Welcome aboard NX-03 Challenger
 Challenger is the third ship and the penultimate vessel of the NX Project. The NX-03 joins the UESPA Starfleet as part of of the Coalition of Planets, an alliance opposed to a belligerent power calling itself the "Romulan Star Empire." The date by our calendar is January 2156. A year and a half ago, our Coalition allies exposed a series of Romulan incursions designed to destabilize the quadrant, and later uncovered a plot to topple the Vulcan High Command. Since that time there has been no confirmed contact- until a month ago. In late November 2155, an Earth Cargo Service deuterium freighter bound for the Kaleb system was attacked and destroyed. Their last transmission reported they were under attack by two unknown vessels which could appear and disappear, with a hawk-like motif. Two days later an Andorian warship, the Sik-Omari engaged and was destroyed by ships of a similar description. We are at War. But we are still explorersChallenger is not a warship. The NX Project's original premise, however tattered by recent events, remains dedicated to exploration. Challenger and its crew is loyal to that vision. Our mandate is to seek out new worlds and new civilizations. We will engage in battle when all other options are exhausted. We can't risk straying too far. We could be called back at any time. Insurance Policies and Good Faith LoansEarth Starfleet has stipulated that all vessels must carry between two and three MACO fireteams in the event of hostile engagement, and when answering ships in distress. Intelligence and information gathered by the Challenger must be forwarded in good faith to the officer serving as a Coalition Liaison Officer aboard ships. Some Earth Starfleet vessels may have a guest officer (or two) from other Coalition services. Earth Starfleet is currently allowing limited numbers of civilian specialists aboard their vessels to serve in roles Starfleet does not train for- medicine, linguistics and science. Shakedown: January 2156 Challenger is a collaborative writing "Sim" set in the canon Star Trek universe of the 22nd century, and is part of Sim Central. Our plot stays loyal to the Star Trek franchise. While the Earth-Romulan War will occasionally darken our door, the majority of our "missions" are focused on exploring. We require our writers be at least eighteen years old or older prior to joining. Content allowed follows a (2 | 3 | 2) sim rating, or roughly TV14/PG13, with limited allowance for nudity. Our maiden voyage is a shakedown cruise. At the behest of our Coridanite allies, our mission takes us near the Orion star system. We are to transport their delegate, Szyraa, to a neutral planet where our delegate will try to negotiate a "reset" of diplomatic relations between United Earth and the Orion Kolar Tabadi.  Challenger NX-03 is a member of Sim Central. Please join us prior to applying! |
Latest Mission Posts
» Pre-Launch Meeting
Mission: Long Night
Posted on Sun Nov 2nd, 2025 @ 3:31pm by Captain Samantha Curry & Lieutenant Nathan Cole & Lieutenant T'Po & Lieutenant JG Jaya Patel & Lieutenant JG Tarek Sousa & 2nd Lieutenant Jekebb ch’Bari & Doctor Diwata Saensuk MD
[Starship Challenger]
[Deck One, Situation Room]
[January 2nd, 1500 Hours LT]
The first official meeting of the command staff of the Challenger was less than five minutes away. Samantha Curry sat in the Captain's chair, legs crossed at the knees. She sipped Chef's special chai- with just a touch of chocolate. Not bad. Unusual. The chicory and pinon blends Curry had requested hadn't come on time and were tied up in channels. Oh well. Next flight out of Earth maybe. But Samantha knew she would miss them.
She was studying her notes on a large datapad laid against her thigh.…
» Rendezvous
Mission: Long Night
Posted on Sun Nov 2nd, 2025 @ 3:30pm by Petty Officer, 2nd Shaun Noakes & Lieutenant Nathan Cole & Lieutenant T'Po & Lieutenant JG Tarek Sousa & 2nd Lieutenant Jekebb ch’Bari & Doctor Diwata Saensuk MD
[Launch Bay]
[NX-03 Challenger]
[December 31st, 2155]
[1200 Hours]
"And we're secure..." Shaun Noakes stated. The Scobee's vibrating hum cut when the young NCO reached to a top middle panel above him and killed the thrusters. With a hiss and click, the hatches on the port and starboard sides of the shuttlepod depressurized. The ears of the occupants- at least Shaun's- popped. They did every time for him. He flexed and wiggled his jaw to work out the rest. "Please tip your pilots because..." He smiled back at the two, "They don't pay us anymore. And a boy has to…
» Transfer Orders
Mission: Long Night
Posted on Tue Oct 28th, 2025 @ 8:46pm by Gunnery Sergeant Nathaniel Hale
Glasgow, Scotland
Earth, Late December 2155
The kettle whistled before the comm did.
