Missions
Gone, Without Ever Knowing the Way
Post Count: 272The USS Dalton went missing in 2380, while studying the Vaulteran Nebula in Bolian Space. However, information has come in that a trader on Freecloud has information about where the Dalton is located. The information is coming into Astrea as the traders were setting up shop on Freecloud, a planet in the Alpha Doradus system, known for being a Mecca for businesses, free traders, and others.
The Pakleds are already interested and may have made an offer, and Astrea is hoping to intercept this information.
The Alpha Doradus system is a long way from Bolian Space, located in the Beta Quadrant just outside of both Federation and Romulan Space. However, Astrea extracted information from the trader's ship indicating that the last known coordinates of the USS Dalton put the vessel at a crash site inside of the Typhon Expanse - an area known for spacial and temporal anomalies. Is it possible a wormhole transported them across quadrants?
Part of Season 2: Diplomacy in an Undiplomatic World
Peril at the Unification Accords
Post Count: 2The USS Astrea is once again at Barisa Prime. Starfleet is a neutral host to a conference for Vulcan Romulan Unification discussions. The Marines are being used in their peacekeeping capacity as security for the conference. Seats are available for Starfleet officers to attend many of the talks.
We should remain vigilant as there are a number of groups who are benefitting from the disarray in the Beta Quadrant and would love to see these talks fail.
Bombs or Bombshells
Post Count: 9Astrea's team is on Freecloud continuing to search for the mysterious weapon that the Nausicaans are trying to sell.
Part of Season 2: Diplomacy in an Undiplomatic World
Side Plots
Post Count: 146B-Plots, C-Plots. Side missions for those who want a little extra. Counseling posts, visits to Sickbay, training exercises, cleaning a holodeck...
The Menagerie II
Post Count: 21Mischief, shenanigans, holodecks, bar crawls, fancy dates, and not-so-fancy dates, and anything else you can think of that goes on in the crew's downtime.
Round 2: 2025 Season
Part of Character Development, Side Stories
Character Backstories
Post Count: 48For writing posts that were defining moments in your character's past.
Part of Character Development, Side Stories
From the Other Side
Post Count: 13"Villains" are people too. A Menagerie/Side Plot mission spot for character development for those writing characters who aren't affiliated or allied with our main crew.
Part of Character Development, Side Stories
Personal Logs, Journals, Letters Home, etc.
Post Count: 7A spot for your character's reflections, past or present. You can use a calendar date for context if you like.
If your crew report is more relevant to the main mission, feel free to post it there.
Part of Character Development, Side Stories
How to See in the Dark
Post Count: 5A simple security detail on Barisa Prime turns more complicated when something looks out of place at dinner.
Finding the True Contagion
Post Count: 0The Astrea is dispatched to Apra, an inhabited planet near the Federation and Romulan border. The planet is home to Humans, Romulans, and Esorians, and is home to one of the larger Romulan colonies that was relocated to Federation territory. The Romulans have mostly kept to themselves since being relocated to the planet, though there is some interaction between their colony and the others.
A viral fever has broken out among the Romulan population. It does not appear to be affecting the Humans or Aprarians, despite the fact that Aprarians have a similar enough physiology that other pathogens are easily communicable. The Romulans are suspicious that this is a biological attack meant to weaken or exterminate their population. The Esorians are suspicious that Romulans have brought this disease to their world and that the Romulans are a threat to their own livelihood. As one of the smaller Federation worlds, the Esorians often feel their needs and concerns are overlooked by the Federation and Starfleet.
Astrea’s Goals:
1) Discover origin of the virus and contain the outbreak
2) Maintain peace among the colonies on Apra
Planet: Apra
Location: Border of Federation and Romulan Neutral Zone
People:
Esorians: Colony, established 500+ years, Humanoid, similar height, stature to humans, skin tones are similar though slightly more gray, ears are smaller, less pronounced; copper based blood (green), similar to Romulans and Vulcans, though their ancestry is not obviously linked. Population 900,000
Humans: Colony has been established for ~150 years, Population 12,500
Romulans: Colony, population relocated here prior to the Hobus Supernova in 2385, Population 33,000
Virus: Hayani variant
Plight of a Pirate
Post Count: 0One of Astrea’s continuing missions in the Beta quadrant is to bring peace and a showing of Starfleet presence as the Federation attempts to return stability to the region. Robberies and pirate attacks have become increasingly more common as rogue groups have risen up to take advantage of the fact that the major superpowers no longer have eyes and ears in every corner. One particular region has been getting hit pretty hard with recent attacks, and Starfleet believes that they are being orchestrated by the same group. The Astrea is sent to investigate.
On arrival to Starbase 616, near Galoradon Core Astrea will be tasked with gathering information about the recent attacks. Security and Intelligence officers will be able to interview survivors of recent attacks, and sensor logs and wreckage will be available for inspection. From there clues will hopefully lead us to culprits of the attacks, and eventually to their true motives.
