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As some of you learned at tonight's roleplay event, the Sally Ride will soon be setting off on a joint exploration mission with a Romulan Republic ship, charting sectors of the beta quadrant unfamiliar to both nations. This will give us an opportunity to incorporate all of our new Romulans and Remans into the story and create an ongoing narrative -- a "five-year mission," in fact -- that ties our stories together.
The Romulan ship is the R.R.W. D'Galan, which for now is a Ha'nom Warbird. (I'm open to suggestions on the ship type. It has to be very modern and at least plausibly science-oriented, and exist in the game. However, a better size balance against the Nova-class Ride could be preferable.) Like the Ride, the D'Galan will be captained by a player, with other command positions available. Unlike when we started on the Ride, I'm going to pick people for the captaincy and department head spots from the outset.
I expect that most players will want to have characters on both ships. You'll be able to pick a character for each week's event, switch between characters if the story allows it, and play your other character over the communicator if the situation calls for it.
REQUIREMENTS AND RECOMMENDATIONS- Faction: Republic characters can be affiliated with either in-game faction, although the Captain has to be a Starfleet ally. Feel free to play your KDF allies as skeptical or suspicious of the Federation, within reason for an officer on a joint science mission. Tension is great; open violence will derail the plot.
- Rank: Your Republic character will play a rank appropriate to an officer on a ship; it is not determined by game level. The captain will be a Commander; department heads can be Subcommanders. Those are therefore ranks that I will hand out. The rank you put on your application is the rank you want if you are not a department head or captain. Centurion, Lieutenant, and Sublieutenant are the options here.
- Skills: You'll also list a specialization. Think of this as a skill set, not necessarily a job. If you have a character on the Sally Ride, I suggest you pick a different skill set for your Romulan. It will be handy to be able to switch to the character more appropriate for each week's scenario.
Be sure to mark your application with whether or not you would like to be considered for department head and captain positions. Not all such positions will be filled to start with, nor will the initial selections necessarily be permanent. If you're promoted and wish to amend your bio to allow for greater experience appropriate to higher rank, you're welcome to do so.
EXAMPLE APPLICATIONThis is for my Romulan character.
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Name: Airen Nekar
Rank: Lieutenant
Specialization: Particle physics and warp theory
A highly educated and slightly snobby futurist, Airen had to flee the old Empire when the Tal Shiar decided that his attempts to share research on newly discovered exotic particles with non-Romulan scientists constituted a threat to national security. He went into hiding, making a living by using his knowledge to soup up advanced starship components for clients without access to official channels.
D'Tan's promise of a more open Romulan society appealed to Airen, and his pursuit of an alliance with the Federation even more so. Airen has long admired the utopian aspirations of the Federation, although his own recklessness and unscrupulous attitude don't exactly make him a perfect fit for their society. He also tends to look down on cultures he judges less advanced, often on the superficial basis of less-than-flashy aesthetics or rigid cultural traditions.
I
would like to be a department head. I would
not like to be captain.
:) :) 
