Ok after several discussions with forum members and the great response on the other thread of people who are interested in doing a forum based Star Trek based RP I have decided to take it a step further and post a proposal on a few details:
USS {ship name as yet undisclosed (I want to give Rico a voice on this and haven't had chance to speak to him yet)}
Akira class starship (refit)
For general specifications see here: http://techspecs.acalltoduty.com/akira.html
(http://images.wikia.com/memoryalpha/en/images/d/d8/STO_USS_Perpetual_1.jpg)
Basing the series on the edges of the federation space in the alpha quadrant (not too far from Deep Space 3). Timeline wise we're aiming to start the series Post TNG & DS9 but Pre-Nemeses (at about the same time Voyager returns home).
Everyone who plays will be given the role of one of the members of the crew and will be required to continue the story along when they post from the perspective of their character.
All the major roles will be up for grabs and available on a first come first served basis (bear in mind though that if you take chief of security, etc and only post once in a blue moon we may have to change things around so that people who post more regally get a good chance). The only roles that for the moment are pre-decided are as follows:
Fleet Admiral: Rico (Rico, I hereby request that you be our fleet admiral! It will mean you can get involved as much or as little as your free time allows and you can throw us some great curve balls now and again if you wish)
Captain & XO (first officer): Will be played by myself & Kenny respectively. Both Kenny & I have played and run online RPs before and we know how to make these things fun, so if you trust us we'll do our best for you.
Apart from that all is free. We will need heads of department for the following:
- Chief Medical Officer
- Chief of Engineering
- Chief Science Officer (Jen has already expressed an interest here so I will give her first refusal)
- Chief of Opps
- Helmsman/woman
After those positions are full we can start fleshing out the departments with other crew (so don't be disappointed if you don't get a "Chief" position, it can be just as fun, if not more fun sometimes to be a normal crew member).
So, now it's over to you guys for some replies. Let me know any of the following:
- What you think
- Any Suggestions
- If you want to claim a position which one? (first come first served)
Thanks again,
Matt
Edits:
Crew so far:
Rico - Admiral
Keozen - Captain
Startrekfanatic5 - XO First Officer
Trekkygeek - Chief of Security
Jen - Chief Science Officer
wso32 - Security Crew Member
ryanlb - Random Crew Member Dpt Undecided
Elizur - Engineering Crew Member
RickPeete - Ops or Engineering Position
Jedijeff - Security/Engineering Crew Member
Moyer777 - Counseler
Jobydrone - Security/Tactical Crew Member
Hey Tim. Walter here. Im definitely interested. Ive never played one of these before so if you dont mind a beginner (maybe I can be just a red shirt security officer) Ill participate. I am about 6 hrs ahead of most everyone in the US (9 hrs ahead of Kenny and anyone else on the west coast) so I hope that will not cause a problem. Otherwise count me in!!
Quote from: wso32 on January 24, 2007, 02:02:17 PM
Hey Tim. Walter here. Im definitely interested. Ive never played one of these before so if you dont mind a beginner (maybe I can be just a red shirt security officer) Ill participate. I am about 6 hrs ahead of most everyone in the US (9 hrs ahead of Kenny and anyone else on the west coast) so I hope that will not cause a problem. Otherwise count me in!!
That's not a problem at all. I'm 8 hrs ahead of Kenny & the like myself as I'm from the UK. Timezones are no barrier here :)
As for taking a random "Redshirt" crew position, that's fine too. Consider yourself on the list of sign ups :D
Matt
Very well, I should like to join as well. It would probably be best if I was a random underling. Assign me to whatever dept needs me, with a preference towards Ops or Engineering, and the lowest rank to start out, maybe I can earn myself a promotion down the road.
Until I figure out what's going on, I'll probably just say "Aye, sir" a lot.
Love the idea! Sounds great so far. A few thoughts. I'm fine with you and Kenny taking the lead on this. I'll just be the annoying Admiral that pops in for inspections now and then. Hehe.....
Here's a thought. I'm going to get the site text chat program up and going again soon. Maybe we can pick some day and time occasionally to meet in chat and kind of run a little scenario? I think that would be a lot of fun.
Keo & Kenny - I suggest taking nominations for the ship name for maybe a week or so and then put a poll up for voting on the nominees. I think it helps if folks get a say in that. Might want a new thread in this section for that. Keep it going guys ---- :)
This sounds interesting.
I've never done anything like this before, although when I was but a lad I used to play D&D quite a bit.
I might make a pretty good engineer. I'm not very wordy though so it might be good for me to have a position that isn't so...well wordy.
This is going to be so much fun... it's not that tough. It's like telling an on going story. Matt and I will start a plot and a situation. Then everyone will react to it and we go from there. Piece of cake.
This will be my first playing an RP game like this. But I am totally open to having some fun with it! Put me in a Engineering or Ops position with opportunity for advancement (if I am up to the task).
-Rick
Ok, updated the list of people who have said what they're interested (on the main post at the top of here).
I will be hopefully posting a new thread dealing with possible ship names today so everyone get involved & make sure your :2cents is heard!
I would like to be a crew member as well. Nothing to special, just one of the common joes on the ship carrying out orders, either in Engineering or Security.
I think I might be up for this. I would like to a counselor, I don't have to be betazoid, but it would help. As long as this doesn't take massive time. Perhaps if it does and I can 't keep up you could kill me off. :)
Anyway, it might be nice to have an explanation of how this works. I have never participated at all in this kind of thing.
