Argo Situation Update
A year ago, during the power struggle for control of the Empire, the Imperial 38th Battlefleet’s commanding officer, Admiral Perim was one of the flag officers to attempt to take control of the Empire. In the hopes of gaining an advantage over more traditional contenders Perim, a Trill, freed and armed the battlefleet’s alien slave population. While this did provide her with a large fighting force, it also rallied many more traditionally-minded officers against her. The result was a short but fierce battle aboard the 38th’s headquarters, Battle Station Argo. By the end of the fighting, Battle Station Argo was destroyed. Perim, a few loyalists, and a number of former-slaves managed to escape, and remain fugitives to this day.
The battle station’s destruction caused chaos not only in the battlefleet, but throughout the region. Alliance forces have encroached deeper into the Empire’s borders than they have in half a century. Revolts and uprisings have taken place – and been brutally put down – on planets all over the sector. As a result of the increased workload and lack of resources, the officers of the 38th Battlefleet, now unified behind Empress Leeta, have had no time to conduct the customary in-fighting. Over the past year, crews and commanders have been frequently mixed and reorganized, between the influx of battle station personnel needing shipboard assignments and new warships entering service. All battlefleet flag officers were reduced to Captain rank, and administration has been handled by Field Marshall Aluk - a ruthlessly efficient officer based on Earth Spacedock. Worse still, the 38th has become one of the most dreaded assignments in the Empire. Not only is it tough, grueling work, far from the Empress’ grand designs, it comes attached to the stigma of past failure and treason.
Finally, a glimmer of hope has emerged – the corps of engineers has announced the activation of a newly constructed outpost in the Aldebaran Sector, dubbed Battle Station 13. Though final construction and outfitting are still underway, the new station’s docking berths are open and its facilities are available for use by the battlefleet’s personnel. With this milestone in sight, Imperial Command has seen fit to reorganize the 38th Battlefleet. Major positions such as Battlefleet Commander, XO, and commander of the new BS13 will be filled shortly.
OOC When posting your character this year, please consider the events that have taken place and adjust their situation accordingly. Specifically:
- Characters previously assigned to the starbase will have been reassigned to ships for the past year. You are, however, welcome to have them assigned to the new starbase at the start of this year’s event.
- Any of you who weaseled your way into promotions above Captain in previous years, are back down to Captain this year.
- As you’ll see below, you may no longer create characters ranked above Captain or external to the battlefleet. If you had one previously, you can continue to use it IF AND ONLY IF it was actually posted in a previous year’s Parallax thread.
- During this year’s event, some of you may have characters promoted above Captain. We make no guarantee that your character will be able to keep that rank when next year’s event comes around (especially if you’re no longer participating) and we reserve the right to demote them to give others a chance to play.