I guess we just have different views. My view is that what they're supposed to be is Not So Different.
EDIT: Nobody ever goes on about the Indorians like this. Poor Indorians!
To Boldly Go... (a Starfleet quest)
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I guess we just have different views. My view is that what they're supposed to be is Not So Different.
EDIT: Nobody ever goes on about the Indorians like this. Poor Indorians!
10ebbor10
DON'T PANIC
- Location
- Present
They're supposed to be Star Trek rubber forehead aliens, which are always suprisingly similar.
- Location
- Germany
- Pronouns
- He/Him
Or Apiata spacers are trained to communicate in a way that functions also when wearing space suits, be in another room or on another planet.
How long before we can put 2 Keplers in every sector for event response?
Two is a bit much, but if you vote to start the Kepler this Snakepit we could have the first wave out in 2324.
Captain's Log - 2316.Q1.M3
- Location
- Australia
Captain's Log, USS Odyssey, Stardate 25938.7 - Captain's Langa Mbeki
The Caldonian colony world of Anoc IV is home to barely a million souls, yet it is nonetheless one of the key hubs of the civil disobedience and pseudoscience. I was advised by many that a more staid world like Nibonan III would have been a safer starting point, but I am not going to get far in this mission listening only to the concerns of the Directorate. I need to hear the voices of those who feel they are disenfranchised by their government.
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Captain's Log, USS Cheron, Stardate 25939.2
That was one of the more difficult passages of starship handling that this ship has had to undertake. A Sydraxian vessel, a Hasque, rather than a more easily deniable civilian ship, approached us and requested a parlay. We travelled with them to the Vegan quantum vortex, one of the least sensor-accessible areas in Federation space. They were representatives of the Greens faction, who are part of the current Sydraxian government. A possible thawing of relations and a negotiation for access to parts of the GBZ were discussed.
[Gain +25 relations with Sydraxians]
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Captain's Log, USS S'harien, Stardate 25939.6 - Captain T'Rinta
A large collection of warp signatures have been detected near Lecarre space, heading coreward. We have reported this to Starbase 7 and a high alert status has been issued to the Caitian Grand Fleet, and the Qloathian Senatorial fleet. I will take the S'harien rimward to encounter them and determine their origin. They do not appear to be Cardassian in origin. Starfleet Tactical is concerned they may be Ittick-ka, returning after a long absence.
[Chief of Staff's NB: In a calculated risk, we have also advised the Dawiar of this collection of warp signatures]
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Captain's Log, USS Atuin, Stardate 25940.1 - Captain Vol Chad
A series of disappearances on a logistics station in tailward Rigellian space has brought about a request for a Starfleet investigation. The Rigellian authorities are stumped, and though the news was initially suppressed, it soon became far too widespread a problem to hide.
I am running my security officers through relentless drills as we approach Laacon III. I will not allow anyone to perish for a lack of preparation!
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Captain's Log, USS Bull, Stardate 25940.4
An alert came out of Seyek space that an ancient warning beacon had been discovered; that it was a warning beacon was unfortunately not discovered until a Seyek cruiser was nearly destroyed in the process. We arrived after the battle concluded, and were able to render aid.
[Damage to Seyek ship incurred]
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Captain's Log, USS Odyssey, Stardate 25940.9
The recurring theme that I am hearing is that the Caldonian Science Directorate is repressing too much political dissent under the cover of pseudoscience, and thus tarring them all with the same brush. Of course, given that this is Caldonia, political dissent and science are actually never far from each other, with theories overthrowing policies, but even so. Many argue it is impossible for science to advance in Caldonia for the last decade without it coming directly from the Federation, as it is suppressed from above.
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Captain's Log, USS Atuin, Stardate 25941.3
The station is far more heavily populated than most similar stations are, part of a much broader civilian complex. In fact, there are some ninety thousand sapients who call it home. This makes our job far harder. Nonetheless, I have sent across my first officer, chief of security, and chief science officer with a few of their most trusted subordinates. I have absolute faith that they will get to the bottom of this.
