Welcome to the USS Albion!
Welcome to the USS Albion (NCC-3020), a Star Trek role play-by-post/email sim set in the TNG/DSN/VOY era. The Albion is a Galaxy-class starship with a mission of deep space exploration. We like to push the boundaries of our imaginations and delve into areas & ideas that haven't yet been traveled.
This game continues the simming tradition of Independence Fleet's historical USS Avalon. Please see the Sim tab for more information as the Albion is somewhat of an acquired taste.
Otherwise, we would love to have you Join our Adventure!
Sim Content Rating:
This closely corresponds to PG-13 from film ratings.
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Latest News Items
» Another new crewmember!
Posted on Mon Mar 23rd, 2026 @ 2:44am by Captain Dick Sprague in General News
Crew,
Please help me welcome aboard our new Nurse, Ensign Bloom Reyes. For story purposes, we will assume that Ensign Reyes has been onboard since this mission began.
-Capt. Sprague
» Welcome aboard!
Posted on Fri Mar 20th, 2026 @ 1:26am by Captain Dick Sprague in General News
Let's welcome aboard our new Chief Security and Tactical Officer, Lieutenant Alexander Carter!
-Capt. Sprague
» Three More Departures
Posted on Sat Mar 7th, 2026 @ 11:34pm by Captain Dick Sprague in General News
Crew:
Three more crewmembers will be leaving us.
Ensign Vattaash Zh'raallir
Lieutenant Philiana Eldridge
2nd Lieutenant Naasya Epeyi
All the best!
-Capt. Sprague
» Another departure!
Posted on Sat Mar 7th, 2026 @ 11:24pm by Captain Dick Sprague in General News
Crew:
Original crewmember Lieutenant Sheeraashaa Genno is leaving the sim as well. It was a great run!
-Capt Sprague
» New Crewmember
Posted on Thu Mar 5th, 2026 @ 8:42pm by Captain Dick Sprague in General News
Crew,
Please help me welcome our new Support Craft Pilot aboard: Lieutenant JG Tessa Vale!
-Capt. Sprague
Latest Mission Posts
» No Sunscreen Required
Mission: How do you do it?
Posted on Mon Mar 23rd, 2026 @ 5:04pm by Captain Emily Janeway
:ON:
{Admiral Star’s Villa Perimeter – Cumulonimbus Five}
::Humidity slammed in like a soaked blanket—thick, suffocating, turning every breath into a struggle through saturated air. Sweat traced down Janeway’s temples and jaw as her green uniform clung to her skin. The nebula overhead cast a faint violet glow, streaking across the sky, but the true weight was the oppressive atmosphere pressing down—slicking the mossy ground beneath her tropical field boots and making each step heavier. Bravo team held their positions—rifles low, eyes keen—until the leaves parted to reveal the surprise: dozens of beachgoers sprawled on towels, umbrellas open, drinks in…
» Now You Still Don't
Mission: How do you do it?
Posted on Mon Mar 23rd, 2026 @ 2:51am by Captain Dick Sprague
ON:
{USS Albion, Main Engineering}
#SNIP#
Vale: "Oh, I completely forgot!" ::puts down sandwich and takes out PADD. Sets robo-vacuum to clean up the shuttle bay. Turns back to sandwich and realizes it disappeared:: "Where did it go?"
Vale: ::Looks under plate::
#SNIP#
Key: "You snooze, you lose." ::stuffs the front end of two sandwiches into his mouth::
Sprague: ::trying to take his mind off of the 'time travel device' with more food::
Key: ::the two sandwiches disappear from his mouth just before he chomps down:: "Ooooooouch! My tooth!!!"
Chatsworth: ::notices that all the food has disappeared:: "Sprague, what is…
» Now You See It
Mission: How do you do it?
Posted on Sun Mar 22nd, 2026 @ 6:30pm by Lieutenant JG Tessa Vale
ON:
#SNIP#
Key: "That's my #1 top rated sandwich, by the way."
Vale: ::takes a bite::
#SNIP#
Vale: "Yummy!"
Vale: "Oh, I completely forgot!" ::puts down sandwich and takes out PADD. Sets robo-vacuum to clean up the shuttle bay. Turns back to sandwich and realizes it disappeared:: "Where did it go?"
Vale: ::Looks under plate::
OFF:
Lt Jg Tessa Vale
Support Craft Pilot
USS Albion
» Next
Mission: How do you do it?
Posted on Sat Mar 21st, 2026 @ 2:45pm by Captain Dick Sprague
OFF:
Welcome aboard, Lt. Carter!
