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Dear Diary, I feel happy today. I am glad to put my report in this new system, and I am excited to see the new forums get some use. I cannot wait for the next version or two of IFS2 so that we can start incorporating more functionality for everyone. One thing I wanted to…

Another month in the books. This month we had the festivities of Obsidian Day to mark a high point for all of us while things in TF-47 had continued. There’s new changes on the horizon and more interesting and innovative ideas at the Fleet level, but for July things have held steady. During this month…

Wow, what a month it’s been for the Joint Fleet Command and the Fleet. Hello IFS2 The most notable event of this month has been the launch of the new Fleet logo and IFS2, the platform for our new website. You’ll find it at https://www.obsidianfleet.net for now. We’re busy developing more new features over the…

Obsidian Fleet, As promised, I will keep my reports short and sweet as long as everyone behaves (this is where I wag my finger knowingly, I think?). Not only has everyone been on their best behavior, but I was ecstatic with the way Obsidian Day turned out! Not only did we a see a lot…

Overview: The launch of the new Obsidian Fleet site has brought with it a huge amount of work for I&D – much of which has now been completed. We’ve seen the migration of all specifications over to the new site, as well as adjustment to the current ship categories. There is still much more work…

Obsidian Fleet has had a long-standing set of complex rules over the years, which have been edited and amended over the years. We are long overdue for a review of this rules to make them more relevant to today and perhaps a bit easier on the eyes. We announced at Obsidian Day that there would…

To celebrate the 16th anniversary of the creation of Obsidian Fleet, we held our first ever Obsidian Day on Saturday, July 29th. If you missed it, here’s a quick rundown of what you missed on the announcements side. We announced the Task Force Executive Officer role and the first people to fill those positions. Congratulations…

After several gruesome days and a semi-epic space battle with the rogue USS Thule, the USS Sarek-A finally concludes her mission at the Dyson’s Sphere and is now looking for a nice resort to have a few days of R&R.

It is with great pleasure that we have announced the Golden PADD entries and our winner! Each story was scored by three judges, whose identity had been kept secret until now! (see below). They all scored each entry based on a standardised set of criteria and submitted it to Myrkul Sharr, who was leading the…

After several months of planning and development, Obsidian Fleet is proud to unveil the successor to our Integrated Fleet Management System, or IFS for short. IFS has been used across the Star Trek PBeM genre since we released it as open source in 2001. This is IFS2. IFS2 – A Modern Platform for the Fleet…