what is your star trek story?

whistlerdavid · December 2015

i found my self starting to role play when i started to love my romulan. i would love to know what your toons are like and what they do. i guess i will go first i hope you guys do not find it stupid lol...my romulan kanan does not belong to any group but he did decide to side with star fleet because hearing the Klingon talk about honor and glory every few min gave him a head ace .his crew are his family and his ship is their home.they are basically under cover keeping an eye on the republic because he knows all to well how fragile and how easy romulan governments become corrupt.kanan and crew spend their time hunting down whats left of the Tal Shiar.they do jobs for Section 31 off and on to keep food on the table. well that is basically how far i have got into his story i will probably come up with more has time goes on and sorry if its stupid but could not help my self

jonsills · December 2015

Nothing wrong with role-playing - that's what the RP in MMORPG stands for, after all. Look around here in Ten Forward and you'll find plenty of us writing fanfic about our characters. Most of mine revolve around Capt. Grunt, a Ferengi who in fact holds the permanent rank of Admiral and works on the side for Starfleet Intelligence, and his - ah - rather unusual crew (a Klingon science officer with a dry sense of humor, a Pakled chief engineer, a borderline-psychotic Andorian security chief, a Human comms officer whose great goal in life is to out-Kirk Kirk with the ladies, a ship's physician who is also a Romulan refugee, an AI that was accidentally created when too many data analysis programs were run on the same massive computer at an SI forward observation base near Romulan space, etc...).

I've also got some about my 25th-century expy, Admiral Jonathan Sills, currently commanding USS Alcubierre, and Adm. Aelith t'Shael, commander of RRW Ra'khoi s'Virinat (although in-game, since she's achieved her vengeance, she's moved on to the Nandi-class RRW Virinat). Not yet in stories, but in my head, are Subadmiral Tovan Khev, refugee from an alternate reality, whose goal is to staff his ship, RRW Tovan Khev VIII, entirely with Tovan Khevs who've fallen through the crack in reality in the Azure Nebula; General Malthit of IKS Tov'baTh, an Orion who has rejected his people's entire society and become basically a Klingon fanboy; and Kehel, a half-Romulan half-Reman who operates sort-of-within the Republic fleet with the understanding that no one will try to make her run a "properly military" ship. (D'Tan tolerates her as a source of plausible deniability, whenever it's politically necessary to send a major ship on an op that might easily turn sour.)

gradii · December 2015

My Romulan loves root beer, which she's had a recurring addiction to, and insists her pet epohh "Eddie" is a man eating beast, but despite her quirks is a competent ship commander and ground commando, as well as covert agent. She serves the Romulan Republic first, believing strongly in D'Tan's ideals of reforming Romulan culture and opening relations with the Vulcans.

She's rather young (especially for a romulan) between 30 and 40 years of age, and grew up mostly on Chulan, having visited Romulus only once as a child before its destruction. She works towards the day the cities on New Romulus will reach the level development she remembers from her childhood visit to the first Romulus, made all the better by the absence of the fear and treachery.

I've long since given up on trying to RP the rank the game gives me, it's far too high by endgame. I seriously hope they allow us to choose what rank we're addressed as in dialogue soon.

khan5000 · December 2015

Captain Richard Bristol and the crew of the Constellation, an excelsior class starship, are people out of time. After the events of Undiscovered Country the Constellation is sent to Kronos with supplies to aid the Klingon people. During the trip the ship is caught in a worm hole that not only bends space but time as well. The ship and crew are deposited in 2410...in the middle of the Iconian attack on earth (as witnessed in the episode Midnight). After the war is won...the Department of Temporal Investigations decides to keep them in 2410 because they witnessed the future and would damage the timeline by going back. The Connie is upgraded to 2410 specs and Bristol and crew are made the Federation's first honor crew (think what the modern Navy does with the USS Constitution). The ship is once again tasked with seeking out new life and exploring the galaxy but Captain Bristol will do it with 22nd century sensibilities...

Voyager episode "Flashback":
"It was a very different time, Mister Kim. Captain Sulu, Captain Kirk, Doctor McCoy. They all belonged to a different breed of Starfleet officers. Imagine the era they lived in: the Alpha Quadrant still largely unexplored... Humanity on the verge of war with the Klingons, Romulans hiding behind every nebula. Even the technology we take for granted was still in its early stages: no plasma weapons, no multi-phasic shields... Their ships were half as fast."
"No replicators. No holodecks. You know, ever since I took Starfleet history at the Academy, I've always wondered what it would be like to live in those days."
"Space must have seemed a whole lot bigger back then. It's not surprising they had to bend the rules a little. They were a little slower to invoke the Prime Directive, and a little quicker to pull their phasers. Of course, the whole bunch of them would be booted out of Starfleet today. But I have to admit: I would have loved to ride shotgun at least once with a group of officers like that."

