Blue Demon

Star Trek: To Boldly Go

The OOC

These are the voyages of the starship Orion. We will continue to explore strange new worlds, seek out new life and new civilizations, and to boldly go where no one has gone before.

Rules:

• My word is final
• Respect the other players.
• If there is a problem, take it to me (or another GM)
• Please don't spam.
• No God-Modding or metagaming.
• I reserve the right to reject any character if they don't fit the setting.

About:

The year is 2734 and the ongoing war with the Dominion is in full swing. The Federation and the Klingon Empire have entered a cease fire to join forces against the Dominion. The Dominion have allied with the Cardassians and taken over Deep Space 9 and the Bajoran system including the Bajoran wormhole. So far the Empire and the Federation have only suffered losses in their encounters with the Dominion. The worst was when the Seventh Fleet tried to stop the incursion in the Tyra system which resulted in the loss of 98 ships.

However, the Federation, with Klingon assistance, is mounting an attack to retake Deep Space 9 and the wormhole. The Federation can't afford to lose or else Vulcan will fall to the Dominion. Already the fleet there is nearly defeated. Overseeing the attack are Captain Benjamin Sisko and General Martok. The Fleets slated to be involved were the Second (from Vulcan), Fifth and Ninth (Comprised of Klingon ships).

We are not involved. USS Orion is currently being utilized as an escort ship for Ambassador Spock as he continues his work with the Romulans.

The Ship:

USS Orion
Miranda Class
Light cruiser (Medium sized)
11 Decks (Schematics for all you engineers out there)
360 Crew Members
Maximum speed: Warp* 11 ^{Transwarp/Slip Stream travel is not currently available for any Federation Ship at this time}
Cruising speed: Warp 7
Armaments: 6 type-VII phaser banks; 2 phaser cannons; 4 torpedo launchers
Defenses: deflector shields
Auxiliary craft: 12 work bees; 4 Federation shuttlecrafts; 1 Shuttlepod

Images

Crew Positions:

Captain
First Officer
Navigator
Helmsman
Communications Officer
Chief Science Officer
Chief Security Officer
Chief Medical Officer
Chief Engineer
List of other possible Personnel Positions

Reference Star Charts:

Chart #1 (Warning, this is a very, very large map/chart)
Chart #2

Uniforms:

Please see link

The Federation Command (Current):

Federation President: Jaresh Inyo
Commander in chief: Jaresh Inyo
Commander, Starfleet: Admiral Jeri Taylor
Chief of Staff: Admiral Gene Roddenberry
Chief of Starfleet Operations: Not listed in canon works/shows

Timeline

This link contains other information on what went on during the time frame. It's very handy. I'd suggest at least glancing over it.

