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{{icons|bfo}}Last Update: 17 December 2022
| name = Osiris
 
| prefix = USS
 
| image =
 
[[File:Use Osiris.jpg|thumb]]
 
| registry = NCC - 86401
 
| class = Reliant
 
| affiliation = Starfleet
 
| status = Active
 
| commission =
 
| decommission =
 
| destroyed =
 
| taskforce =[[ Task Force 47]]
 
| quadrant =
 
| role = Frigate (Pathfinder, Escort, Patrol)
 
| co = [https://bravofleet.com/character/54482/ Lt. Cmdr Kr’Antren]
 
| xo = [https://bravofleet.com/character/55248/ Lt. Talibah]
 
| dedication = (image of ships dedication plague to be added here)
 
}}
 
  
''We are what we repeatedly do. Excellence, then, is not an act, but a habit ''- Aristotle
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=1 - Registry Definition=
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#The registry lists all starships, starbases, and other entities available to Bravo Fleet for use as Commands or Games.
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#The registry’s purpose is to maintain consistency across Bravo Fleet and its ongoing canon. As such, entries will not be added to, removed, or altered from the registry without permission of the Intelligence Office.
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#The registry represents the In Character starships and starbases available to the Fourth Fleet in {{Year}}, and the starships and starbases available for Games and Commands.
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##Exceptions such as non-Starfleet ships or ships of a different era have been created for Fictions or Games, and may not be used as Primary Commands. These will be more often added, deleted, or altered.
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##The use of registry entries in Games is governed by Section 4 of the Operations Policy.
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#Ships in the registry should only be used in lore by the members or Task Forces (in the case of TFHQ ships or Flagships only) to which they are assigned.
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#Events involving registry ships prior to 2399 may be referenced in circumstances such as character service records and backstory. If a story requires another ship, it should use a name not listed in the registry and would fall within the bounds of member canon. This restriction begins at 2399 as this is when the current fleet canon went live; members should not be dictating fleet or member canon for this period outside of their own characters and Command.
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#Members should not apply for Commands on BFMS until they are ready to acquire or change their Primary Command, or for a fiction/RPG proposal to be discussed with the Intelligence Officer/Operations Officer. Draft Commands or proposals self-identifying as WIPs will have their registry link removed or be deleted.
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#Upon a Command's assignment, a member may not change that Command until three months have elapsed or they are promoted, whichever comes first.
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##Exceptions may be permitted at the discretion of the Intelligence Officer. This may apply in cases such as the release of new starship classes or other significant alterations to the command registry.
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=2 - Primary Commands=
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#Primary Commands are attached to a member's dossiers as their character's starship or auxiliary craft. They are the vessels assigned In Character to a member’s Task Force in the Fourth Fleet in {{Year}}.
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#Members can write on their Primary Commands on their own or with others. Writing with others on a Primary Command does not require a proposal or activity commitment being sent to the Intelligence Office. Members ''may not'' use their Primary Command as an RPG; ie, they may not openly recruit for crew or create a separate website, and collaboration should be limited to invitation-only. RPGs which any member of the Fleet may apply to join must be accepted by the Bravo Fleet Operations Officer, and thus Primary Commands are unsuitable for this purpose.
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#All Commands will be removed from a member's dossier upon transfer to the Reserves.
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#When a member reaches the rank of Midshipman they may request a ship on the registry for use as their Primary Command. Ship classes available are unlocked upon reaching certain ranks.
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#Members below the rank of Captain may only have one Primary Command. Requesting a new eligible Primary Command will result in the current registry ship being removed from the member's dossier and returned to the pool of available ships.
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{| class="wikitable" style="margin:auto"
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|+Ship classes by rank
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|-
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!Midshipman!!Lieutenant Commander!!Commander!!
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|-
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|[[Raven Class|Raven]]||[[California Class|California]]|| colspan="2" |[[Akira Class|Akira]]
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|-
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| ||[[Challenger Class|Challenger]]|| colspan="2" |[[Defiant Class|Defiant]]
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|-
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| ||[[Cheyenne Class|Cheyenne]]|| colspan="2" |[[Excelsior II Class|Excelsior II]]
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|-
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| ||[[Diligent Class|Diligent]]|| colspan="2" |[[Gagarin Class|Gagarin]]
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|-
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| ||[[Grissom Class|Grissom]]|| colspan="2" |[[Inquiry Class|Inquiry]]
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|-
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| ||[[Intrepid Class|Intrepid]]|| colspan="2" |[[Luna Class|Luna]]
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|-
 +
|
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|[[New Orleans Class|New Orleans]]
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| colspan="2" |[[Manticore Class|Manticore]]
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|-
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| ||[[Norway Class|Norway]]|| colspan="2" |[[Nebula Class|Nebula]]
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|-
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| ||[[Nova Class|Nova]]|| colspan="2" |[[Pathfinder Class|Pathfinder]]
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|-
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| ||[[Olympic Class|Olympic]]|| colspan="2" |[[Prometheus Class|Prometheus]]
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|-
 +
|
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|[[Parliament Class|Parliament]]
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| colspan="2" |[[Rhode Island Class|Rhode Island]]
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|-
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| ||[[Reliant Class|Reliant]]|| colspan="2" |[[Sutherland Class|Sutherland]]
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|-
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| ||[[Saber Class|Saber]]|| colspan="2" |
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|-
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| ||[[Springfield Class|Springfield]]
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|-
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| ||[[Steamrunner Class|Steamrunner]]
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|}
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=3 - Squadrons=
  