- Kathryn Janeway and Harry Kim

grylak · December 2015

My Romulan, D'Elon, was born along the Neutral Zone in the 2350's. When she was about 9, her colony was one of the ones destroyed by the Borg, as was first referenced in the episode 'The Neutral Zone'. The Empire took her in and she grew up to become a loyal soldier. She doesn't allow any non Romulans on her crew and though she is a loyal Imperialist, she is not like the Tal Shiar zealots the game would have you believe the Empire is. She is tolerant of the Republic, viewing it as a colony, and helps it when she can (the in game reason she wears Empire clothes, her ship is an I.R.W. but she plays the missions in game). The only thing she objects to is the Republic claiming to speak for all Romulans. The Empire has given her special dispensation to assist the Republic set up, but to keep an eye on it and ensure it doesn't grow problematic. This has lead to frequent clashes with Tal Shiar forces, whom she really doesn't like as what that organisation has become is not what Romulans stand for. She also loyaly serves Sela (I haven't played past the Dyson Sphere battlezone with her yet, and consider Delta Rising/Iconian War episodes non canon for her personal story).

Arwen is my Vulcan. As a kid, her transport crashed on a class M world. The only survivor because her mother shielded her, Arwen was too young to really remember her identity and only had the computer for company. She found the Lord of the Rings novels/films in the database and fell in love with the Elves due to them both having pointy ears. Naming herself after her favourite character, Arwen eventually found a local settlement where she learnt the art of trading. Eventually leaving the planet, she set herself up as an intergalactic trader with an old NX class ship named Evenstar, with the eventual goal of upgrading to a Tuffli (this has happened in game, but not in stories). She's my trader/special events character.

I have 3 other feds, Stunshock who has kinda fallen by the wayside, Talaina Kazzur, an Andorian from a military family who joined Starfleet when she couldn't join the Andorian Imperial Guard and who's older sister joined Bravok's crew, and Ramona Imzavia, a Betazoid who was born in a small Scottish village and joined starfleet to see the bigger universe.

My 2 KDF guys are Bravok, a Klingon who originally a younger version but was replaced with a much older version of himself thanks to temporal space wedgies. During a battle, he opened fire and destroyed a ship full of refugees, which lead to him being dishonoured and given command of a B'rel. His first officer is Tallara Kazzur, older sister of Talaina, and most of his crew are Orion females, dishonoured Klingons and a single, fat, depressed Gorn who Bravok keeps antagonising just to get him angry enough he doesn't off himself. This ship is usually seen performing hit and run raids against civillian and light military installations/ships around the Federation/Cardassian border. Though there are reports of Bravok being sighted in a carrier ship named I.K.S. Praxis, these reports are unconfirmed and fleeting between them (Bravok is my farmer alt who flies around Cardassian space for the doff missions. He's usually in a B'rel, but sometimes I like to put him in the Vu'Q carrier and go all Galactica). Although he redeemed himself somewhat in the eyes of the Empire during the Iconian War. Although he still is barred from service, he is allowed back on the homeworld and most klingons will talk to him with some respect again, though not all.

My other KDF is K'hotiim, a Gorn. He has a good rank in the KDF and commands a Vor'cha. He is part of a Gorn underground movement that is slowly trying to get the Hegemony to take over, but it's a long slow process. To this end, he is slowly assigning carefully selected Gorn to his crew, ones he knows will side with him. Though he is also open to Orions joining the cause. But he treats the Klingons under his command with utter contempt and disrespects them as much as he can, though for all appearances to the official military, he plays the good loyal Gorn soldier. And he carries a motion Accelerator at all times, so if someone were to challange him, he can easily trigger it and all nine foot of Gorn can move just as quick as any other Klingon.

Haha! That quote from Janeway always makes me laugh. Watching them, Janeway breaks the Prime Directive and pulls a phaser first much more than Kirk ever did.

rambowdoubledash · December 2015

Traja Aelhih never set foot on Romulus. She was born on the Romulan colony world of Sindari, near the edge of the Neutral Zone, in 2377. Sindari was attacked by Nausicaan pirates when she was only two years old, however, and The USS Kumari defied the Neutral Zone treaty and aided Sindari, driving off the Nausicaan pirates and taking the Sindari survivors back to Federation space for medical treatment (it was closer than any Romulan outpost). Traja was badly injured in the attack, and her mother had died. Her father, Nurvan, was a Romulan senator, divorced from Traja's mother but eager to have his daughter returned to him. A diplomatic incident may have occurred, but Shinzon's coup less than a month later killed Nurvan, leaving Traja an orphan and Romulus not particularly caring about her return.

