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The year is 2405. After a decade of war, the Borg have finally been defeated. But at what cost. The Federation is no more. Years of conflict have seen the once great Starfleet reduced to a handfull of vessels. Now, it is time to reach out, contact the survivors, and rebuild all that was lost...


OOC: Here is my idea for a full RP. In the aftermath of the Borg Invasion, Earth has lost contact with the rest of the Federation. Now, each world must branch out, and re-explore the galaxy. Please keep in mind that fleets are small and resources are low. Any FT nation is welcome, Trek cannon or not. Logically, I am what is left of Earth and the Sol system, so you must choose another. Once we get some interest, I will start an IC thread. Oh, and for those who want, I have started a new region, the United Confederation of Planets (http://www.nationstates.net/page=display_region/region=United%20Confederation%20of%20Planet), as a place to rebuild the Federation. You must be offered to join IC first. Questions and positive comments are welcome.

Disclaimer: I got this idea after reading about a similar non-NS rp from this site (http://infobase.fehq.net/index.php?title=Futility%27s_End_History). I am NOT using this as the history for this RP, just the basic idea. I/we can creat our own history of events.

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Ironically, this plotline was discussed in cons over 20 years ago. The general idea was that the Federation that resulted from this would be more militaristic, and less trusting--kind of like the United States after the Civil War/War Between the States. I heard this from a Navy Boy named Will Rogers (yes, some people call him Buck Rogers) who is now a teacher in North Carolina after being forced out of the Navy when a truck ran him over and damaged his shoulder. He claims to have been part of the discussion, and to have suggested the historical precident.

In the late '90's, I wrote a screenplay called "To Fill a Hollow World" that followed a what-if scenario:

What if Hugh the Borg had spread the "plague" of individualism throughout the Collective. What if a group of "awakened" Borg broke away from the "sleepwalkers?" What if they maintained their collective, but remained individuals within it? What if some of them formed sub-collectives and became "compound individuals?"

This is the group that the Federation's remnants would encounter as they reached out and explored the universe. They'd be living in a mid-sized asteroid that they'd hollowed out (now a spaceship named Hollow World) and they'd be interested in contacting the Federation, who had been instrumental in their formation. There would be some tension, but these folks would be interested in "persuing peace as agressively as our forbears pursued conflict," to quote the screenplay.

As someone who edited novels for publishing houses, I think it's only fair to point out that a story is no good without a source of conflict. There really isn't any conflict between the New Borg and the Federation. The New Borg want to JOIN the Federation. The only problems they'd have are with the remnants of the Old Borg ("Sleepwalkers," as they call them) and the occasional Planet Eater or what have you.

Possible antagonists in this story include a revived Cardassian Union, the Rigellian Syndicate, who would have grown stronger as the Federation grew weaker, and rogue elements within the Romulan and Klingon establishments.

X-Factors include the Romulan/Vulcan Alliance (I have no idea as to how far the efforts to re-unify them have gone) the Andorian military and the Ferengi raiders. While these were all members of the Federation at its heyday, each would have returned to its roots--for the Andorians, this means a warrior state every bit as nasty as, though somewhat more abt to use diplomacy than, the Klingons; and, for the Ferengi, this means capitalist imperialism.

Add to this the fact that the Q are still putting not just Humanity but all of the former Federation on trial--and the trial never ends--and you have a pretty unsettled galaxy.

How do you want to play this one?

How do you want to play this one?

I thought we could each be a world/race that's recovering form the Borg invasion, and need to re-contact everyone to rebuild the Federation. Kind of the exploring of the 23rd century, but in the 25th. For example, Earth has no idea what has happened to her neigbors and allies, and needs to send ships to find them. I am leaving this open to any kind of race, not just those from Star Trek. After all, the Federation had over 150 members, and not all were ever mentioned on screen.....

This sounds interesting but my pop is considerably higher than 200 million and I have no interest in leaving my current region.

I've been looking into doing some FT though, if you wouldn't mind be having some bit parts.

Tolvin, you might as well join in. I'm thinking about removing the pop restriction.

Oh, and to all, I'll go ahead and create an IC thread when I get home from work later, and will post a link to it here.

I'd be interested in Joining since I've been looking to get back into FT for a while. though I'm quite a bit above the pop cap. I don't mind fitting my FT around to be part of the universe?

EDIT: though I don't want to leave my current region or anything

it sounds intrieging but I'm already in an alliance so couldn't start another one.

However I could still be a neutral and the flegling new federation might well run into Neo Kirisuban ships.

I use the old 23rd century designs of the Romulans with no big bird along with modern warp engines and weapons. The Neo Kirisubans are an independant people living into the Federal Union with a 90% female population and think a little like the Romulans with the warrior mindset of the Samurai code.

Cool, but my population is over 500 million.:( I don't see what it matters, though, if we all start out with just one system anyways.

If you remove the pop. restriction, can I play as a Romulan faction? Those guys are cut-throat, but Empire or not, they still seem the most Democratic of the big Trek powers(they have a large Senate, while all the Federation has is a possibly unelected council of about a dozen guys;) ). Plus, they have powerful Tech and always seemed to use intelligent tactics and strong intelligence, unlike so many others in Trek. So what I'm asking is, do we have to be a Federation faction, or can I play my beloved Romulans?;)

Oh, and do we have to leave our existing region for this? If we started role-playing in this, would our nation no longer be part of non-Trek role-playing. If the answer to either is yes, I'd have to create a new nation from scratch.

I would like to join this...but population is 6 billion making me able to completely populate earth :P

I could always roleplay a nation outside of the original Federation, even tho Phenixicans are human :P

I have removed the population restriction. Also, you don't have to be a Star Trek nation or race. Any are welcome (it IS is big galaxy). Oh, and as for region, you are NOT required to join mine. I left that option there in case someone wishes to form a new Federation. Oh, and I didn't get a chance to start the IC thread yet. Will be working on that...

I'm interested, but I'm also currently occupied in the "Legends of Cybertron" thread. The New Borg characters I use are currently in that thread. Right now, in fact, they're getting set for a square-off with Unicrom, though they have some allies.

Would it be permissible for me to join, and to use those characters as if the other thread did not exist?

Sure, why not. This story is the aftermath of a massive Borg invasion, so some Borg characters would fit in nicely.

Im in, but I want to know if my actions in this thread will have any effect on diplomatic relations outside of this thread. If so, could I just create a new nation and play with that one instead?

Anyhow, I'm playing the Romulan Republic, who've broken off from the old Romulan Empire in the aftermath of Shinzon's attempted coup and are trying to build there own Empire. I'll post more when you have the IC thread up.:)

I'm In :) I'll write up an RP Sample in a bit which will clear up my history within the timesetting

Brief History and Tech Outline. - Advanced Race that have forgoten how to use and produce most of there advanced technology and have stuff scattered all over the galaxy for others to find maybe?

Internal Calendar May 19th 2405, The year has passed without much incident; many believe that the earthers have finally beaten back the machines; it has been a long fight and at a great cost; our Navy is almost completely destroyed. We now rely on de-mothballed relics fitted with bastardised versions of our newer weapons technology for our own security; we have gone from giants amongst the stars to toddlers walking out for the first time. It was nearly a decade ago the machines came to our worlds massive geometrically shaped ships; so many they blotted out the sun…the outer colonies were overrun in a matter of hours and even the home world bears the battle scars of war. The Navy Consists of Six Yuji Class Battle-star Warships; these have been fitted with salvaged technology from newer Ikari Class and much later Tellus Class Battle-Stars crippled or destroyed in the Borg Wars. Also in use by the Navy are a number of cloned Klingon Birds of Prey with upgraded shields and weaponry. Animarnian’s for the moment have lost the ability to produce much of their advanced technology with the much of the knowledge gone along with the great library at Alexandria.

The Outer Colonies are now barren wastelands; those lucky enough to not be bombarded from orbit by the Borg had the joy of being assimilated and being bombarded by the Animarnian Counter Attack. Even though much Animarnian Technology exists spread through the galaxy now relics but much of it still functional for those who may find it. The Homeward itself

Is largely a grim, desert world. The environment is unrelenting and harsh to those not use to it. The planet itself has a natural gravity ten times that of Earth, which as a result makes its inhabitants extra natural strength than most other races and hostile to foreigners. There are several cities, some containing millions, upon the surface; regularly subjected to sandstorms so have crews almost constantly keeping the sands out of the living spaces as scientists look for new ways to power the city shields. This is why many Animarnian’s still live in small collective’s underground, beneath the sands in vast subterranean complexes. Weapons Technology has mostly adapted to fight the Borg with the Battle Stars using large tandem fire Multi battery Rail Cannons; that fire solid steel rounds at relativistic speeds around .86 to .98 C since these proved quite effective at preventing the Borg from adapting. The second primary engagement weapon is the Multi fire Photon Torpedo battery; it used to be the Seeker Drone but Animarnian’s have long since forgotten how to build things and the automated factories were destroyed in the war. Personnel Weapon vary; some use ballistic based weaponry with steel case rounds to prevent dampening fields from being effective these are usually exclusively lethal. Side arms are usually Mark 86 Stun Pistols; refereed to colloquially as ‘stunners’ an energy weapon that can stun or kill its target depending on the weapons setting. Infantry units also make use of Hard Light Holographic Body Armour. The Latest Ship is the Zophia; the first new Battle-Star to be commissioned in nearly a decade with an exploration mission.