''Be, Know, Do''” US Army FM 22-100
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#The Squadron system allows members holding the dossier rank of Captain and above greater flexibility in their Command choices. Where Commanders and below may pick a single Primary Command from a list, Captains are entitled to a certain level of ‘Squadron Strength’ in their Command selection. This gives them options like choosing between a single, larger ship or multiple smaller ones.
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#If a member holds multiple Commands under the Squadrons system, these ships are all subject to the same usage requirements as outlined under Primary Commands above. They may not be used as RPGs, and IC are starships assigned to the member’s Task Force.
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##Members with multiple ships should designate one as their Primary Command on BFMS. This is solely for display and organisational purposes, and has no other or IC significance. The Primary Command must be a Squadron Commands, and may not be an RPG or Fiction.
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##Members have some freedom on how to IC depict these multiple ships. They may be entirely unaffiliated, all falling directly under their Task Force’s IC chain of command, with the member using them to tell totally different stories.
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##Members may use all/some of them to form an IC-only unit within their Task Force, referred to as a squadron. This typically takes its title from the squadron’s ‘lead ship’ or starbase (for example, a squadron led by the USS Endeavour would be called ‘Endeavour Squadron’). This ensures all squadrons have a unique IC name. Members may not call these IC units ‘task groups’, to avoid confusion with the OOC unit.
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##Members may create an officer in command of this squadron, who may or may not also be the commanding officer of one of these starships/starbase, and who falls IC under the chain of command of the member’s Task Force. All Canon Policy rank restrictions remain.
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#The Squadron Strength to which a member is entitled is dependent on their dossier rank.
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{| class="wikitable"
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|+'''Squadron Strength by Dossier Rank'''
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!Captain
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!Fleet Captain
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!Commodore
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!Rear Admiral
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!Vice Admiral
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!Admiral
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!Fleet Admiral
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|-
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|3
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|4
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|6
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|7
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|8
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|9
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|10
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|}
  
The USS Osiris is a Reliant class frigate that was designed as the heir to the much vaunted Miranda class line of ships. These ships are intended to be Star Fleets go anywhere and do anything design as they can full fill 80% of star fleets mission packages.  
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== 3.1 - Starship Strength ==
  
Currently the Osiris is part of Bravo Fleets Task Force 47 assigned to the Thomar Expance. Her duties include but are not limited to Patrols, escort missions, light scientific and exploration duties, light diplomatic duties to establish ties with the inhabitants of the expanse.  
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# Ship classes are allocated a certain level of Strength depending on their size, power, modernity, and so forth.
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# Members may select any number of ships as their Commands under the Squadrons system, so long as the total Strength does not exceed their rank entitlement.
  