• 2368:
  - The Klingon Civil War that began in 2367 ends.
  - Lieutenant Commander Geordi La Forge develops a tachyon detection grid in order to detect cloaked ships and reveal the Romulan involvement.
  - The celebrated ambassador Sarek of Vulcan dies at the age of 204.
  - Ambassador Spock works to unite the Romulans and the Vulcans.
  - The first test of the soliton wave is conducted near Bilana III.
  - A peace treaty is established ending the centuries-long war between Krios Prime and Valt Minor.
  - The Romulans experiment with interphase cloaking technology, but fail to perfect it.
  - Starfleet introduces the Danube-class runabout.
• 2369:
  - Montgomery Scott is discovered to be alive, suspended in the transporter buffer of the USS Jenolan.
  - The Cardassian Union ends its occupation of the planet Bajor, which lasted fifty years.
  - A Cardassian sneak attack on the Federation system Minos Korva, staged in the McAllister C-5 Nebula, but is thwarted, leading to Captain Picard being freed.
  - Commander Benjamin Sisko and Lieutenant Jadzia Dax discover the Bajoran wormhole, the first stable wormhole known to exist.
  - A crucial victory is won for Spock's reunification efforts on Romulus when Vice-Proconsul M'ret defects to the Federation.
  - The crew of the USS Enterprise-D, along with Romulan, Klingon, and Cardassian interests, deciphers the last work of Professor Richard Galen, revealing that a race of ancient humanoids is a common ancestor of most species in the Milky Way Galaxy.
  - On Earth, the quadricentennial of Apollo 11's landing on the moon in 1969 is celebrated.
  - Another variant of the Starfleet uniform is released, this time with the entire outfit black except for the division color on the shoulders.
• 2370:
  - A second Borg incursion into Federation space begins. It is defeated by the Captain Picard and the USS Enterprise-D.
  - Standard warp drive is discovered to have detrimental effects on the fabric of subspace. A program is launched to develop a safer means of warp travel, which is first incorporated on the Intrepid-class.
  - Kathryn Janeway is chosen to command the USS Voyager.
  - A group of Federation colony worlds declare an unofficial war on the Cardassian Union after rejecting the Federation-Cardassian Treaty. They call themselves the Maquis.
• 2371:
  - Starfleet introduces a new combadge with a gold rectangle with a cutout oval in the center replacing the gold oval.
  - The Federation, as well as the other Alpha and Beta Quadrant powers, become aware of the Dominion threat after the USS Defiant returns from its mission to the Founders' homeworld in the Gamma Quadrant, the home of the designated leaders of the Dominion.
  - The starship USS Equinox disappears, pulled into the Delta Quadrant.
  - The starship USS Voyager departs Deep Space 9 on a mission to find the Maquis raider Val Jean. They never make it.
  - The Maquis member Thomas Riker steals the USS Defiant and uses it to expose a Cardassian military buildup in the Orias system.
  - With help from Bareil Antos, Kai Winn and Legate Turrel sign the Bajoran-Cardassian Treaty.
  - The Romulan Star Empire sends Ruwon and Karina to DS9 to take possession of Starfleet's data on the Dominion. This was agreed upon earlier in the year, in exchange for allowing the USS Defiant to operate a cloaking device.
  - Dr. Tolian Soran uses a trilithium weapon to collapse the Amargosa star.
  - The Cardassian Obsidian Order together with the Romulan Tal Shiar are lured into a trap, when they attack the Founder's homeworld in the Gamma Quadrant. The following battle leads to the complete destruction of the combined Romulan-Cardassian fleet of twenty ships and severely cripples both organizations, which, in turn, reduces possible resistance against the Dominion by the Federation and the Klingon Empire.
  - The Bajoran Shakaar Edon, a former cell leader in the Bajoran Resistance, becomes first minister of Bajor's provisional government.
  - It is revealed that the Founders of the Dominion have infiltrated the Alpha Quadrant.
• 2372:
  - Starfleet introduces a new style of phasers and tricorders in this year.
  - Convinced by a Changeling posing as General Martok that the Cardassian government had been infiltrated by the Founders, the Klingon Empire invades the Cardassian Union. However, the United Federation of Planets objects to this action, causing Chancellor Gowron to withdraw from the Khitomer Accords, ending their alliance. At the end of this year, the Changeling posing as General Martok convinces Gowron to take further aggressive action, causing the Klingon Empire to annex the Archanis sector from the Federation, thereby starting an open war between the two powers.
  - The Bajoran wormhole undergoes an inversion that occurs once every fifty years.
  - The Klingon Empire attacks three Romulan outposts along the border.
  - The Antwerp Conference is bombed. An investigation reveals that the bomb was placed by a Changeling. Benjamin Sisko is temporarily reassigned to Earth to serve as Chief of Starfleet Security, in charge of preparing the Federation for a possible Dominion invasion.
  - Admiral Leyton stages a military coup by taking advantage of the current Changeling scare. The attempt is thwarted by Benjamin Sisko and Odo. Leyton resigns his commission, and Sisko and Odo return to Deep Space 9.
  - The Korma Conference was scheduled to take place in this year, however the outpost hosting the conference was destroyed by a Klingon Bird-of-Prey.
  - The USS Enterprise-E is launched from the San Francisco Fleet Yards.
  - Captain Benjamin Sisko takes the USS Defiant to the Founders' homeworld.
• 2373:
  - After the real identity of the Klingon General Martok as a Changeling is revealed, the war between the Federation and the Klingon Empire is ended with a temporary cease fire.
  - The Dominion invades the Alpha Quadrant.
  - The Cardassian Union officially joins the Dominion. Because of this the Dominion was able to secure both the wormhole passage and a power base in the Alpha Quadrant
  - The Klingons invade Ajilon Prime, breaking the cease fire. The USS Farragut is destroyed by the Klingons while protecting the colonists of Ajilon Prime.
  - Starfleet Command declares the USS Voyager officially lost with all hands.
  - Starfleet introduces a new uniform design which quickly replaces all uniforms in use, with gray quilted shoulders and department color indicated by the undershirt and the cuffs on the jacket.
  - Another major Borg incursion, the Battle of Sector 001, takes place.
  - With the Dominion as their new ally, the Cardassian Union successfully puts an end to the Maquis rebellion in the Demilitarized Zone.
  - The Dominion signs non-aggression treaties with several powers, including the Romulans, Tholians, Miradorn, and Bajorans.
  - The Dominion take control of the Bajor sector including the Federation space station Deep Space 9 at its crucial position next to the wormhole to the Gamma Quadrant.
  - The Dominion War begins.
• 2374 (Current events):
  - The Seventh Fleet fails to stop the Dominion in the Tyra system. Only fourteen ships from a fleet of one hundred twelve make it back to Federation lines.
  - The USS Defiant successfully destroys a Dominion sensor array in the Argolis Cluster.
  - Operation Return is beginning to get underway.
  - The USS Voyager briefly reestablishes contact with the Alpha Quadrant via the use of a Hirogen communications network.

