Matt Brown becomes System Lord of Goa'uld Empire

Appointment #49

Now this appointment has been a long time coming, which I'm positive that Ash will start doing a little dance once he finishes reading this.

At around the beginning of the holidays we began discussing an expansion of our Expansion Sims area (yes, I had to go there). The choice was between several different options, but ultimately it was decided that best to start off with is the exploration of the Goa'uld plot line.

After a lot of dickering, going back and forth and questions upon questions, a proposal was finally created that received the backing of the whole of Military Command.

As such, as soon as Alex Verdusco is able to create our new area, Goa'uld Empire will become our second sim in the Expansion Sims arena. The goal of the Empire is to explore this nemesis of the Stargate Universe as well as we're able. The time frame will be set just after the Tok'ra were founded. The initial beginning of this Empire will be on a planet, a home base much like our Beta Sites are currently.

Leading our bad guys on their adventure in the role of System Lord (SyL) will be Matt Brown. To allow him to this Matt will be immediately promoted to the rank of Captain with all the rights and privileges that come with such a rank.

In light of certain learning curves those of us in the MC have had in regards to establishing new areas, it has been decided that the first six months of operation, the Goa'uld Empire should be staffed by members already in SGU to give it a solid base of internal operation. Mostly folks, it's to work all the kinks out of the sim idea before we introduce new people.

At the end of the six months, the MC and the SyL will gather together to discuss the readiness of the sim to receive applicants. Once we all feel confident that the sim area will stand on its own with the current support and benefit from new people adding, we will send a request to have it become a reality, giving SGU one more area of interest for new people to jump feet first into.

Congratulations to everyone who has put in their hard work in creating this sim. It hasn't been easy, and we've had to develop our system in getting this faster. Hopefully our next expansion sim will come to fruitation faster than this one had.

Kuddos to all, and congratulations to Matt for his promotion. I'm positive that with everyone's support the Goa'uld Empire will be a wonderful sim area for us all to enjoy.

Jess McClary
23 Mar 09