Greetings and welcome. We are glad you to have you join our ranks.
I am the second officer for the fleet, and am hereby assigning you to our R&D (science) division.
Welcome Ensign JohnLeaf!
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 here in the general discussion section, but this is optional.
4) You can create a signature similar to ours to put in your STO forum signature.
5) Tell us a little about yourself. Now that you are a member, you should have access to the "Fleet Tactics" forum. This forum is visible only to fleet members. There is a thread titled "Introductions" there. Tell us as much or as little as you like, but at least let us know what time zone you are in.
If you have ANY questions, feel free to ask. We are all very friendly here.
Once again, welcome.