Welcome to the 25ᵗʰ Century.
Deep Space 13, known to locals as Port Dreizhen, is an imitation Federation station built to exact perfection as a Romulan training facility.
The station has been surrendered with its entire star system to the Federation as part of the ongoing Romulan collapse. Starfleet has sent a crew to secure and establish the post, with the assistance of the Romulan Free State.
DS13 is two weeks from Federation space at high warp and is officially the furthest outpost into the region approaching the galactic core and Beta-Delta Quadrant border.
In an orbit mirroring that of the Dreizhen system's third planet, an anomaly has been discovered. It is a window between universes, its destination shifts randomly approximately once a week.
It is 2402. The Federation celebrates the passing of the last dark years of the 24th century, and the peace that those sacrifices have brought.
It is a new century, and Deep Space 13 is the Federation’s newest and strangest asset. It will be the last port of call before the deepest unexplored space, in an idyllic star system full of ancient mysteries.
Deep Space 13 is a Star Trek text-based RPG or 'Sim'. If you don't know what that is but want to, read this. In short, together we will write the crew of Deep Space 13 as they collaborate to further the Federation's mission of peaceful cooperation and exploration.
Our story is set in and from the perspective of the Star Trek universe, but through the interdimensional anomaly, we will explore the multiverse and encounter familiar and unfamiliar universes and their inhabitants.
The anomaly can take us to the sands of Arrakis, the lurid plains of Zharr-Naggrund or the ruins of Ravenholme, the only limitation is our imaginations.
If you'd like to know more, catch up on the story so far, read our mission logs, learn about our crew, take the tour, or join our discord.
All players must be at least 18 years of age. This sim may contain mature content with a 3-2-2 rating, but explicit smut and gratuitous brutality are not permitted.
We are hosted by SimCentral. All players must be registered in the SimCentral discord as per the terms of our hosting agreement. All characters must be original. Our other rules are found here.
If you think you have what it takes, join us.
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Latest News Items
» A celebration and a new arrival
Posted on Sun Jun 22nd, 2025 @ 1:04pm by Captain Rovak in General News
Hello all, I hope this finds you well.
I'm happy to report a couple of developments behind the scenes.
Firstly, we've recently marked six months since Tom joined us as our shrewd Vulcan Medical Chief S'Lace, our thanks to Tom for the adventures so far, and all those to come.
Secondly, you'll see on the manifest we have a new player among us! We're delighted to re-welcome Nessa who has written with us on Starbase 50 and USS Mercury. We're thrilled to have her back with us as the fearless and gentle Deltan Counselor Yy (pronunciation found her in bio), who will be joining the crew after the current mission.
With Ness that takes us up to nine players once more!
With The Serpent's Tooth coming soon to a close, once this mission concludes the sim will go into a one-month shoreleave period between missions. After that we will head into our fourth mission UnderMind, where we explore the colonies of Dreizhen III and a Klingon distress signal coming from deep space.
Until then, thanks for playing!
» Happy birthday, DS13!
Posted on Wed Jun 11th, 2025 @ 10:10am by Captain Rovak in General News
Hello again all,
It's once again my happy privilege to mark a milestone, in this case it's 12 months to the day that Deep Space 13 began.
In that time, we've battled Daleks, Goa'uld, and unnamable horrors from beyond, while continuing the ongoing mission of exploring strange new worlds, seeking out new life and new civilizations, and bravely going where no-one has gone before.
To all crew past and present, you have my sincere thanks for being a part of this adventure, and I can't wait to see what the next twelve months holds.
To all and sundry, cheers!
» 6 whole months of Jang!
Posted on Mon Jun 9th, 2025 @ 2:20pm by Captain Rovak in General News
Hello all,
It's my happy privilege to congratulate Jangus on 6 months aboard DS13.
I'm loving the ongoing adventure of Volsunga's integration, as well as Gaz and his persistent grumbling efficiency.
As someone who's written among us through several sims now, please accept my heartfelt thanks for being a part of the game and the team.
» ..and another thing!
Posted on Tue May 6th, 2025 @ 1:46pm by Captain Rovak in General News
It's been pointed out to me that I failed to notice the 6-month milestone has also been crossed by our delightful AGM and resident Science Officer Lucy!
My sincere thanks for all your contributions so far, I'm sure we're all looking forward to seeing more of Atna, Intharia and Kloh'theQ!
» Milestones and Updates
Posted on Sun May 4th, 2025 @ 7:28am by Captain Rovak in General News
Hello all, I hope this update finds you well.
