[Ships of the Line] The Excelsior II

When it comes to exploring the final frontier, Starfleet has been widely experimental in it's design philosophy and thanks to a galaxy rich with resources – and possibly, yeah, overcoming capitalist ideals – is never shy on supplies to try out new ideas or unload a whole new line of ships for specific mission types or general experimentation. Still, while designs and ideas rotate on a regular basis to bring the specialist ships such as the Protostar or Defiant Classes, the core fleet is always held together with standard builds that can last for decades. In approaching a rebuild of the fleet to incorporate new ideas, new technologies, and new lessons learned from an ever increasing range of new and more powerful enemies to Federation ideals, Starfleet's engineers sometimes go back to the well and lean on old classics that […]

ADM JT Marczynka, DoFA July 10, 2025

A Fistful Of

A Fistful of SNW Episodes to Rewatch Before Season 3.

In just a matter of weeks we'll be off to venture more Strange New Worlds as Captain Pike and the Enterprise crew return for their third season. Last we left them, the crew were in the middle of a Gorn crisis as a personal mission that could risk all out war resulted in the crew being split in two with half safe and sound on the Enterprise with the others in enemy hands with Pike left to decide what happens next as all odds are against them. It's been a long wait since seeing Pikee staring into space trying to decide on the next move. Especially with writers strikes pushing back filming. But now we're almost there, we've picked out some key episodes to rewatch ahead of the launch! Hegemony (S2E10) May be an obvious one, but with Season 3 […]

ADM JT Marczynka, DoFA July 1, 2025

Ships of the Line

[Ships of the Line] The Einstein Class / Kelvin Type

A relic of one of Starfleet's lost experimental era's, the Einstein Class was in service into the 2230's as a replacement for the Daedalus explorers. Going back to a more traditional saucer for the ships primary hull, a core feature of Starfleet's first exploration vessels, the NX Class, it was a larger and chunkier configuration to allow more internal for an adaptable range of mission specifications. Similar to standard scout ship designs, such as the USS Archer, the Einstein featured a singular warp nacelle protruding below the wide saucer housing two semi circular dual warp coils powered by four reactors allowing the vessel to reach warp 7 speeds with it's base early 23rd century configuration. While similar designs had limited and condensed warp drive housing, the Einstein hosted a secondary hull connected above the saucer via a thick spine; the […]

ADM JT Marczynka, DoFA June 12, 2025

A Fistful Of

A Fistful of Prodigy

Pitched as a gateway show to bring more young adults tot he Star Trek franchise, Star Trek Prodigy quickly became one of the most consistent and well rounded shows in the modern era of the franchise. Following the tale of a young group of aliens who stumble upon an abandoned starship, the random team became a crew as they fought for freedom and adventure under their mentor and guide, Kathryn Janeway – well, sort of... Over two seasons the crew and their goals were clearly established, with the second being set primarily aboard the Voyager-A as Admiral Janeway tested the chain of command while her protégé's completely ignored it to save Captain Chakotay, it all ended with wannabe Captain Dal realising his best place was supporting Gwyndala as leader as they set course for a full time training cruise on […]

ADM JT Marczynka, DoFA June 3, 2025

Q2&A

[Q2&A] Unit Operations: The USS Proxima

Première unité depuis plus de vingt ans à s'installer dans la région, Proxima est basée à Metz, ville pittoresque du nord-est de la France. Proche des frontières de l'Allemagne, du Luxembourg et de la Belgique, Proxima a le potentiel d'aller loin, notamment grâce à son capitaine et à son équipe fondatrice qui visitent des événements dans la région. La capitaine de Proxima, Magali Kauffman, a été impressionnée par leur proposition d'exercer une influence positive et diplomatique sur la communauté des fans. Après une première impression positive, Proxima a rapidement obtenu l'approbation pour devenir le dernier membre du Quadrant 2. Depuis lors, Proxima a apporté un élément unique et perspicace à Q2 en portant le drapeau de tout ce que nous défendons dans une région souvent négligée en dépit de son incroyable et vibrante communauté. Le lancement de Proxima a été […]

SFCQ2 Comms May 23, 2025

Ships of the Line

[Ships Of The Line] The NEw Orleans

One of the first multi purpose vessels built for the mid 24th century refresh of Starfleet, the New Orleans was the most adaptable model within the larger Galaxy family of starship design. With a trio of mission specific sensor pods, the ship was perfect for short term research missions as a primary objective whilst being able to swap out the pods for more specific purposes or even as defensive units. Smaller than the 'heads of the table' Galaxy and Nebula classes, the New Orleans was the more traditional design in the mid-scale models similar to the Cheyenne and Springfield Classes. Hosting a crew averaging 500, the ship was tightly packed with mixed crew quarters and multi-purpose research facilities to accommodate for the far-ranging tasks it would be assigned to, whether it was planetary defence or survey operations. With modernised nacelles […]

SFCQ2 Comms May 16, 2025

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