Expedition Ships

VSS Horizon Wraith

Captain: Haseya Young

Chief Engineer: Kenji Watanabe

Chief Medical Officer: Layla Crawford

Craft Team Leader: Fatima Campbell

FTL Drive: Quantum Singularity Pulse Drive (QSPD)

Shuttles: Mineris One, Hammerfall, Iron Warden, Echo Mercy, Skybadge

VSS Emberwake

Captain: Alia Pond

Chief Engineer: Jordan Campbell

Chief Medical Officer: David Ebanks

Craft Team Leader: Yasmin Grant

FTL Drive: Quantum Singularity Pulse Drive (QSPD)

Shuttles: Astra Seeker, Crimson Reign, Hellstar, Star Reach, Pathfinder

Shuttles

Mineris One

Assigned Ship: VSS Horizon Wraith

Role: Specialized Geosurvey Craft

Capacity: 6 crew, 4 equipment pods

Weapons: Defensive flares, Particle-resistant shielding

AI/Support System: GeoNav-X

Hammerfall

Assigned Ship: VSS Horizon Wraith

Role: Heavy Combat Shuttle

Capacity: 10 crew, 2 drone bays

Weapons: Twin plasma turrets, missile rack, energy shields

AI/Support System: Combat AI — ‘ARGUS-9’

Iron Warden

Assigned Ship: VSS Horizon Wraith

Role: Heavy Combat Shuttle

Capacity: 10 crew, 2 drone bays

Weapons: Twin plasma turrets, missile rack, energy shields

AI/Support System: Combat AI — ‘ARGUS-9’

Echo Mercy

Assigned Ship: VSS Horizon Wraith

Role: Medical Shuttle

Capacity: 8 crew, 2 medpods

Weapons: Defensive flares, Particle-resistant shielding

AI/Support System: MedNav-X

Skybadge

Assigned Ship: VSS Horizon Wraith

Role: General Utility Shuttle

Capacity: 8 crew, 2 cargo pods

Weapons: Defensive flares, Particle-resistant shielding

AI/Support System: UtiliNav-X

Astra Seeker

Assigned Ship: VSS Emberwake

Role: Specialized Geosurvey Craft

Capacity: 6 crew, 4 equipment pods

Weapons: Defensive flares, Particle-resistant shielding

AI/Support System: GeoNav-X

Crimson Reign

Assigned Ship: VSS Emberwake

Role: Heavy Combat Shuttle

Capacity: 10 crew, 2 drone bays

Weapons: Twin plasma turrets, missile rack, energy shields

AI/Support System: Combat AI — ‘ARGUS-9’

Hellstar

Assigned Ship: VSS Emberwake

Role: Heavy Combat Shuttle

Capacity: 10 crew, 2 drone bays

Weapons: Twin plasma turrets, missile rack, energy shields

AI/Support System: Combat AI — ‘ARGUS-9’

Star Reach

Assigned Ship: VSS Emberwake

Role: General Utility Shuttle

Capacity: 8 crew, 2 cargo pods

Weapons: Defensive flares, Particle-resistant shielding

AI/Support System: UtiliNav-X

Path Finder

Assigned Ship: VSS Emberwake

Role: Medical Shuttle

Capacity: 8 crew, 2 medpods

Weapons: Defensive flares, Particle-resistant shielding

AI/Support System: MedNav-X

Ship Leadership

Crew Roster

See Key Characters and Ship Leadership for command staff. Full manifest available on request.

Key Characters

Haseya Young

Ship: VSS Horizon Wraith | Gender: Female | Age: 47

Role: Captain

Ethnicity: Native American (Navajo)

AI Image Prompt: portrait, sci-fi, cinematic lighting, Native American (Navajo) female starship captain, late 40s, long black and grey hair, brown eyes, uniform with Navajo patterns, starship bridge background, wise and resolute

Nelson Perry

Ship: VSS Horizon Wraith | Gender: Male | Age: 32

Role: Scientist (Astrobiology)

Ethnicity: English

AI Image Prompt: portrait, sci-fi, astrobiologist, early 30s, English male, thoughtful, short brown hair, glasses, lab coat with mission patches, starship lab background, cinematic lighting

Naomi Adair

Ship: VSS Horizon Wraith | Gender: Female | Age: 27

Role: Investigator (Forensic Psychology)

Ethnicity: Native American (Cherokee)

AI Image Prompt: portrait, sci-fi, Native American (Cherokee) female, late 20s, sharp eyes, dark hair in a braid, investigator uniform, holding a datapad, starship corridor, cinematic lighting