Would you mind a little copy editing, if this is to be the Official Document on which the thread is based?

I'm going to create a new nation for this thread, since my existing one is hardly Romulan style.;) I'm calling them the Romulan Republic, so future posts in this thread will be under that name.

Greetings from The Romulan Republic.

From The Ashes, Hope. From Chaos, Order. From Corruption, Justice.

Long Live The Romulan Republic.

:)

(going to be hard to explain this :P)

The Pheni Confederate is a young nation only founded three years ago after much strife, It is a ex-federation colony of mostly human origin and controls it's home system and pockets in the surrounding systems.

During the borg invasion the main colony 'Devenis' was one of the few worlds to survive without much damage and as a result was quick to take in Refugee's and rebuild.

It's population of 6 billion is mostly made out of the 4.6 billion humans living on Devenis and with the rest on small colonies in the surround controlled area's, Due to the small yet efficient shipyards at Devenis the Confederacy has been able to keep a fleet large enough to hold onto there small claim of the Alpha Quadrant.

The Confederacy is lead by the Confederate Council, the leader of the council is Confederate John Krusi so in the end despite the name the Confederacy is actually very centralised with the Council controlling everything from Defence too Education and Transport.

Devenis recently has had it's fare share of trouble, the fall of the Federation security blanket meant that even the planets lucky enough to remain undamaged had to deal with a great depression as Colonies were made to fend for themselves.

The Confederacy remains simply to survive this depression, they believe that the Federation will one day return and they will gladly re-enter as a trusted member.

One thing the Confederacy can boast is being experts in the field of Terraforming worlds, which has allowed the Confederacy to transform two worlds to sustain life.

Yes to all. Will have the IC thread up in a few hours. Oh, and I guess I should post some background for myself:

With the end of the Borg invasion, the Federation is is shambles. Only Earth and Mars escaped major damage, as the Borg ships were finally stopped in Earth orbit. Now, Earth begins to rebuild, and prepares to send out ships to learn the fate of its allies and colonies.
The Federation Council was not in session at the time of final attack, and many council members were off planet. Therefore, much of the Federation leadership is unacounted for, with the exception of the President and Starfleet Command.
Starfleet itself fared no better. With nearly 85% of its ships destroyed, what remains are heavily damaged. The only remaining Soverign-class ship, the U.S.S. Challenger, has been made Flagship, under command of the new CnC, Fleet Admiral T. S. Romano. However, with the heavy losses, StarFleet has been forced to recomission older, mothballed vessels, including an certain old warhorse....

IC thread (http://forums.jolt.co.uk/showthread.php?t=557101) is now up.

Mind if I join in in this thread. This is my first time trying out FT, but I do know some stuff about Star Trek tech. If it's too much to ask, United Terran Planets, can I join your faction? (I would like to play the human role along side other humans...perhaps ex-rebels of the Federation)

Megalithon, Sure, but why don't we have you as a Federation colony, instead of Earth itself. Also, here is the IC thread, http://forums.jolt.co.uk/showthread.php?t=557101

That would be fine, but I was hoping to be the "Maquis" who took refuge in a Federation Colony.

May I join.

The Rashari people at the time of the Borg War would have been a post-modern tech human-looking speices(with some internal differances). They would have not been space faring at the time just on the edge of known Federation space.

Ten years after the Borg War and the beginning of the dark ages the Rashari people discovered FTL drives and expanded and colonized a small region of space.

Their is more to that but I would be playing a very young race, still using modern-post-modern tech(in the idea of Battlestar Galactica RDM style).

Skyland MT, unless you want to, your actions here will have no effect on your nation. That is your choice. I'm doing the oposite, using this thread as my main RP.

Thanks, but I already founded the nation of The Romulan Republic. Of course now that I have two nations I can't just log in automaitcally, and this addictive site is taking up more of my time than ever.:(

Does anyone know where I can download a good map of the Alpha and Beta quadrents, or the Trek Galaxy as a whole? I'd like to know where my Republic is in comparison to other major powers(Just past the old Neutral Zone, by the way, in former Romulan Space).

did you try google image?

I tried a Google search, but I suspect the maps I found were fan-made, and probably unreliable. Still, I know that the Neutral Zone is in the Beta Quadrent, just above Vulcan, I think.

What about this map?

http://www.civfanatics.net/uploads9/Star_trek_map2.jpg

Yeh, I think I saw that one before. Its pretty good. Thanks, that will make role-playing much easier and more fun, knowing where I am in relation to some of the other factions.

Anyway, I'm situating myself just inside the Neutral Zone, near the Bassen Rift and just beneath Romulus.

That's the map that I have at home. It is from an official Star Trek map book. We can use it for our RP.

How do we get the New Borg and others to meet?

How do I scale Hollow World's fleet to keep them from being a dominant military force while not leaving them defenseless? Right now, I've only got two cube ships that have to be there (they go by the names of Prophet's Hope and Emperor's Choice, and their names relate to a mythology for the Borg (and possibly others) that I developed).

Before there even was such a thing as the Borg, a Great Prophet forsaw an endless war that would erupt, enslaving billions, if the Emperor of a nearby planetary political union chose to attack her planet. She warned the Emperor, and gave him a choice. He chose to send in the troops, setting the prophecy in motion. Hence the names of the ships.

Not sure about your fleet. Oh, and RR, this takes place about 3 years after the war ended. While most of the Borg forces were destroyed, some are believed to remain, but in very small numbers...

So is it ok for me to jump in? I posted on page 2 some background.

go ahead!!

Oh and Megalithon? remember that the Alpha Centauri system is the closest system to Earth, at only 4 light years distance (this is a real life system!). Also, Alpha Centauri IV was one of the five founding members of the Federation. As you are the only one so far in that system, I leave it up to you to decide its fate in the war...

Well, I was thinking that Centauri IV was hit by the Borg the most in the system. So as a result, the planet was almost destroyed and over 90% of their ships were also destroyed. The people of the planet took refuge to other planets and colonies in the system. Starfleet tried to send help but their fleet were no match against the Borg. The Intrepid class USS Omega was the only who survived but crashed landed on Centauri VII.

So how does that sound for you?

:) I am working on an Introductory post; I just hate introductory posts lol.

And btw, my whole RP will take place on a single ship (USS OMEGA). This means i won't be Rping any goverment or colony and such.

I would still like very much for my characters to meet with others' characters relatively soon, if this is acceptable (and I mean this sincerely rather than sarcastically).

I was thinking of having a conflict with either an Old Borg remnant colony or with a TOS Planet Eater. Acceptable?

Please forgive me, for I am terrible with names, but...there are several opportunities for interaction listed in recent threads.

First, the New Borg could hear the message that the guy in the starship sent out about the locals taking over and respond to it. (Wouldn't it be fun when that veteran of the war saw a cube ship in front of him and heard it saying that it was there as an ally? IF he was bothering to listen by then...)

Second, Hollow World could stumble upon the remains of the Fourth Fleet themselves, and be busy scavenging it when the Federation Salvage Team shows up.

Third, the folks who are trying to raid that derelict cube ship could push the wrong button and start waking it up, and the New Borg could shut it down again and keep things from getting out of hand.

Anybody?

Any borg that attempted to contact Perius would not have a chance to speak before he opened fire, but also the fact he is in a ship with similar firepower to a typical Federation Battecruiser means that firing would be stupid. Message goes out to everyone...Even Romulans (since im near the neutral zone) or any Federation forces or Klingon forces (since im near that border aswell) Infact im pretty much open to contact from any galactic power...but I am most interested in meeting the Federation.

You can come if you want, the Cofederation is ready for any contact

Please forgive me, for I am terrible with names, but...there are several opportunities for interaction listed in recent threads.

First, the New Borg could hear the message that the guy in the starship sent out about the locals taking over and respond to it. (Wouldn't it be fun when that veteran of the war saw a cube ship in front of him and heard it saying that it was there as an ally? IF he was bothering to listen by then...)

