Something interesting about myself: I am a huge star trek fan. Star Trek Voyager and Deep Space 9 were my child hood (those and X-Files, Gundam Wing, Dragonball Z, and MASH). I am crazy busy/stressed right now because the store I manage is closing, so I am working closer to 50 hours a week then I want. Despite this, I love RP, and it one of my relaxation things, so I log on and check for updates at least once a day and will post withing a day or two of a GM post, one way or another!
Ship Name: The Intrepid
Universe Background: The Intrepid and her crew come from the young Galaxy of Valor Prime. A Star system that used to be ripe with resources, but the Valori people expanded far to quickly for their resources to support, and turned to space exploration at an early stage. Their ships were meant for deep space harvest and fabrication, but deep space is relative to their small naive scope of the universe.
Crew Complement: Fully staffed the ship employes 175 crewmen, most of them are engineers, mechanics, and scientists.
Ship Description:

The Intrepid is unique in that it has what is referred to as a Modular Hull. Due to its purpose of harvest and manufacturing, it has various formations that it can take, depending on the project at hand. During travel it is a simple ring, with the bridge residing at the bottom of the ring. Six thrusters allow the ship movement in any direction from any orientation. When not traveling quickly the ring remains open but has several arms that can be used to manipulate objects outside the ship like other ships for salvage, or asteroids. These arms can also be used for large construction or major repairs to another vessel. The Valori are a peaceful people by nature, after all. Having said that, they are not without their defenses. In a combat situation the inside of the ring is lined with a several photon laser cannons. These can fire individually or together to build a charge blast of considerable power. If might cannot overcome their foe, the ring will collapse and reinforce itself, all resources aside from repair, and life support are diverted to shield generators to keep the deflector array powered up long enough to either discourage attackers, or long enough for reinforcements arrive. Due to the nature of the ship, it is larger than most for its crew size, and do to the relative youth of the Valori people, her technology is low in contrast to some others. But who so any great minds on board, she will be quick to adapt to new technology presented to her.
Unique Capabilities: The Intrepid was intended to build resource platforms for deep space resource mining of moons, asteroids, etc. It is also a science vessel intended for experiments and research.
History of the Ship: The Intrepid was on its way to resource moon 16 (RM-16), or called The Broken Heart by the romantics due its asteroid assaulted form in order to begin construction on the harvest stations. This is the furthest any Valori had traveled from home, but that was what the Intrepid was designed for. As such the ship was relatively well stocked on almost all supplies needed for the journey and has an abundance of raw material for the construction process as the ship had not made it half way to RM-16 before being sucked up into a black hole.
Some Important People: Captain Sarah Parker, Youthful energetic and hopeful. First mate Tucker Knoll, capable diplomat, former soldier. Head Engineer Simone Sayer, brilliant, pessimist, paranoid. Head Scientist Albert Pegg, introverted, excitable, former university professor.

Something interesting about myself: Oh I'm just a guy who's got quite the appreciation for sci-fi settings, is into gaming, and is currently attempting to get through college. To be frank, I really don't have much to say about myself.

Ship Name:V.V. Pale Quiver

Universe Background: Valtorians, humans that hail from a sector of space known as "Rantora", are perhaps one of the smaller factions that dot the war torn region. While the territories around them have constantly shifted powers between the warring empires, the Valtorians were safe within their system of Valinos', unmolested by the outside conflict. In Valtorian society, one's status is everything, and whether it was displayed through wealth, talent, or dress, everyone knew exactly who they were dealing with. Valtorians had quite an interest in simple, yet refined life styles, which can be seen in their architecture, culture, clothing, and fighting styles. However as time passed, divergence movements began to take form. Valtoria's borders had been closed to the outside world, and entry to the planet was forbidden to outsiders. This did not stop the on-going trade in the western settlements that would later become known as the Western Republic unfortunately. As tensions increased, members of the Eastern Traditionalist Movement (Later becoming the Eastern Nations) began to carry out aggressive acts of terrorism in the west. Civil war broke out between the two parties, a war that lasted only four years. Each side employed riflemen, armed with modified bolt action rifles, and skilled swordsman which gracefully dealt with their foes in close quarters. Valtoria came under siege by an outside force during the conflict, which prompted millions of Valtorians to attempt to flee from their homeworld, rather than surrender to a foreign force. Thousands were caught by the blockade, or shot down during their attempted escape, and now the remnant survivors of Valtoria are scattered across the sector. For many, they follow the guidance of the Arche-Council, what can be considered a unified central government for the Valtorian people. Each pocket of Valtorian refugees have adapted their tactics to suit their new environments and their situations. Some commit to more acts of raiding trade fleets for supplies, while others may openly trade with strangers. Despite their differences, they are all unified by a common goal. A chance to reclaim their home.

