Starbase 109: The Phoenix
"We have powerful tools: Openness, optimism and the spirit of curiosity." -Jean-Luc Picard
Welcome to Starbase 109! We are a "Star Trek" play-by-Nova RPG sim with a legacy covering over a decade! Starbase 109 is part of Theta Fleet's “Area 51” task force.
Our sim takes place within the decade prior to the events in the first season of “Star Trek: Picard.” SB109 lies out on the edge of Federation space, isolated far from the more “lawful” parts of the Alpha Quadrant. As a Federation starbase, we must uphold Federation law. But that can be tricky when you're located in a place rife with social instability. Sometimes we must take matters into our own hands, even if that means bending the rules... something the station's inhabitants know all-too-well!
We're looking for bright minds to come aboard and create fantastic stories within the “Star Trek” universe! We are a sim that honors Gene Roddenberry's original vision of hope, aspiration, and progression of the human spirit!
Our sim is rated PG-13 and is open to ages 18 and higher. We do not condone writing of torture or excessive violence, harsh profanity, or graphic sexuality. We encourage compelling plots with a diverse cast of characters, containing the action and drama befitting the “Trek” universe on a Starbase with endless amounts of possibilities!
Above all, inclusion and activity between our crew is our first priority. Primary characters must take on roles vital to a Federation starbase. Every player is urged to interact with others. There are primary missions going on at all times, and characters will be required to perform their designated jobs. Stories with NPC characters are always welcome too! Feel free to write and create as much as you like! If you are new to online simming, we welcome you with open arms! We hope we can make your first steps into our community easy and enjoyable!
Before we accept your application, the Commanding Officer will contact you to start a "Sample Joint Post." This is meant to determine the quality of writing, your interaction with others, and how well you are able to write your character. It is not an official post.
Interested in joining? Make it so!
CF/Captain Gordon Francis
Commanding Officer, Starbase 109
Legacy Award
In the memory of Susan Nixon. She was a mother figure to all who came aboard. She cared about every player and every character, and was our CO for almost the entirety of Starbase 109's twelve years. Her departure greatly saddens us all. Starbase 109, her legacy to us, will continue with her in all our hearts. Her contributions to the simming community and her ability to mentor writers on her sims has been invaluable and greatly appreciated.
2022 Simming Prize of the Year
2022 Theta Fleet Sim of the Year:
2022 Theta Fleet Player of the Year:
Monthly Awards - 2023
First Quarter Awards - 2023
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Second Quarter Awards - 2023
Monthly Awards: Third Quarter - 2023
Monthly Awards: Fourth Quarter - 2023
Fourth Quarter Awards - 2023
Yearly Awards -2023
Latest News Items
» Character Deactivation
Posted on Fri 6th Sep, 2024 @ 5:40pm by Captain Gordon Francis in Sim Announcement
Hello crew!
This has been a long time coming, and at this point I don't think should come as a surprise. So I'll be brief.
There are several players/characters that have not logged on for months, some even over a year. We've all had a lot of emotional moments in the last year or so, and I can understand if people have needed time. However, I believe it is time to move on, and to move on means I need to know who are still interested and who are leaving.
I'm giving everyone until Friday, September 13th to respond via…
» New Mission, "The Phoenix Gamble!"
Posted on Mon 17th Jun, 2024 @ 3:19pm by Captain Gordon Francis in Sim Announcement
Here we are, as promised, the start of a NEW MISSION, "The Phoenix Gamble!!!!"
After the rescue of a mysterious ship, Starbase 109 is attacked and crippled. Now everyone on the Starbase must make a difficult and personal choice that could lead them to redemption, or total annihilation. Can the people of Starbase 109 unite against devastating odds? Or is this finally the end?
This will lead into a "soft relaunch" for the sim, in which all plots are resolved, unused characters deactivated, and unused or unnecessary positions removed. So now is the time to tie up your loose ends…
» A Member of the Addams Family
Posted on Thu 1st Feb, 2024 @ 12:38am by Commander Paul Graves PsyD in General News
Newer members of the sim might be unaware that descendants of the Addams family serve in Starfleet and/or live on the station.
