Brett:
 Yep, looks like we'll have to call it off tonight

Jyg_Lo:
 Before you guys go though, I could talk to you.

CSO_Lt_Rhykmal:
 Bummer... was looking forward to the fish out of water act tonight

CO_Capt_Mash`ev:
 but Trish, you'd be *in* the water?

Brett:
 Well, we'll try it next week.

Brett:
 Kurt: You could, but don't you want to talk to all of them?

Jyg_Lo:
 I'll come back. But why miss an opportunity? Some of them might not be here next time.

CSO_Lt_Rhykmal:
 Martin: thought we were doing dinner tonight and talking about the dive.

Brett:
 Alright, shoot.

CO_Capt_Mash`ev:
 Depends on how fast the game clock goes? We might have been underwater by now.

Jyg_Lo:
 My email is messed up at the moment, but I believe an important email was sent out earlier to you guys via the ODN mail list.

Jyg_Lo:
 Has anyone recieved it?

CSO_Lt_Rhykmal:
 no

Brett:
 How long ago?

CO_Capt_Mash`ev:
 nope?

Jyg_Lo:
 Okay, well I'll tell you. Was supposed to be nearly an hour ago now. But no matter

Brett:
 Ah, nope, nothing

Jyg_Lo:
 Some of you might know, but we kept a good lid on it. The Fourth Fleet is going to be running a Fleetwide arc after the summer break, entitled "Sanctum".

Jyg_Lo:
 This Fleetwide will involve every ship in the fleet and a few 'guest stars' along the way. It's really not going to be anything like the 'Wides" we've had in the past. Believe me, I know the torturous history this game has with Wides and we're not repeating those mistakes.

Jyg_Lo:
 The Fourth Fleet will be an integrated unit. Every ship and its role is essential, unlike the past. Your decisions will matter and will have consequences. Not only to your own ships, but possibly to other ships as well.

Jyg_Lo:
 Among the things we're going to do is to promote it heavily. In addition to the email I expect you guys to recieve soon, each ship will be promoted seperately, as different 'characters' in the story. We're hoping this will have a secondary effect of increasing recruitment in the fleet and on those ships which are hurting for crew.

Jyg_Lo:
 Other things involved will be 'embedded' Federation News Service reporters, background political ramifications, and so forth. Since the Fourth Fleet is largely made up of combat ships you can guess somewhat at the nature of this story. But what might seem like a straightforward premise will prove otherwise. We're hoping to present you players with

Jyg_Lo:
 an engaging and enthralling story filled with climaxes and subtleties. A story that isn't set down in stone. We've worked with your SMs to craft the *situations* for your ships. I emphasize that because we haven't predetermined anything. We haven't written conclusions. That is up to you as crew to determine through your own decisions and actions.

Jyg_Lo:
 This Fleetwide won't be an endless rambling thing. It won't be boring. And it won't be like anything you've ever seen before. :)

Jyg_Lo:
 Any questions?

CO_Capt_Mash`ev:
 Wow, that's a lot to digest.

CSO_Lt_Rhykmal:
 not really. But I am not an a lot of questions type gal until... later... after its ruminated in my head a bit.

Jyg_Lo:
 Hehe.

Jyg_Lo:
 We're really hoping to provide you guys with a once in a lifetime opportunity. Since Wides have gradually lost popularity in the game, this might be our last chance to do it right.

CSO_Lt_Rhykmal:
 But this looks like I won't have questions until we are involved and then those will be for the SM

Jyg_Lo:
 And the Fourth Fleet has an opportunity to really integrate.

CO_Capt_Mash`ev:
 I'm sure some of the things will be explained in detail so I'm waiting to see more before I start with the questions. :-)

CSO_Lt_Rhykmal:
 Well it sounds like a good plan, Kurt. I hope it works well.

Jyg_Lo:
 I'll answer whatever questions you have now actually. What would you like to know?

