Welcome to the U.S.S. Vela!
In Character Description
While two decades after the Dominion War, the effects can still be felt in the Federation. Starfleet has become stretched thin due to rebuilding after the war and the inevitable expansion due to exploration. No longer can the fleet manage all the needs of their own space. To alleviate the strain, Starfleet started contracting with merchant vessel companies for the mundane missions. These vessels took the simple missions, the profitable missions, and sometimes the shady missions.
The Patthams Corporation is one of these, having contracted for the region of space where Klingon, Romulan, and Federation spaces collide. With a small fleet of various vessels, the company holds a monopoly on ensuring the health and commerce of the area, and the profits.
The M.V. Vela is an acquired former Centaur Class Starfleet Vessel. With minor modifications, she has become a multi-role vessel for the company, performing medical aid, ship tows and maintenance, cargo and passenger runs, and anything else the company deems necessary. These may include the occasional shady mission.
Out of Character Information
A repurposed frigate, the Vela now works as a merchant vessel. With a multi-purpose role, she now fills a variety of missions. While seemingly mundane missions, each brings potential for deep story telling and character development. The vessel is the modern day equivalent if Towboat US in some ways.
The sim is a purposely designed slow pace sim. With merchant crew structure, the small crew and few departments lend towards character exploration and involved mission development. In order to promote the small feel and interconnectedness of the crew, each player has two main characters to allow them the diversity in building the storyline. We are looking to create the entire ship experience.
Latest Mission Posts
» Double Delivery
Mission: Pre-Boarding
Posted on Fri Jun 30, 2023 @ 8:53am by Staff Warrant Officer Cleo "CJ" Janice Williams
CJ's eyes glanced across the controls of the shuttle, a Type 9A. While bulky, not exactly fast, she was a responsive design and good and her intended purpose. In the cargo hold behind CJ were crates of supplies, all intended for the Vela. It wouldn't be long she reckoned until…
» Look Who’s Here
Mission: Pre-Boarding
Posted on Sun May 28, 2023 @ 10:52am by Lieutenant Elias Tarik & Commander Logan Hanks
Logan worked his way down the corridor, skimming his PaDD. Suddenly, a voice echoed from somewhere nearby, interrupting his thoughts. “Plasma inducers,” the voice said incredulously, “We need plasma infusions…”
Following the sound of the voice led Hanks to the open door of the medical bay. To his surprise, he…
» Promotion or Demotion?
Mission: Pre-Boarding
Posted on Tue May 23, 2023 @ 1:14pm by Commander Logan Hanks
Logan sat in the waiting room of the Admiral's Office. His one hand idled on his lap while the other silently drummed the armest of the chair. It wouldn't be long at this point, he though while his eyes moved from picture to picture. He knew the classes of each…
» Not Interested
Mission: Pre-Boarding
Posted on Wed May 10, 2023 @ 12:12pm by Commander Logan Hanks & Lieutenant Elias Tarik
It had taken Logan multiple stops along the way to finally where Elias was hiding. Each settlement he stopped at told him tales of the man and vague directions to where he might be. The Type 11 shuttle flew slowly over a house with the right description, complete with a…
» House Call
Mission: Pre-Boarding
Posted on Mon May 8, 2023 @ 8:13pm by Lieutenant Elias Tarik
Tarik sat on the edge of the bed, tricorder in hand. To one side, a leather satchel lay open, his “grab bag” of medical supplies. To the other, a young girl, almost six years old. Her name was Etan.
She was not unfamiliar to him. In fact, Tarik had been…