Second, Hollow World could stumble upon the remains of the Fourth Fleet themselves, and be busy scavenging it when the Federation Salvage Team shows up.

Third, the folks who are trying to raid that derelict cube ship could push the wrong button and start waking it up, and the New Borg could shut it down again and keep things from getting out of hand.

Anybody?

Borg contect is welcome; but be aware Doyle is likely to shoot first and ask questions later; since she lost two sisters and a brother to the borg.

I've already posted where I am and if anyone wants to make contact, they're welcome to. I'm still focussing on the internal politics of my faction, but I'll soon be ready to make an explosive comeback on the galactic scene.:) Let's just say the Romulans are not quite as decrepid as they appear.;)

One other question: if the Borg were all but wiped out, does that mean that the Alpha Quadrant Powers have developed propulsion sufficient to launch an attack on the Delta Quadrant in a reasonable time frame, aka, can I have transwarp?:)

I've already posted where I am and if anyone wants to make contact, they're welcome to. I'm still focussing on the internal politics of my faction, but I'll soon be ready to make an explosive comeback on the galactic scene.:) Let's just say the Romulans are not quite as decrepid as they appear.;)

One other question: if the Borg were all but wiped out, does that mean that the Alpha Quadrant Powers have developed propulsion sufficient to launch an attack on the Delta Quadrant in a reasonable time frame, aka, can I have transwarp?:)


I think we're assuming we "conquered" some Borg tech so...i could see why not. I wonder if I can have some too ;)

I got a question, would everyone mind if I ask where exactly everyone is according to the map of the galaxy? Right now I'm in the Alpha Centauri system. (4 light years from Sol)

Right now, if I got things right, the Zophia is a Confederacy ship...and this means that Hollow World is on the outskirts of Confederacy space, just on the edge of the Zophia's sensor range. Prophet's Hope is heading for the debris field, but she's not there yet. She's cloaked so the Zophia and company will, at best, only be able to get a vague idea that something is in the neighborhood.

Dastardly Stench;13718709']Right now, if I got things right, the Zophia is a Confederacy ship...and this means that Hollow World is on the outskirts of Confederacy space, just on the edge of the Zophia's sensor range. Prophet's Hope is heading for the debris field, but she's not there yet. She's cloaked so the Zophia and company will, at best, only be able to get a vague idea that something is in the neighborhood.

We're not Confederacy; but we fought in the Borg war; The Zophia (http://img378.imageshack.us/img378/3104/sophiaclassgv5.png) if your interested; its a big ship and probably able to go toe to toe with a single Old style cube but not a tactical cube

Charecter: John Spader
Age:35
Rank: Captain
eyes:aqua
Hair:black
Race: Human(Calaverian)

Vessel: O.S.S. Marathon
Class: Excelsior

Ship pic:http://techspecs.acalltoduty.com/images/excelsior/excelsiorefitside.jpg

Bridge: http://www.freewebs.com/ussnewcastle/bridge_excelsior3-12m.jpg

FACTION: Orion Star Systems

Goverment: Military Dictatorship

Controlled territory: Twelve former federation colonies and one small homeworld.

Ships in control: One military vessle: Marathon: Transports and small shipping ships.


Colors: Black and teal

bump= do i have to wait to be accepted?

The new confederate ship is a typical Phenixican Battlecruiser (http://i70.photobucket.com/albums/i116/Belcameron/ss49-hires.jpg)

This ship is a mix of Borg, Klingon and Federation technology….this is explainable due to the Confederacy having to Salvage anything this cannot produce (pretty much any new technology)

I need somebody to contact me, Confederacy has a ship shortage so I cant exactly send anybody out...I mean 7 ships is barely enough and most of them small Frigates.

Will try and send some ships further out, if you want send a ship to the Regulus system since that’s where my guys are heading. (far off from where you guys are)

and you dont really have to be accepted, just good if you explain who you are a bit here and just behave....but I suppose thats really up to Terrain Planets.

Charecter: John Spader
Age:35
Rank: Captain
eyes:aqua
Hair:black
Race: Human(Calaverian)

Vessel: O.S.S. Marathon
Class: Excelsior

Ship pic:http://techspecs.acalltoduty.com/images/excelsior/excelsiorefitside.jpg

Bridge: http://www.freewebs.com/ussnewcastle/bridge_excelsior3-12m.jpg

FACTION: Orion Star Systems

Goverment: Military Dictatorship

Controlled territory: Twelve former federation colonies and one small homeworld.

Ships in control: One military vessle: Marathon: Transports and small shipping ships.


Colors: Black and teal


Well the guy (United Terran Planets) who's in charge of this whole thing haven't responded for almost a week now....so i guess you can just join in.

Speaking of United Terran Planets, anybody see him recently? And can everybody point out which system they are in using the map?

No clue, asked to join his region awhile ago and got no reply.

but, we dont need him...THE SHOW MUST GO ON!

How long ago? I joined a few days ago and for some reason he left is passworded but the region page has the password on it.

I say join the thread and the region.

about 3 days ago I think, No point really joining the Region until I am actually part of the Federation again.

Hello, I would love to join in on this RP, I find the concept interesting and having written a few novels on Star Trek, non published of course but if it is okay I would love to play the part of a federation starship captain, one of the few left, I will be willing to take orders from whomever has control of the remaining federation ships.

Well Terrain Planets it meant to be Federation, but he has not been on.

I suppose any Federation starship captains can be freelance (in theroy work for Federation, but in practice do what they want)

You can join me in the Confederation, maybe you could be a ship thats sorta been wandering and savaging and come across my little nation :P

The Confederation is pretty much like the Federation except that it's far more decentralised, it pretty much several colonies in agreement to have Free Trade and Free immigration, plus also supply men for the Confederate Fleet.

The Fleets job is to salvage ships and find what they can use, this is more aimed at ships from the Borg or Klingons which we use in order to give our ships abilities like cloaking and powerful shielding. (which your ship will be equiped with when you join the Confederation) We also outfit ships with Borg weapons but that takes salvaging Borg vessels to get the unique power supply needed so only ships specifically contructed can use this technology.

We are capable of Transwarp, but that takes ships being outfitted with Several Transwarp Coils so most of the time they will just use plain warp.

Currently the Fleet is under the control of a Captain Perius who I mostly roleplay with, this is not official but he is the most respected man in the Fleet (being a veteran of the war and fighting in the last battle near Earth)

So thats enough of selling myself :P your always welcome to the Confederation.

There is another Federation ship tho, so it might be good if you two could look out for eachother. In the end I think somebody else might have to take over responsibility of Earth.

And that Federation ship is me:) I'm in the Alpha Centauri system right now....and my ship is currently orbiting Centauri 4

I believe I've already posted my location: just inside the Neutral Zone, but to be more specific, I'm a little ways below Romulus, or where it used to be on the map.

Something tells us, that we ex-federation guys might have to meet up sooner or later.

I am working on consolidating my power around Starbase 343 and the surrounding area, the Confederations advantage is that it knows how to use Borg technology and has also adapted other technology into it ships. Making it's ships far more powerful.

Location wise; I'm out just past Deep Space 3 on the north west Edge of Unexplored Federation Space; though the Zophia is currently at Berengaria if that makes it easier to locate us; I plan to send a second ship out pretty soon to find earth

Current Fleet Strength.
7 Battle-Star Class Ships.
Omega - Operational
Agamenmon - Operational
Furious - Operational
Atlantis - Operational
Peagasus - Operational
Mercury - Operational
Zophia - Operational
11 Phoenix Class (Miranda Class Bastarisations)
Phoenix - Operational
Apollo - Operational
Deadulus - Operational
Odyssey - Operational
Athena - Operational
Damacles - Operational
Hurcules - Operational
Zeus - Operational
Aries - Operational
Atlantia - Operational
Columbia - (Undergoing Construction)
2 Defiant Class
USS Repulse - (Undergoing Salvage)
USS Warspite - (Undergoing Salvage)
1 Intrepid Class
USS Alexia (Undergoing Salvage)
1 Akira Class
USS Viper

We also operate a few Refited birds of prey that arned named; and about a dozen Cago haulers and assorted transports

Is it too late to join this? I've been away for a while and am wanting to get back into NS RP, and this sounds fun. I'm not good with big spaces and picking a spot in that big space to be, so I'll be fine with having an arbitrary planet assigned to me somewhere in all that bigness.

