User:Deadman1378

OVERVIEW
The {UFP} United Federation of Planets is a 8 year veteran of the Star Trek gaming scene. They've built up a solid player community in that time and a very respectable reputation in the wider community. The {UFP} is Commanded Be StarFleet Command, A Group of the most seasoned and mature members of the {UFP}. Membership in the {UFP} comprises of many ages from teens to those in their 20's, 30's and 40's, and also from all over the world (Australia, USA, UK, Canada, Iceland, the Baltic countries and many more).

{UFP} supports more Star Trek games than just Star Trek Online (ST:O ). They also support Elite Force 1 (RPG-X ) with the RPG-X mod, Star Trek: Bridge Commander (BC ), Star Trek: Armada 1 & 2 (A1&2 ), Star Trek Voyager: Elite Force (EF1 ), Star Trek: Elite Force 2 (EF2 ), and more....

The {UFP} have been fortunate in recent months to recruit some highly capable new members who have shown great vision and ideas for our Star Trek: Online Division. They're excited over the prospects and determined to create an ST:O Fleet our members can be proud of. The {UFP} is open to all members input, whatever their rank or position. Just recently the Fleet voted to support members to play both as characters in the Klingon Faction, and Federation Faction. They like to allow for the maximum amount of freedom while still playing in a fun team environment.

Our rank structure is mature and valid, in that advancement has a direct correlation to involvement, both in game and out... 'you get out what you put in' is our general policy. This ensures we maintain a stable and respected Chain of Command. With 8 years under our belt, you can be assured we are in it for the long haul.

If this sounds like your kind of fleet, check them out at www.ufplanets.com to learn more. Or if you have decided you are ready to join our fleet, go to join.ufplanets.com Register a Username. Once logged in, Click on Join the Federation > New Recruits Report Here First. Copy the information, create a new post and fill out the information.

Sign up today, you won't be disappointed.

CODE OF CONDUCT
The {UFP}'s Code of Conduct was established to bring a set of guiding principles to all fleet members. To build the fleet mostly on the guiding principles of which the original United Federation of Planets was built upon. All members of the {UFP} must follow the Code of Conduct at all times (during games, participation in forums, etc.). The new three strike rule is in action for people who do break the CoC(Code of Conduct). The Hyperlink below is a link to the Forums CoC.

Code of Conduct

STARFLEET DIVISIONS

 * Starfleet Falcons - ST: Bridge Commander
 * Starfleet Ravens - ST: Elite Force
 * Starfleet Raptors - ST: Armada 1&2
 * Starfleet Harriers - RPG-X
 * Elite Strike Force
 * Star Trek: Online

These Hyperlinks cannot be accessed by non {UFP} members.

STARFLEET DEPARTMENTS

 * Starfleet Academy
 * Diplomatic Corp
 * Starfleet Internal Affairs
 * Starfleet Engineering Corps. - Web Team
 * Federation News Network

These Hyperlinks cannot be accessed by non {UFP} members.

FLEET RANKS
The {UFP}'s Fleet Ranks are based upon the Star Trek universe with a mix of current military ranks. These ranks are involved in the {UFP} so that the forum has structure within it. Promotions are gained and earned by hard work and dedication to the clan. All promotions are given out at the UFPAC. The Rank system is currently undergoing a complete overhaul where a new billet system much like the US military uses, when this will be installed is unknown at the moment.

Current Fleet Ranks

MEDALS & AWARDS
The {UFP} prides itself on acknowledging and encouraging its members. In the end, without members, there would be no fleet. Since everyone shares that passion of Star Trek, everyone enjoys participating within the fleet. A set of Medals & Awards were created to represent and acknowledge members participation within the {UFP}.

A unique touch to the {UFP} is its United Federation of Planets Award Ceremony (UFPAC) which is held each season to celebrate and promote achievements made by fleet members. This Award Ceremony has proven to be a most incredible experience for all fleet members, with many promotions and awards being handed out. The Award Ceremony is held through a live chat using the {UFP}'s chat room service. Transcripts of the event are made available after the event for those who miss the illustrious ceremony.

View Current Medals & Ranks

STARFLEET COMMAND
The SFC (Starfleet Command) is the governing body of the {UFP} community. Lead by Fleet Admiral Hathaway the SFC makes all the important decisions that affect both the servers and the forum. The SFC also decides on disciplinary action towards members, who have either broken server rules or the code of conduct, (this is obviously a continuous rule breaking). Also the SFC can mothball any division or department in the {UFP} if it does not stay up to standard as the rest of the other divisions and departments within the fleet. New members are appointed to the council by the admirals who are already in it.