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Captain's Log, USS S'harien, Stardate 25942.4
As we approach the mass of slow-moving warp signatures, a set of frigate sized signatures have surged forward from the rest of the mass. We can safely rule out that they are a natural phenomenon, and it is highly unlikely they are a non-sapient phenomenon.
Our course will cross that of these ships shortly, and I have ordered the ship to Yellow Alert, as something about the manner in which a series of ships are preparing to intercept leaves me concerned.
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Captain's Log, USS Odyssey, Stardate 25942.8
I have spoken with members of a group that, despite the pseudoscience label, have very rigorously researched theories that may revolutionise parts of the Vulcan Quantum Particle Model. They are the first to admit to me as well that because of the stance of the Directorate they are forced to make common political cause with people whose unscientific views make their hair stand on end, but chalk this up to the progressive closing off of avenues for science to be properly peer-reviewed.
Apparently, this approach began in the aftermath of the Biophage crisis, with initially well-intentioned clamps on some potentially dangerous forms of research. From there, however, things went poorly. I think from here, however, we can begin to approach the Directorate.
[Tensions on colony massively reduced, +15pp]
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Captain's Log, USS Atuin, Stardate 25943.1
It appears that a series of members of a long-thought extinct parasitical species recently awoke from several thousand years of stasis sleep, and subsequently infiltrated the station, feeding on the station's crew and dwellers. Cornering these highly technologically advanced foes was not easy, and in the end they self-disintegrated using the same tools they used to hide their predations to avoid capture by "follow-on" species such as our own.
[Gain +5pp, +5rp]
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Captain's Log, USS S'harien, Stardate 25943.5
This is most vexing.
We have been confronted by members of a group that refer to themselves as the Hishmer Septs. They are, according to their testimony, a massive nomadic fleet that is passing from much further rimward, and is on a thousand-year voyage towards the core. I am very concerned, as I see strong signs that this is a polity that sustains itself principally through raiding and misadventure. There is time before they reach Federation space, but I would strongly recommend to the Council that under no circumstances should direct passage through Federation territory be allowed. It would be a potential disaster.
Despite this, after the arriving ships, which appear to mount an unusual number of disruptors and torpedo launchers for their size, decided that an Excelsior-class explorer was a dangerous foe, our initial encounter was not unfriendly.
[New species encountered: Hishmeri Septs, starting relations 50/100]
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The Caldonian colony world of Anoc IV is home to barely a million souls, yet it is nonetheless one of the key hubs of the civil disobedience and pseudoscience. I was advised by many that a more staid world like Nibonan III would have been a safer starting point, but I am not going to get far in this mission listening only to the concerns of the Directorate. I need to hear the voices of those who feel they are disenfranchised by their government.
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Captain's Log, USS Cheron, Stardate 25939.2
That was one of the more difficult passages of starship handling that this ship has had to undertake. A Sydraxian vessel, a Hasque, rather than a more easily deniable civilian ship, approached us and requested a parlay. We travelled with them to the Vegan quantum vortex, one of the least sensor-accessible areas in Federation space. They were representatives of the Greens faction, who are part of the current Sydraxian government. A possible thawing of relations and a negotiation for access to parts of the GBZ were discussed.
[Gain +25 relations with Sydraxians]
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Captain's Log, USS S'harien, Stardate 25939.6 - Captain T'Rinta
A large collection of warp signatures have been detected near Lecarre space, heading coreward. We have reported this to Starbase 7 and a high alert status has been issued to the Caitian Grand Fleet, and the Qloathian Senatorial fleet. I will take the S'harien rimward to encounter them and determine their origin. They do not appear to be Cardassian in origin. Starfleet Tactical is concerned they may be Ittick-ka, returning after a long absence.
[Chief of Staff's NB: In a calculated risk, we have also advised the Dawiar of this collection of warp signatures]
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Captain's Log, USS Atuin, Stardate 25940.1 - Captain Vol Chad
A series of disappearances on a logistics station in tailward Rigellian space has brought about a request for a Starfleet investigation. The Rigellian authorities are stumped, and though the news was initially suppressed, it soon became far too widespread a problem to hide.
