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{{Citation|Combs Cross|2399|USS-Constitution-B|The Combs Cross is a brand new award created to reward players that bring their ship to life with well-rounded PNPCs. These players enrich the story, add to the development of their own and other characters' plots without taking away from the main characters and add more colour to our stories. The recipient of this award is the most obvious choice in the quadrant. Not only do they write for an incredibly diverse and colourful cast of PNPCs, but those characters are far beyond background actors or window dressing. These PNPCs have their own lives, opinions, and complex relationships that bring our ship to life time and again. Join me in congratulating our very own Commodore Jalana Rajel for this well-earned award!}}

{{Citation|Staff Member of the Year Award|2399|USS-Constitution-B| Presented by Sal Taybrim: In her ten-year tenure on StarBase 118, Jalana Rajel - who started as Jalana Laxyn, and was joined as Trill often do, was recognized as an experienced simmer and steadfast staff member even early on.  She had experience moderating a German-language Star Trek sim before she dove into StarBase 118.  Oh yes, did you know that Jess, the writer behind Jalana Rajel is not only an incredible writer (and published author!), but that English is her second language?  She’s so profound at writing in English that she has excelled in simming with many of her fellow players only learning that she lives in Germany as they made friends with her!  She has maneuvered through many difficult situations in her path towards command, including stepping up as the acting commanding officer of the USS Apollo-A when her CO went AWOL after her Commander’s exam.  Shortly afterwards she moved to her one true love in a ship, the USS Constitution-B. From there she has commanded the Constitution-B for over seven years, creating a most remarkable place to play.  There is a stability and familiarity to the Constitution’s game (lovingly called the ‘Conny’ by its players), enhanced by Jalana’s love of her favorite series, Star Trek: The Next Generation, which perfectly matches the ship.  You would expect a Galaxy class ship like the Conny to feel like the Next Generation, and for over seven years that is exactly what it has felt like.  Congratulations, Jalana, you’re on your eighth season now and going strong!  There is a warm nostalgia and welcoming feeling to Jalana’s game, matched by her calm and wise leadership and her compassionate portrayal of her character.  Her crew lovingly calls her ‘Mama Bear’ and sometimes “Commodore Hugs-a-Lot” and she embodies both of these aspects in and out of character. As a Commanding officer and member of the staff on StarBase 118, Jalana has always been patient and considerate.  She is a joy to work with out of character and always presents a calm, considered viewpoint.  She’s unfailingly honest, hardworking and balanced.  She can mediate heated discussions with a calm and level head and approaches players new and old with an open friendliness that is unmatched.  She is also a wonderful mentor, helping her staff members grow and develop into taskforce leaders, and her newer players grow into staff members. Furthermore, she’s one of the longest taskforce leaders in the Fleet - directing the Image Collective for almost her entire ten years on StarBase 118.  She’s a strong graphics artist who has helped with character portraiture for years, and she was a driving force behind many of our badges, award images and fleet graphics.  She’s incredibly dependable in her role on the Image Team, and looking back at the amount of graphics she has created, especially the badges and other templates that we use so often and don’t think about much, is overwhelming.  Jalana is always quick to get requests done and always puts care and effort into every creation. Consistency, warmth, openness, friendliness, dependability.  All of these perfectly describe Jess as a Commanding Officer and as a staff member of StarBase 118.  While she may not be a brash voice, or a big personality, her steady contributions over time have grown into an incredible body of work.  She has improved the simming experience for countless players and is a wonderful person to work with as a staff member and an incredible friend.  I am so utterly ecstatic to be able to present Jalana Rajel with 2399’s Staff Member of the Year Award!  }}

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