Jan 26 2014
The 2013 GFC Winter Ball
The GFC Winter Ball is once again the highlight of Galaxy in Second Life. This year, the event is all iced over and the Roddenberry Center is an ice sculpture of paradise!
Everyone has gathered 25 min before the Ball to drink, talk and meet. Vice Admiral JD Matova suddenly greets us with a call as he gathers everyone to the dinner tables while they eagerly await for the awards and promotions to be handed out.
Before the show begins, we find the flagship of the GFC fleet, the USS Ajax, to be diverted but still arriving on time to present the Admirals as they beam down into the Roddenberry Center, and the events start.
Many awards and promotion are handed out to people who have contributed a great deal of time an effort into building and maintaining GFC. At its conclusion, we are greeted with the magic of fireworks in Galaxy!
Our bi-annual event is joyful for all. The GalaxyFleetCommand Ball has been a long-standing unification event for all our members. This event we all put aside our differences of opinion and just enjoy a beautiful night under the stars of Second Life. It is here, that we celebrate all the people who work at sometimes tireless tasks to make it all happen.
Rich Merk, the Social Events Lead and Engineering Coordinator has worked hard at keeping these events inline together with several other members. Everyone in GFC puts together their time and effort behind this event to make it happen. The GFC Ball is and always will be the one time everyone can sit and enjoy the time.
Jul 11 2014
There be Klingons here!
The bi-annual Ball is closing in on us. Soon, we will all find ourselves sitting in the great hall of the Klingon Village, listening to speeches, drinking Bloodwine with our Klingon allies and hoping the hypospray we got from Starfleet Medical, works in holding back the wine’s damaging effects. We wouldn’t want to pass out in front of the Admiralty, now would we?
It’s not just the many advertisements that inform us of the Ball: it’s also the presence of various Klingons in GalaxyFleetCommand. Granted, we’ve had a Klingon or two visiting on occasion, but now it seems they’re everywhere! It’s quite unnerving to have groups of the finest warriors in the universe, right here at our doorstep…
Our reporter, who has no fear of danger or dying – probably because he dies all the time anyway – has secretly followed a group of Klingons throughout GFC. He watched their activities, their mannerisms, the way they behaved. It is through his heroic actions, that we are able to bring to you… a glimpse into the Klingon culture. We thought we knew everything about them. But did we really? Let’s find out.
Our brave reporter found a group of Klingons, standing menacingly in the sandbox. What were they doing? What were they talking about? They sure looked tough… Were they planning an uprising of some sort?
“Are you kidding me? These Starfleet people still play in sandboxes?”
Next, the group of Klingons headed to Phoenix Station. It currently was unmanned… would this be the chance they needed to take over one of Starfleet’s finest stations? Apparently… not. For they just sat in the bar all night.
Klingons at the Bar
Oh, it seems we have an exclusive, people! The next picture shows that Klingons can get drunk of something else than Bloodwine! I wonder what drink that was…
“Ugh, my stomach… I’ll never drink Root Beer again! Those bubbles… the horror!”
Our reporter followed the group to Boothby Park, where they performed in a choreographed series of movements. Could this be the mythical Mok’bara? What a privilege it is to see them all move so fluently!
Klingon: “One-two-three, one-two-three” Other Klingon: “I can’t believe we’re being forced to dance Human dances at this ball…” Klingon: “Shut up and continue practising!”
The group stopped their movements rather abruptly, though. One of them had apparently said something which offended the others. For Klingons, that could only mean one thing: a duel. So, they went to the Klingon Village and sharpened their Bat’leths. The result was a terrible battle, which shocked even our battle hardened reporter! In the end, one of their own lay there, in a puddle of purple blood. It was horrifying!
“Get up… ‘Tis only a flesh wound!”
It was after this that the group broke up. Some of them stayed to pet the Targs, others went to clean their Bat’leths. Our adventurous reporter followed one last Klingon though. He seemed to be looking around, as if trying to make sure he wasn’t followed. Suspicious behaviour! Luckily our reporter was a master of hiding.
It wasn’t until night fell again, that the Klingon made his move. Quitly, the Klingon went to the village in Constellation. Using all his warrior’s skills, he slowly walked up to one of the houses, and…
Hmmm.
Well, I guess they don’t have swings at Q’onos.
“Weeeeee!!!!”
There you have it, folks. Klingons in GFC. Don’t miss the bi-annual ball, this Saturday the 12th of July, starting at 2 PM SLT in the Klingon Village.
Q’apla!
By RoBobby McMillan • Activities, Events, News • • Tags: Bi-Annual Ball, Klingons