Over the past few years, Bravo Fleet has seen very few people who could be considered consistent cornerstones of the organization in the same way that Commodore Imya Jori (Azras) has been. Her dedication to the fleet has been bar none whether it is as a regular member engaging with other members through gaming or writing, her time as Task Force Commanding Officer of Task Force 93, or more recently as the Bravo Fleet Operations Officer. Azras has been a stalwart force in all things Bravo Fleet, lifting those up around here and helping carry Bravo Fleet forward. Since her last promotion in December of 2022, Azras has continued to be a shining example of how people can get out of Bravo Fleet what they put into it and make the organization better for everyone in the process.

As a leader, Azras excelled as Task Force 93 CO, having served in the position for the entire 24 months of her tenure as a Commodore. In her position, she has trained several staff members, helped other Task Forces as needed, and more importantly, led TF93 to be one of the more successful Task Forces over 2023. In 2023, Task Force 93 took first place overall in both Fleet Actions, The Lost Fleet and We Are the Borg. The monumental achievement this was over the span of the only year that Bravo Fleet hosted two Fleet Actions cannot be overstated, and this achievement was only possible because of TF93s leadership under Azras during this time. Throughout 2024, as most things in Bravo Fleet, TF93 ebbed and flowed. However, it is a testament to Azras’s leadership that, even with her recent stepping down as TFCO, TF93 continues to this day to be a well-oiled machine that chugs along due to Azras’s steady hand guiding the Task Force for so long. In addition to her role as TF93CO, Azras also doubled up over the tenure of her time as a Commodore as both Deputy Operations Officer for 20 months and eventually as Bravo Fleet Operations Officer for the previous 4 months. In those roles, Azras excelled at the day-to-day grind of being the guiding hand for other, more junior TF staffers throughout the fleet as they learned the ropes and became more foundational in their knowledge of how the organization runs, in addition to helping run the sandbox RPGs and, until recently, the RPGs in general. She was always the first to jump in and guide junior staff on how to complete tasks and to answer questions directly when needed. She was always available when needed and was more than willing to lend a hand in any other Task Force. When she stepped up as Operations Officer, Azras seamlessly took over for MJ and the transition was one of the smoothest we’ve experienced at the upper echelons of Bravo Fleet. She continued a lot of the same leadership qualities and tasks that she and MJ established previously, making her tenure as Operations Officer a good standard moving forward. Before resigning, Azras ensured that the Task Forces were staffed completely and that the training regimen of those newer staff was completed.

In addition to her time as a leader, Azras has also excelled to the top tiers of activity as a regular member. Since her last promotion, Azras has participated in every aspect the fleet has to offer. In the realm of competitions, she has participated in 155 competitions, earning herself placement awards including 6 Action Medals with Comet Cluster, 4 Action Medals with Moon Cluster, 6 Action Medals with Planet Cluster, 4 Action Medals with Star Cluster, 7 Starfleet Gold Stars, 5 Starfleet Silver Stars, and 8 Starfleet Bronze Stars. Additionally, she has created 10 competitions over the same time period. In all, this has earned her Fleet Action Challenge Coins galore including 40 The Lost Fleet Challenge Coins, 43 We Are The Borg Challenge Coins, and 34 Labyrinth Challenge Coins. Beyond competitions, Azras is also one of our more prolific gamers, having participated in and/or hosted several gaming nights on top of just impromptu gaming with other members which has culminated in her earning 536 Combat Action Ribbons, 552 Joint Action Ribbons, 2 of the now sunset Campaign Ribbons, and 45 of the now sunset Strategic Action Ribbons. As a writer, Azras has amassed an impressive 390 Service Ribbons worth approximately 97,500 words in addition to her 34 Duty Ribbons for her joint writing with others! To round off, Azras also earned the Academy badge for completing the Character Creation Program.

For many of these accolades, Azras previously earned a Rachel Garrett Order of Heroism in December of 2023 and a Medal of Achievement in February of 2024. With these previously awarded accolades and everything that has come since, I am beyond happy to congratulate Azras on his promotion to Rear Admiral! Congratulations, this has been extremely well-earned!

It’s time to recognise one of our leaders within our community for her valiant efforts and contributions to Bravo Fleet over the past year and a bit. She will be the second person to receive the promotion of Commodore this year – ladies and gents, I present to you Fleet Captain Imya Jori, aka Leah/AzrasD! Not only has she served time in grade (and a bit more), she has distinguished herself in our community in many aspects.