My nation here consists of anthropomorphic animals created through advanced genetics. I was thinking my planet could consist of the same, transplanted from Earth and mutated via some ancient, vanished race. I know there were some species specific races in some of the books. There was a leopard-like race in one where kirk met a world ship. They would have probably been situated rather close to earth somewhere for observation of the different developmental lines the pure original strains took from the altered anthros. As such, they would likely have made contact with the Federation shortly after developing space travel, though they could also have been situated further out. I'm not picky about that. History can be decided and discussed. I tend to concern myself more with the present. Their technology is technorganic in most cases. Their ships are designed along the lines of the Andalite Dome ship (from Animorphs). Even small frigates have a small garden room simulating a natural environment, through holographics if nothing else, which can also double as a hydroponics bay. Ship sizes ranged up to Defiant class prior to the Borg Invasion. Now, they have a single ship the size of Voyager sent out to reconnect with the Federation. (Also, I am horrible with ship sizes, just in case Voyager is a Defiant class ship or is bigger. I love Star Trek, but I am not a "Trekkie" per se.) If all this is okay, I'll read up on the IC thread and jump in.

nope, it's never late to join this....well since the guys who's in charge of this thread "disappeared." That would be fine, just let us know where you are right now according to the map (http://www.civfanatics.net/uploads9/Star_trek_map2.jpg).

I think I'll go with Vega if that is not taken. I'll read over the IC thread and hop in.

A note on Gaal rank structure:
Alpha - Captain
Beta - First Officer
Gamma - Commander
Delta - Lieutenant
Zeta - Ensign

Omega - Special Rank
Reserved for Morale Officer

By the way... Animarnia, you mention that the planet you are orbiting was the home of bipedal anthromorphs, which description would fit my race(s) minus the Avians. Could possibly be a colony, if you're willing to do some rescue and recovery.

Found a picture that looks like how I imagined Devenis (finally), it's a early terraformed version of Mars.

Devenis (http://i70.photobucket.com/albums/i116/Belcameron/mc11.jpg)

It was founded just before the war and thus is not on many records, Planet has a huge amount of natural resources. Even during the raise in population from 800 million too 6 Billion and local government was able to build homes for every citizen.

Under law every citizen is still actually protected by the Federation, but they are under a sort of 'Lease' to the Confederation Government until the Federation comes back.

The shipyards were made to contruct small to medium Cargo craft but have been transformed to be able to contruct much largers military grade classes.

Devenis is the riches system in the sector, thus the Confederate Fleet is desperate to assure nobody finds out about to planet ripe for picking.

A picture of Alpha Teshla can be found below.

Did Mega lose interest too?

No idea, im just hoping Romulan Republic is still in.

Was going to involve him in a few plots.

Also had another down session during the time most of you guys post, so that tends to kill a Rp

Yeah, jolt has been going funky pretty much every time I go to post over the last week or two.

I will keep posting tho, I like this Rp and since I have got a bit rusty I need things like this to bring me backup to speed.

I'm enjoying actually getting to play my Gaal a little. Furries in space ftw! ^.^

Sorry for taking so long, I was waiting on Phen to post so I could get two in one and school has kept me since then. Will post either tonight or tomorrow.

can I play as a Goa'uld? or maybe a small new alliance of system lords?

I'm going to slap out a resounding NO vote on that one. This is Star Trek not Stargate. The technological differences alone would be murder. Plus I just don't like them.

well, wasn't it said that we are allowed made up races, so i didn't see any harm, but whatev.

yes, you can make races up, but that's not what you're asking. You're stealing a race that exists in an entirely different universe, firstly. Secondly, you're asking to play a race that has the power and technology, not to mention the organization and resources, to essentially take over mostly unopposed. Everyone else has either a few ships or internal political problems to deal with. For myself, I'd need a very explicit run down of exactly what you intended to enter into this. We've lost two gm's and have achieved a pretty decent balance of posting and power-play between those who are still here. I, for one, do not want that balance upset.

Also, to everyone else, i'll be posting in the IC thread tomorrow. Bit of a hectic day, sorry. Creative part of brain has been ko'd for today.

He has a point, The Confederation has just been reformed and even if it is one of the more powerful nations in the galaxy I have nowhere near enough ships to overrun anybody.

What sucks is we lost the nation playing the Federation and there is nobody playing the Klingon Empire (one post does not count) or the Cardassian union (tho the later was so weak after the Dominion war I doubt it still exist's as a power of any sort)

What we could really use is some people coming in and trying to fill in Canon positions if anything, sure my nation is not exactly canon but I worked it into Canon the best I could and I wanted to play as a Tyrannical Empire for a change. Being the Diplomatic and friendly Phenixican Empire was getting boring.

If you all like, I can take over the role of the Federation.

I think that the primary objections to the Go'auld would be eliminated if some method of suppressing their military strength could be put in place.

If, say, a renegade System Lord with an all-but-destroyed Mother Ship colonized a planet with nowhere near the technology that they had, and has built a small but not exactly overwhelming space navy, that might be workable, no?

...and we adapt their tech to ST specs--subspace instead of hyperspace, etc.

Discussion? Negotiation?

The problem there is the fact that the Go'auld are a parasitic race. Anywhere they go, all they have to do is let loose a swarm of little baby snake thingies and everyone around them becomes a new warrior for them. It's just the fact that their personal, not ship, PERSONAL technology far overwhelms anything that is found anywhere in ST outside of the massively powerful races that have transcended physical form, such as the Q. Another thing is the fact that Go'auld mother ship is essentially a fleet in and of itself, considering the sheer size of them and the amount of crew they carry. A single mothership can land on a world and unleash enough warriors to decimate its population. Thirdly, a go'auld mothership is way, way overpowered. The only people who have ever been able to challenge them were the Asgard. Who are a near-dead civilization. There are just too many complications to make it work without an extremely talented person behind the wheel. I, personally, would be iffy whether I would pick up such a challenge myself.

Also, I have no problem with DS taking over the Federation. You seem to know enough to handle things. Wouldn't mind the Romulan Republic taking over either. Absolutely excellent penmanship there, if he ever comes back.

I really hope someone finds Selinia and Reshnik amusing. I decided on those two mainly for the comic relief. Could have used anyone else down there if all I was after was plot devices. Just trying to add a bit of lighthearted humor to a thread that is otherwise rather dismal and grim.

The only people who have ever been able to challenge them were the Asgard.

three ,you forget the Replicator's who would just take over the ship and Ori
But this thread Star Trek not SG as you say

Yeah. The biological vector thing sorta does lead to problems. Sorta like what Kahn did to Chekhov.

Happy fourth of july! I'm not going to be posting probably for the entire weekend, so don't do anything important without me!

I'll hope that last post wasn't too "adult" for anyone. I've been meaning to develop Teshla and Murlan's relationship, but haven't had a chance. And seeing how the Romulan's aren't going to be getting there for a while, I decided to take this chance. Also gave me a chance to do a bit more character development with Alpha Teshla.

To Marionetta/DS: Also, please remember that my Gaal were in contact with the Federation and are sending a diplomatic delegation. Now that we have a Federation again, I'll bring them in next post.

I'd be willing to try my hand at the Klingons if no one is opposed to the idea. They're the only race I'm really familiar enough with to play besides the Federation. Maybe. Not sure if I really could, but I'll try if everyone else is amenable to the idea.

Yeah I think thats fine, at this rate might need somebody to take-over for the Romulans aswell.

But he seems to take a few days to post so I am not sure.

Yeah, I can't do that though. I'm nowhere NEAR knowledgeable enough on them to walk in those shoes. He's got some damn fine talent, you must admit. And also, once the New Borg establish friendlies with the Gaal they'll be more than willing to help those nasty old Mechos get buddy buddy with the Feds too.

I agree totally, it's a shame if he left.

I didnt know enough really about any nation other then the Federation and my small obsession with the Mirror Universe.

Klingons would of been good since I have borders with them which could of lead to border disputes and the like but that guy who claimed them only did one post.

We actually had decent amount of people when it first started.

Personally, I'm very happy with what we do have, if the Romulans stick around. I really enjoy reading the internal political struggle. Very Romulan, that. it would be nice to have the other factions join, but I'm personally content to stick with what's what and continue on.

However, again, I'll play the klingons if there are a few more voiced opinions on the matter.

Also, I wonder whatever happened to O Boyce...

...not to mention Anamarinia...

Sorry, I accidentally posted as my other nation and had to delete. As you can see, I'm still here. My apologees for the slow up dates, but forum malfunctions and school work have combined to make my life hell. And I may be unable to post for another few days. I'll try to post again tonight to keep everything up to date, though. Just nobody take over the Romulans while I'm gone, or I'll kindly ask a mod to delete it;):).

