Tambien
Theseus, Duke of Athens
JOINING THREAD
Summary: It is 2381. Starfleet has suffered a string of devastating losses at the hands of a massive Borg invasion. No help will arrive from the allies of the Federation, for the Borg are devastating their worlds as well. The situation has progressively worsened, and almost all hope is lost. Starfleet Command has sent one message to all Starfleet ships still operating. “If Earth falls, the Federation is not soon after. In that event, take as many civilians as you can with you and run. Run. As fast as you can. Command out.” A steady stream of ships is leaving the planet peacefully rotating below your ship, but on the surface there is no panic. Instead, Earth is meeting its demise with dignity. Candlelight vigils are being held all over the planet, and people are spending what will most likely be their last hours with their families. The Borg are hours away from Earth, and the Enterprise has disappeared from Starfleet’s status board. You order the cutting off of the footage from the battle over Vulcan. You can’t bear the screams of pain and terror anymore. However, it stays on long enough for you to witness the first beam of green energy destroying ShiKhar. You stare at the blackness of space, hoping that it will calm you. A ripple distorts the space on the screen, and all of a sudden the lights of the stars blend into a white blanket enclosing all of the ships. When it dissipates again, you see an unfamiliar region of space. It is soon determined that you are in a satellite galaxy of the Milky Way and Andromeda Galaxies. The Federation is centuries away, even at maximum warp. Luckily, it appears that the rest of the Fleet that had been defending Earth has been transported with you.
You will take command of a ship of this fleet. Your mission: to lead your people either home, or to safety, and to perhaps continue exploration along the way and deal with the dangers of an unknown area. The Federation will take centuries to reach even at maximum warp. But perhaps you will take the initiative and continue home. Or, perhaps the fleet will soon decide to settle in their new region, fearing the Federation too long away to reach; you will thus tame a new homeworld, set up new colonies, meet with locals, and perhaps forge a New Federation in this far off region.
Say within the fleet is based not on ship, but on rank. As you are all Captains of your ship (as well as playing the ship itself), you are thus all equal, and can -if you wish- have self determination to secede from the fleet to carry on as you wish independently, perhaps with others who wish to follow your line of thought.
Joining:
Applications for entry should resemble the following:
Ship:
Class:
Captain:
Crew Count and Composition:
So, for example:
Ship: USS Andromeda (NCC-18984)
Class: Galaxy Class, Battleship/Explorer
Captain: Richard Garden (Human)
Crew Count and Composition: 1000 (400 Human, 300 Vulcan, 100 Andorian, 100 Tellarite, 50 Rigellian, 30 Denobulan, 20 Deltan)
A list of starship classes available can be found in the third post.
Also be aware that I reserve the right to restrict the numbers of a certain type and/or class.
How to Play:
Players will, as stated previously, assume command of a ship, which they are free to decide the class of. As commander of a ship, and playing the ship as a whole, they will decide what the ship does, voice their opinions to the rest of the fleet, and participate in democratic decision making where things are put up to a vote. They are also free, should they choose, to secede from the fleet, and do something alone.
When we start, I will also select the Commodore of the Fleet. I will not tell you how I will select the Commodore. The Commodore will technically be in command of the Fleet, along with his/her ship. Note the word “technically.”
Players are free to have their ships do whatever they want, and plan whatever they want within the group.
The game could take a number of paths. The fleet could settle in an inhabitable system immediately, and attempt to begin a new life, and new civilization in this far off region, perhaps even establishing a New Federation once their settled world is successfully tamed. Or perhaps the fleet will take the Voyager route, and attempt to get home no matter what, surveying space as they go, and attempting to keep alive by getting power and supplies from planets and traders along the way (keep in mind, the TNG era has replicators, but raw matter must be used in the process and the Bussard collectors cannot collect enough to support the normal operations of a ship and its crew, meaning supplies will need to be sought from time to time). Or perhaps a middle ground, where they attempt to get home for a while before giving in and settling somewhere. Perhaps part of the fleet can break off from the other, giving the game multiple storylines.
Perhaps in a way, this game could be said to be like Oregon Trail, with the chance to play Civilization too.
I reserve the next 2 posts.
