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{{Planet
| name = Ta'shen
| image = [[File:Tashen.png|The world of Ta'shen]]
| starsystem = L'kel
| sector =
| quadrant = Beta Quadrant
| class = M
| satellites = At least 5
| atmosphere = Oxygen/nitrogen mix
| climate = Temperate to tropical at most latitudes
| hydrosphere = 85%
| affiliation = Romulan
| natives = *Romulans
*Remans
*Orions
*Many other former slave races
| population = ~5 million
| capital = T'ma'ru
}}
{{quote|Those who deny freedom to others, deserve it not for themselves|'''Abraham Lincoln''', ''Complete Works - Volume XII''}}
'''Ta'shen''' is a world inside the territory of the former [[Romulan Star Empire]] within close proximity to the shared borders of the [[Romulan Free State]] and [[Romulan Republic]]. A resort world in the days of the [[Old Romulan Star Empire]], Ta'shen had continued in that capacity as well as serving as an unofficial centre for off-the-books diplomacy and deal-making thanks to a rarely granted 'free port' status, at least for the other Romulan states and those with enough capital to bribe their way to the surface.


==History==
*[[/Sandbox]]
''Founding? Resort world for centuries and centuries? Minor mineral extraction and agriculture are located far from the resorts to keep them supplied. Reliant on off-world imports to major technology and expansion. Slaves were brought in to run the behind the scenes stuff, fight in the coliseum, staff the less savoury destinations.''
*[[/Atlantis]]
*[[/Republic]]
*[[/Vondem Rose]]
*[[Template:Test]]


==Environment==
==Testing==
The environment of Ta'shen is fairly typical of Class M worlds, though verging more towards a warmer medium than most as evident by the lack of surface ice and the generally pleasant climate found and most latitudes. This made the world, with minimal biosphere modification, a perfect place for the establishment of resorts for the rich and powerful during the era of the [[Romulan Star Empire]].
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Rudimentary weather control systems moderate any potential dramatic storms, diverting them away from the more populous resorts and the world's only major city of T'ma'ru, which plays host to the majority of the resorts and other entertainment locales. T'ma'ru is essentially maintained in a tropical to sub-tropical climate to allow for year-round favourable weather conditions for all guests.
{{test|
Commodore Aben Ch'Thobar once got a cadet promoted to captain by giving them finger guns while walking the Academy campus...<br>
When Gorns tried to kill him, he killed them first with science...<br>
He once got out and pushed a ship to transwarp because his engineer told him the engines weren't working...<br>
He tutored a Pakled once, who's now the emeritus professor at the Daystrom Institute...<br>
He IS the most interesting Commodore being written up right now.
}}


The climate elsewhere around the world is allowed to essentially run naturally. This does mean frequent large-scale cyclonic storms that lash the various landmasses. As such what farming is done on the planet tends to be done in the rain-shadows of the few mountain ranges in order to protect as best as possible from the majority of storms. Mineral extraction sites worldwide tend to be built with the weather in mind as well, though more with a view towards enduring what weather comes versus avoiding it.
===The Beta Antares Shipyard - Kickass Fleet's favourite shop on the citadel!===
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==T'ma'ru==
====Kolar Blight====
''The capital city of T'ma'ru...''
A throwaway joke about an Orion post-modern punk band that has taken on a life of its own. It's more like a super-group, constantly evolving, members coming and going. They've been around since at least the mid 2370s. Hits include
*Agency Crisis
*Fight for Paradise/Kick ‘em before they Stand
**A foulmouthed anti-fascist rant directed at one Admiral Layton and his attempted coup during the Dominion Cold War. The chorus is notable for rhythming Layton with as many expletives across as many Federation languages as is reasonable.
*Pah-Wraith Disco
**Did poorly on the Bajoran Top 100. But made the Top 100. What does that say?
*Martian Rhapsody
**You wouldn't think a punk band to do a dirge, but somehow they pulled it off. Noted for beating the Bajoran and Klingon entries in the 2386 Bajoran Dirge Competition.
*Flaming Nacelle
**Apparently the only people who can understand what is being screamed in this song are all seasoned engineers from across numerous services in the Alpha and Beta Quadrants. And none of them are happy. At least one had to be institutionalised upon hearing the song for the first time. Rumour persists he is still there to this day.
*Goth Lord Punk
**No one understands this one bit, but the melody is AWESOME!


