Building the Foundation
Posted: Sat Sep 10, 2016 2:53 am
Hello Team,
As stated by Matt when he first posted about the new Areas of Operation the focus of this Task Force will be exploration. That does not mean however that our TF story arc needs to be vague, undefined or boring.
Was the new world boring when the Europeans first came to the Americas? No. In fact, it was deadly and scary for the native and new explorers. Asia and India were both full of culture and traditions long before the west ever arrived and made thing worse. ( Sorry but It’s true.) And I think as we build this story arc we need to look at our own past and make sure we incorporate that into this new area of space.
When TF11 was made the staff put together three concepts and then asked you all what one you liked most. I am not going to do that to start. There is too much we don’t know about this area for me to just do that out right. I want you all to be apart of building this. So what I will do is ask you all to help me build a foundation of basic facts and once we have that I will start a new post with some concepts for us to chose from.
Here are some questions we need to ask as we make this story Arc are:
Who is already living in the area? Nations? Raiders? Trade Federations?
What are the current relationships between those currently living in the area? How does the Federations arrival in the area effect these relationships?
How did we arrive in the Delta quadrant? How secure is this method of travel?
How long ago did we arrive? Did we just arrive or have we had time to make a beach head (starbase)?
If we have been in the area for a little while who have we already made contact with? How do they feel about our presence?
These are all questions we need to ask as we build this story arc. Some of them we need to put Limits on and we already have an answer to thanks to the Simms within the Task Force.
Simply due to the fact the Oberon Base is in the TF, we can safely say that the Federation has had access to the Delta Quadrant some time. Because the Federations feels comfortable to build a Planetary base we can also safely assume that Starfleet has some sort of beachhead within the area. This also means that we have most likely made Contact with at least some of the major players in the area.
Seeing how we don’t have a map for the TF (unless you are hiding something from me Matt) we are open to whatever.
So Let's get talking about this and let's Start by answer these questions and once we answer the ones below we can move forward.
#1: Who are the Major players in the area? (3 maybe 4 Major players)
We should make at least two if not all three of these Major players races we have seen from Voy. The reason we should do that is so that New members entering the fleet don’t need to read up and learn about our created races when they join. It is easier for them to see races they know from the Show.
#2: How did we get to the Delta quadrant?
This is a very importing Question. I am really looking to hear ideas from you all on how we are going this.
#3: We have already established above that the Federation has made a beachhead in the area. So the question is: How large is this beachhead? Is it a starbase and the area around it or is it a larger area? Have we claimed area or are we just looking around?
Once we these three questions answered we can move forward. An importing thing to remember is that we have until the end of the month to make this TF plot so we can’t spend forever talking. At Points along the way we will have to say “This is what we are doing,” Move forward.
I open this to everyone. Seeing how we don’t know what TF everyone is in at the moment and I feel the whole fleet has good ideas.
So Let's get Talking!
As stated by Matt when he first posted about the new Areas of Operation the focus of this Task Force will be exploration. That does not mean however that our TF story arc needs to be vague, undefined or boring.
Was the new world boring when the Europeans first came to the Americas? No. In fact, it was deadly and scary for the native and new explorers. Asia and India were both full of culture and traditions long before the west ever arrived and made thing worse. ( Sorry but It’s true.) And I think as we build this story arc we need to look at our own past and make sure we incorporate that into this new area of space.
When TF11 was made the staff put together three concepts and then asked you all what one you liked most. I am not going to do that to start. There is too much we don’t know about this area for me to just do that out right. I want you all to be apart of building this. So what I will do is ask you all to help me build a foundation of basic facts and once we have that I will start a new post with some concepts for us to chose from.
Here are some questions we need to ask as we make this story Arc are:
Who is already living in the area? Nations? Raiders? Trade Federations?
What are the current relationships between those currently living in the area? How does the Federations arrival in the area effect these relationships?
How did we arrive in the Delta quadrant? How secure is this method of travel?
How long ago did we arrive? Did we just arrive or have we had time to make a beach head (starbase)?
If we have been in the area for a little while who have we already made contact with? How do they feel about our presence?
These are all questions we need to ask as we build this story arc. Some of them we need to put Limits on and we already have an answer to thanks to the Simms within the Task Force.
Simply due to the fact the Oberon Base is in the TF, we can safely say that the Federation has had access to the Delta Quadrant some time. Because the Federations feels comfortable to build a Planetary base we can also safely assume that Starfleet has some sort of beachhead within the area. This also means that we have most likely made Contact with at least some of the major players in the area.
Seeing how we don’t have a map for the TF (unless you are hiding something from me Matt) we are open to whatever.
So Let's get talking about this and let's Start by answer these questions and once we answer the ones below we can move forward.
#1: Who are the Major players in the area? (3 maybe 4 Major players)
We should make at least two if not all three of these Major players races we have seen from Voy. The reason we should do that is so that New members entering the fleet don’t need to read up and learn about our created races when they join. It is easier for them to see races they know from the Show.
#2: How did we get to the Delta quadrant?
This is a very importing Question. I am really looking to hear ideas from you all on how we are going this.
#3: We have already established above that the Federation has made a beachhead in the area. So the question is: How large is this beachhead? Is it a starbase and the area around it or is it a larger area? Have we claimed area or are we just looking around?
Once we these three questions answered we can move forward. An importing thing to remember is that we have until the end of the month to make this TF plot so we can’t spend forever talking. At Points along the way we will have to say “This is what we are doing,” Move forward.
I open this to everyone. Seeing how we don’t know what TF everyone is in at the moment and I feel the whole fleet has good ideas.
So Let's get Talking!