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Crew Selection for Stellar Horizon Continues

The committee is still reviewing candidates for the Executive and Commanding officer positions of the Stellar Horizon. As of yet, those two key positions remain vacant on the ship to make the first of what is hoped to be many exploration missions of the new Serenity Concord.

New additions to the crew include the accomplished pilot, Alema, and the liberated Borg Five of Ten who will be the chief engineer of the vessel. This eclectic crew is hoped to bring insight and fresh perspectives to a critical mission for the future of the Concord. Though the two top key positions remain open, the ships assigned XIA, Kyria Amphion, has also been appointed.

From the Newly Appointed Members

We took the time to ask the newest appointees of the crew about what the think of the mission.

Alema

When asked about the mission, her works echo some of the founding words of exploration within the Federation, and now the Concord.

Stellar Horizon mission is definitely something to look up to. Exploration was always one of most important things in both human and alien culture, even accross diffrent universes. As someone joining crew of vessel i feel good knowing i’m taking part in such great undertaking, and from my side i can promise i’ll do everything I can to help it to archive it objective, to search for new words and civilizations.

Five of Ten

The former Borg has some interesting things to say about the prospects of the mission as well.

STV Stellar Horizon mission is.. An efficient way of finding new unknown planets and civilisations. While it’s important mission it’s also dangerous and crew need to be ready to face dangers. While i was cleared by Solas Tempus for mission, I was well aware that some of crew will find it… Hard to serve under Borg. I am sure that we will be efficient crew and will overcome all obstacles, despite all dangers and that we wll come home, not as heroes, but explorers, not those who won fights but those found ways to avoid them.

Kyria Amphion

The XIA assigned to the ship also had hopeful words to say about the mission ahead.

My people have not been around very long, but we have a lust for knowledge and a drive to help others. I hope that I can do both while serving on the crew of the Stellar Horizon.

Bridge Module Refit

The Umbral Shipyards has also released the layout of the refit bridge module of the ship, this is the first look at the interior of the vessel that was refit specifically for this mission.

Stelar Horizon Bridge
The bridge to the new Stellar Horizon starship.

Lilith Returns Home

After months away the victorious USS Lilith returns home. Nimbus Station quickly launched low-yeild torpedoes into space around the vessel to create an effective light show as 9th Gemini Wing launched an honor guard for the vessel to escort it to the Umbral Shipyards for repair. Reporters were on hand for the docking of the vessel at the ship yards where her command crew disembarked. Everyone was in high spirits and responded stoically when asked about the mission and how it felt to have completed such an important mission.

The crew of the Lilith was also treated to a banquette in their honor, where Fleet Admiral Lance Thomas personally congratulated each member of the command crew and the team of Operatives which lead to the resolution of the Infinity Wave. In the following days the command crew is slated to obtain Distinguished Service Medal while the actual infiltration team that boarded the enemy vessel and cleared the anomaly will receive the Solas Tempus Cross. Other awards to the vessel’s crew will be handled by the Commanding Officer, Neo Akazuli.

Lance Thomas, when reporters spoke to him briefly during the reception had this to say;

They went into an unknown situation and knew they could not fail, that we were all counting on them and they didn’t let anyone down. It is gratifying to know that the faith we put into them was not misplaced. It isn’t an easy thing to repair the timeline and keep the fabric of what we know from unraveling, but that is what my Operatives do. It’s like running into a burning building with a war zone inside, you have no idea what you’ll find inside, you know the longer you’re in there the closer you come to catastrophe, but you don’t have much of a choice. Someone has to deal with it. They did exceedingly well and I’m very proud of them.

The Commanding Officer, Captain Akazuli, commented;

To put it simply, failure was not an option. When failure isn’t an option, there is only one option that remains, period. We had our orders and we saw it through.

Vladimir Zima, who served not only on board the vessel but on the actual team who boarded the enemy ship, is quoted as saying;

Not bad for a coal miner, I’d say. I need a drink.

Tal Ravis, who also served on the actual team that went aboard the enemy vessel had something far more colorful to say;

These fuckers need to learn that im a lot scarier than they are.

One thing is abundantly clear, whatever can be said about Solas Tempus and the leadership of Admiral Thomas, he picked a team that came through from a very difficult and unpredictable situation.

Candidates for the Stellar Horizon

As many already know the Concord has agreed that we should branch out from our military functions and begin an exploration campaign. Quite simply there is a lot of space out there and we will need an increasing amount of resources as time goes on. Right now we are reviewing candidates for the command crew of the STV Stellar Horizon. Anyone who wishes to be part of the command crew or knows someone who they believe would be an exemplar member of this crew should contact their immediate commanding officer and recommend that person for review. Candidates will be reviewed on a number of criteria, however, it should be specially noted that this will not be a combat vessel or one that engages in military activities. There will be a large science contingent to work with our own Green and Gold team members. We have yet to make the final selections on the commanding officer, executive officer, or the vessels department heads. The new ship has been towed via Hyperspace into the Schatten System and finally docked at the Umbral Shipyards for its final rounds of testing.

OOC: Anyone wishing their characters to join the crew should contact one of the staff and make their wishes clear.

Project: Stellar Horizon

Solas Tempus has announced a new project moving forward the Stellar Horizon Project, the ship, named for the project that it will take the lead on, is the STV Stellar Horizon a newly refit Nova Class Starship constructed specifically for the purpose of exploration. The Prime Minister of the Concord, Ethir Th’chaaveq, publicly endorsed the project as being the next step in pushing the Concord forward. The focus of the project will be to discover and chart new star systems and uncover the distant horizons of uncharted space.

Admiral Thomas has released a statement that the organization is building a list of candidates for this historic crew, a mix of military and civilians will be appointed to the vessel which will serve a role as the primary exploration vessel of Solas Tempus moving forward.

Twitter Lockout

So, when changing the information for the site’s twitter account, I put the birth date of the server in as the account birth date. This locked the account, so I have it petitioned to re-open the account hoping that they will realize it is an entity / site not a person.

Our FB page has changed. to reflect our site name properly @moltenaether.

Inspirational Image Writing Prompt

We all get inspired by something. I’m going to start doing a regular thing where anyone who wants to can write between 1 and 2 paragraphs on an image, video, music, or text that is posted here. The text doesn’t have to be a story, a role play, or anything other than it must be inspired by the prompt. The text can be as light, dark, erotic, or benign as a person wants it to be just keep it to between 1 and 2 paragraphs.

The Prompt

Winter Scene