[TLF Phase 3]: Victory is Life

In the final stage of the fleet action, all things come to an end. Win or lose. Starfleet will prevail, but at what bitter cost? Your ship may strike a decisive blow against the enemy, or may count itself among one of those lost along the way.

The theme of this writing competition is ‘the price of victory.’ Is your ship one which overcomes the enemy, or do they fail and are themselves overcome? If they are successful, what is the emotional, physical, and psychological cost of such a victory for the crew? What has it taken from them? If they are defeated even when Starfleet is overall victorious, what does that mean for them? While this story may depict the actual moment of triumph – or defeat – the emphasis here is, as with previous missions, on the emotional burdens and journeys the characters have experienced.

Criteria

• Your story should be between 2,000 and 3,000 words in length (Google Docs, not BFMS, will be used to determine word count)
• The entry should be written in your Command’s Mission attached to the Lost Fleet Fleet-Wide Mission, and linked to in the submission. While we allow and encourage you to choose a Story from your ongoing Fleet Action fiction, only the single submitted Story will be graded and judged.
• The Story must have been posted during the competition duration.
• Stories from Starbase Bravo are not eligible for this competition.
• Submitted Stories must have a single author.
• Stories 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.