Simulator Operation
The Star Trek Service Record Simulator is a turn-based role-playing game which allows players to join Starfleet and choose any career path they wish. Players may direct the career of their character (either good or bad) as the game progresses. Throughout a character's career, a service record is generated which may be accessed at any time through this website.
Each turn in the service record simulator is one month of time in the Star Trek universe. The simulator operates from January 2135 through December 2405 and is divided into two sections, a "Pre-Game" and a "Simulator Game". The Simulator Game operates in tandem with a corresponding game of the space empire simulator Stellaris, through use of the Star Trek New Horizons Mod's "Alpha/Beta Quadrant" Standard Map.
Pre-Game (2135 - 2149)
The pre-game of the simulator covers the period of time encompassing the initial formation of Starfleet and its expansion in the 2130s and 40s, just prior to the events seen in the pilot episode of the series Star Trek Enterprise.
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During the pre-game, the game master (the website administrator) will form Starfleet to the point as seen in the series Star Trek Enterprise. Unlike the later Simulator Game, there is no corresponding game of Stellaris during this pre-game period; however, players may create characters as soon as Starfleet is founded; the founding of Starfleet officially begins the simulator at Turn #1. A "Turn Zero" also exists, during which no characters may be created, while the initial legislation is created which originally forms Starfleet.
The Pre-Game period covers the evolution of the NX Project and the early years of Starfleet
Players creating characters during this period will have the opportunity to witness an exciting period of early Starfleet history which has been sparsely covered in live action productions.
Simulator Game (2150 - 2405)
During the Simulator Game, players may serve on a variety of Starships and with most historical characters from the Star Trek universe.
The Simulator Game encompasses the entire breadth of Starfleet history as seen throughout the various television series and movies. Players creating characters during the simulator game will have the opportunity to serve with historical Star Trek characters and witness a wide variety of events in the Star Trek universe.
​Characters are further encouraged to have lineages of several characters across different eras, such as the children of previous simulator characters or new unrelated characters (players may use the creator creation feature as many times as they wish).
​The Simulator Game runs in tandem with an active session of the video game Stellaris, in turn using the Star Trek New Horizons mod. It is from the Stellaris game that all events, starships, conflicts, and other occurrences in the simulator are drawn.
Canon Status
The Star Trek Service Record Simulator is a semi-canon representation of the Star Trek universe as portrayed in television series and movies. Historical Star Trek characters and ships will often appear in the simulator, allowing players to serve side by side with both characters appearing in the Star Trek franchise as well as other characters of the simulator role players.
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The corresponding Stellaris game is set as closely as possible to Star Trek canon, with all canon features activated and historical conflict events enabled in the Stellaris base game.
The fate of canon characters may differ in the simulator game
Records not Covered
However, due to the random nature of the game in Stellaris, some events, conflicts, and the lives of historical characters may differ from canon depending upon the course of the supporting game in Stellaris.
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The following types of records have been stated to exist in the Star Trek universe, but are not represented in the Star Trek Service Record Simulator.
​Section 31
The covert Starfleet agency known as Section 31 has a complicated history throughout the Star Trek universe. First introduced as a shadow intelligence group in Star Trek: Deep Space Nine, Section 31 was later retconned in Star Trek Discovery as an open branch of Starfleet Intelligence, complete with uniforms, insignia, and a headquarters facility.
Due to the contradictory nature of Section 31 across the various television series, as well as the obvious convert and mostly unknown nature of the organization's functions, characters in the Star Trek Service Record Simulator are unable to join Section 31 nor are any records generated for service in this organization.
​Starfleet Reserve Records
Beginning with Leonard McCoy's protestations of the "Reserve Activation Clause" in Star Trek: The Motion Picture, to the recent revelation of Captain Riker serving as a Starfleet reservist in Star Trek Picard, the existence of a reserve component of Starfleet has all but been confirmed. In the actual United States armed forces, reserve records are divided into two categories known as "Ready Reserve" and "Inactive Reserve", with inactive reservists being the most common. Inactive reservists are those service members who have completed a standard tour of active duty and remain on inactive military status for a small number of additional years until final discharge from the military.
"In simpler language...
They drafted me!"
​​​Ready Reservists are those military service members who participate in military exercises known as "weekend drills" and typically also perform training for two weeks each year.
In more recent years it has also become far more common for Ready Reservists to be recalled to active duty and deploy to various military theaters around the world in support of ongoing operations.
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​Reserve records can become quite complex and lengthy, depending upon how much training a reservist undertakes and whether or not they are recalled to active duty. Since the Starfleet Reserve is most likely similar, attempting to maintain reserve records for characters would be too distracting from the primary Star Trek Service Record Simulator. Therefore, characters in the simulator may retire or be discharged at the end of their Starfleet career but may not join the Starfleet Reserve.
​Starfleet Medical Records​
Military medical records are a subset of a personnel file which contain a vast array of forms to cover routine medical care (known as outpatient records), visits to a military hospital (inpatient records), and dental care. Within Starfleet, the various television series and movies have clearly stated that Starfleet medical records do exist and are typically independently maintained by the local Chief Medical Officer.​
​Due to the large number of medical forms which would naturally exist, and the time commitment to create and track individual medical records, these files are not maintained in the Star Trek Service Record Simulator.
Terms of Service
By using this website, you assume all responsibility and risk with respect to your use of our website, which is provided “as is” without warranties, representations or conditions of any kind, either express or implied, with regard to information accessed from or via our website.
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Character profiles created on this website are considered the property of the website administrator and may be altered, modified, or deleted at any time by the website administrator.
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Communications on this website, including all chat features, must conform to internet communication regulations and may not contain any material which is unlawful, deceptive, harmful, spam, obscene, or contains threats of any kind.
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Players are expected to submit legitimate messages to the website administrator regarding the careers of their characters in the spirit of the simulator. Nonsensical and "joke" messages will be ignored. Submitting requests for characters which are not possible within the framework of the simulator will likewise be ignored.
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Character profiles which are abandoned by players, or for those players which have been removed from this website for violation of terms of service, will be assumed by the website administrator.
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