Traja grew up in the Federation, but became fascinated with her Romulan heritage even as she looked forward to a career in Starfleet (leading her to being perhaps the only Romulan in history to speak Rihannsu with a South Carolinian accent). She hoped that one day the situation between the Federation and the Star Empire would be normalized enough to permit her to travel to her ancestral homeworld, but the Hobus Supernova in 2387 shattered that dream.

Traja grew increasingly disillusioned with the Federation as it seemed to allow the Romulan Star Empire to shatter and crumble. Although she went to Starfleet Academy in 2395 in the sciences division - amusing enough given later events, her patron for doing so was none other than Admiral T'nae (at the time a Rear Admiral) - she found herself ever more frustrated with its rules and regulations regarding interaction with foreign powers and its endless excuses, in her mind, for allowing the Romulans to suffer. Traja dropped out of the Academy in 2398, a year before she would have graduated, and managed to journey into former Romulan space, looking to do something - anything - to aid the people she had never truly met before, eventually coming to settle on Virinat.

Then the Tal Shiar and the Elachi attacked. The rest, as they say, is history.

Traja belongs on New Romulus, helping to rebuild, more than anywhere else. She's sort of basically meant to be to Romulans what Worf was to Klingons, an outsider with Space Wikipedia's knowledge of the cultural mores. Fortunately for her the Romulan Republic is itself basically trying to erase all the bad parts of Romulan culture or at least not fall into a trap created by them the way the Star Empire did, so things are working out better for her than they ever did for Worf. While she does not trust the Federation to truly come to the Republic's aid if it needs it, her time in the Federation coupled with the historical enmity between the Klingon and Romulan peoples means that she trusts the Federation much more than the Klingons.

Apart from that, Traja belongs in space, protecting the fledgling republic, and despite her misgivings with the Federation she is perhaps the best Romulan in the Republic to be helping the Republic forge bonds with the Federation, bonds that the nascent nation will need to survive its early years. Also, given her upbringing within the Federation, Traja lacks much of the low-level xenophobia that persists even within the Republic. She honestly thinks the Republic will be stronger for including Remans as full and equal partners, and supports attempts by the Republic to also bring Suliban and others within the fold.

khan5000 · December 2015

Another story I am writing that you'll see soonish is about Admiral Lincoln Church. This story will be more political and un the vein of Undiscovered Country. I wanted to do a political allegory using the Delta Quadrant as the Middle East. The Delta races that aligned with us during the Vaadwaur War have formed the Assembly. The govern their space from the Jenolan sphere and live in relative peace. When that peace is broken and war seems inevitable they call on Star fleet to help. Admiral Church and his flagship USS Spectre, a phantom class ship, are sent to the Delta Quadrant to help prevent a war.
Some things I added to the story...The Delta Quadrant is not in Federation jurisdiction and so the Federation has to get permission to operate in the Delta Q and is something that can be rescinded. Also a new form of Neutronium is found that is ten times better than regular neutronium. As you can imagine create flow into the region as everyone wants this new hull material. Eventually Admiral Church will put up a permanent office on the Jenolan Sphere and be appointed as Desron 7 and given six ships to command.

antonine3258 · December 2015

If you've got stories you want to tell Ten Forward's a great place for it.

I like to think of my character's reactions to the mission arcs while playing. Most of the stories I write usually has at least an off-hand comment or reaction to a recent mission or they tend to segue into an upcoming mission of some kind. I'm not sure I"m the best at inventive personalities - An'riel (my Romulan scientist) has as her schtick that she is the Player Character - thrown constantly into insane odds and coming out with tremendous victories, with a tremendous talent for being in the right place at the right time. Whether she'd like to be.

Which reminds me I need to do a New Dawn-era story about the implications on future success given the predestination paradox has been closed....

Anyway.

lessley00 · December 2015

V'Mar was born in 2310 on Vulcan son of a Starfleet Admiral and a promonant member of the Vulcan Science Acadamy. He grew up reading Earth literature, mainly war novels. In 2342 he joined the Marine Corps much to his parents objection, he graduated in 2350 after spending extra years at the acadamy learning to be an officer. He was assigned onboard the USS Patton as the security chief, there he met T'Vrell, a science officer who served onboard. They married in 2354 just as V'Mar got promoted to Commander. He fought on the front lines of the Dominion War and after that advocated for a millitarized Starfleet in light of the Undine threat. He is now the Commander-in-Chief of the UFP Marine Corps after his predessessor died at the hands of the Iconians. V'Mar has two children: a son and a daughter, his son works onboard his ship as his intelligence officer and his daughter serves in the Vulcan Science Acadamy.

