Greetings Durgan.
We are glad that you have decided to join our ranks! You are hereby assigned to our R&D (science) Division, and given a rank of Ensign. You can always switch if you really change your mind.
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 (third row down, second to the right). 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). Feel free to tell us anything else you would like us to know. This area of the website is visible only to members of the 44th.
If you have any questions about the fleet, the game, or Star Trek in general, just post it on our forums here or at the STO forums. Or, you can PM me if you like.
Once again, welcome aboard!