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EVENT #5: April 4th - (tentatively) April 20th

After seventy-two hours of navigating a tight asteroid field to answer the distress call of the USS Parthenope, a civilian freighter, the crew of the Calypso arrived to face the sobering truth: they were too late.

At first glance, the ship seemed to be entirely assimilated by Borg drones. The Captain was about to order to open fire when an emergency transmission from a sole survivor, Dr. Frances Byrne, came in. Dr. Byrne has barricaded herself in the lower decks and could feasibly be rescued, but it would require close contact with the assimilated ship.

A scan indicated that the Parthenope, recently assimilated or not, does not yet possess a tractor beam, eliminating the first advantage the Borg may have. Likewise, the Borg’s own ship had been abandoned on account of debris from the asteroid belt, along with the Parthenope’s fruitless attempt to fend them off.

All crew is required in their posts unless notified. Turbulence and contact with debris is inevitable, and safety is top priority for personnel.

All posts should be tagged as #event5 until further notice.

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Update: A rescue party has been organized to be deployed upon the remains of the Parthenope immediately. Crew must remain in their posts or in medbay if they are injured; all those called to the rescue party are leaving immediately for a swift rescue of Dr. Byrne.

Primary rescue party members include: Captain Don Porter, Hazel Crosby, Mira Darzi, and Jesús Olivera (leading security and tactical); Samantha Hendricks, Eileen Ortega, and Fitz Wilcox (research, as per request); Mudah (security assistant to Lt. Cmdr Crosby); and Kitty Spiegel (medic)

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Update: With Dr. Byrne in safety, the away team was ambushed by drones scouting the deck. While most of the crew remained unharmed, a few suffered injuries when heading to the transporter.

A tactical drone, designated Four of Seven, attacked the Captain en route and was incapacitated, but was accidentally brought aboard in the transport, unconscious but still very much alive. The drone is currently in the brig until the crew comes to a decision on what to do with it.

All members of the away team have now returned aboard. The Calypso must now leave the asteroid belt and sort through the situation with the Admiral.

Injured: Jesús Olivera (partially assimilated), Fitz Wilcox (minor injury)

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Four of Seven | Borg | N/A | Ben Whishaw | TAKEN

➹ Calm, Precise, Relentless

➷ Unfeeling, Ruthless, Inhuman

Four of Seven is part of the Borg drones army, a fearsome race. His troops’ main operative is to assimilate more members into the army, and has been stationed in the Kabdak galaxy.

Four is part of the Borg hive mind. He has no relationships of note, save for synchronised cooperation with his fellow drones and a goal to assimilate any living organism and metal.

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Kitty Spiegel | 26 [Human] | Field Medic/Nurse | Natalie Dormer | TAKEN

➹ Empathetic, Diligent, Wry

➷ Worrying, Tactless, Vague

Kathleen Johanna Spiegel, who goes by "Kitty" or "Kit" to almost everyone that knows her, was the youngest of two sisters and an eldest brother in a well-to-do family in Brighton. Her father was a dentist and her older sister, Emma, chose to be a nurse; they both ended up finding work in civilian clinics. While she was just as interested in medicine as the rest of her family, scoring high marks in biology and having the appropriate demeanor to work with patients, she hoped for a bit more excitement; so, with the support of her family, she applied for Starfleet Medical Academy.

There, she flourished socially, but never quite rose to the top--she was a bit too dry, a bit too easy to make assumptions about. Most of her tertiary education consisted of continual blows to her ego, until she graduated at the top of her class.

Fresh from the Academy, she was assigned to the Calypso to assist away teams as a field medic, as well as work as a nurse on the sidelines. She often feels inexperienced compared to the others, but is just as much willing to prove herself.

Kitty frequently works alongside Ariel Debussy and Susana Piedad, whom she both regards as friends, although the former is somewhat dubious. She's also met Céleste Martin and Mira Darzi tagging along with nurses, although feels inferior to them as an ensign; it's a little easier with Jesús Olivera, who she doesn't know well, but has heard plenty of. (There's some teasing to be done about a lot of him.) She greatly respects Mhai and often works alongside her, and is more concerned for CMO Jude Isley than annoyed by him.

