Mission 25 - Bait and Switch



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!



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» Tour: Administration

Posted on 06 Nov 2024 @ 2:08am by Master Chief Petty Officer Mila Rasputin & Commodore Harvey Geisler

As was common for the first morning of a new mission, Harvey took it upon himself to tour the vessel, stopping by each of the major locations aboard the ship and check in with his senior staff. His next stop was the administrative office, where Harvey planned to connect with…


» Tour: Flight Deck

Posted on 04 Nov 2024 @ 1:40am by Lieutenant Commander Jonathan Carter & Ensign Aurilia Moretti & Commodore Harvey Geisler & Ensign Peris

As was common for the first morning of a new mission, Harvey took it upon himself to tour the vessel, stopping by each of the major locations aboard the ship and check in with his senior staff. This leg of the journey brought him to the Flight Deck. The level…


» Tour: Engineering

Posted on 01 Nov 2024 @ 10:59pm by Lieutenant Ranul Frex & Commodore Harvey Geisler

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As was common for the first morning of a new mission, Harvey took it upon himself to tour the vessel, stopping by each of the major locations aboard the ship and check in with his senior staff. The first leg of the journey brought him to Engineering.

Harvey still…


» Modifying the Kwando

Posted on 29 Oct 2024 @ 11:39pm by Lieutenant Commander Camila Di Pasquale & Lieutenant Ranul Frex

It was late when Camila entered the shuttle bay and headed towards what looked like a derelict runabout from a battle where it had lost. It was still a perfectly functioning and equipped Starfleet runabout, though it had been disguised for the mission to track the pirates to their base.…


» Covert Operations

Posted on 29 Oct 2024 @ 11:38pm by Lieutenant Commander Camila Di Pasquale & Ensign Ronin Tetnel & Lieutenant JG Sunni Wallace & Crewman Nicholas Foy

Camila had hand picked a team and gotten Ensign Tetnel from Intelligence to accompany her on the undercover mission. She had wanted to meet at the Flotsam and get things going as quickly as possible and waste as little time as possible. She entered the runabout with a PADD in…


» Migration Complete

Posted on 19 Oct 2024 @ 11:24am by Commodore Harvey Geisler in Website Update

All systems go!


» Upcoming Server Outage

Posted on 16 Oct 2024 @ 8:34am by Commodore 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 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 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 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