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Star Trek: USS Tyson

Plot

It is the year 3013. Although major technological advancements have been at a standstill for nearly 200 years, those two centuries have also been met with relative peace in all of the known universe. 233 years ago, The Borg Collective was destroyed by an alliance of The United Federation of Planets, The Klingon Empire, and The Cardassian Union. This was seen as a major turning point in universal history -- The one enemy who could not be bargained with, who could not see reason, and who only wanted absolute conquest of the galaxy had been completely wiped out. The war lasted only five years, and was known as "The Great Quelling", in reference to the overwhelming allied victory. Although more than three million allied troops were lost, The Borg Collective in its entirety, just over sixty billion, was outright erased.
Thirty years after that, The Dominion faced the same fate, while Klingons and Cardassians joined The United Federation of Planets, which has become the universe's sole superpower. With the warlike Klingons brought to relative pacification, and the once ruthless Cardassian people holding several peace awards within The Federation, large-scale war has become a thing of the past. The universe has halted technological advancements in favor of broadening diplomatic efforts that span across star systems, which has created a peace that has centuries. Three years ago, this peace was challenged.

The Chirith, a warrior race inhabiting a small portion of the Alpha Quadrant, slowly began expanding their borders. Threatened by the Chirith expansion, neighboring empires followed suit and expanded their reach as well, sparking a quadrant-wide race to expand as much as possible. With tensions already rising, the involved nations began to practically look for reasons to break the centuries long intergalactic peace pact. They would find it shortly. When it was discovered that the destruction of The Saxton, a Parleni Cargo ship that had crashed met its end by sabotage, The Parleni blamed The Chirith. This was seen as an act of war, and so The Chirith announced that they were prepared to invade The Parleni. Amidst the chaos of threats and responses back and forth, The Federation's ability to maintain peace in the galaxy was questioned, and it seemed like The Federation's dream of uniting the galaxies would be only a dream. For the first time during the centuries long peace, the idea of all races living together, looking past their own differences, was brought into question. Although The Federation was able to have The Parleni and Chirith meet with ambassadors, the damage had already been done, the idea that an intergalactic peace being held was questioned, and more and more began to follow suit.

The Federation's answer to these rising questions were simple -- The USS Tyson. It would be their most state-of-the-art starship to date, and it would feature the most diverse crew in The Federation's history. Apart from humans, which made up a vast portion of The Federation, The USS Tyson would have no more than two members of any race in their ranks. Officers were scouted from remote planets, frequently from formerly-rivaled nations. The cooperation and comradery displayed between these crewmen were frequently showcased at council meetings, and The USS Tyson was proved to be a success. With tensions lowered, there was only one remaining job for The USS Tyson.

To boldly go where no man has gone before.

Roles

CAPTAIN
Responsibilities: The Captain is responsible for execution of Starfleet orders and policy, as well as for interpretation and compliance with Federation law and diplomatic directives. The Captain is the Commander of the ship.
Who to watch: James Kirk, Jean-Luc Picard, Benjamin Sisko, Kathryn Janeway

EXECUTIVE OFFICER
Responsibilities: The Executive Officer is second in command and is responsible for execution of Starfleet orders and policy. He/she is the commander of the crew and makes command decisions according to Starfleet procedure. In the absence of the Captain, the executive officer is in command of the crew.
Who to watch: William T. Riker, Colonel Kira, Chakotay

OPERATIONS MANAGER
Responsibilities: Sort of a utility man.... Does a little of everything : runs sensor scans, can handle communications, monitors shipwide status and functions. Also can pilot the ship, arrange power distribution to major systems during emergency situations. The classic jack of all trades.
Who to watch: Data, Harry Kim, Jadzia Dax, Major Kira, Sulu

TACTICAL
Responsibilities: In charge of shipwide defense. Phasers, Photon Torpedoes, shields. Also tractor beams, Damage Reports, and Communications. This is one of the more exciting positions on the ship because Tactical is involved with the action packed Starship battles. The Tactical Officers should be suspicious about every unknown vessel we come in contact with.
Who to watch: Worf, Tuvok
NOTE: It is not unusual for ships to have officers serving as a combination of security/tactical.

