Atragon9

No, no, no... I think the USS Atragon would be a lousy name for a ship - but that doesn't mean I can't be insulted by others' indifference!! (Alright, alright, I forgot to vote for me, okay?? Sheesh)

Yes, Ensign Smith got it right! Read through the "How to Sim" materials, find a convenient Academy, set up an account with STARTREK.COM and use it to go into the Holodeck chat room (I'd aim for 5-10 minutes prior to the start of the Acad). Ask the GMs running the sim for a post, then relax and enjoy the sim. No one is looking for the perfect role-player when you start, so don't worry about "doing it right." Also, remember to ask the GMs questions as they come up, that's why they're there! WELCOME!!

Alright - I was gonna keep quiet about getting NO votes for the "Atragon" so far, but you guys just HAD to make something out of it, didn't you? Heck, I could edit your posts into oblivion... I could even mess with the poll, but nooooo, that wouldn't be right. I know, maybe I'll just shut down the Boards, eh? Old...? missing...? no surprise...? I'll show you Surprises! MWAH-HAH-HAH!!

=/\= MANTICORE BRIEFING #249, STARDATE 50303.17 =/\= The Manticore is in orbit around Proxima Centuri, above the Former Lincoln Outpost. The Outpost has been under quarantine here for 10 years, ever since a staged Black Ops "attack by the Romulans" by the USS Aries, with a young Atragon-9 as the XO. Manticore's mission, to land on the planet and find out what really happened 10 years ago and what is happening now, is about to commence with a landing party in the Wyvern. No one knows what to expect there, after a decade of isolation. =/\= END MANTICORE BRIEFING #249, STARDATE 50303.17 =/\=

Computer, Open Personal Log, Commodore Atragon-9, Commanding Officer, USS Manticore, NCC-5852, password ********* [whirr, click] I'm so afraid of what's waiting for us down there - for me down there. On the one hand, there is the biogenic agent down there. It was developed to be fast acting, virulent, short life-span to facilitate faster mutation and adaptability. It was meant as a final "mop up" act. It was to be dropped after a battle, after a war, as a way to kill off the last remains of the enemy. It would seek out those hiding, those sick or wounded, those too frail to fight. It was a cold, cruel weapon, to be used as a global way to spit on your enemy's grave. It was never used - it was never perfected. At least that's what Megan had told me in those last days before I left Lincoln. At the same time, I could tell she was holding something back from me. Had it been finished - or worse - had it been tested? Then we heard the news that it had gotten out of containment at the outpost. It was working beyond expectations, but it was doing it's job on it's creators. The viral team was the first to go, but they couldn't keep it in the lab complex. That's what we had been told, that's why we could never go back down to investigate. We had to destroy the outpost in a way similar to Romulan attacks and then report that there was a Romulan biohazard let loose there as well. We were to blame the Romulans of doing exactly what we had planned, someday, to do ourselves. Kill an enemy and then salt their fields, kill anything that lived and then make sure we didn't miss any holes... I died some that day. When I became party to the lies, just to cover our own dirty deeds!! On the other hand, I'm afraid of what personal memories await me down there. Megan's recorded distress signal is still running after all these years. We didn't knock that out when we destroyed the buildings. Maybe we didn't do such a good job after all. What will I find down there? How much of me, of Megan, of Us is still intact? It took me years, it almost took my career, to get past this, to get "over" her. Am I really all healed? When I heard her voice on the Bridge... my God, it all came rushing back. I'm so afraid I will crumble down there, that I will become useless to the mission, but I must return. I must be the first to return. Margaux also has a personal mission, somehow linked to Megan. I just can't figure out the amazing strings of coincidences for her... and me. Back to the physical harm though - I know that Dr. Mele and Jami can develop an inoculation for the strain of the agent that I have in my bloodstream now, but it's been ten years!! This thing has been in the wild, adapting, growing ever since. It must have mutated countless times by now, merging with local flora, even with the ordnance residue from our bombardments. It's moving like a giant swarm, a unique organism down there. A simple shot just won't protect us, will it? I've faced death in many forms, but not to willingly walk into a killer virus agent. ::sigh:: They clearly don't pay me enough for all of this, that's for certain. Computer, EOM, EOT [whirr, click]

Sure, because after that incident, no one is going to willingly sim in one of your academies again, so we don't have you permanently assigned there!

