Definitely.
Idea for a cooperative Star Trek screenplay project
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I thought maybe one of our senior crew could be some sort of exchange officer from one of the races in the Gamma Quadrant - if we bump up our main cast to 8, then that means they sit in the extra chair on the bridge (a la Troi in TNG) and we could make that character a female too, haha, so we'd have five women and four men!
What do we reckon to a title, too? ST:Gamma Quadrant or ST:Challenger?
What do we reckon to a title, too? ST:Gamma Quadrant or ST:Challenger?
Star Trek: Challenger...
I like the way that sounds.
I like the way that sounds.
I was just reading the DS9 Relaunch and had an idea that a Cardassian security chief could be an interesting character to play with - or we could make them a secondary character. Given we're going to establish that there's more than just the Challenger participating in the humanitarian effort in the Gamma Quadrant, perhaps she could be the Captain of one of the other ships who has a recurring appearance?
It'd be over ten years since the end of the Dominion War and TTN has a character who's a Cardassian and a Cadet (c. 2380, ten years before Challenger takes place) so our female could be a Cadet around the same time and have risen up to the rank of Lt Commander and command of a small science vessel of similar size to the Defiant.
She could also be our Captain's ongoing love interest, perhaps?
It'd be over ten years since the end of the Dominion War and TTN has a character who's a Cardassian and a Cadet (c. 2380, ten years before Challenger takes place) so our female could be a Cadet around the same time and have risen up to the rank of Lt Commander and command of a small science vessel of similar size to the Defiant.
She could also be our Captain's ongoing love interest, perhaps?
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Oooh...this is getting good...I like it.
So - time for a revamped amalgamation post - there are some character names I've given, but these are placeholder names and can be changed as can anything else that people really disagree with.
The USS Alcyone was named after one of Jacque Cousteau's vessels, her class named after the constellation that Alcyone is part of - and the basic idea for the vessel is derived from the Archer Class seen in Star Trek: Vanguard.
STAR TREK: CHALLENGER
BACKSTORY
It is 2389. Deep Space Nine sends a routine mission into the Gamma Quadrant. The USS Defiant, under the command of Lt Cdr Azhan 982, discovers that the Founders have vanished.
The Federation is confused, but realise that a taskforce must be put together to enter the Gamma Quadrant, colonise it and assist the races previously subjugated by the Dominion in recovering.
Starfleet places the USS Challenger and her crew in that taskforce.
MAIN CHARACTERS
Zachary Levi as Captain Azhan
Captain Azhan 982 is a Hermat, one of a handful of his race to have joined Starfleet. He is the former XO of Deep Space Nine and is championed for command of the Challenger by General Kira - though some would disagree, claiming he is too young and naive for such an assignment.
Jeffrey Combs as Commander Wolfe
Commander Marcus Q. Wolfe is an octogenarian and a respected lecturer of Strategic Operations at Starfleet Academy who has never been given his own command - most at Starfleet Command think he's not command material and his old friend, Admiral Reinhardt, has had to pull strings to get him the position of First Officer on the Challenger.
Susan Sarandon as Doctor Tilan
Doctor Tilan Siana is Bajoran, with a history with both the Bajoran Militia and Starfleet and, later, the Federation Health Organisation and Medicins Sans Frontieres Intergalactique. As the Director of the taskforce's humanitarian mission, she often finds herself in conflict with Azhan and Wolfe.
Debra Jo Rupp as Chief Engineer Niska
Lt Commander Niska is a Ferengi female. A talented engineer charged with joining Starfleet by Grand Nagus Rom himself, she is more than capable and when charged with a repair will bet her superiors as to how long the repair will take her - as luck would have it, she usually wins the bet.
Jonathan Togo as Lieutenant Rossi
Lieutenant Federico Rossi is a twenty something Human male of Italian descent. He's the Senior Helmsman of the Challenger who has brought his family with him from his previous assignment on Deep Space Nine, a quiet man but an excellent pilot who will be thrust into the limelight with this mission.
Yvonne Strahovski as Lt Commander Ataan
Lt Commander Zarah Ataan was one of the first Cardassians to join Starfleet and now commands the USS Alcyone, a scout vessel which often works with the Challenger. Intelligent and attractive, there is no denying the romantic chemistry that exists between her and Captain Azhan.
