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Mythos Origins: "The Name on the Wall"
Mythos Origions - Season 01 / Episode 01by Alan Tripp 2410 Deck 13 -- U.S.S. Mythos(-A) Cordra Fleet Yards -- Dock Slip 112 -- One week til Chistening It was one week til...
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Captain's Table: "The First Mug"
Captain's Table / Episode 2by Alan Tripp Kor's Mug -- 2412 Following His First Story "The Captain's Table" @ Hell's Keep “The First Mug” The storm did not end when Kor ...
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Captain's Table: "Forced into Command"
Captain's Table / Episode 11by Alan Tripp Kor's First Visit -- 2412 "Storyfall" "The Captain's Table" @ Hell's Keep The Captain’s Table did not fall silent all at once. ...
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THE STRAITS: “WHEN TWO BECOME ONE”
Ansolon Season 02 / Episode 14by Alan Tripp 2412 Unknown Forest Hell's Gate -- Outer Region Space here did not behave. It coiled. Clouds the color of old blood and d...
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THS: “THE LINE THAT DOES NOT EXIST”
THE HARBOUR SIGNAL A Frontier Media Collective Publication A disabled survey vessel, a response from U.S.S. Bearcat (NCC-75684), and the first indication that something in the Inner...
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THS: "Where Storms Listen"
THE HARBOUR SIGNAL A Frontier Media Collective Publication Inside the Captain's Table at Hell's Keep By Adam Marshlender Senior Correspondent, The Harbour Signal Frontier Med...
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THS: "Orchid in Shadow"
THE HARBOUR SIGNAL A Frontier Media Collective Publication The Warship That Doesn’t Want to Be Seen Hull & Horizon By Liora Vance Senior Technology Correspondent He...
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THS NEWS: "THE WOLF TAKES THE WATCH"
THE HARBOUR SIGNAL A Frontier Media Collective Publication Inside the appointment of Captain Kor Hawke to Task Force Mythos By Adam Marshlender Senior Correspondent, The Harb...
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RATHOK MAELGRIN — A LIFE IN THE STORM
The colony never slept. It endured. Metal screamed in long, drawn-out protests beneath constant strain. Energy conduits pulsed like veins under pressure. The air itself carried heat...
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Hawke Saga: "Last Light of the Forge"
2233 S.S. Star Forge There were no alarms at first. That was what Kor would remember most clearly, even years later when memory had blurred the edges of everything else. Not t...
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The Straits: "Follow the Leader"
Ansolon Season 02 / Episode 13by Alan Tripp 2412 U.S.S. Reliance "The Straits," Malstrom Expanse “Captain on the bridge!” Ensign Helen Stevenson swiveled her chair just...
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The Straits: "Primal Screams"
Ansolon Season 02 / Episode 14by Alan Tripp 2412 Unknown Forest "The Straits," Malstrom Expanse Cmdr. Valyres Morgraz could feel the life flowing around her. For the em...
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Star Trek: Fortitude – Season 03 Episode 2 – “The Straits – First Crossing”
By Richard Woodcock Last Time on Star Trek: Fortitude USS Fortitude: All over the Ship On Deck 6, Tarris felt it again. That same absence. That same wrongness. In Engineering,...
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The Straits: "Skipping Across the Pond"
Ansolon Season 02 / Episode 11by Alan Tripp 2412 U.S.S. Yakushima "The Straits," Malstrom Expanse Capt. Maekaylan Adoy gripped the arm of the command chair. When off th...
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Captain T’Korvaq Alan Hawke — “Fenrir”
There are officers who rise through Starfleet by excellence. There are those who rise through survival. And then there are those forged by loss—tempered not by training alone, but b...
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Star Trek: Fortitude – Season 03 Episode 1 – "The Straits"
By Richard Woodock Last time on Star Trek: Fortitude (S02EP05) Miles stepped onto the bridge. “Helm,” he said. “Set a course for the Maelstrom Expanse. Maximum warp.” “You p...
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The Straits: "One Last Ride"
Ansolon Season 02 / Episode 09by Alan Tripp 2412 U.S.S. Crazy Horse "The Straits," Malstrom Expanse “I tell you there is a ship out there,” Jinesleis said. “An intact s...