ON:
{USS Albion, Main Engineering}
#SNIP#
Vale: ::looks at sandwich on her plate:: "Where did that appear from?"
#SNIP#
Key: "That's my #1 top rated sandwich, by the way."
Vale: ::takes a bite::
{USS Albion, Corridor}
Von Haeften: ::runs into Carter:: "Hey, why don't you watch where I--"
Carter: "Yes, Ensign?"
Von Haeften: ::clears his threat:: "My apologies, Lieutenant." ::shows him page 42 from the latest edition of Star Fleet Intelligence Weekly::
Carter: "We better tell the Captain."
{USS Albion, Main Engineering}
Chatsworth: ::using a toothpick:: "Well that was delicious, Captain Sprague. Now that we…
» First Impression Counts
Mission: How do you do it?
Posted on Fri Mar 20th, 2026 @ 4:38pm by Lieutenant Alexander Carter
ON:
{ USS Albion, Transporter Room }
::Flashback Scene::
Carter: :: Alexander materialized on the transporter pad, he immediately looked around:: “Lieutenant Alexander Carter requesting permission to come aboard?”
Sprague: “Granted Lieutenant, how was your journey to the Albion?” ::Dick asked as he watched Alexander step down.::
Carter: “Uneventful sir, I appreciate it because it allowed me to start catching up on things, I'm ready to go I just need a moment to drop off my gear.” :: Alexander waited to see if the captain would let him.::
Sprague: “Take this it has your cabin assignment and your access codes”…
Latest Personal Logs
» A Reflection on Recent Events
Posted on Wed Jan 7th, 2026 @ 8:06pm by Commander Donald ‘Don’ Key
Personal Log — Don, Stardate: Erm, today.
Personal log. Don speaking. Still Don. Confirmed not a transporter duplicate, not a mirror universe evil goatee version, and not temporarily merged with a Vulcan, Talaxian, or anyone named Neelix. So frankly, a good day by Starfleet standards.
We beamed down to Cumulonimbus 5 today, which already sounds like a theme park that gets shut down after the third mysterious disappearance. The transporter did that familiar hum that always makes me think, Ah yes, the sound of my atoms being politely disagreed with. Chief says “Away team ready,” and I’m standing next to…
» Holodeck dreams
Posted on Tue Mar 12th, 2024 @ 11:44pm by Captain Emily Janeway
the Holodeck simulation, the Janeway family's farmhouse was next to an old horse barn. The barn recreated the sounds of horses and the agricultural landscape in the evening.
As Emily approached the farmstead on a lovely evening, she noticed two men walking towards her from a distance. These men were Peter Anderson, the eldest son of Mr. Lawrence Anderson, who had taken care of Emily's grandmother's equestrian equipment and farmhouse, and Mr. Lawrence Anderson, who had a long-standing relationship with Emily's grandmother's horses. They greeted Emily warmly with a "Howdy, Miss Emily Jones Janeway." She was standing by the gated…
» Faces of her own past
Posted on Tue Sep 5th, 2023 @ 10:58pm by Captain Emily Janeway
Janeway was just laying there in the hospital bed in critical condition & comatose state after suffering from the illness of being poisoned during her stay at the hotel Shortly afterward her teammates and herself had spent time together for several hours before her return to her hotel room before she could enter her reserved private hotel room for the vacation week she planned ahead of time for her tournament, shortly after she left the hotel room to attend and get her self ready for her regional ice hockey tournament. She had spoken to an old friend who had once…
» Having some time to myself
Posted on Tue Jul 11th, 2023 @ 8:20pm by Captain Emily Janeway
Uss.Albinon crew mass hall / bar lounge
:: Janeway walks into the room with her tactical gear equipment rucksack strapped to her back while she is wearing her duty combat armored protection body suit and the full combat weapon utility strap to her midsection as well as the main standard issue phaser as far as her protection from the unknown attacker from last month that attempted to attack her to be disabled, or exterminated disabled, or in the line of duty without any apparent reason why:: she heads over to the bar to get a refreshing cold beverage along with…
» An empty house
Posted on Thu Jun 1st, 2023 @ 12:33pm by Captain Dick Sprague
Captain's log. With our forward phaser array mostly rebuilt, we're almost home. Yet I feel uneasy and I wonder why. Perhaps it's the emptiness of this vessel. Most of our trainee crew has been reassigned, along with the Hydra Gammatian recruits now at Star Fleet Academy. Indeed, Ensign Score is even conducting an infiltration mission on the USS Sunfire. And Albion feels like a house with all the children gone. No, more empty than even that. The death of Ensign King is like an open wound. It seems that I have left the noblest part of myself back there... on…