Current Starfleet Command Members are: John Hathaway, WinN, Mullaly, BigS, WigoJ, Chris5626, Sharpkiller, ClearyMonkey, Gumms, Hades.

STAR TREK ONLINE DIVISION
The Star Trek Online division of the {UFP} forum is the division that deals with the exciting prospect of the new MMORPG game Star Trek Online. The division in question deals with the many aspects of Star Trek Online. In the Forum they tell you News, they discuss ships, gameplay and many other things that are involved or important to Star Trek online. Many of the members are excited about ST:O coming to fruition and are anxious to start discussing various aspects of the game. The challenge in doing so, of course, is that since the game is at least a year or more away from beta and/or release, it is difficult to have a discussion when there are no facts to start with. The purpose of the Division is to provide a location where various facts that are known about ST:O will be posted to serve as information for those who wish to learn, as well as talking points for those who want to start discussion how they envision they will be playing the game. The posts made in the forum are based on facts culled from the various interviews and Q&As that are to be found around the net. When a Cryptic employee (developer, QA, someone who presumably knows what they are talking about) makes a post in their forums, gives an interview, appears at a convention for a discussion, those tidbits will serve as the closest things the division can have to facts until the game comes out or newer statements contradict earlier ones. To keep these "facts" honest, the division will be adding a web link pointing to the source of the comment so that the source material can be known as well. Hopefully, when we have enough of these facts, we can have even more meaningful discussions on how {UFP} and its membership will implement their player, play, and infrastructure strategies.

STARFLEET HARRIERS DIVISION
The Harriers and the Falcons Divisions are both the main games used by our members on the {UFP} forum. The Starfleet Harriers Division is all about the RPG-X side of the Forum. The game needed for the RPG-X Mod is Star Trek Voyager: Elite Force 1. This Division is in charge of the RPG-X server and admining and making sure that a roleplay runs smoothly without many nOOb distractions. The CO of this Division is {UFP}Sharpkiller, who both admins and roleplays on the server when he can and the XO is Jenson who generally is on the server and runs one of the SRPs that the {UFP} creates. The harriers is also home to the{UFP}'s many SRP's(serial Roleplays) that happen on their server.

== STARFLEET FALCONS DIVISION

Similar to the Harriers Division, the Falcons Division is an RPGing Division based on roleplaying, but instead of it being on Star Trek Voyager: Elite Force 1, it is on Star Trek Bridge Commander with the Kobayashi Maru 1.0 Mod installed. The CO of the Falcons Division is {UFP}Tethys. Currently, the Falcons Division is at Yellow Alert, which means normal operating conditions are to be followed. However, this could change quickly if hostile fleets start attacking {UFP} members unprovoked. In the Falcons, they organize death matches, fleet battles, and mainly play to have fun. These two Divisions are the most active within the Fleet, not including the departments, such as Starfleet Academy or the Federation Embassy.

STARFLEET RESERVES
The Starfleet Reserves Division! Raptors is our Armada 1&2 Division, The Armada Games are Star Trek based RTS where you mine resources and build fleets to annihilate other players while you research new ships and weapons. Although they play using the stock game (patched) they use a few mods, that can be found here, The list of Mods used by the {UFP} armada division. Raptors is one of the smallest divisions in {UFP} at this time

Meanwhile the Ravens Divisions is based around the game Star trek voyager elite force. Even though the game is the same as the one that the harriers uses, the Ravens uses the game for 'fragging', hence playing sniper matches death matches, team gladiator and other types of games(capture the flag etc..). The ravens department current CO is {UFP}Rick Raptor, and is in current need of more members for it to stay alive.

ELITE STRIKE FORCE
The ESF is not a division for the best or "elitist" members of the {UFP}. It is, however, an optional post-academy training destination where interested members can learn battle tactics in non-UFP ships, and more advanced tactics for UFP ships. Members who take ESF courses do not have to become a member of the ESF, becoming a member is also optional. The divisions current CO is Major General WigoJ and Commodore Sharpkiller has step down from his position as XO of this division. The ESF division is also one of the divisions to use the military fleet officers' ranks as you can see from the above. the pips used for these ranks are in a different setup to the normal starfleet pips as shown as an example in the picture to the side. This division is also part of the Major Overhauls that are being planned by the Admirals Council.

STARFLEET ACADEMY DEPARTMENT
The Starfleet Academy Department on the {UFP} forum is much like the one in the programs and books of the star trek storylines. Instead of being trained to be on a starship, it is training for how the members will work in the forum and division and departments and also in the games that they are training to use like RPG-X or bridge commander. The Academy has many instructors who instruct the new members. The Academy is there to help teach the new members the rules and regulations of the {UFP} server. The Academy is currently run by Rear Admiral Kiflin Visk't