Crew Complement:Valtorians are short in numbers, nor has their specialties ever involved space-faring vessels. This small frigate is crewed by a simple crew of seventy-four people. (32 Riflemen, 9 swordsman, 6 scientist/doctors, 15 engineers, 12 gunners.)

Ship Description:


The Pale Quiver is a 220 meter long frigate, which specializes pursuing targets, and agility. In the right hands, this frigate is capable of narrowly dodging incoming fire with key maneuvers. The ship itself is not of Valtorian design, it was instead captured by a Valtorian boarding party, and retro-fitted with energy weaponry(7 UV lasers turrets in total, 1 belly mounted particle lance) to aid in it's mission of extended recon. It also comes equipped with a strong energy shield, which protects the vessel quite nicely from energy weaponry, but kinetics can easily overwhelm the shield capacitors. Without the shields, the frigate at a massive risk, due to the light armor that surrounds the hull. Extra armaments include two torpedo launchers with a stock of twelve torpedoes in total. As for the ship interior, it's rather uninteresting when compared to the usual standard for a Valtorian ship. The crew quarters are crowded, the mess hall small. The crew however have managed to convert a portion of the ship's midsections for recreation, and a corner in the cargo-bay for training exercising.

Unique Capabilities:Speed and maneuverability are two words that can be used to describe this frigate's finer talents. Most of the ship's primary features are automated by the ship's primary computer, but all systems still have someone monitoring them and interacting with them if necessary. The ship was built around handling lengthy assignments, and therefore the primary thrusters have been modified to consume less fuel. An ECM system has also been installed to help with evading lock-ons and tracking methods.

History of the Ship:Ever since the Pale Quiver was captured by Valtorian forces, it's only known it's current crew for about three years. The Frigate has been assigned to numerous patrols around their settlement's portion of space, and recon missions into uncharted space for scavenging runs. Throughout it's on going three year deployment, it's been rather uneventful for the most part, save for a few assignments where they were defending their portion of space with several other vessels. The odds weren't in their favor, but their sense of duty outweighs their concern for personal safety. The crew spent most of their time either chasing off non-aligned vessels, or sending salvaging teams aboard derelict vessels and ship wrecks for supplies. That's what their last assignment was, just another salvaging run in uncharted space. That was the last time the Pale Quiver was on long range sensors.

Some Important People:

Captain Taris Val' Markurio:Taris wasn't actually the original captain for the crew. The original captain Jeckins was slain in battle during a rather brutal boarding assault, which Taris rallied the remaining forces in the bridge to his side, and made a counter attack against the invading force. The man himself was quite a renown swordmaster, skilled with both a blade and his trusty sidearm. Ever since his previous Captain's death, he's been reluctant to charge headlong into conflict, or battle. He's always been extremely cautious when approaching the unknown, and that's kept him alive so far, so he see's no reason to change his tactics.

Battlemaster Gregor Val' Hendrick:In Valtorian Military society, you either become a master of rifles, or a master of swords. Those who become both are known simply as Battlemasters. Gregor is a veteran of the Valtorian civil war, and going into his early 40s. His face bears scars of past conflicts. Such scars would generally diminish the pride of a Valtorian, but Gregor wears them with pride. After all, at the end of the day, he could say that he was the one who was still standing. Generally the Battlemaster commands the soldiers on-board, and acts as a bodyguard for the Captain when the situation demands it. His duty to the Valtorian cause outweighs everything else, including the captain of the ship.. if the captain proves to be disloyal to the cause.