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EVENT #5: April 4th - (tentatively) April 20th

After seventy-two hours of navigating a tight asteroid field to answer the distress call of the USS Parthenope, a civilian freighter, the crew of the Calypso arrived to face the sobering truth: they were too late.

At first glance, the ship seemed to be entirely assimilated by Borg drones. The Captain was about to order to open fire when an emergency transmission from a sole survivor, Dr. Frances Byrne, came in. Dr. Byrne has barricaded herself in the lower decks and could feasibly be rescued, but it would require close contact with the assimilated ship.

A scan indicated that the Parthenope, recently assimilated or not, does not yet possess a tractor beam, eliminating the first advantage the Borg may have. Likewise, the Borg’s own ship had been abandoned on account of debris from the asteroid belt, along with the Parthenope’s fruitless attempt to fend them off.

All crew is required in their posts unless notified. Turbulence and contact with debris is inevitable, and safety is top priority for personnel.

All posts should be tagged as #event5 until further notice.

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Update: A rescue party has been organized to be deployed upon the remains of the Parthenope immediately. Crew must remain in their posts or in medbay if they are injured; all those called to the rescue party are leaving immediately for a swift rescue of Dr. Byrne.

Primary rescue party members include: Captain Don Porter, Hazel Crosby, Mira Darzi, and Jesús Olivera (leading security and tactical); Samantha Hendricks, Eileen Ortega, and Fitz Wilcox (research, as per request); Mudah (security assistant to Lt. Cmdr Crosby); and Kitty Spiegel (medic)

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EVENT #5: April 4th - (tentatively) April 20th

After seventy-two hours of navigating a tight asteroid field to answer the distress call of the USS Parthenope, a civilian freighter, the crew of the Calypso arrived to face the sobering truth: they were too late.

At first glance, the ship seemed to be entirely assimilated by Borg drones. The Captain was about to order to open fire when an emergency transmission from a sole survivor, Dr. Frances Byrne, came in. Dr. Byrne has barricaded herself in the lower decks and could feasibly be rescued, but it would require close contact with the assimilated ship.

A scan indicated that the Parthenope, recently assimilated or not, does not yet possess a tractor beam, eliminating the first advantage the Borg may have. Likewise, the Borg's own ship had been abandoned on account of debris from the asteroid belt, along with the Parthenope's fruitless attempt to fend them off.

All crew is required in their posts unless notified. Turbulence and contact with debris is inevitable, and safety is top priority for personnel.

All posts should be tagged as #event5 until further notice.

#event #event5

Frances Byrne | 49 [Human] | Physician & Counselor | Gillian Anderson | TAKEN

➹ Intelligent, Compassionate, Pragmatic

➷ Brusque, Skeptical, Vengeful

Up until her freshman year in high school, Frances felt as if no one could be her intellectual equal. She was the only daughter of two well-to-do Des Moines women: one a doctor who worked late shifts, leaving them not as close as the other, a lawyer. Most of her friends seemed to not share the same interests, and she suspected they only wanted to spend time with her because her family was rich.

She met Alan Monday in her AP English class at C. Sagan High, their densely populated public school; he was a senior, she was a freshman, and they were both far too smart for the class. Despite the age gap, they began a relationship; he preyed on her for her loneliness, and was often possessive and tried desperately to cover his insecurities.

They continued a long-distance relationship after he graduated and went on to the Academy. He visited home once, and their relationship seemed to grow more unbalanced, especially as Frances began to bloom socially.

Some weeks after his visit over spring break, she began to learn more about Alan's behavior at the Academy. According to his closer friends who had followed him and befriended her, he had blackmailed and bullied his way through the year, and made advances on female cadets just for the sake of making them uncomfortable.

It was all unsurprising, but sobering. Frances knew she deserved better, and left him with an appropriate amount of vitriol. They were together for a year and a half. By the time she arrived at the Academy, he was long gone.

As soon as she got her M.D. as both a general practitioner and psychologist, she rose quickly as a Starfleet officer for her versatility and work ethic. She was working as Head Counselor aboard the USS Parthenope before the ship became trapped in the asteroid belt.

Even after twenty-three years, Frances has not forgiven Alan Monday for his actions, with good reason. She's aware he's an admiral, but doesn't see the point in reporting him because of his high rank. She worked with Felix Holtzer briefly on a past ship, but isn't aware of his presence on the Calypso.

