Posted by Thomas B in Question to the candidates - X-Fleet

Posted by Fleet Captain Jerome Davis (Presidential Candidate) in Question to the candidates - X-Fleet

Posted by Daniel Lerner in Question to the candidates - X-Fleet
Since X-Fleet has now been raised in a prior post…

1) What do you believe the purpose is of X-Fleet?

To create less restrictive RP environments for members to flex their creative skills.

2) For those candidates who believe one of the purposes of X-Fleet is (or should be) creating more alt-RPGs in the main fleets, why do you believe previous proposals for such a system have failed? Can you point to specifics of those prior proposals and what you would suggest needs to be different?

-Daniel

I never said that I felt this was one of, or should be, a stated purpose of X-Fleet. But as the second SOX, I have always felt that highly successful X-Ships should have an avenue in place to petition to join the Main Fleets. I love what the X-Fleet is and wish it were utilized more. What I do feel, is if… for say six months… an X-Ship is consistently performing on at least same level as a Main Fleet slow ship, the invitation should appropriately be made by the interested FCOMM(s). At that point, the Executive would then see if the ship had, in fact, met Main Fleet standards… and if so, reward said crew with Main Fleet placement.

Thanks for your questions,
Davis/Sinclair 2020

Good afternoon Jerome,

I have a follow up to this, and actually I would invite your VP and Sarah’s ticket to respond to it as well because it’s a pretty general question.

This mechanism has been discussed oveer and over again in various Presidential elections and I think in Command, and it has never resolved as (like you and Daniel point out), it isn’t the goal of X-Fleet. My questions are these:

Do the Main Fleets enjoy some special privilege as to make them more desirable than being in X-Fleet?

Simply put, no. But see below.

What makes moving a ship to the Main Fleets desirable? Isn’t X-Fleet, where there is more flexibility, more options on who can be GM, and more story options, in fact more desirable if you’re not playing a traditional character/story?

The biggest sticking point that I receive as the current SOX is that nothing in XFleet is applicable to the Main Fleet or the club. Ranks, storylines, etc. do not cross over. Additionally, XFleet ships do not enjoy the support of the various departments that a Main Fleet ship does. PDept does not assign people to XFleet ships, for instance. And the rules to keep a ship active in XFleet are more strenuous.

Why is having this inroad so important to you; if you are not advising this, why do you think this keeps coming up over and over again when there isn’t enough popular support to have facilitated it in the ~8 years since X-Fleet’s inception?

I think having the option, should a ship do spectacularly well and generate a lot of interest, to take to the Main Fleet would be a good tool to have. That being said, I would not expect that tool to be utilized regularly. But having the option would be good.

Thanks in advance for your answers.
-Thomas

PS - Jerome, I am still waiting to see your thoughts on my questions posed to you here https://www.star-fleet.com/core/command/election/posts/88364/ and here https://www.star-fleet.com/core/command/election/posts/89135/

Thanks again,

Hope that answers your questions, Thomas.

James