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.
All text must originate from the human author. AI may be used for spelling and grammar checks only. AI can be used without limit for images.
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Latest News Items
» In with the new, out with the...
Posted on Wed Jun 24th, 2026 @ 7:55pm by Captain Dick Sprague in General News
Crew,
Let's welcome aboard two new crewmembers!
Ensign Katherine Hobbes, Assistant Chief Engineering Officer
Ensign Sural Desh’rak, Assistant Chief Science Officer
In other news, the following characters are no longer members. They will be removed in-story at the start of the new mission.
2nd Lieutenant Takila-Bahkray Nabarati
Lieutenant Commander Eliza Florian
Ensign Johannes Von Haeften
Lieutenant JG Aevum Divus
Lieutenant JG Leo Pendragon
Staff Sergeant Angelo Valentino
Lieutenant Gene Dwyer
1st Lieutenant SIr`el
-Capt. Sprague
» March Fleet Award Nominees
Posted on Tue Apr 7th, 2026 @ 12:18am by Captain Dick Sprague in General News
Hear ye, hear ye! Your March Fleet Award Nominees are as follows:
Best Post: Lieutenant JG Tessa Vale https://albion.idfleet.com/index.php/sim/viewpost/473
Funniest Post: Cmdr. Donald "Don" Key https://albion.idfleet.com/index.php/sim/viewpost/472
Genesis Post: Captain Dick Sprague https://albion.idfleet.com/index.php/sim/viewpost/469
Most Posts: Lieutenant JG Tessa Vale, 11 posts
MVP: Lieutenant JG Tessa Vale
Recruitment: Marine Captain Emily Janeway
Congratulations and good luck!
https://www.idfleet.com/awards/
-Capt. Sprague
» 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
Latest Mission Posts
» I've got a bad feeling about this
Mission: Do as I say, not as I...
Posted on Wed Jul 1st, 2026 @ 12:46am by Captain Dick Sprague
OFF:
Love it!
ON:
{Long Range Shuttle #4 en route to the USS New Britain}
#SNIP#
Hobbes: "What I wouldn't give for a something to drink right now. What about you, Sural? You do drink, don't you?"
#SNIP#
Sural: "Unfortunately, the bartender is on team #3 en route to the USS Norwich."
{Long Range Shuttle #3 en route to the USS Norwich}
#SNIP#
Janeway ::shaking her head with a quiet laugh:: “Let’s just hope the Norwich has better food. And better Marines.” ::She set the empty tin aside and looked out the viewport at the stars streaking by, already mentally…
» They Day They Became Self Aware…
Mission: Do as I say, not as I...
Posted on Tue Jun 30th, 2026 @ 10:25pm by Commander Donald ‘Don’ Key
:ON:
{USS Albion, Bridge}
Sprague 3000: ::Stares at Sprague::
Sprague: ::Stares at Sprague 3000::
Key: ::Stares at the Spragues::
Sprague: “You remind me of someone…”
Sprague 3000: “I am here to relieve you of command, Captain Dick Sprague.”
Key: “Does this mean we have time to go and get some lunch?” ::Finishes last spoonful of his banana split sundae::
Sprague: “Relieve me of my command?”
Sprague 3000: “By order of Admiral Charles Star.”
Key: “Huh? Is that why the Admiral sent everyone away?”
Sprague 3000: ::Remains silent::
Sprague: “You can tell that jumped up little…. you can tell Admiral Star…
» The Albion Officers at the Captain's Ball
Mission: Do as I say, not as I...
Posted on Tue Jun 30th, 2026 @ 7:57am by Lieutenant JG Tessa Vale
ON:
{USS New London, Formal Dining Room}
#SNIP#
Highly decorative dining table: ::each place setting has a name tent--one next to the Captain says "Tessa" while one on the other end of the table next to "Bart" also says "Tessa"::
Captain Doyle: ::enters in his dress uniform::
#SNIP#
Vale and Ferra: ::mingle::
::Soft elevator music fills the air::
Vale: ::fills her plate with appetizers::
Vale: ::munches on Vulcan chips::
::Music ends::
Vale and Ferra: ::both rush to the chair labeled 'Tessa'::
::shove::
::pull::
Vale: ::points to the name badge on her uniform:: "This is *my* chair!"
Ferra: "No, it's *mine*!"…
» En Route to Norwich
Mission: Do as I say, not as I...
Posted on Mon Jun 29th, 2026 @ 9:36pm by Captain Emily Janeway
:ON:
{Long Range Shuttle #3 en route to the USS Norwich}
Grallator: “So how well do you know Captain Sprague? Only thing I know is that he is one of only two crewmembers who orders more desserts than drinks in 10 Forward.”
Janeway ::thinks for a moment, a small tired smile forming as she leans back in her seat:: “Well enough to know he has a very particular way of doing things. We’re supposed to help the Norwich crew adjust to ‘The Sprague Way.’”
::She glanced down at the small empty cardboard boxes of self-heating tuna tin still sitting in…
» Worst Party Ever
Mission: Do as I say, not as I...
Posted on Mon Jun 29th, 2026 @ 9:13pm by Ensign Katherine Hobbes
ON:
{Long Range Shuttle #4 en route to the USS New Britain}
Hobbes and Sural: ::each sitting in their seat, not saying a word::
Katie shook her head at she glanced up at Sural. Sural was nice enough looking but...
Hobbes: What I wouldn't give for a something to drink right now. What about you, Sural? You do drink, don't you?
OFF:
Ensign Katherine Hobbes
Junior Assistant Engineering Officer Third Class
USS Albion NCC-3020
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…