Admiral Atragon-9

= /\ = USS MANTICORE BRIEFING #992, STARDATE 51806.18 = /\ = The Manticore has left the induction ceremony for the new Federation member, Statiak Prime, and is flying back to Sector 001. = /\ = END USS MANTICORE BRIEFING #992, STARDATE 51806.18 = /\ = 180618.log

= /\ = USS MANTICORE BRIEFING #992, STARDATE 51806.18 = /\ = The Manticore has left the induction ceremony for the new Federation member, Statiak Prime, and is flying back to Sector 001. = /\ = END USS MANTICORE BRIEFING #992, STARDATE 51806.18 = /\ =

= /\ = USS MANTICORE BRIEFING #991, STARDATE 51806.11 = /\ = The Manticore is at Statiak Prime, as they join the Federation as a new member. A9 was ordered to investigate the planet prior to the induction. We found the society engages in an annual "Purification," a 12 hour period when the gov't allows violence by all. The Manticore team also discovered a Purification resistance group. Rather than help the resistance and trying to stop the induction, A9 destroyed the majority of the group in secret and is not allowing the crew to report any "irregularities" to the Federation. The official Fed honor guard has arrived to take part in the welcoming ceremony and it is time for Manticore to slip away, unnoticed. = /\ = END USS MANTICORE BRIEFING #991, STARDATE 51806.11 = /\ = 180611.log

= /\ = USS MANTICORE BRIEFING #991, STARDATE 51806.11 = /\ = The Manticore is at Statiak Prime, as they join the Federation as a new member. A9 was ordered to investigate the planet prior to the induction. We found the sociey engages in an annual "Purification," a 12 hour period when the gov't allows violence by all. The Manticore team also discovered a Purification resistance group. Rather than help the resistance and trying to stop the induction, A9 destroyed the majority of the group in secret and is not allowing the crew to report any "irregularities" to the Federation. The official Fed honor guard has arrived to take part in the welcoming ceremony and it is time for Manticore to slip away, unnoticed. = /\ = END USS MANTICORE BRIEFING #991, STARDATE 51806.11 = /\ =

= /\ = USS MANTICORE BRIEFING #991, STARDATE 51806.04 = /\ = The Manticore is at Statiak Prime, as they join the Federation as a new member. A9 was ordered to investigate the planet prior to the induction. We found the sociey engages in an annual "Purification," a 12 hour period when the gov't allows violence by all. The Manticore team also discovered a Purification resistance group. Rather than help the resistance and trying to stop the induction, A9 destroyed the majority of the group in secret and is not allowing the crew to report any "irregularities" to the Federation. The official Fed honor guard has arrived to take part in the welcoming ceremony and it is time for Manticore to slip away, unnoticed. = /\ = END USS MANTICORE BRIEFING #991, STARDATE 51806.04 = /\ =

= /\ = USS MANTICORE BRIEFING #991, STARDATE 51805.28 = /\ = The Manticore is at Statiak Prime, as they join the Federation as a new member. A9 was ordered to investigate the planet prior to the induction. We found the sociey engages in an annual "Purification," a 12 hour period when the gov't allows violence by all. The Manticore team also discovered a Purification resistance group. Rather than help the resistance and trying to stop the induction, A9 destroyed the majority of the group in secret and is not allowing the crew to report any "irregularities" to the Federation. The official Fed honor guard has arrived to take part in the welcoming ceremony and it is time for Manticore to slip away, unnoticed. = /\ = END USS MANTICORE BRIEFING #991, STARDATE 51805.28 = /\ =

