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The armistice between the United Federation of Planets and the Cardassian Union was signed in 2367. Under the terms of the cease-fire agreement, both sides agreed to end major engagements and to open diplomatic channels. It wasn't perfect. Minor skirmishes continued on both sides, primarily over unresolved issues such as control of border planets and of course, the occupation of Bajor.

Negotations between the two sides continued and through their efforts the Cardassians left Bajor -- two years later. Finally free, the celebrations on Bajor lasted for days but, as it always happens, reality set in. Things were far from settled. The Bajorans faced a long period of recovery from a brutal, fifty-year occupation; many in the resistance were left with an all-consuming rage against Cardassians responsible for countless atrocities.

While some struggle to form a government, members of the Kohn-Ma, under the leadership of a former member of the resistance, Sayal Mazi, decides that the guilty cannot go unpunished and begins to lay plans of their own.

And they were not alone. Colonists on border worlds, fearing the loss of everything they've built, take inspiration from resistance fighters in World War II on Earth and form the Maquis. Operating in the demilitarized zone between the Cardassian Union and the United Federation of Planets, they seek to safeguard their way of life against all comers whether they be Cardassian or Federation.

Among the Cardassians, Gul Zelar, commanding the CDS Ocett, a Galor Class Type-III cruiser, emerges as an outspoken opponent to the peace. Politically savvy with familial ties to the Obsidian Order, Zelar lays plans of his own.

In the Federation, with the memory of Wolf 359 barely two years old, Starfleet looks to improve their ability to respond to threats. Pre-production testing is scheduled to begin on a ship designed for a combat role while still capable of patrol and exploration. Five vessels, Akira Class, are scheduled for launch and crews are assembled.

The USS Thunderbird is one of these five. The captain and first officer are experienced in combat having been at Wolf 359. They arrive at Uptopia Planitia, after surviving an unexplained explosion on their former ship, the USS Ark Royal, that cost the life of their captain and key members of the crew.

Newly promoted and fresh from the memorial, they arrive to take command of the USS Thunderbird and their patrol route will take them right into the heart of the conflict.

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Latest Mission Posts

» Lone Survivor

Mission: A Silence of Friends
Posted on Sun Sep 14th, 2025 @ 7:50pm by Lieutenant Commander Harrison Knox & Chief Petty Officer Gildran Trusk & Lieutenant Stormy Knight & Captain Rylan Gray

The transporter beam dissolved into darkness and stone. Lieutenant Commander Harrison Knox steadied himself on the uneven cavern floor, the low rumble beneath his boots reminding him that this moon was far from stable. Thin air scraped against his lungs, carrying the metallic tang of mineral dust. His wrist lamp cut a pale arc through the gloom, revealing jagged stalactites and rivulets of water trickling down the walls.

Beside him, Lieutenant Stormy Knight swept her tricorder in steady arcs. The device chirped intermittently, each sound echoing in the hollow silence. At the rear, the trio was completed with Chief Yeoman,…

» Uninvited

Mission: A Silence of Friends
Posted on Sat Aug 9th, 2025 @ 9:31pm by Lieutenant Commander Harrison Knox

Seated in the Captain's Ready Room, Rylan's office space had become overtaken by Harrison's presence. As Rylan struggled to cling onto life, everything that was command related fell onto Lieutenant Commander Knox. He looked around the Ready Room and it was becoming uncomfortably more his space. He leaned forward in the chair as he prepared to record.

"Acting Captain’s Log – Stardate..." Knox paused and rubbed his eyes. Days and nights were bleeding into one another. He was walking a dangerous path of exhaustion and was pulling all-nighters with thirty minute naps throughout. All of course against medical advice. Stardate…

» Accepting Striel's Invitation

Mission: A Silence of Friends
Posted on Sat Aug 9th, 2025 @ 4:19pm by Lieutenant Commander Harrison Knox & Lieutenant Juliette Barnes & Lieutenant Stormy Knight & Ensign Kivo Dak & Captain Rylan Gray

As the haze of the transporter beam faded, the away team found themselves standing in a large room, underground if the lack of windows and slightly stale circulated air were any indication. A ball drone rolled across the floor and came to a stop before a wall console; something similar to feet appeared, to anchor itself in place, while appendages appeared which it used, presumably to bring the unit online since moments later, the room lit up. "This is a medical facility," Striel said. As the lights came on, the team could see a half-circle of workstations facing something that…

» The Fall

Mission: A Silence of Friends
Posted on Sun Aug 3rd, 2025 @ 11:24pm by Lieutenant Daegan Baas & Petty Officer 1st Class Jaclyn Masterson [Baas]

Jaclyn sat in a small restaurant drinking the last of the spring wine the proprietor had insisted her drink with her order. He had claimed it was the only thing that would do the meal justice but she had a feeling it was just to increase the amount on her check.

So far her inquiries had been one failure after another. Those that had had been eventual no shows or had sent her on wild goose chases. Requests to meet with members of the security forces had been rebuffed, inquiries to the provisional government had her spinning in a bureaucratic…

» 300 seconds

Mission: A Silence of Friends
Posted on Mon Jul 14th, 2025 @ 8:56pm by Lieutenant Ayryn Trynn M.D.

“Why did you decide to be a psychiatrist?”

The question was one Ayryn Trynn had been asked many times. Usually by those trying to deflect attention from themselves than a genuine curiosity. Often, the response was a patient smile and an abridged version of the truth.

Today the question came not from a patient but from one of the nurses who was assisting. Emma Drysdale, an ensign with that unending enthusiasm fresh faced graduates seemed to possess in abundance - even in the face of a plague. In a close second to said enthusiasm was the young woman’s curiosity.

From…