Pathfinder Project

Distant Shores is fantastic, and one of the big inspirations for this book

Settling in for a quiet Sunday evening?

Why not brew yourself a cup of tea and sit down with No Longer Alone - Chapter 4 - Project Pathfinder!

Available now on our website: pathfinderproject.website/no-longer-al...

Or in PDF format via the @tranquilitypress.bsky.social Discord.

#StarTrek

Happy 25th Anniversary to #StarTrekVoyager Elite Force!

Here is a sneak peak from an upcoming chapter:

"< A Lightyear from Earth"

Jeri Taylor was remembered in the In Memorium tribute of this evening's Emmy Awards.

Coming Soon

A digital painting of the starship USS Defiant, trailing pink, blue, and white trails of light behind it.

A digital painting of the starship USS Discovery-A, in a purple nebula lit by a yellow star.

A digital painting of the USS Enterprise-D, as seen from above. Rainbow colored streaks of light surround the ship as it travels at warp speeds.

A digital painting of the starship USS Voyager, seen from above and below. The ship is in orbit of a purple, orange, and white planet, its atmosphere filled by swirling clouds and storms.

Today is Star Trek Day, so I feel like some (pretty gay) Star Trek art is in order

Voyager, Voyager

its monday lcars day - is that a thing? Lets make it a thing. Here's some LCARS ive created for @pathfinder-project.bsky.social and @wolf359project.bsky.social #startrek #lcars

oh by the way both projects are run by awesome folk

We drew inspiration (as we thought the family member might have) from the art depicting the Titanic sinking that has been created over the years.

This is a real favourite of my commissions from @steillustrates.bsky.social

The concept here was to have a piece of artwork that was created by a family member of the Voyager crew after they had gone missing in the Badlands. With this relative obviously fearing the worst!

Illustration painting of the USS Voyager sinking into the badlands - lifeboats desperately try and escape to no avail - lighting from the plama storms destroys them

Sharing another image for @pathfinder-project.bsky.social that i illustrated - The Voyager sinking into the badlands! IF you want to know more you'll have to follow pathfinder - exciting project coming soon! #startrekvoyager

Beautiful artwork from @steillustrates.bsky.social to feature in our final book!

A little sneak peek of a voyager piece I’m working on #startrekvoyager #illustration

While new content is still being written. Our long suffering site has some updates!

On top of a complete backend revamp:

- Previous and next chapter nav on the chapters page

- Previous and next article nav in articles

- A new readability mode in articles!

pathfinderproject.website

Happy First Contact day!

To mark the occasion we’ve released our latest and largest chapter ‘Lost in the Badlands’. Featuring a contribution from @seanferrick.bsky.social!

Now live:

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Join the conversation on the @tranquilitypress.bsky.social discord!

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Especially @andy3e.bsky.social for always being willing to act as a soundboard, offer advice and generally put up with me.

This chapter, named ‘The Maquis Conflict’ features an appearance from @starfleethist.bsky.social!

We dedicate this chapter to Jeri Taylor. We drew a lot of inspiration and character backstory facts from her book ‘Pathways’.

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On this day 30 years ago the Star Trek Voyager pilot ‘Caretaker’ was broadcast for the first time.

To celebrate, myself ( @jamesamey.bsky.social ) and @captainjeremiah.bsky.social are happy to announce the release of the (draft) second chapter of No Longer Alone.

Now live on our site! Link in 🧵

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Action Report _________________________________________________________________________________________________________ Commander Starfleet Stardate:48655.2 From: ENTERPRISE COMMANDING OFFICER J.L PICARD To: The Commander-in-Chief, Starfleet. Via: Commander-in-Chief, Exploratory Command. Subject - ACTION REPORT-USS ENTERPRISE (NCC-1701-D) IN ORBIT VERIDIAN III – INCLUDING CIRCUMSTANCES OF THE RESULTANT LOSS OF THE SHIP Part I This action report has been compiled to document the series of events leading to the destruction of USS Enterprise. The sequence of events began with the investigation of the Amargosa Observatory and culminated in the crash landing of the Enterprise saucer section on Veridian III.

