Hi Everybody

bmcmvox · Posted Wed 18 Oct, 2023 12:51 AM

Where you are from: Vancouver, Canada

What time zone you are in: PST

How old you are: 41

How you first got interested in Star Trek: My step brother got me interested when TNG premiered as he was 10 years older than me and was a fan of ToS. Ever since then, I have been a huge Trek fan. I went to the Vancouver convention a while back and have been to Vegas once. Have another trip to Vegas booked for 2024 and will be attending the convention and embarrassing my wife every chance I can get with possible cosplay.

Your favourite Star Trek character: Tough one. I like many DS9 characters. Major Kira is a standout. I thought here development was quite good and Nana is a great actress.

Your favourite Star Trek episode: Duet (of course). I also like any episodes with a lot of ships pewpewing each other.

Your favourite Star Trek movie: Undiscovered country

Your favourite Star Trek series: DS9 by a long shot

As for the game, I am still levelling. Taking it slowish to learn the mechanics and enjoy the story for once. Most MMOs I have played I just rushed to max and had no idea what was going on lore wise. I played WoW since Cata and still have no idea what the general story even is. I bought a Gagarin and now a Ra'ondaire Carrier and working on learning their play styles as I level. I might...might get the Lexington as well for a more "medium ship" but I have learned if I dont throttle my spending on new games I play, it can get out of control quite fast. I did a lot of research before choosing those 2 ships and I realize they are not optimal from a min/max perspective, I loved the gameplay vids I saw and they are both gorgeous ships. I play a Romulan aligned with the Federation. I am a little lost on some of the deeper aspects of the game but learning a little each time I play. Also doing to reading on reddit etc.

DeWolfe · Posted Wed 18 Oct, 2023 2:30 AM

Welcome! Great choice of Movie as well btw.

JByb04 · Posted Wed 18 Oct, 2023 2:36 AM

Welcome aboard!

Stormy · Posted Wed 18 Oct, 2023 2:54 AM

Welcome aboard and thanks for sharing. It's always nice to get to know our members a little bit better.

Jestersmith · Posted Wed 18 Oct, 2023 3:30 AM

Welcome, you can go as slow as you want or as fast in STO if you have any questions on anything ask no matter what it is always someone has an answer.

There is plenty of help and build guides in forums and weekly events that you are more than welcome to come to new members are always welcome and don't be worried about not being the best at it or being unsure of the items running the events will always help and advise

Kyuusaku · Posted Wed 18 Oct, 2023 3:35 AM

Always happy to welcome a new member to UFP, but especially fellow DS9 fans!

-- Kyuu

Remsus · Posted Wed 18 Oct, 2023 4:18 AM

Welcome and Thank you for your introduction.

Sunfire · Posted Wed 18 Oct, 2023 4:58 AM

Welcome fellow DS9 enjoyer!

AlexRider · Posted Wed 18 Oct, 2023 7:55 AM

Hey there!

Thank you very much for your intro and again: Welcome to the crew!

Take your time in STO... there is sooo much to do and to discover. I am pretty sure you will enjoy it a lot - especially the story arcs. Some of them are DARN good, well written and fun to play.

If you need support with your ships, their builds, traits and so on you might want to have a look at this event for example. Furthermore you can find lots of help here in the GUIDES and BUILDS sections. Or you simply ask either in our ingame-chat, on Teamspeak or here on the board. I'm sure there will always be a helping hand.

So.. see you around somewhere up there and greetings from Gemany to "Oh Canada.. your home and native land"!

WoorLord · Posted Wed 18 Oct, 2023 8:46 AM

Welcome to the fleet!

Kerry Malone · Posted Wed 18 Oct, 2023 8:49 AM

Welcome to the UFP

Don't be ashamed to ask any of our really good STO players here for help and guidance. The tip to STO is to play how you get the most enjoyment!

Solace · Posted Wed 18 Oct, 2023 8:58 AM

Welcome aboard!

Bridger · Posted Wed 18 Oct, 2023 9:04 AM

Aloha!

RavenSplat · Posted Wed 18 Oct, 2023 10:37 AM

Welcome to the UFP!
If you don't want to chase DPS counts there is a large part of the community who just play to look cool while flying their ships around where I fully understand the ship choices they make as they look very good for that sort of thing.

Ineptcorpse · Posted Wed 18 Oct, 2023 10:49 AM

Welcome aboard.

Hi Everybody

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