==Factions==
==First Battle of Leonis==
''Outline the factions vying for control of Ta'shen.''
{{Conflict
 
| name = First Battle of Leonis
===Senate Loyalists===
| image =  
''The die-hards of the Empire. This coup is nothing to worry about. The true loyalists in the navy will rise up, smash this threat, and restore order. Likely whichever Admiral does it will declare themselves Preator and the Empire will dust off the old playbook and be back in business within a few months. Until then best to wait it out right?''
| date = March 2401
=====Notable figures=====
| location = Leonis System
''Lo’nic Creval, Governor of Ta’shen, a man who was appointed to the position by the good graces of his predecessor. His family would be considered part of the Empire’s very small Middle Class, with no senatorial connections by blood. He retained his position purely by keeping Ta'shen functional for the aristocrats of the Empire to visit and the flow of intelligence it provided regarding visitors. With no military connections he will do anything to maintain the status quo on his world until the Senate can retake control and hopefully find someone amongst its ranks as a patron.''
| result = Alliance victory, complete destruction of Dominion forces
 
| belligerents left = {{belligerent|FEDicon.png|Starfleet, Fourth Fleet}}
===Planetary Garrison===
{{belligerent|ROMicon.png|Romulan Republic}}
''They’re in the dark about the coup. They’ve just heard that a slave revolt in nearby systems has apparently spread beyond one world and the slaves here have got it in their fool heads to do the same. They’ve been charged with protecting the governor’s palace until relief arrives. More than enough of them to hold the palace but if they ever actually got their orders, then things could get really ugly really quick.''
{{belligerent|KDFicon.png|House Lorkoth}}
=====Notable figures=====
{{belligerent|KDFicon.png|KDF Observers}}
''Major...''
| belligerents right = {{belligerent|DOMicon.png|Dominion Lost Fleet}}
 
| commanders left = {{belligerent|FEDicon.png|CAPT Theodoras}}
===Reman slaves===
{{belligerent|FEDicon.png|CAPT Sayil}}
''They’re declaring for Resak and his provisional government. They hold no real grudges against the common Romulan people, but the aristocrats have to go. Violently. French Revolutionaries. Round up all the nobles, put them down. Then figure out what to do.''
{{belligerent|ROMicon.png|CMDR Grel}}
=====Notable figures=====
{{belligerent|KDFicon.png|CAPT Hor'keth}}
''Who?''
{{belligerent|Tholian Assembly.png|CAPT Kaltene}}
 
| commanders right = {{belligerent|DOMicon.png|Unknown Vorta}}
===Romulan slaves===
| strength left = {{plainlist|
''A chance to actually have a say? Awesome! Under a Reman? Yah...nah. No offence to their Reman comrades, but seriously. Democratic revolutionaries are more likely. Claim Ta’shen as independent, maybe side with the Republic if they can get support to settle things planetside.''
*USS ''Atlantis''
=====Notable figures=====
*&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;''Sovereign''-class
''Who?''
*USS ''Papakura''
 
*&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;''Sagan''-class
===Orions===
*&nbsp;
The Orion population of Ta'shen dates back centuries and is comprised completely of those born on Ta'shen, descendants of those taken as slaves by Romulan forces centuries ago. Knowing no other fate or even much of the galaxy at large, they have served as the backbone of the entertainment industry serving from prostitution to gladiatorial combat. With the unexpected outbreak of revolution on Ta'shen, the Orions have banded together under a singular leader, Serti, seeking freedom for themselves and everyone else who had been enslaved by the masters of Ta'shen. They seek not to rule the world but to prevent any one faction from becoming dominant, seeking a more balanced sharing of power to prevent any further enslavement.
*IKS ''Ba'korth''
=====Notable figures=====
*&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;''Vor-cha''-class
''Serti'' - A middle-aged Orion woman of handsome features and average height and build, Serti is the unofficial head of the Orion families on Ta'shen. Through the years of her servitude, born into it in fact, she manipulated her superiors until she was granted a position of authority as a manager of certain aspects of Ta'shen's entertainment industries by her masters. Specialising in the more intimate pleasures that the powerful sought when they visited Ta'shen, Serti began building her own intelligence-gathering apparatus, taking advantage of those who sought the pleasures serviced by those under her charge. This lent her even more ways to manipulate her nominal masters, though usually indirectly via those she had learned interesting information about.
*2 ''K't'inga''-class cruisers
 
*2 ''K't'inga''-class support vessels
A fierce and determined woman, she is set on the goal of Ta'shen being an Orion world, or at least not a Romulan or Reman solely controlled world, though they are welcome to stay and even visit. Pragmatism however is a key trait and she's always willing to make deals, as long as they aren't disadvantageous to her or her birth world as she is not keen to simply trade one collar for another.
*25 ''B'rel''-class birds of prey
 