Star-Seer Asha Valencia: Since birth, it was clear that Asha was gifted. After extensive testing, it was concluded that Asha possessed a moderate psionic capability. Despite her inherent blindness, she's always been quite sensitive to her surroundings, to how those around her feel, and of her position within space. For these reasons, it was decided by a member of the Arche-Council that Asha should be assigned to the navy as a member of the Star-Seer branch. Star-Seers are psionic navigators which are currently an experimental branch of the the Valtorian Navy that's undergoing testing. She was assigned to the Pale Quiver, due to the nature of it's deep space field missions, and it's tendency to travel across long distances of space. Aboard the Pale Quiver, Asha took her time warming up to the crew, and eventually began to act as a councilor of sorts for the assorted members of the crew. She's very reserved however, and prefers to keep to herself when she can.

Duster Corvin Belos: A civilian grade engineer, and one that was for hire too. Corvin has a talent for turning scrap metal into a thing of beauty, and then melting it all down again and actually doing something useful with it. He keeps the other civilian grade engineers busy by assessing the ship's current status, then handing out the tasks for them. If the ship's making strange noises, he's usually the first to hear it. Corvin was a scrapper found on one of the many Valtorian refugee settlements who like many others was looking for a job. He was approached by the previous captain of the Pale Quiver, who was looking for someone with the talents to scrap shipwrecks for them. Corvin was hesitant at first, but at the mention of pay, his hesitation quickly faded.

Helmsman Zarwen Jenis: A veteran fighter pilot from the civil war, Jenis decided to move onto the newly created Valtorian Navy after the fall of Valtoria in order to continue to fight for his people. The thrill and adventure of travelling stuck with the young pilot as he watched the stars go by his window, and he would later request to be assigned to a starship. He found his way to the Pale Quiver, where his skills as a fighter pilot were put to the test. Although it took some adjustment, practice, and time, the frigate feels just as comfortable to him as any old fighter-craft did. He's also been in the pursuit of excitement, and life as a navy-man has been anything but dull for him so far.

Something interesting about myself: I like swords.


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Manufacturer: The Guidemasters
Length: 230 meters
Width: 95 meters
Height: 80 meters

This organic bioship was created by the Exalted Hands of the Guidemasters, crafted unlike any other ship before it. The Wayward Step is a living vessel that links its entire crew through a neural interface. A capable volunteer has willingly given up her identity to become The Bridger. She is now symbiotic with the ship, forming a bridge between it and the crew. Because even though the crew are linked directly with The Wayward Step, a mediator must be present, one who psychically consults with its consciousness to keep it docile. If tempered beyond control, The Wayward Step can develop a mind of its own and operate independently.

Unique Capabilities: The Wayward Step has the ability to morph its shape and function to accommodate different environments like land, sea, and of course, space. It has the guile of a living creature, therefore its overall patterns of movement is nothing like a conventional spaceship. Due to its bio-engineered makeup, its system cannot be hacked into with standard tech. All foreign bodies that come in contact with the ship are immediately detected by The Bridger and alerted to the crew. Its defense systems include psychically generated shields made by The Bridger, which are then amplified by the ship's consciousness. Should hull integrity be compromised, it has the ability to reallocate materials for temporarily patching up damaged areas. Farming mineral resources from asteroid belts, planets, and even ships, will then be required to maintain overall ship integrity. Weapons systems consist mainly of plasma cannons, but its bread and butter lies within its ability to "infect" other vessels. When in direct contact with other ships, it can detach a small piece of itself to roam freely for a short period of time. In that duration it can be used to compromise ventilation or hydroponics systems, and through the assistance of The Bridger within a limited distance of the ship, can infect living organisms and compromise immune systems.

Her former life and name are no more. She is simply known as The Bridger. She, who is one with the ship, floats within the amniotic fluid of the Guidesphere above.

Like the rest of the crew, Nilu was a test subject of the Exalted Hand. With the help of The Bridger, they escaped from their captors and boarded The Wayward Step. Shipmaster Nilu is the only person with a naval space fleet background.

Something interesting about myself:
So I’m a massive fanboy of Rooster Teeth, specifically the Red vs blue franchise, and I may have the entire show on DVD.

