Official Summer Ball invites and sim devices placed

Ball Invitation

This week saw the official invites to the GFC summer ball sent out via group notice and clickable from devices place around the GFC sims.

Ball Invitation Giver

The theme for the next ball is "Live Long and Prosper" base on the Vulcan location Mount Seleya, partly in memory of the passing of Leonard nimoy this year and a fitting location for any event. An elaborate set has been build for the event as can be seen in the invite and poster designs which breaks from using ancient note cards traditions to delivering the invitations as more creative textures.


The social events team will be revealing more about the ball and offering some surprises before ceremony on July 18th at 2pm.

As usual the ball will promote our most worthy members to their newest ranks and be awarded medals for their work over the last 6 months in the fleet. There will be side events with speeches, dancing, fireworks and a few other activities for that day.

So put that date in your diary for an evening of fun and festivities.

Pass Ball Information - HERE

Winter Bi-Annual Ball 2014/15 cometh

Bi-Annual ball ad unit curtsey of Communication Division  

The time of year has rolled round once more and the winter ball is again upon the members of the GFC, this years theme as voted by the group is the Orion house as seen in the Original Star Trek series pilot episode "The Cage".

The Bi-Annual ball is GFC's opportunity to award its members for their hard work and dedication over the past 6 months in the group, its where they hand out awards and promotions (promotions from the rank of ensign upwards).

The ball will start at 2pm SLT, but before the start of the event debbydo and Robobby will be on the land stream radio entertaining you from around 10am upto the start of the ball. The dress code will be either Orion theme dress with vendors available to get Orion like skins and outfits curtsey  of Kendra Mollsen (Koreeah Resident) for 50L$ or if you have the GalaxyFleetCommand group tag you can pick up a green skin for free from GFC medical.

Dress uniforms can also be picked up for free from the recruitment office or medical, again main GFC group tag required for access.

For those not picking up awards, promotion or who are guests, suits and evening dresses tend to be a popular choice of attire.

Location of green Skins/Avatars/Outfits

         Kendra's Store                               Medical Location

Click for Location (Recruitment)

As usual the main event will feature the acceptance of award and promotions. Members will be able to stand up and give a short speech when receiving their achievements. A RP is also planned, as are fireworks and the dance party at the end which snapper Desade will be hosting.

The event is once again scheduled to be held at the Roddenberry centre in Galaxy Sim,  congratulations for all those who are up for awards and promotions, we hope everyone will have a truly great day.

Summer ball 2014 - Story Here

Bi-Annual Ball vote result for winter 2014/15

After a week of voting the results are in for the next GFC ball to be held sometime in January 2015. In a tight vote, Pikes Orion Girl house (from Star Trek pilot the cage) won with 36% of the vote, 24% opted for the series Enterprise NX-01 ship. A respectable 16% wanted to revisit First contact, limping in at 8% was the Ba'ku Village from the film insurrection and finally the wooden spoon was shown to Lego Star Trek & Chateau Picard.

Thanks for all those who voted and we hope you'll enjoy the Orion house theme for the next ball.

Vote for the next GFC Ball Theme

Ordinarily the bi-annual GFC ball theme is chosen by a group of senior officers in a badly lit room over hot beverages where they thrash out what the next theme will be for the ball.

In previous years we've had Klingon, Andoria, Engineering, Search for spock, Past/present/future to name but a few. what makes this years selection different is its going to be chosen not just by senior officers and division leads, but normal salt of the earth members of the group.

To facilitate this, a voting board has been erected around strategically placed points throughout the sims. This gives members maximum opportunity to cast their votes and have a say. The board features seven choice themes to vote from, the village in the film Star Trek: Insurrection, orion girls from pilot episode the cage, lego star trek, the NX - 01 (Enterprise set), right  up to first contact movie.

To operate the board is a simple matter of clicking the strips which has your selection on them, you have the choice to vote for a theme or get more information.  You can vote as many times as you like, only your final  vote counts.

The provisional closing date to vote is 29 November 2014 unless later stated otherwise.

So here's your chance to  have a say in how the next ball looks, so don't miss out on your vote.

Bi-Annual Ball Award Information

With the Bi-Annual Ball hours away here's a recap of some of the awards which will be presented to those members who have proved worthy over the last 6 months. The awards our broken down as stated below.