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{| class="wikitable" style="margin:auto"
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|+Ship classes by rank
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|-
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!1!!2!! colspan="2" |3
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!4
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|-
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|Small Civilian Ship|| colspan="2" |[[Akira Class|Akira]]||[[Century Class|Century]]
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|[[Odyssey Class|Odyssey]]
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|-
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|[[California Class|California]]|| colspan="2" |[[Defiant Class|Defiant]]||[[Galaxy Class|Galaxy]]
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|
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|-
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|[[Challenger Class|Challenger]]|| colspan="2" |[[Excelsior II Class|Excelsior II]]||[[Obena Class|Obena]]
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|
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|-
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|[[Cheyenne Class|Cheyenne]]|| colspan="2" |[[Gagarin Class|Gagarin]]||[[Ross Class|Ross]]
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|
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|-
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|[[Diligent Class|Diligent]]|| colspan="2" |[[Inquiry Class|Inquiry]]||[[Sovereign Class|Sovereign]]
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|
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|-
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|[[Grissom Class|Grissom]]|| colspan="2" |[[Luna Class|Luna]]||[[Typhon Class|Typhon]]
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|
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|-
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|[[Intrepid Class|Intrepid]]|| colspan="2" |[[Manticore Class|Manticore]]||[[Vesta Class|Vesta]]
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|
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|-
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|[[New Orleans Class|New Orleans]]|| colspan="2" |[[Nebula Class|Nebula]]||
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|
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|-
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|[[Norway Class|Norway]]|| colspan="2" |[[Pathfinder Class|Pathfinder]]||
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|
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|-
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|[[Nova Class|Nova]]|| colspan="2" |[[Prometheus Class|Prometheus]]||
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|
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|-
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|[[Olympic Class|Olympic]]|| colspan="2" |[[Rhode Island Class|Rhode Island]]||
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|
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|-
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|[[Parliament Class|Parliament]]||[[Sutherland Class|Sutherland]]
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|-
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|[[Reliant Class|Reliant]]||
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|-
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|[[Saber Class|Saber]]||
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|-
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|[[Springfield Class|Springfield]]
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|
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|-
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|[[Steamrunner Class|Steamrunner]]
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|
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|}
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#For example, upon reaching the rank of Captain a member has a Squadron Strength entitlement of 3. If they already have a Commander-level ship, they are only using 2 of their Squadron Level. They may ‘upgrade’ as they did upon reaching the rank of Commander, returning their current ship to the registry and choosing a single new Command with a Strength of 3. If they keep their ship with its Strength of 2, they may choose to add to their dossier another ship with a Strength of 1.
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##Members are under no obligation to use their total Squadron Strength. These Commands are a reflection of the hard work of members, however, and may be chosen for storytelling opportunities or simple prestige.
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#‘Small Civilian Ship’ is a catch-all term for non-Starfleet civilian vessels members may wish to use for different kinds of storytelling. It refers to ships of, for example, the [[Kaplan F17 class]] or the [[Groumall class]], usually freighters, that are not affiliated IC with Starfleet and may be used for trading, prospecting, exploration, or other adventures. Acquiring a ship like this is subject to a successful Fiction Proposal, and so they are not listed as available on the registry but created as required by the Intelligence Office.
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#The Intelligence Office may make adjustments to ship class Strengths to account for balance as the system and canon evolve. No member will have an asset removed because of a rebalance, but they would only be grandfathered in until they wanted to change their squadron, at which point the new strength values would be used.
  
