Maybe we should have a "first meeting with captain" private thread for each of us?

In reply to Lieutenant(jg) Sirin Norn (msg # 34):

That can be done in the IC thread, unless you really need it to be private?

Yeah, sorry, I meant individual threads. There's no reason for it to be private. It just seemed like putting the whole thing in a single IC thread would break up flow very badly.

In reply to Lieutenant(jg) Sirin Norn (msg # 36):

Ahhh.. I see.

I normally run games where events occur in a single thread; which does cause some narratives (especially conversations between players) to be broken up a bit in terms of continuity, but keeps events that occur close in time all in one place.

I've seen games run where different threads represent a specific location; this provides some continuity for narratives and allows for multiple stories to happen concurrently in different locations, but then the overall story ends up being chopped up across many disjointed threads.

I'm open to either... whichever the majority of PCs would like to see, I'll set it up!

Questions to the crew to set up hooks for the first mission(s) - Put responses in a private line in this thread please - I'll try and work your ideas into the story's first couple of episodes...

Captain: What orders did you get from Starfleet?

First Officer: What is the state of the crew following the last mission (Maxwell's treasonous attacks on the Cardassians)?

Science Officer: There is a cosmic phenomenon in your destination sector, what is it?

Operations Officer: There is a hazard to ship operations in the destination sector, what is it?

Tactical Officer: There have been reports of a hostile force in this sector. What is the threat?

Medical Officer: What viruses, bacteria or alien diseases threaten the crew?

Chief Engineer: Systems integration is tricky business, what lingering glitch is your department working on following the recent refit on the ship?

Personally I prefer allowing extra threads for B and C plots (but really this was an excuse to post a non blank message response to the ST's question :>)
This message was last edited by the player at 16:02, Fri 25 Feb 2022.

Every way of organising threads has pluses and minuses.  Location-based threads can work well, if movement between threads is explicit (at both ends) and material that crosses threads is posted to all (not necessarily by copying posts).  I think it tends to work a bit better than everything in one thread.  Where I’ve seen narrative threads it’s been where characters are mostly pursuing their own stories with relatively little crossover.  Trek has good communications so there may be quite a bit of material shared between threads.

I think location-based threads may be the better choice here - partly because I think they’d cross over less than narrative based threads (unless there are explicit plots and it’s obvious which one a post belongs in).  But it’s not a strong preference.

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I prefer a single thread. Yeah, it can get cluttered, but at least everything is contained, and nobody is separated when reading the...narrative.

Also, what sector will the Phoenix be traveling in?

I don't have a strong opinion either way myself.  I've played both and I can adjust to either.  :)

In reply to Lieutenant Valeria Gomes Serrano (msg # 41):

Rumor has it you're heading to the Romulan Neutral Zone, but don't feel constrained by that.

Thank you!

Just waiting for the Captain, First Officer and Operations Officer to chimme in, but after reading some of your great story hooks, I think I will go with location threads to give you a chance to work through these super cool story elements.

Sorry for my couple of days of relative quiet, it's been a bit hectic.  :)  I'll be back home tonight (probably late-ish) and get caught up!

https://ufp-memoryalpha.fandom...Promotion_Guidelines

According to memory alpha...
To be a section head you need to be an LT at least. I could get a brevet promotion which is temporary until I complete 12 months of service.

It also states that there can be no other qualified officer for the position available.

It's the GM's game of course.

In reply to Lieutenant(jg) Sirin Norn (msg # 47):

Seems like Starfleet has other ideas...

...more than one way to skin a cat as the old human saying goes...

...all just for color, Norn stays on as Chief Engineer at Lt(jg) rank since being under-ranked fits so nicely with the character narrative and gives the Captain all the more reason to drag her feet in getting to sector Z-6!

In reply to Starfleet (msg # 49):

Drama...the human fascination with drama never ceases to be a source of bewilderment.





I love it!

Getting ready to launch… will give the reception another day or so then should have something up getting the ship underway.

Ready to go.

Some good stuff happening at the reception, just giving that some time to play out.

More of my officers need to come and meet me.

**looks at the others with a raised brow**

I'm waiting on the Commander.

I don't want to be rude.

In reply to Lieutenant Valeria Gomes Serrano (msg # 54):

Come on in, the water's fine!

I was doing the same, but Starfleet encouraged me to post.  (And Devon is good at being rude anyway.)  But I didn't want to miss all the RP.

If anyone would like me to dial Devon back a little, by the way, just let me know.  :)

I like her. We're going to get along great!