Yes, it sucks we're down to what, 4 regular posters out of about a dozen? But no need to panic. I'm in an RPG on another forum that went for several pages with just 3 posters, myself included. Still, if you can recruit more posters, do so. I can try a recruitment drive in my two regions, if that's okay with everyone.

Thanks for the compliment, Vulpes Vixenis. I really enjoy writing the Romulan's internal politics. They strike me as the most competant major faction in Star Trek, but their internal politics is so rarely elaborated on. It gave my a lot of room to try new ideas, and I hope the result has been mostly good so far. And yes, your last post was very "adult", probably as much so as anything I've ever read. However, as long as it does not violate forum rules or in any way risk getting this thread locked, however, I guess I don't have a problem with it. I'll give you credit for trying to write a unique Star Trek alien as opposed to "humans with forehead bumps". If more profesional Star Trek writers thought that way, the show might still be on the air.

Well since the Phenixican Empire was dissolved about a year ago, I cant really recruit any close friends.

Hopefully these last few post make people see there are still positions OPEN (wink wink, nudge nudge, say no more say no more)

Well, I'll do what I can to recruit a few more. My current region is a group of writers, so if I can get any interested, they'll be able to write good posts at least.:)

Il reply tommorrow, I just made like a 7 paragraph reply and when I posted it, it decided that it would chuck a hissy fit and it did not post.

Happens everytime I try and make a decent post and then when it fails I get impatient and shorten it.

I'd like to join

Feel free. :) :) :)

@RR: Thanks for telling us about your region. Moved DS there, for reasons described in the regional forum. Thanks again.

I'm going to be moving on Vulcan soon. Anyone interested in playing Vulcans? I'm acting on the assumption that the Federation is still out of regular contact with them(though if anyone plays them, they can do so however they wish).

Signs of a dead Rp starting to appear

No signs of an impatient poster. Nope. Not here.

;) :D :)

lol, was hoping somebody would correct me :P I like this Rp

Hopefully its not dead yet. Im not done with the Romulan Republic yet, not by a long shot. Still, if worst comes to worst, I'll just start a new one.;)

Well, if I must be serious, and not just point out my own impatience (and that, I suspect, of others), then I'd like to thank RR.

You're the one who's put the conflict in this story. There's a three way battle shaping up between the Reconstituted Federation, the Terran Empire and the Romulans--and RR is the glue who's holding it all together, IMHO.

I'd like to see this thread continue long enough for the Federation/Anamarinian/Gaal/New Borg to come together and join in this.

Thanks very much. But the others are excellent to. Threads like this prove that Star Trek would be much better if it were written by a few intelligent fans instead of network executives.

LOL!

Yeah. *I* should be the ultimate arbiter of Star Trek plotlines!

Sure.

:mp: :soap: :mp:

Il reply tomorrow, sorry guys I moved down to Victoria today so dont have the time gotta unpack

I'm not dead yet either, just been hoping Animarnia would reply. if not, i'll press on in a day or two.

I, too, hope that Anamarinia is still in the RP.

Il reply tomorrow, sorry guys I moved down to Victoria today so dont have the time gotta unpack

Victoria, British Columbia?

No Victoria is the South Eastern state of Australia, I was living in New South Wales.

Im in Victoria BC.

Sent a TG to Animarnia. Waiting for rply.

I apologize for the lateness of my reply. Midterms and projects have conspired against me, plus I'm starting work next week, so lots of paperwork to fill out and running around to gather the pertinent information. I'll try to keep up better.

Forty Lashes With A Wet Noodle!!!!!!!!!

Also, changed my mind about the Klingons. I've got too much on my hands now to deal with two races. Very sorry.

We can just have the Klingons as a bunch of scattered pirates for now. Given their tendency to fight "honorably" to the death, its not hard to imagine them being wiped out. Or I could give it a shot, though I'm hardly a Klingon expert.

Vulpes Vixenis dont think it was a problem with your cloaking device that got you detected, but the sensors on Devenis scan for disturbances in the space around it. The Romulans who blend into the space around them to simply hide and are harder to find, your ships as you said make a disturbance in space in order to hide.

If yours ships simply blended in with there surroundings you wouldnt stick out so much to the Sensors around Devenis, Since the Terran Empire conquered and stole technology from alien races (like shields from the Andorians and tractor beams from the Vulcans) they also have allot of information about the capabilities of other races.

but a attempt to setup a Inteligence network...that will be fun hehe

Good thing about playing a barely explained faction is the freedom you get with the History and events.

Heh, are you meaning you or me with the "barely explained faction" bit? I thought I laid out their racial history pretty thoroughly...

Also, I was working from my understanding of borg cloaks. Supposedly, they basically create a subspace bubble around themselves or something like that, which bends normal space around them, effectively hiding them from the vast majority of sensor technologies, including making it difficult for their own ships to detect a cloaked borg ship. Unless someone was specifically scanning for subspace disturbances, which most normal sensor sweeps do not do, anything else would simply ripple over the surface of the bubble, including gravometric scans, producing at the most an insignificant blip.

Of course, I may be entirely wrong in my recollection of borg cloaks and/or be thinking of some other race entirely, or maybe I just thought I knew what I was talking about and made it all up. Whatever the case, I'm sticking with that as the explanation for the new Gaal cloaking device, adapted and bastardized from other cloaking cultures.

As I think I said before, and if not I should have, I'm really horrible with the technologies involved in the series, even though I know enough to get around a Federation vessel without poking anything that'll kill me. So, if I end up involved in a fire fight, expect me to run rather than stand my ground. I'd rather give myself a little damage and survive, than not know what the hell I'm going up against and end up insta-popped but not realize it.

On another note... DS? Not that you've done anything overly inappropriate, but I would be appreciative if you left actions more open-ended where my people are concerned. It's just the last post, mainly that I hold issue with, nothing else has been much to criticize, just responses to relatively predictable actions, other than your temporarily taking control of Reshnik just prior to transporting aboard the Prophet's Hope. Beyond that, I have to say you're a most excellent writer and roleplay companion.

Sorry. I try to avoid that. In fact, I had to gloss over the diplomatic meeting because the alternative would have been taking control of your characters there. I mean, I wrote that they made it to the buffet without incident, but that's hardly character control. As I said, I went out of my way NOT to get too up close and personal with your folks.

I'll try harder. I'm sorry if it didn't turn out like I planned.

So, what about the Klingons? Leave it, or do you guys want me to take them over? Or does anyone else want to?

Normally, I'd jump at the opportunity. I designed one of the early websites for The Empire, a Klingon group that broke off from KAG. But my hands are too full with the governments I'm running now.

Also to think about: with everybody about to meet at Vulcan, who's going to RP the Vulcans?

What's KAG?

I could RP Vulcans, but then we have no one for Klingons

I'd prefer the Vulcans to the Klingons. As it was said, it's believable that they could have been mostly wiped out save for a few survivors who have turned to pirating.

Also, like I said, DS, you've done nothing overly reprehensible. Just sometimes there's that little bit of cultural etiquette to worry about, or a particular personality quirk I wanted to work in. Like I said, though, you're great to work with.

Thanks. I appreciate that. I like RPing with you, too.

Usually, furbies are a lazy writer's excuse to use stereotypes in lieu of character development. You don't do that, VV. Your species add interesting quirks to individual characters.

So...if you want, maybe we should TG each other when there's something we're trying to do.

Well I thought the Vulcan's would be one of the more likely planets to survive the war. It's pretty much the second most important planet after Earth itself and would of been just as heavily defended.

Pirating does not sound like the Vulcan's either, they would most likely be just rebuilding and if anything would be another Planet that would be trying to bring the Federation back together.

There's plenty of room to work with the Vulcans.

Do you want them to turn semi-xenophobic? "It is not logical to trust those who have failed to protect you." Or do you want them to be more outward-looking? "It is not logical for one to isolate oneself when the good of the many is at stake."

Do you want them to bring out the mystic powers that have saved them in the past (one book went so far as to have the Vulcans cause Rigellan raiders to sabotage their own ships--and there is the ancient weapon that turned one's aggression into energy and used it to destroy the aggressor)? Or would you rather have the survivors turn to (and rebuild) the remnants of the technology that they had used?

What should HAVE happened to Memory Alpha? (I'm planning on setting up something similar for the Borg called "Memory Delta," and run by Vox Populi, after the New Borg get going. The Vulcans, I hope, will give them the idea. But I digress.)

Really really sorry for the absence. Mom sold the house and conscripted all us kids to come help move out of the old and into the new, even though half of us don't even live there any more. Well, life happens, I guess. I really do apologize.

lol, no problem I have moved house like 12 times in my life and im 18. I understand.

