We have a winner! Introducing "Starbase Magellan"

drogyn1701 · January 2016

Taking the cake with seven votes was Starbase Magellan. I'm sure we shall all do our utmost to continue in the fine tradition of such explorers as Ferdinand Magellan who, for those who don't know, was the first to circumnavigate the Earth.

Thank you all for your nominations and votes.

On to the next step.

captainhunter1 · January 2016

When does the voting officially end?

drogyn1701 · January 2016

Soon. I thought I might do an elimination round though. Take the top 4 (those with more than two votes) and have people vote for those, kind of like the official carrier elimination contest.

drogyn1701 · January 2016

I have closed voting on the original poll. With no clear winner, I decided to make that the first elimination round. Five choices remain, so go ahead and cast your vote!

I have updated the OP, and here is the new link as well.

http://strawpoll.me/6637153

duncanidaho11 · January 2016

Discover or Discovery?

drogyn1701 · January 2016

Oops, yeah that should be "Discovery"

Can't edit it though and since people have already voted I think I'll leave it for the time being.

realmalize · January 2016

Magellen would be interesting, like you could set it as a new outpost to explore the Magellenic Cloud

duncanidaho11 · January 2016

realmalize wrote: »

Magellen would be interesting, like you could set it as a new outpost to explore the Magellenic Cloud

You could setup a mission with a transwarp experiment that leads into a Magellenic expedition. I may have even been toying around with that very idea before settling on my current exploration mission plot. But the Starbase does need to be situated somewhere on the sector map. That (for the foreseeable future) excludes things outside the galaxy.

markhawkman · January 2016

Bah.. if we're going outside the Milky Way we should start with the Dwarf Galaxies that are closer to us. Maybe Canis Major? It's only 28k Ly.

realmalize · January 2016

duncanidaho11 wrote: »

realmalize wrote: »

Magellen would be interesting, like you could set it as a new outpost to explore the Magellenic Cloud

You could setup a mission with a transwarp experiment that leads into a Magellenic expedition. I may have even been toying around with that very idea before settling on my current exploration mission plot. But the Starbase does need to be situated somewhere on the sector map. That (for the foreseeable future) excludes things outside the galaxy.

Could always play the DS9 card and say the outpost was setup near a wormhole to the cloud...would give a "fresh" exploration angle while keeping one end of the stories grounded in the proper area.

theyredeadjim · January 2016

markhawkman wrote: »

Bah.. if we're going outside the Milky Way we should start with the Dwarf Galaxies that are closer to us. Maybe Canis Major? It's only 28k Ly.

LOL...I've been flailing around trying to work on a new story, and, at one point, almost had the aliens come from Canes Venatici, based off a track from the Hawkwind Friends and Relations series of albums:
https://youtu.be/k_X-XpzyL24

Hmm...still haven't totally ruled it out.

drogyn1701 · February 2016

Looks like we have a winner! Updated the OP.

rangerryu · February 2016

but,but,but B.o.B says the Earth is flat........

duncanidaho11 · February 2016

How close is the interior to being finished? Next show?

markhawkman · February 2016

Maybe.

drogyn1701 · February 2016

Just about finished. Dragoon had a few more little tweaks he wanted to make. We'll take one more tour next show and then he gets the fun task of transcribing all of it to a spreadsheet.

In a few minutes I'll be posting the poll for the mission tag.

odyssey47 · February 2016

Should we have a name for the area of space we'll be exploring similar to the Typhon Expanse from TNG?

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realmalize · February 2016

technically, ol' Ferdinand himself didn't make it past Cebu...but they give him credit for the whole trip since his crews finished it

drogyn1701 · February 2016

My initial idea is simply that this starbase is a jumping off point for a previously unexplored region beyond the current STO borders, but if you guys want to use it as a stepping stone to go extra-galactic in your missions, go for it. The sky is the limit.

odyssey47 · February 2016

realmalize wrote: »

technically, ol' Ferdinand himself didn't make it past Cebu...but they give him credit for the whole trip since his crews finished it

His personal slave was the first to circumnavigate technically. He was from the Philippines originally so when the ship made it there he had already circled the earth before any of the rest of the crew.

realmalize · February 2016

odyssey47 wrote: »

realmalize wrote: »

technically, ol' Ferdinand himself didn't make it past Cebu...but they give him credit for the whole trip since his crews finished it

His personal slave was the first to circumnavigate technically. He was from the Philippines originally so when the ship made it there he had already circled the earth before any of the rest of the crew.

maybe we should be celebrating that guy's name instead

captainhunter1 · February 2016

newplayerguy7 wrote: »

odyssey47 wrote: »

Should we have a name for the area of space we'll be exploring similar to the Typhon Expanse from TNG?

Well, that's the beauty of this project, it isn't limited to just one area. The entire Milky Way and beyond (I'm looking at you Andromeda) is open. The only requirement to fit in is that the missions are based on exploration.

It should be pointed out that there is an implied restriction - that the missions must occur AFTER the Iconian War is over. Otherwise there would be no Initiative (or base) in place for exploration.

We have a winner! Introducing "Starbase Magellan"

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