How about having Vonon be the XO and you are getting training from him in Tactics there Samantha. Walter is more face and far less combat, it will help offset his weaknesses. In battle, Walter defers to Vonon for Combat decisions. (Walter is first and foremost a civilian, leaving battle to those that are much better trained)

I am not sure if the Darrel's player is coming back so we could say that he had a stroke or something and is sitting in the autodoc for the time being.

Yeah, make VO the XO.  It's mostly a paperwork position anyways (how's your Admin skill, ol' buddy?).  Well, and a disciplining position (good luck with this herd of cats), potentially.

Skill redundancies (especially with small crews) are essential.  Otherwise, we'll be up the proverbial creek when someone gets hurt or lost, potentially.  So, if you are interested in Samantha formally learning\training in naval tactics, I am all for it.


Being in a coma hasn't stopped the Emperor in Warhammer 40K...

  http://warhammer40k.wikia.com/wiki/Emperor_of_Mankind

Just saying.

And you are right, Sam.  I think that boarding parties will have to be on a case-by-case basis anyways.  Especially with a crew this small; we are always going to be short staffed no matter what.

In reply to Sharik Kaagira (msg # 620):

How are my Admin skills? Well, now that you ask...they suck. In fact, what Admin skills?

I've got Computer-0, Leadership-0, and Broker-1, do those count as Admin skills? ^_^

I've got Tactics (Naval)-1...I suppose I could call that "Combat Administration", yeah? ^_^

Besides, I don't think we really need to alter the chain of command for a combat situation - heck, be real, 90-percent of the time, we get fired on, our combat choice is gonna be "run away!" Anybody sitting in the Captain's seat can scream that. And any body can scream "Shoot'em, shoot'em, shoot'em - a lot!". And, if we allow that, as a non-military command structure, we allow a certain amount of latitude in the making of such decisions - like, say, if Sam suddenly noticed a missile coming out of the black, and only had seconds to respond, and did so without asking the Captain for orders - well, as long as we live through it, so what?

In a similar vein, as long as whoever is sitting at the Tactical station makes at least a minor effort to get permission before he starts shooting - "Hey, Cap'n, as long as we're running away, here, you want I should shoot back at 'em?" - again, as long as we survive, it's all good...and I promise not to blast flagged Naval Vessels - of any Navy - without letting them order us to surrender, first.

Besides, in that last example - the one were I promised not to fire on Navy vessels - just imagine a scene where we make a mistake for a few moments, and we try to run from an Imperial Cruiser, maybe shoot down a missile or two, before we get their message of who they are and that we should stand down - "Oh! You're Imperial Navy! Crap, we didn't realize. Uh, yeah, hang on, we gotta swap personnel; around a bit, here - they guy you need to talk to is on his way up to the Bridge. See, we got this command structure where one guy commands during fights and another handles...hey, why are you painting us with your targeting radars again?"

I think Vonun as XO would be good. regardless of Admin skills. Happy for him to train Sam in Naval tactics. I also think Vo's right - one command structure would be best.

Someone want to draft it out - at work so can't myself.

Nah, Im fine. Its not that it would actually change anything.

I am off for the next two weeks with work. Not sure if I'll have wifi so will be intermittant at best

A bit busy with a hurricane heading our way but I will come up with an updated structure. Vonon will be dealing with the ship side and I will be dealing with the business side.

In reply to Walter Zeller (msg # 625):

Good luck with that hurricane.

                             Organizational Chart

                          Captain: Sir Walter Zeller -------
                                    |                      |
                          XO:Vonon Ronkunu    Assistant:Gregory Jones
                                    |
           ---------------------------------------------------
           |                        |                   |
        Flight                 Engineering        Gunnery/Security
           |                        |                   |
  Pilot: Samantha Kilgore  Ch Eng. Kheaiftouaw  Pablo Esteban Ryzov
           |                        |                   |
Navigator: Sharik Kaagira    Valeska Brandenberg  Kaengarr Ruzokh


This has been edited to remove any player that has not logged in more than
three months. As for Serge Baklanov, we will deal with that when we get the current problem resolved.

