Well several of you are already aware this, and for those who are not, after discussing the issues about the Aylhr to the Beta Commander I have come to the conclusion that an exclusively Romulan sim is difficult considering the state of Trek and UCIP as a whole. 

But fear not loyal Rihannsu!  I have come up with a solution.  The Aylhr will now become Astate Colony – which is basically a contested planet in the neutral zone inhabited by Romulan and Federation settlers.  Those who I have spoken to about the change were very keen on it, so after speaking to the Division Commander and Fleet Commanders I decided to go ahead with it.

Mainly the change is being done to help recruiting and retention issues (like me getting an XO) however there are also other issues for the change that are mentioned below.

This is the basic premise:

Astate or Ahuian [Wilderness] as the Romulans call it is a class M planet located within the Neutral Zone.  It was first colonized in 2376 by Romulan settlers and then Federation colonist arrived a year later.  For decades the two sides did not interact, but as the populations grew, conflict between the two sides occurred over territory on the planet.

Recently, the conflict between the two sides threatened to spill over into surrounding systems and throw the neutral zone into chaos.  Because of this, both the Federation, and Romulan Governments decided to intervene to keep the situation from escalating further.  Coming into mutual agreement the Federation established a Starfleet outpost on the planet and the Romulan Empire established a Star Navy outpost.  Both governments have begun disarming the local populations in an effort to find a peaceful solution to the conflict before it draws both of them into a full scale war.

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What this means is that we’ll have an easier time interacting with the rest of Beta Fleet as a whole, and it offers more logging possibilities for the crew.  I’ll list those below.  Also the Aylhr is assigned to the planet, so it’s not disappearing.  It’ll be used whenever the crew is required to be elsewhere.

For Engineers they will spend a lot of time working on the construction and maintenance of the Galae facilities on the planet.

Security Personnel and Gai’Shian will be busy monitoring the local populations, disarming them, and so on.

Science Personnel have an entire planet to investigate and create weird shit.

Medical Officers will have the same roles, but more people…

For Political Officers this is perfect time to test the loyalty of a CO who works so closely to Starfleet, every decision can be questioned.

Also this will provide a lot of opportunities for SF and Romulans to interact, also you are able to create a SF character or use one you already have if you are interested.  But you can only hold one chief position for either side.

Now my blunt side.  Some of you have told me you have issues logging on a ship, that aside from action scenarios you can't think of things to do.  Okay, i've tried to rectify that but it seems that my attempts have all failed.  For those who are unfamiliar with Romulan simming it can be difficult, this will ease it.  Being on a planet offers a HOST, and I mean a HOST of things your characters can do.  The situation is perfect for every department to have something or even create something (which is difficult on a vessel sometimes).  I mean this write up is a gold mine, especially for character development.  You'll be free to create NPCs, whether they be Romulan Settlers, Other Romulan Personnel, Federation Colonists, whatever, i've done this to offer everyone oppertunities to write whatever they are comfortable with.  Whether or not some you do is another thing entirely.  Also this means that I won't be keeping freeloaders on the roster.  If you don't at least spit 1 log out per week as required, well you are the weakest link, good bye! ;)

Every crewmember has been transferred to the new lists astate@... & astate-ooc@... - The new website is http://www.ucip.org/astate - at the end of the month the Aylhr list will be deactivated.  If you are an observer and would like to be added to the new list please email astate-command@....  Also use that email address if you are a current crewmember and would like to be removed.  I'll be linking it to the RSE-Senate list later today.  I'm going to shift the plot so Aylhr gets shafted to that planet by some occurance.

-Thomas