Welcome to Project Longshot!
Four decades have passed since the 250th Frontier Day nearly extinguished the light of the Federation. While the Core Worlds have retreated into a fragile, gilded peace, the echoes of that devastation still ring across the Frontier. Out on the edge of known space, survival is not a given; it is a daily struggle waged in the shadow of a Starfleet spread too thin to protect every world and too weary to look toward the horizon. For a generation, the Federation's founding mandate—the pure, driven hunger for exploration—has been sacrificed at the altar of necessity.
The era of retreat is over.
In the wake of the brutal Battle of the Foundry, Starfleet Command has issued a new directive to reclaim its lost soul. Project Longshot has been commissioned with a singular, defiant purpose: to reignite the exploratory heart of the fleet by returning to the Great Beyond.
The Bajoran Wormhole stands open once more, and a new generation of explorers is stepping forward to bridge the gap between survival and discovery. Our mission leads us back into the vast, mysterious reaches of the Gamma Quadrant—a frontier once synonymous with war, now waiting to be rediscovered by those brave enough to seek a different future.
It is time to move beyond the scars of the past and finally return to the mission that defined us. These are the stories of the pioneers who refuse to let the dream die.
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Latest News Items
» LCARS Entry: Talu
Posted on Sun Mar 8th, 2026 @ 3:30pm by Commodore Wilkan Targaryen in General News
Talu is a moonless, glacial Class P world in the Gamma Quadrant, defined by its blinding "Clear-Snow" surface and a high-intensity sun that causes permanent retinal scarring in most humanoids. Its inhabitants are physically imposing, four-eyed beings who live in geothermal subterranean cities. They are master miners of the Talu Pearl, a mineral essential to Dominion sensor technology. While the Talu are naturally industrial and communal, they maintain a cautious, transactional relationship with the Dominion to ensure their isolation and survival.
The political landscape is currently dominated by a medical crisis following a first-contact mission by Commodore Wilkan Targaryen and the USS Enterprise. This "Federation plague" has fueled deep suspicion among the Talu leadership:
- Prime Minister Dervimnurk: A traditionalist who views the outbreak as intentional Federation treachery. Afflicted by the illness himself, he perceives Targaryen’s own sensory injuries as the shifty behavior of a guilty man.
- Minister of Health Chirnup: A clinical academic who, despite the suspicious timing, seeks a scientific resolution. She represents the only fragile link between Talu and Federation medical teams.
- Minister of Defense Grizreme: A battle-scarred hardliner unaffected by the illness. He views the Federation’s presence as an act of war and advocates for a formal military alliance with the Dominion.
The Talu enforce their sovereignty via Shard-Class Interceptors. These needle-sharp, matte-white vessels are designed for stealth against glacial backdrops and high-agility "Snap-Turns." Their primary armament, the Cryo-Laser Array, flash-freezes starship hulls, turning high-tensile metal into brittle glass that shatters upon impact. Utilizing seismic-resonance sensors instead of detectable active scans, these interceptors embody Grizreme’s doctrine of "silence as a shield," waiting at the edge of the gravity well for any provocation to shatter the Enterprise.
For more information please visit the Talu LCARS Entry.
» Congratulations!
Posted on Sun Mar 8th, 2026 @ 2:52pm by Commodore Wilkan Targaryen in General News
I just wanted to congratulate everyone on 500 posts!!!!!
» Next Mission Starts This Sunday!
Posted on Tue Mar 3rd, 2026 @ 3:30am by Commodore Wilkan Targaryen in General News
First contact with the Talu was a triumph of diplomacy - a shining example of the Federation’s mission to seek out new life and new civilizations. But as the U.S.S. Enterprise warps away from the peaceful world, the celebration is silenced by a scream for help.
A terrifying, fast-acting plague is tearing through the Talu population. The symptoms are gruesome and inexplicable, defying every known medical scan. As the bodies pile up, a fragile peace turns into a violent vendetta. Convinced that the Federation’s true mission was biological warfare, a rogue Councilor has convinced the Talu to turn their planetary defenses on their "saviors."
Returning to a world that now views them as monsters, Commodore Wilkan Targaryen and his crew are trapped in a deadly race against time. While the Chief Medical Officer battles a mystery that seems to point directly back to the Enterprise crew, the ship sits in the crosshairs of a planetary battery and the shadow of a prowling Dominion Warship waiting to exploit the chaos.
Can the crew uncover the hidden truth behind the contagion before the first contact ends in a final war? Or will the Federation's greatest gesture of friendship become its most lethal mistake?
» New Mission Starting Soon!
Posted on Tue Jan 6th, 2026 @ 9:47pm by Commodore Wilkan Targaryen in General News
Guile
The Enterprise has been recalled to Deep Space 9 for an emergency summit between the Federation and the Klingon Empire over the future of the Gamma Quadrant. Enraged that they have been denied access to the region, the Klingons demand permission to deploy a garrison to the region otherwise they will withdraw from the Khitomer Accords. While the senior offers contend with this catastrophe, the lower deckers must unravel the truth of a Bajoran merchant who claims the Prophets gave her the ability to see a person's future, but for a price.
» Fleet and Game Discords
Posted on Sat Jun 14th, 2025 @ 2:56pm by Commodore Wilkan Targaryen in General News
We've had several newcomers join our game in the last few days, so I wanted to be sure to share links to our discords.