Ship Name:
The USLS Oblivion

Ship Dimensions:
The oblivion has a length of 1,200 meters, a height of 300 and a width of about 150m

Universe Background:
The Human race was interested in the rapid expansion of the Milky Way galaxy. as more planets were colonised the Outer colony seemed to Grow further and further from the System of Elgamo. After a time the outer colonies slowly grew angry, feeling mistreated the rebelled Of course the insurrection started off with small little raids on government Transports and transport vessels and soon grew to planet-wide riots. Soon most of the outer rim was In turmoil. The United Space Legion (AKA USL) was set up to retain peace in these outer colonies Their military presence patrolled the trade routes and acted as an official Force of law in space, Whilst their Special Offices of Space command (AKA SOSCOM) ‘dealt’ with the militia leaders and kept the Outer rim under control. It is in this era of ‘peace’ that the Ship Oblivion was built.

Crew Complement:
Composed of about 1,100 men, the Oblivion is compiled mainly of scientists, roughly about 600 about 400 legionaries including engineers , and about 90 troops and 10 officers

Ship Description:
The Heavy Weight Research Ship; codename OBLIVION was originally intended as a heavyweight cruiser designed to quell the Forces of the insurrectionists. Once SOSCOM dealt with the insurrectionists the ship’s purpose changed. SOSCOM took control of the ship’s production, changing it from a heavy frigate into a research vessel. The Heavy cannons changed into Long distance radars and science arrays. Although the majority of the weaponry was altered to equipment, the main cannon An Anti Particle Accelerator Cannon,Known to the Crew as an APAC, as well as a few magnetic accelerators On each side. The Ship still contains the multiple hangar bays planned originally, but now are fitted for landing craft and a few small fighters. The space in the ship is a very sterile environment, and the majority of the lower decks are primarily for Labs and medical bays. Although primarily a research vessel there is still a considerable military force onboard in the form of marines and a couple of squads of Shock troops.

Unique Capabilities:

As an experimental research ship, the Oblivion's shields and defence are much higher than your standard cruiser. But it’s fire power is massively decreased, It’s the main cannon, although very powerful would only be a short blast and requires too much energy to power to fire constantly in a firefight

due to its size it isn't a very manoeuvrable ship but it has a fantastic straight line speed due to its experimental engines.

Its advanced sensor array allows for the ship to detect extremely distant disturbances in space-time, as well as determine substances via spectrometers.

History of the Ship:
Before being taken into the wormhole the Oblivion was assigned roughly 2000 astronomical, and physics research papers to complete on it’s 15 celestial year mission. Each paper having its own lab time, and 3 scientists assigned to it, once a paper was completed the scientists would then transfer to assist a different project. The latest Mission Was headed up by Kora stone, a budding physicist in the field of neutron stars, her latest paper being based upon the degradation of the neutron layer. Her research lead the Oblivion to the system Alpha hejalinas-99B When an unexpected gravitational disturbance appeared.

Some Important People:

• Captain Raiden Korten;
  At first glance, Raiden wouldn't be considered your average military officer. An outside of the box kind of guy Allows him to make strong well thought out decisions rather than taking orders at a first glance. He Often is known to situations into his own hands as he is a strong believer in the saying; "If you can't get a job done, Do it yourself!"
• Executive Officer Miles Cantar;
  Miles is the Steadfast military brain, She worked through the ranks of the USL and was accepted into the SOSCOM officer academy. Trained in hand to hand combat she prefers to head up the ground missions on possible inhabitable planets or boarding parties on Pirate ships. Often used as a second opinion for Raiden in times of distress.
• SOSCOM Science officer Alexander Haines;
  Often Referred to as DOC By the crew, he Is the brains on Oblivion's Mission into the Deep space void between the galaxies. It is his paper that the mission is originally based upon. Although the science officer he often dabbles in the Engineering of the ship, as it is controlled by an experimental Energy source allowing the ship to travel at thousands of times the speed of causality, well that's what they hope.
• SOSCOM Head engineer Steve Thirlwell;
  Dr. T Is the headstrong leader of the engineering department in the oblivion. Good friends with Alexander to two often converse about options of increasing efficiency and increasing the jump range of the ship. Although there are 'disagreements' between some of the science staff and himself about the owner of some the equipment on board.

