- Location
- Australia
They may as well be run by Smug Wendy atm. Smugness levels beyond that of Lwaxana Troi.
To Boldly Go... (a Starfleet quest)
- Thread starter OneirosTheWriter
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Night
Widow Null
- Location
- Hoff
Attempting to translate some of these into something a little more verbose/something that'd be the opening paragraph. Will probably do more.
"Prudence demands that we remember the kindness of others is not a given." The Ked Paddah military is configured primarily as a defensive force against the incursions of a hostile power, originally the Romulans. Their tactics and ship designs are conservative, and their preference is for overwhelming force. Their strengths are in their faculty with fixed defenses and strong staff work. Ked Paddah starbase and outpost design is some of the best in the known galaxy and they are able to quickly entrench a system with new installations if needed. Despite their strong dependence on doctrinaire tactics the Ked Paddah are rarely caught with a situation they do not have a plan for, and the smooth functioning of their logistical system enables a high operational tempo.
"Warfare is the hunter's art brought to a more organized level." The Caitian Grand Fleet traces it's traditions back to pre-spaceflight eras and is famous for its unwillingness to yield the field to the enemy, but in comparison to the rigidly disciplined Vulcan or Andorian fleets, much less the only other swarm-styled fleet in the Federation in the Apiata, the Caitians operate like organized chaos. Individual initiative is strongly encouraged, and fleet doctrine is more broad-strokes than absolute procedure. Caitian fleet units are permanent groupings of a Fathership and its assigned Swarmers. Their extensive training schedules mean that the captains in a group understand each other and their roles exceptionally well, and can improvise a joint response to almost any tactical situation with minimal orders or communication, but their lack of tight doctrine can hurt them when forced into ad-hoc formations.
"Some things cannot coexist. For this, we are the final option." As the military of a pacifist race, the Vulcan High Command could be seen as anomalous or a place for misfits, but they are deeply respected by all who have had the misfortune to encounter them as opponents. Though highly disciplined and organized, the Vulcans are rarely accused of tactical conservatism in the same way the Ked Paddah might be; Vulcan captains can be said to be quite literally without fear, and are promoted based on one of the strictest meritocracies in the known galaxy. While typically constrained by the dictates of the Vulcan government from acting as they see fit, the fleet is extremely well-led and ultra-aggressive in action, seeking to end threats decisively. They not unreasonably see their deployment as a sign that things have escalated beyond the point where half-measures are acceptable.
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- Location
- Patriarchova
Caldonians are Yrillian-sized, yeah.
Which makes the dissidents that much scarier. Imagine this seven and a half foot tall ogre charging toward you, bloodlust in its eyes, as it screams about how you're trying to give its children autism.
Which makes the dissidents that much scarier. Imagine this seven and a half foot tall ogre charging toward you, bloodlust in its eyes, as it screams about how you're trying to give its children autism.
- Location
- Australia
Homeopathy, like many things, does sound far more convincing when projected from about two feet above your ears.
Night
Widow Null
- Location
- Hoff
"Preserve the peace." The Risan Hedony's fleet is more properly considered a police or paramilitary force than a proper military. Despite their reluctance to settle matters with phasers, Risan ships are quick and agile, well-suited to the kind of customs and police missions they are called on to perform, and are surprisingly well-designed vessels, especially compared with those of older spacefaring powers. Though their strength is limited and their training relatively lackluster the Risans are well aware of their defects and highly creative in overcoming them; they are the epitome of the "dangerous amateurs" in comparison to the long-running criminal and pirate groups they operate against, acting in unexpected and effective ways and rarely doing so the same way twice. The sole exception is their well-known distaste for securing ships by boarding, preferring to tractor hostile craft and cripple their warp and impulse engines, then drag the ship back to an outpost or starbase and let it drift until the crew opts to surrender.
"For our mothers and tomorrow." The Apiata military is not, technically, a unified force, with each Hive Under Arms answering independently to the Grand Hive in theory. Operational commands tend to be somewhat ad-hoc when more than one Hive is involved. Despite this, the Apiata are rigidly disciplined; disobedience is in most cases literally unthinkable, and an Apiata crew will continue to fight until their ship is definitively destroyed. Combat maneuvers are planned and choreographed in advance wherever possible, and an Apiata fleet executing a planned attack is one of the most terrifying experiences an officer is likely to ever encounter. When the plan inevitably becomes defunct the Apiata typically fall back on a range of preset attack and defense drills which describe generalized tactical situations; these are standardized, but most Hives maintain slightly different takes on the book versions. Their extensive combat experience against the Cardassians, and their absolute willingness to sacrifice for victory, means the Apiata have a hard edge most Federation member fleets struggle to match.
