The Stormbreaker Campaign Briefing

In two weeks’ time, on February 5th, the first Bravo Fleet campaign of 2022 will begin: Stormbreaker. When a once-in-a-century ion storm threatens the Paulson Nebula, countless lives are at risk. It’s down to the Fourth Fleet to respond. The Century Storm is coming. But don’t just take my short words for it, or even […]

Starbase Bravo Open

Over the past three-ish years, the Senior Staff have been thinking about different activities we can offer to best meet the needs of the group. The short version is that more people want to be captains than they want to manage groups of other writers, which has made the solo writing options through the command […]

The Stormbreaker Campaign – Coming Soon!

In 2399, first it was the D’Ghor, then it was the Tkon. Old threats endangered the whole galaxy, while new enemies struck at Federation borders. In 2400, the first danger is much closer to home. Introducing: The Stormbreaker Campaign Murray cleared his throat, suddenly serious. ‘It’s a general distress call from the science station Gamma-7, […]

The 25th Century Begins

Happy 2022, everyone! This comes with an important New Year’s announcement from the Lore Office. As per Section 2 of the Canon Policy: ‘The Bravo Fleet timeline advances one year for every two years that pass. The in-character year will advance on January 1 of each even-numbered year. The timeline may be advanced immediately by […]

Lore Office Report 2021

2021 was a busy year for the Lore Office. We tried a lot of new things, and, good news! A lot of it worked or went well. The even better news is that what didn’t work still taught us valuable lessons. I came to the Lore Office with two golden rules of storytelling. The first […]

Incoming Ship Detected

I don’t know about anyone else, but I enjoyed the hell out of Season 2 of Lower Decks. Best Star Trek in two decades, in my opinion. Old Trek fan ruminations aside, the Lore Office is pleased to announce some updates to our Starfleet ships, courtesy of some long-thinking, hard work, serious nerding, and canon updates from the latest […]

Canon Updates – the Romulans!

Commander Reyes sighed as a new file popped up on his screen, and took a moment to rub his eyes before reading. This was the sixth such instruction he’d received from Admiral Beckett only that day, and his patience was wearing thinner than he’d have liked. ‘It’s a good sign,’ said Commander Lockhart from the […]

Echoes of the Tkon: The End

The results are in, the competitions over, the tales come to an end! Or is it, as the Lore Office insists… The End and the Beginning? With the beacon network of the Vanishing Point restored, the Omega Crisis has been resolved. This Fleet-wide, galaxy-spanning story was told over a staggering at least 480,000 words, which is over 1900 Service […]

Echoes of the Tkon Final Results, Winners, and a lot more!

To the members of Bravo Fleet: Now that the Fleet Action is complete, I’d like to present to you the final results. I won’t go on too much here at the top because I know you’ll just scroll past it and look for the results, so without further delay: Results Phase I LCARS Search Azras […]

BFMS: Scheduling Posts

Members of Bravo Fleet: Just a quick announcement. As some of you have known, or come to realize, BFMS offers a “scheduling post” option. Using this option for fiction writing does not generate the necessary award nominations for Service Ribbons. I’m not going to require the Office of the Chief of Staff to be tied […]

Echoes of the Tkon: Week 7 Fiction Update

This is it, the penultimate week and the start of the final phase! We’ve had some exciting times here as we approach The End. I feel it is also worth highlighting: these updates only cover Stories that are part of the Fleet Action and that were posted within the set dates. Even if I’m posting […]

Echoes of the Tkon: Week 6 Fiction Update

It was a quieter week last week, as many of you were fastidious and wrapped up Horizon before the competition deadline. As this week dawns, we already see Phase 3’s storylines heating up. But first – no longer at risk of overshadowing a weekend of announcements, here it is, the latest storyline summary… Week 6 […]