Im just going to skip Riker, my fanfiction tells his story

Im working on a backstory for Laura, and it will be thanksgiving for Sherlock fans

R'Tath was born on a neutral colony near Romulan space in the mid-2320s never knowing wealth or comfort. His mother died giving birth to his youngest sibling: Anitra, his father later on for not paying his debts. R'Tath always put his brother and two sisters first and foremost. However his siblings started to go their seperate ways, Anitra went to join the Romulan Navy, Tiva'raau joined a mercenary band, and Hanril went to study science. R'Tath met Tovan Khev later on and they both grew a strong, brotherly bond. After the Hobus Disaster R'Tath went to find his family and managed to bring them all back together, after that they chose to settle down on the small, quiet colony of Virinat...

rattler2 · December 2015

My main is a Trill who was raised on Earth. If it weren't for the spots you'd swear she was human. She's always been a bit of a maverick, shown no interest in being Joined, and also likes a good book (actual book), a bottle of Coke, and some late 20th-early 21st Century music.

She's also been known to blast out enemy comm channels with said music, such as the theme to Pacific Rim and even borrowing a page from a book she read (Battletech Twilight of the Clans: Sword and Fire) and using bagpipe music. Ironically, her CMO, Kayla Reynolds, is FROM the Battletech universe.

theraven2378 · December 2015

My main was born on earth in 2374, his personality traits are a dry sense of humour with bouts of sarcasm.
Been known to wear his Manchester United football shirts when off duty with a love of 20th century and early 21st century metal.

When listening to bands like Pantera in his quarters, the whole deck hears it

jonsills · December 2015

theraven2378 wrote: »

My main was born on earth in 2374, his personality traits are a dry sense of humour with bouts of sarcasm.
Been known to wear his Manchester United football shirts when off duty with a love of 20th century and early 21st century metal.

When listening to bands like Pantera in his quarters, the whole deck hears it

So, he makes everyone listen to his taste in classical music?

theraven2378 · December 2015

jonsills wrote: »

theraven2378 wrote: »

My main was born on earth in 2374, his personality traits are a dry sense of humour with bouts of sarcasm.
Been known to wear his Manchester United football shirts when off duty with a love of 20th century and early 21st century metal.

When listening to bands like Pantera in his quarters, the whole deck hears it

So, he makes everyone listen to his taste in classical music?

It's just that loud, amps set to 11

rattler2 · December 2015

theraven2378 wrote: »

It's just that loud, amps set to 11

I bet the Chief Engineer really enjoys that. And the Chief Medical Officer.

marcusdkane · December 2015

I'K'rR'h was a cadet in her final year at the academy, when she witnessed and intervened in what she believed to be a racially-motivated beating. She reported the incident to Admiral Janeway, who, seeing command potential in the computer sciences student, took an interest in her career and had her assigned additional classes. During a training exercise, I'K'rR'h was required to assume command of the training vessel, and later granted a provisional command. Since then, fast-tracking and correspondence courses have continued her education and rank progression.

kyrrok · December 2015

My main is a Klingon. He grew up in Ketha, not far from Martok's estate. His father, Kruk served as an officer on the Rotarran during the Dominion War. Soon after that, Kruk served on the council as Martok's most trusted advisor. Around the time of Martok's duel/assassination, Kruk was killed without seeing his murderer. Then when J'mpok took the leadership of the council, Kruk's seat became Torg's. When the pieces of his father's death started coming into place, he was demoted 2 ranks back to bekk. He was to die on the front lines with a busted up bird of prey with only half as many working weapons as usual. He later finds out that not only did his father pay the price for Torg's seat, but the very word he cherished more than all else. Honor. He would serve the Empire as is his duty, but he still didn't know whether he wanted to take J'mpok's orders or his head. The rest ends in "Test of Mettle."

His next important moment was in the Fek'ihri invasion. While the Federation and the Empire fought over who went too far and who else buried their heads in the sand regarding the Undine threat, the Fek'ihri came too close to taking Qo'nos unopposed. Demons from the past or just a more conventional foe, they are a threat to the Empire and they needed to be removed. After repelling them from the capital, he set out for the underworld. After convincing the crew of the barge to join him in battle he went through the gate of the Grethor. He battled his way past demons, spectres of dishonor, Molor, and finally faced Fek'lhr. With the aid of his crew to keep the horde at bay, and Kahless to bring numbers against size, he slew Fek'lhr. He returned from Grethor with a tattoo on his head, a blade nearly equal to Kahless' own sword, and a new purpose. He was not to be the slaughterer of peacekeepers and civilians, but the slayer of great monstrosities. He knows the difference between a foe worth parleying with, and one that must be utterly destroyed.