Something interesting about myself: I am a Stargate fan which will soon become obvious as my ship will be based on that series. Aside from that I’m an avid video gamer which is what I do when I’m not RPing or prepping for my next few university years.

Oh yeah, and RWBY is love, RWBY is life.

Ship Name:
USS Helios

Universe Background:
In the year 1928 a circular object was unearthed near Giza, Egypt. This object, dubbed the stargate, was in fact an alien device capable of generating artificial wormholes to other stargates seeded throughout the galaxy by an ancient race. In the year 1997 the Stargate program was activated. Its goal was exploration, establishment of diplomatic relations with alien lifeforms, if they were found, and recovery of alien technology required to defend earth in case of an alien attack.

In the following 20 years the Stargate program forged alliances, made enemies, and acquired technologies which allowed the construction of space ships capable of hyperspace travel. The Asgard were the main providers of the technology needed to build space ships.

The Asgard were unfortunately dying. They did not reproduce by normal means anymore, instead they created clones of themselves and then transferred their consciousness in the new clones. After countless generations of cloning, the Asgard were faced with a disease that caused genetic degradation. Rather than merely dying off and allowing their technology to fall into enemy hands, they gifted their legacy to their human allies and subsequently committed a mass suicide by destroying their own planet while still inhabiting it.

Crew Complement:
Skeleton crew made up of around 30 individuals, which includes engineers, scientists and several marine teams.

Ship Description:


The BC-305 named USS Helios is the second ship of its class, the BC-304 being its predecessor. For the most part it operates as a Carrier despite possessing enough firepower on its own to also be classified as a battlecruiser. The main armament of The Helios consists of 8 F-302 fighter squadrons each made up of 4 fighters stored in 4 separate hangar bays. The hangar bays are also capable of maintaining, repairing and even producing more F-302s, provided enough resources are available.

In addition to that it carries a wide array of Railguns which mainly serve as a point defense system and 32 missile pods armed with Naquadah enhanced nuclear missiles.
Beside the point defense system, it is equipped with a number of asgard shield generators.

The Helios was designed to operate on its own for extended periods of time without needing to resupply. Thanks to its on-board AI, it is capable of operating with as few as 3 crew-members if needed, drastically reducing the required supplies.

Noteworthy locations on the ship include the bridge, engineering area, briefing room, large storage bays, mess hall, crew quarters, infirmary, armory, Asgard knowledge room and Asgard Computer core.

The knowledge room, which serves as the legacy of the Asgard, was originally installed a BC-304 called The Odyssey, but was later moved on-board the Helios.

Unique Capabilities:
Though already equipped with considerable firepower, the main weapons of The Helios are 6 Plasma beam cannons designed to take out capital ships much larger than the Helios itself.

History of the Ship:
The Helios had been on a guerrilla mission in the Pegasus galaxy, the goal of it being to combat the Wraith, a race of vampiric hive-based race, near the Pegasus outpost, Atlantis.
After sustaining considerable damage in an engagement with 10 hive ships, the Helios was scheduled to return to the Milky Way via the Supergate linking the two galaxies. As the Helios passed through the event horizon of the wormhole two hive ships attacked the gate itself and the wormhole connection was severed mid transit.

Some Important People:
Colonel Darius Mills:
Colonel Mills is the captain of the ship. He has a tactical mind and can quickly come up with a solution to any situation. He usually acts cold and calculated but has deep care for his crew.

Major Irene Luna:
The ship navigator, Irene is more high-strung than most of the crew. Even the captain has issues keeping her in check. Her attitude would have likely had her discharged from the Airforce if it weren’t for her amazing piloting skills and daring maneuvering in combat.

Major Thomas Fields:
All-around fun to be around, when on his post as the ships weapons officer, he puts all the fun stuff aside, his entire focus on the task at hand and never questions orders.

Dominic Foley:
Chief Engineer of the Helios, Dominic is quite the pessimist. He abides by Murphey’s law which makes him a valuable asset as he prepares for nearly any issue that can come up. If something can go wrong, it will go wrong and if something will go wrong Foley will fix it.

Dr. Eleanor Rose:
Dr. Rose is the science officer of the Helios. Most of the time she seems simply aloof and she wouldn’t pass a scientist at first glance. The crew, however, knows what she’s capable of and trust he implicitly.