History of Britannia Search & Rescue Archives

The following list summarizes cornerstone events in the history of Britannia Search & Rescue. News may be read here, and old news items may be found here. Our current message board, here, is also a good source of information on the BS&R.

History of BS&R
Historic milestone
Game: Server (location)
Date
Event page, URL
1 Nobody makes it into the last phase of the Ultima Online Beta Test with 1/2 hour to spare before the cut off deadline. He is able to visit Mystery City, the first player-city in UO, before it becomes wiped. (He will one day be first Founder and Guildmaster of BS&R)
UO: Beta Test Shard (Britain)
August 1997
2 O'lorae joins Ultima Online. He will be the second Founder of the guild.
UO
Friday, 22 August 1997
3 Rawfish joins Ultima Online. He will be the third Founder of the guild.
UO
Wednesday, 10 September 1997
4 Severian joins Ultima Online. He will be the fourth Founder of the guild.
UO: Atlantic
Monday, 8 September 1997
5 Ultima Online, or UO, goes public. September 24th, 1997
6 Blitz joins Ultima Online. He will be the fifth and final Founder of the guild.
UO
September 1997
7 Founders settle on Baja as their primary Shard of Operations.
UO: Baja Shard
October 1997
8 Minor internal strife relating to guild structure causes Nobody to spontaneously develop BS&R theme & uniform. 10 minutes later Hagar volunteers to Nobody and Blitz for duty. Guild web site becomes adjusted to reflect the new theme soon afterward.
UO: Baja Shard (Britain, Skara Brae)
Monday, 27 October 1997
9 PapaMan becomes second Volunteer, and then first member-character to be sworn into BS&R as a full Member.
UO: Baja Shard
Tuesday, 4 November 1997
10 BS&R Members pitch in to buy a small smithy on UO's Baja Shard, near the city of Yew. (The smithy's security is later compromised by house looters, falls into disuse, and eventually degrades.)
UO: Baja Shard
Saturday, 6 December 1997
11 First BS&R Holiday Feast. The "Holiday Spirit" visits and gives presents.
UO: Baja Shard (BS&R OC-Yew)
Sunday, 14 December 1997
Holiday Feast
12 Tanis has invited us to a feast being held by his guild. Tanis is the Quartermaster of the Dungeon Masters Guard (DMG), a division of the New Outriders (NOR).
UO: Baja (Ocllo)
Thursday, 18 December 1997
13 BS&R Members buy a large Smithy on UO's Baja Shard, near the city of Trinsic. (This Smithy remains the center of BS&R in-game operations. It functions as a mini-rune library & rest area.)
UO: Baja Shard (BS&R OC-Trinsic)
Wednesday, 14 January 1998
BS&R-OC
14 BS&R obtains a Guildstone in Ultima Online. Friday, 20 February 1998
15 The Knights of Ni merge into BS&R as a Chapter.
UO: Baja Shard
Saturday, 21 February 1998
Knights of Ni
16 BlackWidow & Mr. Christian are married in a BS&R in-game ceremony at the large Smithy. Counselors and Lord Conrad (a Seer's Role-played Character) attend along with the BS&R Members.
UO: Baja Shard (BS&R OC-Trinsic)
Thursday, 9 April 1998
Wedding
17 BS&R Members are invited by Lord Conrad on a special Seer Quest.
UO: Baja Shard (Trinsic)
Saturday, 2 May 1998
Lord Conrad’s Quest
18 BS&R comes into conflict with the evil Warlocks. BS&R Knights of Ni Chapter Leader Calvin develops "BlackOps" as a means for both sides to relieve aggressions, and is hailed as a hero.
UO: Baja Shard
Thursday, 27 May 1998
19 Zar, the Animal Tamer (another Seer's Role-played Character) enjoys the company of BS&R Members, and is later reported to claim to consider himself one.
UO: Baja Shard (Britain)
 
20 Britannia Search & Rescue is invited by Eric the Red, of the Nox Ordo guild, to Virtue Fest ’98
UO: Lake Superior (Nujel’m)
5 July 1998
21 Guildmates Calvin and Ultimax venture to Baja's new player-city of Avalon, ironically to help defend it alongside Legolos and his Warlocks. To Warlocks curiously kill the BS&R member-characters during the bloodfest. (Ultimax resigns BS&R, choosing to remain in Avalon. Months later he manages their AMC vendor mall, and joins the Rangers of Avalon.)
UO: Baja Shard (Avalon)
Sunday, 7 June 1998
Avalon
22 Several Knights of Ni meet with PapaMan in real life, setting the stage for other such real life meetings. Monday, 21 June 1998
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23 BS&R joins Crow River, a UOX player-created Ultima Online Shard. Calvin is appointed Shard Leader. (Crow River no longer is in service.) Thursday, 23 June 1998
24 BS&R swells to over 40 Active Members — the largest in it's history.
UO
 
25 BS&R t-shirts are offered to Members in a one-time deal. Wednesday, 29 June 1998
BS&R T-shirt
26 Nowheresville town concepts for UO begin development. Wednesday, 29 June 1998
Nowheresville
27 As the BS&R/BlackOps/Warlocks conflicts subside, Members begin enjoying a period of rest.
UO: Baja Shard
 
28 PapaMan and Fiatofa is deleted in a server-side error. Their players leave UO, PapaMan’s for EQ.
UO: Baja Shard
EQ: Bristlebane
Wednesday, 2 September 1998
EverQuest
29 Guildmaster Nobody is asked to assist in developing events for Avalon, and he agrees to a one-month term.
UO: Baja Shard (Avalon)
Saturday, 10 November 1998
Avalon
30 EverQuest beta test enters Phase 4. Several BS&R Members are already involved, and carry over versions of their characters.
EQ
Thursday, 19 November 1998
31 EverQuest goes public.
EQ
EverQuest
32 Guildmaster Nobody joins the new Avalon Merchant Cooperative as a founding staff member.
UO: Baja Shard (Avalon)
Wednesday, 9 December 1998
AMC
33 Mr.Christian and Chauncey form BS&R Gold.
UO: Baja Shard (Skara Brae)
 
34 Second BS&R Holiday Feast.
UO: Baja Shard (BS&R OC-Trinsic)
Monday, 28 December 1999
35 Guildmaster Nobody lends assistance to the player city of Lumaria's Freeborn Press news web site, helping to adjust some of it's design & layout.
UO: Baja Shard
Freeborn Press
36 PapaMan's EverQuest character, Horzak, joins a local guild.
EQ: Bristlebane
 
37 Guildmaster Nobody becomes Prime Minister of Avalon, deciding to serve for a three-month term.
UO: Baja Shard (Avalon)
Saturday, 6 March 1999
Avalon
38 Guildmaster Nobody lends assistance to the Dark Tower of Sheol by providing sketches for it's web site-in-progress.
UO: Baja Shard
May 1999
39 Active Membership hovers at 6, lowest since the founding of the guild.  
40 Manshoon helps to form the Rangers of Avalon.
UO: Baja Shard (Avalon)
Avalon
41 BS&R activity once again begins to rise. Thursday, 22 July, 1999

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Snapshots Archives

Listed below are some pages that include “snapshots” of our members and associates unconnected with BS&R Events. Please be prepared to wait as the pictures on each page load into your browser, as some of the files are slightly large.

Britannia Search & Rescue Snapshots from up to 17 April 1998

Britannia Search & Rescue Snapshots from up to 24 November 1997

Britannia Search & Rescue Snapshots from up to 24 October 1997

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