Its been a hot minute, friends. Hope you are all doing well :3

Hey Guys! Damn it has been a long time. I honestly just found that you have all been on steam. When the board died, it kinda made it really difficult to get back in touch with everyone.

I miss the board. I miss the days of writing, chatting, the shenanigans, and everything else. Fini's lounge threads, the Blue Wave! Spyker, still have a lot of memories of how your storytelling was inspiring. Rann, way to add to the 4th Fleet.

Anyway, I hope you all are doing well. That my note finds you, enjoying a nice cold blue wave somewhere on a beach. ^_^ o7 Stay in touch!

- Kurge

Hey Fini! Good to hear from you, man. For some reason Steam only decided to say something about this comment now, so good to know some things never change. Hope you are doing well, and I'm right there with you on the missing the community and everyone on the site. If you're in contact with anyone from the old days, feel free to redirect them here.

Goes to show how out of touch I've been... nearly 2 years since I've seen these comments.

I see Spyker's comment about the site being gone for good. I feel like those words haven't yet fully hit home with me, maybe having been away so long numbs that feeling. It's kindof funny though, not a day goes by where I don't think fondly of the times spent on the forum, all the good RP moments and thoughts for future posts, threads, characters, the works.

In case I don't get this chance again, it was truly a pleasure and honour posting and conversing with everyone there! Thanks Spyk for all your computer and gif wizardry and Rann for never letting a good fleet go to waste after this Admiral jumped fleets!

Cheers everyone and maybe, hopefully, catch you all somewhere, perhaps in a galaxy far, far away!

- Grand Admiral McFini, Commander of ESD Intimidator, Command of NIF Third Fleet, Self-Proclaimed Bartender (also retired, unfortunately)

God, I can't believe it's gone. Sounds silly, but I kinda thought it would always be there. I joined the NIF back in late August 2004, just shy of 15 years ago, and have so many fond memories of writing, gaming, and just chatting with you all. I'm proud to call you my friends, and even though life got in the way for all of us, I always hoped for one more all night post-athon with you. I love you guys, and you'll forever have a special place in my heart. Please keep in touch, and hopefully we can raise a Blue Wave again together in the future.

- Commander Rann Gast, New Imperial Federation Navy (Retired, unfortunately)

Hey all, it looks like after all these years, the site has finally gone down for good. I just wanted to let you all know that it has been an absolute pleasure to play with you there, even if Laila and I weren't around nearly as often as we wanted to at the end. Here's to all we've done, and to the friends made along the way.