Greetings Kudach,
Glad to have you aboard. As you are a friend of AK's I hope you don't mind being assigned to the same combat division. Welcome to Alpha Squad of the 44th Fleet, Ensign.
Just some housekeeping items:
1) You can download your avatar under 'profile' and then 'avatar'. Look in the gallery. Your avatar is the red one with the single gold pip (last row, first one). You can copy this into your STO (star trek online) 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 do expect members to have at least a minimum amount of activity in order to be kept on the fleet roster. We like to keep our STO forum thread bumped to the first page to maintain visibility, so posting there will be helpful too. Please use the existing link, and do not start a new thread over there. Here's the link.
http://forums.startrekonline.com/showthread.php?t=256383) We have an RP (role-playing) forum, but this is optional.
4) There is an "introduce yourself" thread in the "Fleet Tactics" forum (which you should have access to momentarily). Tell us a little about yourself. This area of the website is visible only to members of the 44th. At least let us know what time zone you are in.
Let me know if you have any questions.
Once again, welcome aboard!
