Fandom Star Trek: Athena (set in 2387)

[Mitheral]

bump (what's our Interested count now?)

Looks like 4 ish

 

[Grim Wraithe Stjerna]

I would say that's accurate.

I assume there would be no problem with a Chief mixing in with the officers?

 

[Mitheral]

That's up to the officers, especially the Captain. I have no problems with it.

I have a counsellor in mind if noone else makes one. Specifically she was Rhand's counsellor when he was first encountered. She is Edi, a half Deltan, half El Aurian and looks like the Ancient One from MCU's Dr Strange.

For reference, Jonathan Rhand and Diane Miller will claim to be Prometheans (name taken from his ship, of course.)

The other format I had considered for a Star Trek RP was that of a new Frontier Class space station (DS9 type) built by Rhand. But that wouldn't be as adventurous. Kind of hard to go planet hopping like in TOS or TNG.

Would folks rather wait to see if we get a couple more?

 

[The Cloak]

I may bring Franklin over. Then create another character or 2 if thats cool with everyone.

 

[Mitheral]

I am fine with doubling up. Heck, I am. I mean, there are certain roles that NEED to be filled, even if by NPC's. (I need to make a list, don't I?)

We will also need to create some of our less reputable NPC's and outright villains.

 

[MechanicalSnake]

Erm actually if we are bringing old characters.

I have a councellor (who used to double up as doctor).

 

[Epiphany]

How's this so far?

USS Athena

Command Staff:
Captain: Captain Markus White ( The Cloak ) / Human, Specialties: Tactics, Military R&D
First Officer:
Second Officer: Lieutenant Savir ( MechanicalSnake ) Vulcan/Betazoid, Specialties: Command, Counseling, Diplomacy, Survival/Tactics, etc. (Or would you rather take the plunge and go full Counselor / Doctor?)
Third Officer: If needed?

Bridge Officers:
Tactical Officer: Chief John Conrad ( Grim Wraithe Stjerna if you still want to play him?) / Human, Specialties: Small Unit Tactics, Tactical Unit Operations (might work better as a Chief of Internal Security role vs. a Tactical Officer with weapons/shields experience?)
Operations Officer: Junior Lieutenant Kimberly #49 ( Epiphany - If the GM is fine with a Galorian Android?) / Specialties: Exoarchaeology, Astrophyics, Operations (retooling her from a cyberwarfare communication's officer since Diane looks like she has that niche covered).
Helm/Conn Officer:
Science Officer: Could put Kimberly here instead, but figured any incoming players would be more likely to play the science officer than an operations officer...
Communications Officer: Diane Miller ( Mitheral ) Promethean, Specialties: Computer Engineering, Linguistics, Cybersecurity, Psybersecurity? - Civilian but provisional commander

Department Heads:
Scientist Engineer: Doctor Jonathan Rhand ( Mitheral ) Promethean, Specialties: Computer Engineering, Linguistics, Cybersecurity, Psybersecurity? - Civilian but provisional Captain
Chief Engineer: Lieutenant Marcus Franklin ( The Cloak ) Human, Specialties: Engineering and Helm Control
Chief Medical Officer:
Counselor: Edi ( Mitheral ) Deltan/El Aurian, Specialties: Counseling?
Chief of Security? If distinct from Tactical Officer?

SS Prometheus
Captain: Doctor Jonathan Rhand
First Officer: Diane Miller

 

[MechanicalSnake]

Oy watch Savir rise in the ranks
Honestly he does not need to go full medical, I suppose he does have leadership qualities I'm fine to rise

Oooooh but wouldn't it be cool if we had common history with Kimberly? Like, we could add our stay on the terrible ship with the 90% insane crew in our bios and be the only survivors of whatever they caused.

 

[The Cloak]

Terrible ship? I see how it is.

LOL kidding

 

[The Cloak]

Im naturally insane - Greg White

 

[MechanicalSnake]

Terrible ship? I see how it is.

LOL kidding

That was our previous game before yours.
We were in a RP, where the captain was of a bird race that wanted to protect and at the same time eat the crew, the first officer was a violent ex-borg with a raging PTSD, and the ship was full of officers prematurely released from a mental institution.
I was a doctor/counsellor, who was supposed to do something about that, but nobody was listening to me.

 

[Epiphany]

Yes, this could actually be the third time our characters have been together. It would amuse me greatly to have shared backstory there...

