Jolan'Tru, UFP
I've started recently searching for a new fleet as after being a member of another one for five years I've finally got bored of being by myself pretty much all the time when I'm online. I reached out on reddit to find something new, and have been pointed here to UFP. Interestingly it's not the first time I've been pointed out to you guys. Five and a half years ago, prior to the launch of LoR I was looking for a new fleet (for similar reasons), and one STO forum poster brought up UFP too, though back then I believe you had a rule that disallowed engaging in other fleets/activities with any other character so you were ruled out as I had wanted to keep a character or two in my old original fleet as it was one with RL friends. Over the years however this for me fell away as soon all chars were in the new fleet... Now here I am again, in the same boat incidentally. I don't know if you still have that rule (can't find much in terms of in game rules on the site), but even so, I would apply for all characters to join the UFP associated fleets. (Found the thread too, it's here:
https://www.arcgames.com/en/forums/s...mment/11150426 ). I am still in the fleets I joined back then, and upon acceptance here I would leave the old ones of course.
I play STO since Open Beta, became LTS short after launch and been playing since. I have taken breaks of the game if I get too burnt out or if something else shiny comes along however, so it's not a full eight years daily/weekly gaming STO. I am avid gamer in general, out of 37 years on this planet I play computer games for around 31 years now, I play many different types of games incl. MMOs of IPs that interest me (Star Wars Galaxies, Neocron 2, Elder Scrolls Online, Fallout 76, and probably something else), FPS games (Both single and Multiplayer, fan of the Tom Clancy stuff), Story based games (from old LucasArts adventures to games like Life is Strange), RTS (Dune 2 was my first of many, none recently though that caught my interest), big fan of RPGs in various forms (Ultima Underworld was the first that I remember, Mass Effect is one of my absolute favourites), and whole bunch of others.
In regards to STO specifically:
I have 14 characters. By faction:
Three are 24th Century Federation
Six are Romulan Republic
Two are KDF
One Jem'Hadar Gamma Recruit
One 23rd Century Temporal Agent Federation
One DSC Federation
(in total, ten Federation aligned, four KDF aligned)
By profession:
Five are Engineers
Five are Tactical
Four are Science
Romulans are my favourites. Fell in love with them the very first time I saw a D'Deridex decloaking in TNG's The Neutral Zone in the 1990s. Star trek in general is one of my most favourite universes, however as one that would be called a geek / nerd etc., I of course also like others, including Star Wars, Dune, Galactica (I've seen both), Ghost in the Shell, and more. I reckon it all started out as a young kid, toddler even, glued to the TV watching some weird space ship flying around and some dudes doing interesting stuff (which turned out to be the 1930s Flash Gordon in a TV rerun in the 80s.).
Now, outside of this, I work in IT, Linux/DevOps engineering, originally from Germany but live in the UK so would be around UK/EU time usually, though that can change for when I'm not working, I'm around more often during any time.
So uhm yeah, if there are any further questions, let me know. Cheers!