== The Ship Tour ==
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== 3.2 - Starbase Strength ==
  
= Captain’s Ready Room =
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# Starbases as Commands work the same as starships under the Squadron system, but are subject to different requirements. They represent starbases assigned In Character to the member’s Task Force in the Fourth Fleet in 2400.
The Captains Ready Room sits on the starboard side of the Osiris the entrance sits in a small alcove at the end of the engineering consoles. Due to the shape of the Reliant class 1st deck the room is longer than it is wide and has a very slight angle that follows the deck outline towards the stern.  
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# Members do not have to choose between a starbase or starship under the Squadron system. They are only restricted by their rank’s total Squadron Strength.
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# Registry Starbases are created by the Intelligence Office, and will have their own wiki article explaining the location and setting material relevant to that starbase that has been ratified by the Intelligence Office. This is Fleet Canon that cannot be altered without permission of the Intelligence Office, even by the member to whom the starbase registry is attached. As such, members should heavily consider their choice, as a Starbase Command is under more restrictions and requirements from the Intelligence Office.
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## If you are interested in a Starbase Command, please speak with the Intelligence Office to develop your concept so the registry can be created.
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# Members may choose to depict any of their other ships as attached to or operating out of the starbase.
  
Since the ship was new and this was the first crew onboard, Lt. Cmdr Kr’Antren decided that he wanted to decorate his ready room using metal, leather, glass and in muted earth tones. The furniture pieces, including his desk, are pieces he found in an antique store in San Fransisco. These pieces are what was called airliner furniture in the late 20th and early 21st Centuries and  have been cleaned and reupholstered to their original look.
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{| class="wikitable" style="margin:auto"
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|+Starbase classes by Strength
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|-
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!2!!3!!4
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|-
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|[[Jupiter Class|Jupiter]]||[[Anchorage Class|Anchorage]]||[[Canopus Class|Canopus]]
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|-
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|[[K Class|K-Type]]||[[Copernicus Class|Copernicus]]||[[Unity Class|Unity]]
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|-
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|[[Regula Class|Regula]]||[[Narendra Class|Narendra]]||
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|-
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|[[Vision Class|Vision]]||[[Presidium Class|Presidium]]||
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|-
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| ||[[Watchtower Class|Watchtower]]||
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|}
  
Currently the room has two sections devided by a open shelving.
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== 3.3 - Attached Ships ==
The forward section is the captain work space holding a circular desk a captains chair and two chairs in front of the desk. The desk sits against the forward wall with the desk facing toward the shelving room divider.
 
Notable decorations include Two Bat’leths given to the commander by Dr. M’Gok these are displayed in the shelving wall unit. On the wall behind the Captains desk are charcoal art pieces of each of the ships to hold the Osiris name.
 
  
The aft section has a small couch (2 person) with two chairs and a glass and metal coffee table. The aft most wall holds book and display shelving. The rooms replicator is located in this section on the inside wall, the outside wall has three viewing panels.
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# Certain commands, like starbases, have an attached ship, which has its own registry entry but has an effective Strength of 0. Whether or not an attached ship is selected does not affect a member’s Squadron Strength.
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# Most attached ships are assigned to starbases. Upon requesting a starbase, the member should identify to the Intelligence Office an appropriate choice of ship from the registry. That ship will then be removed from the public pool. It will not be given a BFMS Command, but should be written about as part of the starbase’s Command.
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# The ''Odyssey''-class always has an ''Aquarius''-class ship attached. Unlike with starbases, the ''Aquarius''-class’s name is predetermined and cannot be changed. Details about an ''Odyssey’s'' ''Aquarius''-class will be listed on the ship’s wiki page.
  