Yeah, stay safe, Walter.  Be careful.  Hunker down and come back to us when you can.  Oh, and nice org chart!  I like how no one is more than 3 steps from the top! ;)

Yeah, I'm also in the path of Hurricane Irma. If it comes knocking at my door, I don't plan on answering!

Possible flooding from the heavy rain expected, but just a tad too far inland for the storm surge. Biggest problem could be losing power for a day or two.

Vonon's in the same boat, the S.S. Florida!

Well, then.  Stay safe everyone.  Take care of yourselves and get back to us when you can!

Stay safe guys. And the chart looks good to me as well.

Still alive!

As bad as Hurricane Irma was, it wasn't all that bad. Almost no building damage has been reported, not even broken windows, but signs and lots and lots of trees have been uprooted.

15 million people without power. It's starting to come back online now, but probably won't have it at the house for another 2-3 days. Posting from a friend's workplace, which never actually lost power because it was part of the evacuation route.

All we had were a few roof leaks, and the backyard fence got blown down.

*hugs the GM*  Yay!  Welcome back.  Glad to know that you are physically (and mentally) okay!  Take care of yourself (and those around you).  Come back to us when you can (somehow I think that posting regularly from your friend's work is not really sustainable, long term).

Hope that you get power back soon. And a new fence and roof repair.  And fresh water.  And some semblance of normalcy.

Still out of power where I live and the power company has it down from 26k on Monday without it to 12k today. Half of that number is just my county.

*hugs* Stay safe, Walter.  Having no power sucks.  In today's society, it just sucks.

I just want to drop n so you don't think I have left.

I hope you are all recovering from that hurricane (any and following ones).

Power came back on Friday evening as I was starting to fill up the generator. I hope that is the only one we get for a while as I feel for those down south that will not be getting their power back for at least a month or more.

Let me get something posted and get back on track.

10.5 days without power!

 Lost power on the 9th just around noon as the hurricane passed by.

 No power, no AC, no lights, no stove/microwave/toaster oven, no hot water, no TV, no computer, no modem, no internet.

 Florida. Summer. Hot. Humid. Sat around in the dark and sweated. Didn't sleep well, didn't eat much.

 Couldn't go anywhere since most places were also without power.

 For a few days, gas was scarce, because most gas stations didn't have power, and so couldn't pump gas. The few that either had power or emergency generators had long lines and then ran out of gas. Tried getting by on ice, but so was everyone else, and ice quickly sold out.

 Finally got power back about 8:30 last night.

 So now we're cleaning up the mess.

 It'll probably be another day or two before I get caught up on all my games.

In reply to StarMaster (msg # 638):



That sucks.
Be brave and endure!

hope things are beginning to get back to normal now Starmaster

I thought we had made one of the rooms a conference room/office? If not, then the mess room works.

In reply to Walter Zeller (msg # 641):

Yeah, I think it was "Unofficially" the Mess Hall. It had table(s) and chairs enough for everyone, and it was really close to the Bridge. Maybe we should rename it the Wardroom - that's Milspeak for an Officers dining room that does double duty as a conference room, when needed.

Since we're running a civilian operation, and not really making significant rank distinctions, we can all have access to our Wardroom.

In reply to Vonon Ronkunu (msg # 642):

I'd like to appologize for my lack of posting these past couple of weeks.

Truth be told, I've been out of my head for a while. I think the Doctor's drug cocktail is finally correct, so I'll be taking up occupancy in my own skull again.

Now I just gotta work on getting my focus back - so my typing doesn't look like "klsdhbouweygifbhehf" all the time ^_^

So I got some reading and catching up to do - my comprehension skills may be a little lower than usual, so be critical. Really. I'm probably gonna miss stuff, so point it out when I do.

Thanks in advance.

V