CSO_Lt_Rhykmal:
 LOL I don't have any now... oh wait... there's one.

CSO_Lt_Rhykmal:
 You said you were going to start promoting the wides soon. When are you going to start?

CSO_Lt_Rhykmal:
 Are the missions of the wide going to happen simultaneously or is it a progressive story arc?

Jyg_Lo:
 The initial promotion was supposed to go out tonight. My email is messed up so I don't know if it has or not. We're doing something of a 'preview' to run during the break and when we return, that's when the heavy individual promotions will begin.

CSO_Lt_Rhykmal:
 LOL sorry two... two questions

Jyg_Lo:
 Some missions are simultaneous, some are progressive. We're also hoping to operate several joint missions since this is an integrated fleet arc.

CSO_Lt_Rhykmal:
 ok

CSO_Lt_Rhykmal:
 are the SMs talking to each other about what is happening or is it all being filtered through you and your co-creator?

CO_Capt_Mash`ev:
 I'm concerned about the consequences of one ship on another. Also, what about character crossovers? Will we be playing more than one night a week? I'd have to know as early as possible if so.

Jyg_Lo:
 We've had a couple of meetings with the SMs but I'm sure you know how difficult that can be. The creators will keep tabs on the results of the ship's actions and try to figure out what effect that would have elsewhere and pass that information on to the affected SM so they can decide what to do with it.

Jyg_Lo:
 I imagine a couple of joint missions might have people playing more than once a week. But arranging joint missions is up to the SMs so I can't say right now, for instance, that Delphyne will be involved. There's a lot of factors involved in getting a joint to go off. Whenever possible we would try to make it a single night mission, possibly running

Jyg_Lo:
 say a couple of hours to get it done for the ship so both crews only need to be out one week.

CO_Capt_Mash`ev:
 I'm sure we'll pick up on how the 'embedded' Federation News Service works in time as well?

Jyg_Lo:
 Fortunately for the fourth fleet, the majority of ships run on the same or close days and in very close timeslots.

Jyg_Lo:
 We're really hoping for volunteers for the bulk of the FNS thing. Players could NPC a reporter if their SM allows, or simply write 'stories' on the events on the ship which will be posted on the site that will be tracking the progress of this wide.

Jyg_Lo:
 Some of the reporters will be the creators NPCing where SMs allow, though.

Jyg_Lo:
 There will also be other supplemental information utilized. Including Federation Council's responses, political ramifications, and so forth.

Jyg_Lo:
 Any other questions?

CSO_Lt_Rhykmal:
 nope

Jyg_Lo:
 Well I'll leave you to ruminate Trish :)

CSO_Lt_Rhykmal:
 lol thanks

Jyg_Lo:
 Trust me guys, when I tell you that your ships aren't 'cookie cutouts'. We took into account your ship's histories, 'cultures', designs and so forth in crafting the various storylines.

CO_Capt_Mash`ev:
 oh dear...

Jyg_Lo:
 Hehe, that bother you?

CO_Capt_Mash`ev:
 The Delphyne was like that when I got here, I swear! LOL

CSO_Lt_Rhykmal:
 hehe we were never cookie-cutter

CO_Capt_Mash`ev:
 that's quite true, Trish. :-)  

Jyg_Lo:
 That's not what I mean. I know in the past in Wides we've had 'missions' doled out to us willy-nilly. Quite often things that were irrelevant or badly suited to the ship.

Jyg_Lo:
 Well I'll let you guys get back to whatever you were doing. Thanks for your attention.

CSO_Lt_Rhykmal:
 cool thanks for stopping by

CO_Capt_Mash`ev:
 great, thank you. I'm looking forward to more information. :-)

Jyg_Lo:
 It'll be coming :)

Brett:
 Alright guys, with that, unless you've questions, we'll call it a night.

Brett:
 I guess if you send it out, if those missing have questions they can ask next week.  Might make his visit shorter.