Posted by Dave Eads in Alt Ship Charter Proposal

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Posted by Dave Eads in Alt Ship Charter Proposal
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My point to the “newer people not liking TOS” is that the ship would be almost entirely–or maybe exclusively–long time members, with some newer ones, such as yourself, sprinkled in. I can also foresee high turnaround especially in the JO area, as TOS was also technologically limited (again, compared to the more well-known TNG-onwards) so from my experience I have running a TOS-era ship outside the club, you’ll have a lot of players who join, having limited TOS knowledge, and then getting mad they can’t do XYZ that’s possible on a newer-era ship, and leave. Is that the right attitude to have? Not neccesarily, but people do, because of misunderstandings/lack of knowledge.

If this does go through (again, I like the idea) I’d recommend having resources linked in the MOTD, as like I said, I personally have limited TOS knowledge, and I’m sure there’s many more who also do.

Capybara

Fair points made, Katy. I guess I’d personally counter them by saying:

1. On the tech not being as ‘advanced’ as a lot of players would be used to, we already have the Bonnie that plays in the ST:Enterprise era and that tech is even less advanced than TOS. It’s been years since I was on that ship but definitely at that time the players didn’t seem to struggle with writing to that level tech (not that I’m saying they’re struggling now! I just haven’t read the ship for a long time)

2. On TOS not being as popular as some of the other versions of Trek, it could also be argued that Abrahms-Trek isn’t all that popular in certain circles (not that I’m trying to re-open that debate, lol!), but the Chernov still seems to be a success and gets enough players to keep it running.

Just my two pence on it!

• Sharon

Daniel brings up a good point, and I feel that I can respond to it by saying this project is something I’ve wanted to do for several years. I’m prepared to commit to it quite seriously. That being said, we do have a charter written up, and the DH spots covered.

-Dave Eads

I grew up with TOS. I’d like to see this happen!!!

Terry

In general, I want to gently remind people that it’s more productive to enter discussions in Command with the mindset of “what would benefit the club as a whole” and not “what would I like.” :)

It seems like there’s enough interest that it would be interesting to see the charter that you have written up, Dave.

Sarah, VP

I humbly present the Charter for USS Sentinel:

The Governor-class USS Sentinel, NCC-1794, is hereby commissioned in the (#) Fleet as a TOS Show-era Alternate RPG Area.

The USS Sentinel will be structured the same as a Standard Ship and shall be commanded by a CO and XO who are appointed the same way as on a Standard Ship and a GM who is appointed the same way as a Standard Ship. However, as an Original Series Era ship the Sentinel’s missions are expected to be predominantly (but not limited to) TOS in nature and biased toward Era specific issues and plotlines, and its crew staffing is expected to be realistic to the series timeline crew requirements. The Sentinel’s time frame (The TOS Era is specified as 2250 - 2270) must be honored with respect to technology, species, and species present in Starfleet at the time, etc. As is appropriate to the Era, the XO shall concurrently hold a Department Head position.

CO and XO positions on the Sentinel will count fully towards any limits in place. The Sentinel will not accept new members to STF; it is a Second Character Only ship.

The Sentinel will be reviewed in 90 days by the President, Fleet Commander, and CO to determine if the Sentinel has been successful in its mission. The President shall have a final ruling in this matter. The Sentinel will be reviewed based on the following criteria:

-The Sentinel must maintain an active and healthy role-playing environment.

-The Sentinel must continue to function as a TOS Show Era ship.

If the Sentinel is found to be successful in maintaining its environment, it will be considered permanent. It may be decommissioned at a later date should it be found to be irreparably in violation of any points of this charter.

(though I can’t take all the credit for writing it, I had a lot of help.)

-Dave Eads

Just wanna say i’d be SO down to gm this ship! Especially since i got quite a few appropriate sims written that’d fit it.

GM CockRoach

That’d make me very happy, Rob!
-Dave

As someone who has played DH roles on both the Bonaventure and the Chernov, and who had a less than working knowledge of both those settings when I started, I can say that this is a great idea. I learned more about Trek taking on those roles, and enjoyed every minute of my time. I fully support this.

James Sinclair