Olga Kurylenko as Lt Commander Losano
Lt Commander Marika Losano is a Betazoid and the Chief Science Officer of the Challenger. She is both a talented and passionate scientist and the Second Officer of the Challenger.
THE TASKFORCE
USS Challenger NCC 71099, Galaxy Class - refit to function as part of the humanitarian mission with extended medical, cargo and dormitory facilities to accomodate partial planetside populations. General improvements undertaken to the Galaxy Class spaceframe include improvements in warp power, Mark III bio-neural computer systems, extensive weapons systems, accomodation for a vast variety of life forms and the experimental holographic comm array.
USS Alcyone NCC 83205, Pleiades Class is a small scout vessel with a crew of fourteen, commanded by Lieutenant Commander Zarah Ataan, designed to go very fast but with practically no scientific or medical facilities. The vessel routinely operates in tandem with the larger USS Challenger.
THE PILOT
It is 2390, about fourteen years after the end of DS9 and ten after Voyagers return, the USS Challenger, Galaxy Class, is one of several ships sent into the Gamma Quadrant to explore, colonise and provide humanitarian aide to species previously under the rule of the Dominion, who have simply vanished.
Starfleet place command of the Challenger in the hands of the brilliant Captain Azhan 982 (Zachary Levi) who, at 30, is one of the youngest Captains to grace Starfleet and one of the few members of his race, the Hermats, to have ventured away from their homeworld and Commander Marcus Wolfe (Jeffrey Combs) who at the age of 60 resents Starfleet for never having granted him a command of his own. Against these two military officers is thrown Doctor Tilan Siana (Susan Sarandon), a feisty Bajoran civilian who is both the ships Chief Medical Officer and the Director of the humanitarian mission in the Gamma Quadrant.
These three, their ship and their crew, will come across a planet ravaged by an environmental disaster of proportions previously unimagined and, amidst the chaos, find the promise of the secrets of the universe promised by the mysterious Shaleel. Will our heroes have the courage to reject the secrets of the universe?
The USS Alcyone was named after one of Jacque Cousteau's vessels, her class named after the constellation that Alcyone is part of - and the basic idea for the vessel is derived from the Archer Class seen in Star Trek: Vanguard.
STAR TREK: CHALLENGER
BACKSTORY
It is 2389. Deep Space Nine sends a routine mission into the Gamma Quadrant. The USS Defiant, under the command of Lt Cdr Azhan 982, discovers that the Founders have vanished.
The Federation is confused, but realise that a taskforce must be put together to enter the Gamma Quadrant, colonise it and assist the races previously subjugated by the Dominion in recovering.
Starfleet places the USS Challenger and her crew in that taskforce.
MAIN CHARACTERS
Zachary Levi as Captain Azhan
Captain Azhan 982 is a Hermat, one of a handful of his race to have joined Starfleet. He is the former XO of Deep Space Nine and is championed for command of the Challenger by General Kira - though some would disagree, claiming he is too young and naive for such an assignment.
Jeffrey Combs as Commander Wolfe
Commander Marcus Q. Wolfe is an octogenarian and a respected lecturer of Strategic Operations at Starfleet Academy who has never been given his own command - most at Starfleet Command think he's not command material and his old friend, Admiral Reinhardt, has had to pull strings to get him the position of First Officer on the Challenger.
Susan Sarandon as Doctor Tilan
Doctor Tilan Siana is Bajoran, with a history with both the Bajoran Militia and Starfleet and, later, the Federation Health Organisation and Medicins Sans Frontieres Intergalactique. As the Director of the taskforce's humanitarian mission, she often finds herself in conflict with Azhan and Wolfe.
Debra Jo Rupp as Chief Engineer Niska
Lt Commander Niska is a Ferengi female. A talented engineer charged with joining Starfleet by Grand Nagus Rom himself, she is more than capable and when charged with a repair will bet her superiors as to how long the repair will take her - as luck would have it, she usually wins the bet.