So, explain it for me, and then if you want, I will sign up for counselor or crewman, or an ensign, whatever you need. It might be fun to be a blue barber. Or a bar tender... I would be up for that too.
moyer777
I'd like to work some shifts on tactical on the bridge, perhaps similarly to the role Worf had on the Enterprise while Tasha Yar was still alive, something close to second in command of security/tactical. Also I've thought alot about the race of my toon and I've been fascinated recently when I found out on these boards that Saavik was supposed to be half Vulcan, half Romulan. So for some very basic back story I'd like to imagine myself as that combination, possibly raised by a family of neither background so continually in the proccess of discovering things about fundamental elements of my past. I'm definitely going to be thinking more about this and I'm looking forward to playing.
Whoa, whats all this? I hadn't seen this post before. I think I would like to join the crew. Maybe as something in security, or even the next Guinan. I wouldn't mind starting low as long as there is room for promotion, but if you don't have anyone for chief of security..... Count me in Guys ;)
Well the crew is coming along nicely.. Anyone else intrested?
Now I'm scared :ohmy
I have gone and thrown myself in at the deep end. Hope I don't let the team down. Now to make up a character. :ohmy
Quote from: trekkygeek on January 29, 2007, 11:56:18 AM
Now I'm scared :ohmy
I have gone and thrown myself in at the deep end. Hope I don't let the team down. Now to make up a character. :ohmy
Don't worry, it's easy I promise.
Imagine being in my shoes. I have to write a decent plot for you all ;)
Any guidelines on how to make up a character?
If you go to the character profile section of the RPG you can see examples, several people have done characters already.
Thanks. I hadn't seen the RPG section yet.
Also, I hate to show my ignorance (and I'm not sure if this would be the best place to do so), but I am comparatively new to Star Trek. An ensign is the lowest commissioned officer rank, correct?
I want to choose a dept to work for, so I'd like to know what the various depts do.
What would be some of the duties of Engineering vs Ops?
Thanks.
I would like to be either the chief medical officer or councellor or a security officer up to you as I have a diploma in Law Enforcement a degree in Psychology and Criminology a Masters Counselling and an Degree in Canon Law and Hold the rank of Lt Col in the United Chaplancy Service
Any Ideas of a character would be great and suggestions on a profile, perhaps you could send me an example with the duties of whatever position you think would be suitable for me with my background
thanks.
Hey Iceman.. that's one great thing about RPG, you get to pretend you are something that you may not really be. Background isn't really important here. If you wish to be our Chief Medical Officer than that's great since we don't have any medical people at all. You can make up anything, be anyone, be any species (within Star Trek universe), fashion your character after a character from Trek, it's really unlimited.
The first thing to do is create a character's name and species, and decide which department you would like to be part of... that's it. You're character will grow with the story. If you don't know about your character's past history don't worry about it that can be added later. Right now just to get started we need everyone who wants to participate to create your character, species and department.
A personal note if you are having trouble coming up with species for your character just make your character human, that tends to make things easier.
Quote from: ryanlb on January 29, 2007, 01:25:51 PM
Thanks. I hadn't seen the RPG section yet.
Also, I hate to show my ignorance (and I'm not sure if this would be the best place to do so), but I am comparatively new to Star Trek. An ensign is the lowest commissioned officer rank, correct?
I want to choose a dept to work for, so I'd like to know what the various depts do.
What would be some of the duties of Engineering vs Ops?
Thanks.
Yes Ensign is the lowest ranked officer.. as for duties in Engineering as opposed to Ops. Engineering duties will obviously deal with the engines and keeping the ship flying. Ops/Operations keeps all ships system flowing smoothly (ie Harry Kim from Voyager). I'll see if I can find official position descriptions for everyone.
Quote from: trekkygeek on January 29, 2007, 11:56:18 AM
Now I'm scared :ohmy
I have gone and thrown myself in at the deep end. Hope I don't let the team down. Now to make up a character. :ohmy
This is suppose to be fun, it's just a bunch of people getting together to write a really cool Star Trek adventure... that's all. Just have fun...
This sounds like it would be fun never played anything like this but you have to start some where.. If avliable I like security/tactical if they are taken I would be up for anything :r2d2line
ok... looks like u managed to get me back on the forums for this.... I want in.... I would love to be involved in Command, but it looks like Capt / first officer are taken... I could still spire head a command / ops (Data type of character)... That would be great....
I wouldn't mind being military either.... Like a M.A.C.O / Elite Force Team Leader.... I don't know if you guys thought about a position like that at all....
wow... again, great idea... i look forward to seeing how this all plays out.... (i know i havent been around for a while, but if this whole thing is as cool as it sounds, you can count on me being around)
Sorry about the Conversation post with Pedro... I didn't know what to do with it, we talked on the Chat room for a while so I put it into it. I will clean it up next time.
Seemed ok to me.
Really, it was pretty good, it was easy to follow and flowed like what it was...a real conversation.
I think I'd like to pop in there with you some time and have a chat like that.
The conversation was awesome.. I would have gone through and replaced the fourm names with the character names and remove the times..
Ok sounds good! :D Enoch! We need to set up a conversation meeting! I was thinking though if you had MSN or Windows live messenger, it would be easier? It doen't say the times, and you can change the names very easy.