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
Monthly Awards: Second Quarter - 2024
Monthly Awards: Third Quarter - 2024
Monthly Awards: Fourth Quarter - 2024
Yearly Awards -2023
First Quarter Awards - 2025
Second Quarter Awards - 2025
Third Quarter Awards - 2025
Latest News Items
» Happy Thanksgiving!
Posted on Fri 28th Nov, 2025 @ 3:35pm by Commander Paul Graves PsyD in Out of Character
Hello, all--I hope our players in the US enjoyed a very happy Thanksgiving yesterday and that they are sleeping off the food comas today! Thank you all for another wonderful simming year!
Chantal
» Player of the Month Award!
Posted on Sun 12th Oct, 2025 @ 9:47pm by Captain Gordon Francis in General News
Well, we've enjoyed a big September back in action, and I'm excited to announce our very own Chantal has won Player of the Month! Her hard work here while juggling sim with school has been consistently excellent. She's contributed heavily to sim morale and stayed involved in a big way with her insight and creative thinking. And while her hard work here is very appreciated, we also celebrate her recent academic achievements, where she finally kicked Algebra right in the variables! We're proud to have you here, Chantal! Congratulations!
CF
» Fixed Problems
Posted on Sun 31st Aug, 2025 @ 12:31pm by Captain Gordon Francis in General News
Hi all! Just wanted to let you know if you received an email of "A Fire Shall Be Woken" attributed to "CAPT Adam Teague," just know that I have no idea who Captain Teague is, but I wrote the post.
Also, apparently the site had been programmed to send posts for my approval before they are posted. That's been driving me crazy and I think I fixed the problem. It shouldn't happen anymore. I trust all of you as players and writers. I don't want to be the kind of controlling Captain that has to approve everything first. Very sorry…
» 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
Latest Mission Posts
» The joke is on us all.
Mission: From The Ashes
Posted on Mon 1st Dec, 2025 @ 12:11am by Lieutenant Wyndon Rapisarta MD
OR 3
"Computer, send file for dictation to Dr. Rapisarda's office. " Wyndon stripped the isolation gear from his body and tossed it into the recycler with a practiced ease.
“Don't forget this sir” the nurse commented as she handed Dr. Rapisarta the wrapped gold object that he'd been playing with earlier. The surgeon had laid it aside to enter into the sterile field, and had not picked it up from the personal objects area of the clean room.
Wyndon smiled when he saw the tiny, wrapped package. “Ah yes, thank you. “The man murmured as he received the object…
» Meeting Her Father
Mission: From The Ashes
Posted on Thu 27th Nov, 2025 @ 10:53pm by Lieutenant JG Kellian Michaels & Khellian s'Siedhri MD
0600 had come too early in the opinion of the physician who had to open his clinic on his own. His daughter bless her, had to attend Sickbay for her own residency hours which he would never begrudge her. He was incredibly proud of her achievements, and would not speak against them. It did make things more difficult for him, with his scheduling. For he could not rely upon her exclusively to open the other clinic. They'd shifted the hours somewhat, so that both of their schedules could be accommodated.
It was a blur of patients and charting and patients…
» Accessing the newest brains of the Operation
Mission: From The Ashes
Posted on Wed 26th Nov, 2025 @ 10:21pm by Makila i'Hartelhai & Lieutenant Victor Delling MD & Lieutenant Wyndon Rapisarta MD
"Vic, whose work is this?" Wyndon asked as he pulled up the violet notations in their document that they shared with all the doctors and researchers. He'd already signed off on a trial of her first set of ideas. They were being implemented on patients as the doctors were speaking. The layout of the experiment she proposed was pure brilliance, taken straight out of ancient medicine and treatments that your average doctor wouldn't remember much less attempt to implement.
"Shes one of our residents actually, Makila i'hartelhai."
"That sounds...." Wyndon trailed off, the color draining from his face. The tremor…
» The Round Up
Mission: From The Ashes
Posted on Tue 25th Nov, 2025 @ 4:04pm by Captain Gordon Francis & Criswell Sandbags & Commander Geraldine "Geri" Severide & Commander Entaaro Nasz & Lieutenant Damion Ildaran
-Start-
{Captain Francis Office- OPS}
Captain Francis was deposited back into his office moments after disappearing, the meeting with Alex in the White room concluding without ceremony. Time swirled around him little did he know, and the vortex of compressed time changed his reality to bring him to the present. It was like holding a sneeze. Captain Francis reeled from the experience. Just days ago he had suffered a concussion and he wasn't quite 100% yet.
Looking down, he noticed a list on the desk, in his own handwriting, from inside the White room when he and Alex had determined…
» Password: Dirty Martian
Mission: From The Ashes
Posted on Sun 23rd Nov, 2025 @ 12:35pm by Criswell Sandbags & Renato Solis
-Start-
{Orchids & Jazz}
Renato sat within view of the bar, watching Criswell, who up to this point had not looked in Renato's direction. Like Renato, Criswell was an observer, a watcher. The crush of people made surveillance or eavesdropping nearly impossible to Renato, but Criswell's Ferengi upbringing had trained his ears to focus on several conversations at once. Table three had been the most interesting that night. The man's date had ordered Filet Mignon, and was clearly going to dump her date after he paid for it. The little girl at table seven wasn't happy with the chicken fingers…
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…