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
» Update
Posted on Sat 10th May, 2025 @ 2:51pm by Captain Gordon Francis in General News
Greetings Starbase 109 Players,
Here is an update on my status for those interested...
The nerve pain in my shoulder is mostly better, but there's still occasional pain. I have an appointment this week with the pain specialist who gave me my shots a few weeks ago. I feel like I'm in a good space mentally and emotionally. This last week was a very good one.
What I'd like to do coming back is work on the temporal war storyline surrounding Gary Thirteen and Sundae, which has been in the works since before I took command. I also want to…
» 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…
Latest Mission Posts
» To Scratch or Rend Pt3
Mission: The Phoenix Gamble
Posted on Tue 13th May, 2025 @ 4:02pm by Commander Heriah Rex & Rautha & Captain Gordon Francis & Commander Entaaro Nasz & Commander Anslo Tol
{Pallon, Trill Seeker Ship}
With SB109 and the airspace around it in view, Rautha took no time to look upon the traffic encircling the starbase. He immediately worked the controls to bring up a repeating hail.
"Starbase 109, this is the Trill Seeker Ship Pallon. We are a crew of 3. Damaged. Injured. Injuries are not life threatening. Damage to ship is life threatening. Life Support failing. Only 2 remaining hours of breathable air left. Lowering polarization of my hull for your scan. Requesting permission to dock for repairs. Respond. Over."
Rautha hit send then sat back and waited.
Anslo…
» The Art of the Tongue: Mok’bara Duels of Rhetoric and the Evolution of Klingon Linguistic Combat
Mission: The Phoenix Gamble
Posted on Sat 10th May, 2025 @ 12:53pm by Commander Entaaro Nasz
-Start-
Author: Lt. Entaaro Nasz, Imperial Klingon Academy of Language and War
Abstract: While Klingon culture is renowned for its martial traditions, its linguistic traditions remain underexplored by outsiders who lack the depth of understanding to appreciate the true art of verbal combat. This paper examines the practice of mok’bara duels of rhetoric—structured linguistic battles where warriors engage in a contest of wit, honor, and strategy. Drawing from historical records, warrior philosophy, and linguistic theory, this paper argues that verbal combat is as integral to Klingon culture as physical battle, shaping both leadership and diplomacy. Further, it critiques the Terran…
» A Place to Call My Own
Mission: From The Ashes
Posted on Tue 6th May, 2025 @ 2:11pm by Commander Heriah Rex & Captain Gordon Francis & Commander Mikaela Locke
It had not been long before Commander Mikaela Locke's restlessness about her place on the station returned.
Despite Paul's attempted assurances that her unease surrounding her position and billet didn't need to be resolved immediately, her impatience had gotten the better of her. Within an hour she had contacted Captain Francis' yeoman and asked for an appointment. Within two hours she was standing outside his ready room, finger outstretched over the chime, but not pressing it quite yet. A sudden wave of uncertainty swept over her.
She had spoken to Paul briefly about the new station captain and the new…
» Khat Wants to be Khat
Mission: The Phoenix Gamble
Posted on Fri 2nd May, 2025 @ 5:00pm by Commander Heriah Rex
It had been one of the better days. Work was not at all demanding, reports were on time and formatted adequately, requests were fulfilled and followed up upon in a timely manner and, most of all, there was little back talk...back-thought more like...from the ever rebellious Rex.
Stepping into her quarters, Heriah felt good, simply good, and full of life. Though it was the end of the day and she had already eaten after finishing her shift in Ops, she felt the need to head out and enjoy the remaining hours of the day and maybe even some of the…
» 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…
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…