Star Trek : The Journey Continues (title until I come up with a better name for it)

[BlueSky44]

USS Tricyion

It has been over 30 years since the USS Enterprise started its voyage of discovery. Starfleet has made some improvements since then in their starships, and lately have been sending out more scouting ships than ever before. Science vessels have also been in high demand, since Starfleet believes in learning about the newly discovered uninhabited planets. Soon, they created a new class of starships, one in which is small and great for scouting, but also is equipped with scientific equipment and the personnel to operate it. The new Nova class has taken off and you are on board one of the very first ones.

The crew of 78 people is full of qualified officers from Starfleet. From Engineers to Scientists, it is full of interesting people. Welcome aboard the USS Tricyion.

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Alright, obviously since this is a Starship, it needs a crew. Down below is a list of positions that are needed to make this ship operate. There might be some problems though, with figuring out what rank everyone on the ship is. Aside from the Captain position (I'm playing Captain so that the RP can continue on effectively), every rank is going to be randomized. Before you create your character, I need you to tell me what general position you would like your character to be in, I'll use a list and a random number generator to figure out what rank you are to make it fair for everyone, instead of having everyone call positions. Since that does tend to get confusing after a while.

There is also another little something I'm adding in here. Since this takes place 30 years after the Original Series, you are allowed to have your character related to someone from the original crew. Before you create your character, tell me which person it is so I can make a note of it. I'll only allow up to 2 characters being related to the same person, and you have to take about it with the other person. This is on a first come first served basis.

Now that all of that is out of the way. Time to start listing things off...

General Possible Positions
Bridge Crew
Science Officers
Engineers
Medical
Security

Possible OS Crew Relations
Kirk
Spock
Chekov
Uhura
Sulu
Scotty
(Bones isn't listed since I am making one for him. PM me if you want to use him too)

CS Sheet

Character Sheet

Character Summary

Name:
Alias:
Homeworld:
Race:
Age:
Rank:
Area of Expertise (engineer, medical, etc...):

Description

(please include a picture or something)
Height:
Weight:
Hair Color:
Hair Style:
Tattoos/scars:

Personality

(Write out your characters personality traits in either a list or paragraph form, must include 2 negative ones, need to make them seem normal)

History

Write a few paragraphs about their backstory

Choose a color for your character so it is easier for me to spot them.

Abilities

In either a list or a paragraph, tell me your character's strengths and weaknesses. What are they good at? Must have at least 3 weaknesses and no more than 5 strengths.

Unfun Part: Rules

1. You may have heard most GM's saying "GM's word is law..."blah blah blah. Well, All I ask is that you guys listen if I try to tell you something important. Especially if I tag you in a post.

2. Please let me know if you are going to be gone for a few days or something via PM. That way if something major ends up happening (like your Chief Engineer and the ship nearly blows up or something) I can work around it.

3. At least once every two weeks is when I'm posting. If everyone has a post in before that, it will be updated sooner. IF YOU DO NOT POST WITHIN THIS TIME LIMIT I will kick you out of the RP since I want to keep things moving and I know RL gets in the way sometimes. That is why it is 2 weeks instead of the usual 1, and why I am stressing so heavily of please let me know if you are going to be gone.

4. I'm going to ask for 2 paragraphs per post, and be as thorough as you can. Let me know if you can only get one good paragraph. If you tell me, than I'll be fine with it.

5. Have fun with this. Unlike a lot of people, I grew up watching a lot of Star Trek with my dad owning every series that they made of it on DVD. I hope that you all enjoy it!

Is anyone interested in this?

Link to Nova Class Floor plan: cygnus-x1.net/links/lcars/sd-uss-nova-..
List of Available races you can be: memory-alpha.wikia.com/wiki/Humanoid_s..

P.S. I edited the timeline a little, technically the Nova class wasn't created until 2370, and I'm technically having it around in 2315.

[Cyrania]

Interested. Either want to be a Vulcan medical officer or a Vulcan science officer. Which would you prefer? (I know Vulcan's are common, but they're my favorite Star Trek race. I'm a full Original Series fan myself.)

[BlueSky44]

Either works for me!

[Cyrania]

Alright, here's a quick idea. I'll accept the luck of the draw, though I would like her to be of a rank that would put her in a position to interact with the bridge crew and/or go on landing parties.

