Welcome Aboard the USS Joshua Norton

There is a department within Starfleet that is tasked with collecting and analyzing sensitive data that matters, planning and executing time-critical covert and overt operations, and safeguarding the secrets of the United Federation of Planets from internal and external threats to keep us all safe. Who are we? Starfleet Intelligence.

Certain assignments, however, cannot appear on standard mission dockets, carried out in secret by the best of the best for no fame, thanks, or recognition. They are the true heroes of the Federation, specialists in their field, operating from the shadows. They are Clandestine Operations.

Political landscapes are shifting, the Romulan Empire is rebuilding, terror cells are striking at the very heart of our society. For neutralizing such threats, Clandestine Operations recognized the value of a multi-disciplined team of operatives primed to respond. The crew of the USS Joshua Norton is one such team - they have seen what you can offer, and they've requested you join them.

The USS Joshua Norton is a Nova based collaborative writing Star Trek Sim. Set on a Golden Gate class starship, specifically designed for specialized Clandestine Operations use, the Emperor (as she's affectionately known by crew) is set in 2416. If you have any questions, please join the Discord server linked in the menu and ping the command team.

Latest Mission Posts

» LtJG t'Rehu & LtJG Dragomirov - "Dance of the Firebird"

Mission: Blow Their Bloody Lobes Off
Posted on 2025-03-28 09:14 by Lieutenant JG Veda Dragomirov & Lieutenant JG Lia t'Rehu

Wrapping up a few tasks she wanted to take care of, the last few days had been a whirlwind for Lia. The long trek out into the Swedish wilderness of Farnebofjarde, Sweden national park.
Selecting a place by a lake, Lia had been able to speak her parents' names to the Four Winds in the presence of the Four Elements. Being Winter near a river, Fire was trickier than Water, Earth, and Wind. The park had allowed a one-time permit for the torches to burn out, considering it was winter and near running water. The Rangers would then care for…

» LtJG t'Rehu & PO2 Ek - "I Dream I Can Spread My Wings"

Mission: Blow Their Bloody Lobes Off
Posted on 2025-03-18 08:01 by Petty Officer 2nd Class Kennet Ek & Lieutenant JG Lia t'Rehu

The sun fast approached the horizon and the early afternoon sunset of the solstice as Kenny stood with her hands buried deeply in the pockets of her rainbow gradient snow coat in Gävle's Slottstorget. She stared up at the large straw goat dusted with snow and festively wrapped in red. Security and fire suppression drones patrolled the skies above, and a couple of guards walked around the goat's legs behind the fence erected around it. There was a patch of scorched earth near the left hind leg from an attempt to burn the goat this year, but that was a…

» Lt Zola & Lt Weho Lape - "Experiment Number Six"

Mission: Blow Their Bloody Lobes Off
Posted on 2025-02-20 10:21 by Lieutenant Zola & Lieutenant Weho Lape Sabril

Zola had spent most of the time waiting for the ship to be ready to break port again tinkering in the R&D lab and catching noise shows in San Francisco. Some of the shows were her friend Joel's, others were him taking advantage of her being around by dragging her to any show he was interested in by other noise artists. It was after one of the latter that she'd returned to the ship to find a request from Sabril for her assistance in the science lab. As the request had been sent only a little bit ago, requesting they…

» LtJG t'Rehu & CPO Ryan - "Neue Wege Neues Glück"

Mission: Blow Their Bloody Lobes Off
Posted on 2025-02-16 11:24 by Chief Petty Officer Ludwig Ryan & Lieutenant JG Lia t'Rehu

When Lia had mentioned she was looking for supplies for a project, Ludwig had volunteered to accompany her as a local guide. He knew she was still adapting to human customs and was still getting familiar with what was available on the planet. He also needed to get away from the family for a bit because any time he was home the whole extended family would come out of the woodwork to check in on him and ask him how things were going. They were not good about respecting the boundaries of what he was not allowed to discuss for…

» CWO Wilson - Squared away beds-now what

Mission: Blow Their Bloody Lobes Off
Posted on 2025-01-25 09:08 by Chief Warrant Officer James Wilson

Transporters took care of the hard work. The quarters were on Deck Seven, Theta section and Levi had beamed most of the items he needed into his quarters and had the second bed taken out of the room. Normally it would be a small shared room, but since he had Joan to care for as a member of the crew, she rated her own space, The small bonus was he had more storage though he did need it.

Setting it up was another story. Moving it all towards the entrance, he moved lighter items above Joan's bed and kennel area.…