- Location
- Terror Australis
It is not. The Council has an informal ban on Starfleet using cloaking technology. This is due to how usefull cloaks are for first strikes.
To Boldly Go... (a Starfleet quest)
- Thread starter OneirosTheWriter
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Algalon
Herald of the Titans
- Location
- Celestial Planetarium
We could use the weakness of our neighbors in the later stages of the Klingon/Romulan War to develop our own cloaking without provoking aggression.
The real challenge of course is convincing the council that it's a good idea.
The Kadak-Tor incident could be used as an example why you want some form of deterent against cloaked alpha strikes. You hit us with cloaked vessels? We'll hit you right back.
Canon's phase shifting tech would be excellent. Yes, it can be used as a cloak, buuuuut it's so much more! Temporary becoming untargetable! Moving through solid objects!
- Location
- Mid-Atlantic
A spaceship doesn't normally need to fly through solid objects. If your spaceship ever finds itself coming into contact with a solid object, other than a landing pad, you've done something very, very wrong.
Also, I'm going to be honest; the Federation Council doesn't seem likely to go in for "we need a deterrent for mutually assured destruction" arguments. They're a bit dubious, anyway, under the different strategic conditions that apply in Star Trek, including:
-Extremely long travel times (weeks if not months)
-Nations distributed among multiple planets that cannot possibly all be hit at the same time.
-Everyone's basic weapons already being weapons of mass destruction, if they can just be delivered to the target.
None of that bears much resemblance to Cold War-era MAD.
Also, I'm going to be honest; the Federation Council doesn't seem likely to go in for "we need a deterrent for mutually assured destruction" arguments. They're a bit dubious, anyway, under the different strategic conditions that apply in Star Trek, including:
-Extremely long travel times (weeks if not months)
-Nations distributed among multiple planets that cannot possibly all be hit at the same time.
-Everyone's basic weapons already being weapons of mass destruction, if they can just be delivered to the target.
None of that bears much resemblance to Cold War-era MAD.
Omake - Alien World Pt 2 - Leila Hann
- Location
- Patriarchova
An Alien World (part two)
(part one)
The tower was dead. The beacon light at the top still glowed, but the EMP-amplifying panels were folded up and lightless. A mere metal and plastic pole rising above the treetops and shrubbery.
"How can this be?" the particularly shapely young engineer asked aloud, "I'm getting the feed from the tower right now. It says everything's working."
"Sounds like a software malfunction," a security guard suggested.
"That can't be. There are three redundancies in the monitoring system, and just about nothing else." She shook her head in frustration. "It should be impossible."
"Not impossible. Sabotage."
The Risans all turned around. Penelope stood at the back of the group, her eyes narrowed to slits as she peered up at the tower.
"Why would anyone do that?" the security guard asked. Penelope scowled at him, and particularly at the pea-shooter of a phaser pistol that he held at his side.
"Political terrorism from a party that objects to the way this colony is being structured. A distraction from a crime being committed elsewhere in the city. Someone who just really, really likes fluffy puffies. Aren't you supposed to be security? You don't need me to tell you this." The scarred alien looked back at the tower. "And if you hadn't taken my weapon, we'd be much better prepared for whatever traps they've left in place."
"You fired that phaser in the secretary's office, on disintegrate!"
"On a piece of garbage."
"Would you really be allowed to do that on a Federation world?" the female engineer cut in. Penelope looked back at her, and seemed to recoil. There was silence for a moment.
"No. I would not be." She bit her cheeks before continuing. "I apologize, this has been a frustrating evening."
"Don't worry." The engineer placed a hand on Penelope's hip and patted gently. "It has been for all of us."
The human looked up at her, and then down at her hand, and then back at her. "Yes. Um. Thank you."
The woman smiled, and her hand moved back onto Penelope's buttock, giving it a gentle squeeze.
"I said thank you."
The hand finally released her.
They advanced toward the small clearing that had been made around the base. An engineer, two security personnel, and one irate tourist. When they reached the door, Penelope was the only one unsurprised to find it already unlocked and ajar.
"Someone from security must have done this!" the other, previously silent guard exclaimed, "but why?"
Penelope sighed. "Terrorism. Distraction. Misplaced loyalties."
The female engineer looked scared now. "Perhaps she's right. One of the armed people should go in first."
"Hang on," the first guard squeezed his companion's shoulder before kneeling down near the door. "I found something here. What the..."
He picked the piece of jagged, broken metal off the leaf-covered ground and held it up to their flashlights. It was the lock, turn brutally out of the steel door and flung aside so hard there were bits of dirt still stuck to it.
Penelope set her jaw. "One of you lend me your phaser. I'll go in first."
"I think we should bring more people," the other guard replied.
"The more people we bring, the greater the chance one of them will be among the traitors." She narrowed her snakelike eyes at the man. "Speaking of which, why don't you lend me your phaser?"