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lbmaian
a thirsty squirrel
- Location
- USA
@SynchronizedWritersBlock, more intel stuff:
Which means that a green Constitution-A now has the stat line: C4 S3 H3 L3 P4 D5.
This follows along with his proposed revisions in the SDB thread. So the following stat lines for the Ranger and unrefitted Constitution should also be canon:
Refit costs:
Miranda-A: 20br 10sr 1yr
Centaur-A: 15br 15sr 1yr
Constellation-A: 25br 25sr 1yr
Constitution-B: (not actually a refit)
Excelsior-A: 50br 30sr 1yr
Hebrinda-A: 30br 20sr 1yr
Patroller-A: 15br 15sr 0.25yr
Hebrinda-A 1yr refit time inferred from:
2314.Q1 commenced:
Stations, outposts, starbases, and other stationary defenses:
Okay, this is a bit complicated here, because Oneiros has revised outpost stats such that there are 3 "eras":
- Biophage era
- Syndicate era
- Modern era (from GBZ onwards)
The Biophage era outpost had stats that could be inferred to be:
C6 S3 H12 L12 P4 D4, Crew [O-2 E-4 T-1]
with the fortified "upgraded outpost" having +2C and +2S.
The Syndicate era saw the outpost stats revised to:
C4 S3 H8 L8 P4 D4, Crew [O-4 E-4 T-4]
In the "modern era", the outpost stats seem to revert back to the Biophage era:
C6 H12 L12, Crew [O-2 E-4 T-1]
And furthermore, we start seeing station stats and variations, and the "reinforcement" system where reinforcing a station or outpost is the equivalent of crew rating for them. From all the examples, we can infer the stats:
Station ("green"): C2 H6 L4, Crew [O-1 E-2 T-1]
- known examples: Lora Station, Ixaria Protective Platform, Ixaria Silent Repose, Ixaria Weapon Platforms, Ixaria Lux Exotic Materials Silo 4, Ixaria Waveform Station B
Reinforced Station ("blooded"): C3 H7 L5, Crew [same]
- known examples: Gammon Customs Post
Reinforced Station ("veteran"): C4 H8 L6, Crew [same]
- known examples: Fist of Ixaria, Gammon Weapon Platform (x2)
Reinforced Station ("elite"): C5 H9 L7, Crew [same]
- known examples: Ixaria Reinforced Station
Iron Hail Station (special case of "green" station with +3C): C7 H6 L4, Crew [same]
Outpost ("green"): C6 H12 L12, Crew [O-2 E-4 T-1]
- known examples: Lora Outpost, Ynnead Outpost
Heavy Outpost ("veteran"): C8 H14 L14, Crew [same]
- known examples: Gammon Goliath A, Gammon Goliath B, Gammon Goliath C
Heavy Outpost ("elite"): C9 H15 L15, Crew [same]
- known examples: Ixaria Outpost A
We're also informed of some of the stats of a Federation Starbase:
C? H18 L18
And finally, we see stats for runabout and shuttle squadrons:
Runabout Squadron: C2 H1 L1, Crew [O-0 E-1 T-0]
Shuttle Squadron: C1 H1 L1, Crew [O-0 E-1 T-0]
edit: fix some stupid mistakes
Oneiros had earlier proposed nerfing the Constitution due to how overpowered it was for its weight and 2260s tech, and it looks like he followed through with that. To note: our lone Constitution-A Cheron has a stat line of C6 S5 H5 L5 P6 D5 and it's a Veteran.
Which means that a green Constitution-A now has the stat line: C4 S3 H3 L3 P4 D5.