= /\ = USS MANTICORE BRIEFING #990, STARDATE 51805.21 = /\ = The Manticore is at Statiak Prime, soon to be a Federation member. Because of Council suspicions, A9 was ordered to investigate in advance of the induction. The ship arrived under cloak while A9 and two covert away teams beamed down to look around. Statiak has an annual "Purification," 12 hours when the gov't allows violence by any in the population. The Manticore teams, with the help of a Purification resistance group, disabled the shield generator that had blocked comm and transport with Manticore. After a series of events involving an unknown element in the ground of the planet, the entire Manticore contingent make it back to the ship, just as morning breaks. Purification is over and Federation ships are arriving for the induction ceremony. The crew is confused as to why this is not being stopped and the one member who is not on the Command staff is near death in Sickbay, for no obvious reason, Kansas Kenickie. = /\ = END USS MANTICORE BRIEFING #990, STARDATE 51805.21 = /\ = 180521.log

= /\ = USS MANTICORE BRIEFING #990, STARDATE 51805.21 = /\ = The Manticore is at Statiak Prime, soon to be a Federation member. Because of Council suspicions, A9 was ordered to investigate in advance of the induction. The ship arrived under cloak while A9 and two covert away teams beamed down to look around. Statiak has an annual "Purification," 12 hours when the gov't allows violence by any in the population. The Manticore teams, with the help of a Purification resistance group, disabled the shield generator that had blocked comm and transport with Manticore. After a series of events involving an unknown element in the ground of the planet, the entire Manticore contingent make it back to the ship, just as morning breaks. Purification is over and Federation ships are arriving for the induction ceremony. The crew is confused as to why this is not being stopped and the one member who is not on the Command staff is near death in Sickbay, for no obvious reason, Kansas Kenickie. = /\ = END USS MANTICORE BRIEFING #990, STARDATE 51805.21 = /\ =

Good evening, Captain Ryan, It's nice to see you posting here at STSF, but I wanted to let you know that we do not simply create ships and message boards when someone asks for them. The sims are run by GMs here and even after someone becomes a GM (not a simple or speedy task), there is a lot of discussion and planning that goes into the idea of starting up a new sim. My suggestion is to observe a few sims to see if this style of Star Trek role playing is to your liking. If it is, you can train to become a member of one of the crews and work your way up in ranks (I'm sorry, but your current Captain's rank was not earned in STSF, so it will not transfer into our fleet). If you have any questions, please feel free to reach out to me directly at [email protected], thank you. Admiral Atragon-9, STSF Forum Leader

= /\ = USS MANTICORE BRIEFING #989, STARDATE 51805.14 = /\ = The Manticore is at Statiak Prime, soon to be a Federation member. Because of Council suspicions, A9 was ordered to investigate in advance of the induction. The ship arrived under cloak while A9 and two covert away teams beamed down to look around. Statiak has an annual "Purification," 12 hours when the gov't allows violence by any in the population. The Manticore teams, with the help of a Purification resistance group, disabled the shield generator that had blocked comm and transport with Manticore. Half of the team beam out, but a group at the underground Resistance safehouse could not beam out due to something in the ground around them. KK returned to the planet for A9 and showed up just as he was getting the team to the surface and ... killing the Resistance leaderjust as he also wiped out that group with grenades. No one knows this except KK. = /\ = END USS MANTICORE BRIEFING #989, STARDATE 51805.14 = /\ = 180514.log

= /\ = USS MANTICORE BRIEFING #989, STARDATE 51805.14 = /\ = The Manticore is at Statiak Prime, soon to be a Federation member. Because of Council suspicions, A9 was ordered to investigate in advance of the induction. The ship arrived under cloak while A9 and two covert away teams beamed down to look around. Statiak has an annual "Purification," 12 hours when the gov't allows violence by any in the population. The Manticore teams, with the help of a Purification resistance group, disabled the shield generator that had blocked comm and transport with Manticore. Half of the team beam out, but a group at the underground Resistance safehouse could not beam out due to something in the ground around them. KK returned to the planet for A9 and showed up just as he was getting the team to the surface and ... killing the Resistance leaderjust as he also wiped out that group with grenades. No one knows this except KK. = /\ = END USS MANTICORE BRIEFING #989, STARDATE 51805.14 = /\ =

