Despite the very valid and inclusive points which have been made in support of the Gradient, personally, I agree with the OP. I like the distinctive bars of the Rainbow flag because of the history and evolution of social change that it represents. When I see a gradient standing in for the rainbow flag, I think that the people responsible are being deceitful in a mercenary/political/commercial "wishy-washy-I-want-something-from-the-LGBT-community-but-I'm-too-afraid-to-make-a-bold-definitive-show-of-support" sort of way.

I mean it's a flag of PRIDE - not some graphic designer's digital tie-dye experiment!

If the Gradient was adopted as a socially inclusive evolution of the Rainbow bars I'd be all for it - but as an alternative, I say "Nay". People should know the history and why the bars are there and what they represent - so that in the future there will never be a need this flag or anything like it.

P.S. Not only have I picked up women because of the bumper stickers on their car and not dated women because of the same (fish fenders are a definite deal breaker) but I have been fired from a job because of a bumper sticker that I refused to remove from my car.

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That is all.

Not only is this a gradient fail, but a magic eraser fail. Dave, you should be ashamed.

Hello,

Welcome to the Stonewall Gaming Network, it's good to have you with us! Please make sure to read our Welcome Center for critical information that will help you with commonly asked questions, assist you with troubleshooting, connect you with important contacts, and provide you with instructional guides for some of our technology.

In addition, please reserve some time to become familiar with the Code of Conduct, our definitive guide on Fleet Interactions, and Fleet Bank Rules.

After 14 days from the date that you created your introduction post, you will be promoted to the level of “Member”. As a “Member” you will be able to purchase items from our fleet stores. If you have questions or concerns about the Code of Conduct or any anything else please contact me or anyone else in leadership.

If you have not done so, please make sure to that you provide your in-game character name on here so that we can update our records.

Have fun!

Hello,

Welcome to the Stonewall Gaming Network, it's good to have you with us! Please make sure to read our Welcome Center for critical information that will help you with commonly asked questions, assist you with troubleshooting, connect you with important contacts, and provide you with instructional guides for some of our technology.

In addition, please reserve some time to become familiar with the Code of Conduct, our definitive guide on Fleet Interactions, and Fleet Bank Rules.

After 14 days from the date that you created your introduction post, you will be promoted to the level of “Member”. As a “Member” you will be able to purchase items from our fleet stores. If you have questions or concerns about the Code of Conduct or any anything else please contact me or anyone else in leadership.

If you have not done so, please make sure to that you provide your in-game character name on here so that we can update our records.

Have fun! :)

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Robin, unfortunately the links to things like the Welcome Center, Fleet Departments, Etiquette, et. al., all lead to a 404 page.

Thanks for pointing that out. The forum is going through some changes and some links indeed do seem broken. Those provided by Zander should work fine.

That is all.

Hi Andrew!

Welcome to Star Trek Online, to Stonewall Fleet and to the Stonewall Gaming Network as a whole! We're happy to have you join us and hope that you'll find Stonewall to be an amazing online home for your Captain! It's always cool to have new players join up and I sometimes wish that I was just getting into the game too... it would be fun to experience the story-line and all the game has to offer for the first time. Enjoy the journey!

We'd love for you to follow the Stonewall Gaming Network on social media through your choice of Facebook and/or Twitter, and invite your friends to follow us as well! We'd also like to invite you to join our community group on Steam, where you can team up with your Stonewall friends for even more gaming! Click the icons below for quick links to each.

Finally, be sure to interact with us here in our forums, as it's where we post about our community events, share resources and have an opportunity to interact with one another outside of the games.

Welcome once again and I'll see you around the galaxy!

Hi Kiwi!

I wanted to stop by and welcome you and your husband to Stonewall Fleet and to the Stonewall Gaming Network as a whole! Like you, I've played a lot of MMOs over the years, staring with Dark age of Camelot, waaaay back when MMOs were first becoming a thing. I've been playing STO since beta too, but took a bit of a break before Season 4, prior to coming back. Glad to have you with us!

We'd love for you to follow the Stonewall Gaming Network on social media through your choice of Facebook and/or Twitter, and invite your friends to follow us as well! We'd also like to invite you to join our community group on Steam, where you can team up with your Stonewall friends for even more gaming! Click the icons below for quick links to each.