This follows along with his proposed revisions in the SDB thread. So the following stat lines for the Ranger and unrefitted Constitution should also be canon:
Refit costs:
Miranda-A: 20br 10sr 1yr
Centaur-A: 15br 15sr 1yr
Constellation-A: 25br 25sr 1yr
Constitution-B: (not actually a refit)
Excelsior-A: 50br 30sr 1yr
Hebrinda-A: 30br 20sr 1yr
Patroller-A: 15br 15sr 0.25yr
Hebrinda-A 1yr refit time inferred from:
2314.Q1 commenced:
2315.Q1 commissioned:
Stations, outposts, starbases, and other stationary defenses:
Okay, this is a bit complicated here, because Oneiros has revised outpost stats such that there are 3 "eras":
- Biophage era
- Syndicate era
- Modern era (from GBZ onwards)
The Biophage era outpost had stats that could be inferred to be:
C6 S3 H12 L12 P4 D4, Crew [O-2 E-4 T-1]
with the fortified "upgraded outpost" having +2C and +2S.
The Syndicate era saw the outpost stats revised to:
C4 S3 H8 L8 P4 D4, Crew [O-4 E-4 T-4]
In the "modern era", the outpost stats seem to revert back to the Biophage era:
C6 H12 L12, Crew [O-2 E-4 T-1]
And furthermore, we start seeing station stats and variations, and the "reinforcement" system where reinforcing a station or outpost is the equivalent of crew rating for them. From all the examples, we can infer the stats:
Station ("green"): C2 H6 L4, Crew [O-1 E-2 T-1]
- known examples: Lora Station, Ixaria Protective Platform, Ixaria Silent Repose, Ixaria Weapon Platforms, Ixaria Lux Exotic Materials Silo 4, Ixaria Waveform Station B
Reinforced Station ("blooded"): C3 H7 L5, Crew [same]
- known examples: Gammon Customs Post
Reinforced Station ("veteran"): C4 H8 L6, Crew [same]
- known examples: Fist of Ixaria, Gammon Weapon Platform (x2)
Reinforced Station ("elite"): C5 H9 L7, Crew [same]
- known examples: Ixaria Reinforced Station
Iron Hail Station (special case of "green" station with +3C): C7 H6 L4, Crew [same]
Outpost ("green"): C6 H12 L12, Crew [O-2 E-4 T-1]
- known examples: Lora Outpost, Ynnead Outpost
Heavy Outpost ("veteran"): C8 H14 L14, Crew [same]
- known examples: Gammon Goliath A, Gammon Goliath B, Gammon Goliath C
Heavy Outpost ("elite"): C9 H15 L15, Crew [same]
- known examples: Ixaria Outpost A
We're also informed of some of the stats of a Federation Starbase:
C? H18 L18
And finally, we see stats for runabout and shuttle squadrons:
Runabout Squadron: C2 H1 L1, Crew [O-0 E-1 T-0]
Shuttle Squadron: C1 H1 L1, Crew [O-0 E-1 T-0]
edit: fix some stupid mistakes
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lbmaian
a thirsty squirrel
- Location
- USA
Found another spreadsheet, although it's only up to date to 2312.Q2:
To Boldy Go - Event Analysis [formerly] maintained by SWB
@OneirosTheWriter, can you threadmark Nix's spreadsheet index (that I've quoted) in the informational category?
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- Location
- Academy City
- Pronouns
- They
I dont know, having your own private enterprise sounds really good for defense.
Godwinson
"Well, I've got nothing."
I don't think the Enterprise is that kind of ship, y'know.
- Location
- Academy City
- Pronouns
- They
Hey, what the enterprise does in its own time is none of my business.
It's so adorable! Can we keep it?
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KnightDisciple
Brotherhood. Unity. Peace.
- Location
- Midwest, USA
"Hey there, girlfriend! So, like, I got this urgent communique from Thot Torz about this super huge alien capship that just, like, randomly followed her fleet home..."
Your art is the gift that keeps on giving. Please never stop.
KnightDisciple
Brotherhood. Unity. Peace.
- Location
- Midwest, USA
I really like these.
No I am not biased just because of the Honiani, that's crazy talk.
- Location
- Australia
Well, rolling done, even thought it felt like it just about killed me.
- Location
- Patriarchova
For all the jokes that we make, the Honiani actually don't have anything like an emperor.
KnightDisciple
Brotherhood. Unity. Peace.
- Location
- Midwest, USA
So long as at least a few of them have power armor, that's what matters.
(Seriously that drawing you did of a Yan-Ros+Honiani team vs a crazy Mentat was awesome and I want to read that story.)
