Shadow Fleet is a professionally run, SMF based Star Trek RPG set in the year 2402 (after the Hobus supernova). Our fleet is made up of players from a variety of different backgrounds, who have come together to contribute their own unique point-of-view to a storyline in one of our SIMMs.

Active and Large Community!

Tired of waiting days for a reply to your mission post? Is your RPG suffering from inactivity? We typically have anywhere up to 50 new posts every day from our 30+ strong player count! Player and ship activity levels are constantly monitored to ensure a quality experience is had by all. The forum has been in operation since 2007 and has gained popularity year after year! Today, we are at the highest activity levels in our history and the quality of our roleplayers is second to none.

Structure, Authentic Chain of Command and Character Development!

We are a very structured RPG with rules and regulations that are there to ensure a positive roleplaying experience is had by all. During your time as a member on one of our SIMMs, you will be able to grow and expand your character in many ways, including the opportunity to progress through the Starfleet rank structure with the promise of real certificates, ribbons and rewards for outstanding effort and positive contribution. The very best players will even make it to Command Level Officer status and take command of a SIMM, leading the players beneath them, not just in-character, but also from an out-of-character perspective.

Make Friends and Socialise!

The one thing that distinguishes us from other RPGs would be the community we have created. With all of our SIMMs contained on one forum, our members are free to interact with everyone in the fleet on some level. By having this type of organization, it is also easier to transfer players between ships allowing our members to experience different ship classes, posting styles and command types. This sets the stage for unparalleled character development and allows our members to create lasting memories and friendships that cannot occur anywhere else.

If you are interested, we invite you to follow the links provided or come talk to us on Discord. We would love to have you and would be more than happy to answer any questions you have or help you fill out your application.

https://shadowfleet.org/forum/

Live long and prosper!

Shadow Fleet is a professionally run, SMF based Star Trek RPG set in the year 2401 (after the Hobus supernova). Our fleet is made up of players from a variety of different backgrounds, who have come together to contribute their own unique point-of-view to a storyline in one of our SIMMs.

Active and Large Community!

Tired of waiting days for a reply to your mission post? Is your RPG suffering from inactivity? We typically have anywhere up to 50 new posts every day from our 30+ strong player count! Player and ship activity levels are constantly monitored to ensure a quality experience is had by all. The forum has been in operation since 2007 and has gained popularity year after year! Today, we are at the highest activity levels in our history and the quality of our roleplayers is second to none.

Structure, Authentic Chain of Command and Character Development!

We are a very structured RPG with rules and regulations that are there to ensure a positive roleplaying experience is had by all. During your time as a member on one of our SIMMs, you will be able to grow and expand your character in many ways, including the opportunity to progress through the Starfleet rank structure with the promise of real certificates, ribbons and rewards for outstanding effort and positive contribution. The very best players will even make it to Command Level Officer status and take command of a SIMM, leading the players beneath them, not just in-character, but also from an out-of-character perspective.

Make Friends and Socialise!

The one thing that distinguishes us from other RPGs would be the community we have created. With all of our SIMMs contained on one forum, our members are free to interact with everyone in the fleet on some level. By having this type of organization, it is also easier to transfer players between ships allowing our members to experience different ship classes, posting styles and command types. This sets the stage for unparalleled character development and allows our members to create lasting memories and friendships that cannot occur anywhere else.

If you are interested, we invite you to follow the links provided or come talk to us on Discord. We would love to have you and would be more than happy to answer any questions you have or help you fill out your application.

https://shadowfleet.org/forum

www.shadowfleet.org

Live long and prosper!

Shadow Fleet is a professionally run, SMF based Star Trek RPG set in the year 2401 (after the Hobus supernova). Our fleet is made up of players from a variety of different backgrounds, who have come together to contribute their own unique point-of-view to a storyline in one of our SIMMs.

Active and Large Community!
Tired of waiting days for a reply to your mission post? Is your RPG suffering from inactivity? We typically have anywhere up to 50 new posts every day from our 30+ strong player count! Player and ship activity levels are constantly monitored to ensure a quality experience is had by all. The forum has been in operation since 2007 and has gained popularity year after year! Today, we are at the highest activity levels in our history and the quality of our roleplayers is second to none.

Structure, Authentic Chain of Command and Character Development!
We are a very structured RPG with rules and regulations that are there to ensure a positive roleplaying experience is had by all. During your time as a member on one of our SIMMs, you will be able to grow and expand your character in many ways, including the opportunity to progress through the Starfleet rank structure with the promise of real certificates, ribbons and rewards for outstanding effort and positive contribution. The very best players will even make it to Command Level Officer status and take command of a SIMM, leading the players beneath them, not just in-character, but also from an out-of-character perspective.

Make Friends and Socialise!
The one thing that distinguishes us from other RPGs would be the community we have created. With all of our SIMMs contained on one forum, our members are free to interact with everyone in the fleet on some level. By having this type of organization, it is also easier to transfer players between ships allowing our members to experience different ship classes, posting styles and command types. This sets the stage for unparalleled character development and allows our members to create lasting memories and friendships that cannot occur anywhere else.

If you are interested, we invite you to follow the links provided or come talk to us on Discord. We would love to have you and would be more than happy to answer any questions you have or help you fill out your application.

https://shadowfleet.org/forum

Live long and prosper!