With [✱12] now published, by my calculations we're approximately halfway through this mission.
As we move into the next phase of the mission we'll be going into a much more directed sort of activity, but more on that as get to it.
The Story So Far post has been updated to include the published events of this mission, I aim to keep the page relatively up-to-date as missions go on.
While awards won't be distributed until the end of the mission, I'd like to acknowledge a couple of milestones, as both Skyward and Marty have hit six months aboard over the course of this mission.
Congratulations to both! Thank you for your contributions so far, and I'm looking very much forward to what comes next.
Latest Mission Posts
» Herding Cats
Mission: Histories
Posted on Tue Jun 24th, 2025 @ 5:40am by Captain Rovak & Commander Alex Flynn & Lieutenant Commander Yy & Lieutenant Commander Amvent Kharass & Marcus Grey Horse
Lieutenant Commander Rovak's transmission arrived through the wormhole from the other side of the Galaxy, via DS9, to Lieutenant Flynn's location. All of this was handled by an Ensign Brarn on DS9, who seemed increasingly uncomfortable the longer she responded to Rovak's uncompromising stare through the screen in front of…
» Window of Appearances
Mission: The Serpent's Tooth [3]
Posted on Mon Jun 23rd, 2025 @ 9:12am by Captain Rovak & Petty Officer 1st Class Ayol & Lieutenant S'Lace & Colonel Augie Kowalski & Lieutenant Commander Atna & Lieutenant JG Akaar Zuul & Senior Chief Petty Officer Gaz & Lieutenant Colonel Shoka
Rovak arrived last, still in conversation with Ayol over the contents of a padd they were both looking over. As he took his seat he passed it back to Ayol, who left quickly.
"Good morning." Rovak said to the assembled but reduced senior staff. Notably, the purple face of Lieutenant…
» He is of the Sky [✱19]
Mission: The Serpent's Tooth [3]
Posted on Wed Jun 18th, 2025 @ 1:12pm by Captain Rovak & Colonel Augie Kowalski & Lieutenant Onda Duros & Consul Kwaa & Lord Typhon & Lady Hera & Atonu & Tyr
“I call the Lady Hera to the stand.” Rovak said, and the hologram of her flickered and disappeared from its position on the bench to his left, then reappeared in the witness stand opposite Rovak’s lectern.
“Lady Hera. You conspired to kill your husband Zeus, did you not?” Onda asked,…
» He is not of the Earth [✱18]
Mission: The Serpent's Tooth [3]
Posted on Sun Jun 15th, 2025 @ 7:52am by Captain Rovak & Lieutenant Onda Duros & Atonu & Tyr & Consul Kwaa & Lord Akhenaten
“The proceedings shall go as follows for each of the accused. The prosecution will have an opportunity to question the accused, then the defence will have the same chance. Following that, both prosecution and defence may call and cross-examine witnesses to query the claims against the accused. Once all accused…
» Defending the dock
Mission: The Serpent's Tooth [3]
Posted on Tue Jun 10th, 2025 @ 2:02am by Major Victoria, Daughter of Kalath & Ambassador Drusilla Creon
Five Jaffa were firing their staves ineffectively into the shields that cut off F-dock from the intruders. They had been at it for ten minutes, and the shield had only dropped 6%, but still they persisted. Eventually, they would succeed, assuming those staff devices did not run out of ammunition.…
Latest Personal Logs
» Doctor Ordered
Posted on Fri Dec 20th, 2024 @ 9:03pm by Lieutenant S'Lace
ONE YEAR AGO...
Back when S’Lace had decided upon her path of Archeology she had found it of profound interest that despite centuries of technological advancements there was still nothing that could replace the meticulous labor to a uncover the ruins of an ancient civilization. One could employ sensors to…
» Second mission review log
Posted on Mon Dec 9th, 2024 @ 3:32pm by Captain Rovak
Station Commander’s log, Stardate 79675.02.
It has been just over two weeks since we acquired the USS Excalibur and destroyed the creature identified to us as a ‘Dalek’. In almost a century in Starfleet, I have never seen an individual being cause such anguish among survivors from its very nature.…
» First mission review log
Posted on Sun Aug 18th, 2024 @ 9:02am by Captain Rovak
Station commander's log, stardate 79629.45.
The USS Qaraqorum departed DS13 this morning on its mission to retrace the trail of USS Voyager back into the Delta Quadrant. We are grateful for Admiral Singh's assistance as we begin our independent operations.
Our time aboard the station has already been eventful, we…
