[PBEM News] What Happened to the USS Horizon?

From: sweetkender@yahoo-dot-com.no-spam.invalid (Kelly Jean O'Connor)

Date: Tue, 14 Nov 2006 23:16:40 +0000

Are you tired of simulations that want to confine your imagination and
writing talents? If you are, then the U.S.S. Horizon simulation is for
you. We are a freeform, character-driven simulation that makes the
Twilight Zone look like Mr. Roger's Neighborhood.

The U.S.S. Horizon is a Daedalus-class starship in the year 2169.
(Please understand that in our world, ENT never happened as it
contains too many discrepancies from the "real Star Trek" series.)
The crew is entirely human (or Alpha Centurian). After leaving Sigma
Iotia II (TOS' "A Piece of the Action"), the ship is taken in by a
sentient black hole that wormholes them out of Federation space into
the Tarantula Nebula in the Large Magellanic Cloud (LMC).

Sim Plotline:

That's where the Star Trek portion of our simulation ends. The ship
and 150 members of the crew survived the wormhole. After a week
trying to find a way out of the Tarantula Nebula and figure out where
they are, the ship finds a habitable solar system not far away. Upon
approaching the system, the Horizon is gripped by a tractor beam and
brought to land on the fourth planet in the Delta Nogosi IV system.

Upon capture, a mutiny transpires lead by the Horizon's Chief Medical
Officer, Arkady Sjet. He holds the entire crew hostage as his
followers--almost completely Martian miners turned engineers--have
rigged a nuclear device to the mater/anti-matter reactor. The CMO and
thirty-nine (39) other members of the crew leave the ship after a
stalemate has been reached. The mutineers have absconded with
shuttles from another alien ship that has been brought to the planet
and are no longer in contact with the rest of the crew.

The remaining crew is a cast filled with conflict. The Captain is a
ladies' man who is attempting to sleep with every female on the ship
to help propogate a new human race here in the LMC. The XO, the
Captain's love interest for the last year apparently sided with the
mutineers up until the point of their departure when she decided to
stay with the Captain. The Chief Engineer and Second Officer is the
Captain's ex-wife who isn't exactly on kilter and has now gone AWOL
(she's been taken captive by natives but no one knows that yet). The
Chief Science Officer is trying to mirror the Captain's prowess with
women. His assistant is the object of both their attentions. The
Assistant Chief Engineer can't stand that she's been left alone to
clean up the mess. The Security Chief is simply pissed off at
everyone else.

You may join the simulation on any of the sides: crew member, mutineer
or possibly alien. If you're looking for a game that will challenge
your abilities in ways you never thought possible, check out Horizon
by emailing me at stuartcollis@sbcglobal.net
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