Memory Book/Danny Wilde (David Hemming): Difference between revisions

==History==

After graduating the Meze Training Program, I was posted as a Security Officer (my first choice of assignment) on the USS Constitution-B, then under the command of Cmd Jessa Anassasi and LtCmd Mike Rourke as XO. She also oversaw my training. I remember my first introduction to the ship as being very hectic - the USS Constitution was fighting the T'Lithians at the time and I was thrust into the madness very early on. I remember being commended by my Chief of Security for standing my post and helping his injured character to safety. Sadly, I don't remember his name, only that he was a Vulcan, and I never had the opportunity to sim with him again.

I think challenges come by group effort in this community. We all help each other out IC as well as OOC. I have some very good friends in both aspects. In Character, I've been thrown some odd situations my way, and naturally you have to think of something exciting and believable to write to progress in the story. Out of Character, as a writer at a keyboard, one of the challenges I've seen over the years is people who tend to go their own way and cause problems for the group. I admit that in the early years I fell prey to that, too. I was never extreme but I had my fair share of 'telling off's'. All in all they help you grow and become a better member of the group. I find myself now saying the same things as senior officers said to me at the time. Weird, isn't it?  

Since I joined the group in Mid-2002 I have had to take two LOA's due to lack of time or lack of means to sim and contribute to the group. The first one was when I was at university and was so swamped with work and stuff that I found I wasn't meeting the group requirements of simming, the second was last year when I was working full time and my internet was down. Fortunately I changed jobs (and got the internet back!) so I could rejoin the group, and I'm proud to say that re-integration into the community on those two occassions were great achievements for me, on a personal level. I was welcomed back heartily and was able to pick up exactly where I left off and dove right in. I also attribute my maturing as a writer to the work and training of those who have had more experience in the group. Plus I finally made Lieutenant Commander after about five years as a Lieutenant!

I hope to be recognised in time to be a competent and reliable Captain for the group. I am currently undergoing the necessary requirements for the Commanders Exam, and am more involved now more than ever with other aspects of the group.  

I like to think that it'll still be going strong. From what I've heard the group is very well known in the Online Community, receiving awards and the like. Hopefully there will be a lot more new members and a stronger fleet, but with the current absence of Canon Trek being produced - aside from the official Star Trek film of 2009 and various fanfilms, I hope that interest in the Star Trek franchise doesn't disappear.

One thing I have seen is the dedication to canonical events and established 'Trek' proceedure. It is evident in our training and our writing that we take the shows principles very seriously and abide by the laws of Trek. I think it will be interesting to see as time goes by (and we possibly go into the 2390's IC) how we react to the absence of 24th Star Trek on television or in films in our plots and stories. Perhaps the impossible in TNG's time is possible twenty years after Voyager returns to the Alpha Quadrant. It should be exciting to push forward. The group itself is well known across the internet and we always have had high standards. Given the chance, we could set the example of rival or future communities.

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