Hi everybody!

I thought I would take this time to go over some common abbreviations you may run into here in STF! This is pretty much taken directly from our Player’s Handbook.

STF: Star-Fleet.com

LOA: Leave of Absence.

AWOL: Absent WithOut Leave.

OOC: Out of Character.

IC: In Character.

Exodus: The name of the software that our site runs on; this is custom software written by one of our own players.

FComm: Fleet Commander. Each of our six fleets has a commander, a member of the government cabinet who sees to out of character administration of the fleets, including assisting the president in choosing new CO’s and ensuring that each ship is healthy, has a Gamemaster and is responsible for discipline should it reach beyond the ship command level. Fleet Commanders are superior in position to ship CO’s, but are often one of those CO’s and may not be superior in actual rank. The Fleet commander isn’t always superior in rank, just in position. There are still few enough Fleet Captains, that the majority of FComm’s are Captains and only outrank their counterparts by position.

CO: Commanding Officer (Usually the Captain aboard a ship)

XO: Executive Officer or First Officer

GM: Gamemaster. The member who has followed our Gamemaster training course, graduated and sets the story and pace for the ship they are assigned. They control the environment in which members play and the general direction in which the story moves, providing the crew with various disasters to circumvent and puzzles to solve in order to progress.

DH: Department Head. Our five standard DH positions are Counsellor (CNS), Chief Science Officer (CSO), Chief of Security (COS), Chief Medical Officer (CMO) and Chief Engineer (CE). Other non-standard DH positions are called swing positions and include, but are not limited to, Chief Intelligence Officer (CIO), Chief Tactical Officer (CTO) and such positions as Fighter Squadron Commander, Chief Of Operations (COO) and various marine ranks. Swing positions rarely include Junior Officers and tend to be standalone.

JO: Junior Officer. The standard four position types are Scientist, Engineer, Security Officer and Doctor

NE: Nameless Ensign, an expendable or recurring non-rostered character usually employed to achieve a specific goal within the mission that a played character could not easily or ordinarily do. NE’s tend to be played aboard ship whilst a member’s rostered character is on an away team or indisposed. The Academy equivalent is referred to as a Non-Cadet or NC.

Don’t hesitate to let Dave, Steve, or myself know if you have any questions!

Nathan