Who are "the Alliance" referred to in the Comnet section?

[Wombat140]

Do the words "the Alliance" in the Galactic Comnet section - in "Dossiers", for instance - refer to a specific fleet or group associated with this board, or does it refer to "the Alliance" between the Federation, the Klingon Empire and the Romulan Republic, and any character's dossier can be posted there, even if they belong to other fleets? 

I belong to a fleet (Firefly Fleet) that doesn't often RP in game.  I don't want to leave it, because I have some good friends there in general and we have some RPs on our forum, but if I want to RP in the game I'm going to have to look elsewhere for people to play with.  Could I post my character/s in Dossiers, or is that for something else?

Given what a small minority RPers are within STO itself (rather than on forums, etc.), I think it would be a good idea if, heck, all of us used this forum as a kind of meeting point, so each of us isn't restricted to the one or two or no other RPers of their own fleet that happen to be available at the time.  We could list all of our stations, bases, etc. as a sort of expanded universe (though obviously not everyone's canons will match exactly).
Admittedly if that ever happened it would turn the board from the quietest in STO to the biggest.
I'm new to this board and don't really understand how it's meant to be used, though I've used the in-game chat channel for a long time.

[Brex]

Hello there, you're correct, the Alliance refers to the Federation, Klingon and Romulan Alliance as a result of the Jenolan Accords. These forums here are intended to be cross-fleet and we try keep things as open and vague as possible (without being TOO vague!) as a result.

It would be nice for more people to use the forums and channels, though fleet leaders are often (and maybe understandably) unwilling to disseminate the information around as for the reasons you say of conflicting canons.

There's no good way of doing it that works 100% for everyone unfortunately.

[Wombat140]

Good, thanks for the speedy reply!  Would "Organisations" be the correct place to list fleets, stations and starbases?

[Brex]

Organisations are intended for IC listings and information, if you're wanting to put up recruiting style information, there's this forum instead https://forum.storp.org/fleet-recruitment/

[Wombat140]

No, I mean, if I want to put up something like "Serenity Station is an Immense-class starbase located in the Fahleena system
on the edge of the Badlands, approximately 1 day out from Deep Space 9 for a fast Starfleet ship.  The base's primary function is search and rescue, but..." [etc.], so we can all mention each others' bases in RP if we want to and have a kind of extended universe.  IC information, exactly.  If I want to put up a recruiting message, I'd do that separately.

Also, where are the image files of pips for dossiers?  It's not possible to locate the pips for other ranks from the address of the ones Nylassa Alundi used, it's just an Imgur address.  I did have a look on the "Kuro" website but couldn't identify which ones these are.

[Brex]

Ah, you're right, yes that would be the right place. The dossiers I was still working on when I had to take a break from all this, and it's on my list now I'm back around fully!
You can view a sneak peak here -> https://forum.storp.org/index.php?action=form;n=4
Essentially the idea of these forms is to create a template that's consistent between players and fleets, but it's not mandatory to follow!