Let us start with her leadership credentials. She was promoted to Fleet Captain on August 14th 2021 and was Task Force 93 Commanding Officer until December 1st 2021, she took a short break before returning to Bravo Fleet Command to help kick-start and build our newest addition: Task Force 47 as its Executive Officer on April 9th 2022. Working extremely well with her TFCO, Leah went on to develop a strong little community within our greater community in a short amount of time. Together they placed Task Force 47 on the map which would furthermore help them later on. While Task Force Executive Officer, Leah was responsible for supporting many of the recruits and members as they joined not just Task Force 47, but Bravo Fleet as well. Showing them what we offer them, not only was she encouraging them along but also working hard to facilitate as many medals, awards and promotions as the OCS could offer! It was no surprise that when the third Fleet Action, Sundered Wings, took place that Task Force 47 was crowned the winning Task Force! Leah, along with McGig, worked extremely hard in hyping up the Fleet Action in the Task Force 47 lounge and across many other areas of the BF Discord server. Remaining as Task Force 47’s Executive Officer for almost seven months, it is without question that the strong teamwork and leadership that Leah established with McGig has ensured that Task Force 47 will remain a constant in Bravo Fleet. When the time came for a new TFCO needed in Task Force 93, having her return to her old stomping ground was a smooth transition. Leah became Task Force 93 Commanding Officer, again, on 2nd December 2022 and has continued to be a powerhouse of leadership in Task Force 93. Her constant encouragement of her fellow players in the Blood Dilitihum Campaign is just a great example showing how amazing she is at this job and how much she loves being in our community.

Leah’s work does not only just cover leadership but her own awards that recognise her activity during her Fleet Captain tenure show off just how much she puts in. Only a month after her promotion, Leah received the Rachel Garret Order of Heroism for her impressive range of work particularly during the Fleet Action: Echoes of T’kon. Then three months later, she was awarded her first Star for Distinguished Service, for her range of fiction writing for the USS Vesta and USS Saratoga as well as her involvement across multiple Role-Playing Games, including Starbase Bravo, Endeavour NX-06 and the USS Aquarius. Her second Star for Distinguished Service was awarded in April 2022, among her writing as well as gaming activities she showed her continued efforts in supporting new members by receiving the Expeditionary Award. A month later and she was awarded the Star Cross, again her efforts as TF47XO were recognised, along with her writing and leading a gaming night. She then went on to participate in seventy-five per cent of the competitions on offer from Sundered Wings, wrote over twenty-eight thousand and five hundred words and took third place. This, along with lots of other activities, earned her the Jonathan Archer Order of Merit on July 21st 2022. Once again, another three months later and she is awarded another Star for Distinguished Service, for her consistent activity including competition participation and creation. This was her final award as TF47 Executive Officer. Since then as TF93CO, she led the charge for her unit during the Blood Diliithum Campaign receiving seventy-one service ribbons (that’s over 10,650 words) and two duty ribbons (for Starbase Bravo). Furthermore, she entered thirteen competitions and created two, ‘Delta Quadrant Dilemma’ and ‘Lions, Tigers, and Devore; Oh My!’ To add onto this she has won three Action Medals with Comet Clusters and one Action Medal with Moon Cluster for coming second in the competition: ‘Story Posters of Operation Blood Dilithium – Medium’.

Leah without a doubt deserves to receive this promotion for everything she has done for the members of Bravo Fleet. She is consistent, hard-working, and get’s what it takes to make our community the amazing place it is. We want to thank Leah for her dedication and this seems to be a fitting way to recognise all that she has done in the past year and a bit more!

Congratulations Commodore Imya Jori, welcome to the admiral’s bar!

Leah’s time with Task Force 47 was an absolute highlight for me! I couldn’t have asked for a better partner in helping to set up a brand new task force within Bravo Fleet. Leah’s attention to detail, monitoring of activity and gentle reminders helped in so many fantastic ways! She brought with her a fantastic wealth of experience as a former TFCO and it really did help shape TF47! She was engaged with our members, constantly reaching out to help guide new members or touch base with the old hands. She was an ever-present voice in the TF47 lounge, and I just know she’s the same now in the TF93 lounge. When Leah was asked to take the reigns back over at TF93 I was excited for her and TF93. Her engagement and presence within the Bravo Fleet community, from task force to the wider group, is felt throughout. She’s keen to get stuck in with the campaigns and fleet actions, organises game nights (extremely suspiciously I might add!), engages with competitions and brings her own to the mix. Leah epitomises what it means to be a Bravo Fleet member and frankly, this promotion is well deserved! Congratulations Leah!

Battlefield promotion for Phase I of Fleet Action II: The Echoes of the Tkon!