Accessorize!

Well, you have to remember that we don't control the resources at Paramount's website and there is no clean way to get straight into the rooms there. Remember that you have "log in" at StarTrek.com to get your account active first and then you have to get the PeopleLink software to kick up and running. Also, Paramount cannot get the correct stats on numbers of visitors to their site, if we found a way straight into the rooms. We want to keep Paramount happy with STSF, now don't we!!!?

Oh Fred, why be *SO* modest! And to think you took your own Academy Graduation picture and put MY name under it!!! Aren't you Sweet!

=/\= MANTICORE BRIEFING #248, STARDATE 50303.10 =/\= The Manticore is in orbit around Proxima Centuri, above the Former Lincoln Outpost. The Outpost has been under quarantine here for 10 years, ever since an "attack by the Romulans" and a followup visit, too late, by the USS Aries, with a young Atragon-9 as the XO. The mission is to land on the planet and find out what is truly happening, after 10 years of isolation. =/\= END MANTICORE BRIEFING #248, STARDATE 50303.10 =/\=

How could I have missed THAT? Wait --- is that a good thing? Dac ::sigh::

Well, it looks like you posted this at 11 AM, when all of our chats/academies are in the evening. Please come back at 11 PM (Eastern Time). Thanks!

Ladies and gentlebeings, can we ease off the yelling about Avatar theft, discussions of seeing others in the shower and who wears what uniform and how it makes their body look??! This is all dancing on the razor's edge of posts that may have to get pulled if it continues any farther into personal attacks. Thanks!!! Atragon-9Forum Leader - Star Trek™ Simulation Forum USS Manticore CO (Mon) Starfleet Academy XO (Wed)

Please join me in welcoming the enemy (well, not really...) STSF is pleased to announce our first Rihannsu (Romulan) advanced sim, the RES Talon, that will be starting Thursday, March 6, 2003. If anyone, who has graduated the Academy, is interested in joining this crew, please send your request to [email protected] Here is the Announcment about the sim, from Khre Riov tRex and Derv tShaeni: Aefvahd and Welcome to the RES Talon. The RES Talon has launched on STSF and are welcoming new crew members. As the only advanced Rihannsu (Romulan) simulation currently running in the Star Trek Simulation Forum, you will note that we do things a little differently than the other advanced simulations. While we are part of STSF, we are not part of the United Federation of Planets. The RES Talon is a Rihannsu Galae ship (Romulan Fleet) that will be dedicated to protecting the Empire from the likes of the Lloann'na Galae (Star Fleet), Kll'inghannsu (Klingons), and the other bothersome species of the quadrant. We are a Galae ship, and allow "no Tal Shiar" members on our ship. If you wish to play a Tal Shiar player, this is not the sim for you. Also, the Rihannsu (Romulans) are known to be an extremely xenophobic people, and thus all players are required to play Rihannsu (Romulan characters) only. Our sim follows the dictates of Rihannsu life as set forth in the various series (TOS, TNG, DS9, Voy, TAS) and movies "prior to ST:Nemesis". We will use the basis of Rihannsu culture as outlined in some of the books of Diane Duane, Peter Morwood, M.S. Murdock, and Simon Hawke, Rick Sternbach, Michael Okude, Denise Okuda and Franz Joseph. These include, but are not limited to: "The Romulan Way", "My Enemy, My Ally", "The Web of the Romulans", "The Romulan Prize", "Swordhunt", "Honor Blalde", "The Star Trek Encyclopedia", "Star Trek Chronology" "Star Trek Starfleet Technical Manual", as well as information from the FASA and Last Unicorn Games role playing games (The Way of D'Era). So, go out, get that bowl shaped haircut, try on a square shouldered uniform tunic, and grab your kaleh and ie'yakk (dagger and disruptor) and prepare to serve the Praetor and empire!