My parents used to rent houses to college students. Believe me, I understand what "cleaning house" means. ;)

So...when are you going to post, VV? I'm sorta blocked waiting for you.

Here's a question... Is everyone taking Echo 3 to be the comm station at Vega? You all seem to be separating the two, so not really sure.

Im taking it as a old yet working United Earth communication device, which allowed the first NX-01's to remain in contact with Earth and go long distances.

I might be getting evicted from my apartment on monday, so don't expect anything from me til at least tuesday. Will try and post tomorrow though.

I'll keep my fingers crossed fer ya. Makers tyopin klinda hard, thopugh./

Im still around guys just dont know what to write really

I don't mind taking the Klingons too if we need some to spice things up a bit; since we're all spread across the Galaxy; things will be spicing up at "home" for me soon; with the new ship thats been found ;) I smell a Coup

I count two new ships that have been built (Nuremberg and Fist), but none that have been found. What have I missed?

I have had the Fist since the first post, it's the flagship of Imperial Starfleet

Yes. It's still a new ship with the latest technology, though.

What I think the post was referring to, however, was the very old ship that the Animarnians had found that happened to have a level of military technology that they, with the help of the New Borg, are only now able to think about surpassing. The ship was, in fact, a relic.

I'm afraid that my posting will be sporadic at best for the next three weeks, as I am moving cross-country (leaving in about 30 hours). I will attempt to post one more update as Romulans before I go, but will then be dependent on public libraries and internet cafes until the middle of September:(. My apologies, and I really hope this thread doesn't die while I'm gone. I still have several unresolved plots with the Romulans.

Im still around guys just dont know what to write really

My next post should give you something to write about:).

Well, it looks like things finally died for good. No response from the Romulans either in the nebula or at Vulcan, none from the Terran Empire at Vulcan, and my poor ferrets seem to have been forgotten. Though, they'll be asleep for about eighteen hours anyways.

Twenty pages is a good run though, with no gm for most of the time, I'd say, and no real driving plot beyond that which we ourselves have devised. It's been particularly fun playing with all of you, particularly the Romulans and DS/Marionetta, and I'll hope to meet you in future threads. If either of you are interested, I do need talented players over in my Dark Tower thread and would welcome either or both of you to fill the empty slots and help get things rolling again. Two players dropped and the other two post only very infrequently. It's a thread that I'll see through to completion even if I have to go it alone, but I'd much rather not have to go it alone. It's no fun... v.v Anyways, i'll keep watching this thread to see if it picks back up, but I'm not overly optimistic.

I haven't forgotten your two ferrets, I just don't know what to do with them. They're asleep.

Right now, I'm basically blocked waiting for Animarnia. OTOH, if Rom has gone down, that would pretty much be the death knell for the thread anyway.

Will look into the Dark Tower thread.

It is not dead, at least not on my account. I'm moving cross country, searching for an apartment, and this was the first day I had a chance to find an internet cafe and log on. I will be posting more today or tomorrow and if no one has taken the Vulcan's, my next post will be as the Council of Vulcan.

Glad you're still with us, RR. Short Story is getting to be an awfully lonesome place.

The folks at the horror magazine have convinced me to try my hand at another short story. Wish me luck getting it finished.

Good luck with that. And I'm not going anywhere, I just have a busy life these days.

Anyway, there are a few posts up now, so it seems this isn't dead yet.

Internet is down at home, reason for the delay. Glad to see things will continue. Very much like this thread. Will be posting at work, but expect no more than once a day.

Internet is down at home, reason for the delay. Glad to see things will continue. Very much like this thread. Will be posting at work, but expect no more than once a day.

I wish I could manage once a day in any rp. If its not being bussy with moving and then university, its a case of writer's block. Oh well, I'll try to put something up later today.

Going to be having a tough time posting, too.

Motherboard on main computer burned out.

This is being typed on a 15+ year old IBM Thinkpad 760.

Um... Not to be, like, rude or anything, Phen, but could you try and edit that last post of yours? I'm having a very difficult time making sense of it... At least the first part. The second part I got okay, just the first half seems a bit muddled. >.>

First part is simply spelling out the fact that the Federation, clearly stated, is showing weakness by allowing the Gaal so much influence in there politics to quickly and the Vulcans with Logic on there side would see it as a sign of weakness. The Vulcans by now would want a ally that is actually useful after a devastating war like the one with the borg you want actual protection not a alliance just based on the past.

The second half just is a insight to show John is thinking the same thing, Federation is weak the Gaal's have way to much influence so quickly to the point they can already act as ambassadores to the Federation and the Romulans are going againts there nature in every way. The evil bad Terran Empire is sitting on the bench waiting for the fireworks because it has no interest in taking Vulcan for itself so it will not fight for it. Your nations are naturally assuming the opposite and thats what the advantage of the Terran Empire, deception.

Like I said in the post, it's a powder keg waiting to explode because there is noway you can pull off a peaceful yet realistic ending to the scenario. I know my post do seem quite noobish and most of the time thats because they are rushed because Roleplay is a second if not that third past-time compared to everything else, but I have been doing it for awhile (most of the time playing as one character so this is kinda new for me I admit) I peaceful resolution to the tension on Vulcan would ruin any sort of realism (as real as a rp based on a fantasy/sci-fi could be)

I thought it was excellent role play, Phen. Romulans are known for their arrogance, and for making war where there is none. IF this were an all-out war, the assessment would be correct; however--and I'm sure you know this--the Roms have underestimated the vigor of the Gaal culture and the talents of men like Scott and in particular Ramirez The Art of Diplomacy. And they don't know about the New Borg and the Animarnians yet. Don't put it past Ramirez to put together a coalition that changes the whole dynamic of the situation. Notice that I did NOT write "manipulate things behind the scenes." The thing that makes Ramirez good is that he allows his allies to shine, and to get credit for the good that they do. This could be very important in the posts ahead.

The post was more from the Terran Empires view point, John hides his Xenophobia and the thought of a Human government using aliens for power to him is weakness.

Cameron simply thinks of it as weakness because his and Perius hopes were in a powerful and reliable Federation that can bring back order to the quadrant but seeing the Federation so weak upsets them.

I understood the intent behind the post, it was just kinda foggy to me what was actually being said. The grammar and wording was confusing. I got the main meaning, though. And I never said he was bad or anything... >.> Why is it being assumed I did? I may favor ds/marionetta but if I didn't like the rest of you too, I probably would have given this up for dead the first time it died for a week instead of sticking around for the... what, fifth dead zone?

Sucks no more people have joined in a way, so many more nations that would be interesting.

Imagine the Dominion taking advantage of the situation or something like that, wish the guy who was playing the Klingons stayed because I wanted them to be the main threat to the Terran Empire because of John's hatred of Klingons and Cardassians would of lead to some good drama.

Romulans replace it kinda, but not much is known about the Romulans in the Mirror Universe.

Sucks no more people have joined in a way, so many more nations that would be interesting.

Imagine the Dominion taking advantage of the situation or something like that, wish the guy who was playing the Klingons stayed because I wanted them to be the main threat to the Terran Empire because of John's hatred of Klingons and Cardassians would of lead to some good drama.

Romulans replace it kinda, but not much is known about the Romulans in the Mirror Universe.

I for one am glad the Dominion is not involved. The Dominion would presumably be unharmed by the Borg invasion of the Alpha and Beta Quadrents, and their involvement would mean a rapid conquest of all of us including the Terran Empire. Anything else would kill any sense of realism in this thread. As for me, in a case anyone's wondering, I'm opperating with one or perhaps two true capital ships, plus a couple others without FTL propulsion that are basically being used as orbital forts over my capital. And a bunch of scouts and escorts many of which are moddles over a century old. 10 Dominion fighters could likely give me a good fight.

Perhaps I'll have one of my units scout Bajor and report that the Wormhole is closed. We need some explanation for why the whole area isn't flooded with Dominion ships. Perhaps the "Prophets" closed the wormhole to keep the Dominion from interfering post-war.

I thought it was excellent role play, Phen. Romulans are known for their arrogance, and for making war where there is none. IF this were an all-out war, the assessment would be correct; however--and I'm sure you know this--the Roms have underestimated the vigor of the Gaal culture and the talents of men like Scott and in particular Ramirez The Art of Diplomacy. And they don't know about the New Borg and the Animarnians yet. Don't put it past Ramirez to put together a coalition that changes the whole dynamic of the situation. Notice that I did NOT write "manipulate things behind the scenes." The thing that makes Ramirez good is that he allows his allies to shine, and to get credit for the good that they do. This could be very important in the posts ahead.