In all things he wishes to live by a code of honor, that at the current day, is held in little to no regard by many Klingons, and Starfleet officers. Some would do nothing but point a disruptor at someone's head, mistaking fear for honor. Others like M'rtok would seek to earn it. He would certainly do so in battle, but also through other means. He doesn't crave honor for his own glory, for even if so, what use is it when it is meaningless. He doesn't do so to be "honored" by others, as a word mistaken for approval. He seeks to restore honor to the Empire. Most importantly, he seeks to restore honor to honor itself.

whistlerdavid · December 2015

amazing just amazing.everyone that has posted so far i can tell are much better at role playing. so much more detail.i only went has far has my main it never even crossed my mind to make my crew have so much detail in my story.thank you all for giving me some things to think about

theraven2378 · December 2015

rattler2 wrote: »

theraven2378 wrote: »

It's just that loud, amps set to 11

I bet the Chief Engineer really enjoys that. And the Chief Medical Officer.

They're used to it, my crew has been together nearly 13 years

antonine3258 · December 2015

whistlerdavid wrote: »

amazing just amazing.everyone that has posted so far i can tell are much better at role playing. so much more detail.i only went has far has my main it never even crossed my mind to make my crew have so much detail in my story.thank you all for giving me some things to think about

Crew can be fun to cause by-play interaction with other friendly captains is rare in Star Trek (simply because, per the sort of nautical narrative ST often draws from, the Captain IS the captain the person with the highest authority on the scene), so a mixed crew of officers provides drama and dialog opportunities.

shevet · December 2015

jonsills wrote: »

Look around here in Ten Forward and you'll find plenty of us writing fanfic about our characters.

Indeed we do (just finishing off my sixth long story, and according to OpenOffice it's just shy of 59,000 words.)

freightstopper · December 2015

I've always have little stories going in my head about why my characters are doing whatever it is they are doing at the time. Only recently have I started to write some of them down, plus until I've got a 'reason' that makes sense to me I don't even create them and I've usually got a ship and fit written down somewhere for when they can get into it.

Hengo, male Alien, federation science officer. He's a Vorta in command of a Jem'hadar dreadnought assigned to Starfleet as part of an officer exchange / attache /diplomatic thing. Not got much else for him yet.

Nalla, female Andorian, federation engineer. Flies a fleet Galaxy Dreadnought, a test-bed for exotic phaser types. Also gets sent mirror ships with prototype / non-standard fits and basically writes the manual for it, what tactics work with it, who it does well against etc (yes I've got her all the mirror ships).

T'paal, female Vulcan, federation tactical officer. Flies a fleet heavy escort, using antiproton cannons with swarmers in the hanger. Currently working on a 'comes from the mirror universe' reason but its not fleshed out well yet.

Phae, female Bajoran, federation tactical officer. Flies science ships using drains, radiation and photon torpedoes. Also working on a mirror universe story / reason.

Settra, female Romulan Engineer, Federation Ally. Intending to get the romulan command ship 3-pack and doing a healer / buffing build, might go for a borgified D-class instead, still working on her story too.

Sytun, female Klingon tactical officer. Flies mostly alien ships to work out what tactics to use against them, black-ops missions etc. Mostly alien senior officers, more tolerant of other races and cultures then the norm.

Siliarss, Gorn engineer. Flies a Borta'squ war-cruiser the IKS Qu'suk. Likes having plenty of power in his ships, dislikes anyone messing with his ships. Will happily toss out the rule-book, and the safety regs, to get even one more point of power. This has not endeared him to the rank and file among his crew thanks to his 'modifications'. Like stripping out the entire battery system and replacing it with a 'borrowed' shuttle singularity core (zero-point module), removing the 'excess' conduit plating and regulating systems in the electro-plasma system so he could double their size (proton particle stabilizer). Uses the Warp-core in the Hoh'sus bird-of-prey as an emergency power boost, which also means it can't be launched anymore (the engineer ability EPS power transfer).

Soavir, male Alien tactical officer. Flying a Sheshar dreadnought, comes from a fringe race no-one knew about who had been preyed on by the Elachi. Working on a story about how his people were suffering until they were saved by a time-traveling Leathen who led them against the elachi and helped them captured ships etc, who now serves as his science officer.

Alpha, male Alien science officer, Romulan ally of the KDF. A Hirogen who had been hired by Sela, was impressed by a romulan republic captain he hunted and offered his services, now hired by a pirate queen. Working on his back-story, specifically the hunt of the romulan.

Arieleas, female Orion science officer. Flying a partially assimilated Vo'quv with a borg science officer, liberated romulan science officer, liberated klingon engineer and a human tactical officer who was starfleet intelligence but got fed up with his reports about the undine being ignored so he went and offered his services to the KDF. Still working on a backstory for Arieleas, she is currently making a name for herself as a pirate queen with her own personal guard, after stealing a fleet starbase (short version, non-existant fleet leadership, plus high fleet rank, equal takeover).

