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Fun Fleet Anniversary
Below you will find a link to a short article regarding an anniversary of sorts for the Fleet. It has a fun video link inside the article for all of us here in the Fleet to enjoy, so I hope you take a few minutes to take a look and…
Author: Captain Shran dh'Klar
Posted on: Wed Sep 28th, 2022 @ 2:16pm
Category: General News
August Fleet Awards
Below you will find the link to the August Fleet Awards. Congrats to our winners!
https://www.idfleet.com/2022/09/23/monthly-awards-august-2022/
Author: Captain Shran dh'Klar
Posted on: Sat Sep 24th, 2022 @ 1:19pm
Category: General News
August Awards
Summer comes to a close as August ends, and we are just zooming along. August was a great month for posts, as every active player had at least 5 posts in the month, a great feat. It made deciding on these awards difficult, which I can only hope means good…
Author: Captain Shran dh'Klar
Posted on: Fri Sep 2nd, 2022 @ 2:16pm
Category: General News
July Fleet Awards
Below is the link to the July Fleet Awards. Congrats to our winners.
https://www.idfleet.com/2022/08/27/monthly-awards-july-2022/
Author: Captain Shran dh'Klar
Posted on: Sat Aug 27th, 2022 @ 1:16pm
Category: General News
July Awards
Yes my friends, it is that time again. July has passed and we have awards to give out. It was an interesting month as we delved into our mission. Few awards empty this month, but three gave me a devil of time deciding. Congrats to our winners, best of luck…
Author: Captain Shran dh'Klar
Posted on: Mon Aug 1st, 2022 @ 11:19am
Category: General News
June Fleet Awards
Below is the link to the June Fleet Awards. Congrats to our winners!
https://www.idfleet.com/2022/07/17/monthly-awards-june-2022/
Author: Captain Shran dh'Klar
Posted on: Mon Jul 18th, 2022 @ 8:35am
Category: General News
Fleet Anniversary
July 4th is the Fleet Anniversary as well as the anniversary for the USS Washington. The Washington has been here since the beginning. We remain because of great players who share their love of Star Trek and creative writing. I look forward to what the next year brings to both…
Author: Captain Shran dh'Klar
Posted on: Mon Jul 4th, 2022 @ 1:23pm
Category: General News
June Awards
And just like that, another month is in the books. June was a good month, as well all worked together to tell a fun tale that wrapped up just as the month was coming to a close, and allowed us time to start a new mission. It is my hope…
Author: Captain Shran dh'Klar
Posted on: Fri Jul 1st, 2022 @ 1:32pm
Category: General News
May Fleet Awards
Below is the link to the May Fleet Awards. Congrats to our winners! I look forward to seeing who might represent us in June.
https://www.idfleet.com/2022/06/11/monthly-awards-may-2022/
Author: Captain Shran dh'Klar
Posted on: Mon Jun 13th, 2022 @ 8:45am
Category: General News
May Awards
It always amazes me how fast some months seem to pass. May is one of those months that is long and short at the same time. We didn't set the world on fire as far as numbers go, but we made up for it in quality, and I am all…
Author: Captain Shran dh'Klar
Posted on: Wed Jun 1st, 2022 @ 4:30pm
Category: General News
April Fleet Awards
Below is the link to the April Fleet Awards. Congrats to our winners.
https://www.idfleet.com/2022/05/17/monthly-awards-april-2022/
Author: Captain Shran dh'Klar
Posted on: Tue May 17th, 2022 @ 1:21pm
Category: General News
Award
As some of you may have noticed, we have a new addition to the main page of our sim website showing an award. We won the award this year for our work on the original Breen mission. The judges found our sim to be an excellent Star Trek sim that…
Author: Captain Shran dh'Klar
Posted on: Wed May 11th, 2022 @ 3:46pm
Category: General News
April Awards
It is amazing how time flies. April was a fun month, and though we didn't have a huge volume of posts, we did have solid quality posts that focused on character development as well as delving into the mission. With the rainy season over for most we move into May…
Author: Captain Shran dh'Klar
Posted on: Mon May 2nd, 2022 @ 10:24am
Category: General News
March Fleet Awards
Below is the link to the March Fleet Awards. Congrats to our winners!
https://www.idfleet.com/2022/04/16/monthly-awards-march-2022/
Author: Captain Shran dh'Klar
Posted on: Fri Apr 22nd, 2022 @ 1:35pm
Category: General News
Celebration
Celebrate and rejoice one and all! Today is a day of significance. For all of us, be you a believer or not, I wish each of you a very Happy Easter!