DeAndre Austin

Ship: VSS Horizon Wraith | Gender: Male | Age: 28

Role: Librarian

Ethnicity: African American

AI Image Prompt: portrait, sci-fi, African American male, late 20s, librarian, neat beard, glasses, holding a digital tablet, surrounded by holographic books, starship library, cinematic lighting

Ana Silva

Ship: VSS Horizon Wraith | Gender: Female | Age: 25

Role: Linguist (Semiotics)

Ethnicity: Brazilian

AI Image Prompt: portrait, sci-fi, Brazilian female, mid-25s, linguist, curly dark hair, bright eyes, wearing a uniform with language patches, surrounded by floating alien glyphs, starship background, cinematic lighting

Alia Pond

Ship: VSS Emberwake | Gender: Female | Age: 49

Role: Captain

Ethnicity: Irish American

AI Image Prompt: portrait, sci-fi, Irish American female, late 40s, red hair with grey streak, captain's uniform, standing on a starship bridge, confident and wise, cinematic lighting

Kendrick Waya

Ship: VSS Emberwake | Gender: Male | Age: 28

Role: Security Officer (Security Management)

Ethnicity: African American and Cherokee

AI Image Prompt: portrait, sci-fi, African American and Cherokee male, late 20s, security officer, athletic build, tactical uniform, short hair, standing in a starship security bay, cinematic lighting

Doli Tsosie

Ship: VSS Emberwake | Gender: Female | Age: 35

Role: Linguist (Philology)

Ethnicity: Native American (Navajo)

AI Image Prompt: portrait, sci-fi, Native American (Navajo) female, mid-30s, linguist, long dark hair, traditional jewelry, uniform with philology insignia, surrounded by ancient texts, starship background, cinematic lighting

Lori Garcia

Ship: VSS Emberwake | Gender: Female | Age: 34

Role: Diplomat (International Relations)

Ethnicity: Filipino

AI Image Prompt: portrait, sci-fi, Filipino female, early 30s, diplomat, poised, wearing a formal uniform with diplomatic insignia, standing in a starship conference room, cinematic lighting

Brielle Clayton

Ship: VSS Emberwake | Gender: Female | Age: 52

Role: Security Officer

Ethnicity: European American

AI Image Prompt: portrait, sci-fi, cinematic lighting, detailed, strong female security officer, short silver-streaked brown hair, blue eyes, tactical uniform, starship background

HERA-X9

Ship: VSS Horizon Wraith

Role: AI

AI Image Prompt: futuristic AI avatar, glowing blue eyes, digital face, subtle circuitry, starship interface background, sci-fi, cinematic lighting

MILO-7

Ship: VSS Emberwake

Role: AI

AI Image Prompt: cheerful AI avatar, digital face, green and yellow highlights, friendly expression, starship diagnostics interface, sci-fi, cinematic lighting

Training Excerpt

Excerpts from Quantum Singularity Pulse Drive (QSPD) Training Manual that may be used in stories that involve Engine Emergencies:

📕 QSPD FAILURE SCENARIOS

NavOps Training Deck | Edition 4.3 | Section 4.1

"It’s not the speed that kills you—it’s the stop that wasn’t supposed to happen."

⚠️ 1. Containment Collapse

Symptoms:
- Bubble shimmer destabilization
- Alarms: “Containment Breach Imminent” or “Spatial Tension Overload”
- Deck lights flicker in wave-like pulses

Response:
- Immediately shut down Pulse Ring Actuators
- Vent auxiliary grav tanks into core chamber to re-stabilize
- Activate backup containment shell (burns 40% reserve)

Outcome:
If successful, you’ll drop into realspace within 12 seconds. If not, the ship may be atomically smeared across three parsecs.

⚠️ 2. Temporal Desync

Symptoms:
- Personal clocks show inconsistencies > 0.1 seconds
- Unusual déjà vu or "phantom double" phenomena reported
- Crew ages diverge during scan

Response:
- Initiate full Temporal Reset Protocol (TRP)
- Sync Core must lock to galactic standard time beacon
- Quarantine anyone with temporal bleeding symptoms (See MedOps Ch. 7)

Outcome:
Time-stable, but you’ll have to explain the log files to Command. Good luck with that.

⚠️ 3. Singularity Flareback

Symptoms:
- Core temperature spikes to redline in <3 seconds
- Magnetic rings emit harmonic keening (nicknamed “The Wail”)
- All non-organic systems lag 0.7 seconds behind interface

Response:
- Eject the singularity core (manual override required)
- Trigger EM Flush to sterilize chamber
- Helm: prep for hardspace burn and retreat

Outcome:
If you eject the core fast enough, you survive. You’ll drift, but you’ll still be a solid object, which beats becoming quantum dust.

