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
Monthly Awards - Second Quarter -2023
Second Quarter Awards - 2023
Monthly Awards: Third Quarter - 2023
Monthly Awards: Fourth Quarter - 2023
Fourth Quarter Awards - 2023
Yearly Awards -2023
Latest News Items
» Video on Orchid Care
Posted on Mon 7th Apr, 2025 @ 11:31pm by Commander Paul Graves PsyD in Out of Character
I don't know if anyone else here is as interested in orchids as Susan was--I'm not--but this video about orchid care made me think of her. It was awesome--and fascinating! I learned something from it that I didn't know before. Could be useful for Orchids & Jazz. To use the link, click on the title of this message.
Orchid Care
Chantal
» Update Errors
Posted on Sat 5th Apr, 2025 @ 12:59pm by Captain Gordon Francis in Website Update
Hi everyone! I hope everyone receives this message. Lately, I have been missing tags and updates and I know a few of us have been having problems with that as well. I urge everyone to log in and check their tags. When you do, drop me a line over PM and let me know if you've been missing tags/updates, how many, and which ones. Also, check your spam folder. They're not showing up in mine. I'm going to find the solution to this problem. With a little luck this message will reach everyone. I need to know if it does,…
» 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!
Latest Mission Posts
» A Picnic in the Park
Mission: The Phoenix Gamble
Posted on Tue 22nd Apr, 2025 @ 9:20am by Khellian s'Siedhri MD & Makila i'Hartelhai & Lieutenant Damion Ildaran
Previously ...
A teapot sat steaming in the center and, as soon as Damion and Elizabeth were within a pleasant speaking distance, Makila offered, "Tea, it's a herbal oolong blend?"
Accepting a cup carefully, Elizabeth let the aroma drift past her nose. "Oh, that's lovely!" she exclaimed.
"Try this, Damion," Elizabeth encouraged. "It might be better than my own blend, and you like that."
"It smells good," Damion agreed as he took a sniff. "Yes, I'd like some, please."
Makila blushed at the praise and flicked her eyes down towards the cup that she was pouring into.
"There are a…
» The Triangle X-Post (Second Star)
Mission: From The Ashes
Posted on Sat 19th Apr, 2025 @ 2:30pm by Commander Entaaro Nasz & Captain Gordon Francis & Commander Heriah Rex
Relevant cross post from Second Star SIM: https://secondstar.sim-station.net/index.php/sim/viewpost/151
If you wanna read another one,
https://secondstar.sim-station.net/index.php/sim/viewpost/150 is a link to the characters in action, our first post back!
-Start-
Quinton monitored their engine output closely, as much weight as was being pulled could by their engines had been nearly doubled. Three Cargo ships, all of them near to ruin by the Second Sons raiding in the area were following one behind the other. A linked hands array four ships long pumping at Warp 2.3 finally hit proximity to their home stretch. He switched the console view on his chairs armrest to…
» Mycelian Madness Chapter One
Mission: Renato Solis and the Mycelial Madness
Posted on Sat 19th Apr, 2025 @ 1:47pm by Renato Solis
-Start-
The security office on the Zodiac always smelled faintly of disinfectant and burnt coffee—an aroma Renato Solis had come to associate with the ineffable tension between law and chaos. Today, that chaos took the form of a missing antique violin and one very red-faced Lieutenant Jeryn.
“I fail to see why this man is in here,” Jeryn growled, arms crossed tightly over his standard-issue navy tunic. “He is not Starfleet, he has no clearance, and he smells like cloves.”
Renato smiled mildly and plucked a speck of dust from the sleeve of his tailored plum coat. “Flavor for my…
» More Aftermath
Mission: The Phoenix Gamble
Posted on Tue 15th Apr, 2025 @ 2:26pm by Commander Heriah Rex
Another duty day had come to a close and, before Heriah could make her exit from Central Ops, there had come a report that needed her attention. That was followed up with a report she needed to submit right away, another that she needed to authorize before forwarding on to the captain, approvals for a few flight plans, incoming and outgoing vessels, incoming communiques to be rerouted…she pressed herself into her quarters as immediately as her door had allowed and she was immediately stripping off her uniform top, kicking off her boots and going to her stash for a bottle…
» Medical Adjunct- Spa
Mission: The Phoenix Gamble
Posted on Sun 13th Apr, 2025 @ 11:12pm by Lieutenant Alexia Redding & Lieutenant Victor Delling MD
One of the things that Victor had not been expecting was to have a fully functional medical spa attached to one of the doctors he had jurisdiction over. A Lieutenant Redding owned it and profited from it but at the same time provided a final service that he could not find fault with. The need for therapies such as this was clear, and he'd found he had some displeasure in how Starfleet prioritized things like physical therapy. He didn't find any fault with the records they had in the system at this time, and he was more than a little…
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…