- Location
- Patriarchova
I actually have a Honiani vignette in the works.
Not about the Lakheptas Asgarkas, unfortunately.
AKuz
Been Better
- Location
- A Rising Tide of Horrors
- Pronouns
- She/Her
*Smacks forehead*
Shit. I missed a trick there.
I should have had Zhang talk about watching power armoured "Battle Monks" or whatever doing stuff.
Per @AKuz 's omake, the god-emperor is one term for the deified figure that is central to their religion. Not that they actually have anybody sitting on a throne or emperors today. Similar to how some Christian works will call Jesus "the King of Kings" or "King of Man", etc..
- Location
- Patriarchova
I think I missed that omake. What was it called?
AKuz
Been Better
- Location
- A Rising Tide of Horrors
- Pronouns
- She/Her
"Dearest Abigail". I posted it like two days ago.
KnightDisciple
Brotherhood. Unity. Peace.
- Location
- Midwest, USA
Maybe the "Battle Monks" are the "break glass in case of emergency" option?
Heh, yes, "some works", indeed.
But yes, similar idea it seems like.
- Location
- Patriarchova
Read it now. Good omake, and it gives me plenty more to work with.
My blurb is going to go into a bit more depth about the core beliefs of Lakhept, as well as the more militant sect that we've only heard ominous rumors about so far.
Captain's Log - 2316.Q1.M1
- Location
- Australia
[X][REN] Endorse the tech transfer
[X][GAENI] 100sr for 150br
[X][LOG] Start 2 Starfleet Cargo Ships at Irrizizza for 8pp
[X][CATS] 1 Fathership, 4 Swarmers
[X][BEE] Exchange resources with the Orion
[X][EC] Pick an Explorer Corps ship to carry this out (USS Odyssey)
[X][CAL] Ignore
[X][PRIORITY] Change nothing [Weighted 1.5x]
[X][ENTER] Send the survivors to existing ships
[X][GAENI] 100sr for 150br
[X][LOG] Start 2 Starfleet Cargo Ships at Irrizizza for 8pp
[X][CATS] 1 Fathership, 4 Swarmers
[X][BEE] Exchange resources with the Orion
[X][EC] Pick an Explorer Corps ship to carry this out (USS Odyssey)
[X][CAL] Ignore
[X][PRIORITY] Change nothing [Weighted 1.5x]
[X][ENTER] Send the survivors to existing ships
Captain's Log, USS Courageous, Stardate 25878.4 - Captain Sabek
We are being directed to one of the major colony worlds of the Interstellar Commonwealth though, for safety reasons, not to the homeworld. I believe this is in keeping with much of what I have seen so far; this is a very safety conscious people.
In terms of their appearance, they have a very strong resemblance to one of the original four Federation members, humans, on a physiological level, to a degree that comes close to spoofing the older models of bioscanner, though the most recent marks are able to detect the difference. One peculiarity that I am positive will fascinate my fellow Explorer captain, Captain T'Rinta, is that their ships appear devoid of photon torpedoes, while their warp cores emergency systems appears to work on an ingenious system of utilising the gamma-ray bursts of unintended matter/anti-matter initiations to purge other anti-matter into space in a positive feedback loop.
Their ships are very durable, though it sacrifices somewhat in terms of capacity to generate these safety margins.
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Captain's Log, USS Docana, Stardate 25879.4
The Vulcan Science Academy has put forward a request for Starfleet to investigate an unusual gas giant in the Acacia system near 82 Eridani. The planet is exactly as they said - recent cometary impacts have introduced exotic heavy metal gases to the polar atmosphere, where it is mixing in very unusual ways. We believe that there is a lot to be learned in potential plasma coolant methods here, and an ongoing facility can be established.
[New Colony Option, Acacia V, 5rp/yr]
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Captain's Log, USS Voshov, Stardate 25879.7 - Captain Demora Sulu
After returning from the Neutral Zone, we have been given the task of following up on a number of listening posts and other outposts. The listening post at Kiterunner is our next destination. I'm told it is a very inhospitable ice world, gathering its name from something of a joke about the high winds that constantly rack the planet.
The ship's underway intelligence officer tells me that is is the sort of assignment that you basically need to either really annoy someone in Personnel Command, or else really, really live solitude to get.
Or love kites?
