New: Ascension: The Phoenix Project (free, open-ended, email, human, space, rpg)

From: donotreply@pbm.com (PBM List Autoposter)

Date: Wed, 07 Dec 2005 08:13:01 +0000

Name:		Ascension: The Phoenix Project
Costs:		free
Frequency:		Once a week minimum
Email:		LstNwf zat hotmail.com
URL:		http://www.startrek-ascension.com/
Type:		Star Trek Roleplay
Last-Update:		2005Dec05
Keywords: free, open-ended, email, human, space, rpg

Description:

About Us:
Ascension: The Phoenix Project (A: PP) is a Star Trek Play By Email (PBeM)
Roleplaying Group, committed to providing a friendly community for people
from all over the world to come together and roleplay within the Star Trek
Universe.

The Story:
In the year 2380, the United Federation of Planets and the races of the
Alpha and Beta Quadrants faced a sudden and devastating attack from a new
and terrifying adversary. The Da�tsu, a war-like race of powerful
telepaths from the Delta Quadrant, invaded our half of the galaxy in the
pursuit of a single goal: the destruction of all life. Some years prior,
the rogue Starfleet Agency Section 31 had kidnapped a Da�tsu Mother. The
Mothers were the Da�tsu�s most powerful telepaths, which they followed
with an almost religious reverence. The Da�tsu did not take the loss of
one lightly. This new adversary was supremely confident in their attack,
as they believed that their �obvious� superiority over the other races had
gained them powerful new allies in the form of the First Born, races from
the galactic core who were old when our world was young.

Outposts and colony worlds on the outskirts of Federation, Romulan, and
Klingon space barely had time to send out a warning before they were
erased from the face of the galaxy by the First Born and the Da�tsu
fleets. Starfleet Command came to a standstill when they heard word of
ships five miles long, with weapons capable of destroying a sun. In only a
few days, a half a dozen stars had gone supernova long before their time,
taking all life in their solar systems with them. It seemed that
resistance would not only be futile; it would not even be an option.

The Klingons, the Romulans, even the Breen and the Cardassians, allied
themselves with the Federation, but it seemed there was no stopping this
new enemy. Within weeks, the invaders stood at the doorsteps of Quo�nos,
Romulus, and Earth. But then something unexpected happened, turning the
tide. It seemed the Da�tsu had been fooled. Recent attacks against the
worlds of the Galactic core by many races, including the Da�tsu, forced
the First Born to realize that they had stagnated, and that these younger,
upstart races might actually pose a threat if they were ever to unite.
They enticed the Da�tsu with promises of unlimited power, manipulating
them into agreeing to attack not only the Federation, but the other major
races as well. Once the war was underway, the First Born simply left,
content to let the younger races slaughter each other. Without the support
of their powerful former allies, the Da�tsu were caught with their forces
spread thin in a huge conflict they were not prepared for. Even so, it was
still three bloody years of war before the Da�tsu were finally driven from
the Milky Way Galaxy. It is a galaxy that is very different than before
the war; old empires have fallen and new ones have grown in status.

Now in 2385, two years since the war ended, the Federation is still
struggling to rebuild. Losses in vessels and manpower during the conflict
have left Starfleet without the resources to defend its entire area,
leaving some systems to claim independence. This has left gaps in
Federation territory, forcing Starfleet Command to allow greater autonomy
to its fleets stationed along the UFP borders, who now must function with
little support from the rest of Starfleet�s forces. One such group is the
Antares Fleet, operating in the area of space formerly overseen by the
destroyed Antares Station. Based out of the former Starfleet Marine base,
Scorpio Sigma, The Antares Fleet consists of several ships and starbases
including: the USS Epsilon, the USS Indefatigable, the USS Osiris-A, and
Galen Station. Together they face the challenges of a galaxy growing more
dangerous, and more interesting, by the day.

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