January 2026 Theta Fleet Awards

UNIT OF DISTINCTION

Task Force 23

            Gold: Deep Space 5 & USS Thunderbird & USS Ark Royal

            Silver: USS Calypso & USS Hecate & USS Fenrir

            Bronze: USS Eclipse & USS Meridian & DSK9

Area 51

            Gold: USS Tokyo & USS Astrea & USS Myogi

            Silver: USS Valiant & SB109 & USS Pioneer & USS Ontario & USS Valkyrie

            Bronze: USS Arcadia & USS Herodotus & USS Crazy Horse & Sentinel Station

WRITER OF THE MONTH

            Task Force 23: Deep Space 5: Stuart & Fenrir: Jamie & Sentinel: Kreg

Deep Space 5: T'lul, played by Stuart, is our counselor. She is fascinated with how other species handle interpersonal relations and has made it her goal to study some of the crew—especially other Vulcans. She used the recent Marine Corps Ball as part of her research—much to the dismay of some of the attendees.

Fenrir: Jamie has been instrumental in several posts we got out in January. He has been fantastic in engaging with writing and setting up some great character driven posts.

Sentinel: Lt. Varkl Brukh (Kreg), he came in and just went to work in writing and bringing to life his character. The way he portrays a Tellarite is perfect and leaves the reader wanting to know more.

            Area 51: SB109: Austin & Valiant: Amy and Kat

SB109: Austen

Reason: Austen's hard work this month has really resonated in a big way and his enthusiasm remains an inspiration to the rest of the sim.

Valiant: Split nomination for the Writers of Amy Gordon and Katya Davi. Both of these writers gave us an excellent action post while they investigated what happened to a mining crew on from Avan’s colony. The colonies first rescue team. And discovered an apparently unknown life form on the planet. Things heated up as they escaped and survived to rescue the lone survivor, only to discover that survivor was patient zero of a mutated biogenic weapon. Lots going on!! 

PLAYER OF THE MONTH

            Task Force 23: Calypso: Arie & Hecate: Voz

Calypso: Arie. As XO, I can always bounce ideas off Arie and get his feedback on missions and plot twists. But this month, I needed his input about a problematic player and how to deal with their passive-aggressive behavior. His suggestions and support were greatly appreciated.

Hecate: Voz – Commander Vin Salvatore – another huge contributor to our final joint post of the mission. Voz has a great habit of planting future plot hooks into his contributions which is massively appreciated.

            Area 51: Astrea: Alex Blackstone & Jezra Siv & Ontario: Kat

Astrea: Alex Blackstone and Jezra Siv: This pair of medical officers have been plotting together and coming up with some great ideas to add depth and conflict to our current mission and I’ve enjoyed letting them run with it. Not only are we stirring up drama among the crew with Blackstone and the Captain making some questionable choices, but these two are also part of a group of a Tal Shiar Romulan sect that will be some reoccurring trouble for the ship. Anyone who wants was invited to create characters and they’ve been running a channel and managing the sub-plot and character development as it will tie into the main mission. 

Ontario: Kat. Her two characters are going through an interesting character arc that involves pen pals, attraction, and self-doubt. Both have involved the counselor and other members of the crew to help them work through their feelings and fears.

POST OF THE MONTH

            Task Force 23: DSK9 & Meridian

DSK9: "The Shipyard Part 3" (https://dsk9.harperhold.com/index.php/sim/viewpost/69)

Meridian: "Let's Make a Deal"

Part 1: https://meridian.harperhold.com/index.php/sim/viewpost/61

Part 2: https://meridian.harperhold.com/index.php/sim/viewpost/67

            Area 51: Herodotus & Pioneer

 I am submitting a three part series for this. This series is the Away Team making its way through the planet Kroat as they look for a rogue signal. It reads like an episode of Star Trek. 

The Voices In The Dark

Part I: (https://herodotus.uss-pioneer.com/index.php/sim/viewpost/156)

Part II: (https://herodotus.uss-pioneer.com/index.php/sim/viewpost/157)

Part III: (https://herodotus.uss-pioneer.com/index.php/sim/viewpost/159)

Pioneer: Reflections And Deflections - The Ship's Counselor comes to Counsel the Commodore and learns about herself in the process. (https://uss-pioneer.com/index.php/sim/viewpost/1889)

TASK FORCE CO AWARD

            Task Force 23: USS Thunderbird

            Area 51: USS Herodotus

 AWARD OF MERIT

Task Force 23

            23-A: USS Ark Royal

            23-B: USS Eclipse

            23-C: USS Pandora

Area 51

            51-A: USS Arcadia & USS Valkyrie

            51-B: USS Valiant

            51-C: Mojave Station

            51-D: USS Tokyo