Recently division leads were given a document to fill out and submit awards based on the activities of their members, below are the choices they could choose to award people by.

The Galaxy Star is the top activity award.

The Red Crest is a special award given to those who have worked through illness and great adversity.

Legion of Merit is the next activity award down the list, its for outstanding activity, but slightly short of getting the top Galaxy star award.

Commendation and Achievement are awards for commendable activity either building or non building.

Meritorious recognises general activity of members.

Awards ranking are as follows:  

Galaxy Star - Admiralty awarded

Red Crest   - Admiralty awarded

Legion of merit - outstanding activity

Commendation - non build activity

Achievement - build activity

Meritorious - great activity

Ball will be held on 22nd June 2013 at 2pm SLT

If you have a second life account the ball location ---> HERE

Bi-Annual Ball Not Far Away now

Its that time of year again, well twice that time of year, you guessed it, the Bi-Annual ball roadshow rolls out again where we reward members for their activity within the GFC over the last 6 months.

This summer ball subject matter is "Past, Present & Future", which can be translated to "Where the group came from, where it is now and where its going".

Earlier in the week the invite sites were placed down by the communication division around various locations in the GFC sims. It features a rotating wormhole with an invite in the middle spinning round creating a quite nice effect.

Once clicked you'd be sent a notecard stating:

Official 2013 GFC Summer Ball Invitation

The Admiralty of GalaxyFleetCommand, cordially invite you and a guest

to attend the 2013 GFC Summer Ball.

Saturday, June 22nd 2013 2:00 PM SLT

This year's theme will be "The wormhole exodus . Past, Present, Future.".

Please join us in the Roddenberry Center (multi-purpose hall) in Galaxy Sim.

GFC members are required to be in Dress Uniform

during the Awards and Promotion Ceremony.

For further information, 

please contact Debbydo Social Events Lead

The large resize boards also have a depiction of the ball with a picture of members standing in front of a wormhole which mysteriously doesn't suck them in.

So get your speeches ready, its gonna be a event full of promotions, awards, music, dancing, fireworks, rp's audio recordings and whatever else  the Social Events team has thrown in this year. I've had a look at the ball set and its truly awesome.

If you have a Secondlife account you can link to the ball location on the day or visit the sim at any other time.

Ball location ---> HERE

Previous Bi-Annual ball links

Winter 2012

Summer 2012

Winter 2011

Summer 2011

The Next GFC Ball Date Announced

In a message sent to the fleet the time, date and details of the next GFC Bi-Annual ball has been released on a secure channel.


Date     - June 22 
Time    - 2pm SLT, 
Theme - "Past, Present,Future, The Worm hole exodus"

"Is the Worm hole stable? May be, may be not! but from the GFC future we must correct the past or will there be our  present!  Your mission,  Break the time line before it s to late".

for more information contact
Debbydo Resident
Social Events Lead

Previous Ball link --> HERE

Promotion certificates and achievements

For those who got promotions over the weekend Bi-Annual ball festivities emails have started to arrive in there in boxes.  Myself and debbydo received our certificates and I'm sure many will be decorating their office walls with them.

I've never really done that, I suppose I believe in actions speaking louder than words, so creating or influencing the creation of content and procedures, having then out there available to the group is the greatest display of  all.

Medals and Certificates are a great way to be given a validation and recognition of ones participation in the GFC, but it can never really convey fully what that person has done compared to what someone else has.

I always tell the staff I have in Research "Be judged by your deeds, as no one can take them away from you". If you have created something and its used, then there's no argument about what you have done, if you've signed up lots of people, taught many classes, got good scores at AAC events or Tactical, performed a number of medicals, advised in CDO talks, built something wonderful, scripted something useful, created lovely graphics or media, made a uniform people are wearing. With all those things outs there to be seen and documented, that's something to be wholeheartedly  proud of.

Certificates and medals are great, but for me, knowing someone for instance finds something like the tphud useful or a concept I have been thinking about gets developed and is used in the group even if made by someone else, these are the things which give you the best feelings, medals and certificates are a beautiful way of  appreciating the work someone has done, though a chest full of medals and a wall plastered with certs doesn't unfortunately truly convey what a person has achieved, only their deeds and what they leave behind for people to use, their interactions and activities do.

