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USS Circe Captain's Awards SD 160901

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USS CIRCE  NCC-27000
COMMAND SHIP
TACTICAL SQUADRON 13
KRIMA EXPEDITIONARY FORCE
GOLD FLEET
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THE CIRCE AWARDS- 9/04
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Yes, it's now officially that time.  The first of
what I hope will become a regular feature upon
mission completion is finally here!  I know you've 
all been waiting with baited breath for these...so, 
here they are- I hope you enjoy reading them as much 
as I did in creating them!

Please keep in mind that these are to be taken with 
a grain of salt- they are very VERY much tongue-in-
cheek. :)

Without further ado...


CHARACTER AWARDS
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** JACK MERRIDEW CHARACTER AWARD FOR MEANEST 
	CREWMEMBER:

-WINNERS: 	LCDR Ip'sc Carbo (Harry Iha)
		LCDR Rivenda April (Sean Murphy)

It's true that Ip'sc has been out of commission for
most of this past mission, but in the short time he's
been conscious, he has:
	- Urinated on the Commanding Officer;
	- Berated the Commanding Officer in front of
		other crew members
	- Alientated himself from most of the rest of
		the senior staff
Anyone managing to accomplish all that in the short
time he's been up and about has some serious issues...

April has also not been with us long...but has also
managed to show us why she is a previous winner of
this award on LEVIATHAN.  She is plain MEAN.  She
is a sarcastic, wisecracking giant of a woman...and
all that is BEFORE the stresses of battle come into
play.

This award is named after the seemingly-civilized
namesake in William Golding's classic work _Lord 
of the Flies_  both of these officers, just like
Jack, would surely fry whoever stood between them
and their objective.


** KIRSTEN DUNST CHARACTER AWARD FOR THE MOST 
	ENTHUSIASTIC CREWMEMBER:

-WINNERS: 	LT Satchmo (Parker Jones)

Satchmo came aboard CIRCE and immediately showed
his enthusiasm for the job- complete with  what has 
become his characteristic roar when excited about 
a task at hand.  Clearly, if all of the crew had as
much pure joy at the prospects of doing his or her
job as Satchmo does, CIRCE would be the happiest
boat in the fleet.

Named for the actress who, in the teen movie _Bring 
it On_, played a completely over-the-top, super-
spirited cheerleading captain.  Yea, CIRCE! Whooo!


** WALLFLOWER CHARACTER AWARD FOR BEST IMPERSONATION 
	OF AN INANIMATE OBJECT

-WINNERS: 	LT Tigria Mistaya (Allen Rogers)

Through no fault of his own, Allen has not been able
to post as often as he would admitedly like, which
has made his character take a periphery role in the
mission.  In fact, as the mission drew to a close,
Tigria ended up both injured AND naked.  Hmmm...


** SUSAN LUCCI CHARACTER AWARD FOR BEST SUPPORTING 
	CHARACTER (PNPC)

-WINNERS: 	LT Sorrento Tabriz (Austin Forsyth)
		LT Allen McDonald (Scott Lusby)

Both characters are deserving in their own right.
Tabriz, the steadfast mate of CDR Kazhdenin, is
such a richly-developed character in her own right
that she less an NPC and more like a secondary 
character.  She is believable and genuine in her
portrayal, a tribute to her creator.

McDonald, however, is one of the stranger NPCs in a
unit full of such characters.  A science officer
suffering from OCD with a fixation on the number 3
and its multiples, McDonald is often maddening and
frustrating to his shipmates- woe be the waiter who
has to serve him in the officer's mess or the junior
officer who has to run diagnostics under his super-
vision.

Named for the daytime soap opera actress who, after
being nominated but failing to win the Best Supporting
Actress award for like 18 years straight, finally won
a few years ago.


** FAIR MAIDEN CHARACTER AWARD FOR CHARACTER MOST 
	FREQUENTLY IN NEED OF RESCUE

-WINNERS: 	The entire command staff of the USS CIRCE

Let's be realistic about this here: each of the last two
missions has ended with CIRCE and Company needing its 
collective skins saved.  First, on the one and only RP
day of Trig Hawker's command (::nod:: Chris Aubrey),
the entire senior staff becomes imprisoned by a holodeck
wedding program gone awry, leading to multiple bloody
and gruesome deaths and woundings, especially to the 
Austin- controlled Sorrento Tabriz.  Then, the Orestes 
mission effectively ended with the Lehrren saving TACRON 
13 from probable destruction at the hands of the Woren, 
a splinter Romulan group and Section 31.  Again, the
Austin-controlled CDR Yuri Kazhdenin suffers the most 
physically from the encounter.

Starting to see a pattern here? :)

Perhaps the next mission won't require our rescue en 
masse...or require major reconstructive surgery for 
Kazhdenin. :)


** JOHN STEINBECK CHARACTER AWARD FOR BEST-LAID PLAN

-WINNER: 	CDR Bregan D'Artgnan (Josh Young)

For "Operation: Parrot Talk"- Josh was the primary creator
of the ultimately successful idea to overcome the problem
of communicating with the crew in the holodeck.  Josh
decided that the Wildlife Generation program would do just
fine- and thusly communicated the newly-arrived CAPT Veld's
intentions through a squaking albatross.