= Cairo Briefing Room (Bridge/command staff briefing room) =
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{| class="wikitable"
The Cairo briefing room is located on the other side of the bridges main view screen, it can be entered through one of two doors on either side of the view screen. The room is situated towards the front of deck one so includes three viewing panels that lookout over the forward saucer section of the Osiris.  
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|+Starbase Attached Ship Options
The room includes the staff table centrally located, the table is triangular in shape with a flattened tip where the captains and First officers chairs are positioned. Four chairs line the two legs of the table as the “bottom” of the table faces the rooms view screen/ panel which is located on the back side of the wall holding the bridges main view screen.
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![[Aquarius Class|Aquarius]]
The wall to the captains right holds the ships lineage busts, these are done in copper. The wall to his left holds the awards and commendations that the ship and it's crew have earned, currently there are two framed parchments hung on the wall. The table itself is made from oak and with an inlay of cherry and managing woods that show the osiris flying by a planet, it has a holo projector mounted in the center. Each chair has a built-in small console to be used during briefings.
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!
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!
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!
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|-
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|[[Raven Class|Raven]]
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|
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|
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|
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|
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|-
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|[[Sydney Class|Sydney]]
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|
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|
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|}
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== 3.4 - Requesting Squadron Ships ==
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# Members must use BFMS to request any Commands under the Squadron system, as was done with previous Command requests.
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# BFMS requests for new Commands under the Squadron system must use the ‘Lore Office Proposal’ window to clearly communicate their allocation of their Squadron Level. This must include what ships, if any, are being returned to the registry.
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## If a new Captain requests a Command with a Strength of 3 with no further detail, the Intelligence Office will assume they are returning their current ship to the registry, just as with previous upgrades, and process accordingly.
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## If a Member wishes to retain their current Command and add another, they may request the new ship under BFMS and say so in the Proposal window. A simple message, such as ‘I am keeping the USS Lollipop (Strength 2), and adding this one (Strength 1) for a total Squadron Strength of 3’ will suffice.
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## If a Member wishes to return any of their ships to the registry, they must say so. Any requests for additional Commands that does not include a registry return and would bring a member over their Squadron Strength will be deleted. A simple message, such as ‘I am returning the USS Lollipop (Strength 2) and adding this one (Strength 3) for a total Squadron Strength of 3’ will suffice.
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# If the Intelligence Office receives competing requests for the same starship, requests for a primary command from Lieutenant Commanders or Commanders will be prioritised, or upgrades to a single Strength 3 starship for new Captains. After that, ships will be allocated on a first-come, first-served basis.

Revision as of 16:04, 17 December 2022

This article is official Bravo Fleet Official Policy.








Last Update: 17 December 2022

1 - Registry Definition

  1. The registry lists all starships, starbases, and other entities available to Bravo Fleet for use as Commands or Games.
  2. The registry’s purpose is to maintain consistency across Bravo Fleet and its ongoing canon. As such, entries will not be added to, removed, or altered from the registry without permission of the Intelligence Office.
  3. The registry represents the In Character starships and starbases available to the Fourth Fleet in 2401, and the starships and starbases available for Games and Commands.
    1. Exceptions such as non-Starfleet ships or ships of a different era have been created for Fictions or Games, and may not be used as Primary Commands. These will be more often added, deleted, or altered.
    2. The use of registry entries in Games is governed by Section 4 of the Operations Policy.
  4. Ships in the registry should only be used in lore by the members or Task Forces (in the case of TFHQ ships or Flagships only) to which they are assigned.
  5. Events involving registry ships prior to 2399 may be referenced in circumstances such as character service records and backstory. If a story requires another ship, it should use a name not listed in the registry and would fall within the bounds of member canon. This restriction begins at 2399 as this is when the current fleet canon went live; members should not be dictating fleet or member canon for this period outside of their own characters and Command.
  6. Members should not apply for Commands on BFMS until they are ready to acquire or change their Primary Command, or for a fiction/RPG proposal to be discussed with the Intelligence Officer/Operations Officer. Draft Commands or proposals self-identifying as WIPs will have their registry link removed or be deleted.
  7. Upon a Command's assignment, a member may not change that Command until three months have elapsed or they are promoted, whichever comes first.
    1. Exceptions may be permitted at the discretion of the Intelligence Officer. This may apply in cases such as the release of new starship classes or other significant alterations to the command registry.