I am running my security officers through relentless drills as we approach Laacon III. I will not allow anyone to perish for a lack of preparation!
-
Captain's Log, USS Bull, Stardate 25940.4
An alert came out of Seyek space that an ancient warning beacon had been discovered; that it was a warning beacon was unfortunately not discovered until a Seyek cruiser was nearly destroyed in the process. We arrived after the battle concluded, and were able to render aid.
[Damage to Seyek ship incurred]
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Captain's Log, USS Odyssey, Stardate 25940.9
The recurring theme that I am hearing is that the Caldonian Science Directorate is repressing too much political dissent under the cover of pseudoscience, and thus tarring them all with the same brush. Of course, given that this is Caldonia, political dissent and science are actually never far from each other, with theories overthrowing policies, but even so. Many argue it is impossible for science to advance in Caldonia for the last decade without it coming directly from the Federation, as it is suppressed from above.
-
Captain's Log, USS Atuin, Stardate 25941.3
The station is far more heavily populated than most similar stations are, part of a much broader civilian complex. In fact, there are some ninety thousand sapients who call it home. This makes our job far harder. Nonetheless, I have sent across my first officer, chief of security, and chief science officer with a few of their most trusted subordinates. I have absolute faith that they will get to the bottom of this.
-
Captain's Log, USS S'harien, Stardate 25942.4
As we approach the mass of slow-moving warp signatures, a set of frigate sized signatures have surged forward from the rest of the mass. We can safely rule out that they are a natural phenomenon, and it is highly unlikely they are a non-sapient phenomenon.
Our course will cross that of these ships shortly, and I have ordered the ship to Yellow Alert, as something about the manner in which a series of ships are preparing to intercept leaves me concerned.
-
Captain's Log, USS Odyssey, Stardate 25942.8
I have spoken with members of a group that, despite the pseudoscience label, have very rigorously researched theories that may revolutionise parts of the Vulcan Quantum Particle Model. They are the first to admit to me as well that because of the stance of the Directorate they are forced to make common political cause with people whose unscientific views make their hair stand on end, but chalk this up to the progressive closing off of avenues for science to be properly peer-reviewed.
Apparently, this approach began in the aftermath of the Biophage crisis, with initially well-intentioned clamps on some potentially dangerous forms of research. From there, however, things went poorly. I think from here, however, we can begin to approach the Directorate.
[Tensions on colony massively reduced, +15pp]
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Captain's Log, USS Atuin, Stardate 25943.1
It appears that a series of members of a long-thought extinct parasitical species recently awoke from several thousand years of stasis sleep, and subsequently infiltrated the station, feeding on the station's crew and dwellers. Cornering these highly technologically advanced foes was not easy, and in the end they self-disintegrated using the same tools they used to hide their predations to avoid capture by "follow-on" species such as our own.
[Gain +5pp, +5rp]
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Captain's Log, USS S'harien, Stardate 25943.5
This is most vexing.
We have been confronted by members of a group that refer to themselves as the Hishmer Septs. They are, according to their testimony, a massive nomadic fleet that is passing from much further rimward, and is on a thousand-year voyage towards the core. I am very concerned, as I see strong signs that this is a polity that sustains itself principally through raiding and misadventure. There is time before they reach Federation space, but I would strongly recommend to the Council that under no circumstances should direct passage through Federation territory be allowed. It would be a potential disaster.
Despite this, after the arriving ships, which appear to mount an unusual number of disruptors and torpedo launchers for their size, decided that an Excelsior-class explorer was a dangerous foe, our initial encounter was not unfriendly.
[New species encountered: Hishmeri Septs, starting relations 50/100]
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I know realistically it won't happen, but I'd like to have at least 4 ships in every sector.
I can dream of a big fleet, ok?!
- Location
- USA
Well.... that happened. Oh and sydraxian relations boost?
- Location
- Patriarchova
Wonder if the Hishmeri Septs plundered the Ittik-Ka on their way through.
NavySeel
"I don't know what I'm doing."
