Message posted on Stardate 98103.1 at 0039 hours
Posted by Mike Bourdaa (STF President). Ok, this is more a followup, than an edict, although it will be numbered as an independent Edict
In Edict #8 (ownership of ED ship specifications), there was a clause which allowed owners of specs to request exemptions from the policy.
One exemption was granted, and one other was given due to an AWOL status:
The Nimitz and Aurora classes are partially exempt from the dictates of Edict 8. In the event that the original designers of these specs leave STF, the Engineering Department will assume ownership, however, they may not change the content of the specifications. (They may, however, move the page, fix dead links, etc.)
Furthermore, because the Aurora class is currently in a very ambiguous state, I would like to hear recommendations on what to do about it. As I see it, I think we will eventually have to phase it out of service.
Unless, therefore, this section of the edict is countermanded by the next STF President, I am ordering the Aurora class to be phased out of service over the next 8 months (ending June 1, 1999). No new Aurora class vessels will be commissioned, and WeBB based Auroras will be converted to other classes. (the original USS Aurora, in STF1, will be exempt from the phase-out order, as long as it is on Prodigy).
Currently, these ships are Aurora class, and therefore affected: USS Nautilus, USS Athena and USS Alliance.
And just to further complicate this edict, I’m going to change the subject entirely.
Colin Wyers is hereby promoted to the rank of Commodore.