Star Trek Online: Unofficial Literary Challenge (Season 11)

Star Trek Online: Unofficial Literary Challenge (Season 11) was the fourth season of the Star Trek Online: Unofficial Literary Challenge that took place in Season 11 of Star Trek Online. This season of challenges is in progress.

Overview

The Star Trek Online: Unofficial Literary Challenge, was a forum-based game managed by forum users, where story topics for Star Trek Online gamers would be posted every month. Forum users would respond with entries based on those topics, using their Star Trek Online characters.

Guide

	Title	Month	Synopsis
Unofficial Literary Challenge #17	"STO Thanksgiving"	November 2015	How did your crew celebrate the Earth holiday Thanksgiving, and what are they thankful for?
			How does your crew deal with that strangest of missions: one where absolutely nothing unusual happens?
			Your crew is preparing for a long-term mission.
Unofficial Literary Challenge #18	"Winter Wonderland Celebrations II"	December 2015	Write your own crews story centered around the event and festivities of the Terran winter season
			Pre-warp inhabitants view you as a god and demand you remain on their planet to serve as their king.
			The away team beams back from a mission. But the captain isn't on the transporter pad! What does the crew do now?
Unofficial Literary Challenge #19	"Once in a Lifetime"	January 2016	In which one of your bridge officers is selected to serve a tour on a ship from the opposing faction.
			Your Captain has recently returned from a Federation lecture about the importance of genealogy. After hearing about other people's ancestors, you decide to do a little digging of your own.
			A routine mission brings you into contact with someone who you have always admired from afar.
			Command has ordered you to visit a planet first explored by your favourite Starfleet crew. What has happened since their visit, and how do they fit into the Galaxy now?
Unofficial Literary Challenge #20	"Coming Around Again"	February 2016	Revisit the prompt for any previous literary challenge, official or otherwise.
			Orbit Nibiru, make contact with the Greys and, if need be, prevent the cataclysmic event Nibiru's appearance is said to bring.
			A new officer is assigned to your crew.
			A fellow commander in Starfleet/the KDF/the Republic Navy has gone rogue and committed a horrible crime. Your captain has been ordered to go after this rogue and bring him/her to justice.
Unofficial Literary Challenge #21	In the Darkness [1]	March 2016	All our captains have enemies in abundance, but what about a rival? Who is it in your captain's own service (or an allied one) that they just can't stand, and for whom the feeling is mutual?
			Some of your crew members, for whatever reason, are attempting a takeover of your ship. Write about this mutiny, its reasons, and how your captain deals with it.
			An officer is assigned to your crew who once made a mistake. Who is this officer, and what will they be doing? How do they settle in?
			Write your captains darkest hour, their greatest mistake, their Darkest Moment.

Appendices

Background information

• Season 11 of Star Trek Online began on 27 October 2015.
• ULC #19 was the first challenge to have four prompts.

External links

• Ten Forward on the Arc Forums