...
Ten minutes later, the Risans followed her in.
"Penelope? Penelope Miranstein?" Engineer Aledla called out as the men trained their phasers around the room. "Are you alright?" She felt her heartrate accelerate. The human had been unpleasant, but that was clearly because of her own unhappiness. What a tragedy it would be if that led to her own destruction.
"Nothing down here." One of the security men looked from one computer screen to the next. "Everything seems to be running...but its all on backup power."
"Upstairs. The generator."
They climbed the stairs to the upper room, in which the tower's autonomous fusion reactor and its containing warp field generator were housed. At the top of the stairs, with her back to them, stood Penelope.
"Miss, are you alright? Can you move out of the way?" One of the men tapped her shoulder.
With a lightning-fast motion, Penelope turned around and shot him in the chest.
Aledla screamed. Penelope's eyes were glassy, and her mouth was raised in a toothy rictus grin. The other officer, the one who had given up his pistol, tried to disarm her, but the human was too fast. She knocked his hands brutally aside, and then clocked him across the side of the head with the butt of his own weapon. He gasped and fell atop his companion, stunned and bleeding. The grinning, glassy-eyed Penelope looked down the stairs and pointed the phaser at Aledla.
"Leave."
(part three)
(part one)
The tower was dead. The beacon light at the top still glowed, but the EMP-amplifying panels were folded up and lightless. A mere metal and plastic pole rising above the treetops and shrubbery.
"How can this be?" the particularly shapely young engineer asked aloud, "I'm getting the feed from the tower right now. It says everything's working."
"Sounds like a software malfunction," a security guard suggested.
"That can't be. There are three redundancies in the monitoring system, and just about nothing else." She shook her head in frustration. "It should be impossible."
"Not impossible. Sabotage."
The Risans all turned around. Penelope stood at the back of the group, her eyes narrowed to slits as she peered up at the tower.
"Why would anyone do that?" the security guard asked. Penelope scowled at him, and particularly at the pea-shooter of a phaser pistol that he held at his side.
"Political terrorism from a party that objects to the way this colony is being structured. A distraction from a crime being committed elsewhere in the city. Someone who just really, really likes fluffy puffies. Aren't you supposed to be security? You don't need me to tell you this." The scarred alien looked back at the tower. "And if you hadn't taken my weapon, we'd be much better prepared for whatever traps they've left in place."
"You fired that phaser in the secretary's office, on disintegrate!"
"On a piece of garbage."
"Would you really be allowed to do that on a Federation world?" the female engineer cut in. Penelope looked back at her, and seemed to recoil. There was silence for a moment.
"No. I would not be." She bit her cheeks before continuing. "I apologize, this has been a frustrating evening."
"Don't worry." The engineer placed a hand on Penelope's hip and patted gently. "It has been for all of us."
The human looked up at her, and then down at her hand, and then back at her. "Yes. Um. Thank you."
The woman smiled, and her hand moved back onto Penelope's buttock, giving it a gentle squeeze.
"I said thank you."
The hand finally released her.
They advanced toward the small clearing that had been made around the base. An engineer, two security personnel, and one irate tourist. When they reached the door, Penelope was the only one unsurprised to find it already unlocked and ajar.
"Someone from security must have done this!" the other, previously silent guard exclaimed, "but why?"
Penelope sighed. "Terrorism. Distraction. Misplaced loyalties."
The female engineer looked scared now. "Perhaps she's right. One of the armed people should go in first."
"Hang on," the first guard squeezed his companion's shoulder before kneeling down near the door. "I found something here. What the..."
He picked the piece of jagged, broken metal off the leaf-covered ground and held it up to their flashlights. It was the lock, turn brutally out of the steel door and flung aside so hard there were bits of dirt still stuck to it.
Penelope set her jaw. "One of you lend me your phaser. I'll go in first."
"I think we should bring more people," the other guard replied.
"The more people we bring, the greater the chance one of them will be among the traitors." She narrowed her snakelike eyes at the man. "Speaking of which, why don't you lend me your phaser?"
...
Ten minutes later, the Risans followed her in.
"Penelope? Penelope Miranstein?" Engineer Aledla called out as the men trained their phasers around the room. "Are you alright?" She felt her heartrate accelerate. The human had been unpleasant, but that was clearly because of her own unhappiness. What a tragedy it would be if that led to her own destruction.
"Nothing down here." One of the security men looked from one computer screen to the next. "Everything seems to be running...but its all on backup power."
"Upstairs. The generator."
They climbed the stairs to the upper room, in which the tower's autonomous fusion reactor and its containing warp field generator were housed. At the top of the stairs, with her back to them, stood Penelope.
"Miss, are you alright? Can you move out of the way?" One of the men tapped her shoulder.
With a lightning-fast motion, Penelope turned around and shot him in the chest.