2 - Primary Commands

  1. Primary Commands are attached to a member's dossiers as their character's starship or auxiliary craft. They are the vessels assigned In Character to a member’s Task Force in the Fourth Fleet in 2401.
  2. Members can write on their Primary Commands on their own or with others. Writing with others on a Primary Command does not require a proposal or activity commitment being sent to the Intelligence Office. Members may not use their Primary Command as an RPG; ie, they may not openly recruit for crew or create a separate website, and collaboration should be limited to invitation-only. RPGs which any member of the Fleet may apply to join must be accepted by the Bravo Fleet Operations Officer, and thus Primary Commands are unsuitable for this purpose.
  3. All Commands will be removed from a member's dossier upon transfer to the Reserves.
  4. When a member reaches the rank of Midshipman they may request a ship on the registry for use as their Primary Command. Ship classes available are unlocked upon reaching certain ranks.
  5. Members below the rank of Captain may only have one Primary Command. Requesting a new eligible Primary Command will result in the current registry ship being removed from the member's dossier and returned to the pool of available ships.
Ship classes by rank
Midshipman Lieutenant Commander Commander
Raven California Akira
Challenger Defiant
Cheyenne Excelsior II
Diligent Gagarin
Grissom Inquiry
Intrepid Luna
New Orleans Manticore
Norway Nebula
Nova Pathfinder
Olympic Prometheus
Parliament Rhode Island
Reliant Sutherland
Saber
Springfield
Steamrunner

3 - Squadrons

  1. The Squadron system allows members holding the dossier rank of Captain and above greater flexibility in their Command choices. Where Commanders and below may pick a single Primary Command from a list, Captains are entitled to a certain level of ‘Squadron Strength’ in their Command selection. This gives them options like choosing between a single, larger ship or multiple smaller ones.
  2. If a member holds multiple Commands under the Squadrons system, these ships are all subject to the same usage requirements as outlined under Primary Commands above. They may not be used as RPGs, and IC are starships assigned to the member’s Task Force.
    1. Members with multiple ships should designate one as their Primary Command on BFMS. This is solely for display and organisational purposes, and has no other or IC significance. The Primary Command must be a Squadron Commands, and may not be an RPG or Fiction.
    2. Members have some freedom on how to IC depict these multiple ships. They may be entirely unaffiliated, all falling directly under their Task Force’s IC chain of command, with the member using them to tell totally different stories.
    3. Members may use all/some of them to form an IC-only unit within their Task Force, referred to as a squadron. This typically takes its title from the squadron’s ‘lead ship’ or starbase (for example, a squadron led by the USS Endeavour would be called ‘Endeavour Squadron’). This ensures all squadrons have a unique IC name. Members may not call these IC units ‘task groups’, to avoid confusion with the OOC unit.
    4. Members may create an officer in command of this squadron, who may or may not also be the commanding officer of one of these starships/starbase, and who falls IC under the chain of command of the member’s Task Force. All Canon Policy rank restrictions remain.
  3. The Squadron Strength to which a member is entitled is dependent on their dossier rank.
Squadron Strength by Dossier Rank
Captain Fleet Captain Commodore Rear Admiral Vice Admiral Admiral Fleet Admiral
3 4 6 7 8 9 10

3.1 - Starship Strength

  1. Ship classes are allocated a certain level of Strength depending on their size, power, modernity, and so forth.
  2. Members may select any number of ships as their Commands under the Squadrons system, so long as the total Strength does not exceed their rank entitlement.
Ship classes by rank
1 2 3 4
Small Civilian Ship Akira Century Odyssey
California Defiant Galaxy
Challenger Excelsior II Obena
Cheyenne Gagarin Ross
Diligent Inquiry Sovereign
Grissom Luna Typhon
Intrepid Manticore Vesta
New Orleans Nebula
Norway Pathfinder
Nova Prometheus
Olympic Rhode Island
Parliament Sutherland
Reliant
Saber
Springfield
Steamrunner
  1. For example, upon reaching the rank of Captain a member has a Squadron Strength entitlement of 3. If they already have a Commander-level ship, they are only using 2 of their Squadron Level. They may ‘upgrade’ as they did upon reaching the rank of Commander, returning their current ship to the registry and choosing a single new Command with a Strength of 3. If they keep their ship with its Strength of 2, they may choose to add to their dossier another ship with a Strength of 1.
    1. Members are under no obligation to use their total Squadron Strength. These Commands are a reflection of the hard work of members, however, and may be chosen for storytelling opportunities or simple prestige.
  2. ‘Small Civilian Ship’ is a catch-all term for non-Starfleet civilian vessels members may wish to use for different kinds of storytelling. It refers to ships of, for example, the Kaplan F17 class or the Groumall class, usually freighters, that are not affiliated IC with Starfleet and may be used for trading, prospecting, exploration, or other adventures. Acquiring a ship like this is subject to a successful Fiction Proposal, and so they are not listed as available on the registry but created as required by the Intelligence Office.
  3. The Intelligence Office may make adjustments to ship class Strengths to account for balance as the system and canon evolve. No member will have an asset removed because of a rebalance, but they would only be grandfathered in until they wanted to change their squadron, at which point the new strength values would be used.