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Captain's Log, USS Courageous, Stardate 25880.1
Apparently the fact we are carrying a complement of photon torpedoes and our procession has come to a temporary halt. We have invited a set of engineering safety supervisors to examine the torpedo storage and assure them that this is not a threat to the planet we will be orbiting.
On a more productive note, the Captain of the Ironsides has also come aboard with the civilian representative and we were able to learn more about the peculiar behaviour of our host thus far. It appears that in their experience, cordial first contact scenarios have basically been unknown. Part of what has led them to be so slow in reacting to us is their difficulty getting over the idea that we did not intend them some form of violence. Apparently my lowering of shields did much to impress this on them.
[Gain +10pp, gain initial contacts with the ISC]
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Captain's Log, USS Sappho, Stardate 25880.5
A summit held with the Caldonians at FDS request on Landle has provided great headway. Enthusiasm for the arrival of USS Odyssey is high, even among the various Caldonian dissident groups. By working alongside the Winterwind, we were able to keep the two sides apart when necessary.
[+15pp, +1 to Odyssey's rolls this year]
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[USS Selaya - Mapping Mission, Honiani border, passed, +25br, +25 relations with Honiani]
Captain's Log, USS Renaissance, Stardate 25881.2
A stellar cartography sweep of the Zh'Ashanar curl of the Anatar nebula by Rigellian space unfortunately turned up very little of interest.
Looking back on the matter, I feel we made a number of mistakes, and that there were a number of ways of approaching unusual signals from another direction that could have rewarded us with better results. It has been a learning experience for the crew.
[No result, extra experience gained]
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Captain's Log, USS Voshov, Stardate 25882.4
The wind here cuts like a T'Lorel phaser strike, a cold so bitter it defies easy description. The surface is not a place to tread lightly.
I am told this is the summer season.
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Captain's Log, USS Voshov, Stardate 25882.8
The facility staff are on edge. I've brought down the ship's Counsellor, but they're already begging to head back to the ship. The atmosphere here is ... is grim. There have been accidental deaths here lately, but not everyone believes they are accidental. Some people feel they are being watched whenever they go topside to perform maintenance. The ship's counsellor won't confirm that there's anything out there, and my science officers are not picking anything up either. But Counsellor Terisei also won't rule out that there's something out there. He describes a feeling at the edge of his mind, something oily, something sludgy.
My instincts are telling me that we should get out of this place quickly, but I can't leave them in this place. I'm bringing down security officers. Lieutenant T'Pen has joined the away team to try to isolate what is going on.
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Captain's Log, USS Voshov, Stardate 25883.1
One of my security team, Petty Officer Aranai, went out with Ensign Mr'gir of the base crew to run maintenance on the thermal exchange conduits topside, and have not returned. Our attempts to find them have turned up nothing. There have been major disruptions to our attempts to use sensors - up until now I believed it was a natural product of Starfleet Intelligence's outpost design, but there is more to it, something continuing to stymie our attempts to compensate for it.
Counsellor Terisei now says the base staff are right. Somewhere there is an intelligence. I asked if he meant somewhere "out there". He said no...
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Captain's Log, USS Voshov, Stardate 25883.5
The listening post commanding officer, Lieutenant-Commander Mullerson, just attempted to kill me. Tallisker, my head of security, threw him off me, and stunned him. We have transported him up to the Voshov, to be kept under strict force-field quarantine. Tallisker, and my first officer, have both implored me to return to the ship.
It is not in me to do that.
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Captain's Log, USS Voshov, Stardate 25884.1
Someone has set condition red in the base. The klaxons are wailing, another voice among the desperate screams I hear.
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Captain's Log, USS Voshov, Stardate 25884.7
Lieutenant T'Pen and Counsellor Terisei found the answer, and if they'd taken another second to do so, I would probably not be here. I was being attacked by what I had thought was an ordinary EPS conduit, but erupted out at me in a grotesque ichorous shape-shifting mass. T'Pen's tricorder emitted a pulse that disrupted it.
But there is mayhem among the base crew. Of those who are still alive, I would say none are fit for duty. I am told to hold station for the arrival of an SS Hummingbird, and in the mean time sweep the rest of this planet thoroughly.
[+10rp]
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[Chief of Staff's NB: Sorry you had to read that, Admiral, but I can assure you that your daughter is still fully fit for duty and unharmed]