For a secondary, we wish our XO, Cmdr Grayson a very Happy Birthday! May this day bring you happiness…
Author: Captain Shran dh'Klar
Posted on: Sun Apr 17th, 2022 @ 7:38am
Category: General News
March Awards
The month of March has come and gone and we had another good month. Below are the monthly awards. Congrats to our winners. Best of luck to everyone at the fleet level. I hope April is another good month for us as we really begin to dig into this new…
Author: Captain Shran dh'Klar
Posted on: Mon Apr 4th, 2022 @ 2:16pm
Category: General News
February Fleet Awards
Below is the link to the February Fleet Awards. Congrats to all of our winners!
https://www.idfleet.com/2022/03/14/monthly-awards-february-2022/
Author: Captain Shran dh'Klar
Posted on: Wed Mar 16th, 2022 @ 2:05pm
Category: General News
Special Award
Attention to Orders!
Below is a link to a special Fleet level award announcement. You will find that the fleet is giving out a few special awards to deserving candidates. As captain, I put forward a nominee for one of these awards and am proud to announce that our XO,…
Author: Captain Shran dh'Klar
Posted on: Sat Mar 5th, 2022 @ 1:41pm
Category: General News
February Awards
And just like that the shortest month of the year is over. February always seems to pass quickly, but we really did have some solid writing this month, especially with the personal/character development stuff. With a new month will come new challenges, but I look forward to seeing what creative…
Author: Captain Shran dh'Klar
Posted on: Thu Mar 3rd, 2022 @ 1:58pm
Category: General News
January Fleet Awards
Below is the link to the January Fleet Awards. Congrats to the winners!
https://www.idfleet.com/2022/02/27/monthly-awards-january-2022/
Author: Captain Shran dh'Klar
Posted on: Sun Feb 27th, 2022 @ 8:52pm
Category: General News
January Awards
It seems amazing that a month has already passed for this new year, yet here we are again. January was a good month, and I was amazed to see we actually outperformed December as far as raw numbers go. Everyone did great, I want you all to be aware of…
Author: Captain Shran dh'Klar
Posted on: Tue Feb 1st, 2022 @ 12:42pm
Category: General News
December Fleet Awards
Below is the link to the December Fleet Awards. All hail the conquering heroes. We had a great month. Great job everyone.
https://www.idfleet.com/2022/01/17/monthly-awards-december-2021/
Author: Captain Shran dh'Klar
Posted on: Mon Jan 17th, 2022 @ 1:13pm
Category: General News
December Awards
Well December was quite a month for us on the ship despite the holidays. It was like something I haven't seen in well over a decade, with such passion as everyone seemed to want to push to story forward no matter what. It certainly made picking what was worthy of…
Author: Captain Shran dh'Klar
Posted on: Mon Jan 3rd, 2022 @ 9:54am
Category: General News
Happy New Year!
Know this is a little early but wanted to get it out before other events got in the way and I forgot. :)
Happy New Year to the crew of the USS Washington! May your 2022 be nothing short of phenomenal! May all your goals be obtained and your dreams…
Author: Commander Jonathan Grayson
Posted on: Fri Dec 31st, 2021 @ 7:15am
Category: General News
November Fleet Awards
Below is the link to the November Fleet Awards. Congrats to our winners. Hope you all enjoy this and have a happy and safe holiday.
https://www.idfleet.com/2021/12/24/monthly-awards-november-2021/
Author: Captain Shran dh'Klar
Posted on: Fri Dec 24th, 2021 @ 4:04pm
Category: General News
November Awards
Well, November has come and gone and it was another excellent month for us. We wrapped one mission and moved into a new one, and I got to see lots of masterful writing from virtually everyone. It made determining the monthly awards quite a challenge for me, but that just…
Author: Captain Shran dh'Klar
Posted on: Fri Dec 3rd, 2021 @ 11:35am
Category: General News
October Fleet Awards
Below is the link to the October Fleet Awards. Congrats to our winners! You represented the Washington well.
