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Within this universe, there are many looking glasses.
One called the gaurdian of forever, and others known as Q.
These creatures posses nearly infinite knowledge, however, to protect the worlds, and the galaxies, and the universe itself, these creatures are hidden.

One of these mirrors was located in a testy place.
A planet nicknamed "Reflection".
It was in the exact mid-point between earth and romulus.
From that planet, which niether had yet laid claim to, no life had grown, except a small forest of strange people.
The Romulans, seeking to capture both the strategic position, and the idea that the federation would not fight back, struck this planet with thier might, and left an asteroid in it's remains.
The forest?
Still in one piece.

The Starfleet Secret Service for Sacred or Scientifically UnEXplainable Artifacts(SSSSSUEXA) fought back.
After almost 300 years since the Romulans and the Federation had a real war, The federation broke the long-standing peace...
And crossed the line.
In Full Force.

The ensuing battles and skirmishes left both sides incredibly underpowered, and incredibly crippled in the way of serious fire power.
The Romulans, deciding to try and turn the tables, designed a triple bird of prey, nicknamed "The Raven", because it was both decieving in size, and filled to the brim with Less Than Lethal weaponry, and several over-kill weapons.

Starfleet...



Had a better idea.
Take what was already good...
And make it even better.
Not once... not twice...
but THREE TIMES.

Stay tuned to see the updated version, AND the start of a story.

Our Story.

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Ship Statistics:
USS Windex
Class:
Akira, Version 7.9, "Scorpion".

Experimental Prototype Alpha.
Compact style, at almost a 1:9 scale when compared with the original akira.

Total Length:
4.7 Kilometres.((Rough Estimate))
Total Width:
3.45 Kilometres.((Rough Estimate))
Total Weight:
2,874 Metric Tonnes with no crew quarter modules installed((Current Configuration)).

Defensive Capabilities:
"Mirror Hull Plating": reflects most standard phaser-styled weapon beams back at originator. Not especially accurate at warp speeds.
"Scorpion Hull Plating": When your Mirrored Hull plating goes down, this is generally considered the last resort. The vessel can essentially set itself up to be a rather large and weighty Ram-em-then-blow-em-up weapon, in which both vessels are likely to be destroyed.
Standard Starfleet Shielding, including anti-tactical scan systems, preventing opponents from realizing this is not a typical akira class ship.
Klingon Cloaking Device: State-of-the Art klingon cloaking technology permits the USS Windex
Offensive Capabilities:
"Scorpion" weapon setup: Power-conserving High-Impact Phaser banks are setup around the upper-most portion of the ship, capable of firing in 360 degrees, including below the ship, all while bieng cloaked.
"Dual Pulse Phaser" configuration: Dual Pulse phaser cannons, and rapid fire torpedoe launcher equipped to both warp nacelles. --Upgraded.--
--"Dual Pulse Phaser Upgrade": Starfleet decided that the Dual Pulse Phaser idea simply would not work in this configuration, because of the smaller ship size, and power conservation issues. Instead, Starfleet installed the same "Scorpion Setup" phasers on each nacelle, permitting the vessel to fire in any direction, while still under cloak.
Standard Phaser Banks: Standard Phaser banks are located on the "Saucer" section of the ship. These phasers are tied directly into the transwarp drive, and do not have the power-saver technology, making them worthless while in transwarp, or in cloak modes.
Standard Photon Torpedoe Bays: Standard Photon Torpedoe Bays are located on the saucer section, facing in four directions with fly-by-wire capabilities for the Ops officers with a little touch for flare. There are also uni-directional ship-targetting photon torpedoe launchers on the upper-most section of the vessel, however, these bays are not power-smart equipped, and cannot be fired while in cloaked or transwarp modes.

Propulsion Systems:
Standard Docking Thrusters: Boring, plain and simple. Capable of speeds up to Warp 0.009.
IMPulse Engines: These IMPulse engines are equipped with the power-saver technology, which also reduces the emissions the vessel creates, making it harder to spot.
Standard Warp Drive and Core: The Warp Drive is not configured for Cloak in this configuration. Therefore, during certain missions, this vessel really is a sheathed knife while flying into combat. When in non-power saving mode, both mirrored and scorpion hull plating ports are not active, and all "power-saver" weaponry are off-line, making this Akira look like the Akira Class "Gunship Refit", provided the enemy does not recognize the scorpion on the nacelles.
Transwarp Drive and Core: Abusing the failed NX-007 Projects' Transwarp features, the 5xSUEXA WINDEX fully incorporates the transwarp core, and drive into all Scorpion-Version added features. Without the transwarp core, this vessel is essentially a very small, and minorly weak version of the standard Akira class vessels currently in date.

Other Additions:
Extensive Holodeck Capabilities: The Entire Vessel, including the Bridge is loaded to the brim with starfleet's cutting edge Holodeck capabilities. Crew on duty no longer have to walk to a replicator for a cup of coffee. They simply request one, it appears, they drink it, and the cup disappears. No fuss, no muss. The EHCS((Extended Holodeck Control System)) also incorporates several trans-warp powered safety features, including pillows appearing in very helpful places during crashes.
Completely Automated Medical Center: Due to the fact that this is a compact vessel made strictly for battle, not rescue, or exploration, this vessel is only equipped with one Medical Technician, which watches for technical glitches, and assists the CAMC system when it cannot find an answer for any given ailment.
On-Board Repair Drone Squadron: Starfleet finally got something right in this one. Instead of going to a starbase for extensive repairs, Starfleet encorporated a Repair Drone Squadron in with a skeleton-standard engineering team.
Messhall to Arberetum Conversion: Due to the holographic nature of practically every crewmember's lifestyle, including the ability to have warm food replicated infront of thier face at any given position on board, the Messhall was converted to an Arberetum, which includes several Terran, Vulcan, and even Klingon flowers, fruits, and vegetables, as well as several overly-large trees.
"SHIMMER": Statistical Hit Indicator and Mirror Move Exploitation Routines: The on-board computer of the 5xSUEXA Windex includes several TRILLION Mirror Move Exploitation Routines, and encorprates a "Statistical Hit Indicator" into the OPS board. The SHI also displays likely damage dealt to any targets with known ship-structures on file.

and lastly:
The Crew Compliment((And the Crew))
The all important part.

