[usstempest] Welcome Pack

WELCOME TO THE USS TEMPEST
Deep, in the darkest backwaters of uncharted space flies the USS Tempest, an 
Akira class cruiser. Her captain, an exiled idealist, hand-picked her crew, 
damning them to a life of solitude. Separated from friends and loved ones for 
years, they chart the Gamma Quadrant. Omnipotent beings, advanced 
civilizations, war and peace, fortune and strife... some crews never find time 
to be bored.

So, on behalf of the Celestial Prime Alliance, Captain Lindsey Craig and 
Commander Christian DeAngelo would like to welcome you aboard this Akira Class 
Star Ship. In the event of an emergency, the escape pods are located on all 
decks below Deck 3, please note that there are no (repeat NO) escape pods on 
Decks 1 and 2. There are 100 lifeboats aboard, each carrying 8 people and can 
support each occupant for a minimum of 6 months (longer if we hook a load of 
'em up together). Should decompression occur, forcefields will activate to 
prevent further loss of atmosphere. We hope you enjoy your time with the USS 
Tempest and if you have any further questions, please feel free to email either 
of us.

For detailed information about the Tempest and her crew, have a browse of our 
website: http://www.usstempest.net 

The Ship

The USS Tempest is an Akira Class Fighter Carrier. This class entered service 
in 2364 to replace Excelsior, Ambassador and New Orleans class starships as the 
forefront ship of deepspace defence of the Federation.

It has 18 decks in total, only 17 of which are habitable. It is 464.43 metres 
long, 316.67 metres wide and 87.43 metres tall, so we're only little. But we do 
pack a hell of a punch. The Tempest is fitted with the Type X array system, 
with two dorsel phaser arrays on the primary hull. She also carries quantum 
torpedos, launched from three sites: one just above the main deflector dish, 
one at the bow of the primary hull and the final one within the main sail.

For more information on the technical specifications of the Akira class, please 
refer to http://techspecs.acalltoduty.com/akira.html

Her Departments

The Bridge and Ships Operations

The Main Bridge is located on Deck 1 along with the Captain's Ready Room, the 
Briefing Room and the Observation Lounge. The Bridge supervises all main 
mission operations and is the control centre for all departmental activities.

As a Ships Operations person you are responsible for the general, day-to-day 
running of the ship. You are also the Communications Officer and, most likely, 
the Helmsman.

Tactical and Security

The Chiefs of Tactical and Security on the USS Tempest are one in the same. His 
office is on Deck 15 along with one of the armories. Under his command are both 
Tactical and Security officers.

As a Tactical officer, you are responsible for the external safety of the ship. 
It is your job to defend her using her own weapon arrays. You will also liaise 
with Flight Operations officers to combine attack and defense strategies with 
the fighters.

As a Security officer, you are responsible for the internal safety of the ship. 
You are our policemen, our marines and our last line of defense. In the 
unwelcome event that you will need it, the Brig is located on Deck 17.

Science

There are three science labs on the Tempest. The Primary Lab is on Deck 4, the 
Secondary is on Deck 5 and the Tertiary is on Deck 6. You will find the Chief 
of Science's office on Deck 14 with Stellar Cartography (and if you can work 
out why it's not with the Science Labs then you get a prize!).

Science is great! You are the guys who get to have all the fun. Biology, 
physics, chemistry, astronomy. You name it, they do it. In fact, you're the 
ones that are going to have the most to do as we explore. Just imagine all the 
things you get to research and experiment on whenever we find a new species!

Medical and the Counsellor

The whole of Medical is contained on Deck 4, where you will find Sick Bay, the 
CMO's office and the Counsellor's office. Nice and easy!

As CMO or an AMO, you're the doctors. Keep us well or patch us up, we look to 
you to make sure that none of us die from something virulent and nasty. Again, 
you'll have your work cut out for you in the Gamma Quadrant, because I'm sure 
we'll come across whole new strains of as yet unheard of diseases that you'll 
have lots of fun finding a cure for.

If, on the other hand, you're one of the ship's counsellors then you have the 
joy of taking care of our mental health. Nutcases and lunatics or just plain 
old psychoses, you'll have fun untangling our internal worlds.

Engineering

Main Engineering is located on Deck 15 along with (wouldn't you guess it?) the 
Chief Engineer's office/station. Further Engineering controls are scattered 
across Decks 14 to 18.

As an Engineer, you do for the Tempest what the doctors do for her crew. You 
keep her flying, maintain her and patch her up when her nutty Captain decides 
to have some unknown alien race blow a hole in her side. You are essential to 
our very existence, because without the ship, well one can only hold a lungful 
of air for 30 seconds before one asphyxiates in open space.

Flight Operations

A newly expanded if not completely new department! Flight Operations take care 
of the Fighters and Shuttlecraft. Most of the systems are located on Decks A-D, 
you even have your own bridge: TIC (Tactical Information Centre) located on 
Deck A.

Pilots and navigators and tacticians galore! As a Fighter Pilot, you're our 
first line of defense. You take out our Kaneda Class Fighters and buzz around 
the enemy, too fast for their own phasers to pick you off. Each fighter carries 
two personnel: pilot and navigator. The navigator is also a makeshift engineer. 
No one knows the small craft's systems like him/her. In the background are the 
Flight Operations officers. You're the tacticians, you direct the fighters to 
where they need to be to defend us properly. Without you, the fighters would be 
blind and we would have to rely on only our ship-board defenses.

Crews Quarters and Recreation

Ha! Thought I'd forgotten, hadn't you? Quarters are scattered about the ship, 
I'm afraid. Senior and junior officers' living quarters are located on Decks C 
and D for Flight Ops, and then Decks 2-5 for all other personnel. Enlisted crew 
quarters are located on Deck 15 for Flight Ops and Deck 14 for everyone else. 
Finally, Visiting Officers and NCO quarters are on Deck 3.

We have a set of holosuites (Deck 2) and holodecks (Deck 3), plus the Main 
Lounge (for that long awaited drink) is on Deck 5.

All-in-all, we're a well rounded ship and I hope that you'll fit right in to 
whichever department you've chosen to join.

Rules and Guidelines

Now onto the nitty-gritty of the sim. We are a CPA simulation, thus we keep to 
their rules. But let me emphasise a few of the more important points:

1. Enjoy yourself. Remember, above all, that this is a game and meant to be 
enjoyable.

2. Respect the other players. If you need one of their characters in one of 
your logs then talk to them about it. Even if all you're doing is mentioning 
that they're there, it's just courteous to check you've got it right.

3. Keep conflicts off the mailstring. In the unlikely event that a conflict 
does occur between yourself and another player, please don't post to everyone 
about it. Keep it to yourselves. If there is no way to resolve it just between 
the two of you then contact one of the hosts directly.

4. No moding. By this we mean, no reacting to things that your character should 
have no knowledge of. Out of character knowledge is one thing, but no 
incorporating it into your logs.

5. No munchkins. No character should be all powerful, we all have flaws after 
all. If the Tempest were crewed by infallible people then we'd never have any 
fun trying to get out of our screw-ups ;-)

And Most Importantly...

Have fun!

Remember that it's just a game, we're here to play and enjoy it. If at any time 
it stops being fun then let us know and we'll do everything we can to either 
bring you back into the thick of things or (if you really feel that you can no 
longer stay with us) ease you out with the least fuss.

It's gonna be real fun getting to know you! Welcome aboard,

Captain Lindsey Craig and Commander Christian DeAngelo

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