Welcome aboard the USS The Sullivans!
We Stick Together!
We Stick Together!
"When I first took command of this post, all I wanted was to be somewhere else. Anywhere but here. But now, five years later, this station has become my home, and you have become my family. And leaving this station... Leaving you... Is one of the hardest things I've ever had to do. But this war isn't over yet. I want you to know that, while we were keeping the Dominion occupied, a Starfleet/Klingon task force crossed the border into Cardassia and destroyed the Dominion shipyards on Torros III. Your sacrifices... Our sacrifices, made that victory possible. But no victory can make this moment any easier for me. And I promise, I will not rest until I stand with you again... Here... In this place where I belong." -Captain Benjamin Sisko
The year is 2373.
Following the Dominion's annexation of Deep Space 9, the Dominion Cold War has suddenly gone hot. With the sudden increase in hostilities, Starfeet finds itself in need of more ships.
With the post Wolf-359 initiative Project Phoenix given full authorization and funding from Starfleet, several hundred previously decommissioned starships have been dusted off to meet the Dominion threat head on.
Among those reactivated ships is the Excelsior-class USS The Sullivans (NCC-2942). Made famous by the 20-year Captaincy of Captain Rebecca Bluegarden, The Sullivans may have once been the pinnacle of Starfleet technological advancement, but that time is long gone. The Sullivans is now 84 years old, and the galaxy is a very different place from the one she was decommissioned in over 60 years ago. The last time an Excelsior class saw any active frontline service was decades ago, but desperate times call for desperate measures.
In a heartwarming twist in these dark times, Starfleet has decided that The Sullivans will not leave the Bluegarden family, with command of the old Excelsior being awarded to Captain Violet Bluegarden, the great-great-granddaughter of Captain Rebecca Bluegarden. Being four generations removed, however, means that Violet is a very different officer from Rebecca, with Violet making her name facing threats that her “great grand mamaw” couldn’t even dream of. The cold war with the house of Khartan that Rebecca faced early on in her career might as well be a cakewalk compared to the Dominion threat.
Will you be a part of history? Welcome to the USS The Sullivans, dusted off and back for more.
The USS The Sullivans is a play-by-nova Star Trek roleplaying game set in the year 2373. This is a Dominion War era sim, and our missions will be set between the end of Deep Space Nine's fifth season through the end of the series. We are currently serving in the 16th Fleet under the command of Captain Violet Bluegarden. Our content rating is "2-2-2" or "18+"
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Sex 2: Writing about genitalia and sex acts is generally permitted, but explicit pornography is not. Cut to black and/or skip ahead.
Violence 2: Violence is generally permitted.
The USS The Sullivans is a proud member of the 16th Fleet.
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Latest News Items
» Never Forget
Posted on Fri Sep 11th, 2026 @ 1:41pm by Captain Violet Bluegarden in General News
25 years ago today, the world as we know it changed.
Nineteen terrorists affiliated with Al-Qaeda hijacked four domestic passenger flights operated by two major US Carriers (American Airlines and United Airlines) with the goal of targeting civilian, military, and government infrastructure in the United States. Their targets were the twin towers of the World Trade Center in New York City, the Pentagon in Arlington County, Virginia, and the United States Capitol in Washington D.C.
Three of the hijacked aircraft (American Airlines flight 11, United Airlines Flight 175, and American Airlines flight 77) found their targets. However, the fourth plane (United Airlines flight 93) did not. Due to heavy congestion at Newark Airport- the flight's origin airport- flight 93 was severely delayed, only just taking off when Flight 11 hit the North Tower. By the time the hijackers made their move, the element of surprise was gone, and the passengers- having learned of the other hijackings from friends and family on the ground- bravely attempted to retake the plane, leading to Flight 93 crashing into a field in Stonycreek township, Pennsylvania.
The ways that the attacks changed the world are too numerous for me to list here, and I strongly recommend that you do your own research on the impact the attacks had.