** GEORDI LAFORGE CHARACTER AWARD FOR MOST FLUENT 
	TECHNOBABBLE

-WINNERS: 	LCDR Rivenda April (Sean Murphy)
		CDR Yuri Kazhdenin (Austin Forsyth)
		LT Tigria Mistaya (Alan Rogers)

Each of these three players frequently make use of their
technical abilities to essentially talk circles around the
rest of us.  Whether or not what they say would technically
work is besides the point- they never allow reality to get
in the way of a good story.  Well, except maybe Austin- 
more on that later...


** HARRY STAMPER CHARACTER AWARD FOR HEROIC SACRIFICE

-WINNER: 	CDR Yuri Kazhdenin (Austin Forsyth)

Kazhdenin is never one to allow others to suffer without
him; he willingly throws himself headlong into battle for
'tsar and country' without thinking of the consequences
to himself.  As a result, he is now missing a knee.

Nmed for the Bruce Willis character from _Armageddon_,
who gave his life so all of humanity could be saved.
So damned heroic... ::sniffle::


** "CURLY" NEIL CHARACTER AWARD FOR MOST IRONIC NICKNAME

-WINNER: 	Dr. Daniel Wannaya (Jason Zitzka)

Wannaya is not the doctor most would assume him to
be, nor is he merely the doctor Starfleet trained 
him to be.  Wannaya happens to be a witchdoctor, who
keeps what amounts to voodoo dolls of the crew 
locked up and employs a spirit named Ramos to help
watch over him and the crew.  Clearly not your 
classic doctor...

Named for the former point guard of the Harlem 
Globetrotters basketball team, who happened to be bald.


PLAYER AWARDS  
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** SHERLOCK HOLMES PLAYER AWARD FOR ATTENTION TO DETAIL

-WINNER: 	Austin Forsyth

Austin has been given (by himself, to boot) the unofficial 
title of the unit's 'picker of nits' for his habit of
pointing out the details (written mostly by me, I think)
that seem to contradict one thing or another.  While most
of the time his nitpicking is on the money, at times he has
been known to get a bit carried away...especially behind-
the-scenes. <BG- ::wave:: Hi Austin!>

Named for Sir Arthur Conan Doyle's famous literary 
detective, who was most known for applying scientific 
methodology to crime solving.


** 'SLASH' PLAYER AWARD FOR MOST VERSATILE PLAYER

-WINNER: 	Eric Boyum 
		(LT Douglas McKnight- ENG/CSciO);
		(LCDR Arthur Drake, COU)

McKnight began the "Holodeck-from-Hell" mission as
the unit's Chief Engineer.  However, the arrival of
veteran Scott Freligh and his PC, LCDR Robert Snow, 
to CIRCE brought about McKnight's voluntary move to 
Chief of Sciences.  But a subplot idea brought about 
another move for McKnight- this one completely off
CIRCE and into the hands of an enemy- the Maquis.
McKnight was replaced in Sciences by ENS Ijilaao
(Aaron Decker), which brought about a switch to COU
for Eric and the introduction of another character,
LCDR Arthur Drake.

Joking aside, Eric porved himself to be a true team 
player by working with the command staff to make the 
best fits for everone involved.  I don't think most
of us can ever say we took on three different billets
in the same unit without one being a promotion of 
sorts; none of Eric's moves was the result of a player
promotion.  Such ideals are to be commended.

Named for Kordell Stewart, the former quarterback of
the Pittsburgh Steelers who was given the nickname for
his ability to play multiple positions: "quarterback
slash wide receiver slash defensive back."


SPECIAL/MAJOR AWARDS
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And, finally, the most coveted of player/character awards....


** DOCTOR MORIARTY AWARD FOR THE MOST EVIL CHARACTER:

-WINNER:	CDOR Collin Weasley (Noah Eaton)

CDOR Weasley, while ultimately unsuccessful, was a devious
and dangerous enemy- one whose dangerousness is multiplied
by his personal agenda against Cayle Veld.  It was him who
engineered the trap into which CIRCE and the rest of the 
TACRON walked...and almost didn't return from.  Surely
this setback will only fan the flames of his anger and
bring him back twice as strong and equally vindictive.

Kudos to Noah for creating the warped mind of Collin 
Weasley. :)

Named for the infamous, brilliant Dr. Moriarty of Sherlock
Holmes fame, who proved himself more than a match for the 
erstwhile detective.


** IAGO AWARD FOR MOST EVIL PLAYER

-WINNERS: 	Noah Eaton
		Sean Murphy

Noah Eaton is nominated here for the creation of a
character who, while unable to unleash his full evilness
as of yet, has proven to be a cunning and vindictive 
character: CDOR Collin Weasley.  Somehow, given Cayle's
history with Section 31, I think we'll see Weasley again.

Sean is nominated for 'general evilness.'  In his short
time on CIRCE, he engineered the destruction of a major
installation (Orestes Station), initiated the destruction
of one of our escorts (USS THOTH), and wrecked general
havoc on all from Engineering.  I shudder to think what
will happen now that he has a full mission to plot and
twist from...

Named for one of the most despicable and evil characters 
in literature.  Iago, the chief lieutenant of Othello, 
would betray him for the love of the fair Desdemona in 
ruthless fashion.  If anyone wants to learn how to be 
truly evil down to the core, I recommend reading 
Shakespeare's _Othello_, paying particular attention to 
Iago.



When it all comes down to it, this unit is a TEAM.  The 
fact that each and every crewmember succeeded in 
contributing to the advancement of the story and/or the
richness and color of life aboard the CIRCE in their 
own way is exemplified in these awards.  Laugh about them 
and have fun with them, and we'll have more after the next 
mission.  Remember, the categories are ALWAYS changing... 
<BG>