*&nbsp;
===Miscellaneous slaves===
*RRW ''Admiral Ketterac''
''Sizable population of other slaves from around the Empire who worked the worst jobs alongside the Remans. Of course they’re less inclined to follow Resak though. One in particular, an actual Romulan, is preaching about a state of the People, for the People. Space Communists.''
*&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;''Valdore''-class
=====Notable figures=====
*4 ''Malem''-class escorts
''Who?''
*&nbsp;
 
*3 Tholian Meshweavers
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*1 Jem'Hadar Battlecruiser
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'''''Narendra''-class stations''' are a small to mid-size Federation starbase design that draws design inspiration from the likes of the far larger [[Spacedock Class|''Spacedock''-class]] stations. Designed to be assembled at manufacturing facilities within the Federation and then shipped in pieces to their final locations, the ''Narendra'' is essentially a kitset starbase designed for rapid deployment. If parts are in stock and available, a ''Narendra'' can be brought online in a new location in a matter of months, versus the years or decade it may take for a larger facility.
*Some
 
*Some more
The intention was for a class of starbase to support Federation and Starfleet interests at a minimal cost in border sectors while not appearing as an escalation of assets to Federation neighbours who may take umbrage with a larger, more capable and fortified starbase.
 
Not without their teething issues upon initial activation, each ''Narendra'' station has contributed to the success of the next station. Upgrades for the first generation are being considered, though this too is likely in the form of kitset compartments being deployed to expedite the work on site.
 
==Layout==
 
[[File:Smolboi construction.png|right|thumb|Narendra-class under construction]]The exterior of a ''Narendra''-class is reminiscent of Starfleet's [[Spacedock Class|''Spacedock''-class]] starbases - a giant mushroom in space. The dorsal and ventral aspects of the station house large antenna farms, allowing the station to act as a regional communications relay and repeater as required. Dedicated shield generators protect the antenna farms from focused attacks.
 
Designed for forward deployment, the ''Narendra''-class carries a wide variety of defensive screens and weaponry. The surface of the station is dotted with phaser array strips, torpedo launchers and older phaser banks in certain locations to provide focused firepower to dissuade attacks along prescribed vectors.
 
Due to the size of the station, it is not intended or expected to hold off a dedicated attack, but to dissuade raids and rapid strikes as well as buy enough time for reinforcements to arrive.
 
The central core of the station houses the primary computer cores as well as truck access for vital services up and down the height of the station. Primary cargo lifts are located here as well to transport materials from the cargo bays to wherever they need to go.
 
===Operations===
 
The topmost levels of the station house the Operations division, as typical simply referred to as Ops. The station's primary command and control functions can be located here as well as offices for the station command staff. Offices and facilities abound for the Starfleet personnel aboard the station to perform their duties. Of note is a large auditorium built into each station, capable of hosting a hundred officers and guests in a single sitting. While a holdover of the original ''Narendra'' design requirements, the auditorium has become standard to the class and can function as a large scale briefing room to concert hall as required.
 
===Galleria===
 
One of the larger sections of the station the Galleria functions as the core of station life and commerce. Spread over multiple levels, with terraces descending down the levels, and wrapped around the station core, no two Galleria's are the same once the stations come online. Vendors and locals alike soon discover that the modular nature of the station is more amenable to modification across the Galleria, by design, and modifications are relatively simple to engage in. Bulkheads in the shopping area can be moved and the terraces shifted with a bit more work.
 
This tends to result in a quick fashion that each Galleria becomes its own architectural marvel. Restaurants, kiosks, salons, parlours and a variety of shops can and will be found across the Galleria as local enterprises take root. Most tend to be representative of the galactic neighbour they find themselves in, with encouragement to galactic neighbours to take part in order to help build report and economic ties as well as informal diplomatic channels.
 
===Sciences===
 
Each ''Narendra'' hosts an array of research laboratories, as befitting any Starfleet starbase. While not as expansive or well equipped as larger stations, their modular nature does mean that over time they can be readjusted as local conditions may require on a more regular basis. Each station does host a sizable stellar cartography installation, combined with the station's long-range sensors and telescopes, to help map new regions and collate information from nearby starships.
 
This area of the station does contain its own communication center for coordinating scientific endeavours, backup computer cores, small lecture halls and secure storage facilities.
 
===Personnel Quarters===
 
Spread across multiple levels is the station's living quarters. Containing hundreds of single-, double-, and family-sized occupancy quarters as well as a handful of diplomatic suites. Recreation centres, game rooms, holosuites and a small selection of eateries, typically franchises from those found on the Galleria, can be located in this section of the station. Occupying a large space in the middle, wrapped around the station's support trunk, lies the station's arboretum, a full forty meters in height.
 