Pyetarr the Pitiless, male Orion engineer. He is a pirate who was caught stealing KDF supplies on a colony world and forced to enlist, currently filling in his biography as he does various episodes and missions. My latest character and I got the idea for him reading the stats for the breen dreadnought, am working on a story about him capturing a breen carrier as a prize for his pirate queen and another one about him getting his hands on a breen dreadnought.

jthomasino · December 2015

My main is Jace Cor, a joined Trill. He grew up with a large loving family on a colony world near the Cardassian border, but that ended when the colony was attacked by the True Way. Jace's entire family was killed, and in fact only a handful of colonists survived by hiding in the mountains and extensive cave systems for over a year, some of them, including Jace, sneaking out to sabotage the True Way's mining operations on the world. They finally managed to escape when a Federation ship investigated the True Way sightings in the area and picked them up. They were temporarily deposited on Deep Space Nine, where arrangements were made to send Jace to relatives back on the Trill homeworld. But, while there, he met an elderly Trill named Ilana. She befriended him, and he only realized too late that she was a joined Trill, the infamous Cor Symbiont.

Cor is one of the oldest living symbionts, and has had dozens of hosts. Almost three hundred years ago, it was discovered that Cor was repeatedly seeking out the loved ones of previous hosts, and after being warned continued to do so. Finally, the decision was made to exile Cor, forbidding them from receiving a new host or ever setting foot on Trill again. Cor refused to die that way, though, and started seeking out Trill who had been rejected as hosts due to weak personalities and either manipulating them, or forcing them, into being joined.

Jace was Cor's downfall, though. Ilana Cor assumed that he traumatized teen would be easy to manipulate and overwhelm, but Jace was far stronger mentally than she expected, and instead managed to overwhelm Cor, locking the Symbiont away and keeping full control of himself. However, Jace was unable to escape Cor's assistants until almost a week after the joining, and because of Cor's numerous crimes, Jace was forbidden from going to Trill as a precaution. Without anywhere else to go, he decided to apply to Starfleet Academy.

He thinks the rapid promotions Starfleet has been giving in the last two years are ridiculous (Two years out of the Academy and he's a Fleet Admiral?! No on thinks that's normal...), but accepted the promotions because it meant better ships and equipment for his crew, and he has used his rank to get people assigned to his crew that Starfleet might otherwise refuse (like his Jem'Hadar first officer, or the Voth, Kobali, and Hierarchy crew members). He defers to lower ranks quite often because he knows most of the time they have far more experience than he does.

Jace decided to use the Cor name because enough people are familiar with it that he can use it to his advantage to intimidate if necessary. Even if someone isn't familiar with the concept of the Symbionts, the assumption that he's the descendant of one or more of the Infamous Cors has come in handy a few times. He hopes to someday convince the Trill government to allow him to visit the homeworld, though he has already decided that he will not allow Cor to have another host, and if the time comes where he feels Cor may be able to take control of him, he will kill himself to prevent it.

As an aside, his Jem'Hadar First Officer, Ixak'Ekan, is basically an exile from his fellow Jem'Hadar. Ixak'Ekan was curious about the other species in the galaxy, and wanted to know more, even questioning whether the Founders really are Gods or not. When he joined Jace's crew, he thought he would have a relatively short life left, since he only had a limited supply of Ketracel White, but Jace has made sure to get more for him whenever he started to get low on it, and Ixak'Ekan has learned that even if he makes a mistake, no matter how big of a mistake, he will not be denied the Ketracel White. Jace considers Ixak'Ekan to be his most trusted friend, and vice versa.

hfmudd · December 2015

I'm a roleplayer, in an (IMO excellent) RP fleet. If I started posting in this thread, I'd never stop.

libertyu9 · January 2016

SERVICE RECORD BRIEF - PERSONNEL FILE - UNCLASSIFIED, FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY

Strassner, Thomas J., Colonel, United Starfleet Marine Corps.
Service Number: 485665263512
Species: Human
Epidermal Coloration: Shade 14, Human Standard Scale
Height: 1.95m
Approximate Weight: 111kg
Hair: Hazel
Eyes: Blue-Gray
Born: 08/16/2361, Starbase 39-Sierra
Education: 2 years, Virginia Military Institute, Lexington, Earth. 1 year, Annapolis Naval Academy, Annapolis, Earth. 2 years, Starfleet Academy, San Francisco, Earth, Class of 2382. Total Adjusted G.P.A.: 3.67. Disciplinary Infractions: 2 minor, - major.
Time in service in the Fleet Marine Force: 27 years.

