r/Starbase118

We love our characters, and we love the diversity that is on offer in our Intelligent Lifeform Index, so today's question: if you had to make a new character today, what would you pick? If you're an old hand at this or finding us just for the first time, I'm curious to know what people are taken by.

One of the oft-hailed strengths of our community is our comprehensive and high-quality Wiki (https://wiki.starbase118.net/). As the Chief of Wiki Operations, I want to to highlight some of our most important, most notable, and most interesting articles, which I'll do in a recurring "Wiki Feature" series here on Reddit.

The SB118 Hall of Honor is a ledger of all the various accolades we employ in the Fleet to recognize our Players' contributions. While there are also Service Ribbons, intended to award our characters' for their contributions to mission success or personal growth, the Hall of Honor is all about celebrating Player excellence.

Badges are awarded for out-of-character (OOC) participation and incremental achievements or singular contest wins. Examples include prior winners of our Halloween Avatar Contests or Writing Contests, as well as contributors Wiki Editing initiatives and other Taskforce Participation.

Coins are generally one-time special commemorative tokens for the whole Fleet. Coins may be displayed on any characters' pages and user pages of simmer/writers who were present for the fleetwide accomplishment or event. Examples include the 30th Anniversary coin or the Year of the Commodore Coin.

Awards are a big deal. Each year, the Fleet hosts an Annual OOC "Awards Ceremony" where we recognize some of our best and brightest (as voted by their peers!) The Awards Nomination Form is open year-round for anyone inspired by their fellow writers to submit them for consideration for an Award - with some being presented on a per-ship level and others being awarded to only one individual each year fleetwide. Examples include:

• Duty post awards are awards given to individuals in a designated duty post, department, or division. Only one recipient from the entire fleet is selected for recognition with a duty post award each year and only one duty post award can be won by each person per year.
• Rising Star Award: Awarded to members of Lieutenant Commander rank or higher who show great promise in many facets of their participation in the group, and to whom we look to as a future leader.
• Sarpeidon Award: Awarded to a simmer who has made outstanding contributions to the 118Wiki.
• Xalor Clan Xifilis Award: Awarded to simmers who overcome a disadvantage throughout simming.
• Pathfinder Award: Awarded to individuals who have taken great care in mentoring other members during their early stages of simming and beyond.
• And so many many more!

If you are a member of the Fleet and haven't yet taken a look through the various accolades (especially the Awards), I highly recommend you do so and start considering who on your ship or throughout the Fleet you want to nominate this year!