Shadow Fleet is a professionally run, SMF based Star Trek RPG set in the year 2401 (after the Hobus supernova). Our fleet is made up of players from a variety of different backgrounds, who have come together to contribute their own unique point-of-view to a storyline in one of our SIMMs.

**Active and Large Community!**

Tired of waiting days for a reply to your mission post? Is your RPG suffering from inactivity? We typically have anywhere up to 50 new posts every day from our 30+ strong player count! Player and ship activity levels are constantly monitored to ensure a quality experience is had by all. The forum has been in operation since 2007 and has gained popularity year after year! Today, we are at the highest activity levels in our history and the quality of our roleplayers is second to none.

**Structure, Authentic Chain of Command and Character Development!

**We are a very structured RPG with rules and regulations that are there to ensure a positive roleplaying experience is had by all. During your time as a member on one of our SIMMs, you will be able to grow and expand your character in many ways, including the opportunity to progress through the Starfleet rank structure with the promise of real certificates, ribbons and rewards for outstanding effort and positive contribution. The very best players will even make it to Command Level Officer status and take command of a SIMM, leading the players beneath them, not just in-character, but also from an out-of-character perspective.

**Make Friends and Socialise!**

The one thing that distinguishes us from other RPGs would be the community we have created. With all of our SIMMs contained on one forum, our members are free to interact with everyone in the fleet on some level. By having this type of organization, it is also easier to transfer players between ships allowing our members to experience different ship classes, posting styles and command types. This sets the stage for unparalleled character development and allows our members to create lasting memories and friendships that cannot occur anywhere else.

If you are interested, we invite you to follow the links provided or come talk to us on Discord. We would love to have you and would be more than happy to answer any questions you have or help you fill out your application.

https://shadowfleet.org/forum/index.php

Live long and prosper!

Data, while referencing the size of the interior surface area of a Dyson's sphere indicates that it is the equivalent of more than 250 million class M planets, inferring that a class M planet MUST be of a certain size.

So, is there science (known to us today) that means that an M class planet couldn't be dramatically smaller or larger? I think there is a general assumption that specifically for gravity, you would need a particular density of the planet that may only be achieved with a nickel-iron core of a particular size in relation to the rest of the planet, including the depth and density of the mantle as well, but I have to imagine it would be possible that a less dense planet could be significantly smaller, or a more dense planet could be significantly bigger to reach the same gravity level. There might be some other effects on atmospheric composition that I may not be considering, but wondering what others might have to add.

As far as I am aware, the absolute requirements for a class M would be:
- Abundant liquid water available when the temperatures are in normal range
- Oxygen percentage in the atmosphere between 15% and 25% (optimal 21.5%) and no toxins in the atmosphere
- Surface gravity around 10 m/s^2, no more than 20 m/s^2, no less than 5/ms^2
- Surface temperatures primarily in the range of 50 to 90 degrees F until such time as technology can overcome extremes

BTW - If you do the math using Earth as a reference size for a class M planet, the calculations Data gives are relatively correct given the provided dimensions of 200 kilometers in diameter, meaning a 100 million kilometer radius, which works out to a surface area 1.25664 x 10^17, Earth's surface area is approximately 509.6 million km, comes out to 246,593,406ish Earths, so Data is using a calculation of a planet 6.5% smaller than Earth.

[Media Production] Media & Monuments | Season 3 Episode 17 - Star Trek Advisor Brings Fact to Fiction

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Expert advisors help ground stories in plausibility, and can be vital sounding boards for crafting projects that pass muster with fans. In this episode, host Candice Bloch talks with Dr. Erin Macdonald, the science consultant for the Star Trek franchise. Erin Macdonald (PhD Astrophysics) is a public speaker, educator, STEAM advocate, writer, and technical consultant who explains complex physics and astronomy ideas to varied audiences. She is also the founder and owner of Spacetime Productions, a film company dedicated to lifting and sharing traditionally marginalized voices. In their conversation, you’ll hear about Erin’s journey as a woman of science and a sci-fi fan, the importance of seeing smart, strong female characters on screen, and some of the science of Star Trek, past and present. You’ll also learn what it means to consult on several Star Trek shows, advising from concept development through post-production, checking the science, and helping bring the facts to these fictions.
To learn more about Erin and all of her amazing projects, visit: https://www.erinpmacdonald.com/

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That episode would be 40 mins.. this episode has been a year and a half.

Stay safe everyone!

My husband and I are watching the new Netflix fashion designer competition show, and the bottom look was so tight and restrictive that the judges commented on how she wouldn't be able to use the restroom. The fashion designers' defense was that they were designing "for the future." So I wondered what kind of future there could be when we didn't have to pee, and my husband suggested it could just be transported out. I disagree that transporters could do that. Thoughts?

Star Trek has time travel, matter replication, super-advanced holograms, teleportation, FTL travel, sub-atomic material manipulation, cures to most “old” diseases and known existence of parallel universes. What could a scientist have left to do? It’s for my story.

Episode 1.04: "The frontal lobe is overrated. It only contains memory and emotional expression. It's completely unnecessary."

That's way off the mark. The frontal lobe is responsible for our conscious experience. It's also involved in voluntary movement, planning and decision making. Most memory is in the hippocampus which is not in the frontal lobe.

I'm thinking of closing this sub and redirecting all Star Trek science news to /r/FNS. Its a smaller sub but it's mandate could be expanded to be more encompassing and therefore be more active. I'm just not encountering as many science stories now as when I created this sub.

As a subscriber here, what are your thoughts?