:: back on the ship, A9 heads to his quarters to clean up, engaging the recording system on his exosuit's left arm :: Begin suit recording, Personal Log, Admiral Atragon-9, Federation Council representative on the USS Manticore, NCC-5852-A, password ********* {{whirr, thwift}} This mission was a weird one, even by my standards. By accident, something new was discovered. That's not weird, that's how all the best discoveries happen. This discovery is poised to change science as we know it. Again, not weird, that is just lack of knowledge mixed with marketing hyperbole (the perfect example from ancient history - back the dawn of the 21st century - and the "revolutionary" Segway personal transport). It is tied to an accelerated admission into the Federation. I'll say it again, not weird, just politics. No, the weird part is how this new member planet runs an annual event where they kill each other and my job is to not only keep that under wraps, but to find the locals with the correctly-balanced moral compass and make them disappear, with extreme prejudice. Right, to the basics. A new chemical element has been found. Even a trace amount of it in the ground or the walls of an enclosure will block even the most sophisticated scanner, subspace communication and transporter signal. No booster, repeater or relay can penetrate this block. Due to it's very nature, it cannot be replicated or manufactured, so it only exists in its natural state and from the natural source, the planet of Statiak. This new element has been named Faradaymium ("Fy" on the Periodic Table) and the Federation needs to control the only source. Lucky for the Federation Council, Statiak has applied to join the Federation. Unlucky for the Federation, it was discovered that the populace has an event called "The Purification," when the people are allowed to take part in ANY crime with no consequences, for a 12 hour period, one day a year. The political fallout can be managed with carefully crafted media control. However, the truly unfortunate aspect is why the Fed Council has brought in Special Ops. It turns out that some do-gooder locals have formed a resistance group that could muddy up the waters, bring down the government, delay the entrance into the Federation. All of these problems must be avoided at all cost - AT ALL COST. That is where I come in. This is going to get SO messy that even the usual excuses of Black Ops won't cover it. They cannot send in any of the Wing to just "kill the good guys," they need someone like me. Steeped in the traditions and procedures, experienced with methods and skewed goals, and no longer in command of one of their ships. I am a built-in rogue agent and just the sociopath for the job. The story has to be that Manticore shows up to see if Statiak is on the level - and that's it. No one knows the true mission if they have an official role on the ship. Not Kansas, not Matt, not even Sovak. Limited exposure for the Council, plausible deniability for the crew. If this gets out, it's a political and career one-way ticket - and not to the top of the heap, either. Everything was going smoothly, but I didn't plan for Kansas to come back for me right away. She saw me dispatch Rewac, she saw me take out the rest of the resistance with grenades. Now I have to see what the Council will do about her, bring her into the fold or put her out on a windy hill. I hate when that happens. EOM, EOT {{whirr, clunk}}

= /\ = USS MANTICORE BRIEFING #988, STARDATE 51805.07 = /\ = The Manticore is at Statiak Prime, soon to be a Federation member. Because of Council suspicions, A9 was ordered to investigate the people in advance of the induction. The ship arrived under cloak while A9 and two covert away teams beamed down to investigate. Statiak has an annual "Purification," 12 hours when the gov't allows violence by the entire population. The Manticore teams, with the help of a Purification resistance group, has disabled the shield generator that had been blocking communication and transport with Manticore. Half of the team beam out, but the group underground at the Resistance safehouse cannot beam out due to an unknown metal in the surface in the ground around them - and A9 thinks he knows why. = /\ = END USS MANTICORE BRIEFING #988, STARDATE 51805.07 = /\ = 180507.log

