Jordan aka FltAdmlWolf

All our ships have a number of shuttlecraft aboard for away missions, short trips, research, and recreation. In this case, one size does not fit all! Here are a few of the shuttlecraft most commonly used: Type 6: Slow short range shuttlecraft. Very easy to pilot, even appropriate for untrained civilians. Typically unarmed. Type 7:[.....] View the full article

Glad to have you with us. Have fun on your new ships!

This week, Poll of the Week would like to hear your views on professional wrestling! Yes, it’s Wrestlemania weekend, so come on down and let us know your views on this often-time controversial form of sports entertainment. Do you love wrestling enough to watch the show? Are you a casual fan? Do you hate it[.....] View the full article

Please welcome our newest class of Academy graduates to the UFOP: StarBase 118 fleet: Samantha McKenzie, Julio Vannini, and Zelatrus! View the full article

Just a quick reminder to mark your calendar for the next fleet-wide OOC chat to take place this coming Sunday, April 10th at 11 A.M. Pacific / 2 P.M. Eastern / 7 P.M. GMT. Just head to our website chat room, no registration required, to participate! View the full article

Walter Koenig, best known as the navigator Pavel Chekov on The Original Series, sat down with StarTrek.com to discuss an episode of The Animated Series that he had penned. Due to budgetary constraints, it is almost ironic that Koenig wasn’t hired to provide voice-over for Chekov on the animated series, yet was chosen by Gene Roddenberry himself[.....] View the full article

A couple years back I sat down and started work on developing the Trinity Sector of space, the sector that houses Starbase 118. As a result of this project, a number of wiki pages were created for each planet. It was my hope that they would help define the nature of the Sector and provide interesting[.....] View the full article

“The Enterprise computer system is controlled by three primary main processor cores, cross-linked with redundant melacortz-ramistat 14-kiloquad interface modules. The core element is based on an FTL nanoprocessor with 25 bilateral kelilactirals. With 20 of those being slaved into the primary Heisenfram terminals. This is the isopalavial interface which controls the main firomantal drive unit.[.....] View the full article

What can screenwriters learn from Star Trek? How about creating intrigue, characters who we care about, and expressing respect for the audience! What can we simmers learn from screenwriters? Check out Simon J. Michael’s article How to Write a Screenplay – 20 Lessons from Star Trek to find out. View the full article

As necessitated by good drama, every ship throughout the fleet requires an ample supply of villains. Antagonists, foes, someone for the crew to work against. Each ship handles villains differently. On most ships, they are simply NPCs or PNPCs that the writers create when they feel it appropriate or when asked by command. On the USS Victory[.....] View the full article

Please welcome our newest class of Academy graduates to the UFOP: StarBase 118 fleet: Eerie, Sky Blake, Moran Jatam, Francis deMarc, and Vel Sokaar! View the full article

DATES: The class began on March 21, 2011, and ended on March 28th, 2011. LIST: sb118-academy2 COMMANDING OFFICER: FltCapt. Sidney Riley FIRST OFFICER: LtCmdr. William Rogers GRADUATES: - Eerie - Sky Blake - Moran Jatam - Francis deMarc - Vel Sokaar

Today, we congratulate Andrus Jaxx on his promotion to the rank of Captain! He has officially completed his Captaincy Exam requirements, and his promotion has been approved by members of the Executive Council. Andrus has been a member since 2007, when he joined the Challenger under the command of Captain T’Pen. He later served on[.....] View the full article

This week, Poll of the Week calls on you to stand up and vote for the quadrant of the galaxy that you think is the most interesting! Will we see a landslide for the Alpha Quadrant? Could the mystique of the Romulan Star Empire claim victory for the Beta Quadrant? Or will the Gamma or[.....] View the full article

If you haven’t seen it before, Jeff Russell’s website, STARSHIP DIMENSIONS, provides a fun tool to compare the size of various starships. Our fleet spans the full gamut! View the full article

Check out this amazing new photograph of Spiral Galaxy NGC 2841! Caught by the Hubble Space Telescope, this gorgeous image “reveals a majestic disk of stars and dust lanes in this view of the spiral galaxy NGC 2841, which lies 46 million light-years away in the constellation of Ursa Major (The Great Bear). A bright[.....] View the full article

The USS Independence-A, a Prometheus class vessel, packs a little more punch than your typical vessel of that configuration. Its secret lies in her Fighter compliment – twelve Mauls in total. From these, the Independence keeps one of the Mauls, the single “FA-150R variant”, as a Search and Rescue unit; occasionally, one or two shuttles[.....] View the full article

Trek Radio is hosting a rare interview with Scott Bakula, the actor who portrayed the individual that took Star Trek from First Contact to the forming of the United Federation of Planets. As captain of the lead exploration vessel the NX Enterprise, history was formed by the actions of the crew that really did take[.....] View the full article

Shh... don't tell We like to keep it on the down-low so people don't feel intimidated. But for the record, I think there's only one "extra" cadet, since we had five applicants

In Greek mythology, Prometheus was a Titan who stole fire from Zeus and gave it to mortals. His myth has been treated by a number of ancient sources, in which Prometheus is credited with – or blamed for – playing a pivotal role in the early history of mankind. We have one Prometheus class ship in[.....] View the full article