GENERAL NARRATIVE On Stardate 48632.4, ENTERPRISE responded to a distress call originating from the AMARGOSA OBSERVATORY, a Federation scientific outpost in the Amargosa system. The observatory reported an attack by an unidentified vessel. Starfleet Command directed ENTERPRISE to investigate the situation, secure the facility, and assist any survivors. Upon arrival, ENTERPRISE found the observatory in a state of severe damage, with primary systems offline and no immediate signs of the attackers. An away team, led by Commander RIKER, was dispatched to the station. The team discovered several survivors and initiated repairs to the station’s systems to recover critical data. Among the survivors was Dr. Tolian SORAN, an El-Aurian scientist who exhibited unusual behavior, displaying extreme urgency unrelated to the recent attack. Lieutenant Commander DATA retrieved logs indicating that SORAN had been conducting unauthorized experiments involving trilithium, a compound capable of disrupting stellar fusion. Upon this discovery SORAN launched the stellar probe at the AMARGOSA star, triggering a quantum implosion in the star triggering a collapse along with a level 12 shockwave, Commander RIKER and away team was dispatched to apprehend SORAN and retrieve personnel on the station During the away team’s efforts to confront SORAN a firefight broke out, SORAN took CHIEF ENGINEER GEORDI LAFORGE hostage and escaped aboard a KLINGON vessel. Despite efforts to stop him, SORAN successfully transported off the station with LAFORGE, leaving the away team to return to the ENTERPRISE with critical data but unable to prevent SORAN’s escape or the destruction of the AMARGOSA Star.

Given the destructive potential of the trilithium and SORAN’s actions, it was imperative to pursue and intercept him. STARFLEET Intelligence provided background on SORAN, noting his obsession with the NEXUS, a spatial phenomenon capable of manipulating space-time. It was concluded that SORAN intended to use the trilithium to alter the course of the NEXUS, potentially threatening entire star systems. The intelligence briefing highlighted SORAN’s history as one of the few survivors of the NEXUS event that destroyed the EL-AURIAN homeworld. His obsession with re-entering the NEXUS suggested that he might be willing to take extreme measures, including the destruction of inhabited star systems, to achieve his goal. ENTERPRISE tracked the KLINGON BIRD-OF-PREY to the VERIDIAN system, specifically VERIDIAN III, where sensors detected SORAN’s activities on the planet’s surface. Analysis revealed that SORAN intended to destroy the VERIDIAN star to alter the NEXUS’s path, which would result in the obliteration of the VERIDIAN system, including the heavily populated VERIDIAN IV. I negotiated temporary passage to the surface of VERIDIAN III via the KLINGON vessel, offering myself as a hostage in exchange for LAFORGE and the opportunity to confront SORAN. Commander RIKER remained in command of ENTERPRISE. On the planet, I engaged SORAN at his makeshift launch facility, where he had already positioned a trilithium probe.

Part II SPACE ENGAGEMENT WITH KLINGON D-12 Chief Engineer LAFORGE was cleared to return to duty following medical examination by CMO CRUSHER and he resumed his duties in Engineering, Unbeknownst to LAFORGE or any other personnel the DURAS’ Sisters had installed a subspace quantum nanite transceiver into the VISOR apparatus LAFORGE uses to see, this allowed them secure real time transmission of data from the VISOR to their D-12 that was largely undetectable to ships sensors or security. Through the VISOR the DURAS were able to learn the shield modulation frequencies The DURAS sisters, known for their expertise in cyber warfare, had exploited the ship's compromised shield modulation frequencies, allowing them to conduct a sophisticated cyber attack against the ENTERPRISE’s computer systems. This attack crippled the ENTERPRISE’s ability to respond effectively, causing widespread system failures, including critical safety systems designed to prevent hull breaches and automatically enable defenses in the event of an attack. As the attack progressed, vital systems such as the warp core stabilizers, inertial dampeners, and emergency force fields were compromised. The ENTERPRISE was rendered vulnerable, unable to perform even basic tactical maneuvers or mount an effective defense. The DURAS sisters' cyber assault left the ENTERPRISE essentially defenseless and led to catastrophic failures throughout the ship as the crew struggled to overcome, personnel had to form manual relays and man secondary and tertiary backups to engage weapon systems and load torpedoes manually. Through quick thinking and a tactical exploit discovered by Lieutenant Commander DATA, the ENTERPRISE managed to deliver a decisive strike that destroyed the KLINGON vessel. However, the damage to the ENTERPRISE was already beyond repair.

Today is the 30th anniversary of #StarTrekGenerations and while we can all agree its not the best of the TNG films, it was the first and will always hold a special place in our hearts. To celebrate here is a sneak peek at a project we are currently working on: "The Great Bird of the Galaxy" 1/4

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How I arrived at Bluesky

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With apologies to @captainjeremiah.bsky.social for not tagging his account in the initial announcement

The images are very much placeholders, and there's some parts still needing final polish, including the site. But we wanted to get this first taste of Pathfinder Project out to you.

Please join us over on the @tranquilitypress.bsky.social discord, where we'd love to hear what you think!

Lowering the filter band by .3 kilohertz

Bluesky, do you hear us?

This is @jamesamey.bsky.social and Jeremiah Brown. Authors of Pathfinder Project.

We're happy to announce that our site is now live, with our prelude and first chapter for you to read!

pathfinderproject.website

Thank you for everything, Jeri Taylor

There was no Project Pathfinder... Officially.

There were 50+ based in the Starfleet Communications Building alone, then more officers stationed off Earth working on projects such as the Midas Array development and then maintenance.