===Medical===
 
The medical section of the station contains facilities typically greater then more starships, but small and ill-equipped compared to larger stations. Six separate sickbays dominate this section of the station, each equivalent to a large starship, and specialising in its own field of medicine. Counselling offices, wards for a variety of species and isolation facilities accompany cutting edge, at the time of assembly, scientific labs, limited research facilities and cryogenic suspension facilities for cases that can't be resolved on-station.
 
A triage center lies in the heart of the station, with its own dedicated transporter facility and quick access to the primary sickbays. Each sickbay and the triage center all possess their own EMH, though with programming adjusted for their field of work.
 
===Cargo Operations and Hanger Deck===
 
The midline of the station is a cavernous space split into six main bays, or “wedges,” with reinforced support bulkheads dotted with pressure hatches and forcefield backups that enable any of the six wedges to be isolated from the others as needed. The internal configuration of stationary hatches and pass-throughs could allow a small craft to enter one wedge and exit out the opposite side of the station, though this is rarely encouraged in practice given the extensive traffic in and out of the station.
 
The available internal volume of the wedges contains significant space for cargo pallets and shipping containers, short-term and long-term repair bays, propellant stores, warp coil stacks, impulse engine spares, and secured armaments facilities for any armed small craft.
 
===Engineering Complex===
 
The Engineering Complex is located below the midpoint of the station and above the fusion generators. Engineering comprises four large levels and is interconnected via turbolifts, jefferies tubes and humble ladders as required. Engineering contains all the essential services for keeping a ''Narendra''-class operational as well as housing backup computer cores and a hardened auxiliary command centre commonly used for damage control but capable of full station control if required.
 
===Fusion Generators===
 
Primary power generation aboard the ''Narendra''-class is achieved by three massive fusion generators located at the bottom of the station. Each generator plant contains four linked fusion reactors that collectively distribute plasma throughout the station. Two of the generator plants are enough to meet the station's power demands which allow for regular rotation in and out of service for maintenance purposes and hardware longevity. Each generation facility can be independently jettisoned from the station in an emergency.
 
==Gallery==
<gallery widths=200px>
File:Smolboi.png|With visitors
File:Smallboi galleria.png|Galleria on show
File:Smolboi visitors.png|With some not nice visitors
File:Smolboi construction.png|Narendra's come in small packages. Same day delivery with SCE Prime subscription.
</gallery>
 
==''Narendra''-class stations In-Play==
*While not the largest or most capable of stations, like the larger [[Canopus_Class|''Canopus'']] or [[Spacedock_Class|''Spacedock'']] facilities, the ''Narendra'' are a comfortable forward deployment designed to support the Federation's interest while not posing as a serious concern to the Federation's neighbours. More than adequate at defending themselves from local raiders or pirates, a serious threat to a ''Narendra'' would best be answered with a fleet garrison until local tensions deescalate.
*They serve as important border hubs for travel and commerce as well as providing essential services to outbound Starfleet vessels. While capable of providing servicing to Starfleet ships, outside of general maintenance it can best be described as sufficient to return to a more capable facility for proper repairs.
*Smaller than the ''Canopus'' facilities, a ''Narendra'' has a regular staff of a few thousand, with a capacity for the same again in regular civilian attendance. In an emergency, ''Narendra'' life support systems can accommodate 15000 people, but to call the situation cramped would be accurate.
 
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*[[USS Nobel]]
**[[bfms_char:27493|Alexandra T'Rin Sudari-Kravchik]] and Co
***Captain Sudari-Kravchik
***Commander Jezgo - Saurian - XO
***Lieutenant James Woodrow - Human - Ops
***LtCmdr Malcolm Serra - Human - Tac/Sec
***Commander Stosa Moid - Betazoid - Eng
***Lieutenant S'val - Vulcan/Romulan? - Helm
***??? - Med
***??? - Sci
 
{{clear}}
 
{{Starship
| name = Lollipop
| prefix = USS
| image = [[file:Galaxyclass.png]]
| registry =
| class = Galaxy
| affiliation = [[Starfleet]]
| status = A good ship
| commission =
| decommission =
| destroyed =
| taskforce =
| quadrant =
| role = Imaginary
| co = Commander William T Riker
| xo = Also Riker, because there's two of them
}}
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| casualties right = {{plainlist|
{{clear}}
*Total loss of all Dominion assets in the system.
 