16th Fleet Discord
Project Longshot Discord
I hope to see you there!
Latest Mission Posts
» Dead Don't Die
Mission: 8. Epidemic
Posted on Wed Apr 8th, 2026 @ 2:06am by Commodore Wilkan Targaryen & Commander Ash Randall & Commander Zhora zh'Roothi & Lieutenant Commander Sora Bernadotte & Lieutenant Commander Aidan Datari & Lieutenant Urvasi Elandorn & Lieutenant Rio Kholin MD & Lieutenant Amber Laurell
The Executive Conference Room was bathed in the cold glow of the Talu sun, currently a distant, accusing spark hanging in the panoramic viewports. The Enterprise held its position on the extreme outskirts of the system, a ghost ship haunting the edge of a world it had accidentally shattered. The…
» Disruptor Bolts and Phasers do not play nice
Mission: Short Treks
Posted on Thu Apr 2nd, 2026 @ 6:36am by Ensign Mirakylin Yumerieva & Vice Admiral Loatha Targaryen & Commander Ash Randall & Commander Zhora zh'Roothi & Lieutenant Rio Kholin MD
Ensign Mira Yumerieva materialized in the Enterprise's Emergency Ward in the Primary Medical Complex on Deck 8. She had been putting some weight on Commander Datari so she would not be doing anything other than resting her wounded right side. However, with that support gone, she had to catch herself…
» What You Wanted
Mission: 8. Epidemic
Posted on Wed Apr 1st, 2026 @ 5:09pm by Commander Zhora zh'Roothi & Commodore Wilkan Targaryen & Commander Ash Randall & Lieutenant Commander Sora Bernadotte & Lieutenant Urvasi Elandorn & Lieutenant Rio Kholin MD & Lieutenant (J.G.) Chase Moore & Lieutenant (J.G.) Stacey Moore
Kuzos sat at the Tactical station, a silent sentinel watching the Bridge’s frantic choreography. As Acting XO, he observed the crew with a clinical detachment that bordered on the entomological, finding them to be as predictable as a fading orbital decay.
At helm, Urvasi maintained her distance, ship 20 degrees…
» Dysfunctional You
Mission: 8. Epidemic
Posted on Wed Apr 1st, 2026 @ 2:43am by Commodore Wilkan Targaryen & Gamma Quadrant NPC & Lieutenant Commander Aidan Datari & Lieutenant Rio Kholin MD & Lieutenant Amber Laurell
The basalt walls of the Primary Ward were the color of a bruised sky, but today they hummed with a sickly, golden vibration that Elara could feel in her teeth. Every breath had felt like swallowing broken glass. Her skin, once the soft grey of a river stone, was now…
» Army of the Underappreciated
Mission: 8. Epidemic
Posted on Sun Mar 29th, 2026 @ 11:24pm by Enterprise Officer NPC & Commander Ash Randall & Commander Zhora zh'Roothi & Lieutenant Commander Sora Bernadotte & Lieutenant Urvasi Elandorn
The Bridge was too dark. For Lieutenant (J.G.) Anzai Sulu, the dimness wasn’t just a tactical adjustment; it felt like a blurring of the lines she relied on to stay upright. At the Science station, her hands moved with a precise, almost frantic adherence to the sensor-calibration checklist. Step 4,…
Latest Personal Logs
» Captain's Log: The Boulevard of Broken Dreams
Posted on Fri Feb 20th, 2026 @ 2:39am by Commodore Wilkan Targaryen
The situation aboard Deep Space 9 has escalated from a localized diplomatic dispute into a multi-vector temporal crisis. We are no longer merely observers of a Klingon grievance; we are now the primary line of defense against a potential collapse of the space-time continuum.
Earlier this morning, several members of…
» Moving On
Posted on Mon Jun 30th, 2025 @ 2:47pm by Lieutenant Rio Kholin MD
Rio couldn't really take it all in at first. She had been so unsure as to what she should do next.
Her catastrophic personal relationship had turned toxic and now her imagined 'perfect future' - the one with the loving, handsome, soulmate of a husband and their 2.5 average kids,…
» En-route musings of the new Chief Navigation Officer
Posted on Mon Jun 2nd, 2025 @ 7:16am by Lieutenant Urvasi Elandorn
Timeline: 2439-03-16, 0620
Urvasi brushed her hair in the mirror of her quarters on board the transport bound for the USS Enterprise. She still was not sure how she full felt when she saw the assignment that had reached its way to her. She had just completed almost four years…
» Captain's Log, Supplemental
Posted on Sun Jan 5th, 2025 @ 1:03am by Commodore Wilkan Targaryen
As the Enterprise has been making final preparations to leave Starbase 419 to begin its five-year mission of exploration in the Gamma Quadrant a small disturbance has broken out aboard this vessel. A stowaway has been detected aboard the ship in the Waste Recycling Section. We have deployed security teams…
» The Personal Journal of Alexis Toryn (On Paper)
Posted on Tue Dec 3rd, 2024 @ 12:16am by Lieutenant Alexia Toryn
Entry Twenty-Four,
I have never trusted any from the Dominion, nor any of their servitors, and I never will. I will never forget the damaged world I was raised on. They came to our world seeking our telepathic abilities, as any would. I have never, ever seen anything noble about…