You should not make the mistake of type-casting my Romulans. Certainly they are having dificulty moving past old ways, but their lead by a reformer, who's past and ultimate objectives I intend to reveal shortly. Also, Romulans are probably the most compitant major Trek faction by and large. They won't pick a fight they cant win(and never have. Usually, they have been isolationist).

It'll be interesting to see the new Borg involved at Vulcan. If I may say so, not a very diplomatic move. I won't be surprised if multiple factions fire on sight.

Not to worry.

Just please, please understand that, in RP's like this one, I ROLE PLAY. That is, I express opinions that I would expect my characters to have. I do not necessarily express my personal opinions. One of my characters, Zell, Chief Command Officer of Emperor's Choice, is an enjoined Romulan. She will have opinions of your Romulans that are very similar to the ones that I expressed--whether or not I happen to. She will not be privy to our OOC conversations. Please do not hold this against me, or think that, just because she says something, I happen to believe it.

Oh of course. I don't expect people to take what I say in an rp as my actual beleifs. However, you made these comments in a ooc thread, which is probably why I interpereted them as I did.

I'm really horrible with ship sizes, but just fyi the Gaal don't have anything big enough to be called a capital ship, I don't think. What I'm aiming for is about Voyager size, but if that's too big, i guess intrepid is the next size down? They're about half the size of a galaxy class like the Enterprise (which is biggest, I think from the charts I looked at). >.> I'm really, really horrible with ship sizes.

I'm really horrible with ship sizes, but just fyi the Gaal don't have anything big enough to be called a capital ship, I don't think. What I'm aiming for is about Voyager size, but if that's too big, i guess intrepid is the next size down? They're about half the size of a galaxy class like the Enterprise (which is biggest, I think from the charts I looked at). >.> I'm really, really horrible with ship sizes.

Voyager is an Intrepid class star ship. And its less than half the size of the Enterprise D, unless its horribly undermanned. It had about 150 crew, and their were over a thousand on the Enterprise D.

As for me, I have one true cap ship opperational, but its an obsolete type. I also have two other sitting at my capital. Their warp drives are off line, so their acting as system deffences. The rest of my fleet is fighters and obsolete frigites or destroyers.

The New Borg have three tactical cubes, not particularly well maintained, one of which is a recently-salvaged derelict, and a hollowed-out asteroid. The asteroid has significant defensive firepower, but it's slow. The cube ships can stay in a battle for a little while, but they'll run out of supplies in a hurry.

Thinking of making a whole new nation based on the Mirror Terran Empire

I have started this nation in order to roleplay at the current Terran Empire in the other universe, if anyone is interested in going to the introduction thread go here.

http://forums.jolt.co.uk/showthread.php?t=569082&highlight=Darkness+Mirrow

Now that I have gotten a little more free time in my life... I'm gonna try and get back doing this stuff. I really do appologize for seemingly disappearing, but... Well, I'm sure you all know how the economy is working, and being on the low end of the scale, I tend to catch all the crap as it hits the bottom of the hill. I'm trying to get myself caught up on the thread and I'll post in as soon as I have done so. Hopefully, I haven't been written off completely. :)

Now that I have gotten a little more free time in my life... I'm gonna try and get back doing this stuff. I really do appologize for seemingly disappearing, but... Well, I'm sure you all know how the economy is working, and being on the low end of the scale, I tend to catch all the crap as it hits the bottom of the hill. I'm trying to get myself caught up on the thread and I'll post in as soon as I have done so. Hopefully, I haven't been written off completely. :)

You're not. I believe one of my officers was negotiating with your forces near Devenis. I have some plans for that unit. Interested? If so, I'll send you an IC message in my next post.

Sure, just gimme a day or two to catch up.

I left your bigwig characters in the group on Vulcan and The Kids in Animarnian space. The bigwigs are free to join Scotty or go their separate way. I suppose I can find an excuse to get Dulcie and The Kids involved if I need to.

We could always have them testing out a few of those joint Borg/Animarnian (sp?) destroyers that Hal and the Ambassador designed back on Emperor's Choice.

I thought the post was pretty respectful, m'self... :) :) :)

DS: Thanks for keeping my babies safe.
RR: I'm caught up and will be posting.

cool. I just hailed your fleet. I have a proposition for a joint recon/raid of Devenis.

I wonder how long this will go on? Are we going to try to settle this in one short battle, or is this going to turn into a longer war? I'm cool with either really, since I've got time and I haven't run out of ideas for my Romulans.

Well the fleet is at Earth, all that is left at Devenis might be a few Imperial ships that surrendered to the rule of the Mirror's. I will make it so their is a Trident Class, because those ships just plain look cool :P

I want it to be a few battles at most 3.

Good. I want in on the action, but my Romulans might be late for the battle at Earth. The emerging Romulan Republic has major domestic issues, to the point where their more concerned by a civil war than a foreign invasion. So my government needs an excuse. Accordingly, I've dispatched a group of warships to Devenis to conduct recon under the pretext of responding to the Terran's distress call. The idea is to provoke the Mirror Universe fleet into firing on them, giving a justification to enter the war.

XD You guys go too fast! Meh, i'm only able to post every two days or so atm, what with work and school and all. Just glad to have internet back. I'll try to keep up though. Sorry for being slow. I'll be doing an actual post tomorrow.

I sort of lost me muse, I think i rushed it to much. Originally everything was meant to happen so much slower. but because the thread died I have to speed it up.

I sort of lost me muse, I think i rushed it to much. Originally everything was meant to happen so much slower. but because the thread died I have to speed it up.

Slow down. I'd rather wait I few days than have it die out because you rushed it and it sucks. Besides, not all of us can post that regularily.

We've kept going this long, we can wait a few days.:)

Blah sorry again. Working all day, class all night... I'll post tomorrow, I promise, and I'll try to make it a nice long one.

how would you sign up for this?

You're in the right place.:) You should know two things first though:

First, the guy who started this left a while back, so its just the four of us here and their's no one really in charge.

Second, we've got a very complicated situation going in the IC thread, so if you don't read the thread throughly, you'll probably be completely confused.;)

That said, as far as I'm concerned you're welcome to join. Their used to be a sign up thread I think but its long dead and buried, so you might as well sign up here. You should probably post which faction you want plus some backstory. As long as it doesn't conflict with the rp up to this point, and no one else has a problem with it, welcome aboard.:)

Ha! There we go. Nice long post for you all. Edited in the attack mostly to help have a reason for the boarding craft to get through. Hope you like it all.

Silly me. I figured that the thread would be basically done after the Battle Royale ended...

Uhhhh, VV...

like...Emperor's Choice is one of the Borg ships. Didn't you mean the Agustus in your IC post?

Yes... I'm stupid. Got confuzzled somewhere, obviously. My appologies. Editing to fix.

Dilbert principal. Happens to us all. :)

Need a post from the Roms about the situation on Vulcan. I'm blocked on that subthread until this post comes through.

No you don't, your attacking the Borg!!!! you were like totally serious :P

Waiting on the Romulans before I post again.

Sorry for delay, I will post today.

Yet again, sorry for delay, feels like I've been working 24-7. I'll try to get a post in tomorrow. Very sorry.

Same here. Not work though: I'm traveling so I'm relying on lybrary computers. Since we hardly ever get snow on Vancouver Island, they took this as an excuse to shut down the lyabrary yesterday.:mad:

...no 'blem...

::snore:: ::snore:: ::snore::

:p :p :p

Blaaaarg sorry, brother is home on leave for a couple weeks for the holidays. He's in the Marines, like I used to be. Been spendin time with family between working and school. Bleh, really sorry guys. I'll get on posting first chance I get. Havne't been near a computer very often the last few days.

...no 'blem...

::snore:: ::snore:: ::snore::

:p :p :p and :p !

So sorry that I haven't posted much the last few weeks. I'm home for the holidays, my Mom's computer is an old piece of junk that can't access this site for some reason, and the lybrary gives you limited time each day. I've been using that time to try to catch up on this thread, but also to do various things that I can't on my Mom's computer. I finally managed to post last night. Hope its ok, since I don't know if I'll post again until after Christmas.

it's fine it is that time of year that not many people have time to post anyway. Heck I heading into town to buy some last minute stuff today.

Good thing with this rp is that atleast you guys tell the group when you might have some downtime, instead of just leaving randomly.

You're absolutely right! It's great to know in advance when someone's not going to be h

Hey, VV: starting to be a 'blem. Need a post to get Ramirez, the Gaal and the New Borg squared away.

Well, I'm back. Hope you all had a Merry Christmas, or whatever it is you celebrate. ;)

Going to go check the IC thread now. Try to post again soon. :)

Bump. Anyone here?