Aledla screamed. Penelope's eyes were glassy, and her mouth was raised in a toothy rictus grin. The other officer, the one who had given up his pistol, tried to disarm her, but the human was too fast. She knocked his hands brutally aside, and then clocked him across the side of the head with the butt of his own weapon. He gasped and fell atop his companion, stunned and bleeding. The grinning, glassy-eyed Penelope looked down the stairs and pointed the phaser at Aledla.
"Leave."
(part three)
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aledeth
The Flesh is Weak
- Pronouns
- He/Him
The deterrent against cloaked Alpha Strikes isn't to make our own, it's to get better sensors and thicker patrols so the enemy can't sneak by us like that again.
- Location
- Patriarchova
Penelya MiranPenelope Miranstein is pretty badass...though that's not difficult amongst Risans
That cliffhanger
As others have noted, frontier Jaldun posts are at least somewhat analogous to our own Explorer Corps. Miran was their equivalent of Straak or Nash or Savaal.
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lbmaian
a thirsty squirrel
- Location
- USA
@OneirosTheWriter, I'm still having trouble matching up these numbers exactly, despite rechecking them.
The above implies crew incomes of: 9.7 Officer, 10.3 Enlisted, 13.1 Tech
from starting personnel of 29 Officer, 40.5* Enlisted, 26.6 Tech, and expenditures of 9 Officer, 9 Enlisted, 9 Tech
* including the 40.05=>40.5 fix
I'm getting 0.1 more enlisted and tech: 9.7 Officer, 10.4 Enlisted, 13.2 Tech
so I'm still coming up with a final tally of: 29.7 Officer, 41.9 Enlisted, 30.8 Tech
Officer: (Sol, Vulcan, Andoria, Tellar Prime) +3 Amarkia +(1+0.2+0.25) Betazed +(0.5+0.1) Ferasa +(1+0.2) Rigel +(0.1+0.1) Apinae +(0.0+0.1) Indoria +(0.1+0.1) Caldonia +(0.1+0.1) Gaeni +(0.1+0.1) Alukk +(0.1+0.1) Risa +(0.05+0.1) Seyek +0.1 Qloathi +0.1 Academy expansion (x4) +2 = 9.7
Enlisted: (Sol, Vulcan, Andoria, Tellar Prime) +4 Amarkia +(1+0.2+0.25) Betazed +(0.5+0.1) Ferasa +(1+0.2) Rigel +(0.3+0.1) Apinae +(0.8+0.1) Indoria +(0.2+0.1) Caldonia +(0.1+0.1) Gaeni +(0.1+0.1) Alukk +(0.2+0.1) Risa +(0.05+0.1) Seyek +0.1 Qloathi +0.1 Academy expansion (x4) +2 Academy recruitment policies -1.5 = 10.4
Technician: (Sol, Vulcan, Andoria, Tellar Prime) +3 Amarkia +(1+0.2+0.25) Betazed +(1+0.2) Ferasa +(0.5+0.05) Rigel +(0.15+0.1) Apinae +(0.2+0.1) Indoria +(0.1+0.1) Caldonia +(0.2+0.1) Gaeni +(0.2+0.1) Alukk +(0.2+0.1) Risa +(0.05+0.1) Seyek +0.1 Qloathi +0.1 Academy expansion (x4) +2 Science Academy +1 Academy recruitment policies +1.5 Certunn Guk +0.5 = 13.2
Am I missing something?
edit: 2311 EOY shows a correction to initial EC officer from 9.7 to 9.6. This means that we're missing a full minor affiliate bonus of 0.1/0.1/0.1.
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[X][NAME] James T. Kirk
If Stargazer wins, Picard will just end up commanding the Potemkin or whatever one of the other Constitution-Bs are named, so I guess it's fine.
If Stargazer wins, Picard will just end up commanding the Potemkin or whatever one of the other Constitution-Bs are named, so I guess it's fine.
