USS Callisto (Archive)

The Price of Progress

God is dead. And we have killed him.

Mission Description

When the USS Callisto is dispatched to investigate the disappearance of the USS Givens and a civilian research vessel, they uncover both ships dead in orbit, their crews having voluntarily abandoned them to join settlement on the planet below.

As the Callisto’s crew delves deeper, a strange telepathic presence exerts an inexplicable influence over all who encounter it, inspiring unwavering loyalty and reshaping lives.

With the fate of two crews and a pre-warp civilization at stake, the Callisto must confront the entity, navigate faith, free will, and the fragile balance of progress, and decide whether to leave behind a god who refuses to be forgotten.

About the Mission

Command
Status
Complete
Total Stories
13
Start Date
01/01/2025
End Date
10/03/2025

3 March 2025

Chapter Twelve

USS Callisto (Archive): The Price of Progress

A storm was coming. She could taste it in the change of the air, feel it in the wind, and sense it in the slow, uneasy rocking of the boat. But the sky was clear, both of Asada’s suns high in the sky, their golden light scattering across the water in flickering brilliance.  Alcyone Brennan stood [...]

25 February 2025

Chapter Eleven

USS Callisto (Archive): The Price of Progress

Alcyone Brennan had never met another Rodulan, let alone had the opportunity to learn about Rodulan culture from anything other than the rare encounters that described them. That one of her birth-parents must have belonged to that species was something she hadn’t realized until her teens, when [...]

22 February 2025

Chapter Ten

USS Callisto (Archive): The Price of Progress

It felt like ages that Captain Aldris Ceix had last felt a cool breeze caressing his skin, and he inhaled deeply, filling his lungs with the crisp air. He savoured the salty taste on his tongue, where it intermingled with the flavours blossoming flowers, and a briny slightly earthy [...]

22 February 2025

Chapter Nine

USS Callisto (Archive): The Price of Progress

“I am sorry, Captain. I do not know what to do anymore.” The heavy silence that followed Una’s statement was both deafening and oppressive, even though most of those present had expected them to reach this point sooner rather than later. Brennan folded her arms in front of her chest, and [...]