Welcome to the USS Iapetus NCC-83721!
"Fortune favours the bold."
- Publius Vergilius Maro
Welcome to the USS Iapetus, home of one of the finest crews Starfleet has to offer! The Iapetus is a Luna-class vessel, placed into production after the Dominion War to expand Starfleet's gaze once more out to scientific exploration, and one of the most well-known ships of the class is none other than the USS Titan, commanded by Captain William Riker.
We onboard the Iapetus value creativity, activity and friendship. Our missions, while begun and ended by the Commanding Officer, are very much shaped by the crew, who introduce a plethora of new plot turns and innovative sub-stories. We ask that your activity onboard the sim is no less than 1 post every two weeks (LOAs permitting). We also have a community forum, for all members of the Iapetus to come together and discuss anything from the latest plot development to what colour the sky was the day James T Kirk was born!
The USS Iapetus is a 16+ rated Role Play. We ask that any writers wishing to join the ship be 16 years of age or older.
The USS Iapetus is ordered on a six month exploration cruise, out past the range of any previous Federation exploration to date. But when they discover a burgeoning, just-warp-capable society in need, they make some rather disturbing discoveries.
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Latest News Items
» Forum Link is Back
Posted on Sun May 20th, 2012 @ 8:27pm by Captain Vorn Krace in Website Update
All,
I've re-added the link to our forum to the main navigation. The link has been missing since we made the upgrade to Nova, but I think that we should be able to bring the forums back to life enough to warrant it's return. So, make sure to head over there and post any story ideas you've got, talk amongst ourselves about anything you fancy, or just to say hello :)
Remember, any new registrations on the forum, let myself or Commander Walex know, so that we can approve your account.
» Stikes Bio is up
Posted on Wed Mar 28th, 2012 @ 10:36pm by Lieutenant Commander Zim Drex in General News
I spent most of the afternoon writing the bio for the NPC Amel Oprin (Michael Stikes). This should be used as a reference when he's played in a post, but keep in mind that his Starfleet record has been quietly buried by clandestine interests.
Personnel >> Antagonists >> Michael Stikes
» I'm Back!
Posted on Sat Mar 24th, 2012 @ 2:52pm by Captain Vorn Krace in General News
Hi guys
Well, my internet and phone line have finally been reconnected, so I'm back online! I apologise for not really being able to get in touch with any of you about this outage, but it really was a case of suddenly being limited to enough mobile data to handle the month's day-to-day RL necessities and nothing else.
I'll be catching myself back up to where we're at, and then I'll be getting us moving again shortly.
» Forums
Posted on Mon Mar 12th, 2012 @ 9:35pm by Commander Acle Walex in General News
The forums can be found here:
http://www.ussiapetus.net/smf/index.php
Please, if you are bored or have free time, jump on them and look around. Post something if you will, suggest a game, etc. If you have not yet created an account, message me and I will make sure to approve you.
» Captain on short LOA
Posted on Sun Mar 4th, 2012 @ 4:11am by Commander Acle Walex in Out of Character
Krace asked me to tell everyone that he is currently without internet temporarily. He will be back with us shortly though.
In the mean time, feel free to have inter-department posts. Now would be a great time to let us know something more about your character. As always, if you are having trouble figuring out what to post about, let me know and I can either give you a few ideas that you can spin off from or we can do a joint post.
~Walex
Latest Mission Posts
» Needle in a Haystack
Mission: Heart of an Explorer
Posted on Sat Apr 28th, 2012 @ 6:35pm by Captain Vorn Krace & Ensign Bonnie Myers [Krace] & Commander Acle Walex & Lieutenant JG Allison Cathcart [Gunning]
Acle sat in the Captain's chair on the Bridge. The crew that the Captain had detailed had left for the shuttle bay, intent to inspect the strange craft. Acle and a few other crew had been left to start the search for where the strange craft had come from.
