OOC = [url=http://www.roleplayerguild.com/topics/50911/posts/ic]

This was the General Interest Check. 

[quote=g-octavi]Hey guys. I tried to start this RP a while ago but then i was ill. I'm better now so lets see if i can get it going. 

I want to get a crew together, and take a ship on an exploration mission for the federation towards the gamma quadrant. 

We will spend some time in known federation space, and then start encountering never before seen planets and species. all members of the RP will be encouraged to come up with new things for us to discover and see. 

I think we will have 2 characters per person, one essential (like XO, departments heads) and one non-essential (random ensigns and NCOs) each. i'll post a list of essentials in the OOC and what rank they will be, and the non-essential can be any NCO rank or Ensign. 

I'll get more information together about the ship and everything in a OOC if there is interest.[/quote]

Now for a more detailed, Interest check here in the section in which it will be run. I'll try not to repeat myself, just add more info.

Year (may change) - 2376

[b][u]The Ship[/u][/b]

[list][*]Akira Class using these specs - [url=http://techspecs.acalltoduty.com/akira.html] - built at Utopia Planitia Fleet Yard, Mars.[/*][*]Originally built for the war effort, not completed until after the end of the war.[/*][*]Re-purposed for exploration.[/*][*]USS Cutlass (in accordance with the tradition of naming Akira Class ships after swords)[/*][/list]

[b][u]The Mission[/u][/b]

Straight out of the Fleet yards the USS Cutlass is being sent to expand the Federation's knowledge of the galaxy through exploration and diplomacy. We Have been Ordered to make our way out of Federation space through the Alpha Quadrant in the direction of the Gamma Quadrant. 

In order, to avoid the Breen Confederacy we will be traveling 250 light years along the Alpha/Beta Border and then setting course for Denab, near the edge of known space (according to Star Trek: Star Charts by Geoffrey Mandel, which we will be using through out this adventure, at least until we are out of known space) ((i know Denab is unexplored by the United Federation of Planets as of 2379 (according to a deleted scene from Nemesis), but we are going to ignore that :P it wont be a big bit of the story anyway))

Feel free to ask questions, i've probably missed something, or made a mistake with the Trek universe somewhere. We will probably ignore a few bits of canon (like the Denab thing) so please dont be too picky about details, but if you think it is something that cant be ignored please let me know via PM and i'll try to sort it out :D

So who's up for it? (anyone from the other interest check please post again here so i can keep track of numbers