[LAB Phase 2]: Of Promise and Peril

In Stafleet’s mission to “to explore strange new worlds; to seek out new life and new civilizations; to boldly go where no one has gone before”, the Underspace represents a profound opportunity. It has fundamentally altered the means of exploration in ways unparalleled since the advent of warp drive. However, these new apertures into the Underspace also present new risks. As easily as they enable new exploration, they allow those who might wish to do the Federation harm to jump straight into the core of Federation space. This is a debate with which Starfleet must now grapple.

The theme of this writing competition is “the duality of promise and peril”. From the point of view of one or more members of your command, explore the debate between the opportunities and the risks presented by the Underspace. Is it worth it? Should Starfleet be exploring through these apertures or finding a way to close them? This competition is about the depth and quality of the debate, and you may explore this as a monologue, a dialogue, or in a group setting.

Criteria

• Your story must be between 1,500 and 3,000 words in length. It must be your independent creative work, and it must have been written and posted during the duration of this competition.
• Your story must be posted to your individual command as part of a mission that is attached to the Labyrinth fleet-wide mission. Stories from fleet-wide sandboxes and role-playing games are not eligible for this competition.
• Your submission should be a link to the story posted to your command. While you are encouraged to choose a story from the ongoing fleet action, only the single submitted story will be graded and judged.
• Your submission will be graded in accordance with the Bravo Fleet Fiction Rubric, which marks on the following criteria: Language, Style, & Mechanics; Adherence to Canon; Perspective; Characterization; Originality; Use of the Prompt.