-BRIEF SYNOPSIS OF SERVICE RECORD-

-First tour of duty was at Marine Security Detachment, Federation Embassies, Romulus and Remus. Assisted in preparation for evacuation efforts during Hobus Supernova, was one of only 7 detachment members off-world at the time the blast hit, and assisted in disaster relief efforts throughout Imperial space in the aftermath of the greatest disaster in the recorded history of the Beta Quadrant.
-2 tours in Marine Corps Special Operations Command, attached to Marine Assault Commando Operations, one each with 4th Force Reconnaissance and 2nd ODST Raider Batallion, during which he received six Purple Hearts and was twice awarded the Fleet Cross, both the most awarded to any single Marine in only two tours since current record holder and former Commandant General Ladarius Martin during the Dominion War.
-Former Honor Guardsman at Starfleet Museum, Sol system, attached to various ships including NCC-74656 U.S.S. Voyager, NCC-1701-A U.S.S. Enterprise, NCC-2000 U.S.S. Excelsior, NCC-129 U.S.S. Daedalus, NCC-2893 U.S.S. Stargazer and NX-01 Enterprise.
-Former Marine Attache, Starfleet Intelligence. Recieved seventh Purple Heart.
-Former Marine Attache, Starfleet Criminal Investigative Service.
-Former CO, Alpha Company, 1st Batallion, Recruit Training Regiment, Marine Corps Recruit Depot, San Diego, Earth.
-Former CO, Diplomatic Security Detachment, Vulcan.
-Former CO, Diplomatic Security Detachment, Andoria.
-Former CO, Diplomatic Security Detachment, New Caitia.
-Former Marine Security Detachment CO and Asst. Chief of Security, Starbase 239.
-Former Marine Security Detachment CO and Asst. Chief of Security, Deep Space K-7.
-Former Marine Security Detachment CO and Asst. Chief of Security, Deep Space Nine.
-Former aide, Adm. Rhea, Starfleet Inspector General.
-Former aide, General Blagg, Vice-Chair, Starfleet Joint Chiefs of Staff.
-Former aide-de-camp, General Ftinkrig, Commandant of the Marine Corps.
-Former aide-de-camp, Admiral Janeway, Chief of Fleet Operations.
-Former CO, Diplomatic Security Detachment, Earth.
-Former CO, Presidential Security Detail.
-Served as CO, Marine Assault and Security Detachment, and Asst. Chief of Security, NCC-1701-E U.S.S. Enterprise under Captain Data until ship's destruction at the hands of Undine forces in 2408. For his heroic actions in defense of the flagship of the fleet he was awarded his eighth Purple Heart and his third Fleet Cross.

PREVIOUS ASSIGNMENT: After turning down promotion to Brigadier General and being cleared to return to full combat duty, Col. Strassner was given the opportunity to participate in a special exchange program with the Klingon Defence Force. Accepted begrudgingly by Chancellor J'mpok, he was assigned to serve under the direct supervision of Worf, Son of Mogh. The Ambassador granted him command of a large House Martok battle group due to his vast experience, combat resume, and personal recommendations from Ambassador Picard, Admiral Riker, Captain Data, Captain LaForge, Captain Dax and Kai Kira, all of whom had extensive personal experience with the Ambassador. His command surpassed all the High Council's expectations; first in a series of high-profile actions against Orion Syndicate and Romulan Imperial facilities and resources, then a series of Tal Shiar and Undine targets. These glorious actions earned back a sizeable chunk of the reputation House Martok had lost after the death of its founder and the rise to the Chancellory of J'mpok and the return to prominence of House Duras. Due to this, the Colonel received full membership in House Martok and was the first human and first Marine awarded the coveted title of Dahar Master, conferred by the Chancellor himself. After the invasion of Gorn space broke out, his knowledge of tactics and doctrine involving small craft and his intimate knowledge of ship-to-ship and ship-to-shore combat made him the natural choice to be Supreme Commander of House Martok's forces during this conflict. His small craft tactics expertise and Marine counterinsurgency training made his task forces especially effective against Naussican starfighter groups using guerrila tactics that severely delayed the advance of all other Klingon forces through key strategic points in Gorn space. House Martok's battle groups and assault forces blazed a trail of funeral pyres through Gorn/Naussican alliance positions all the way to Gornar itself, where he commanded the entire operation and personally captured the Gorn king and exposed him as an Undine. After the end of hostilities he then supervised all occupation operations and forces in the Gornar system, keeping the peace and directing rebuilding efforts until he was recalled in anticipation of the pending Klingon/Federation conflict.