Summary: It is 2381. Starfleet has suffered a string of devastating losses at the hands of a massive Borg invasion. No help will arrive from the allies of the Federation, for the Borg are devastating their worlds as well. The situation has progressively worsened, and almost all hope is lost. Starfleet Command has sent one message to all Starfleet ships still operating. “If Earth falls, the Federation is not soon after. In that event, take as many civilians as you can with you and run. Run. As fast as you can. Command out.” A steady stream of ships is leaving the planet peacefully rotating below your ship, but on the surface there is no panic. Instead, Earth is meeting its demise with dignity. Candlelight vigils are being held all over the planet, and people are spending what will most likely be their last hours with their families. The Borg are hours away from Earth, and the Enterprise has disappeared from Starfleet’s status board. You order the cutting off of the footage from the battle over Vulcan. You can’t bear the screams of pain and terror anymore. However, it stays on long enough for you to witness the first beam of green energy destroying ShiKhar. You stare at the blackness of space, hoping that it will calm you. A ripple distorts the space on the screen, and all of a sudden the lights of the stars blend into a white blanket enclosing all of the ships. When it dissipates again, you see an unfamiliar region of space. It is soon determined that you are in a satellite galaxy of the Milky Way and Andromeda Galaxies. The Federation is centuries away, even at maximum warp. Luckily, it appears that the rest of the Fleet that had been defending Earth has been transported with you.
You will take command of a ship of this fleet. Your mission: to lead your people either home, or to safety, and to perhaps continue exploration along the way and deal with the dangers of an unknown area. The Federation will take centuries to reach even at maximum warp. But perhaps you will take the initiative and continue home. Or, perhaps the fleet will soon decide to settle in their new region, fearing the Federation too long away to reach; you will thus tame a new homeworld, set up new colonies, meet with locals, and perhaps forge a New Federation in this far off region.
Say within the fleet is based not on ship, but on rank. As you are all Captains of your ship (as well as playing the ship itself), you are thus all equal, and can -if you wish- have self determination to secede from the fleet to carry on as you wish independently, perhaps with others who wish to follow your line of thought.
Joining:
Applications for entry should resemble the following:
Ship:
Class:
Captain:
Crew Count and Composition:
So, for example:
Ship: USS Andromeda (NCC-18984)
Class: Galaxy Class, Battleship/Explorer
Captain: Richard Garden (Human)
Crew Count and Composition: 1000 (400 Human, 300 Vulcan, 100 Andorian, 100 Tellarite, 50 Rigellian, 30 Denobulan, 20 Deltan)
A list of starship classes available can be found in the third post.
Also be aware that I reserve the right to restrict the numbers of a certain type and/or class.
How to Play:
Players will, as stated previously, assume command of a ship, which they are free to decide the class of. As commander of a ship, and playing the ship as a whole, they will decide what the ship does, voice their opinions to the rest of the fleet, and participate in democratic decision making where things are put up to a vote. They are also free, should they choose, to secede from the fleet, and do something alone.
When we start, I will also select the Commodore of the Fleet. I will not tell you how I will select the Commodore. The Commodore will technically be in command of the Fleet, along with his/her ship. Note the word “technically.”
Players are free to have their ships do whatever they want, and plan whatever they want within the group.
The game could take a number of paths. The fleet could settle in an inhabitable system immediately, and attempt to begin a new life, and new civilization in this far off region, perhaps even establishing a New Federation once their settled world is successfully tamed. Or perhaps the fleet will take the Voyager route, and attempt to get home no matter what, surveying space as they go, and attempting to keep alive by getting power and supplies from planets and traders along the way (keep in mind, the TNG era has replicators, but raw matter must be used in the process and the Bussard collectors cannot collect enough to support the normal operations of a ship and its crew, meaning supplies will need to be sought from time to time). Or perhaps a middle ground, where they attempt to get home for a while before giving in and settling somewhere. Perhaps part of the fleet can break off from the other, giving the game multiple storylines.
Perhaps in a way, this game could be said to be like Oregon Trail, with the chance to play Civilization too.
I reserve the next 2 posts.
Please. If you really are dead set on not spedifying, then say "not enough of the species to produce a viable population." Yes? 