= /\ = USS MANTICORE BRIEFING #988, STARDATE 51805.07 = /\ = The Manticore is at Statiak Prime, soon to be a Federation member. Because of Council suspicions, A9 was ordered to investigate the people in advance of the induction. The ship arrived under cloak while A9 and two covert away teams beamed down to investigate. Statiak has an annual "Purification," 12 hours when the gov't allows violence by the entire population. The Manticore teams, with the help of a Purification resistance group, has disabled the shield generator that had been blocking communication and transport with Manticore. Half of the team beam out, but the group underground at the Resistance safehouse cannot beam out due to an unknown metal in the surface in the ground around them - and A9 thinks he knows why. = /\ = END USS MANTICORE BRIEFING #988, STARDATE 51805.07 = /\ =

20 years old and we're still just playing around?! That's okay by me! 180430.log

Come one, come all to the Manticore's 20th Anniversary party sim. We will have entertainment, drinks, food and gifts - and all of them are simulated!!! (sorry) Monday night, April 30, 2018, come to the "Manticore" room for an hour of chat about why the heck we've been spending 20 years pretending to fly around the galaxy in a pretend starship that pretends to be a space tugboat, but is actually part of the Black Ops arm of the Federation (but we're all just pretending). I'm hoping to lure some special guests to the room, some are GMs and some are crew members of old (looking at you, t'Tamarak, Escher, T'Prise, Eva, Garnoopy, EJ Pilot, Ganner, Precip, etc., etc., etc.)

Thank you, Jami! I see you chose one of the Garnoopy images. Yes, 20 years and many images of the ship. Here are a few others

= /\ = USS MANTICORE BRIEFING #987, STARDATE 51804.23 = /\ = The Manticore is at Statiak Prime, soon to be a Federation member. Because of Council suspicions, A9 was ordered to investigate the people in advance of the induction. The ship arrived under cloak while A9 and two covert away teams beamed down to investigate. Statiak has an annual "Purification," 12 hours when the gov't allows violence by the entire population. The Manticore teams are now with a Purification resistance group, trying to get the gov't to outlaw the event. The teams cannot contact the ship due to a force shield and the resistance provided plans for a Manticore strike force to disable the shield. As the strike force is about to bring down the shield, a group of local unfriendlies attack the Resistance safe house. They offer to stop fighting if we provide them supplies, so A9 goes to talk with them - and gets shot (I always get shot - this will never heal!) = /\ = END USS MANTICORE BRIEFING #987, STARDATE 51804.23 = /\ = 180423.log

= /\ = USS MANTICORE BRIEFING #987, STARDATE 51804.23 = /\ = The Manticore is at Statiak Prime, soon to be a Federation member. Because of Council suspicions, A9 was ordered to investigate the people in advance of the induction. The ship arrived under cloak while A9 and two covert away teams beamed down to investigate. Statiak has an annual "Purification," 12 hours when the gov't allows violence by the entire population. The Manticore teams are now with a Purification resistance group, trying to get the gov't to outlaw the event. The teams cannot contact the ship due to a force shield and the resistance provided plans for a Manticore strike force to disable the shield. As the strike force is about to bring down the shield, a group of local unfriendlies attack the Resistance safe house. They offer to stop fighting if we provide them supplies, so A9 goes to talk with them - and gets shot (I always get shot - this will never heal!) = /\ = END USS MANTICORE BRIEFING #987, STARDATE 51804.23 = /\ =

= /\ = USS MANTICORE BRIEFING #986, STARDATE 51804.16 = /\ = The Manticore is at Statiak Prime, soon to be a Federation member. Because of Council suspicions, A9 was ordered to investigate the people in advance of the induction. The ship arrived under cloak while A9 and two covert away teams beamed down to investigate. Statiak has an annual "Purification," 12 hours when the gov't allows violence by the entire population. The Manticore teams are now with a Purification resistance group, tryng to get the gov't to outlaw the event. The teams cannot contact the ship due to a force shield and the resistance has provided plans for a Manticore strike force to disable the shield. As the strike force heads out, a group of local unfriendlies are about to attack the Resistance safe house. = /\ = END USS MANTICORE BRIEFING #986, STARDATE 51804.16 = /\ = 180416log.txt

