Greetings, Counselor.
We are so glad to have you join our ranks. You are hereby assigned to the medical division, and given a rank of Ensign. Welcome aboard!
Just some housekeeping items:
1) You can download your avatar under 'profile' and then 'avatar'. Look in the gallery. Your avatar is the blue one with the single gold pip (the last one on the second row). You can copy this into your STO forum avatar too.
2) Because STO has not launched yet, promotions in rank will be based on activity on the STO forums, activity in recruting, and activity here on our forums. We like to keep our STO forum thread bumped to the first page to maintain visibility, so posting there will be helpful. Here's the link.
http://forums.startrekonline.com/showthread.php?t=256383) We have an RP (role-playing) thread in the general discussion section, but this is optional.
4) There is an introduction thread in the "Fleet Tactics" forum (which you should have access to momentarily). Tell us a little about yourself, as little or as much as you like.
If you have any questions, feel free to ask.
Once again, welcome!