https://www.idfleet.com/2021/11/14/monthly-awards-october-2021/
Author: Captain Shran dh'Klar
Posted on: Sun Nov 14th, 2021 @ 8:56pm
Category: General News
October Awards
Another month has come and gone, and man was it a solid month for us here on the Washington. i appreciate the effort from everyone, and I look forward to seeing what comes next in November. Below you will find out monthly awards, and of course our winners here will…
Author: Captain Shran dh'Klar
Posted on: Mon Nov 1st, 2021 @ 9:06pm
Category: General News
September Fleet Awards
Below is the link to the September Fleet Awards. Congrats to our winners!
https://www.idfleet.com/2021/10/12/monthly-awards-september-2021/
Author: Captain Shran dh'Klar
Posted on: Tue Oct 12th, 2021 @ 9:15pm
Category: General News
September Awards
September was another good month for us here. I have enjoyed working with everyone on this mission. I know things have slowed a bit due to personal matters for many, but everyone continued to put forward solid effort and the current mission plot has done well because of everyone. Well…
Author: Captain Shran dh'Klar
Posted on: Sat Oct 2nd, 2021 @ 2:29pm
Category: General News
August Fleet Awards
Below is the link to the August Fleet Awards. Congrats to our winners!
https://www.idfleet.com/2021/09/16/monthly-awards-august-2021/
Author: Captain Shran dh'Klar
Posted on: Fri Sep 17th, 2021 @ 10:09am
Category: General News
August Awards
August was a crazy month/ Things started slow but then exploded with activity. As we push into this new mission I look forward to seeing the energy to keep things moving. Below are the monthly awards. As always, our winners here will go on to compete at the fleet level.…
Author: Captain Shran dh'Klar
Posted on: Thu Sep 2nd, 2021 @ 6:34pm
Category: General News
July Fleet Awards
Below you will find the link to the Fleet July awards. Congrats to the winners.
https://www.idfleet.com/2021/08/28/monthly-awards-july-2021/
Author: Captain Shran dh'Klar
Posted on: Tue Aug 31st, 2021 @ 1:57pm
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 @ 3:18am
Category: General News
June Fleet Awards
Well, that came quickly...below is the link.
https://www.idfleet.com/2021/07/01/monthly-awards-june-2021/
Author: Captain Shran dh'Klar
Posted on: Thu Jul 1st, 2021 @ 2:47pm
Category: General News
June Awards
I know it is a little early, but as I have previously informed everyone, due to the fleet 20th anniversary, monthly awards are coming out a little early. Below you'll find the monthly ship awards, and of course these will be our representatives for the monthly fleet awards. Congrats to…
Author: Captain Shran dh'Klar
Posted on: Wed Jun 30th, 2021 @ 1:15pm
Category: General News
May Fleet Awards
Below is the link to the fleet awards for May. Congratulations to our winners this month!
https://www.idfleet.com/2021/06/13/monthly-awards-may-2021/
Author: Captain Shran dh'Klar
Posted on: Sun Jun 13th, 2021 @ 9:58pm
Category: General News
May Awards
Another month in the books. Our current mission has certainly brought out the creativity of each of you, and I look forward to seeing what comes as we continue with this in June. Below are the monthly awards for May, and as always our winners will go on to challenge…
Author: Captain Shran dh'Klar
Posted on: Tue Jun 1st, 2021 @ 3:06pm
Category: General News
April Awards
April has come and gone. It was a slow month but still productive. I'm hopeful that with the new mission up and running that everyone will really let the creative juices fly. Below are the April Awards for the ship, which will of course compete at the fleet level. Congrats…
Author: Captain Shran dh'Klar
Posted on: Sat May 1st, 2021 @ 1:31pm
Category: General News
March Awards
March has come and gone, and it was a solid month, despite the low posting totals. We worked on some great Joint Posts that really pushed the mission to its conclusion in a strong way. Below are the monthly awards for the work done. Great job everyone.
Best Post: Cmdr…
Author: Captain Shran dh'Klar
Posted on: Mon Apr 5th, 2021 @ 11:06am
Category: General News
February Awards
February has come and gone, and it was a slow but productive month for us. Below are the awards. My heartfelt congratulations to our winners, and best wishes as they represent the ship at the fleet level awards. Hopefully March will be a busier month.
Best Post: Cmdr Jonathan Grayson,…
Author: Captain Shran dh'Klar
Posted on: Mon Mar 1st, 2021 @ 3:24pm
Category: General News
January Fleet Awards
Below is the link to the January Fleet level Awards. Congrats to the winners.
https://www.idfleet.com/2021/02/15/monthly-awards-january-2021/
Author: Captain Shran dh'Klar
Posted on: Thu Feb 25th, 2021 @ 10:27am
Category: General News
January Awards
A new year brought us a traditional slow but productive month. Looking forward to what February brings.
