USS Helios: Threadbare Flags

Across the former demilitarized zone entire worlds are being shaken by changes big and small. As opinions change and alliegences shift those we thought friends might now be waving a different flag.

Mission Description

David Mitchell has always had a strained relationship with his family, essentially becoming estrained when he signed up for Starfleet to explore the cosmos. Unforunately his parents have been proved right and the last few months have seen no-end of conflicts, David continues to struggle with his place in Starfleet following the recent lost of both his blood family and his chosen family.

When the news of conflict along the DMZ & Cardassian Border came it also came with a message from his mother… His uncle was missing and now Starfleet might be the only ones who can help.

About the Mission

Command
USS Helios
Status
In Progress
Total Stories
4
Start Date
24/03/2024

4 May 2024

No Ranks (pt.4)

USS Helios: Threadbare Flags

“David! David are you listening?” The young man blinked his eyes, attempting to draw his focus away from the rolling vista of the yellow tinged desert presented through the open window panel. Satisfied his attention was back in the moment and not on the stakes of the mission he turned to see [...]

7 April 2024

Realities of Space and Time (pt. 3)

USS Helios: Threadbare Flags

I can feel a sigh of relief from the ship as it exits warp, the minute difference in my stomach as the ship stops bending the rules of physics and returns to the familiar strictures of space and time. No longer are we running the thin line between matter and energy as the pontoon like nacelles take [...]

30 March 2024

Of Doctors and Pennies (pt. 2)

USS Helios: Threadbare Flags

The quiet sliding of the briefing room doors left David alone with his thoughts in the conference room. His gaze lost through the wide windows that looked out aft of the ships oval primary hull, through the void in the catamaran and into the trailing wake of the ship. David had always preferred it [...]

25 March 2024

A Message Full of Loss (pt.1 )

USS Helios: Threadbare Flags

The screen flickered almost imperceptibly, a sign of the homesteads outdated communications system. ‘It works perfectly well’ David’s father had always declared from behind his worn glasses, thus it was never upgraded but held together by DIY fixes and patch jobs by well-meaning neighbours. [...]