision--don't post it. :)

We want this sim to be accessible to…

Author: Captain Dick Sprague
Posted on: Wed Sep 23rd, 2020 @ 5:30pm
Category: General News


Departure

Crew,

As most of you already know, Lieutenant Ithi Deritan has decided to departed. Thank you Ithi for everything you've done on this sim and the memories!

-Capt Sprague

Author: Captain Dick Sprague
Posted on: Mon Sep 21st, 2020 @ 10:20pm
Category: General News


New Crewmember!

Please welcome our newest crewmember, Operations Officer Ensign Rob Morrow!

-Capt Sprague

Author: Captain Dick Sprague
Posted on: Mon Sep 21st, 2020 @ 7:21pm
Category: General News


Departure

Crew,

Lieutenant Commander Whistela Au’rel has resigned and needs to be written out of the story.

-Capt Sprague

Author: Captain Dick Sprague
Posted on: Wed Sep 16th, 2020 @ 1:32pm
Category: General News


New Crewmember

Please welcome aboard our new Tactical Officer, Ensign Robert Lee Jr. For story purposes, we'll say that he was already onboard on the Wayfarer when it launched.

Ensign Lee, welcome!

-Capt. Sprague

Author: Captain Dick Sprague
Posted on: Wed Sep 16th, 2020 @ 1:31pm
Category: General News


Mission Update

To all crew.

Just a quick update regarding the current mission and status of the ship.

- The senior staff briefing is almost complete. We're waiting on a few final tags from some people, so please make sure to check it out incase you missed anything.

- Captain Sprague will…

Author: Captain Akeno Misaki
Posted on: Sun Sep 13th, 2020 @ 7:00pm
Category: General News


New Crewmembers!

Let's welcome our newest crewmembers to the Wayfarer:

Cmdr. Akeno Misaki will be our new XO, and Lt. Cmdr. Zoey Perkins will be our new 2O.

For story purposes, let's say that they're on Starbase 57 and will soon join the ship. Sprague has also been assigned as CO, but…

Author: Captain Dick Sprague
Posted on: Fri Sep 11th, 2020 @ 6:01pm
Category: General News


Promotion!

Crew:

Tyvok is hereby promoted to full Lieutenant and will be our new Chief Engineer!

Congratulations, Tyvok!

Capt Sprague

Author: Captain Dick Sprague
Posted on: Fri Sep 11th, 2020 @ 12:56am
Category: General News


USS Wayfarer @ Starbase 57

Crew,

The ship has been towed back to Starbase 57 with those of you remaining being the only survivors. Feel free to post about staying on the ship through the transition or any shore leave on Starbase 57. Basically, standard CD posting time.

In a few days I'll post about…

Author: Captain Dick Sprague
Posted on: Thu Sep 10th, 2020 @ 7:29pm
Category: General News

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