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- Places
They seem to be nomadic, so they might not want planets at all.
Nice to see that carrying the big stick in Excelsior's size is worth ensuring semi peaceful contact.
Too much trouble, how about we direct them straight through Klingon and Romulan space and see how much chaos they cause for both sides since both side is damaged by the war.
Expansion under Federation humanitarian aid!
Too much trouble, how about we direct them straight through Klingon and Romulan space and see how much chaos they cause for both sides since both side is damaged by the war.
Expansion under Federation humanitarian aid!
- Location
- USA
2316.Q1 captain log
35 PP
20 RP
15 SR
25 BR
New Colony Option, Acacia V, 5rp/yr
Contact with ISC
+1 to Odyssey's rolls this year
+25 Honiani
+25 Sydraxians
Renissance extra XP
Orion Union loses 1 frigate
Damage to Seyek ship incurred
Tensions reduced Caldonia
New species encountered: Hishmeri Septs, starting relations 50/100
35 PP
20 RP
15 SR
25 BR
New Colony Option, Acacia V, 5rp/yr
Contact with ISC
+1 to Odyssey's rolls this year
+25 Honiani
+25 Sydraxians
Renissance extra XP
Orion Union loses 1 frigate
Damage to Seyek ship incurred
Tensions reduced Caldonia
New species encountered: Hishmeri Septs, starting relations 50/100
That should be an Odyssey log I believe.
- Location
- Patriarchova
My interpretation was a drone ship or station. It sent a warning when approached, and then attacked when that warning wasn't heeded.
For some reason, I'm thinking Hurq.
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pheonix89
Wants to be Seven Of Nine
- Location
- North American Plaguelands
- Pronouns
- She/Her
And whoever first said that the Caledonian sitch was politics disguised as science fucking CALLED IT!
When a Starfleet EC Captain describes work with phrases like "very rigorously researched" and "may revolutionise parts of the Vulcan Quantum Particle Model" it means that someone who regularly applies the engineering test (can I build working things with this?) to the Vulcan Quantum Particle Model thinks said theories extending the VQPM are good science.
They may be incorrect, but they're not pseudoscience.
Ok, but what was the beacon/defense system trying to keep people away from?
This looks to be one of those times where you need a bunch of passive sensor arrays because there's a potential threat you need to know about and you don't want to poke it.
When a Starfleet EC Captain describes work with phrases like "very rigorously researched" and "may revolutionise parts of the Vulcan Quantum Particle Model" it means that someone who regularly applies the engineering test (can I build working things with this?) to the Vulcan Quantum Particle Model thinks said theories extending the VQPM are good science.
They may be incorrect, but they're not pseudoscience.
As in, the beacon triggered a defense system when ignored?
Ok, but what was the beacon/defense system trying to keep people away from?
This looks to be one of those times where you need a bunch of passive sensor arrays because there's a potential threat you need to know about and you don't want to poke it.
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Hrmm... OC or B5 Shadow proxies...
pheonix89
Wants to be Seven Of Nine
- Location
- North American Plaguelands
- Pronouns
- She/Her
Bluegill reference, I think.
Some versions of the Shadows would have a fangasm at seeing the UFP.
- Location
- somewhere
@OneirosTheWriter when will you decide the new Admiral bonuses? They potentially matter for snakepit choices.
The Cheron comes through again... but how do we make that final step of being able to talk with the Sydraxians openly? Notice we're still having to sneak around to do it.
Huh, I wonder if they'll raid the Lecarre on their way through. We're always talking about how the Lecarre probably don't have a very big fleet.
Wow, sounds like a Doctor Who episode! Just goes to show that the galaxy is full of danger.
It's the Sea Peoples! The nomads from the steppes! Etc. My question is, is it worthwhile to try a diplomatic push on them or will it not help?
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- They/Them
We might be able to bribe them to go around our territory, and establishing diplomatic ties to be able to talk through any incidents will likely help. I'd say go for it.
Night
Widow Null
- Location
- Hoff
The Hurq.
...oh, that's a terrible idea. If the Klingons get wind of them...