On this, the 25th anniversary of that terrible day, we stop six times to pay our respects to the nearly 3,000 lives lost in the attacks: Once for each plane, and once for both towers of the World Trade Center. We remember the innocent lives taken from us before their time, and the brave Americans who made the ultimate sacrifice trying to help, including the brave souls on Flight 93 who fought back against evil, and saved the United States Capitol from destruction.
As long as we live, we will
Never Forget September 11, 2001.
Captain Violet Bluegarden
» Happy 60th, Star Trek!
Posted on Wed Sep 9th, 2026 @ 3:19am by Captain Violet Bluegarden in General News
Happy 60th, Star Trek!
September 8, 1966. Two days after airing in Canada, a new television show airs in the United States. Nobody back then could have predicted that 60 years later, it was still being watched, loved, and would spark the beginning of a franchise that would become legendary.
All those years ago, a man named Gene Roddenberry had a vision of the future: A future where Humanity has set aside its petty differences and taken to the stars as an enlightened people. A future where we built beautiful starships and explored the galaxy together, meeting extraterrestrials and folding them into the family.
We started with the voyages of the Starship Enterprise, under the command of Captain James T. Kirk and his crew that we all know and love. In the era of Jim Crow segregation and the Civil Rights movement, Star Trek was the first TV show to place a black woman in a position of power and give her a weekly appearance in every episode. So important was this endeavor that Martin Luther King Jr. himself convinced Nichelle Nichols to remain on the show!
Though The Original Series was cancelled in 1969, the show experienced a resurgence in popularity through reruns and syndication, gaining a cult following that would propel the franchise into a new age. Originally planning for a follow-up series called Star Trek: Phase II, much of the planned pilot was reworked for the franchise's first foray onto the Big Screen in Star Trek: The Motion Picture- the Starship Enterprise's triumphant return after a decade.
Despite The Motion Picture's commercial success, it would be almost another decade before Star Trek finally returned to the Small Screen in the form of Star Trek: The Next Generation, which introduced the USS Enterprise D under the command of Captain Jean-Luc Picard. Star Trek IV: The Voyage Home (my personal favorite Star Trek film) had introduced the Enterprise A the previous year, which meant the D was a further three generations of Enterprise. Not surprising, with TNG being set 100 years after The Original Series.
With the airing of TNG, the era that fans including myself refer to as the "Golden Age of Star Trek" was ushered in. For the next eighteen consecutive years, Star Trek would be on television or in theaters in one form or another.
In 1991, we said goodbye to James Kirk and the original cast with Star Trek VI: The Undiscovered Country. During this film's theatrical run, two young Star Trek fans living in the Chicagoland area would meet over their shared love of the franchise. One of likely countless love stories in the fandom, within two years they would be married. After enjoying married life for a few years, they would expand their family- first in 1997, and again in 2000. That second child is none other than yours truly.
Three years after The Undiscovered Country, The Next Generation would wind down its run in 1994. Unlike The Original Series in 1969, however, another Star Trek show had already launched the year prior to take over the reigns as the current airing Star Trek series, and that show is none other than my personal favorite; Star Trek: Deep Space 9. The show introduced us to the first black Captain that we, the audience, would follow every week in Captain Benjamin Sisko. Deep Space 9 was a much darker take on Trek than anything that had come before it, serving as something of a reality check on Roddenberry's vision, even going as far as to include a seasons-long war.
Two years into Deep Space 9's run, a third Star Trek series would hit the airwaves in the form of Star Trek: Voyager. Unlike Deep Space 9, Voyager was intended as something of a return to form for the franchise, albeit shaking up the formula by taking a Starfleet ship and stranding it on the opposite side of the galaxy. Voyager also introduced us to the first female captain in Captain Kathryn Janeway, who happened to write down the unlimited shuttles and unlimited photon torpedoes cheat codes before being flung into the Delta Quadrant! In all seriousness, though, Captain Janeway was very much a trailblazer in making the female starship captain into a franchise staple.