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The Straits: "Not Going Back!"
Ansolon Season 02 / Episode 08by Alan Tripp 2412 U.S.S. Kusanagi-no-TsurugiGrand Shoals Region, Malstrom Expanse Siduri and Tila’mana looked first at each other and then as o...
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The Straits: "Stuck in Hell"
Ansolon Season 02 / Episode 07by Alan Tripp 2412 U.S.S. Stardrifter Capt. J’nae Travanner Skysen dropped back into her command seat, letting out an explosion of air as she di...
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BIO FILE -- "Jenni" (aka. J'nae Skysen)
I am J'nae Travanner Skysen … a boomer … one born aboard and spending life growing up on a a space freighter … In this case, the "Setting Sun." For at least three generations before me...
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"The Hard Reboot"
By Alan Tripp--- Scene: Battle Bridge, U.S.S. DanteStardate: 240513.1840 (aka. May 13, 2409) "They went for it!" Lt. Sean Dalmore punched the arm of the command chair in childish...
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The Straits: “Calls from the Depths”
Ansolon Season 02 / Episode 06by Alan Tripp 2412 U.S.S. Crazy Horse Another console blew out to one side of the bridge, punctuating the dark thoughts her crew were feeling in...
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Star Trek: Fortitude – A Holiday Novella – “At the Turning of the Year”
By Richard Woodcock USS Fortitude, Main Bridge: The stars were behaving themselves tonight.That alone made Miles uneasy. From the command chair of the USS Fortitude, the gala...
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Star Trek: Fortitude – A Holiday Novella – “A Very Fortitude Christmas”
By Richard Woodcock &nbs...
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Star Trek: Fortitude – A Holiday Novella – "The Fowl Directive"
By Richard Woodcock The Deadpan Briefing The USS Fortitude hung in quiet orbit over a small, forested pre-warp moon in the Lankari Drift an unremarkable little world that, by all accoun...
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Star Trek: Fortitude – Season 02 Episode 5 – The Maelstrom
By Richard Woodcock Last time on Star Trek: Fortitude USS Fortitude Elsewhere on the Fortitude, Commander Nilona recorded a voice message to her partner: “I haven’t slep...
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The Straits: “When Thunder Strikes”
Ansolon Season 02 / Episode 06 by Alan Tripp -- 2412 -- Thunder Strike cruised through the red hued clouds of the Hell’s Keep region of the Malstrom Expanse. T...
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The Straits: “One Goes Missing”
Ansolon Season 02 / Episode 05by Alan Tripp 2412 Starbase Ansolon A cloud of dust churned from the hooves of charging horses filled the air, partially obscuring the two oppon...
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The Straits: “The Original, You Might Say”
Ansolon Season 02 / Episode 04by Alan Tripp --- 2406 --- Alan Pathfinder allowed the maintenance pod to drift as he simply wanted to take in the view. What was before him wa...
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The Straits: "Where's that Ensign?"
Ansolon Season 2 / Episode 02Story by Alan Tripp 2412 A cloud of smoke hovered in the air in the heart of the Strategic Operations Center aboard the U.S.S. Britannia. Specifi...
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The Straits: “The Final Report”
Ansolon Season 2 / Episode 03 By Alan Tripp 2412 “Investigation complete,” Blackthorne said, dropping the data padd on the Admiral’s desk in his office aboard Starbase Ansolon.&n...
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On Shore Leave
By Richard Woodcock Just wanted to share that I am going on two weeks leave as of tomorrow and we will be picking up with the USS Fortitude and USS Asclepius upon my return, hoping to be w...
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Star Trek: Fortitude – Season 02 Episode 4 – The Codex Dreams
By Richard Woodcock Last time on Star Trek: Fortitude In the Observation Lounge, Commander Teshla and Lieutenant Sieneth sat in quiet thought, their tea cooling beside them. The Cod...
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Star Trek: Asclepius – Season 01 Episode 2 – The Fire and the Ethereal
By Richard Woodcock Last Time on Star Trek: Asclepius Gyramu’s voice comes through from Engineering. "Shield harmonics destabilizing. They're pulling something through. I don't know...
