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
» 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
» Former Crewmembers
Posted on Sat Feb 28th, 2026 @ 8:15pm by Captain Dick Sprague in General News
Crew,
Lieutenant JG J.B. Dersch & Ensign Adrian Locke have left the sim. They will be written out before or as the next mission begins.
-Capt. Sprague
» Another award winner
Posted on Sat Feb 28th, 2026 @ 8:13pm by Captain Dick Sprague in General News
Congratulations to Cmdr. Key for winning the latest Most Improved award from the fleet! Well done!
Monthly Awards: January 2026
-Capt. Sprague
Latest Mission Posts
» A Lucky Shot, Sir!
Mission: How do you do it?
Posted on Wed Mar 18th, 2026 @ 11:30am by Commander Donald ‘Don’ Key
:ON:
< Cloaked Klingon Bird-of-Prey, Bridge >
Rogue Klingon Commander Po’rok: “Do they know that we’re here?”
Klingon Helmsman: “No, my Lord. They are oblivious.”
Po’rok: ::Leans forward in the command chair:: “Keep it that way.”
Helmsman: “Yes, my Lord.”
Po’rok: ::Looks at the main viewer. The Klingon vessel appears to be within striking distance of the Albion::
Po’rok: “Any idea as to what the shuttle was that we saw dock with the Starfleet vessel?”
Klingon Navigator: “Our covert interception of their communication array indicates that it is a Federation evaluation team.”
Po’rok: “Pah! Good luck to them! They do…
» Timeout
Mission: How do you do it?
Posted on Wed Mar 18th, 2026 @ 10:09am by Lieutenant JG Tessa Vale
ON:
{ USS Albion, Corridor }
Vale: ::Hurries after Key:: (American cheese?!?!)
"Um... sir? Where did you get that sandwich?"
Key: "I picked it up within 5 seconds."
Vale: "But- "
{ USS Albion, Engineering }
Vale: ::Sees a weird device in the closet, with a handwritten note 'don't touch! time travel device!' ::
Vale: "Could be useful next time the Captain says to fix something in a ridiculous amount of time."
Vale: "Did I say that out loud?"
Vale: "That too?"
Vale: ::Shuts up::
Vale: (wishes she also had a sandwich)
OFF:
Lt Jg Tessa Vale
Support Craft Pilot…
» Your orders, Captain?
Mission: How do you do it?
Posted on Wed Mar 18th, 2026 @ 2:07am by Captain Dick Sprague
ON:
{USS Albion, Main Engineering}
Sprague, Key, and Vale: ::rush into engineering just as the Evaluation team turns to see where they are::
Chatsworth: "Captain Sprague..." ::from over by the closet giving Grexx, Mack, and Ferra so much distress:: "How would you handle this?"
The rest of the evaluation: ::wide eyed and mouths agape::
Chatsworth: ::doesn't seem phased in the least::
OFF:
Captain Dick Sprague
Commanding Officer
USS Albion NCC-3020
» Kirk, Enterprise
Mission: How do you do it?
Posted on Tue Mar 17th, 2026 @ 1:39pm by Commander Donald ‘Don’ Key
:ON:
Key: ::Turns around:: “Are you okay?” ::shows genuine concern::
Vale: “I’m fine Commander” ::brushes herself down again:: “Thank you.”
Key: ::Walks past Vale::
Vale: ::Visibly confused::
Key: ::Picks up a sandwich from the floor:: “You look fine to me.” ::Takes a big bite:: “Mmm, Bologna, American cheese, mayo, mustard, pickles, tomato and lettuce! A match made in heaven!”
Vale: ::Crosses her arms, unimpressed::
Key: ::Brushes past Vale:: “Are you coming, Lieutenant?”
The two officers quickly catch up with the evaluation team and Sprague.
Sprague: “… and so I dove onto the Federation President, shielding him from an assassin’s phaser…
» Pileup
Mission: How do you do it?
Posted on Mon Mar 16th, 2026 @ 6:12pm by Lieutenant JG Tessa Vale
ON:
{USS Albion, Corridor}
::Chatsworth and his evaluation team go down corridor::
Von Haeften: ::looks up from his 'Star Fleet Intelligence Weekly' and sees Chatsworth. He moves aside to allow him to pass::
Chatsworth: ::passes by::
Von Haeften: ::sees the evaluation team coming. moves aside to allow them to pass::
Evaluation Team: ::passes by::
Von Haeften: ::steps back::
Sprague: ::collides with Von Haeften::
Key: ::collides with Sprague::
Vale: ::collides with Key::
Evaluation Team: ::continue walking. Suddenly realize their escorts are not there::
Chatsworth: :: turns around and sees pile of people sprawled on the deck:: "Are you alright?"
Von Haeften: ::at bottom…
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…