Awards Board

As a reminder of the award and promotions given out at Saturday's Bi-Annual ball a board has been erected in the Aeon Sim showing the names of those who were decorated. You can find the wall on the south side of the sandbox where Admiral Cobramax Mechanique usually does he pre-rp briefing for the Ajax Roleplay on Tuesdays at 6pm.

Pop in and have a look who got shiny medals or a big fat promotion.

Online invite to Bi-Annual Ball

Invitations to the GFC Bi-Annual ball using Google+ Events invites is available for everyone to see just click on the link HERE for more information. You can also pass this link on to friends who may want to attend.

If you want to take pictures during the event you are free to post them directly onto the page which will update automatically which you can watch in real-time.

Use the add photo button to submit pictures on the G+ events page which looks like this.

Bi-Annual Ball medals info

With the GFC Bi-Annual Winter ball fast approaching on Saturday, awards and medals are right now being graved and polished. Now could be a good time to remind ourselves what some of the GFC available awards are and what they stand for.

Boards have been place around the Sims to help us jog our memories.

Which awards will you be receiving come Saturdays Ball?

GFC Bi_annual Ball
Saturday 19th January 2013
2pm SLT
Secondlife Location: Ball Location
Invitation link: HERE

Leaked blurry B/W Winter ball Photos

With the winter ball rapidly approaching some sneaky Romulan like figures have infiltrated the GFC, passing through its defenses unnoticed. Blurry pictures have been taken and no doubt past to some nefarious organisations. Communications has been intercepted and decrypted.

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GFC Bi-Annual ball being held again, expect plenty of promotions and medals to be handed out... rumors of Hollywood like speeches, the thanking of every kind of deity, their parents and the guy they see down the road sitting outside the shop who they said had inspired them.

The themes is claimed to be engineering, our spies noticed a warp core pulsating, we couldn't get close enough to examine the technology, some have said  there will be a large transporter ship which will send it to a different location for the actual event, they maybe using a wormhole we have noticed to get it there quicker.

One report is there may be a quiz, admirals audio address, gifts to give out, dancing and many hours of joyity. We shall keep you informed of any further development. 

Ball Date:

GFC Bi_annual Ball
Saturday 19th January 2013
2pm SLT
Secondlife Location: Ball Location
Invitation link: HERE

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B&W Dress Uniforms For The Ball Pick Yours Up NOW!!!

With this summers Bi-Annual Ball theme being Captain Proton outfits have been specially designed to fit in with the theme and decor. Ordinary at functions like these members were required to wear dress uniform which tend to have a splattering of colour which may have seemed out of place in a B&W set environment so Timol McMillan kindly made available B&W versions of the Dress Uniforms to help you blend in with the monochromatic theme of the event.

If your want to get a copy of these specially modified dress uniforms then you'll find the vendor just inside the main door of the Roddenberry centre, remember to wear you GalaxyFleetCommand tag to access the vendor.

Get Uniforms HERE

Get Your Free Captain Proton Ship NOW!!!!

What better way to fly to the bi-annual ball than in your own copy of Captain Protons ship, thanks to Builder Dave Fearguis and Scripter Richardjrn Weatherwax you can now hop in and fly your own copy of this B-Movie Classic. Just pop down to the GFC Ball Vendor in Aeon's Sandbox or outside the Roddenberry building by clicking the lower icon with a picture of the ship to receive a free copy of it, remember to have your GalaxyFleetCommand tag on as its required to use the vendor.

Pick up items from:  Aeon Sandbox or Roddenberry Centre in Galaxy.

GFC Bi-Annual Ball Wallpaper For Mobile And Computer Devices

Have you ever wanted to take GFC content around with you? If the answer is yes then  now you can with wallpaper for your mobile phone, tablet and computer/laptop screens. Just click the direct link below to find the wallpaper for you chosen device then download anyone which takes your fancy. The graphics are representative of characters who appeared in Captain proton and is another way to celebrate the theme of the upcoming GFC summer ball .

So download and install these on your devices and take a bit of Captain Proton home with you.