Here is some member of the family playing music by Hildegard von Bingen--I kid you not!
An Addams Relative Who Can Sing!
» General Update: 9 December, 2023
Posted on Sat 9th Dec, 2023 @ 8:45pm by Criswell Sandbags in General News
Hi Everyone! Your friendly-neighborhood Acting Captain here with the Monthly Report:
Awards:
Austen has won Theta Fleet Player of the Month! His return after a serious injury and surgery has been an inspiration to us all and it is an award well-deserved.
I also nominated Ruth in my report for Writer of the Month. In a dark time for our sim, her writing has remained consistently great and she is a lot of fun to write with!
Post of the Month Nominee went to "Security: Are Any of Us Truly Secure?," a post by Mike and me about the first…
» School versus Sim: School Won
Posted on Thu 23rd Nov, 2023 @ 1:10am by Commander Paul Graves PsyD in General News
Hello, all--I have formally announced to the Command Team that I need to go on an extended leave of absence because of school. I'm pursuing a BS in Healthcare Administration through night school, but I can't do that and write in this sim, too. I tried to tell myself I could, and then a month passed, and I'm still not back to writing.
I will be on vacation from work December 23-January 1, so I intend to do some writing then. During Thanksgiving week, I plan to write some kind of post to take Paul out of the picture for…
Latest Mission Posts
» Lion-Eating Poet in the Stone Den
Mission: The Phoenix Gamble
Posted on Mon 31st Mar, 2025 @ 9:14am by Commander Heriah Rex & Commander Entaaro Nasz
-Start-
{OPS Wardroom Delta- Communication Suite}
"This is good work, Entaaro," Heriah said as she placed the PADD down after reading Commander Entaaro's OFFICIAL LINGUISTIC ANALYSIS REPORT- Vorthal IV and reached for her glass of Rivals Talanack, made with synthehol of course. "Your insight into the conflict on Vorthal IV is profound and exemplary."
Entaaro had his tea and was sitting at his desk, stacks of well organized padds and printouts adorned the desk along the back wall, facing two chairs with smaller stations of their own.
He beamed with apalling joy over being complimented. "Many thanks. It occurred to…
» The Doctor Is In
Mission: The Phoenix Gamble
Posted on Sat 29th Mar, 2025 @ 6:50pm by Lieutenant Victor Delling MD & Captain Gordon Francis & Lieutenant Commander Lanis Dhuro MD
ON
It was nine o'clock on a Saturday. The usual crowd shuffled into Ops for the morning shift, including Captain Francis, who wondered whatever happened to having the weekend off. Today's itinerary was fairly mundane, save for his lunch meeting over comms with his daughter and, if awake, his one-year-old grandson. Francis had seen only a few holos as the munchkin grew during his first year, but hadn't actually seen him. Provided things went routine--which had thankfully become the case after the frantic events surrounding the ordeal of the Thunderchild and arrival of the IBEX--the Captain would be there on…
» The Art of Medicine
Mission: The Phoenix Gamble
Posted on Tue 25th Mar, 2025 @ 12:21am by Lieutenant Commander Lanis Dhuro MD & Captain Gordon Francis & Lieutenant Victor Delling MD & Makila i'Hartelhai
"Wherever the art of medicine is loved, there is also a love of humanity." --Hippocrates
OOC:
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Dhuro Lanis rubbed at his nasal ridges as he studied the scans from the IBEX's crew, deep in thought. Malnutrition was not really his area of expertise, save that he had grown up with it to some extent during the Occupation of Bajor. As a Starfleet physician, though, he had never seen cases of it this bad--and that was considering that the IBEX's crew could have been much worse off. He was seeing signs of vitamin B3 deficiency, a condition the…
» What Fools We Mortals Be
Mission: The Phoenix Gamble
Posted on Mon 24th Mar, 2025 @ 11:58pm by Lieutenant Damion Ildaran & Commander Entaaro Nasz
"Lord, what fools these mortals be!" --William Shakespeare, from A Midsummer Night's Dream
Damion returned to his quarters after his visit to Ops and flung himself onto his sofa. What in hell did I just do?