Current assignment: After turning down special promotion to Major General and position of Assistant Commandant, Col. Strassner was assigned as CO, Light Assault Group 4, 4th Marine Division, but often detaches from 'The Fatal Fourth' with any one of its 19 starships for special assignments from CFO Adm. Quinn. Usually found commanding: U.S.S. Ladarius Martin, only ship of its subclass as a Marine variant prototype from the Galaxy-X project, U.S.S. Lewis B. Puller, the first Phantom-class deep strike escort in the Marine Corps inventory, U.S.S. Centurion, a Samsar-class heavy cruiser awarded to his command by the Kobali for heroism on behalf of the Delta Alliance, or U.S.S. Atrox, a Caitian Atrox-class carrier he acquired for LAG-7 through unofficial channels thanks to his contacts from his time on New Caitia. Also the senior Marine officer in Task Force Omega but is no longer attached on a permanent basis. Occasionally receives special requests for mission support from SInt, SCIS, and the Federation Diplomatic Corps. He and his assault group are also available on-call for rapid response to the Solanae and Jenolan Dyson Spheres and the Delta Alliance, and due to his involvement with the Deep Space Nine incident of 2409 his assault group will be lead formation in any future incidents that require travel through the Bajoran Wormhole or into Dominion Space.
>UPDATE: AWARDED THE FLEET CROSS GOLD STAR IN LIEU OF FOURTH AWARD FOR ACTIONS ABOVE AND ON VAADWAUR PRIME<
>UPDATE: AWARDED THE STARFLEET MEDAL OF HONOR FOR DEFENSE OF SOL AND TEMPORAL INCURSION OF ICONIA<
>UPDATE: REJECTED FOURTH OFFER OF PROMOTION BEYOND COLONEL AND POST AS COMMANDANT OF THE MARINE CORPS<

-BRIEF ANALYSIS-

"I'm no politician, and I'm damn sure no bureaucrat. I'm not a big damn hero like Chesty Puller or Ladarius Martin. My face is, quite plainly, no longer recruiting holo material. And hell knows we don't need our own version of James Kirk. Leave that kind of spectacle to the spacesquids, and the type of recruit it attracts as well. I've always strived to walk that tightrope of having that certain level of professional reputation that automatically and inevitably comes with unprecidented(sic) accomplishments and experience, without becoming infamous, notorious, or some sort of arrogant, insufferable civilian pop culture celebrity. I've succeeded for the most part; that suits me quite nicely, thank you very much."
- COLONEL THOMAS J. STRASSNER

"Unfortunately for THEM, the invisible tip of the spear is already 2 inches behind their sternum. They just don't know it yet. OOHRAH!!!"
- COLONEL THOMAS J. STRASSNER

Col. Strassner is a capable leader and tactician in command and absolutely lethal in combat. Having turned down promotion beyond Colonel three times, his various awards and the battles he not only survived but won are a testament to his prowess. Due to his nanotech (see below) he is still in peak condition and he maintains his certifications with MARSOCOM as a Force Recon Scout Sniper and an Orbital Drop "Helljumper." Picked up a very eclectic skillset during his attachments to SInt, SCIS and his security tours. He is an Expert-certified Marine Aviator and an avid small craft pilot who picked it up on FDC assignment to New Caitia and often flew with then-Com Tom Paris during his various postings in Sol System. It was at this time that he began discussions throughout both HQMC and Starfleet Command about the possible demand for and viability of adopting small craft operations, equipment and tactics similar to Caitian, Orion Syndicate, Klingon, Romulan and Jem'Hadar practices for Marine Corps operations, drawing heavily on carrier tactics and doctrine ranging from ancient Earth to the Dominion War. He suggested testing the idea's viability and developing fleet doctrine and SOPs in areas where full battle groups are not necessary, like the Home Fleet, or logistically feasable, such as peaceful areas of the Federation's territorial frontiers, and successfully lobbied for such trials to take place in Marine Divisions in these areas. These discussions and the theories they pioneered would later be the foundation and launching pad for all fighter doctrine and carrier warfare the Corps developed during conflict with the Klingons, which would revolutionize formations and doctrine fleetwide. During the defense of the evacuation of the Enterprise against the Undine he was severely wounded to the head and face, becoming legally blind in his left eye and receiving his distinctive scar, which runs from near the hinge of his left jaw up to the center of his forehead. This injury, which will not fully regenerate due to the effects of Undine biotech which infected the wound, prompted the installation of certain implants and prototype nanotech from the Daystrom Institute (based from Borg nanotech reverse-engineered by Seven of Nine's research team with contributions from the Voyager EMH MkI, Captain Geordi LaForge and retired Captain Data) which allow him to form a wireless neural interface with computer systems, including his headset/visor and his wrist-mounted holo-PADD. The nanotech also boosted all of his other physical and mental attributes. Already an expert marksman and pilot and fully trained Scout Sniper and Helljumper, his strategic and tactical thinking, long range marksmanship and close quarters combat abilities became superior to peak human capacity and is now comparable to an Augment. There is no engagement in the Alpha and Beta Quadrants over the last 13 years that he has not served at in some capacity, and no foe of Earth and her coalition allies that he has not fought. From Romulus and Remus to the Delta and Gamma Quadrants to ancient Iconia and the Mirror Universe, Col. Strassner has truly "fought in every clime and place where man can take a gun."

lessley00 · January 2016

^ This is terrific right here *salutes*

libertyu9 · January 2016

is it too much? I want him to be heroic but not op.

lessley00 · January 2016

no its great, couldnt have done it better myself

what is your star trek story?

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