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Quick update--Diplomatic Immunity, Act 3 is postponed to begin on April 5th, because of availability from one of our major players. In the meantime, please feel free to continue #event4, as well as have miniplots as you see fit. We're gearing up towards something big, I promise!

Also, informally: there's a pre-made plot character that's open if anyone is interested. It would require moderate to high activity for the duration of the event. I'll post the bio soon with actual details, but this is just to pique your interest!

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Hi, everyone!

This is Mod M speaking. Since we're coming up on two months soon and just started our fourth event, I figured it was about time to update relationships! If you've been active these two months, ideally your characters have developed relationships with others beyond what you put in your application. This doesn't just apply to romantic plots, but also friends, acquaintances, and even enemies.

Send an ask or submit an update on your character's relationships in the same style of the biographies. If you're only adding on to what you previously wrote, that's fine too.

It is not mandatory, but highly recommended you do. This is to clear up confusion and keep up to date in the RP. Even if you only see a potential friendship with another character, send it in! It's a great opportunity to start plotting with someone else.

New members/characters: Don't stress yourself out if you haven't developed enough to update!

Cheers,

M

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Milo “Valentine” Lowery | 34 [Human] | Head Chef | Chris O'Dowd | TAKEN

➹ Good-hearted, Jester, Humorous

➷ Clumsy, Uncouth, Oblivious

Raised in Boyle, Ireland, Milo had always lived a very sheltered life, he was never really someone who people tended to underestimate or take advantage of. He was just neutral, he was never particularly good at anything growing up, but he was never bad at most things either, although this was probably a result of the fact that it used to take a lot to get himself motivated to do anything while he was in high school. This tended to frustrate his teachers at first, but eventually they all stopped trying and he was left to his own devices. When it came to universities, Milo’s marks were good enough to be accepted into smaller universities by the skin of his teeth, but he decided not to go.

When Milo was finally free of school, he left home and moved to the city, to search for his passion in life, this time without any assignments, tests, adults, or pressures to hold him back. Realizing he was low on money he applied as waiter in a nearby restaurant. One day they were low on staff and he volunteered, they accepted his help because they were desperate, and surprisingly he had found it – his passion. He had found his passion in life, and it was surprising because he had hated his food tech class in highschool. The chefs realized his talent, and they let him work in kitchen full time. Milo then attempted to work harder and with a little bit of work he found that he could achieve great things in the kitchen.

He eventually began to take on more and more of a workload, before finally coming to the conclusion that this was what he wanted to do with his life. He eventually ended up becoming Head Chef, and stayed there for a few years before applying for job on board the USS Calypso, and being accepted.

As part of the civilian kitchen staff, Milo gets along well with Aidan Radley, and has started to bond with Don Porter over her interest in cooking. However, among his fellow civilians, he hasn't taken too well to Neve Kin's rather starchy attitude.

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Do you plan to add more to your navigation? I'm finding it hard to find anything out about this rp?

Nav updated. Sorry, it's been sitting in my drafts for ages!

All the basics can be found in the sidebar as well.

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Do you have a list of the occupations we can take?

Nothing formal; I think you should choose whatever suits your character. I'd say positions in Medical, Science, and Operations are scarce right now. If you're willing to step up to the plate, we don't actually have a character who is a Chief Science Officer.

M

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EVENT #4: March 17th - (tentatively) April 5th

After a week under the Admiral's scrutiny, tensions have risen considerably. A few select crew members--namely, the Captain, First Officer, and CMO, along with Counselor Felix Holtzer, Lt. Fabala, Nurse Debussy, and Lt. Martin--have been informed of the Admiral's disreputable behavior on ships in the past.

The hope that Monday would eventually leave without conflict was broken when it was announced in the morning that the ship did not pass inspection, and that crew should wait for further instruction from the Fleet Admiral. Not long after, the Calypso received a distress signal from the USS Parthenope, a civilian freighter caught in an asteroid belt.

The only ship capable of passing through in the area, the Calypso is answering the call to navigate the belt, despite the Admiral's initial protests.

All posts should be tagged as #event4 until further notice.

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How long have you been open? And is this rp active? Btw this rp looks brilliant! :D

We've been open for about a month, and yes, we're completely active - a new plot event is starting son, and it'd be a good time to jump in! Thanks so much.

M

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