Cathcart…
» Step by Step
Mission: Heart of an Explorer
Posted on Mon Apr 23rd, 2012 @ 5:48pm by Lieutenant Elizabeth Lynn & Lieutenant Commander Sara Archer
[ON]
Sara sat in silence across from Lieutenant Lynn. As ordered, she had reported to her weekly session. As usual, she wasn't really sure what she was supposed to be doing. She was trained to never talk, and now she had a counselor ordering her to spill her guts. It…
» Saviours
Mission: Heart of an Explorer
Posted on Fri Apr 13th, 2012 @ 8:09pm by Captain Vorn Krace & Lieutenant JG Nicholas Tenebroso
As Krace stepped into sickbay, there was immediately noticeable activity, centred around one biobed, though only three people were moving around the person laying prone upon it. There were a couple of other patients sitting up on biobeds around the room who were clearly curious of the newcomer, and were…
» Questions Answered
Mission: Heart of an Explorer
Posted on Fri Apr 13th, 2012 @ 8:08pm by Commander Jordan Gunning & Lieutenant Commander Zim Drex & Lieutenant Commander Sara Archer & Lieutenant JG Emily Hamson & Ensign Niol Tyo & Chief Petty Officer Exaine Roeings [Walex]
Chief Petty Officer Exaine Roeings entered the shuttle bay from the turbolift. He had been summoned to the bay by Lieutenant Commander Sara Archer, to assist with the intelligence aspect of the strange ship's recovery. The strange ship had just entered the bay, and Exaine hurried to join the growing…
» The Stikes Problem
Mission: Heart of an Explorer
Posted on Sun Mar 25th, 2012 @ 11:39am by Commander Jordan Gunning & Lieutenant Commander Zim Drex
[ON]
As the doors wheezed apart in front of the two officers, Gunning step slowed as he entered the engineering lab. He had never had occasion to be in one before and he was impressed at the striking level of clutter on most of the surfaces that lined the outer…
Latest Personal Logs
» Log: A new journey.
Posted on Mon Jan 23rd, 2012 @ 12:12am by Commander Acle Walex
Username: Walex8611
Password: ***************
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Decrypting...
Classification: Secret
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Stardate: 65946.9
We have recently been assigned a new mission, one that is well suited for the Iapetus's designed specifications. It is a scientific mission in nature, into a totally unexplored section of space. We are to chart this area…
» Personal Log Chief Engineer Zim Drex: 65449.8
Posted on Sat Nov 5th, 2011 @ 6:06am by Lieutenant Commander Zim Drex
Cutscene: The Iapetus adrift, hanging on the outskirts amongst tumbling asteroids, mostly dark, save for the usual window lighting. Cut to tight shot of Drex in a jefferies tube, holding a glowing repair module in his teeth, while running another glowing repair tool near a piece of conduit.
Voiceover: "We're…
» Computer-Systems Section Leader Log Stardate 65331.65
Posted on Fri Sep 23rd, 2011 @ 3:38am by Petty Officer 1st Class Donald McTaggart
Today Petty Officer Moran, myself, and Bravo Team went through an early routine PMCS on the Bioneural subsystems on dek 8. There were complaints of slow terninals and erroring data in sections 7-19, logged in both mine and Petty Officer Moran's NCO-reports on Stardate 65329. We commenced networking diagnostics at…
» New Assignment
Posted on Sun Sep 11th, 2011 @ 6:21pm by Ensign Alistair Ross
Well i have started my assignment aboard the Iapetus. I have taken the past few days to familiarize myself with the ship and my crewmates, but i still have a long way to go.
» Captain's Log, Stardate 65146.9
Posted on Sun Jul 17th, 2011 @ 4:28pm by Captain Vorn Krace
We have finally set out along our journeys in the Delta Quadrant, our mission being to locate the star chart supplier Varro and determine whether he is still loyal to the Federation, and if so, how or why the star chart that led to the destruction of the starship Swiftsure…