In September of 2001, just two and a half weeks after the September 11th terror attacks, a new Star Trek series would air, and to say that this one was the franchise's black sheep at the time is an understatement! While TNG, DS9, And Voyager before it had served to move the franchise forward, this series- which, for its first two seasons lacked even the Star Trek branding, only known simply as "Enterprise"- was instead set 100 years before The Original Series. And I must say, I'm quite impressed with what this show managed to pull off- with a look and feel that bridged the gap between things like the Space Shuttle and International Space Station, and the Original Series. Though it didn't receive the best reception at the time, popular opinions on this show have definitely changed with the advent of newer entries in the franchise, though some sour holdouts definitely still remain.
Following the cancellation of the rebranded Star Trek: Enterprise in 2005, the franchise went dormant for over a decade, with only two flashy forays onto the Big Screen helmed by J.J. Abrams (yes, that J.J. Abrams...) being all we would see of the franchise until 2017, when Star Trek made its triumphant, yet polarizing return with Star Trek: Discovery. And fortunately (or unfortunately, depending on how you look at it), Discovery was just the tip of the iceberg for what co-creator and executive produce Alex Kurtzman had in store for the franchise!
In 2020, we were graced with Star Trek: Picard; either a proper sendoff to a legendary character, or a grimdark fanfic character assassination, depending on who you ask. The same year, we received Star Trek: Lower Decks- a funny, somewhat meta animated parody show that's one of the few near universally beloved entries in the so-called "NuTrek" era- a term I personally despise, as it grants the perfect "them" label in the "us vs. them" argument.
The following year, in 2021, we received something quite different from Star Trek: An attempt by the franchise to literally bring in younger viewers with Star Trek: Prodigy- a show aimed primarily at children. Though initially cancelled after its first season, Prodigy already held a dedicated fanbase that got it picked up for a second season.
Then, in 2022, following the popularity of the appearance of legacy characters such as Christopher Pike and Spock in the second season of Discovery, we were treated to Star Trek: Strange New Worlds, catching up with the original USS Enterprise once again, but this time under Pike's captainship. Though Strange New Worlds kept Discovery's visual reboot of the Enterprise- one of my strongest sticking points with it to this day- the show succeeds in capturing the silliness of The Original Series, showing us that not everything modern Star Trek puts out has to be dark and grim.
Most recently, this year in 2026, we were finally treated to a Star Trek series set at Starfleet Academy... Though, like with Strange New Worlds, Starfleet Academy is also a Discovery spinoff, and the show is thus set in the far future depicted in Discovery's later seasons.
Which brings us to the present:
For the past 1 year, 8 months, 3 weeks, and 4 days, the USS The Sullivans has existed, and I have loved every minute of it! With each word we write, and each new post we publish, we pay our own tribute to Star Trek and its continued franchise. We are all here today because Star Trek exists. Without Gene Roddenberry's vision for an evolved humanity back in 1966, not only would the Myogi not exist, but the world as we know it would look completely different.
So, next time you watch an episode or film, write a tag, or watch a video about Star Trek, remember that it's more than just a hippy dippy TV show from 1966. It has become not only a franchise, but an idea. An idea that we can become better than who we are today, and put aside our differences in our pursuit of knowledge.
Thank you, Gene. From the bottom of my and every Trekkie's hearts, thank you for the gift that you gave us in 1966, and I hope to be around to write something similar in 40 years' time. Maybe even sooner- on April 5, 2063: First Contact Day.
"Live Long, and Prosper."
Captain Violet Bluegarden
» Saint Patrick's Day and The Sullivans
Posted on Mon Mar 17th, 2025 @ 9:06pm by Captain Violet Bluegarden in General News
To all crew,
Today (March 17) is typically recognized as Saint Patrick's Day, or the Feast of Saint Patrick; a religious and cultural holiday held on the traditional death date of Saint Patrick, the foremost patron saint of Ireland.
As the five Sullivan brothers were Irish-American, the ships named in their honor have always sported Irish iconography, primarily the shamrock, and our ship is no exception, with our ship's patch proudly displaying a shamrock which the side profile of our ship is set against, the patch itself harkening back to the first USS The Sullivans.
As today is an Irish public holiday, I'm looking to get some activity going on this sim. I know that activity here has ground to a halt lately, so the best thing to do is lead by example.