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The Straits: “Black Knight Returns”
Ansolon Season 2 / Episode 01 By Alan Tripp --- 2412 --- The Black Knight of Ansolon leaned back in his seat outside the old tavern. He’d once gone by Black Knight o...
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Star Trek: Fortitude – Season 02 Episode 3 – Echoes in Stone
By Richard Woodcock Last time on Star Trek: Fortitude The moment lingered, fragile but not shy. There was something unspoken recognition. Two officers shaped by isolation and expect...
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Star Trek: Asclepius – Season 01 Episode 1 – Shadows at the Threshold
By Richard Woodcock The Lazarus Rift pulses ominously in the dark void of space—a jagged tear lined with flickering violet energy. Out of warp, the USS Asclepius arrives. Sleek...
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Star Trek: Asclepius – Ship & Mission Overview
By Richard Woodcock Finally before Season 1 of Star Trek: Asclepius I thought we would take a look at the USS Asclepius herself. USS Asclepius – Ship & Mission Overview ...
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Star Trek: Asclepius – Meet the Hazard Team
By Richard Woodcock You met the the bridge now meet the Hazard Team of the USS Asclepius before we go into Season 1 of there stories. Star Trek: Asclepius — Hazard Team “Into the Unk...
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Star Trek: Asclepius - Meet the Crew
By Richard Woodcock Well, with the stories of the USS Fortitude out there I thought I would expand upon the adventures of Fox White leaving the Fortitude and becoming his own Captain. So b...
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Darkstar: "End of the Tunnel"
by Alan Tripp 2408 As an Okinawa II-class, the U.S.S. Sam Houston was a small ship. That was both a blessing and a curse. On the one hand, it meant the enemy ...
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Darkstar: “The Blade Shatters”
By Alan Tripp Scene: Main Bridge, U.S.S. Excalibur Consoles exploded, bridge crew lay dying while others fought to either keep the key stations manned or fought to save those dying ...
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Star Trek: Fortitude – Season 02 Episode 2 – Recall
By Richard Woodcock Last time on Star Trek: Fortitude Academic Reawakening Archived lectures by Dr. Aiyana Blackhorse surged in popularity. Her 2388 keynote, “Precursor Mythos in...
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Star Trek: Fortitude – Season 02 Episode 1 – Echoes Beneath Stone
By Richard Woodcock Prologue: Before the pyramids, before the Maya, before even memory—there were the D’Arsay. Their influence wasn’t marked in conquest or empire, but in whispers—ec...
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Star Trek: Fortitude – Season 01 Episode 10 – Passing the Torch
By Richard Woodcock Main Shuttle Bay – USS Fortitude The deck crews bustled around the gleaming shuttle Musashi, making final preflight checks. Fox White shifted his duffel from shoulde...
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Darkstar: “Break out the cutlery”
By Alan Tripp – Scene: Main Bridge, U.S.S. Beowulf —Last Time—“Where who went, Captain?” asked Sar at tactical, the Romulan’s expression one of curiosity. “Starfleet’s ori...
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Darkstar: “The Borg and the Missing”
By Alan Tripp – The bridge of the U.S.S. Thunder Strike was a hive of flurried activity. “YES! YES! YES!” Capt. Urshyra Sollace swiveled her command chair to look to...
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Darkstar: "Within the Calm of the Storm"
By Alan Tripp – “Captain! … We’ve got a live one over here!” Jenkins yelled from across the bridge, his tricorder sounding that singular ping of detection. Shallana picked he...
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Star Trek: Fortitude – Season 01 Episode 09 – Lazarus
By Richard Woodcock Last time on Star Trek: Fortitude Lazarus presses both palms to the Iconian crystal core. Light erupts. The anchor fragments implode in slow-motion across planes...
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Star Trek: Fortitude – Season 01 Episode 08 – Anchor Fall
By Richard Woodcock Last time on Star Trek: Fortitude Scene: Communications Array – USS Fortitude, Lower Decks Dan Dare steps into the comms station escorted by Velra and Reeve. ...
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