SECURITY
Responsibilities: All internal security on board. Responsible for handling intruders, supervising security on away teams, etc. The Security Officers should work on all aspects of security on the ship including registering weapons, upkeep of the brig, providing security for guests, etc.
Who to watch: Worf, Tasha Yar, Tuvok, Odo

ENGINEERING
Responsibilities: The Engineers are the mechanics of the ship, they are responsible for all power generation, computer systems and propulsion systems. The engineers are the miracle workers of the ship, when the Captain asks for the impossible he looks to his engineers. They usually work in engineering but can work on the bridge at a computer console if necessary.
Who to watch: Scotty, Geordi la Forge, B'Ellana Torres

MEDICAL
Responsibilities: Responsible for wellness of the crew and treating the injured. The medical team should make sure that the crew is in good health by performing routine physicals. Medical personnel are almost always in sick bay but will frequently go on away team missions, especially when casualties are reported.
Who to watch: 'Bones' McCoy, Beverly Crusher, Julian Bashir, The Doctor

SCIENCE
Responsibilities: Duties that fall under the sciences... Using sensor readings, tricorders, and other data, they analyze anything the ship may encounter while traveling through space. Science officers frequently work with those in the medical team.
Who to watch: Jadzia Dax, Data

COUNSELOR
Responsibilities: Responsible for the well being of the crew members. While the Medical Officer is responsible for the physical aspect of the crew; the counselor is responsible for the mental health of the crew. Some ships may assign their counselor a secondary post.
Who to watch: Deanna Troi, Ezri Dax

Character Application

Name: (This is the easiest part. Full name.)
Age: (Depends on your race's lifespan, but everyone is in the equivalent of 20-40 for now.)
Position: (Any of these.)
Division: (Command/Red, Science/Blue, Operations/Yellow)
Personality: (At least one paragraph.)
History: (At least one paragraph as well.)
Trivia: (Details that could be important, or just for fun, go here.)

Star Trek - USS Tyson

The owner of this has not given up, but the owner of this has a job, and lately he's had to work much later, so he gets home and immediately goes to sleep.
If you want to help the rp in the mean time, everybody PMing me ideas would be helpful. Expect more this weekend.

Star Trek - USS Tyson

Pasta Sentient said
I get the feeling that since this is so far in the future, only a moderate amount of knowledge regarding the Universe is required as opposed to being a full on Trekkie and able to speak Klingon. Haha. So I'm hoping we should be fine.

That is indeed the case. I set it further than any other series to
A: Avoid dates conflicting with canon dates
B: Avoid rewriting the canon

Since Star Trek's rendition of the 3000's has time travel commonplace enough that timetravel devices are in highschool desks, I put the "No tech development for the past 200 years" thing in place. Technology will be mostly from The Next Generation's timeline. Warpdrive can still malfunction, Time Travel is still a tremendously big deal, etc.
For now, what I want to know is what people would be interested in as I develop the roleplay. Race Customization? Diplomacy vs. Violence? Interpersonal relationships? These are all things I have planned for, but still, I wanna know about stuff you guys would like.

Star Trek - USS Tyson

Glad to see so much interest! I'll be editing the description more today.

The Paradigm Stone

Although going back-and-forth in PMs doesn't make me a member, I'd throw my hat in for the six month timeskip. Mostly because it'd allow for more character arcs without having to stretch the suspension of disbelief that new character arcs all seem to begin at once.
That's just the peanut gallery's two cents, though. I'll be creeping back to edit my CS now, don't mind me.

Star Trek - USS Tyson

Space: The Final Frontier.
These are the voyages of the starship Tyson. Its five-year mission: To explore strange new worlds, to seek out new life and new civilizations, to boldly go where no man has gone before.

It is the year 3013. Although major technological advancements have been at a standstill for nearly 200 years, those two centuries have also been met with relative peace in all of the known universe. 233 years ago, The Borg Collective was destroyed by an alliance of The United Federation of Planets, The Klingon Empire, and The Cardassian Union. This was seen as a major turning point in universal history -- The one enemy who could not be bargained with, who could not see reason, and who only wanted absolute conquest of the galaxy had been completely wiped out. The war lasted only five years, and was known as "The Great Quelling", in reference to the overwhelming allied victory. Although more than three million allied troops were lost, The Borg Collective in its entirety, just over sixty billion, was outright erased.