Jonathan Togo as Lieutenant Rossi
Lieutenant Federico Rossi is a twenty something Human male of Italian descent. He's the Senior Helmsman of the Challenger who has brought his family with him from his previous assignment on Deep Space Nine, a quiet man but an excellent pilot who will be thrust into the limelight with this mission.
Yvonne Strahovski as Lt Commander Ataan
Lt Commander Zarah Ataan was one of the first Cardassians to join Starfleet and now commands the USS Alcyone, a scout vessel which often works with the Challenger. Intelligent and attractive, there is no denying the romantic chemistry that exists between her and Captain Azhan.
Olga Kurylenko as Lt Commander Losano
Lt Commander Marika Losano is a Betazoid and the Chief Science Officer of the Challenger. She is both a talented and passionate scientist and the Second Officer of the Challenger.
THE TASKFORCE
USS Challenger NCC 71099, Galaxy Class - refit to function as part of the humanitarian mission with extended medical, cargo and dormitory facilities to accomodate partial planetside populations. General improvements undertaken to the Galaxy Class spaceframe include improvements in warp power, Mark III bio-neural computer systems, extensive weapons systems, accomodation for a vast variety of life forms and the experimental holographic comm array.
USS Alcyone NCC 83205, Pleiades Class is a small scout vessel with a crew of fourteen, commanded by Lieutenant Commander Zarah Ataan, designed to go very fast but with practically no scientific or medical facilities. The vessel routinely operates in tandem with the larger USS Challenger.
THE PILOT
It is 2390, about fourteen years after the end of DS9 and ten after Voyagers return, the USS Challenger, Galaxy Class, is one of several ships sent into the Gamma Quadrant to explore, colonise and provide humanitarian aide to species previously under the rule of the Dominion, who have simply vanished.
Starfleet place command of the Challenger in the hands of the brilliant Captain Azhan 982 (Zachary Levi) who, at 30, is one of the youngest Captains to grace Starfleet and one of the few members of his race, the Hermats, to have ventured away from their homeworld and Commander Marcus Wolfe (Jeffrey Combs) who at the age of 60 resents Starfleet for never having granted him a command of his own. Against these two military officers is thrown Doctor Tilan Siana (Susan Sarandon), a feisty Bajoran civilian who is both the ships Chief Medical Officer and the Director of the humanitarian mission in the Gamma Quadrant.
These three, their ship and their crew, will come across a planet ravaged by an environmental disaster of proportions previously unimagined and, amidst the chaos, find the promise of the secrets of the universe promised by the mysterious Shaleel. Will our heroes have the courage to reject the secrets of the universe?
TEASER
Azhan commands the USS Defiant during a routine mission into the Gamma Quadrant. Rossi is at the Helm. The Defiant finds no sign of the Founders which puzzles the crew and Azhan relays this information back to Starfleet.
ACT ONE
Admiral Reinhardt meets with Wolfe after he finishes a lecture at Starfleet Academy. Reinhardt describes the mission into the Gamma Quadrant. Wolfe comments that he's been passed over for his own command many times. Reinhardt makes it very clear to Wolfe that he had to pull lots of strings to even get Wolfe considered for the position on the Challenger and that most of the admiralty don't consider Wolfe a fit for command - if he refuses this posting, he may never get a chance to gun for his own command again.
Tilan is brought into a meeting with the President of the Federation, the Directors of Medicins Sans Frontieres Intergalactique and the Federation Health Organisation. The President describes the humanitarian mission into the Gamma Quadrant, explains that Starfleet are using a seldom-used reactivation clause. reinstating her to the rank and priveleges of a full Commander and the the FHO and MSFI are putting her in charge of the humanitarian mission.
Later, we find out that Wolfe and Tilan are to travel together on a shuttle and rendezvous with the Challenger en-route to Deep Space Nine.
Captain Azhan is newly promoted and nervous about his command, which is docked with Deep Space Nine. General Kira says that she has faith in him and that she petitioned to get him command of the taskforce, something some disagree with because of his age.
She wishes him luck and he boards the Challenger where he is met by Wolfe who explains that the Captains of the Taskforce have gathered in the Observation Lounge. Azhan gives the six Captains a good luck speach and catches the eyes of a beautiful Cardassian woman, Lt Commander Ataan, before ordering the taskforce to get underway.
