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It’s that time of year again! The annual Khitomer Conference is here! On SATURDAY 1st MARCH, we’re back! What is Khitomer? It’s a gathering of the various online Star Trek simming and role-playing communities, including Obsidian Fleet, a space to share and collaborate on our wonderful hobby! Featuring text and voice panels, this year’s agenda…

Thank you to everyone who both nominated and voted for your fellow writers. The competition was extremely tight this year – a testament to the quality of writing and community spirit all over Obsidian Fleet! As they say, there can only be one winner, so here are your 2024 award winners, as voted for by…

Hi everyone It’s a new year, and the observant will have noticed we didn’t publish a year-end FleetComms. Partly because I got busy but also because we were preparing to drop annual fleet awards that were still in the pipeline! See more on this below… It’s another bumper edition this month, with news on newer…

Voting is now open for the below categories. For a full list of Nominees and their supporting commentary, see here: https://docs.google.com/spreadsheets/d/1LnOGzUwgcpJcA2h3RFpzeZ8WkSImrPqUCNUT1R5qDbU/edit?usp=sharing Cast your votes here: https://docs.google.com/forms/d/e/1FAIpQLSf7PvICjq3g14cfHCRNWyHf5LU9OCAm6OxGHye24iySbMOlqA/viewform?usp=header VOTING CLOSES ON FRIDAY 7th FEBRUARY AT 11:59PM GMT! A reminder of the categories: GM of the Year Which of our community Game Masters has inspired you the most?…

One of the elements that has been quietly added back to Obsidian Fleet as a part of the Wiki rework has been the addition of classifications to the Obsidian Fleet ship specifications. This allows us to better highlight ships and how they’ll best work together when it comes to writing roleplaying events. This also lets…

Join Us for Game Night on Discord – Tomorrow! Get ready for an evening of fun, laughter, and ‘friendly’ competition! Our Discord Game Night kicks off tomorrow at 8pm GMT. If you were there for Christmas you will know it was fun and we had some friends join from other servers. Whether you’re into putty party,…

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…

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…

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…

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…