Current Available Positions:
First Officer((Must be joined with another bridge officer duty.))
Second Officer((Must be joined with another bridge officer duty other than the First Officer's))
NavigOPS Officer: Due to the incredibly integrated battle style of the Scorpion class vessel, the Navigation Officer doubles as the OPS officer.
Science Officer((Recommended for first or second officer))
Communicational Warfare Officer: The Scorpion Akira vessel includes the ability to launch an attack on some enemies with weaker computer systems, such as romulans or klingons, through standard communications bands. This officer may, out of luck, lock onto the lucky code for an enemy's shields, or even better, disable thier power systems.

Medical Technician: "Doctor" of the ship's automated medic center.

Engineering Crew:
Chief engineer
The following engineers can be mixed-up, creating unique job titles.
Standard engineer
Cloaking specialized engineer
Transwarp specialized engineer
Weaponry specialized engineer

Other Personel:
Security Strike Force:
As a general rule, the odds of any opponent actually BOARDING the Scorpion-Akira Class WINDEX is minimal, however, as any crewman can synthesize a phaser, even if under watch, make the likelyhood of any such boarding party living long pretty small. Therefore, the WINDEX is only equipped with a Security Strike Force. These highly-trained security officers abuse the less-than-lethal capabilities of the power-saver phasers to take over enemy vessels, and gain as much data as possible. The SSF is considered a division of Starfleet's Special Forces, instead of the Starfleet Secret Service for Sacred or Scientifically UnEXplainable Artifacts division, giving the Chief Tactician more slack, as s/he can legally debate some orders given to him/her.
Positions:
Chief Tactician((Captain Position))
Starfleet Special Forces Operative((total of 5 positions.))

Current Characters:

Captain Lauren Van den Haus
Race: Pixian
Height: 1.3 Feet
Weight: 57 Pounds
Hair Color: Brown
Gender: Female(Pixians are female-only species.)
Eye Color: Blue
Wing Color: Transparent.
Wing Length: 0.75 Feet
Maximum Wing Speed: Not visible to the naked eye.
Maximum Ground Clearance: 12 feet
Notes: Due to the unique nature of Lauren's size, her weaponry, while small, and non-technical, is just as potent. Hidden in her white gown, draped over her back, she carries a crossbow with either tranquilizer or cyanide darts.
Bio: Always the odd one out in the bunch, Lauren flittered into a starfleet landing party's camp one night, and accidentally got beamed up with the crew the following morning. Deciding to make the most out of the situation, Lauren decided to attempt starfleet academy. Ridiculed, at first, because she had to sit ON her desktop, she quickly changed the odds when her grades were showing twice half the classes. Then came the first martial arts classes. Her opponents had NO clue how to handle an opponent that was flittering 7 feet above thier heads, and even less of a clue how to counter-attack when she came lunging down at them. After spending a little time on Starbase 1, orbiting earth, she requested a transfer for REAL action.
Starfleet...
...gave her a ship.

Position: First Officer/Com-Warfare Officer
Rank: Commander
Name: Gilrot Tremiles
Username: Tremiles
Race: Vulcan
Hight: 6'3"
weight: 222 pounds
hiar: Black
Gender: Male
eye color:Black
Equipment: enhanced Quadcorder with universal interface and multispectrum emiter,1 EMP magneticly securable granade, standard isue hand phaser.
Bio: The war with the Romulans has made many people suspicious of the vulcan race who are distant cousins to the Romulans, Tremiles family worst of all even among Vulcans because of their remarkable phisical resemblece to Romulans and because of their shifty buisness dealings. Deception and manipulation are considered Romulan Traits however they are also embraced by the Tremiles family line who have run smuggling rings on vulcan for years. Gilrot was sent by his father to the starfleet achademy to open new markets for his mechendise however gilrot found his own way to make credits, using his families long tradition of hacking skills he hacked the universal mainframe and began transfering supplies off world to some of his families ships in orbit. it was eventualy discovered after his graduation from the achademy that he had been the one to do this, and after serving 5 years in prison starfleet decided their was a better use for his skills, he worked intel. for 2 years untill his record mysteriously vanished, replaced by a smilly face. and he was transfered to a listning post along the current disputed zone, with access to the communications net however he quickly got himself transfered onto one of the best ship in the fleet for his talent. then tide up the transfer in enoff red tape and redirects to keep starfleet chasing it's tales for years.

3(Three) more characters required until RPG start.

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((OOC: I'm going to start a "storyline item" thing in Fan Fiction which describes the background of my character, and how she got to be on the ship. Any other characters are welcome to add thier own little snipets))

[Micteth-Son of Udas]

what did we die?

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I don't know, M.
I can't seem to recruit new people, and the ship needs atleast 6 characters to start any good storyline.
It makes me wonder if this one's even going to lift off.
I hope so.

[Tremiles]

This seamed like such a good premis too,

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RPG soon to be locked. New RPG in the making.((It'll be a long intro, lol))