Azhan gives orders to Rossi at the helm as the Challenger departs from DS9 and leads the taskforce into the Gamma Quadrant.
ACT TWO
The action picks up ONE MONTH LATER with the Challenger cruising through space. Azhan is relaxing in his quarters when he is informed that they are being hailed by the USS Alcyone, Lt Commander Ataan's vessel. Azhan uses the experimental holographic communications system to talk with Ataan, who reveals that the Alcyone is en-route to a planet that is suffering some sort of major environmental and geo-physical cataclysm and she suggests that the Challenger join her.
Azhan agrees and has Rossi change course to rendezvous with the Alcyone.
Azhan commands the USS Defiant during a routine mission into the Gamma Quadrant. Rossi is at the Helm. The Defiant finds no sign of the Founders which puzzles the crew and Azhan relays this information back to Starfleet.
ACT ONE
Admiral Reinhardt meets with Wolfe after he finishes a lecture at Starfleet Academy. Reinhardt describes the mission into the Gamma Quadrant. Wolfe comments that he's been passed over for his own command many times. Reinhardt makes it very clear to Wolfe that he had to pull lots of strings to even get Wolfe considered for the position on the Challenger and that most of the admiralty don't consider Wolfe a fit for command - if he refuses this posting, he may never get a chance to gun for his own command again.
Tilan is brought into a meeting with the President of the Federation, the Directors of Medicins Sans Frontieres Intergalactique and the Federation Health Organisation. The President describes the humanitarian mission into the Gamma Quadrant, explains that Starfleet are using a seldom-used reactivation clause. reinstating her to the rank and priveleges of a full Commander and the the FHO and MSFI are putting her in charge of the humanitarian mission.
Later, we find out that Wolfe and Tilan are to travel together on a shuttle and rendezvous with the Challenger en-route to Deep Space Nine.
Captain Azhan is newly promoted and nervous about his command, which is docked with Deep Space Nine. General Kira says that she has faith in him and that she petitioned to get him command of the taskforce, something some disagree with because of his age.
She wishes him luck and he boards the Challenger where he is met by Wolfe who explains that the Captains of the Taskforce have gathered in the Observation Lounge. Azhan gives the six Captains a good luck speach and catches the eyes of a beautiful Cardassian woman, Lt Commander Ataan, before ordering the taskforce to get underway.
Azhan gives orders to Rossi at the helm as the Challenger departs from DS9 and leads the taskforce into the Gamma Quadrant.
ACT TWO
The action picks up ONE MONTH LATER with the Challenger cruising through space. Azhan is relaxing in his quarters when he is informed that they are being hailed by the USS Alcyone, Lt Commander Ataan's vessel. Azhan uses the experimental holographic communications system to talk with Ataan, who reveals that the Alcyone is en-route to a planet that is suffering some sort of major environmental and geo-physical cataclysm and she suggests that the Challenger join her.
Azhan agrees and has Rossi change course to rendezvous with the Alcyone.
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That sounds cool, tenmei. I'll start the main thread now, but I still need to know stuff like how much everybody should contribute per turn: A sentence, a paragraph, a scene? I'd go for a scene, as these are conclusive in themselves but also give cliff-hangers for others to find a point where they can start with their post.
The name ist "STAR TREK:CHALLENGER", I suppose?
I might also design a cover for it too.
The name ist "STAR TREK:CHALLENGER", I suppose?
I might also design a cover for it too.
We could do that in the Challenger thread.
Um, shouldn't part of this mission be finding out what happened to the Founders in the first place? Or did I miss something?
You see, nothing just disappears, so the absence of the Founders after having ruled an entire quadrant of the galaxy so long can mean a few things, not all of them good:
They left on their own: in that case, who knows what might have motivated them to leave, and whether or not they'll be friendly when they come back?
They were wiped out by some natural contagion: something that may not necessarily be a danger to other races, but if it is, it may create a bigger challenge than the task force realizes (especially if that first contagion they encounter is what did it.)
They were wiped out by another, more powerful race: possibly these "Shaleel" in which case the quadrant and the task force are f---ed.
Given these possibilities, I would think determining that little bit of information would be a priority.
But that's just me.
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