 

[MechanicalSnake]

Of course we both practically don't age, so we could add some extra years to our bios and still be the hottest officers DD

 

[Mitheral]

List looked pretty good. I am adding some suggested positions for extras. Not to say the Bridge officers and Department Heads wouldn't have some or all of these skills. Picard was an avid archaeologist, for example.

Specialists / Lower Decks
Geology
Archaeology
Botany
Astrophysics

I DO like the idea of using an experienced Captain. No reason that Captain couldn't reach out and gather old comrades to form a core crew. HOWEVER, I would like to be a stickler for Star Fleet mentality regarding fitness for duty. It someone suffers PTSD, they would be relieved of duties until they recovered.

This new ship sports new and dangerous technologies. One of the reason I liked the Odyssey Class was its sheer size. I wanted something that would strike fear and awe like the ship Khan built. One of the main new features is a dual deflector grid. If you remember the ST TNG episode Nth Degree, where Barclay is changed by an Cytherian probe at the MIDAS array? Barclay creates a subspace distortion that propels the Enterprise 30,000 LY in minutes. The Sojourner will have a similar capacity, albeit more stable. It does have limited use though. (Well, unless we chose to travel to another galaxy. Can anyone say Plot Device?) Personally I suggest sticking to the Milky Way.

 

[Mitheral]

Oh, almost forgot. MechanicalSnake wants the role of counsellor, feel free.
Same goes for Communications. I do NOT mind stepping aside for any major roles.

Do we want to try to actually start this? Or wait for another 1-2? 6 would be ideal, I think. But I can work with a smaller group.

 

[The Cloak]

I'm up for whenever. I'm re-writing some of my backstories and then i'll present them for review when completed.

 

[MechanicalSnake]

Oh, almost forgot. MechanicalSnake wants the role of counsellor, feel free.
Same goes for Communications. I do NOT mind stepping aside for any major roles.

Do we want to try to actually start this? Or wait for another 1-2? 6 would be ideal, I think. But I can work with a smaller group.

I think actually I don't want it as my main. Thinking about it, bridge crew is sort of needed so I'd have my guy fill the post in order to get some good RP and decision making. I'd give him counsellor or doctor as a bonus, if it were needed/possible (like when Spock was first officer as well as chief science officer) if that makes sense

 

[Mitheral]

Sounds good. I may use EDI (Eee Dee) as a full time counsellor. The main reason to get her would be her past with Rhand. She knows him better than most and he responds to her. Of course, I still need to get her up to date.

 

[Mitheral]

I think the first mission is going to be a departure from the planned mission - investigation of a missing DSX (Deep Space Explorer) - as opposed to exploration.

 

[Grim Wraithe Stjerna]

I'm very much down with all that's been tasked about so far.

And I would love to bring Senior Chief back into the fray. I agree that Internal Security works better, but he can help out on the bridge from time to time as well.

You can't run a ship without that enlisted experience!

 

[Epiphany]

My hope with the list was less "We're ready to go" and more "Hey new people looking at this interest check, here are some obvious spots to make a character for!"

And to figure out who'd claimed what, correctly or incorrectly.

I'm fine with waiting to see if a few more folks pop their heads up.

 

[The Cloak]

If anyone is more interested in Captain I can write Commander White to stay with the USS Freedom. Also just for clarification, Commander White promoted Savant to Lieutenant Commander. I'll write my Commander to be on "temporary" reassignment if we're gonna use him. We can definitely make that permanent further into the RP if necessary. Or we can remove him from play altogether.

 

[Mitheral]

Fandom - ST: USS Athena - CS

https://docs.google.com/document/d/1oMyBcA_UAjyGIpb_2YAeHTIWpNW-YHafqnYz7bnGKX0/edit?usp=sharing This blank CS is provided in case you have nothing to work with. I am not picky about format. I can also create a Tabbed version. Note: PLEASE hide any animated gifs in spoilers. I have severe...

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Fandom - ST: USS Athena - OOC

This is the USS Athena OOC Thread. @Grim Wraithe Stjerna @Nuitari Delphiki @MechanicalSnake @Epiphany

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[The Cloak]

Typing up my CS now

Well I'm just merging what I already have into your example sheet cause It will look better

 

[Mitheral]

I re-posted the Crew Roster to the CS thread. (Captain, you get the say so about positions in the end. Your crew - regardless what Rhand says.)