*Dominion reinforcements destroyed en route by Klingon screening elements
{{Starbase
| name = Starbase ''Kickass''
| image = [[file:spacedockclass.png]]
| registry =
| class = [[Spacedock]]
| commission =
| decommission =
| taskforce =
| quadrant =
| role = Spinning Top of Death
| affiliation = Starfleet, but only because their branding was already all over the place
| sector = Wouldn't you like to know
| system = The fun one, with all the parties going on
| co = Depends on the day of the week really
| crew = The Never Ending Rave!
}}
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| templatemode = nocats
{{clear}}
 
{{Quadrant
| name = Kickass
| image =
| major powers = *Starbase Kickass
*Risa
*Sisko's Creole Kitchen
| minor powers = *United Federation of Wimps
*Originally Space Russia, now Space Vikings
*Space Roman Elves
*The other Space Russia, but 90's Space Russia
*Who let the Geico lizard run a star nation?
| important sectors = Sector Kickass!
| important places = Starbase Kickass
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The First Battle of Leonis was a response by Captain Theodoras to give allies that had committed to assisting Starfleet's [[Fourth Fleet]] in the [[The Lost Fleet|Lost Fleet]] crisis an opportunity to engage the Dominion and achieve an early decisive win in order to build morale and set the tone for further operations.


{{clear}}
Dominion forces ended up being superior to what was expected and the resulting battle, while conclusively in favour of the Federation Alliance forces, did result in extensive damage to allied vessels and forced a retreat of key combat vessels to Deneb in order to make repairs.
 
{{Region
| name = Sector Kickass
| image = [[file:spacedockclass.png|275px]]
| major powers = *The Confederation of Kickass
*Grandma
| minor powers = *Those chumps we stole Starbase Kickass off of
*Old Lady Higgins (she's got a mean left hook)
| important places = *Starbase Kickass
*Grandma's house
}}


{{clear}}
{{clear}}
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Wiki-goblin extraordinaire.

Testing

Testing space for a lot of weird shit. Examples of most infoboxes are tested here at one point or another. Infoboxes being designed/developed will be at Template:Test though for the love of all that is Puzzle God related, do not use it!. Look at your own peril. Also, Starbase Kickass and its associated shenanigans are Totally Canon. All events are real and undocumented as no one wants to admit they exist.

For previously developed content by prior commands, see here 

Commodore Aben Ch'Thobar once got a cadet promoted to captain by giving them finger guns while walking the Academy campus...
When Gorns tried to kill him, he killed them first with science...
He once got out and pushed a ship to transwarp because his engineer told him the engines weren't working...
He tutored a Pakled once, who's now the emeritus professor at the Daystrom Institute...
He IS the most interesting Commodore being written up right now.


The Beta Antares Shipyard - Kickass Fleet's favourite shop on the citadel!

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And all I ask is a tall ship and a star to steer her by
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After cleanup is complete, please remove this maintenance tag.

Kolar Blight

A throwaway joke about an Orion post-modern punk band that has taken on a life of its own. It's more like a super-group, constantly evolving, members coming and going. They've been around since at least the mid 2370s. Hits include

  • Agency Crisis
  • Fight for Paradise/Kick ‘em before they Stand
    • A foulmouthed anti-fascist rant directed at one Admiral Layton and his attempted coup during the Dominion Cold War. The chorus is notable for rhythming Layton with as many expletives across as many Federation languages as is reasonable.
  • Pah-Wraith Disco
    • Did poorly on the Bajoran Top 100. But made the Top 100. What does that say?
  • Martian Rhapsody
    • You wouldn't think a punk band to do a dirge, but somehow they pulled it off. Noted for beating the Bajoran and Klingon entries in the 2386 Bajoran Dirge Competition.
  • Flaming Nacelle
    • Apparently the only people who can understand what is being screamed in this song are all seasoned engineers from across numerous services in the Alpha and Beta Quadrants. And none of them are happy. At least one had to be institutionalised upon hearing the song for the first time. Rumour persists he is still there to this day.
  • Goth Lord Punk
    • No one understands this one bit, but the melody is AWESOME!

First Battle of Leonis


The First Battle of Leonis was a response by Captain Theodoras to give allies that had committed to assisting Starfleet's Fourth Fleet in the Lost Fleet crisis an opportunity to engage the Dominion and achieve an early decisive win in order to build morale and set the tone for further operations.

Dominion forces ended up being superior to what was expected and the resulting battle, while conclusively in favour of the Federation Alliance forces, did result in extensive damage to allied vessels and forced a retreat of key combat vessels to Deneb in order to make repairs.