lbmaian
a thirsty squirrel
- Location
- USA
Latest vote tally, merging names with the "USS" prefix with those without that prefix, and including the details of "Two Excelsiors and One Connie-B" for convenience:
Vote Tally : Sci-Fi - To Boldly Go... (a Starfleet quest) | Page 723 | Sufficient Velocity
##### NetTally 1.7.5
Task: BUILD
[X][BUILD] Two Excelsiors and One Connie-B
- Build Excelsior in Lor'Vela OCF 2.5 mt berth in Q1
- Build Excelsior in 40 Eridani A Berth B in Q1
- Build Constitution-B in Ana Font 1mt Berth in Q2
No. of Votes: 35
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Task: CREW
[X][CREW] Explorer Corps
No. of Votes: 37
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Task: NAME
[X][NAME] Stargazer
No. of Votes: 22
[X][NAME] James T. Kirk
No. of Votes: 14
[X][NAME] Kirk
No. of Votes: 4
[X][NAME] Tiberius
No. of Votes: 3
[X][NAME] Aelin
No. of Votes: 1
[X][NAME] Maya
No. of Votes: 1
[X][NAME] Polaris
No. of Votes: 1
[X][NAME] Odyssey
No. of Votes: 1
Total No. of Voters: 48
##### NetTally 1.7.5
Task: BUILD
[X][BUILD] Two Excelsiors and One Connie-B
- Build Excelsior in Lor'Vela OCF 2.5 mt berth in Q1
- Build Excelsior in 40 Eridani A Berth B in Q1
- Build Constitution-B in Ana Font 1mt Berth in Q2
No. of Votes: 35
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Happerry
HearthBorn
Iron Wolf
Japanime
JesseJ
KleverKil'Vanya
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Muramasa
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Ato
cast2007
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Derek58
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fitzgerald
Gear
Happerry
HearthBorn
Iron Wolf
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JesseJ
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Muramasa
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Questara
sebsmith
Steven Kodaly
UbeOne
UberJJK
Vehrec
Void Stalker
Winged One
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Task: CREW
[X][CREW] Explorer Corps
No. of Votes: 37
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AKuz
Algalon
anon_user
Ato
cast2007
ClawClawBite
Derek58
drake_azathoth
fitzgerald
Gear
Happerry
HearthBorn
Iron Wolf
Japanime
JesseJ
KleverKil'Vanya
kyuden
lbmaian
Leila Hann
Muramasa
Nervos Belli
NHO
Night
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pheonix89
Questara
sebsmith
Shard
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UbeOne
UberJJK
Vehrec
Void Stalker
Winged One
Aeondrac
aeqnai
AKuz
Algalon
anon_user
Ato
cast2007
ClawClawBite
Derek58
drake_azathoth
fitzgerald
Gear
Happerry
HearthBorn
Iron Wolf
Japanime
JesseJ
KleverKil'Vanya
kyuden
lbmaian
Leila Hann
Muramasa
Nervos Belli
NHO
Night
pbluekan
pheonix89
Questara
sebsmith
Shard
Steven Kodaly
UbeOne
UberJJK
Vehrec
Void Stalker
Winged One
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Task: NAME
[X][NAME] Stargazer
No. of Votes: 22
[X][NAME] James T. Kirk
No. of Votes: 14
[X][NAME] Kirk
No. of Votes: 4
[X][NAME] Tiberius
No. of Votes: 3
[X][NAME] Aelin
No. of Votes: 1
[X][NAME] Maya
No. of Votes: 1
[X][NAME] Polaris
No. of Votes: 1
[X][NAME] Odyssey
No. of Votes: 1
Total No. of Voters: 48
Jenny
anonymous user
- Location
- maryland
- Pronouns
- She/Her
I think she would quite like being an explorer captain again. I don't, however, think that would be possible.
- Location
- Patriarchova
I think she'll be captaining a ship again eventually, but not a Starfleet one.
I may or may not have tentative plans to make her and her old officers turn bounty hunter.
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We could give her a submarine and a remit to explore the oceans of one of our planets-keeps an eye on her, but lets her do some science and resource scanning which is somewhat, but not quite entirely unlike captaining a spaceship.
- Location
- Patriarchova
We could give her a submarine and a remit to explore the oceans of one of our planets-keeps an eye on her, but lets her do some science and resource scanning which is somewhat, but not quite entirely unlike captaining a spaceship.
- Location
- Nova Scotia, Canada
Given that she's on Risa now, and the Risans have giant death cats called fluffy puffies, would that shark be called a great kissing fish?
- Location
- Patriarchova
No, she's on Second Risa, which has the fluffy puffies. Risa Prime has no terrestrial megafaunal predators.
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Shard
One and Many
- Location
- Malaysia
In general, I don't quite like naming ships after Canon characters, especially if the resulting name just doesn't... click? You notice that named ships (AFAIK) are 1-word long, so USS James, USS Kirk and USS Tiberius would be fine, but USS James T. Kirk just.. doesn't.
Incidentally! I do like the (ship) names USS Wanderer and Odyssey, particularly for Explorer ships. Or maybe the USS Visitor.
Incidentally! I do like the (ship) names USS Wanderer and Odyssey, particularly for Explorer ships. Or maybe the USS Visitor.
- Location
- Patriarchova
Or maybe the USS Visitor.
As in Nana Visitor?
In that case, the USS Shatner, USS Nemoy, USS Frakes, etc, should all be on the list.
Each sector gets its own USS Combs.
aeqnai
Nerdy Homu
- Location
- Laniakea Supercluster
- Pronouns
- She/Her
Shard
One and Many
- Location
- Malaysia
Not a ship.
Starfleet Command HQ is the Roddenberry Building.
Starfleet Command HQ is the Roddenberry Building.