T'Plior

Character Summary

Name: T'Plior
Alias: N/A
Homeworld: Vulcan
Race: Vulcan
Age: 33
Rank: Lieutenant Commander (Chief Medical Officer)
Area of Expertise: Medical

Description

(A bit blurry but close to what I have in mind. Not my own picture)
Height: 5'6"
Weight: 110.2 lbs
Hair Color: Glossy Black
Hair Style: Pixie Cut
Tattoos/scars: None

Personality

Typical of one who follows the writings of Surak, T'Plior attempts to always be logical and never let emotions get in her way. Therefore, illogical situations can throw her for a loop, making it so that she prefers working to socializing with the crew. She battles with herself her tendency to obsesses over her patients' lives. She recognizes mentally that death is a natural part of life and that she can't save every patient. But she wants to be sure that she did everything that could be done to save them. For every time a patient dies, she struggles with the feeling of self-loathing for failing to save a life and a self-questioning about what else she could have done. Always, she buries the emotion and never lets it fully resolve so that she'll continue on. This inner conflict causes her to do anything to save those under her care, her own life would be meaningless if it could save a life under her protection.

She also has a real curiosity about the universe, one of the reasons she joined Starfleet and an accepted response to the world under Surak's teachings. Once her curiosity is awakened, she'll either ask directly about it or find any information she can about the topic. One of her favorite topics is genetics, though new races, new technology, and space phenomenon are at the top of the list.

Short List

Positive Traits

• Loyal
• Calm-headed
• Curious
• Hard Worker

Negative Traits

• Struggles against Self-Loathing
• No Social Skills
• Excessively Loyal
• Brutally Honest

History

Born and raised on Vulcan, T'Plior had a verily normal Vulcan childhood though she showed great aptitude in science and mathematics throughout her elementary and high school years. She found biology especially fascinating and looked at the future career routes that would allow her to focus on its study. She was also interested in exploration of the stars and so she looked into Starfleet Academy, where she eventually settled on the medical field since it allowed a logical use for biology and obeyed the call of Surak to value all life as sacred. Her parents accepted the logic of her choice and she left with their blessing.

Once there, she quickly realized that the school system founded by humans was fundamentally different from a vulcan school system. She adjusted as well as she could, carefully scheduling her time between classes, homework, meditation/sleep, and eating. She got to know some fellow cadets whose schedules coincided with her own and even studied with them in order to help them and get fresh insights if she didn't understand something herself. In that way, she survived university and received her medical license and a commision aboard the USS Constellation. On board that ship, she received her first on-duty experience and experienced her first patient death.

It was a security man who had been beamed up severely from a failed landing mission where the party had teleported into a war zone. Yet he died on the table, a patient under her care. She was completely numb afterwards, doing her duties exceptionally but mechanically. All the while, she wondered if she left anything undone she could have done. Her task was to prevent unnecessary death. Why had she failed? In meditation after her shift, she recognized that the emotion distracted her from her duty and suppressed the emotion. But the ringings of that emotion would have ripple effects, making her extremely loyal to her patients and going above and beyond the call of duty to save their lives. Every failure brought a recurrence of the emotion of the first death and were also suppressed as the first one had been. StarFleet eventually promoted her to Chief Medical Officer and assigned her to the USS Tricyion for the ship's maiden voyage.

Abilities
Strengths
1. Skilled with touch-telepathic abilities (such as Vulcan Mind Meld)
2. Skilled at Vulcan Martial Arts (including Nerve Pinch)
3. Strong-willed
4. Skilled Medical Practitioner (also knows traditional healing methods for when high-tech doesn't work)
5. Usual strengths of Vulcan biology (ex. heightened sense of smell)

Weaknesses
1. Refuses to take life
2. Considers own life valueless if it would save other lives
3. Fights against Self-loathing
4. Socially Awkward
5. Usual weaknesses of Vulcan biology (ex. deadly reaction to laughing gas)

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[BlueSky44]

@Cyrania

Well, this might work for you then, you seem to be following the footsteps of Bones. You got chief medical officer, you are the ships doctor and are of the rank of Lieutenant Commander. If your curious that rank goes to Chief Engineer, and the Chief Medical Officer. Not that bad considering.

[BlueSky44]

I added a few things to the character sheet. Like age and a new section.

[Cyrania]

Alright! Thanks. I will edit the parts to fit the changes.
Now two parts of the triumvirate are complete. Is your captain more of a Kirk or more of a Mccoy?

[BlueSky44]

Hmm... Well depends on what you mean.

Probably a little more towards McCoy (Most people would expect if anyone was Captain, they'd be related in someway to Kirk, I might have decided to go with a relative of Bones instead, hehehe...)

Personally, I've always liked Bones better than Kirk or Spock, him and Scotty were always my favorite characters.

[Cyrania]

All three of the main were my favorites, though especially Spock and Mccoy (especially how they bounced off each other and sparred). The dynamic among them was enjoyable. I also enjoyed Scotty, Sulu, Chekov, and Uhura though.