Goals:

As a GM my goal is to introduce fun, new environments (with a few nods to the TV series and movies). I welcome input and suggestion for directions the RP can take. This will be partially sandbox, I wont force direction if all the players take initiative, but I'm not afraid to be rather heavy handed if I think the player run direction is floundering.

I do have a first arc planned, but it's malleable. _{Things never run as planned.}

Character Information:

Character Sheet

Name:
Age:
Rank/Position:
Race: (Made up alien races are allowed within reason. Borg and any Dominion races are not allowed as Player Characters)
Appearance: (A photo is optional but when used does replace this section. Anime face claims are not allowed.)
Personality: (YC in a nut shell. Don't go overboard, a paragraph is fine. I want most of this IC)
History: (What brought YC to this point? Doesn't have to be a novel. But it should be longer than a few sentences.)
Skills: (What does YC contribute to the starship?)
Other: (Do you feel like there is anything else you'd like to add?)
Sample Post: (Yes, this is required.)

Please do not post your CS in the tab until I have OK'd your sheet. Elsewise it's automatically rejected. If your character is accepted please don't use hiders (unless there is a photo that is abnormally large) in the CS tab.

You are allowed more than one character. You can have as many as you can handle (Unless it gets out of hand).

How I'm choosing characters going for the same position:

• If I have two finished characters who both want the same position I'll decide based on their skills and will choose the character that will benefit the ship most. The remaining character will be allowed to be under them.
  EX: Two characters vie for the Chief Medical Officer. Character B gets the spot. Character A can be either a nurse or just a regular Medical officer.
• Person A's first character is the Helmsman and A wants their second character to be Chief Engineer. However person B wants their first character to be the Chief Engineer. I would give the spot to person B because they don't have a prominent position yet.

Star Trek: To Boldly Go (Still looking for players)

Giving this a push to the top.

The Corrigan School for Advanced Learning and Development (A DC School RP)

Great post, @Blue Demon. My favourite post of yours so far. I especially liked the descriptive elements.

@Tyler

Thanks. I try my best. :)

DC Comics: Shattered Justice

@Veridis QuoAnd you just gave me more to read. Haha.

_{I hate the auto correct on my phone. D:}

Star Trek: To Boldly Go

Please allow me to get over the fact that Cardassians is way too much like Kardashians.

^{It gets me every time}

@Wade Wilson

I guess you're allowed. Have you gotten over it yet?

