Welcome to the USS Thunderbird!

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The USS Thunderbird returns to its home port, Starbase 11, following a disastrous attempt at reducing hostilities between the Cardassians and the Federation. Rather than alleviate hostilities, tensions are at an all-time high between both sides with the Maquis posing a significantly greater threat than anyone had anticipated.

An engineering team from Starbase 11's Maintenance and Repair facility, in conjunction with the ship's Chief Engineer, works on repairing the damage done to the ship as well as installation of the new Emergency Reception Center (ERC). In the meantime, department heads release their people for a bit of much-needed down time while the Captain and First Officer pull together their report on what happened and answer a lot of questions from their superiors.



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Latest Mission Posts

» Quiet Dinner (Part 2)

Mission: The Invisible Hand
Posted on Thu Nov 5th, 2026 @ 9:51pm by Captain Erik Norsgaard & Lieutenant JG Caitlyn MacRae

Continued From Quiet Dinner (Part 1)

[Captain's Dining Room]

"Did I ever tell you how I got my Command," Erik asked as he reach for her hand and began rhythmically stroking the back with his thumb. He seldom spoke about his past but one confession deserved another and maybe, his problems might help her. Who knew?

In response to his question she shook her head. She had heard vague details from her brother but had been unable to press him for more detail because he was already suspicious as to why she was so curious about his friend. And she…


» Quiet Dinner (Part 1)

Mission: The Invisible Hand
Posted on Thu Nov 5th, 2026 @ 9:49pm by Captain Erik Norsgaard & Lieutenant JG Caitlyn MacRae

Deciding she should have trusted her instincts and not answered the call from her brother, Lieutenant MacRae realised she was now - officially - late. Yet she could only hope his unfortunate timing was not a sign of things to come. Otherwise she would have to take a detour and would end up on some backwater penal colony for sabotaging the ship’s internal comm system…

It would take thirty eight seconds. Not that she had any intention of doing it. Those skills were reserved for enemy strongholds, not for ensuring some uninterrupted time with her date. Even if she was…


» Meeting with the Admiral

Mission: The Invisible Hand
Posted on Thu Nov 5th, 2026 @ 9:44pm by Captain Erik Norsgaard & Lieutenant JG Caitlyn MacRae

Minutes continued to tick by as Lieutenant MacRae impatiently waited. Aware of eyes on her back as she abandoned a shockingly uncomfortable seat and tried to distract herself with a detailed study of the artwork which broke up the unimaginative grey walls. Behind a desk, one of Admiral Schofield’s staff was prioritising stacks of reports and adjusting the Admiral’s schedule as the current meeting overran.

Hardly surprising, given the audience and subject matter.

Indeed, it was something of a miracle to secure a brief meeting with Schofield today. A feet she believed was only possible because Erik had made the…


» And There Goes The Klaxon Again

Mission: The Invisible Hand
Posted on Thu Nov 5th, 2026 @ 4:04am by Lieutenant Bartholomew Hale & Lieutenant Daegan Baas & Lieutenant Daltom Vesper & Captain Erik Norsgaard & Lieutenant Commander Areum Choi

[Observation Room]

The red alert klaxom sounded, echoing through a ship that had already been through so much, and Erik, who had been listening to his surprisingly hostile counselor, turned, hand immediately going to his commbadge. "Bridge," he barked. "What's going on?"

"Ensign Reeves here, Sir. We're getting readings of an armed explosive device."

[Investigation Room]

"Okay. Dispatch security. Stay at red alert but kill the sound, would you? Captain out." He turned toward Vesper and said, "excuse me, Counselor." And then, moving quickly, stepped into the Investigation Room for a moment. "Baas," he said, "you're needed."

Baas' head snapped…


» Under the Skin

Mission: The Invisible Hand
Posted on Tue Nov 3rd, 2026 @ 4:44am by Lieutenant Bartholomew Hale & Lieutenant Juliette Barnes & Senior Chief Petty Officer Kotyar Ral Avran

The Maquis shuttle sat like a carcass in a butcher shop. The Thunderbird's engineers had picked the craft over, crawled through it and found exactly what they expected; it was a stolen Federation craft, modified to be nearly undetectable. That much they already knew, between Barnes' analysis and what they'd managed to extract from Starfleet Intelligence. There was something that felt dirty about poring through their secret craft, and in the back of Hale's mind, he wondered if it would only be safety in numbers that would save them from the wrath of Starfleet's community of spooks.

The helmsman sat…