Welcome to Star Trek: Andromeda, a real-time text-based Star Trek roleplay community. Join the crew of a Federation exploratory fleet at the turn of the 25th century as they set out across the gulf of space into the true unknown, and along the way be a part of the creation of worlds, civilizations, and unique, powerful characters in the heart of a galaxy full of adventures.

In the aftermath of the Dominion War, the United Federation of Planets and Starfleet sought a return to the ideals upon which they were founded -- exploration and peaceful diplomacy and understanding. It was with this in mind that they turned to the quantum slipstream drive brought back from the Delta Quadrant by the USS Voyager in 2378. The Federation's greatest minds were put to work in unraveling this alien technology with the hope of harnessing its extraordinary power in their own ships to explore areas of space that had forever been beyond their reach.

At the turn of the 25th century, the Andromeda Task Force, a small group of starships carrying the best and brightest commanders, tacticians, engineers, and scientific minds that the Fleet has to offer, first broached the new galaxy's borders. Their flagship is the USS Odyssey, Venture-class, a powerful new exploratory cruiser. Her crew's explorations reveal forces at work far greater than themselves -- political conflict, advanced technology, and clues, in the remains of a powerful extinct race, to the origins of life in their own Milky Way. Alternatingly viewed as welcome visitors and hostile interlopers, with their diplomatic ties shaky and their goals varied, the crew of the Odyssey must learn everything they can about this utterly alien environment far from the support of the Federation, where intrigue, scientific discovery, and violent conflict are all just part of the job.

Join in the discovery. Members of Star Trek: Andromeda have the opportunity to submit their own ideas for races, planets, people, and technologies and be a part of the creation of a whole new chapter in Starfleet history.

LAST TIME ON STA

Episode 172: "Under Their Noses"
(21 February 2012)

Sullivan, Pilot, and Tyvo -- overlooked by the Askeri crew interested in interrogating the rest of the Odyssey team for information on the conduit to help their expansionist plans -- break their crewmates out of prison by faking an evacuation-level shipboard emergency on the Askeri cruiser. As the Castor escapes the cruiser amid the chaos of a group of Askeri escape pods, they are hailed by a new signal altogether, which offers them shelter from the Askeri and offers coordinates at which they will be safe.

Amid this activity, Lucindak informs Valerian, Sandiago, and Wolfe of another piece of troubling intelligence gleaned from their Askeri captors -- they and the Prandians were on guard against a different visitor altogether, and there have been rumors of Kelvan squidships at the Triumvirate border.

RECENT PLAYER AWARDS


14 February, 2012:
Nicholas Swift was promoted to Lieutenant.

7 February, 2012:
John Sullivan was promoted to Lt. Commander.

6 December, 2011:
Madison Valerian received the FSF Meritorious Service Medal (Bronze).

29 November, 2011:
E'JaI Pi'LuT was promoted to Lieutenant (JG).

15 November, 2011:
Natasi Lucindak was promoted to Lieutenant (SG).

Congratulations to our members!