Best Post: Lt. Michael Stonebridge & Capt. Shran dh'Klar "Deceptions" https://washington.idfleet.com/index.php/sim/viewpost/126
Funniest Post: Cmdr. Samantha Howard, "But We're Not Done Yet" https://washington.idfleet.com/index.php/sim/viewpost/121
Most Posts: 4; Lt. Michael Stonebridge
Recruitment: N/A
Rookie: N/A
Most…
Author: Captain Shran dh'Klar
Posted on: Fri Feb 5th, 2021 @ 1:12pm
Category: General News
November Fleet Awards
Below is the link to the November Fleet Awards. Congrats to our winners.
https://www.idfleet.com/2020/12/09/monthly-awards-november-2020/
Author: Captain Shran dh'Klar
Posted on: Sun Dec 13th, 2020 @ 3:58pm
Category: General News
November Awards
The month of November was a bit slow, but that is to be expected. As winter nears and the Christmas Season approaches, I know we will all be busy with family. That said, November did provide us with some solid work (as will December), so below you will find the…
Author: Captain Shran dh'Klar
Posted on: Fri Dec 4th, 2020 @ 1:06pm
Category: General News
October Fleet Awards
Below is the link to the fleet awards. Congrats to our winners.
https://www.idfleet.com/2020/11/21/monthly-awards-october-2020/
Author: Captain Shran dh'Klar
Posted on: Sat Nov 21st, 2020 @ 7:08pm
Category: General News
October Awards
It was a slow month but productive nonetheless. Here are the awards for the month.
Best Post: Lt Cmdr Estella Stratton & Capt Shran dh'Klar "Legacy of War" https://washington.idfleet.com/index.php/sim/viewpost/102
Funniest Post: Cmdr Samantha Howard "The War" https://washington.idfleet.com/index.php/sim/viewpost/105
Genesis: Capt Shran dh'Klar "Appearances are Deceiving" https://washington.idfleet.com/index.php/sim/viewpost/101
Most Posts: 4; Cmdr Samantha…
Author: Captain Shran dh'Klar
Posted on: Thu Nov 5th, 2020 @ 12:17pm
Category: General News
September Fleet Awards
Below you will find the link to the Fleet Awards for September.
https://www.idfleet.com/2020/10/20/monthly-awards-september-2020/
Author: Captain Shran dh'Klar
Posted on: Sat Oct 24th, 2020 @ 6:58pm
Category: General News
September Awards
September was a nice month for us all. We wrapped a mission and then ran another short mission that most seemed to get involved with. Here are our monthly awards, which will now compete at the fleet level. Great job everyone.
Best: Cmdr Jonathan Grayson, Cmdr Samantha Howard, & Cmdr…
Author: Captain Shran dh'Klar
Posted on: Sun Oct 4th, 2020 @ 4:13pm
Category: General News
August Fleet Awards
Below is the link to the Fleet awards for August. Once more we are well represented. Good work all, and congrats to the winners.
https://www.idfleet.com/2020/09/14/monthly-awards-august-2020/
Author: Captain Shran dh'Klar
Posted on: Mon Sep 14th, 2020 @ 6:50pm
Category: General News
August Awards
Another month in the books. It was a good month with several people really finding a groove and letting the creative juices flow. Below are the monthly awards. Good job to everyone.
Best Post: Cmdr Jonathan Grayson, Cmdr Samantha Howard, & Lt Lisa Olsson "Bound but not Broken PT 2"…
Author: Captain Shran dh'Klar
Posted on: Fri Sep 4th, 2020 @ 12:21pm
Category: General News
July Fleet Awards
Greetings everyone. Once more, the monthly fleet awards are here. Check out the link below, and as always, congrats to everyone who won. We are once more well represented.
https://www.idfleet.com/2020/08/24/monthly-awards-july-2020/
Author: Captain Shran dh'Klar
Posted on: Mon Aug 24th, 2020 @ 10:26am
Category: General News
July Awards
Greetings all! Pushing it I know, but for the first time in a long time I had a lot of posts to go through to find which were award winning. Below you will find the monthly awards, and of course the winners will be our nominations for the fleet awards…
Author: Captain Shran dh'Klar
Posted on: Wed Aug 5th, 2020 @ 5:58pm
Category: General News
June Fleet Awards
Greetings all. Below is a link to the June Fleet level awards. We represented well. Congrats to the winners.
https://www.idfleet.com/2020/07/19/monthly-awards-june-2020/
Well done all.
