I have been digging around here in some old threads and realized there are a LOT of the old gang I really miss. Not just playing a game with, but conversations missed, posts looked forward to, jabs to deliver.....and recieve, and even the occasional heated debate to take part in, or watch bloom into a life of it's own. Many a fleetmate has gone by the way for a varied number of reasons, only to return if but to pass a greeting, fly a mission or 2, and then return to the mist of the world outside these forums.
You, as a group.....not Federation, (although if you had any sense you WOULD be), not Klingon, (heavy emphasis on the "not", lol), not Hydran, or Kzin, not ISC, or Gorn.......not even Romulan, have continued with comraderie and acceptance of all, (......well with the possible exception of Kroma
). I think that is what keeps me from tossing aside for good a "game" I have invested so many years in. I read through an archive recently and found my first post on a forum related to this community back in 1999 begging for some one to tell me how to get the game running right to play online. This was my first online gaming experience. There weren't shout downs of "NOOB" or "figure it out yourself" like I see so often in other games I have since experienced.
I doubt I will ever play WoW again, Likely won't dabble with ......(what WAS the name of that other space game?), and really only give cursory attention to LOTR.....yet I find myself once again being drawn back to here, and to you. If you are reading this then I truly mean YOU as you are a part of the whole that makes this group what it is. I'm not the best pilot to ever play the game, (and look there's Krueg at the head of the line to agree with me, lol),and I don't have the technical skill to create new ships or missions yet you put up with folks like me without reservation. You are unique in the gaming world based on my experience.
I Salute you!