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
» Welcome to 2026!
Posted on Thu 1st Jan, 2026 @ 11:56am by Commander Paul Graves PsyD in General News
Happy New Year, everyone!
I'd like to wish everyone writing in Starbase 109 a very happy and successful new year! I look forward to seeing all the stories we'll write and the future history we'll create.
Chantal
aka Cmdr. Paul Graves
» 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…
Latest Mission Posts
» Much Ado About Anslo Tol
Mission: [MAIN] From The Ashes
Posted on Wed 25th Feb, 2026 @ 6:27pm by Captain Gordon Francis & Commander Heriah Rex & Commander Paul Graves PsyD & Commander Geraldine "Geri" Severide & Commander Anslo Tol & Exo-Comp EXQT
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{Conference room 3- Panel on Anslo Tol}
Anslo was almost dozing, the wait in this room had gone so long. The Translucence of the glass revealed an older Humanoid male and now a young Female waiting outside. Wisely he rallied, but the questions to come would certainly give him a rise in tempo. He had been brought here ahead of everyone by request to speak to Geri and Francis, the shadows fit the bill at least. So now he just waited, interminably.
He felt shame more than any other feeling. Realizing how much of his life was wasted running.…
» ...weighs heavy on the soul (p2)
Mission: [MAIN] From The Ashes
Posted on Wed 25th Feb, 2026 @ 4:45pm by Commander Geraldine "Geri" Severide & Lieutenant Damion Ildaran
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Gesturing to a page opened on the TaBB Alex pointed to the crew list, "If they decide to stay on board with you great, you'll benefit from their wisdom. Yuma is looking for a real life, so she may just become an asset, Grazia, Kolor, Duke, are all signed on for the ride. Reggie is wed to the ship, and he seems to have downloaded a strange operating system from the Thunderchild I cannot make sense of. It's like a snap shot of fireworks in motion, I can see where the code wants to go, but it's static and…
» The Mantle of Leadership
Mission: [MAIN] From The Ashes
Posted on Sun 22nd Feb, 2026 @ 12:25am by Lieutenant Damion Ildaran & Commander Geraldine "Geri" Severide
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Space and Time came to a near total halt in the White Room. For most people its a sensation akin to holding breath, or a staring contest gone too long. Your own heart plays the metronome which allows you to comprehend linear existence, to keep your sanity in a place no Human mind was meant to stay for long. Alex had made his choices, and so confronted with the consequences had opted to offset their applications. The TaBB was connected to their HOME network, and his orders to surrender were held up by one thing. Alex was to transfer…
» Through the Eyes of the Crew
Mission: [TIE-IN] IBEX - In the Beginning...
Posted on Sat 21st Feb, 2026 @ 1:05am by Lieutenant Damion Ildaran & Captain Gordon Francis & Commander Geraldine "Geri" Severide & Commander Mindo
The most important thing a captain can do is to see the ship through the eyes of the crew. --Captain D. Michael Abrashoff
It was real.
A small part of Damion had half-convinced himself that, at some point, Captain Francis or Commander Severide would surely tell him, "Nah, we were just messing with you. We had a bet going as to how long we could make you believe we were really going to just hand you a starship. Let's head back to Orchids & Jazz and have a good laugh over a few beers!"
But they kept not doing that,…
» {REDACTED}
Mission: [MAIN] From The Ashes
Posted on Thu 19th Feb, 2026 @ 12:24pm by Lieutenant Damion Ildaran & Captain Gordon Francis & Exo-Comp EXQT & Alidade (Computer)
The IBEX introduction can be found here: https://sb109.harperhold.com/index.php/sim/viewpost/2318
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{Armory-IBEX (Refit)}
Kolor was in love. The Exo-comps which had come into his life brought such warmth and joy as he had ever imagined worth feeling. A decision had been made, that the IBEX was to be rebuilt. Her three-hundred-year-old frame needed to evolve with the times, and it had been a long successful run until Captain Alexander Richardson had overstepped their capabilities and gotten half the crew killed. Now, with the injured bird at rest, the Starbase had not only seen to its wounds but delivered new life. These little…
Latest Personal Logs
» Rautha is to be Avoided at all Costs
Posted on Wed 18th Feb, 2026 @ 10:31am by Commander Heriah Rex
"Well, the plan went off without a hitch. I came out with a brain bleed, broken patella and fractured ribs. The security personnel had similar injuries but, I dare say, the whole charade was a success. Damion bested us and escaped, disguised as Anslo Tol. Those two elite Trill trackers, Ryzhkyn and Rautha were...well they were pissed beyond imagination.
I told them I had denied Anslo his request for asylum. Showed them my denial myself. I explained how I was escorting Anslo to the civilian brig closer to them so, once their ship was repaired, they could take him and…
» No One Named Damion Ildaran Wrote This
Posted on Sat 20th Dec, 2025 @ 12:31am by Lieutenant Damion Ildaran
This log entry will self-destruct five seconds after I finish writing it.
Well, I made it onboard the Sherpa. I hate to think of the three injured people I left behind in that corridor. Unlike Scottish organized crime bosses and their lieutenants, they did nothing to deserve the pain I dished out to them. Well, maybe Cmdr. Rex did, but I'm not going there.
At least they all gave as good as they got. If I hadn't been portraying someone frantic with terror, I wouldn't have pressed them so hard or dislocated that one guy's shoulder. I suspect I did…
» Personal Log: Anslo Tol (?)
Posted on Wed 17th Dec, 2025 @ 1:57am by Lieutenant Damion Ildaran
Life aboard the Transport Ship Sherpa
I can't believe I actually got onboard this ship. Most ships, you show up with no luggage, you get looked at funny and questioned. Not here--not by the crew, anyway. Some of the other passengers are suspicious, and no wonder. I have bruises on my bruises. I ache in parts of my body I didn't know existed, and my entire right side is sore. Those security guards and the Trill commander put up a hard fight. Right now, I just feel lucky to be alive and thankful to be here and not in the…
» 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…