Thirty years after that, The Dominion faced the same fate, while Klingons and Cardassians joined The United Federation of Planets, which has become the universe's sole superpower. With the warlike Klingons brought to relative pacification, and the once ruthless Cardassian people holding several peace awards within The Federation, large-scale war has become a thing of the past.
Ten years ago, this peace was challenged.

WIP Description: In response to increasing hostility between several spacefaring nations, The United Federation of Planets launches USS Tyson, the first-ever NX-04 starship, capable of safely traveling at Warp Factor 10. Specifically, the crew selected while mostly human, features a very diverse group of beings from across the galaxy. Seen as a subversive testament to peace, the formerly hostile nations agree to parlay temporarily as they treat. In the mean time, the USS Tyson continues on the missions of any other explorer-class ship. Other than being involved in the missions themselves, characters would also have individual arcs and relationships.

OOC Note: The RP itself will be rather similar to the show -- Small, non-universally significant plotlines involving crew missions and relationships, in the form of "Episodes" (Name subject to change. Episode sounds rather gimmicky next to "Chapter" or "Part"). After completion, each episode would be fitted with a synopsis for easier navigation for new crewmembers. Every ten episodes or so, the crew's mission will become rather dire, affecting the plot itself in the long run. The characters themselves will be the Senior Staff/Bridge Crew. As mentioned, the crew will be mostly human, but offer a fair deal of diversity. Players can create a character with one of the races the show has provided, or create their own. This would be aided by tools such as Heromachine 3.0 and PlanetMaker.

The Paradigm Stone

I do hope it's not too late plot-wise for a newcomer.

Space Western meets Psychological Drama

Question! Would playing as a humanesque robot be a possibility? In terms of practicality, It'd probably be treated like Data on Star Trek by calculating probability, withstanding inhospitable environments, doing ambiguous sci-fi scans, and doing other neat robot-y stuff. As for psychological drama, it could be taken in a lot of ways. One crewmember could insist the robot is an emotionless machine, they could ponder what it means to be human, the ethics of considering a robotic crewmember expendable could be questioned, etc.

Titans of Earth

Unfortunately, I have to bow out for now. Best of luck.

Titans of Earth

"Hey Pooch."
Lenny sat on the floor of the kitchen, on the furthest corner from the refrigerator, sitting next to carl. One arm was wrapped around the dog, scratching behind his ears, and the other held a can of pepsi. Lenny wasn't one for ice-breaking, so he followed suit with his usual strategy at parties or gatherings -- going to the kitchen. Although he had been beaten there, it was large enough for him to sit at the other end unbothered. That, and Lenny looked far from friendly. Even if he was shorter and not as muscular, he would still wear his old neighborhood on his unsmiling face. Lenny wasn't angry at all, but he always looked like it. Carl whined lightly as he stared at Lenny's soda, before looking at him longingly. "Dogs don't like soda." He continued scratching behind his ears, pouring the rest of his can down his throat, and then crushing it triumphantly.

He burped and then stood up, tossing his can trashcan near him, not paying attention to whether or not it went in. "You gotta name, pooch?" He kneeled down to Carl's level, exaining the collar that rested above his vest. "C-A-R-L" Lenny sounded out, squinting to make out the tiny engraved letters. Although he would never admit it, Lenny's eyesight wasn't the best. He believed glasses were for nerds, and so he went without them. "Carl it is. I'm Lenny, Carl." He chuckled to himself, and then stood up to stretch. From the doorway of the kitchen, he noticed something interesting enough to take his already short attention from Carl.

One of his new roommates had run to a door, and was seizing up, almost twitching. Nobody else seemed to notice, having been preoccupied with their socializing, and so Lenny stepped out of the kitchen. Walking to the boy in quickened, long strides, he was directly behind him in an instant. He stretched out his hand to the boy's back, unsure if he should touch him.
"Yo, you good?"