Finally, be sure to interact with us here in our forums, as it's where we post about our community events, share resources and have an opportunity to interact with one another outside of the games.

Welcome once again and I'll see you around the galaxy!

Hi there!

Welcome to Stonewall Fleet and to the Stonewall Gaming Network as a whole! We're happy to have you and your wife join us and hope that you'll find Stonewall to be an amazing online home for your Captains!

We'd love for you to follow the Stonewall Gaming Network on social media through your choice of Facebook and/or Twitter, and invite your friends to follow us as well! We'd also like to invite you to join our community group on Steam, where you can team up with your Stonewall friends for even more gaming! Click the icons below for quick links to each.

Finally, be sure to interact with us here in our forums, as it's where we post about our community events, share resources and have an opportunity to interact with one another outside of the games.

Welcome once again and I'll see you around the galaxy!

It appears to only be my Temporal Agent (23C) character. All my others don't seem to have to same problem. Has it happend to anyone else?

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Thank you all for the warm welcome.

Robin, unfortunately the links to things like the Welcome Center, Fleet Departments, Etiquette, et. al., all lead to a 404 page. Is there some action on my part that needs to be executed before clicking on the link? Is this a test to see if I'm smart enough to join the Fleet, or is it perhaps a hazing ritual that you put the new kids through?

Hello,

Try these links out, let me know if they work out for you.

Check out our Welcome Center for critical information that will help you with commonly asked questions, assist you with troubleshooting, connect you with important contacts, and provide you with instructional guides for some of our technology.

The Code of Conduct, our definitive guide on Fleet Interactions, and Fleet Bank Rules.

Just an fyi, after 14 days from the date that you created your introduction post, you will be promoted to the level of “Member”. As a “Member” you will be able to purchase items from our fleet stores.

If you have questions or concerns, let me know :)

:woohoo:

Thank you all for the warm welcome.

Robin, unfortunately the links to things like the Welcome Center, Fleet Departments, Etiquette, et. al., all lead to a 404 page. Is there some action on my part that needs to be executed before clicking on the link? Is this a test to see if I'm smart enough to join the Fleet, or is it perhaps a hazing ritual that you put the new kids through?

Welcome to the fleet :woohoo:

Welcome to Stonewall

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i love gradients. they fill the void in my life! :-)

What life?

Hello my lovely Fleeties,
I hope that I've put this query in the right spot. If I haven't, please forgive me.

I'm running into issues with a Delta mission - Dragon's Deceit (Holes and Corners) and rappelling.

With my new 23C character, I don't seem to be able to rappel down the cliff side. No matter what I try, I seem to be able to assume the rappelling position...but no matter of keystroke or mouse action will get my character to move. The on-screen help says to press 'S' after pressing 'F' to start the rappelling action. That doesn't seem to work. In the previous climbing action (or climbing across a rope by pressing 'W')...the 'W' doesn't work either....but I can crawl across using my mouse. I've tried dropping the mission and restarting, changing instance, resetting my defaults, completely exiting and restarting, trying it on another computer running a different OS...as well as every action under the sun during the mission to try to get past this sticking point. I've even put in a bug report to Cryptic. So far...nothing.

I'm usually self-sufficient in solving my own issues...and I've even gone online to see if anyone else has experienced the same issue and there's nothing on that front either. I'm going to try to see if my other characters experience the same issue (as I don't know if it's an issue only experienced by my 23C character) and report back.

Has anyone else had issues in trying to get through this mission? I welcome any help or assistance.

Thanks in advance,

Simon (@Adera59th)

Kia Ora (Greetings) to everyone from New Zealand :)

I had the privilege of joining your Fleet last night, along with my husband Iconoclastix.

We are allies of the LGBT community and currently own a destination wedding and honeymoon business that celebrates the LGBT community while showcasing New Zealand.

I have played many, many MMO's over the years and in fact played Star Trek online in beta and for about a year after that. It has been a while now though :) Enjoying the game again and a lot has changed.

I look forward to learning alongside of you all and hope we meet in game soon.

My handle is Kiwibird and I am currently leveling up Sally Kate Mae.

Good adventuring to you all.

HUGS
Kiwibird

Welcome Harry!

Glad you sorted out your Teamspeak and Chat settings out, if you need anything, toot me