Welcome to the USS Hecate!
Praxis changed everything
With the signing of the Khitomer Accords, the United Federation of Planets and her greatest adversary, the Klingon Empire, found themselves in an uneasy peace.
In the two years since the signing of the Accords the Federation Council has tasked Starfleet Command with revamping the Beta Quadrant Exploration program. The USS Hecate, one of the first Excelsior Refit vessels in the fleet will embark on a five year exploration mission beyond the Klingon and Romulan Empires. Penetrating the furthest reaches of the Beta Quadrant, her name is destined to be drawn in the same breath as Excelsior, Enterprise and other storied ships of Starfleet’s history.
Take a look around. If you like what you see, fill out an application form. Should you not see a position you want on the manifest, please contact us.
On behalf of the staff and crew of the USS Hecate, welcome! Join us and discover the Federation’s Golden Age!
Captain Robin Burke
Commanding Officer
USS Hecate-1963
Latest News Items
» New Blood
Posted on Mon Nov 4th, 2024 @ 10:25pm by Captain Robert Burke in General News
Crew!
Please welcome aboard our newest recruit, Lieutenant Marques Hunt our new Chief Flight Control Officer.
I'm sure you'll give them a warm welcome!
- Captain Burke
» Incoming Transmission
Posted on Mon Nov 4th, 2024 @ 10:21pm by Captain Robert Burke in General News
Crew!
The Hecate is slowly coming out of her hibernation.
With work now calming down, I'll slowly be getting to grips with moving the Hecate along this week.
The aim is to get Shakedown finished before the end of the year so we can begin 2025 by getting our exploratory voyage well under way.
Please keep an eye out for tags and updates!
- Captain Burke
» Happy New Year
Posted on Sun Dec 31st, 2023 @ 5:20pm by Captain Robert Burke in General News
Crew!
It's a little early here, but I wanted to wish you all a Happy New Year.
I'd also like to thank you on making 2023 a very successful year for the Hecate.
This sim is an idea I'd been working on for a while before committing it to paper so to speak, and I'm gratified and humbled that you'd all contribute your considerable talents to getting her off the ground.
Here's to 2024 and another successful year for the Hecate!
LLAP,
Captain Burke
Commanding Officer
» Welcome our New Chief Medical Officer
Posted on Sun Dec 3rd, 2023 @ 5:19pm by Captain Robert Burke in General News
Crew!
Please welcome aboard our new Chief Medical Officer, Texan Caitian Lieutenant Commander Jeremiah McEntyre M.D.!
I'm sure you'll extend them a warm welcome as they settle in to place aboard ship!
Live Long and Prosper!
Captain Burke
Commanding Officer
USS Hecate
» September Awards
Posted on Mon Oct 16th, 2023 @ 8:42pm by Captain Robert Burke in General News
Crew!
My sincere thanks on a job well-done in September.
You hard work earned the Hecate the Silver Unit of Distinction for the month.
Our XO, Khiane Mau, written by StarGeek, earned the Writer of the Month award.
The Hecate also earned an Award of Merit for September for 23-C.
In the quarterly awards we also earned CO of the Quarter too - an award reflective of the good work of the crew!
Here's to many more in the coming years!
- LLAP
Captain Robert Burke,
Commanding Officer
USS Hecate
Latest Mission Posts
» Unsure of My Feelings
Mission: EPISODE 1: SHAKEDOWN
Posted on Mon Mar 30th, 2026 @ 2:40am by Lieutenant Marques Hunt & Lieutenant JG Gianna De Luca
Marques sat in the waiting room of the counseling offices for his appointment. There was a little drama getting across the Klingon border, but overall everything was in the clear. The Lieutenant was all about doing his job and following orders. But something about helping the Klingons, just seemed wrong. It had been a while, since he last spoke with a counselor regarding his feelings about the Klingons.
"Lieutenant Hunt?" Gianna popped her head out from her office and called out for the next person she was meant to be seeing. Not only was he the Chief FCO but he…
» Your Perspective
Mission: EPISODE 1: SHAKEDOWN
Posted on Sat Mar 7th, 2026 @ 5:21pm by Ensign Shanice Winters & Lieutenant JG Gianna De Luca
Shanice Winters sat in her office, jotting down some notes for her next interview. An hour, she had finished speaking with her publisher who ecstatic about her interview with Captain Burke. The interview would go out among the Federation in three days. The Hecate had arrived at their destination the day prior, and things had settled down a bit among the crew. Though nerves were a bit around the ship of the unknown, especially regarding the initial escort situation. Her next interview was with Lieutenant Gianna De Luca, who she invited to her office.
It was getting to be a…
» Number Two
Mission: EPISODE 1: SHAKEDOWN
Posted on Mon Mar 2nd, 2026 @ 5:52pm by Lieutenant JG Maël "Gideon" Beauregard & Ensign Clementine "Clemmie" Vidamour & Lieutenant Juno Jones
Maël "Gideon" Beauregard clapped his palms together, and it was a sound sharp enough to rattle the chatter that had swelled toward the end of the staff meeting. A dozen gold-collared uniforms shifted in their seats, some smiling, some already in the midst of rising to leave and murmuring.
"Well," he said, voice warm and carrying that slow Gulf Coast drawl, "I reckon I've taken up enough of y'all's morning. Go on--get back to work before somebody figures out I don't know what I'm doin' yet."
A ripple of laughter rolled through the room, the kind of laughter that loosens…
» Planet Hell - The Briefing - Part II
Mission: Fabulae Explorationis
Posted on Sat Feb 28th, 2026 @ 7:26pm by Captain Robert Burke & Lera Mel'nyk & Commander Vincent 'Vin' Salvatore & Lieutenant Marques Hunt & Lieutenant Juno Jones & Lieutenant Kyra sh'Herhrisst & Lieutenant Nelar & Lieutenant Ryssa Dari & Lieutenant JG Maël "Gideon" Beauregard & Lieutenant JG Gianna De Luca
::ON::
[And now the Conclusion ...]
"So... let's just tell them." Salvatore said firmly, leaning back in his chair. "If Starfleet wants these Accords to hold, then immediately keeping this from them is going to feel like pouring gasoline all over the place where every is accustomed to lighting up their smokes. A fire is going to start, sooner or later, which will put us in bad way with them. Klingons won't like being lied to, because their war with the Romulans have already made them understandably hostile when it comes to secrecy and lies. So, let's keep them in…
» Planet Hell - The Briefing - Part I
Mission: Fabulae Explorationis
Posted on Wed Feb 25th, 2026 @ 6:19pm by Captain Robert Burke & Lera Mel'nyk & Commander Vincent 'Vin' Salvatore & Lieutenant Marques Hunt & Lieutenant Kyra sh'Herhrisst & Lieutenant Nelar & Lieutenant Ryssa Dari & Lieutenant JG Maël "Gideon" Beauregard & Lieutenant JG Gianna De Luca
::ON::
[Captain's Ready Room - MD01 2200hrs]
Burke was reclined on his Ready Room sofa, a leg braced against the far arm, one arm folded behind his head, and the other holding a padd aloft as he read the latest reports. On the glass coffee table was a cooling, near-forgotten mug of coffee so absorbed was he in what he was reading. The political work of delivering the convoy safely to the Klingon Homeworld and cementing the rights of the Accords was now behind them, and all that was left to them was the work of exploration.
The Hecate’s first…