Click Here for Wallpaper

More Content....Captain Proton Google Chrome Themes

Content for the Bi-Annual ball has already been released in world and now its time to take some of that content out into the great beyond, a place many call "Outside the viewer". To some, to produce content outside the viewer is close to blasphemy, but in the modern world spreading content to other area's of our lives can be fun.

So, Behold, if your a user of googles internet browser chrome we have made some chrome themes from items which have been given away so far. If wearing these characters outfits or putting on  a shirt with them plastered across it wasn't enough how about seeing them when you start your chrome browser. Yes, you too can have Dr. Chaotica staring at you the moment you want to surf the web.

To install any of the Chrome themes that has been made available just click the links below and follow the instructions.

Captain Proton (Male)  -  Captain Proton (Female) - Constance Goodheart - Dr Chaotica

Lonzak’s Henchmen - President of Earth - Queen Arachnia - Robot

The waiting is over and now those jolly people at Social Events have released a bunch of outfits for the Bi-Annual Summer Ball 2012. With the theme being Captain Proton outfits have been created based on characters from  those voyager episodes. The free available outfits and skins are Captain Proton and Henchmen in both male and female costumes, the screaming Constance Goodheart with flowing ballgown dress and the smart suited President of the Earth with fedora hat. All these outfits you can wear to the ball to help get you in the mood with the black and white theme. B&W skin and eyes are added to the package.

Also there is a really cool Avatar for you to wear based on the robots seen in the episodes, you should see someone trying to dance in it, its hilarious.

If you want something more casual then there are 8 shirts available with main characters from the Captain Proton printed on the chest.

All the items are free to take, you just need to wear your GalaxyFleetCommand tag and click the picture deception to have the gift sent to you. More free content will be added to the vendor over the next few days so keep your eyes peeled.

The vendor can be found at the Aeon Sandbox or outside the Roddenberry Centre in Galaxy.


For more info contact
 Debbydo Resident
Social Event Lead

Free Captain Proton GFC Bi-Annual Ball Shirts

The first of the free content associated with the GFC Bi-Annual Summer Ball 2012 has just been released in a group notice by Social Event. You will find 6 Captain Proton themes shirts in the box when you unpack it based on 6 characters in the voyager episode.

You'll find: Dr Chaotica, Queen Arachnia, henchmen, Robot, Constance Goodheart and Captain Proton.

We hope you enjoy the first of a shower of free gifts coming your way very soon to celebrate the ball.

Captain Proton Refresher

With all this talk of Captain Proton as the theme for the GFC Bi-Annual ball we thought it would be a great idea to jog your memories. I'm assuming your all fans of Voyager, then you may remember a couple of episodes where Tom Paris and Harry Kim played a holodeck program reminiscent of the old  Flash Gordon 1950's sci-fi series called Captain Proton, of course this being star trek things don't go exactly to plan so to wet your appetite here's a video from Star Trek: Voyager, Enjoy.

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One thing you'll notice when you see the set and costumes for the GFC ball is how much attention to detail has gone into creating  replicas of what's seen here in this video.

GFC Bi-Annual Ball 2012...23rd June 2012

In front of the Sim Poster for the Ball and wearing Dr Chaotica and Captain Proton outfit free for members.

As the GFC Bi-Annual ball comes closer more details are being released, unless you haven't be inword and not received the group invite message the Ball will be held on June 23rd 2012.

The ball is held twice a year and its where medals are handed out for great service to all members and promotions for officers. There will be speeches, a specially made video created by GMTV, Event RP, Free giveaways, fireworks and a party and more.....

The theme for the ball is Captain Proton, not only is it one of the best ball sets created but it will have the most free content ever produced for a ball or possibly any GFC event ever. As of now there are at least 5 specially made outfits to wear, many during the event and a whole Avatar to give away, with a few gadgets thrown in.

Quite a few things will be planned for the ball on the day, more info closer the date and more articles will be published about it and the people who help make it happen as we get closer the event.

If you have any questions regarding the event please contact the Social Events lead Debbydo Resident.

So if its not in your calendar already:

GalaxyFleetCommand Presents

Bi-Annual Summer Ball 2012

23rd June 2012

Roddenbery Centre

Galaxy Sim

Location on the day HERE