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 The Lotus Fleet April 2015 newsletter is up and available for DL on the site.

 A spectacular read put together by our Editor Commodore Storm Windfall, it contains Fleet Admiral Jeff T's State of the Fleet Address, a nice interview with Star Trek Online Event Planner Lieutenant(j.g.) InfernalPotato, and the listing of the re-structure of the Fleet Command, among other news about Lotus Fleet.


 You may get the .pdf document ( 3.03 MiB ) here:


http://www.lotusfleet.org/viewtopic.php?f=76&t=757&sid=2bda7ec5a100e1bcc9a1087db31fba31&p=4177#p4177

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The Lotus Fleet newsletters;


issue 11: http://www.lotusfleet.org/viewtopic.php?f=76&t=764


issue 12: http://www.lotusfleet.org/viewtopic.php?f=76&t=768


issue 13: http://www.lotusfleet.org/viewtopic.php?f=76&t=781


Issue 12 represents the final frontier for Commodore Storm Windfall, who has passed into that great realm to sit with the Great Bird of the Galaxy and relax. She not only completed the issue but recruited and trained her replacement, Lieutenant Arina, who takes over as acting editor.
 Her first issue, # 13, is a testament to Commodore Storm Windfall's unique and professional demeanor.
 We here at Lotus Fleet will sorely miss Commodore Storm Windfall, but we also know that Lieutenant Arina will step into her role as editor extremely well.


Rear Admiral BLZBUB,
Director of Staff.

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November issue of the Lotus Fleet Newsletter is up. (PDF file size = 2.71 MiB)


http://lotusfleet.org/viewtopic.php?f=76&t=798&p=4566#p4566


Along with the Fleet Admiral's address, the RP udate shows us that the USS Horizon and the USS Phoenix are rapidly trying to resolve the Zetarian incursion and the Draxx' response to contain them at all costs ... even if that cost includes the destruction of the Lotus Fleet ships in this other universe.


 Also, a Section 31 file intercept on Captain Syntron; Admiral Athos' Star Trek Online fleet base update; Awards & Promotions; and Rear Admiral Battle Lion's STO Tips & Tricks.

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Admiral Kheren has completed the novelization of Lotus FLeet's latest Role Play, season 3.


Fleet Action S3: Brave New World comes in at 403 pages, and is the compilation of 14 months work by our Role Play participants.


 The download for this novelization can be found here:


http://www.lotusfleet.org/viewtopic.php?f=22&t=101&p=278#p278


I congratulate all our great RP participants on a fantastic and epic season 3.

From all of us here at Lotus Fleet ... Happy Holidays and LLAP.

[[LF] Caltern]

Hello everyone,
I'm Caltern, former RP Administrator of Lotus Fleet, current RP Captain of the Luna-class refit USS Hoshea, and newly commissioned as one of Lotus Fleet's recruitment officers.

Lotus Fleet is bringing our latest Season of roleplay online with several new ships.

• As mentioned, the USS Hoshea is a Copernicus refit Luna-class vessel. The Copernicus refit retains the initial mission of the Luna-class series that Captain William Riker's USS Titan established: Science, Exploration, and Cooperation in a post-war Starfleet. The refit, designed at the Copernicus Shipyards for which it derives its name, focuses on important upgrades for Science and Diplomacy, while retaining the Luna-class deep space exploration capability.
  
  
• Another starship joining Lotus Fleet's roster is the USS Discovery, a Vesta-class DeSilvo refit. From her logistics file: "This refit is planned to convert the Aventine NCC-82602 from a "McKinley" (NX) pattern to a "DeSilvo" pattern (NCC). While labeled as an "NCC" the Aventine currently is identical to NX-82600. (U.S.S. Vesta) with exception of the added experimental quantum slipstream conversion. NCC-82602 is subject to refit earlier as expected because of the destruction of NX-82600 during the war against the Borg. The refit is scheduled to start at stardate 88668.7 and will take up to 4 months. Currently the Aventine is docked in drydock 18 here at Utopia Plantitia. Drydock 18 is an enclosed dock that requires a higher security clearance and is off limits to all normal personal, including medical staff.
  
  Upon completion of the refit, the vessel will be rechristened U.S.S. Discovery to serve as long range explorer with Lotus Fleet"
  
• Yet another starship joining Lotus Fleet's roster is the USS Millennium, a Millennium-class explorer. With increased threats posed by alternate universe invaders like the Undine and the Mirror Universe, and increased time incursions by hostile forces like the Klingon, Borg and Romulan Empires, Starfleet has seen a need to develop a Transdimensional Explorer - an initiative finally made possibly by utilizing advances made possible by Quantum Slipstream technology.
  
  
• Finally, though not new to Lotus Fleet is our very own Flagship: the USS Horizon, Lotus-class. Equipped with a fully operational transwarp drive, the Lotus-class is designated a Galactic Exploratory Starship. The Lotus-class starship entered service in 2410, marking the crowning achievement of over a century of engineering advancements, starting with the Transwarp Development Project in the late 23rd century and the Galaxy class design of mid-24th century. With currently only one in service, the Lotus Class is servicing the Federation and Starfleet.
  
  Lotus-class vessels are to be the largest in the fleet along with the capital class of the Odyssey design, on par with the massive Romulan D'Deridex, built to boast Starfleet's most advanced technology and show the Federation's presence as if a core member world was next door with it's own mobile space station or outpost.
  
  

All four of these vessels are crewed, but positions are still available. You can quickly join up at http://www.lotusfleet.org and once registered, click on the Welcome Center portion of our forums. You may also contact me directly for assistance, or through our shoutbox.

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Happy New Year Hailing Frequency!
 Today, January 1st, 2018 marks the 10th anniversary of Lotus Fleet. 


 As Fleet XO, I wish to extend anniversary congratulation's to Lotus Fleet, and especially, a tenth anniversary recognition to our surviving founder, Admiral Athos. He is one of the good Changleling's. 


 As our current sitting Fleet Advocate, ( and a Retired Fleet Admiral ) Admiral Athos keeps us all  in line with our General Order's and Code of Conduct. But as a sitting Founder of Lotus Fleet, we here all owe him a special debt for bringing us Lotus Fleet, and the many opportunities being a member has afforded us over the years.

 Please take the opportunity to congratulate Admiral Athos on his 10 years of commitment to our ( and his ) Fleet.


 January also marks election time for Lotus Fleet, and I congratulate Fleet Admiral Kheren on a successful year leading our great fleet. Even though he is an Andorian, he has acted with honor and respect. ;) His tenure will be remembers with admiration.


 With profound Respect: o7


 BLZBUB.

[Zach]

Wow surprised Athos is still around. What happened to Nova?

[BLZBUB]

Admiral Nova took LoA when he deployed. I am sure Admiral Athos is still in contact with his co-conspirator, but I haven't asked.