🆘 QSPD EMERGENCY PROTOCOLS

NavOps Training Deck | Section 5.2

"In the event of a jump gone wrong: stay calm, follow your mnemonic, and trust the ship. Unless it’s on fire."

🚨 Protocol Q1: Hardspace Dump
- Trigger this when pulse-jump aborts mid-cycle
- Diverts remaining field energy into aft thrusters
- Causes severe g-force backlash—strap in or black out
Mnemonic: “Brace, Burn, Bleed Off”

🚨 Protocol Q2: Containment Override
- Activates internal stasis bubble (10m radius only)
- Not enough for full crew—triage must be instant
- AI locks override after 20 seconds
Mnemonic: “Shield the Minds, Save the Core”

🚨 Protocol Q3: Temporal Drift Net (TDN)
- Anchors ship’s time signature to last confirmed galactic time ping
- Use only if you suspect subjective time has warped aboard
- Can cause nausea, migraines, identity confusion (see MedOps)
Mnemonic: “Reel It In Before You Vanish Again”

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**📘 QSPD MAINTENANCE & EMERGENCY EXPANSION PROTOCOLS**
*NavOps Training Deck | Edition 4.3 | Section 5.9*

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### ⚙️ ENGINE SHUTDOWN PROTOCOLS

🔻 **Standard Shutdown (Cold Spiral Method)**
Use only during orbital standby or drydock transitions.

Steps:

1. Reduce singularity rotation to 0.1 RPM via Inertial Brake Actuator.
2. Collapse magnetic encasing rings incrementally over 60 seconds.
3. Bleed off quantum spin via inverse pulse cycling.
4. Engage cryogenic damping core.

**Note**: Improper cooldown can leave residual spacetime stress bubbles in the aft hull.

Mnemonic: *“Slow the Spin, Sink the Well, Seal the Field.”*

🔻 **Emergency Shutdown (QSPD Lockout Procedure)**
Used when containment appears stable but readings are anomalous.

Steps:

1. Trigger mag-field collapse manually.
2. Dump core heat into shield buffer (only if 60% reserve remains).
3. Cut NavComp link to Pulse Core—prevent recursive jump commands.

Outcome:
You may lose FTL capacity until refit, but mass integrity remains intact.

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### ❄️ COLD START INITIALIZATION

**WARNING**: Never perform a Cold Start within planetary orbit.

Steps:

1. Stabilize nav-vector alignment within 0.002 degrees.
2. Initialize micro-blackhole via Zero-Point Injector (ZPI).
3. Pulse magnetic rings in Fibonacci intervals: 1, 1, 2, 3, 5...
4. Await harmonic resonance—should sound like low humming.
5. Ramp to pulse readiness (≤ 5% of max) for first ignition.

**Signs of Error**:

* High-pitched oscillation = misaligned rings.
* Ice crystal fog = grav coolant failure. Abort immediately.

Mnemonic: *“Spin, Sync, Sing, Sustain.”*

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### 🛠️ PART FAILURE RESPONSE

🔩 **Magnetic Ring Fracture**

Symptoms:

- Irregular pulse feedback
- Audible snapping or “shriek”
- Core drift in stabilizer readings

Response:

- Reduce drive load below 20%
- Deploy auto-weld drones if in-stock
- Flag sector with quantum buoy; DO NOT JUMP until repair

🔧 **Grav Tank Valve Seizure**

Symptoms:

- Irregular containment bubble distortion
- Minor deck hum fluctuating with footsteps

Response:

- Manually override tank flow to secondary
- Reduce spin until full valve clearance
- Replace during next drydock or suffer “shrinking corridor syndrome” (crew nickname)

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### 🧭 TUNING & OPTIMIZATION

🔸 **Pulse Curve Adjustment**

Procedure:

- Use QSPD Diagnostic Console to compare harmonic index vs. realspace velocity drift
- Ideal offset = 0.00012 delta-ticks
- Use micro-torque tools to re-align ring pitch to 12.7 microradians

🔸 **Singularity Centering**

Issue: Blackhole orbit drifts inside containment.

Fix:

- Deploy nano-magnetic spikes into core chamber
- Calibrate with cross-pattern pulses to re-center singularity
- Final check: ensure shadow field symmetry across all six axes

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### 🔥 FINAL RULE: IF IT SCREAMS, IT'S TOO LATE

If you hear the singularity sing in more than one voice—get to the pods.

        

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