Phasers on Stunning

Diplomacy and dealing with strange new cultures is a fact of life for Starfleet. Often captains, diplomats, and those that venture out to deal with new species have to adopt the dress, and culture of the new civilization to put their best foot forward.

With this contest imagine your captain, or crew, having to intermix with a new or established trek culture and having to go through a ‘makeover’ to fit in. Perhaps it is to go undercover with a pre-warp society, perhaps it’s a grand ball on an allied planet, or perhaps they need information from the Vulcan Science Academy and have to don robes. Whatever the challenge they must adopt a new style of fashion other than the Starfleet uniform. The challenge is both what the situation is, use your imagination, and how they react to their makeover. Perhaps they love wearing a fancy ball gown after a career of refusing even to wear a skant, perhaps they feel at home in face paint to fit in during a ceremony on an away mission.

 

Criteria

• Stories must be submitted through the BFMS and your entry should link to that story. Stories should be between 1,000 and 2,500 words.
• Stories will be graded using the Bravo Fleet Fiction Rubric, which marks on the following criteria: Language, Style, & Mechanics; Adherence to Canon; Perspective; Characterization; Originality; Use of the Prompt.
• Stories must be written during the competition period and should not be a reuse of an existing story. Stories written before or after the competition begins will be disqualified. The BFMS publication date will be used.
• The story must be a single-author post in BFMS and not a joint post with another author.