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THE FALLEN: "SHARDS OF SCIENCE"
When the dead leave a warning, hope must be forged from what remains. The Anvil Fleet Yards Season 01 — Episode 09 Written by Alan Tripp 2412 “ The dead...
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THE FALLEN: "THE WOLF FINDS THE TRAIL"
Always one more horizon ... one more hill to cross over ... one more tree to look behind. Nyr Nordhavn Season 01 — Episode 08 Written by Alan Tripp 2412 Th...
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THE FALLEN: "THE MESSENGER IN THE RAIN"
Footsteps in the Rain, a Knock at the Door Nyr Nordhavn Season 01 — Episode 07 Written by Alan Tripp 2412 The Sollace Cottage — Ulfrvik Operations Group ...
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THE FALLEN: "THE FIRE BETWEEN STORMS"
Some thoughts are best reflected with firelight Nyr Nordhavn Season 01 — Episode 06 Written by Alan Tripp 2412 The Sollace Cottage — Ulfrvik Operations G...
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THE FALLEN: "FINDING FAMILY"
"A name is given. An oath is earned." Nyr Nordhavn Season 01 — Episode 05 Written by Alan Tripp 2412 The Great Hall — Ulfrvik Operations Group BastonHell...
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THE FALLEN: "SAYING GOODBYE"
"The falls took her ashes. The river carried her story." Nyr Nordhavn Season 01 — Episode 04 Written by Alan Tripp 2412 Nordal Falls — Ulfrvik Operations...
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THE FALLEN: "HULL WAITING IN DOCK 3"
"She was never meant to last forever. Only long enough to teach the next ship how." U.S.S. SAM HOUSTON Season 01 — Episode 03 Written by Alan Tripp 2412 The...
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THE SWORDS: "SWORDS, STORIES & LEGENDS"
“The storm outside Hell’s Keep never truly ended. It merely waited inside the forge.” THE SWORDKEEPERS Season 01 — Episode 03 Written by Alan Tripp 2412 The...
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THE SWORDS: "RING OF THE HAMMER"
“Some weapons are built for war. Others are forged to carry the weight of memory.” THE SWORDKEEPERS Season 01 — Episode 02 Written by Alan Tripp 2412 Forge ...
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THE SWORDS: "THE FORGE OF STORMS"
“The anvils of the Forge District rang like distant thunder, answering names spoken long before the captains arrived.” THE SWORDKEEPERS Season 01 — Episode 01 Written...
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THE FALLEN: "FOR WHOM THE BELL TOLLS"
“The Ghosts We Carried Forward” THE FALLEN Season 01 — Episode 02 Written by Alan Tripp 2412 The Captain's Table — Hell's Keep Operations Group BastonHel...
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THE FALLEN: "THE SHIP THAT RETURNED
“In the silence after survival, memory becomes its own battlefield.” THE FALLEN Season 01 — Episode 01 Written by Alan Tripp 2412 U.S.S. Sam Houston — Hell'...
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The Mythseekers: "Where Myths Still Fly”
"Myths existed because somewhere, once something made people believe." U.S.S. MYTHOS Season 01 — Episode 01 Written by Alan Tripp 2412 Hell's Keep — Hearths...
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Mythos Origins: “What Is Carried Forward”
Kor Hawke must confront the mounting losses in his life. Mythos Origins – Season 01 / Episode 04 by Alan Tripp 2410 Starfleet Psychiatric Recovery Unit Chapter I — ...
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Hell's Keep: "Hearthstone"
Ka’nej Hauk — Paying a visit to Rhya's Thunder Rock Hell's Keep — Season 01 / Episode 03by Alan Tripp — 2412 — Hell's Keep, Ansolon System — Argon Cluster Three Days...
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Hell's Keep: “Forged in the Crown”
Ka’nej Hauk — The Stormforged Knight Hell's Keep — Season 01 / Episode 02by Alan Tripp — 2412 — Rhya’thor Reach — The Anvil of Argrynus, Crown of Rhya ((Two weeks af...
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The Storm of Silience Did NOT End Us
To the officers, crew, writers, readers, allies, and friends of our fleet, For a long time now, this community has existed in a strange place between survival and silence. Many of u...
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THE FALLEN: "THE HALL OF ECHOES"
"A broken blade is not restored. It is reforged." U.S.S. Andúril The Straits -- Season 02 / Episode 18by Alan Tripp — 2412 — ((One month after the end of the mission ...
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HELL'S KEEP: “THE CLAIMING OF THE ANVIL”
Ka’nej Hauk — The Stormforged Knight Bastion -- Season 01 / Episode 01by Alan Tripp — 2412 — ((Two weeks after the end of the mission in the Straits)) The storm did not e...
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The Straits: “The Things That Hunt”
Ansolon Season 02 / Episode 17by Alan Tripp 2412 Unknown Forest Interior Dyson Sphere Region -- "The Straits" The jungle screamed. Not metaphorically. Not emotionall...
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The Straits: “The Harbor Beyond the Storm”
Ansolon Season 02 / Episode 16by Alan Tripp — 2412 — I.K.S. Qu’In ’an bortaS — The Straits, Malstrom Expanse The storm changed long before anyone aboard the Qu’In ’an bortaS...
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The Straits: “Blood and Storm”
If the two don't mix, you make them Ansolon Season 02 / Episode 15by Alan Tripp 2412 — The Straits, Malstrom Expanse The storm did not behave like weather. Weather could b...
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Mythos Origin: "The Ship That Endured"
Mythos Origins - Season 01 / Episode 03 by Alan Tripp 2410 U.S.S. Mythos (NCC-74361) Space Above Qonos - Klingon Homeworld Chapter VIII — The Ship That Endured ...
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Captain's Table: "The Line He Held"
Captain's Table / Episode 3by Alan Tripp Three Rings of the Bell -- 2408 "The Captain's Table" @ Hell's Keep The bell rang once. The sound moved through the Captain’s ...
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Mythos Origins: "The Original's Fall"
Mythos Origions - Season 01 / Episode 02by Alan Tripp 2410 Main Bridge -- U.S.S. Mythos (NCC-74361) Space near Sol Spacedock --- Earth Orbit, Sol System Chapter I — T...
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Captain's Table: “The Challenge of Blood & Steel”
Captain's Table / Episode 3by Alan Tripp Rathok's First Story -- 2412 Following Kor's story & mug presentation "The Captain's Table" @ Hell's Keep The storm did not re...
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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 (NCC-743610-A) Cordra Fleet Yards -- Dock Slip 112 -- One week til Chistening It was o...
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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 Lost in the Clouds Hell's Gate -- Outer Region Space here did not behave. It coiled. Clouds the color of old blood a...
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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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