The Klingon had made him out; he was certain of it--something having to do with Damion being unable to access the locked workstation. As far as he knew, no one outside of IT staff could access a locked Starfleet computer. IT staff worked globally, providing updates to all computers used by Starfleet personnel on the station; they had to be able to access them…
» A Visit to Ops
Mission: The Phoenix Gamble
Posted on Mon 24th Mar, 2025 @ 11:42pm by Lieutenant Damion Ildaran & Captain Gordon Francis & Commander Heriah Rex & Lieutenant Sufai Kell & Khellian s'Siedhri MD & Commander Entaaro Nasz
-Start-
“The quieter you become, the more you are able to hear.” --Rumi
Damion checked his appearance in the mirror one last time before his planned trip to Ops. Commander Rex hadn't exactly dared him to go up there during her recent visit to his office, and she certainly hadn't dared him to go in disguise--but she had indicated she felt it likely that he would soon find himself with reason to be up there more often--and the way she had brought up his position as infiltration specialist had implied that she expected him to infiltrate. It was an interesting…
Latest Personal Logs
» If I Stay Here Without You
Posted on Fri 31st Jan, 2025 @ 1:05am by Lieutenant Damion Ildaran
I need to do some thinking.
I was walking through the Promenade this evening because I'd bought some new seeds for my hydroponics garden, and this godawful song started playing over the PA system. It was an old Earth song, very peppy and upbeat, and I wasn't really in the mood--but then the lyrics hit me: I just want to be your everything. And it got me thinking about Elizabeth.
Big surprise there. What doesn't get me thinking about Elizabeth, these days?
But the really prominent thought in my mind was, You shouldn't be my everything. I miss you so…
» Musings on the Theme from 'Patton'
Posted on Sat 19th Oct, 2024 @ 5:46pm by Lieutenant JG Kellian Michaels
This evening, when I got home from work, I made supper and decided to watch an old Earth movie called Patton. It's about a United States Army general named George Patton, who was known for being rather flamboyant, exhilarated by combat, and intolerant of what he perceived as weakness in others. Most interestingly to me, he remembered past lives in which he had served in historical military forces. He could stand on a historical battlefield and describe exactly some battle he had fought in because he was seeing it as he remembered it happening. I suspect people at the time…
» Krell's Personal Log
Posted on Wed 31st Jan, 2024 @ 5:52pm by Krell House of Mer'uk
Krell had shown the last two of his guests to their quarters on the Amar and went back to his quarters and decided to take a moment to add to his personal log. He sat down at the desk. It was nothing special, just a hard alloy metal frame like everything else in his quarters. The Klingons did not believe in comfort, they thought it would make them weak. There was a cushioned sofa, two cushioned chairs and coffee table at one end though, they were used to entertain certain guest if they were to come to his quarters to…
» Captain's Personal Log
Posted on Thu 23rd Nov, 2023 @ 5:21am by Commander Zed
Zed walked over to her sofa and sat down and pulled her legs up under her, effectively curling up comfortably. She picked up the PADD and the hot cup of black tea that was on the near by end table. She activated the PADD with her fingerprint. The screen came to life and the rear facing camera displayed a live image of her face.
"Begin recording." She said. "Captain's Personal Log." She began. "Stardate 2232.1, the Thunderchild is back at Starbase 109 after cutting its patrol short to aid the USS Comfort which was under attack by pirates. Attacks carried…
» Prodigal Outlaw
Posted on Mon 4th Sep, 2023 @ 8:26pm by Renato Solis
-Renato Solis: Personal Log entry-
{Civilian RT Hauler “OllyOxenFree” ~16 hours to Ullia~}
I can’t say the word without it making me feel ill. “Home.” The word chokes me every time. Where is home, not down the path by which I am now dragged inexorably screaming. Who is there, do I have anything of my old life to go back to? Twenty one years on a floating hulk light years from here and I feel more like I’m leaving home then going back to something I’d even recognize!
My record is wiped. Something I did by accident which changed my…