Commander Chad 'Flame' Young

Are you tired of simulations that want to confine your imagination and writing talents? If you are, then the U.S.S. Horizon simulation is for you. We are a freeform, character-driven simulation that makes the Twilight Zone look like Mr. Roger's Neighborhood.

Sim Premise:

The U.S.S. Horizon is a Daedalus-class starship in the year 2169. The crew is entirely human. After leaving Sigma Iotia II (TOS' "A Piece of the Action"), the ship is taken in by a sentient black hole that slingshots them out of Federation space into the Tarantula Nebula in the Large Magellanic Cloud (LMC).

Sim Plotline:

That's where the Star Trek portion of our simulation ends. The ship and 105 members of the crew survived the slingshot. After a week trying to find a way out of the Tarantula Nebula and figure out where they are, the ship finds a habitable solar system not far away. Upon approaching the system, the Horizon is gripped by a tractor beam and brought to land on the fourth planet in the Delta Nogosi IV system.

Upon capture, a mutiny transpires lead by the Horizon's Chief Medical Officer. He holds the entire crew hostage as his followers--almost completely Martian miners turned engineers--have rigged a nuclear device to the mater/anti-matter reactor. The CMO and thirty-nine (39) other members of the crew leave the ship after a stalemate has been reached. The mutineers have absconded with shuttles from another alien ship that has been brought to the planet and are no longer in contact with the rest of the crew.

The remaining crew is a cast filled with conflict. The Captain is a ladies' man who is attempting to sleep with every female on the ship to help propogate a new human race here in the LMC. The XO sided with the mutineers up until the point of their departure when she decided to stay with the Captain. The Chief Engineer and Second Officer is the Captain's ex-wife who isn't exactly on kilter and has now gone AWOL (she's been taken captive by natives but no one knows that yet). The Chief Science Officer is trying to mirror the Captain's prowess with women. His assistant is the object of both their attentions. The Assistant Chief Engineer can't stand that she's been left alone to clean up the mess. The Security Chief is simply pissed off at everyone else.

You may join the simulation on any of the sides: crew member, mutineer or alien. For more information on the aliens, please email me at cflamey@gmail.com and I'll fill you in on what's been done with them so far.

If you're looking for a game that will challenge your abilities in ways you never thought possible, check out Horizon by emailing me at cflamey@gmail.com.

Do you want the chance to fill in the gaps between the series? Have you ever wondered what happened in the 78 years skipped in Generations? The U.S.S. America is the simulation for you. We're the last of the Constitution-refit class vessels in StarFleet in the year 2296. We're generally used by the infrastructure of the Federation to deal with internal issues.

Current Mission:

The Huanni, a race that has a checkered past with the Federation, has asked for help with their first colony world. For some reason, the colony continues to break down. The Huanni can't explain or understand what the problem is so they asked the Federation to help. The America was dispatched because the only Huanni member of StarFleet is the Acting Chief of Science aboard the America.

The Huanni are a feline race that have the attention span of a three-year-old in a candy store. They are easily distracted by anything shiny and don't have much of a clue as to how things in the universe actually work. Their technology is much greater than their ability because they've been supplied by a race which is far more technologically advanced than even the Federation in the 24th century.

If you enjoy solving puzzles, the America simulation is the place you need to be. The Huanni need your help. If you're interested, get in touch with me at cflamey@gmail.com or go to

our web site.

The U.S.S. America is the last of the Constitution-refit class vessels in StarFleet. We serve as part of the backbone of the Federation fleet.

Currently, we are doing a historical research plot to find ways for the Federation Council to answer the desire of the Andorian delegation to secede from the Federation. At the time of this posting, we are preparing to study the Battle of Gettysburg (making sure that history hasn't been changed due to our last couple of stops).

What the ship really needs for this mission are Science officers. Yeah, yeah, it's a historical research mission. What's that got to do with Science? Well, nothing. However, the XO's wife is 28 weeks pregnant and has gone from having one child in utero to a set of twins within a few hours. The XO (me), who also serves as the Chief of Science, has his hands full with the mission at hand as well as the health and safety of his wife and child(ren). Someone needs to help the Medical personnel explain this mystery.

Overall view of the Simulation:

The U.S.S. America is a freeform, plot-driven simulation. The CO and I do have plans and certain things that we have built into the plot for clues to help solve the mission, get things accomplished, etc. However, most of the action comes from the rest of the crew. We're pretty open to much of anything going on as a subplot or maybe leading into the next mission.

If this has peaked your curiosity, email me (cflamey@gmail.com) or visit our Yahoo! group (http://games.groups.yahoo.com/group/uss_america_a) to find out more.

The America's current mission has taken it back into time. We're studying the American Civil War in response to the announcement of the secession of the Andorian delegation from the United Federation of Planets on January 1, 2296.

Currently, we are in process of jumping between the Battles of Antietam and Chancellorsville. Anyone interested in joining this TOS era PBeM sim, please visit our web site for more details.