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Captain's Log: It is now day 2 after the self-imposed deadline of this mysterious Q-like group known as the Devs. This region of space could implode at any moment.

As of this time, we remain in a state of uncertainty, but still exist in this vacuum of silence.

There are signs that this reprieve may be fleeting, as a mysterious phenomenon known as the start of the work week (scientifically named Monday) has enveloped our Fleet. This dreaded occurrence often brings sudden changes, including the black hole that could swallow this galaxy entirely.

If this is the end, I wish to note in the Log that my crew, and those of all my remaining fellow Captains, have served with distinction and pride. They never gave in, even when there were plenty of reasons to do so. All deserve commendation and have my highest regard.

Godspeed to the Fleet, and may we find our way back home one day. I believe this will likely be my final Log, but let the record show we went down fighting, to the very end.

Computer, end Log

Captain's Log: It is almost 8pm EST on Stardate August 24th, a day after an unknown species claimed they would destroy this sector, and everything in it. The fleet remains.

Despite our attempts at contact, the threat appears to be without merit, or delayed at the very least. Radio silence has been maintained by the species known as the Devs.

We will maintain a vigilant watch on this area of space, as long as it still exists. To my fellow Captains still patrolling this quandrant, fight on for another day.

Also, as a heads-up for any refugees going to discord, as this has not been previously explained or noted:

The "Official" Star Trek Timelines Discord, as owned and ran by Tilting Point Games, is also in direct partnership with CBS/Paramount/Skydance, and such must adhere to their strict content standards.

This Discord was actually, originally, the "official" Discord for Star Trek Legends - a terrible (but fun for 3 seconds) mobile game exclusive to iOS on Apple Arcade. It lived in obscurity until the original devs abandoned the game years ago, and also the Discord.

Enter Tilting Point Games - fresh off several other game studio and IP acquisitions (like Start Trek Timelines from Disruptor beam) - TPG gets Legends and assigns Emerald City Games as the new dev with a new mission - develop the game for PC (Steam) and eventually xbox, PS and Nintendo. Since they already had an official Discord and it was now property of TPG, the Community Manager decided to kill two Khans with one Genesis Device, and added Timelines to the mix, and then shoeshorned everything together.

So, all of that history lesson to say - you'll see a lot of weird channels and inactive people, but the CBS management and rules stay the same - no cussing, no off topic, no rude or harsh statements - and most of all - ZERO linking to outside community resources (like Datacore or the Wiki).

Just be warned before you get auto-timed out by the moderator bot.

So getting banned from the forum on the 22nd won't affect your status on discord correct? asking for a friend...

Popping in for the final day, and figured I'd re-share something I posted on the Holodeck 7 or so years ago, which seemed to be somewhat popular -- Timelines characters as superheroes (and villains):

https://forum.wickedrealmgames.com/stt/discussion/6054/stt-superheroes-and-villains

I also won't be joining Discord. So to all the folks who've come and gone over the years...



Live long and prosper. 🖖

This is sad and inconvenient, for all the reasons others have already stated.
When I was shut out of the game once, posting to the forum was the one way I could let my crewmates know and a good additional way of communicating with the team about my problem.
I‘m not going on Discord, so I decided to post here one last time.
Thanks to everyone who contributed here over the years, I liked this forum and found people here mostly helpful and friendly.

OK, I've clearly un-retired from the forums about as fast as I retire from in-game.
Let's all air our dirty laundry.
I'd like to see some of the various "GuestXXXXXXXX" accounts come clean and admit who they actually were. Or if you were two named forum posters all along, confess your sin.

I'll start.
I was secretly always Princess Trista.

Oh, this is one **tsk tsk** decision. I like Discord, but it's more for friends groups and most people keep their server number down bc you CAN'T just keep your eyes on a gazillion servers at the same time. And going to a place with hundreds of strangers that now can contact you via the ONE messenger that still works that you NEED to keep contact with your friends and can't just get rid of, if those strangers make it a living hell (especially if you're a woman)???

This place here was good. You didn't have to log in to see if the current bug has already been reported. Yes, it's mostly silent, because there's not much to say.

(ALSO there's a number of apps like Insta that seem to tap into Discord and explicitly show ads of stuff that has just been talked about. Had that happen time and again on a friend group server. Having this with strangers? Yeah, no, thanks. )

TL;DR Someone REALLY didn't think this plan through in my opinion. (And quite possibly the person who made this decision was a cishet abled white man who has no idea how unsafe Discord servers with strangers are for anyone who doesn't fit ALL these categories.)

yeah, I'm only in 11 discords, one of which is my fleet, and I don't manage to pay attention to most of those, I forget they're there and neglect them, imagine how it would be if I joined the discord of every website, app and service that asked me to. All the forums I visit once a month to catch up because I have no need to visit them more often, it would be insane for me to be in a hundred discords instead... and visit once a month and realistically be totally unable to catch up because it's not that sort of format.

Discord is great for some things, but I hate this modern trend of using it for everything. If I'm having an issue with an app I use I want to go to a forum, see if I can find a discussion on the same issue, if I can't then make a post, then look back the next day to see if it got a reply. If they're like "we have no forums, we don't have an FAQ to cover even the most basic stuff, join our discord and ask your question that's probably been asked a hundred times already and hope someone's around to give the same reply that's been given a hundred times already", I might be looking for another app.

Hate to say it, but if this is the end of the Forum, what more fitting way could there be than for them to completely ignore us on here about it shutting down...

The final legacy of this place will be the constant radio silence from the Devs it seems. How apropos