Hope to see you all writing!
-Captain Violet Bluegarden
» Merry Christmas! Launch plans...
Posted on Tue Dec 24th, 2024 @ 6:40am by Captain Violet Bluegarden in General News
To all crew,
First of all, I'd like to wish every one of you a merry Christmas. It's an honor to have such a dedicated base group of players itching to get to the action. And I promise you that it is coming. However, given that it is the holiday season, and many folks are busy this time of year, I have been waiting to launch us until after the holidays have passed.
However, with several posts now going, I believe I owe it to you all to get this sim launched before the end of the year. As such, when I come back from my 48 hour simming hiatus after Christmas, I intend to get things going and begin advertising our game to the wider simming community.
Now that I've mentioned it, I will be taking a 48 hour simming hiatus to celebrate Christmas with my family, and I suggest that you all do the same. The sim will still be here and ready to go after Christmas.
Regards,
Captain Violet Bluegarden
» Test
Posted on Sat Dec 14th, 2024 @ 5:01pm by Admiral Peter Nixon in General News
Test
Latest Mission Posts
» Two Crews, One Problem (Part 4)
Mission: What's Past is Present
Posted on Wed Jun 3rd, 2026 @ 3:43am by Captain Violet Bluegarden & Commander Jason Reeves & Lieutenant Commander Julian Wishmore & Lieutenant Hikari Takanashi & Lieutenant Irril Sharvo
Previously, on Star Trek: The Sullivans:
He stood up, his Bajoran discipline a rigid line. He looked directly at Captain Violet Bluegarden, his loyalty to his own commander acting as his anchor. The engineers were fixated on mechanical risks while the ship suffered a quantum identity crisis, he tightened his…
» Two Crews, One Problem (Part 3)
Mission: What's Past is Present
Posted on Wed Jun 3rd, 2026 @ 3:43am by Captain Violet Bluegarden & Commander Jason Reeves & Lieutenant Commander Julian Wishmore & Lieutenant Hikari Takanashi & Lieutenant Irril Sharvo
Previously, on Star Trek: The Sullivans:
"I think that's just about everyone?" Violet asked, observing the final two arrivals.
"Any more, and we'll have to call the fire marshal." Rebecca agreed.
And now, the continuation:
Together, the two Captain Bluegardens stepped towards the briefing screen. As cooperation between the two…
» Two Crews, One Problem (Part 2)
Mission: What's Past is Present
Posted on Wed Jun 3rd, 2026 @ 3:40am by Captain Violet Bluegarden & Commander Jason Reeves & Lieutenant Commander Julian Wishmore & Lieutenant Hikari Takanashi & Lieutenant Irril Sharvo
Previously, on Star Trek: The Sullivans
"I still can't believe it's only twenty." Rebecca sighed. "That don't make a lick of god damn sense."
And now, the continuation:
"If it is indeed a lingering effect of highly advanced temporal weaponry, as Commander Drake theorizes," Sanchez said. "The functions of said…
» Two Crews, One Problem (Part 1)
Mission: What's Past is Present
Posted on Wed Jun 3rd, 2026 @ 3:36am by Captain Violet Bluegarden & Commander Jason Reeves & Lieutenant Commander Julian Wishmore & Lieutenant Hikari Takanashi & Lieutenant Irril Sharvo
The morning so far had been an... Interesting one, to say the least: For both the crew of 2373 and 2293, the other crew's sudden appearance and the 80 year disparity between them was a freaky experience. One crew didn't even know what a combadge or a holodeck was, let…
» Morning Tea (Part 3)
Mission: What's Past is Present
Posted on Thu Mar 12th, 2026 @ 6:52pm by Captain Violet Bluegarden & Lieutenant Commander Jo'ohn el'Ataa & Lieutenant Irril Sharvo
Previously, on Star Trek: The Sullivans:
Irril rose and walked toward the display, "Until then what would you like us to do, Captain?" The Bajoran was still a little unnerved about the whole incident, especially since the Deltan seemed rather nonplussed about the whole situation. He could only help but…