USS Athena and Odyssey closed

Due to a lack of activity, the Star Trek sim USS Athena has been closed.

In addition, the departure of Mischa Brendel from the site has also led to the decision to close Odyssey, a Firefly sim that has been running since 2010.

New Firefly sim launched - 'Kestrel'

Mike Palmer has launched a new sim set in the universe of Firefly again focussing on a group of mercenaries and continuing a story that began all the way back at AJJE with Prinz Eugen. The sim is described below:

Once again, Captain Gunther Lindemann has acquired a new ship and hired a crew to head into harm’s way in the Black, to bring justice and mercy to the downtrodden of the Rim.  The Kestrel is much smaller than his previous ships, and it is an extremely common, modified merchant vessel that now has some serious teeth to rend any potential enemies.

While the sim is full up at present, there is a waiting list for new players and the sim can be seen here:

http://www.phoenix-rp.com/forum/119/newkestrel/

New Newsletter editor

mlb38, a relatively new player to the site (she joined in August last year) has been appointed as the new editor of The Burning Question following Mischa Brendel's departure from the site.

While it is yet to be confirmed when any next issue will appear, it should not be too long before it is released; regular contributor Silent Hunter has a number of articles already submitted that would be available to form a featured article.

Gareth Thomas 1945-2016

The actor best known for the lead role in 'Blake's Seven', the 1978-1981 BBC science fiction show has passed away. 

I don't tend to post obituaries on the Phoenix blog but his role as freedom fighter Roj Blake was a big part of the show's success and the show was a big influence on me growing up. This dystopian work inspired the name of the character Sue Ling and indeed was the topic of the very first feature article in the site newsletter. 

The galaxy is a sadder place today. 

Rest in Peace.

Dreamcatchers goes inactive

Due to a lack of players, Giorgio has closed down his Dreamcatchers sim. If you wish to know how it ended, please PM him.

New Supernatural sim created

Imzadi, one of our newer players, has created a sim set in the world of the CW show Supernatural, currently in its 11th season.

Here is the description:

Set in March of 2010, Supernatural: Chasing Shadows follows a rag-tag group of Hunters working their Monster of the Week cases across America. When one of them stumbles onto something that threatens not just them, but the entire world, it’s up to our heroes to save the day.

The new sim can be found here 

Greenleaf Skyplex makes a one month time jump

Due to some recent inactivity on the part of the GM which has now come to an end, the setting for this Firefly sim will jump forward a calendar month - meaning that it will now be October 2519.