3.2 - Starbase Strength

  1. Starbases as Commands work the same as starships under the Squadron system, but are subject to different requirements. They represent starbases assigned In Character to the member’s Task Force in the Fourth Fleet in 2400.
  2. Members do not have to choose between a starbase or starship under the Squadron system. They are only restricted by their rank’s total Squadron Strength.
  3. Registry Starbases are created by the Intelligence Office, and will have their own wiki article explaining the location and setting material relevant to that starbase that has been ratified by the Intelligence Office. This is Fleet Canon that cannot be altered without permission of the Intelligence Office, even by the member to whom the starbase registry is attached. As such, members should heavily consider their choice, as a Starbase Command is under more restrictions and requirements from the Intelligence Office.
    1. If you are interested in a Starbase Command, please speak with the Intelligence Office to develop your concept so the registry can be created.
  4. Members may choose to depict any of their other ships as attached to or operating out of the starbase.
Starbase classes by Strength
2 3 4
Jupiter Anchorage Canopus
K-Type Copernicus Unity
Regula Narendra
Vision Presidium
Watchtower

3.3 - Attached Ships

  1. Certain commands, like starbases, have an attached ship, which has its own registry entry but has an effective Strength of 0. Whether or not an attached ship is selected does not affect a member’s Squadron Strength.
  2. Most attached ships are assigned to starbases. Upon requesting a starbase, the member should identify to the Intelligence Office an appropriate choice of ship from the registry. That ship will then be removed from the public pool. It will not be given a BFMS Command, but should be written about as part of the starbase’s Command.
  3. The Odyssey-class always has an Aquarius-class ship attached. Unlike with starbases, the Aquarius-class’s name is predetermined and cannot be changed. Details about an Odyssey’s Aquarius-class will be listed on the ship’s wiki page.
Starbase Attached Ship Options
Aquarius
Raven
Sydney

3.4 - Requesting Squadron Ships

  1. Members must use BFMS to request any Commands under the Squadron system, as was done with previous Command requests.
  2. BFMS requests for new Commands under the Squadron system must use the ‘Lore Office Proposal’ window to clearly communicate their allocation of their Squadron Level. This must include what ships, if any, are being returned to the registry.
    1. If a new Captain requests a Command with a Strength of 3 with no further detail, the Intelligence Office will assume they are returning their current ship to the registry, just as with previous upgrades, and process accordingly.
    2. If a Member wishes to retain their current Command and add another, they may request the new ship under BFMS and say so in the Proposal window. A simple message, such as ‘I am keeping the USS Lollipop (Strength 2), and adding this one (Strength 1) for a total Squadron Strength of 3’ will suffice.
    3. If a Member wishes to return any of their ships to the registry, they must say so. Any requests for additional Commands that does not include a registry return and would bring a member over their Squadron Strength will be deleted. A simple message, such as ‘I am returning the USS Lollipop (Strength 2) and adding this one (Strength 3) for a total Squadron Strength of 3’ will suffice.
  3. If the Intelligence Office receives competing requests for the same starship, requests for a primary command from Lieutenant Commanders or Commanders will be prioritised, or upgrades to a single Strength 3 starship for new Captains. After that, ships will be allocated on a first-come, first-served basis.