::sigh:: A9 - not and old man Huff - not a "he" Shall I continue?

ROFL!! Oh man... ::sigh:: Oh well Huff, I *WAS* gonna get you this neat mug I saw that said "Instant Human, just add coffee," but now... (it even had just the right hue of pink glazed donut, too)

=/\= MANTICORE BRIEFING #247, STARDATE 50303.03 =/\= The Manticore is now in orbit around Proxima Centuri, above the Former Lincoln Outpost. The Outpost has been under quarantine here for 10 years, ever since an "attack by the Romulans" and a followup visit, too late, by the USS Aries, with a young Atragon-9 as the XO. The mission is to return to the surface and find out what truly happened. =/\= END MANTICORE BRIEFING #247, STARDATE 50303.03 =/\=

Well, Paramount has asked them to look into it, yes. Is anything being done in a prompt fashion at PoepleLink... can't answer that. I will, however, ask Paramount again. Thanks.

Computer, open personal log, Commodore Atragon-9, Commanding Officer, USS Manticore, NCC-5852, password ********* [whirr, click] Proxima Centuri, Lincoln Outpost - for all that's holy... I never thought I'd come back here and I dread being the first ship down there since we destroyed it all from the Aries, 10 years ago. There have to be people at Special Ops who know my history with the place and yet they sent ME back!!!? Gads, maybe that's WHY they sent me here first. That is some bad cosmic joke, if I ever saw one. Then again, maybe this is good to be able to exorcise this demon from my past. I will finally get to go down and see where Megan died, see what's left... I just hope I can hold it all together in front of the crew - in front of Jami!! I'm glad she's been off the ship for now, but she's due to meet us here any day now. How can I possibly explain this to her - and yet I must!! Worst of all, is the bio-agent we detected down there. It's been running free for 10 years and it's got a patch 5 KM wide that's SO concentrated that the ship's sensors can detect it from space as an organism!!! It must have control of the entire surface of the planet and just "pooled" itself in this huge mass that's moving. One thing's for sure, we can't go down there without the proper protection - and damned if I'm not the one person who can provide it, too!! I just realized that! Megan had injected me with the altered genetic mapping just in case there was a spill while I was down there. It was highly selective and barely detectable on standard medical exams, but it will protect me. Now we have to get Science and Medical working on mass producing it for any landing party - hell, for the whole crew, just in case! Could someone at SpecOps have known about *this* too? ::sigh:: What don't they know!? ::long pause:: Computer, EOM, EOT [whirr, click]

Well, I know they told us to come back in a month, but, since A9 knew about the planet all along, I say we send him? Whadda ya say? :wink: Well, time to hit the Stairmaster!! Yupyup.

=/\= MANTICORE BRIEFING #246, STARDATE 50302.24 =/\= The Manticore is now at Starbase 108, where we have met our new Counselor, Neveah Crito and Doctor Tabor Kraden has helped Dr. Faldorn out of his self-imposed coma. New orders have come through and Atragon-9 has not shared them with the crew yet... he does not want to believe them to be true. =/\= END MANTICORE BRIEFING #246, STARDATE 50302.24 =/\=

::suddenly realizes his Credit Chit is missing, sighs and presses the Auto-Destruct remote he installed just in case he lost the chit again:: (m) Oh, it's such a bother to have to go and get another new one. Funny how I keep losing them and someone always finds it and spends on it before they realize it's mine!

No, no, no - it's not me, just trying to keep up Dac's killing streak while she's away, eh? I get no "jollies" killing cadets - I like waiting until they come onboard the crew of Manticore and then I... Oooops, saying too much now {whistle, whistle}

::jerks his thumb to the posts above:: Yeah... what They said! Welcome Reese, glad to have you with us!

That's Right!!! The Lounge is meant as a place for people to come and hang out, In Character, at a Ten Forward/Promenade type of setting. Characters from different ships all relaxing and just chatting. It is not meant for out-of-character comments or discussions of movies, computers or screen color settings. Just drop by, order a glass of synthehol and relax with the other officers on leave!