Destiny's Son

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Mission Info

Status Current Mission
Description

When former Starfleet captain Treon Brevor—now captain of the civilian freighter SS Starburst—learns that her old home, the USS Destiny-A, is docking at Starbase 369, she expects nothing more than a distant reminder of a life she left behind. Instead, the ship brings someone she never thought she would see again: Rear Admiral Josua Frost, her former commanding officer, now retired from active duty and operating in a gray space between Starfleet service and personal obligation.

Frost arrives with a request Starfleet cannot make publicly:
a quiet, off-the-record investigation into a Prime Directive breach involving a missing officer, John Piper, who vanished over fifteen years ago. New evidence places him living openly on a pre-warp world, potentially influencing its culture and government. A Starfleet extraction team would draw attention—and could destabilize the entire planet. Frost needs someone who knows Piper, who understands discretion, and who Starfleet no longer owns.

Treon reluctantly agrees, knowing the risks this brings to her small civilian crew—already wary of Starfleet and carrying scars from the Federation’s past failures. Tensions flare, loyalties fracture, and long-buried history resurfaces as the Starburst prepares to depart on a mission that is part rescue, part reckoning, and deeply personal for all involved.

Destiny’s Son is a story of rediscovered bonds, old betrayals, and the weight of a past that refuses to stay buried. It is a mission where Starfleet cannot act—so the people once shaped by it must.
Start Date Sun Oct 26th, 2025 @ 4:30pm

Mission Summary

The plot opens aboard the damaged SS Starburst, where Treon Brevor is struggling to keep her civilian relief ship operational. A warp-core failure forces her to cancel shipments, jeopardizing the humanitarian runs her crew relies on. As repairs stretch on, she learns that the USS Destiny-A—her former command—will be docking at Starbase 369. Though she expects only old memories, the ship’s arrival brings something far more disruptive.

Rear Admiral Josua Frost, former captain of the Destiny and Treon’s long-time colleague, arrives on the station after turning over command of his ship. Unmoored by retirement, Frost grapples with purpose until fresh intelligence surfaces: John Piper, an officer and friend from their early service, has been located alive on a pre-warp planet after fifteen years missing. His presence there constitutes a potential Prime Directive crisis—one Starfleet wants handled quietly, before it escalates into something unmanageable.

Frost traces Treon through station records and finds her in a cargo corridor on 369. Their reunion rekindles a connection defined by years of shared command and unspoken trust. Over lunch, Frost reveals the mission: a discreet investigation and possible extraction of Piper before Starfleet intervenes publicly. Treon refuses to rejoin Starfleet, but agrees to help—as a civilian, and on her terms.

To execute the mission, Treon brings Frost aboard the Starburst. Her small crew—Jaro Venn (engineer), Lerik Thavan (navigator), and Marken Holt (operations)—quickly sense the shift. When Frost and Treon brief them, explaining the Prime Directive risk and Piper’s involvement, reactions split sharply. Marken, who carries deep grief and resentment from Starfleet’s failures during the Dominion War, refuses to take part and walks off the ship. Lerik, torn between loyalty to Marken and Treon, wrestles with the decision before ultimately remaining with the Starburst. Venn, steady as always, pledges his support.

Meanwhile, Treon’s sister Deirdre confronts her over the mission, fearing Starfleet entanglements and the attention it could draw to their work. Their argument leads to a rare moment of vulnerability between them—Treon admitting her need to help an old friend, Deirdre revealing her fear of losing the life they’ve built. The evening ends with a cautious peace, shared drinks, and the crew slowly reconvening in the lounge.

As the Starburst prepares to depart, Frost confronts his own fractures—guilt over Piper, the unfinished threads of his Starfleet career, and the subtle tension his presence creates aboard a ship run by people harmed by the institution he served. Even so, Treon and Frost find themselves falling back into an old rhythm: quiet understanding, shared purpose, and the unspoken recognition that this mission is a crossroads for both.

With the warp core nearly repaired, the rift over Marken’s departure still fresh, and the shadow of a possible Prime Directive breach hanging over everything, the Starburst sets its course toward an uncertain future—chasing the truth of what happened to John Piper, and what that truth may cost.