Capt Shran
Author: Captain Shran dh'Klar
Posted on: Sat Jul 25th, 2020 @ 12:28am
Category: General News
June Awards
June was a crazy month. Below you all will find the monthly awards. Congrats to the winners.
Best Post: Cmdr Jon Grayson, Cmdr Samantha Howard, Lt Cmdr N'Sachzny P'Glosho, Lt Cmdr Estella Stratton, Capt Shran dh'Klar "Resistance" https://washington.idfleet.com/index.php/sim/viewpost/40
Funniest Post: Cmdr Jon Grayson, Cmdr Samantha Howard, Lt Cmdr N'Sachzny P'Glosho,…
Author: Captain Shran dh'Klar
Posted on: Sat Jul 4th, 2020 @ 6:04pm
Category: General News
Happy Independence Day!
Happy Independence Day everyone!
Here in the US, today, July 4th, is our Independence Day. On top of that, today is the 19th anniversary of the fleet and the 19th anniversary of the launch of the Washington, which was one of the original sims of our fleet, Independence Fleet.
So…
Author: Captain Shran dh'Klar
Posted on: Sat Jul 4th, 2020 @ 5:47pm
Category: General News
2020 Fleet HoF
Below you will find a link to this years Fleet Hall of Fame inductees. The Hall of Fame is the big honor the fleet has for simmers. How many of you might be there one day? I'd say a few of us are already well on the way, and the…
Author: Captain Shran dh'Klar
Posted on: Sat Jul 4th, 2020 @ 5:27pm
Category: General News
May Fleet Awards
Better late than never...here are the Fleet level awards for May.
https://www.idfleet.com/2020/06/27/monthly-awards-may-2020/
Also, if you are interested here is another fleet level awards link that we were represented for...
https://www.idfleet.com/2020/06/26/major-awards-have-returned/
Congrats to the winners.
Capt Shran
Author: Captain Shran dh'Klar
Posted on: Sat Jun 27th, 2020 @ 9:57pm
Category: General News
Congratulations!
Congratulations to the Washington's own Captain Shran dh'Klar and his 90 months as a commanding officer. It is a record to be proud of and as his XO, I am extremely proud of him and I know the whole crew is as well. This marvelous milestone. It is quite an…
Author: Commander Jonathan Grayson
Posted on: Fri Jun 19th, 2020 @ 4:47pm
Category: General News
With Help From Friends
Hey everyone, read the following if you like.
https://www.idfleet.com/2020/06/19/a-milestone-of-milestones/
I have been in the fleet since the beginning, but Shran is the longest running active character I have. I have reached this milestone in the article because of so many great people, people like all of you. Simming is something…
Author: Captain Shran dh'Klar
Posted on: Fri Jun 19th, 2020 @ 3:15pm
Category: General News
May Awards
Another month comes and goes. May was interesting, and I enjoyed seeing everyone work hard as we made the push to complete the mission. I am certain June will hold good things for us as well, but for now, here are the monthly awards for our ship. Congrats to everyone.…
Author: Captain Shran dh'Klar
Posted on: Fri Jun 5th, 2020 @ 5:50pm
Category: General News
Fleet Awards April
As promised here is the link to the fleet level awards for April. We won 3 which I am proud of everyone who competed and managed to win. It is bittersweet in my eyes because one award went to a player no longer with us, but perhaps one day she…
Author: Captain Shran dh'Klar
Posted on: Sat May 23rd, 2020 @ 2:09am
Category: General News
April Awards
Greetings everyone. Hope everyone is doing well despite the current state of affairs around the world. With an international crew, always interesting when something seems to be impacting all of us. Below you will find the April award winners. I congratulate the entire crew for an excellent month and look…
Author: Captain Shran dh'Klar
Posted on: Sun May 3rd, 2020 @ 9:47pm
Category: General News
March Awards
The long hiatus ended and we relaunched the ship. Things are moving in the right direction, though we are easing into things a bit. Looking forward to seeing how things play out as we all deal with quarantine. Despite it all, the awards are back and the fleet will announce…
Author: Captain Shran dh'Klar
Posted on: Sun Apr 5th, 2020 @ 4:36am
Category: General News