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Now Open: Nominations for 2024 Awards

The observant among you might have noticed we missed December FleetComms. That’s because we were busy preparing our annual Obsidian Fleet awards! (Definitely not me getting busy and forgetting. Shhhhh.)Yes, it’s that time of year where we encourage our community to acknowledge the bright sparks and heroes who make our games fun and welcoming! We…

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Lore Report, January 2025

Last year saw a lot of new Trek content, including the last season of Lower Decks <cry> but there is more coming next year with a new season of Strange New Worlds, Starfleet Academy, and Section 31. I’ve been leaving Lore news to the comms report for a while now, but for the start of…

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FleetComms: November 2024

Hi everyone Can you believe it’s nearly Christmas!? Before we get there though, I would be remiss if I didn’t wish all of our friends in the US a wonderful Thanksgiving. We here in Obsidian Fleet are genuinely thankful for all of our writing buddies, so why don’t you take a moment this weekend to…

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FleetComms: October 2024

Hi everyone Another month, another update from your friendly neighbourhood Comms Director! Obviously we’ve just celebrated Halloween, and even more excitingly the first few episodes of Lower Decks season five have dropped! Do join us in the community discord to chat about your favourite moments (Mine was “Cutiny!!”) and your desires for the new season.We’re…

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Flavoring Our Writing

There’s are a plethora of opportunities for writing social gatherings, parties, and diplomatic events involving food and drink. Not to mention the fact that enough cultures have food as part of welcome rituals that Starfleet’s mission could be partly restated as ‘To Seek Out Strange New Worlds … and Eat Their Foods.’ So, I thought…

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FleetComms: September 2024

Hi everyone In a slight adjustment to our usual programming, we have decided to combine all the various ‘fleet news reports’ into one monthly digest curated by your friendly neighbourhood Comms person (me). Hopefully this way you can get all the updates and info about all things Obsidian Fleet in one place! This month the…

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Obsidian Day: Awards In Full

Hello all! Sorry this took so long to get released, it’s been a rather busy month with holidays and plenty going on. But, as promised, here is the full list of Obsidian Day Awards (with some extras thrown in). OBSIDIAN’S COMMUNITY ENGAGEMENT AWARD: OUTSTANDING CREATIVITY AWARDS: FUNNIEST CHARACTER MOMENT AWARDS: As promised, the shortlist of…

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