= /\ = USS MANTICORE BRIEFING #986, STARDATE 51804.16 = /\ = The Manticore is at Statiak Prime, soon to be a Federation member. Because of Council suspicions, A9 was ordered to investigate the people in advance of the induction. The ship arrived under cloak while A9 and two covert away teams beamed down to investigate. Statiak has an annual "Purification," 12 hours when the gov't allows violence by the entire population. The Manticore teams are now with a Purification resistance group, tryng to get the gov't to outlaw the event. The teams cannot contact the ship due to a force shield and the resistance has provided plans for a Manticore strike force to disable the shield. As the strike force heads out, a group of local unfriendlies are about to attack the Resistance safe house. = /\ = END USS MANTICORE BRIEFING #986, STARDATE 51804.16 = /\ =

= /\ = USS MANTICORE BRIEFING #985, STARDATE 51804.09 = /\ = The Manticore is at Statiak Prime, soon to be a Federation member. Because of Council suspicions, A9 was ordered to investigate the people in advance of the induction. The ship arrived under cloak while A9 and two covert away teams beamed down to find out and boy, have they! Statiak has an annual "Purification," a 12-hour period when the gov't sanctions violence by all. The Manticore teams are now together with a group who claims to be a Purification resistance, trying to get the gov't to outlaw the event. The teams cannot contact the ship due to a force shield and the resistance is about to lead a Manticore strike force to disable the shield, without killing too many locals, much to Kansas' discomfort. = /\ = END USS MANTICORE BRIEFING #985, STARDATE 51804.09 = /\ = 180409.log

= /\ = USS MANTICORE BRIEFING #985, STARDATE 51804.09 = /\ = The Manticore is at Statiak Prime, soon to be a Federation member. Because of Council suspicions, A9 was ordered to investigate the people in advance of the induction. The ship arrived under cloak while A9 and two covert away teams beamed down to find out and boy, have they! Statiak has an annual "Purification," a 12-hour period when the gov't sanctions violence by all. The Manticore teams are now together with a group who claims to be a Purification resistance, tryng to get the gov't to outlaw the event. The teams cannot contact thie ship due to a force shield and the resistance is about to lead a Manticore strike force to disable the shield, without killing too many locals, much to Kansas' discomfort. = /\ = END USS MANTICORE BRIEFING #985, STARDATE 51804.09 = /\ =

= /\ = USS MANTICORE BRIEFING #984, STARDATE 51804.02 = /\ = The Manticore is at Statiak Prime, soon to be a Federation member. Because of suspicions, A9 was given the mission to investigate the people in advance of the induction. The ship arrived under cloak and A9 showed up as a Diplomatic envoy to keep the bureacrats busy, while two away teams beamed down to integrate with the locals. Having now found out that Statiak has an annual event called the 'Purification" a 12-hour period when the gov't sanctions violence by all of the population. The teams are now joined with A9 and a group who claims to be an underground resistance group, trying to get the gov't to outlaw the Purification. = /\ = END USS MANTICORE BRIEFING #984, STARDATE 51804.02 = /\ = 180402.log

= /\ = USS MANTICORE BRIEFING #984, STARDATE 51804.02 = /\ = The Manticore is at Statiak Prime, soon to be a Federation member. Because of suspicions, A9 was given the mission to investigate the people in advance of the induction. The ship arrived under cloak and A9 showed up as a Diplomatic envoy to keep the bureacrats busy, while two away teams beamed down to integrate with the locals. Having now found out that Statiak has an annual event called the 'Purification" a 12-hour period when the gov't sanctions violence by all of the population. The teams are now joined with A9 and a group who claims to be an underground resistance group, trying to get the gov't to outlaw the Purification. = /\ = END USS MANTICORE BRIEFING #984, STARDATE 51804.02 = /\ =