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{{State of the Federation Address}}

In 2014, UFOP: StarBase 118 will celebrate its 20th year. For two decades we have been a community of people that have devoted time and energy to a common interest, Star Trek. With each year we have remained a safe haven on the internet, where people can come together and share their passion for writing. This beacon for creativity will continue as long as we have valued members like each of you. This community continues to bring together people from all over the world. Here, they can get to know each other and really develop the kind of friendships and unity that was envisioned when Star Trek aired for the first time in 1966. We want to thank each and every one of you for doing all you do, to make this the best Star Trek RPG online.

–Fleet Captain Andrus Jaxx

StarBase 118 has an amazing group of ships and excellent teams that help keep the community up to date and filled with members. The captains and facilitators for each of these groups are tasked with reviewing the year before, and where they want to be in the coming year. The members of each ship and team then work to bring those goals to fruition. It is not always an easy task, and while we may fall short on some of them, we strive to set the bar high.

We have worked hard to increase our standings in the search engines, but in the middle of 2013, Google changed their algorithm. As a result, unique visitors was down 20% over 2012. Along with that, we saw a 16.5% decrease in total traffic to the site. Our site traffic for 2013 was 89,903, down from 107,643 in 2012. That being said, it was still much higher than our traffic in 2011, which was 28,364. We will continue our efforts to boost these rankings in the coming year.

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* Podcast Team: The goals this year were to increase the length of each podcast to one hour. Shift from scripted hosting, to a live, unscripted session. Work on getting our podcasts listed on startrekpodcasts.com. Increase the members of the team and flow of content. These goals were met across the board, excluding having our site listed on startkrepodcasts.com.

The Executive Council would like to thank Captain Della Vetri for over two years of service in the position of Captain at Large. Due to term limits on the position, Captain Vetri was required to vacate it. The new Captain at Large is Fleet Captain Diego Herrera, who started his term on January 1st.

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At present, the fleet consists of the following vessels:

* USS Apollo, Achilles Class: Fleet Captain Andrus Jaxx