To Boldly Go... (a Starfleet quest)
- Thread starter OneirosTheWriter
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- Australia
Currently in the middle of rolling over all the shipyard things and oh man there's fun stuff going around everywhere right now 
This is the most christmas-like I think its been. You get a new ship, and you get a new ship, everyone gets a new ship!
I mean you have an Andorian Excelsior and a Rigellian Megatortoise coming out of the oven, Stingers, Destroyers, Science cruisers, all manner of goodies, and that's not even getting into all the cool stuff the bad guys are getting!
This is the most christmas-like I think its been. You get a new ship, and you get a new ship, everyone gets a new ship!
I mean you have an Andorian Excelsior and a Rigellian Megatortoise coming out of the oven, Stingers, Destroyers, Science cruisers, all manner of goodies, and that's not even getting into all the cool stuff the bad guys are getting!
UbeOne
Daydreaming CPU
- Location
- Philippines
- Pronouns
- She/Her
This is a cause for concern.
- Location
- Dreiländereck
[X] Vice Admiral Hikaru Sulu
After all this I am sad to see Sousa go. I hope we will see her again in the future.
And I must commend @OneirosTheWriter for making her feel distinctive from Kahurangi.
After all this I am sad to see Sousa go. I hope we will see her again in the future.
And I must commend @OneirosTheWriter for making her feel distinctive from Kahurangi.
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AKuz
Been Better
- Location
- A Rising Tide of Horrors
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- She/Her
There seems to be some interest in Lathriss (double-s people), so I went and found all official game posts mentioning him. Once you filter out the research posts it's pretty sparse He undergoes a change of first names along the way.
Pre-Amarkia joining the Federation, he checks in from a misnamed "Captain's Log". Apparently he has a niece who entered Starfleet Academy as one of the affiliate crew intake?
He's also commanding the Riala during the Amarkian membership ceremony, and evidently fails hard to find the disguised Orion Syndicate freighter. Oh, and his first name is Jaaldiar.
Next he's presented as a candidate for Vice Admiral of Operations, with a different first name.
And finally he's on the short list to lead the Licori War effort.
If you put him in Tactical, you're going to get a strong voice advising for aggressive and high-risk action whenever Tactical gets consulted.
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AKuz
Been Better
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- A Rising Tide of Horrors
- Pronouns
- She/Her
You know, I bet the only person more annoyed than me with the name of the new peeps is Alexandria Kuznetsova.
Because now she has to run around and rename a bunch of stuff in her tactical simulations.
(Yes I am implying that the entire Starfleet Battles/ Starfleet Command Universe exists in universe as an Aggressor Nation ATL style Tactical exercise set up by Alexandria Kuznetsova so that she can secretly run a massive LARP/Strategic Wargame with all the resources of Starfleet at her disposal to do it and no one else the wiser)
...There's an Omake in there.
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- alphen aan den rijn
while i like sulu for story reasons
i think chen would be a better fit (even if she might have illegal gene mods)
but having said that
[x] sulu
let him have his spin at least he might up the core spirt of starfleet
on an other note really think we need to go outpost / diplomats / smaller yards
and for ships slow build capital ones but more second line ones + science ships
i think chen would be a better fit (even if she might have illegal gene mods)
but having said that
[x] sulu
let him have his spin at least he might up the core spirt of starfleet
on an other note really think we need to go outpost / diplomats / smaller yards
and for ships slow build capital ones but more second line ones + science ships
Challenge accepted.
[X] Vice Admiral Shey ch'Tharvasse
Just so not everyone's voting for a human. Get the feeling there will be a news report mentioning another human as commander of Starfleet, so I'm pretty sure the fourth Commander will likely be a non-human anyway.
And then the next Commander after Sulu will be Ainsworth, because we need a superlative war commander due to rising tensions or something.
[X] Vice Admiral Hikaru Sulu
Thebigpieman
I've got this, I think.
- Location
- United States
[X] Vice Admiral Hikaru Sulu
It is time.
It is time.
Theunderbolt
"Prepare for trouble..."
- Location
- USoA
Man, the thread has been so thirsty for the "S". Is it finally going to get the satisfaction that it been waiting for?
[X] Vice Admiral Hikaru Sulu
[X] Vice Admiral Hikaru Sulu
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[X] Vice Admiral Hikaru Sulu
In fact looking at all the Commander candidates through the history of the quest:
I think it's quite telling that on the list of replacements for Sousa we have Sulu at 79, Shey at 69, and Chen at 59.*Augment Chen intensifies*
In fact looking at all the Commander candidates through the history of the quest:
- Chen: 59
- ch'Vohlet: 60
- Sousa: 61
- Kahurangi: 62
- Ablett: 65
- Eriksson: 65
- ch'Tharvasse: 69
- Sulu: 79
Derek58
Rocket Punch is Best Punch
- Location
- Getter Valhalla
KnightDisciple
Love God. Do Right. Fear No Man.
- Location
- Midwest, USA
[X] Vice Admiral Hikaru Sulu
"It was the most logical and efficient method at hand."
I did have an old omake on Stesk where he admits to being a 'convert' to Surak (and pacifism) after rejecting the path of logic as a young man. I'm pretty sure he knows how to throw a punch, or at least he did once upon a time.
There's no believer like a convert.
- Location
- somewhere
In-universe Sousa was already a candidate when Kahurangi was chosen (though the character was only created later), at 50.
- Location
- Germany
- Pronouns
- He/Him
It's the logical course to follow.
- Location
- Patriarchova
[><] Stick own head in acid.
I don't really think the commander of Starfleet needs to be a superlative fighter. That isn't their role. They need an understanding of fleet tactical command, but even if Earth itself was being attacked I'd still expect someone else to take command of the defense fleet. The commander of Starfleet in essence handles high level logistics. The essential question of the office is do the captains and commodores and rear admirals have the resources they need to do their jobs and succeed. Be those resources materiel, ships, training, time, or support or command personnel.
Ainsworth is a fantastic tactical commander but she'd be wasted as the commander of Starfleet.
e: To use historical analogy, Nimitz was undoubtedly the man the USA needed in command of the Pacific War, but he was not a distinguished battleship commander. Nor did he ever sally forth with a fleet during the war. He got the job because he was very familiar with the Navy's resources and personnel.
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