;)

The Corrigan School for Advanced Learning and Development (A DC School RP)

Kyle Lancaster

Kyle gasped, waking suddenly in his bed. His pjs were plastered to his body by a fine layer of sweat. He panted as he laid there staring at the white ceiling. He couldn't hear his roommates moving around. Which meant they were still sleeping. Kyle slowly sat up, peeling himself off the sheets. A quick check to his clock told him it was only three in the morning. This wasn't the first night Kyle had lost sleep.

The dream was pervasive. Aiden was standing there, holding a man and lasering off his arm. Kyle swallowed thickly against the need to vomit. Even in his dreams he could still smell burning flesh. Hear it as it sizzled and parted from bone. Hear the screams of the victim. Consciously he knew it was all simulated. Knew it was fake. But he hadn't been prepared for how real it felt. How it froze him to the bones, unable to do anything.

Kyle barely remembered the session ending as everything blacked out. At first he though he had passed out. But the backup generators had kicked on and they were removed from the A.R.C. building. Classes had all be cancelled due to the damage done by a falling alien of all things. Kyle had returned to his dorm room. But left with his thoughts proved to not be the best idea. Thankfully Julian didn't mind having Kyle hang out with him.

Over the next few days Kieran had even sought out Kyle and the two were friends again. It earned him the ire of his three roomies, but Kyle didn't care. They were terrified of them anyways. Kyle snagged a towel and a change of clothes and headed to the showers. When he returned it was nearly four. Yet he didn't feel like sleeping. Instead he pulled out his journal and began writing.

Kyle was so caught up in his task he jumped when his alarm went off. He returned his journal to it's hiding spot, grabbed his book bag and headed to the mess hall. He wasn't the first to arrive and like always, there was a scene going on.

Mailsi rolled out of bed with a groan. She could hear Sugar in the next room, also getting read. Mailsi was never a morning person. She was nocturnal by nature. Something not even Corrigan could rid her of. The white haired girl tossed her pillow at her phone which continued to buzz obnoxiously. Naturally the pillow didn't have any effect. Other than to make Mailsi's rest less comfortable at it's absence.

When Mailsi finally stumbled out of her dorm room an hour later, she still looked tired though presentable. She was dressed as the "We Can Do It" poster girl from WWII. Sugar had gone ahead. Apparently she was meeting her date and couldn't wait. Mailsi still didn't have a date. Maybe she should ask Amethyst? Would the girl say yes? And if she did, would she think Mailsi wanted her that way? It was never this complicated in Ireland.

Anyways Mailsi shouldered her messenger bag and headed down to the mess hall. As she walked, she thought more about the dance and mentally sighed. She knew she didn't have to go, but she was supposed to be making an effort to be apart of the student body. Or so Aunt Kara had lectured her about. Apparently just hanging out with the Irish was not acceptable. It made sense, having more people was like having more guides on How Not to Turn Evil.

Mailsi had barely made it to the mess hall when she noticed a few people standing and pointing at someone turning gold. The teen heaved a great big sigh and headed over. Do good. She could just hear her mom speak in her head. Right, be a good person. Mailsi grabbed a hold of golden kid's arm and pulled him away from the lookie-loos. He was obviously panicking, which was leading to him losing control of his powers.

"Take a deep breath yeah?" Mailsi told him.

Her voice must have caused him to notice her because his freak out worsened as he began to babble. His tirade ended in Latin, which was what Mailsi used when she spoke next.

"<You're okay. You're safe. No one's going to hurt you. Just breathe. In and out. Focus.>" Up close it wasn't hard for Mailsi to put two and two together. This was the alien that had caused the power outage. Was he really supposed to be running around by himself? Or had he escaped his escort and was now freaking himself out by running wild? Whatever the reason, Mailsi couldn't leave him alone. Not when he was such a wild card.

The Corrigan School for Advanced Learning and Development (A DC School RP)

2) Sam is bilingual, and he can understand and speak every language of the universe fluently (probably should've mentioned that before, oh well.)

@Wade Wilson

That's something they have in common then. Woe to anyone trying to follow that conversation.

