The Golden Stars lurked in the shadows. The Consortium destroyed from within. The Dolmoqour used the best parts of yourself to betray your kin.
For the last two years, the crew of the Akira-Class USS Black Hawk-B have been forced through the tumbler where rocks become precious gems. This ship and crew now are among the best and the brightest in the Gamma Quadrant. Some have started families, others have found love, and others find solace in the bottom of a bottle.
The USS Black Hawk is now returning to the unknown, no longer on missions to dig and investigate deep, dark secrets, but to boldly go where no one has gone before. Little do any of them know that what they will soon encounter will be their greatest test of all!
Are you among the brave, bold, and curious in the Federation? Do you want to be a part of a decorated sim that has received multiple accolades from the simming community at large, including being recognized as a 2018 Squiddie recipient? Then the Black Hawk is for you!
» Swapping Stories
Posted on 27 Oct 2024 @ 1:12pm by Commodore (Brevet) Harvey Geisler & Lieutenant Commander Theodore Marsh III
It had been a day since the Black Hawk jumped to warp bound for Gavara IV. Morale all around the ship was unpleasant as survivors from multiple ships and Unity shared space with the crew. Harvey took note of many of the dejected faces on his way to Talons. While…
» The Best Laid Plans
Posted on 19 Oct 2024 @ 12:52pm by Commodore (Brevet) Harvey Geisler & Lieutenant Commander Joey Geisler & Lieutenant Commander Theodore Marsh III & Lieutenant Commander Kennedy Monroe M.D. & Lieutenant Ranul Frex & Lieutenant Zayna Ryler & Lieutenant T’Mari Rael & Ensign (Provisional) Bertrim Wysocki & Lieutenant Commander Jonathan Carter & Lieutenant JG Shay Mitchell
A week had passed since the task group rendezvoused at Gavara. In the days that passed, personnel had been shuffled throughout different starships and the colony below. Gamma Command had sent fresh ships and supplies, each bit reallocated from the other three task groups and Command's own stores. Belvedere already…
» Regrouping at Gavara
Posted on 02 Oct 2024 @ 7:35am by Commodore (Brevet) Harvey Geisler & Lieutenant Commander Joey Geisler & Lieutenant Commander Camila Di Pasquale & Lieutenant Ranul Frex & Lieutenant T’Mari Rael
Four days ago, all ships in Task Group Belvedere received orders from its command ship, the USS Black Hawk, to advance to Yellow Alert and provide hourly check-ins.
Two days ago, a new order forced each ship to abandon their current mission to dive deep into the pirate threat and…
» A Matter of Security
Posted on 25 Sep 2024 @ 5:44pm by Lieutenant JG Shay Mitchell & Commodore (Brevet) Harvey Geisler
When Shay woke up, she planned to go about her normal routine. Spend an hour in the gym, grab some breakfast, then get in some training before her shift started. That was until her terminal alerted her of a waiting message from the Commodore directly asking her to report to…
» Intelligence Interlude
Posted on 24 Sep 2024 @ 10:40pm by Lieutenant Commander Joey Geisler & Commodore (Brevet) Harvey Geisler
Joey paced the floor inside her office with a padd in hand. The levels of frustration she was currently feeling were great. In fact, she felt a headache beginning to form, but there was very little she could do about it at the moment. Hopefully, being a bit proactive by…
» Migration Complete
Posted on 19 Oct 2024 @ 11:24am by Commodore (Brevet) Harvey Geisler in Website Update
All systems go!
» Upcoming Server Outage
Posted on 16 Oct 2024 @ 8:34am by Commodore (Brevet) Harvey Geisler in Website Update
Hello everyone,
I have just learned that the webserver the Black Hawk is hosted on will be undergoing maintenance on Friday, October 18, 2024 beginning at 10pm Eastern. During this time, the sim will be moved to a new server, and the site will be available for up to four hours.
In order to make sure no changes are lost, I will be locking the site around 9pm Eastern that night. I will unlock the site Saturday morning once I've verified that all is good.
If you have any questions, please reach out to me in DM.
~Le Frog
» What's Next
Posted on 15 Sep 2024 @ 11:07pm by Commodore (Brevet) Harvey Geisler in Mission Update
Hi everyone,
Now that we're at Gavara and doing the Task Group Meet-Up... we're basically at the end of the mission. From here, we're going to do something we've never done before and that's run two missions at once. We're sending a small group back undercover, and that will be one mission. The other mission will be focused on drawing out this new threat.
The undercover group is currently invite-only, especially since we're going to need all hands for the mission taking place aboard the ship.
Details will come later this week, so please tend to open tags if you have them.
- Le Frog
» Day 2
Posted on 22 Aug 2024 @ 3:08pm by Commodore (Brevet) Harvey Geisler in Mission Update
We have now entered Day 2 of our mission. It will be brief both IC and OOC as I plan to jump us to Day 3 in a week or two where we'll arrive at Gavara and be a little busy.
Feel free to have your characters interact with survivors, perform duties, or just explore the ship. As always, I'm available for JPs. Just reach out to me in DM, or fire up a starter and I'll join you.
For ideas, check out 50 Mission Post Ideas: https://database.anurasims.com/index.php?title=50_Mission_Post_Ideas
The Mission Notes within Nova here have been updated, don't hesitate to refer to those.
And, finally, I'm seeking volunteers to participate in an "Command" post at Gavara that will involve COs and XOs from ships in the Task Group. If you're interested, send me a ping!
~Le Frog
» Where'd They Go?
Posted on 10 Jun 2024 @ 9:46am by Commodore (Brevet) Harvey Geisler in Website Update
For years, the Black Hawk has used 2 different saved mission posts on the backend for OOC Chat and Mission Chat. These have served several purposes, but mainly, they do prevent much of the crew from obtaining that elusive "Yellow Light."
You know the one? It's when you've tagged in all of your available JPs but that green light is still there because you can't save either of the OOC documents.
As of today, that will no longer be a problem. I have (sneakily) deleted both the OOC Chat and Mission Chat. The items in the Mission Chat (namely the Google Doc with the mission thoughts and ideas) will now be seen whenever you write a JP. And the OOC chat... that's largely been replaced with DMs and Discord. I know that not all crew is active in the Discord, so all major announcements will still be made via the site.
If anyone has any questions, please let anyone in the Command Team know. Happy simming!
~Le Frog