Marina reached it first, pouring two mugs in the way she always had — strong, dark, no sugar. The morning light was slow to arrive, filtered through the soft gray drizzle that clung to the city like breath on glass.
Hale sat at the kitchen table, orders spread out in front of him like a quiet accusation. They weren’t new — they’d come through three days earlier — but he’d read them so many times that the words might as well have been carved into the wood…
» Sense-Oars
Mission: Long Night
Posted on Mon Oct 27th, 2025 @ 3:19pm by 2nd Lieutenant Jekebb ch’Bari & Lieutenant Nathan Cole
[NX-03 Challenger]
[Main Engineering]
[1600 Hours]
Engineering was a shade warmer than the rest of the ship, the kind of gentle heat that came from the warp reactor running quietly at dockside power. The steady thrum of the engine filled the compartment, a vibration Nathan could feel in his chest as much as hear in his ears. Conduits along the walls pulsed with blue-white light, consoles chattered diagnostics, and the air carried the faint tang of metal and ozone.
Nathan paused at the railing of the upper catwalk, letting his gaze sweep over the most advanced propulsion system Earth had…
» Cebu or Bust!
Mission: Long Night
Posted on Mon Oct 27th, 2025 @ 1:34am by Captain Samantha Curry & Lieutenant Nathan Cole & Lieutenant T'Po & Lieutenant JG Jaya Patel & Lieutenant JG Tarek Sousa & 2nd Lieutenant Jekebb ch’Bari & Doctor Diwata Saensuk MD
[NX-03 Challenger – Launch Bay]
[January 1st, 1850 Hours]
The Scobee waited on the polished deck, its hatch lit and ready. The bay was quieter than usual, most of the cargo and inspection bees having finished their work earlier in the day.
Nathan was already there, of course, leaning near the hatch with too much restless energy to sit. He’d traded his duty uniform for something lighter: the fitted blue NX-03 tank top under an open linen shirt, the fabric a pale seafoam green that paired easily with his white shorts. On the hem of those shorts, a tiny rainbow…
Latest Personal Logs
» [Personal Log – Lieutenant Nathan Cole]
Posted on Tue Sep 23rd, 2025 @ 8:48pm by Lieutenant Nathan Cole
January 1st, 2156 – 1800 Hours
“New year, new ship, and we’re finally through launch prep. I’d planned to get everyone down to Cebu for New Year’s Eve, but duty had other ideas. Can’t fault that the Challenger needed every hand to get ready. Still… feels like we should mark the start of the year somehow.
So tonight’s the night. Karaoke in Cebu. Might not be midnight fireworks, but we’ll make our own noise. Sent out invites to the senior staff. Even if only a couple show, it’ll be worth it. We earned it.”
End log.
[Shipwide Message – Senior…
» Personal Log- 30 December 2155
Posted on Thu Aug 28th, 2025 @ 4:20pm by 2nd Lieutenant Jekebb ch’Bari
Begin Dictation.
If there is one thing I have learned in life, it is that my Thavan, the General, does not ask, he declares. To him, dialogue is weakness, consultation a luxury for lesser men. He has always been that way, as long as I can remember. He enters a room, and you know immediately where the gravity pulls. And I, like a hapless asteroid, am expected to orbit without complaint.
Today, he came to me in my office at ASC. I knew something was about to hit me the moment the door chime sounded. General Therris th’Bari is not…
» Personal Log: December 30th 2155
Posted on Tue Aug 26th, 2025 @ 6:56pm by Captain Samantha Curry
Personal Log: December 30th 2155... 1747 local time
Carlsbad Caverns never gets old for me. I see something new every time. Its perfect. It's a nice capstone before the big send off. Down here... near the Lake of the Clouds... 316 meters under the Earth. Shit that is deep and it never doesn't feel that way. Its a weird... peaceful... spiritual place. Water with calcite in it, you can't even begin to describe the colors. Got the sleeping bag out, and it sounds like foil-wrapped hobo stew for dinner. Yum.
Huh. Up to til now m thoughts weren't on what's…