Posting opportunities will include investigation scenes, morale/ethical debate, action in possible hand-to-hand or small craft face-offs...
Artifact or Artifiction
Post Count: 259The newly christened USS Astrea is dispatched to explore an abandoned ship, drifted in from Romulan space, though clearly not Romulan in origin.
Part of Season 1: Where No Shakedown Cruise Has Gone Before
Mission 0: Where do we go from here?
Post Count: 93Welcome aboard the USS Astrea. Find your quarters and meet your fellow officers who are arriving to serve aboard the soon to be newly recommissioned Galaxy-2 class starship. We are still docked at Jupiter station as final diagnostics are being completed. The First Officer and Second Officer have arrived, but they have yet to receive word as to who the new captain will be. Speculations about who the new Captain might be are being murmured around the ship as the launch date gets closer.
Helping Brunel
Post Count: 102On MD 11, during a seemingly normal evening, Brunel collapsed. It was discovered that a combination of a mild allergic reaction and a recent vaccine protocol triggered a time bomb that was already in Brunel's body. His genetic mutations were more serious than being born mute, and his immune system is attacking his own body.
Years ago, when the Captain was still a science officer she had started a project at Daestrom that could potentially be used toward a cure for Brunel's condition. However, her research along with other similar working medical projects were all shut down and banned as part of the larger synth ban in 2385. Just how far will the crew go and to what lengths, to save Brunel's life.
Part of Season 1: Where No Shakedown Cruise Has Gone Before
Happy Holidays
Post Count: 55Part of Character Development, Side Stories
Seasonal & Holidays
Post Count: 28Posts in this mission will typically fall outside of our Mission Days to allow for fun celebratory / seasonal posts that may not fit what is going on with our current plot. We could be fighting the Borg, but you could still go see the Easter Bunny if you wanted.
We'll use Alpha, Beta, Gamma, Delta, Epsilon, - Though IC days probably won't be that long, since it's usually just a party or two.
Security Alert: These Bugs Again
Post Count: 13MD 10: When Lieutenant Jules Mundy visits Sickbay for busting up his hands on a punching bag in the gym, a lot more is uncovered when Dr. McEntyre determines that the injuries to Mundy's right hand require surgery. While Mundy was being aroused from the anesthetic a parasitic lifeform known as a bluegill escaped through Mundy's throat and began looking for a new host before being quickly put into a quarantine chamber thanks to the quick actions of medical crew and modern technology.
Tactical Chief Clay McEntyre has begun an investigation to determine where Lieutenant Mundy picked up this parasite, which can take complete control over its host. The last known Federation encounter was less than one year ago, and because the parasite detached itself, the Lieutenant had likely been infected less than four weeks. It's called into question a number of recent behaviors, including a recent transfer request to Security.
Where will this investigation trace back to, and how widespread is the security threat?
Part of Season 1: Where No Shakedown Cruise Has Gone Before
Mission Interlude Starbase 76 & Serenity
Post Count: 91Onboarding, Promotions, Planning for the future, and hopefully a little good trouble.
Part of Season 1: Where No Shakedown Cruise Has Gone Before
Shore Leave & Ship Repairs
Post Count: 131Location: Barisa Prime
The ship is in space dock at the Starbase orbiting Barisa Prime for a couple of days recuperating from an unexpected hit from the Ataran vessel. While waiting, the crew gets a couple of days of R&R, and a few new faces join the crew.
Among other things, Barisa Prime boasts a capital city that is the Vegas of the Beta quadrant: casinos, shows, and restaurants all set to attract and impress guests. There are family friendly options and certainly nature to see off the beaten path.
Part of Season 1: Where No Shakedown Cruise Has Gone Before
The Menagerie: side stories & mischief making
Post Count: 218Any joint posts that you are writing that aren't related to the mission assignment can go here. It's your playground.
Part of Character Development, Side Stories
Training Exercises
Post Count: 39Simulations, Martial Arts Practice, Target Shooting, and whatever you can dream up.
Part of Character Development, Side Stories
What We Do With Second Chances
Post Count: 100The crew arrives to New Sausalito to help the Atarans settle into their new home. Per their request, they've asked to have their own community rather than get lost among the blended society of the main colonies. Civil Operations will have their hands full establishing the people into their new settlement in modern society.
Meanwhile, command and the rest of the diplomatic division are presented with difficult issues. The crew has learned that the "delegates" they've been dealing with are slavers, and the rest of the Atarans have been hidden on the lower decks of their ship, likely to be held there until the Atarans feel the coast is clear to bring them out.
The Captain and her crew, led prmarily by the First Officer and the Diplomatic Division must figure out how to get the enslaved Atarans off of the Serenity safely, and before the ship tries to flee. The fate of the slavers to be decided later...