Nope. Sorry. ;)

Hrr. now that the holidays are over, and I've got no more excuses... Very sorry for not saying anything, haven't been near a computer much, either working or spending time with family. This coming Monday, I'll be laying in a big post for everyone and get myself back onto regular scheduling.

Again, apologies for the inconvenience.

I'm back from holidays to, so no excuses hear either. :)

Of course there are no excuses HEAR.

This forum is entirely written. There's no sound at all. No hearing involved.

:p :) :p

Name: Kabal
Race: Borg
Faction: Red Borg Collective
ship: Borg Cube(red glow)

still open right?

still open right?

Sure, why the hell not?

Having a second Borg faction could be... interesting.;)

^^ Resistance is...futile...

so where/when could I jump in?

is the other borg active?

is the other borg active?

Yes. And I strongly recommend you read the IC thread. No offense meant, and I know its a chore, but if you don't, well...

well i dont feel like reading a million posts.

well i dont feel like reading a million posts.

Then please just read the last couple pages at least.:)

kk ^^

Can my Cube also have a couple Borg Disrupters?(2x powerful as normal disrupters/fires red shots)

Can my Cube also have a couple Borg Disrupters?(2x powerful as normal disrupters/fires red shots)

I don't think upgunning a cube a bit will unbalance things terribly. Setting is post Voyager Trek, so the tech's about the best the setting has to offer anyways. But I'm not really in charge here, so I can't speak for the other guys. Still, I don't think anyone will care.

cools, ill get working on my post ^^

Nobody has a say, if people disagree in mass then something isint accepted :P

Besides one cube atm it no threat at all, the moment your Borg show the slightest sign of turning on us you will have every ship in the sector on your arse.

New Borg are different because they are practically people with Borg implants and not a huge collective.

Yes, but the New Borg (PAY ATTENTION, NORTH CALAVERES!) have the full range of Borg technology available to them, though their ships are a little ragtag right now.

If you want to cause your Borg and mine to meet (or to PREVENT them from meeting), the New Borg are moving to the Gaal homeworld. Ostensibly, they are going to be put on trial for what the Old Borg did. Vuples Vixens (sp?), however, tells me that he has a few surprises in store after they get there.

well i need to build up a fleet first before i do anything, that's why im securing myself a capital world and I'll assimilate two of the three ships in orbit over it.

For some reason what I posted Wednesday didn't actually post... SO, here we go again and hope it works this time...

Mind if I get involved? I am thinking of playing either Klingon or Federation tech, but either way they will become mercenaries.

I don't speak for the group, but I wouldn't mind seeing some Klingons in this thread.

In my original timeline for him back when he was in The Federation Star Trek RPG, Falsus was the New Borg Ambassador to the Klingon Empire for a while.

Klingons are long overdue.

TG sent to Animarnia.

Please yes, bring on the Klingons!

Great the space I watch over borders the Klingon's, It would be great to have another canon race. Heck we are still missing out on so many political factions that we would welcome anybody to take them.

Like the Cardassians, Ferengi and we need somebody to play as a third party on Vulcan so they can either join the Federation or not. When they join the Federation we can finally go about getting the other founding worlds to join.

Not to mention some of the TOS species like the Tellarites and the Andorians.

...and RPing the Rigelian syndicate could be *quite* interesting for the right person (I'm not devious enough).

I'm sorry its been a while. I tried to post yesterday I think, and it didn't work. Really late now, so I won't have anything until at least tomorrow night. Still, great to see more people posting again, and dealing with Klingons should be an interesting diplomatic challenge.:)

I'd like to join as the Ferengi, just got to work out what they've been doing since everything gone to the dogs.

I'd like to join as the Ferengi, just got to work out what they've been doing since everything gone to the dogs.

Presumably a good bit of war profitteering, if I know the Ferengi.;)

Good God, this thing limps on near death for months with just four people in it, and then four more people jump in in a week. Oh well, its a pleasant surprise.:)

yeah, if we can fill out as many Canon positions possible it would be fantastic.

I'm thinking that when things seemingly went bad for the federation, the Ferengi decided to leave the federation. Seeing no profit in staying allied with the hew-mons.

The Ferengi started to be more pro-active with dealings with old federation allies and enemies, with the vast galactic empires collapsing under the weight of their own conflicts the Ferengi had much to exploit. Grand Nagus Rom had tried to take the Ferengi down a more liberal (left-leaning) path and indeed some of that had worked... Women-rights had started to take off.

However he died, in an 'accident'. Without a set Grand Nagus the Ferengi people were in trouble. However there had been the suggestion that a competition would be held to see who earned the most money within one year. The Ferengi who has made the most profit in that time would become the next Grand Nagus.

And this where we are currently... a time of upheaval and strong desire for profit make this a very dangerous time to be a Ferengi.

looks like I'm down to once a week or so posting... but I'll keep posting when I get the time and am not dead tired. Working 50+ hrs a week is very telling on the body and mind, but it's good money at least. I'll try to make a post tomorrow, or... later today, as it were. On sunday, anyways, the 18th. I'll have a post in by monday at the latest.

*sigh* Here's warning. I'm about to lose internet (due to being evicted) and don't know how long I'll be gone. Got my nation set to vacation mode, and I'll be back whenever I get settled again. Please assume the Gaal find the New Borg innocent, which is what would have happened anyways. Busy packing, so can't really devote the time to a real post. I'm very sorry guys, I seem to end up doing this far too often...

*sigh* Here's warning. I'm about to lose internet (due to being evicted) and don't know how long I'll be gone. Got my nation set to vacation mode, and I'll be back whenever I get settled again. Please assume the Gaal find the New Borg innocent, which is what would have happened anyways. Busy packing, so can't really devote the time to a real post. I'm very sorry guys, I seem to end up doing this far too often...

Its fine. Sorry to here you're being evicted.

Doesn't effect me either way though. Many of the Romulans would probably support trying the Borg (and executing the lot), but of course they haven't been involved.

It's fine, I probably would of been forced to stay at Devenis no matter what anyway.

Hey. I'm a bit confused as to the state of the 'Red Borg' and the Klingons.

It seems my little Ferengi arrived just in time to not be noticed by the Klingons... I presume he's basicaly got claim to whatever remains of the ship?

I, the Klingons, never got into a scuffle with the Red Borg.

I, the Klingons, never got into a scuffle with the Red Borg.

ah, Figured out what happened... I'll think of something else...

I need to get in touch with the Klingons. Aren't some of your ships scouting near my boarder?

Roger, Roger

The New Borg are free again. This means that the Red Borg and the Klingons can have some company if they like.

I have yet to have contact with the red borg, unless I didn't catch that when I read. Anyway I am thinking I am go ahead and just find the cloaking device used on the Scimitar, since no one really took a bite on the story arc.

Hmm, I need to post more about the Romulan border. I guess we are going to have to knock some heads.....

I have yet to have contact with the red borg, unless I didn't catch that when I read. Anyway I am thinking I am go ahead and just find the cloaking device used on the Scimitar, since no one really took a bite on the story arc.

Hmm, I need to post more about the Romulan border. I guess we are going to have to knock some heads.....

I'm using a Scimitar Cloak on some of my ships. So its not "the cloaking device used on the Scimitar." Its widely available tech in my Romulan fleet at this point.

Pretty much everyone seems to be using high level cloaks at this point.

I decided to get rid of my cloaking technology, in order to make my ships full in line with standard federation technology. At this rate tho I am thinking about things getting so bad in Devenis it pretty much becomes a De-facto independent nation again.

I'll do more with that if I can ever get Ramirez out of those BORING negotiations with the neo-Roms...

Is this still open?

Afaict.

Dastardly Stench;14459276']I'll do more with that if I can ever get Ramirez out of those BORING negotiations with the neo-Roms...

So sorry I've been taking so long to reply. Unfortunately, I'm not going to have more time for the next couple weeks. Strike ending at university, will be going back to classes, with exams in a couple weeks.:eek2:

If I don't reply in the next day or two, please feel free to temporarily take Rameirez elsewhere. I'm sure my government would understand if he had pressing business elsewhere.;)

Just a thought:

Why don't we figure out what the folks on both sides are after, and just write the way that it all ended. It doesn't seem like this is going to be very dramatic, so why can't we just gloss over it?

Dastardly Stench;14463843']Just a thought:

Why don't we figure out what the folks on both sides are after, and just write the way that it all ended. It doesn't seem like this is going to be very dramatic, so why can't we just gloss over it?

Actually, I've got almost all I want. One more post, I could likely clear it up.

Is this still open?

Always is, we like having new players.