Star Trek RP Interest/Sign-up Thread

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Originally Posted by Tyrazial

The thing is though, if I remember correctly the Nebula class vessel was the first one to introduce holodecks. The Ambassador wouldn't have had it. And unlike the miranda, the ambassador class vessel was never retrofitted to fight the borg/dominion. In fact, I thing the Excelsior and Mirandas were the only ones retrofitted from the old fleet.

Sort of. The Ambassador-class starships had notably undergone some refits over the years, as the older Enterprise-C had some minor configuration differences from the other ships of its class that had appeared in TNG. The only reason that the class was never shown during the Dominion War and Borg encounters post-TNG was because the production team never bothered to make a CGI model of the class when they stopped using physical models.

The main reason there were so many Miranda- and Excelsior-class starships seen in the major fleet battles of DS9 was because it was just easier to copypasta one or two types of ships all over the place rather. As for the battle with the Borg in First Contact, none of the Starfleet vessels shown in that movie had ever been seen before (with the notable exception of the Defiant and the Millennium Falcon), and many were never seen again.

Frankly, the Miranda-class shouldn't have even been in service by the Dominion War and the Excelsiors should have been on the way out. So it's actually rather safe to assume that, among the many refits the existing Ambassadors underwent over the years, holodecks would have been among them, especially considering the size and power output of the vessels. I'd be willing to allow it, as well as the possibilities of holoemitters being installed in Sickbay.

Ugainus' character is interesting and is allowed, but will not have an official Starfleet rank for his position (think Leah Brahms). I'm sick and exhausted from "holiday cheer" (which, apparently, does not include caffeine) and don't feel like doing much of anything at the moment, but tomorrow I may at least go ahead and get the RP going.

We will start just as we are preparing to depart from Starbase 188. If there is any specific place you envision your character being at this particular point in time, PM me to let me know. I'll also be in contact with a couple of you to work out a scene of my own.