“Character is forged not on the mountaintop but in the valley”. — Mike Matheny
Welcome aboard the USS Valley Forge, an Excelsior II – Class Heavy Cruiser, refitted, repurposed & tasked with a mission to defend the borders of the United Federation of Planets and support the Diplomatic Mission of Bravo Fleet’s Task Force 72.
Sidelined by her success, join Captain Samantha Hyland as she assumes her first true command and brings together a new crew in an attempt to hold the failing – line along a Former – Demilitarized Zone, much weakened by the impact of momentous events such as Frontier Day and The Labyrinth, as Starfleet struggles to safeguard the waning influence of the United Federation of Planets against a growing cohort of threat & uncertainty from without and within.
Content on this command is rated at 222 on the RPG Ratings Scale, per the Bravo Fleet Content Policy. Mild swearing, contextual violence, and limited/romantic sexual interaction may be present. It is intended for audiences (16+).
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Commanding Officer
Executive Officer
Chief Engineering Officer
Chief Medical Officer
Chief Security Officer
Chief Tactical Officer
Chief Operations Officer
Chief Helmsman
Tactical Training Hologram
19 March 2025
Through a Mirror, Crack'd Darkly
USS Fresno and USS Valley Forge (Archive)
“If a body meet a body comin’ through the rye.” J.D. Salinger – The Catcher in the Rye. (1905) Samantha Hyland awoke and, for a moment, didn’t know who she was or where she was. The light had an unfamiliar quality, and it hurt her eyes as she struggled to open them. Her [...]
18 March 2025
Through a Mirror, Crack'd Darkly
USS Fresno and USS Valley Forge (Archive)
“Heghlu’DI’ mobbe’lu’chugh QaQpu’ Hegh wanI’” (Death is an experience best shared) The Klingon Way It contained the “stuff of stars and planets”, including gases, dust, and complex molecules. Exotic particles thrown out by the explosion of a dying [...]
17 March 2025
Through a Mirror, Crack'd Darkly
USS Fresno and USS Valley Forge (Archive)
“Wisdom isn’t everything. Survival requires an element of trickery, Chaos, subterfuge. All qualities I possess (if I may say so) in abundance.” Joanne Harris Its severe, shovel – headed prow cleaved the darkness as the ISS Albion maintained its persistent vigil through the [...]
13 March 2025
Resistance, Renaissance & Resignation
Through a Mirror, Crack'd Darkly
USS Fresno and USS Valley Forge (Archive)
“Obedience and resignation are our personal offerings upon the altar of duty.” Hosea Ballou (1828) As he attempted to push through the ever shifting submergence of bodies that thronged the narrow byways and switchbacks of the Agora, Commander Daniel Talland was struck not only by [...]