By that I mean dynamic wise. Part of the fun of the original series and something they somewhat tried to emulate with all other versions of Star Trek was how the "main three" could play off each other in an id-ego-superego matter or in other words emotion, logic, and the choice between. Explained well on Tvtropes about the Freudian Trio.

It's not a big deal, mostly just for the fun. The only way to get the same dynamics would be to have the same characters as the original. T'Plior is mostly a Spock, but has a very Mccoy-ish part to her. Your Mccoy-ish captain and her might have the same sort of snipe battles or they may head a very different direction. However it turns out, we'll have fun either way (if anyone else expresses interest).

[BlueSky44]

@Cyrania

I'm going to also post this topic in the General Interest Check, since it took me a while to discover this area existed and it might get more people to join in.

[Cyrania]

Sounds good. You may also want to put Tetra on as an example of how the character sheet works. People like to be able to have a feel for what the GM wants and an example character is a good way to achieve that. Just a suggestion.

[Cyrania]

I wonder if anyone would actually make a Kirkish Chief Science Officer. An impulsive scientist, always wanting to be in on the action, yet having to be the mediator when tensions rose too high between the captain and the ship doctor. The romancer aspect would be optional. Someone could have fun with that role.

Not a requirement though. It might be better with no Kirkish person or the Kirkish one might be in a different field like engineering or navigation. The stars are the limit.

[DepressedSoviet]

Figured I should at least make my presence known in this thread as well.

[BlueSky44]

@Cyrania

You know, having an example of a CS sheet sounds good to me. Also, having someone like Kirk as a science officer would be hilarious!

Example Character (Also the Ship's Captain)

Captain Tetra McCoy

Character Summary

Name: Tetra Anne McCoy
Aliases: Annie, Tey, Captain McCoy
Homeworld: Earth
Race: Human
Age: 29
Rank: Captain
Area of Expertise: A little bit of everything, strong medical knowledge

Description

Height: 5 feet 10 inches
Weight: 152 pounds
Hair Color: Black
Hair Style: Down, in slight wavy curls
Tattoos/Scars: She has a scar down the right side of her back from when she was in a fight during her teenage years.

Personality

Positive Traits

• Kind
• Brave
• Thoughtful
• Puzzle Solver

Negative Traits

• Hot-headed
• Impatient
• Occasionally Careless

History

Her father was always away on explorations for Starfleet. Her first few years in life, she was fatherless. When he finally was back on Earth after the Enterprise's last journey, she didn't even recognize him. Her mother had to tell her who he was. She didn't understand his absense until she was 10 years old.

When she was old enough, she convinced her parents to let her join Starfleet. Based on who her father was and her already extensive knowledge of human anatomy, many believed that she would be a medical officer on a ship. That wasn't what she had in mind. Tetra went into command training, she wanted to be a helmsman, or maybe even a Starship Captain. She ignored everyone else when they told her not to do it. She went ahead anyway, even her parents were worried that she would flunk out of the Academy. Quite the opposite occured though. She excelled at her lessons, easily mastering most of the basics, a few problems arising that wouldn't be much of a problem if she ended up in command of her own ship.

On her 22nd birthday, she managed to land a position as helmsman aboard the USS Kanon, flying the ship and taking control of it with ease. After a few years with this assignment, the Admirals at Starfleet wished to have her try commanding, so she became Commander aboard the Kanon when they switched personnel around. It wasn't until she was 29 that she finally got her very first command. A small science-scouting vessel that was brand new, and was one of the first Nova class ships. This would be her first command, she hoped that she wouldn't mess it up.

Abilities

Strengths

• Piloting
• Tae Kwon Do
• Tactical
• Medical
• Speed (she is pretty fast)

Weaknesses

• Engineering
• Stamina
• Strength

[Cyrania]

@DepressedSoviet

It will be fun having you on board. What kind of character are you thinking on playing?

@BlueSky44 Usually the example character is added to the first post. And it would be hilarious.

[BlueSky44]

Meh, I don't really care where it is. I just put it there in case people want to see it.

This is only the second time I'm the GM for something, so I'm still learning what I'm doing.

[Cyrania]

That's alright. From what I've seen, the most important thing a GM can have is a solid idea of what's going on in the game world and a clear idea of where the game can go, which you have.

[BlueSky44]

Thank you for that compliment...

Now, you would think there would be a lot more people interested in this, especially because Star Trek Beyond came out this past year.

All of the fellow Trekkies I know aren't on this site. Just two more people and I can get this running with the ability for people to just be able to jump in.

[Cyrania]

Do you know any sci-fi people with free time? Unless they really dislike Star Trek, they should be fine. I'm looking though the people I know to see who would want to come.

[Gunther]

I am interested. I have been a fan of Star Trek for a very long time.