Since everything is what I thought, I can just port over my pre-written post.

EDIT:
And up. Had to get onto my computer instead of my phone to do it though. Haha :D

The Corrigan School for Advanced Learning and Development (A DC School RP)

@Wade WilsonI'd love Mailsi to be the student who helps Sam in your post. Just a few questions first.

1) Where are you? Are you still in the dorm?

2) Does Sam speak any other languages other than Latin and English?

Star Trek: To Boldly Go (Still looking for players)

@RumikoOharaI'm sorry to hear you feel that way.

If you change your mind, you know where to find me :D

DC Comics: Shattered Justice

December 28, 2015

"I hear you're looking to put back on the costume." The male's voice on the other end of the phone call chuckled.

Jesse frowned at her cellphone, then lifted it back to her ear. "Word travels fast." She agreed to nothing. The CEO might be blond, but she was anything but dumb. Still, the person who had called didn't seem to be bothered at all. There was another laugh before he spoke again.

"I can be there in twenty since I'd rather not do this over an unsecured line Ms. Chambers."

Jesse hesitated. In the lull caused by it, the man spoke again. "I'll see you then." And the line went dead. Jesse jabbed her finger at the phone and pulled back up the call history. The number was still blocked. The old woman sighed and pushed her intercom button.

"Yes Jesse?" The clear voice of her secretary came over the line.

"Get me Seth." Jesse lifted her finger off the button. Sarah was a good girl and was used to Jesse's terse requests. The young woman might have only worked for Jesse for less than a year, but the twenty year old gum snapper was the best secretary she had had.

The Present

Jesse felt self conscious as she edged closer to the three combatants. Her flashy costume was not meant for stealth, or hiding anything really. She wore more going swimming. As she moved closer she heard a female voice shouting about swinging. It was obviously directed to the behemoth. Jesse paused as she watched the woman reach for a box then fly off.

Jesse took a small breath. Okay, flight. People fly. You're Jesse Quick. You fly! Of course people fly. You worked with people who flew. Get over it. Never in her life had she felt so old. Never had she felt more alive. The comms in her ears interrupted that feeling.

"The package is off the train and moving rapidly." One of the Nerds said rapidly.

Another piped in with: "Sending coordinates to your visor."

A small line appeared and traced the flight path the woman had took. Jesse spared one last glance over at the remaining two combatants. The large one was screaming, upset and agitated. Should Jesse leave them together? They were obviously not friendly. Jesse turned her attention back to them. The smaller one was dressed in a cape.

"Oh crap!" The head Flasher, Dave?, cried. "That's Batman!"

"It's getting away!" Another Nerd informed her, slightly hysterical. From the sounds coming through the comms, all the Nerds were freaking out. Flashers.

Jesse hesitated for another moment before leaping off the train. If that really was Batman, and Jesse didn't have any cause to disbelieve Daniel(?) about it, he didn't need her help.

Jesse didn't even have to think to match her speed to the train's as she paced it for a second. She took another deep breath as she concentrated on her movements. The world seemed to slow down as she focused. It had been a long time sine she flew. She hadn't expected this day to be so exciting. Jesse felt her muscles and concentrated on moving even faster as she pulled away from the train, moving faster and faster.

Jesse felt the familiar thrill and stomach turning wrong-ness when her left foot failed to touch the ground. She swallowed and pushed herself to run even faster, leaving the ground behind. Soon there was nothing but air under her. As she gained a good pace, she allowed herself to concentrate less. In her ear the Flashers were still squawking. Without any trouble she ignored them for the visor. Jesse was quickly closing in on the woman who had taken the box.

As the old superhero closed in on her goal she was able to make out the other's woman costume. Or rather lack thereof. She was dressed in what looked like a pink swimsuit that had been mauled by a shark in a porno. Still, Jesse recognized the costume with the ring. A Star Sapphire. As far as Jesse knew they weren't the bad guys and worked with the Green Lanterns. Apparently this one didn't get the memo.

Jesse gained even more ground on the woman and reached out to snag the box.