The Birthday of the founder

[Will Karelia]

Wait, wait, wait. There is no way that Expansion is seven years old, is there?

[Julian]

well. lets see. i turned 15 in may and the ikonboards started in jan 2002 and i was on b4 then and its now 2007 and im 20 turning 21 in may. so effectively its more 6 years.

[Julia Rellek]

Leave it to Vorak to clear the air  http://www.expansionfleet.com/ikonboard/iB_html/non-cgi/emoticons/biggrin.gif" border="0" valign="absmiddle" alt=':D'>  lolol

[Montrell]

Although it's a day too late, Vorak I still want to wish you a happy birthday! http://www.expansionfleet.com/ikonboard/iB_html/non-cgi/emoticons/smile.gif" border="0" valign="absmiddle" alt=':)'>

[Julian]

Happy birthday mr Vorak! We have been here for a long time i remember being 14 when i first joined up. and im turning 21 in May this year!! things sure have changed over that ammount of time, especially you with the NOD. Hope you have a great bday, wish you all the best, your only one more year away from 30 :P

[Julia Rellek]

Let's take this opportunity to thank Vorak for years of Trek fun. And there will definatly be many many many MANY more   http://www.expansionfleet.com/ikonboard/iB_html/non-cgi/emoticons/biggrin.gif" border="0" valign="absmiddle" alt=':D'>

[Vorak]

Thank you http://www.expansionfleet.com/ikonboard/iB_html/non-cgi/emoticons/biggrin.gif" border="0" valign="absmiddle" alt=':D'> I'm glad that I have been able to deliver a platform where people could have fun and make friends, for all these years! http://www.expansionfleet.com/ikonboard/iB_html/non-cgi/emoticons/biggrin.gif" border="0" valign="absmiddle" alt=':D'>

Expansion was originally founded in December 2001 with the name "Star Trek: Expansion", but the phpBB board software crashed in January 2002 and we had to start over, for which we installed Ikonboard instead. And after a series of conflicts, the storyline was reset to 0 (the one and only time in the history of Expansion Fleet that this was ever done) on April 23, 2002.  So our current storyline has been ongoingi for almost 5 years, and Expansion Fleet itself is in existence for about 5 years now too. http://www.expansionfleet.com/ikonboard/iB_html/non-cgi/emoticons/biggrin.gif" border="0" valign="absmiddle" alt=':D'>

[Julian]

lol well its still been a long time :P for some reason i became a member in the new forums b4 you though http://www.expansionfleet.com/ikonboard/iB_html/non-cgi/emoticons/confused.gif" border="0" valign="absmiddle" alt='???'> lol :P Member no3!! yeah thats right no 3! :P

[Vorak]

Thanks Montrell http://www.expansionfleet.com/ikonboard/iB_html/non-cgi/emoticons/biggrin.gif" border="0" valign="absmiddle" alt=':D'>

I actually did join before anyone else, seeing as I registered myself when the forum was first set up, but when Ikonboard was upgraded from version 2 to 3, it didn't carry over and so it was registered anew.

[Vorak]

This is the oldest post on the board that I can find:
http://www.expansionfleet.com/cgi-bin/fleet/ikonboard.cgi?act=ST;f=78;t=49" target="_blank">http://www.expansionfleet.com/cgi-bin....78;t=49

There were posts made before that, but they were all deleted when the story was reset.