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Part of Bravo Fleet: Shore Leave 2402

USS Speedwell (Archive) - USS Carlsbad - USS Fresno - USS Sacramento (Archive)

The Beacon

With the trials of the Vaadwaur conflict finally behind them, the Command Staff of Task Force 72 come up with a novel concept to bring thier ship - commanders together to heal...

Mission Description

Returning to thier home port of Starbase 72, the Commanders of the various vessels that make up Task Force 72 receive an invitation from Captain’s Trevenan Williams and Zarrok Thakrass to join them on a unique “Team Building Exercise.”

For those that RSVP, they awaken the next day to find themselves alone on the surface of the planet Minos Korva, with only a sleeping bag, a tricorder and a primitive torch to light thier way.

On a distant mountaintop, a blazing beacon can be seen – seemingly inviting the CO’s (and any other guests) to orienteer to that location, where a warm greeting has been laid out for them and offers the chance to come together with thier peers to shake off the burdens of the recent past and share their worries and camaraderie in good company.

All that journey requires, is that they take the first step……

About the Mission

Status
Complete
Total Stories
8
Start Date
12/07/2025
End Date
10/08/2025

8 August 2025

Together, apart

USS Speedwell: The Beacon

  “I drink for comradeship, and when I drink for comradeship, I don’t bother to keep count.” John Wayne   Jimmy Conway stretched way back and let the tawny mélange of woodsmoke flow over him as the wind changed tack and permeated his clothing with the acrid, but comforting tang [...]

2 August 2025

Killing Time - Part 2

USS Speedwell: The Beacon

  “Cold beer is bottled God.” Dylan Thomas (1958)   Kirok Skyrunner walked over to the cliff edge after the group had breakfast, gazing out at the breathtaking view of the wooded mountainside. Kirok Skyrunner, a rugged outdoorsman with a warm smile, called his beautiful wife Sophia [...]

2 August 2025

Killing Time - Part 1

USS Speedwell: The Beacon

  “Many men go fishing all of their lives without knowing that it is not fish they are after.”  Henry David Thoreau   “The Hell you say!” Jimmy smiled easily as he flicked his wrist and cast his line to arc out through the crisp alpine mid-morning sky to gently plop into the [...]

17 July 2025

Come Together

USS Speedwell: The Beacon

  “He roller-coaster, he got early warnin’ He got muddy water, he one mojo filter He say, “One and one and one is three” Got to be good-lookin’ ’cause he’s so hard to see. Come together, right now Over me.” Lennon/McCartney – 1969   The [...]

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