Welcome to the USS Montana!
Welcome to the Federation Starship USS Montana NCC-1889
A member of the Independence Fleet.
A member of the Independence Fleet.
We are a semi-canon based sim, having commenced our voyages in 2289, approximately two years after the events of the movie Star Trek IV: The Voyage Home with some modifications to the continuity.
We are now six months after the events of Star Trek VI: The Undiscovered Country, which is set in 2293. Thus the Federation and Starfleet are still expanding and the period of great exploration is underway. Are the Klingons we meet now friendly and trustworthy, or are they still dangerous and aggressive antagonists...
Key deviations from canon in our alternate timeline include:
1. StarTrek: The Motion Picture never happened but Captain James T Kirk completed a second five year mission and was promoted to Admiral;
2. The events in the other movies occurred as shown on screen:
Star Trek II: The Wrath of Khan
Star Trek III: The Search for Spock
Star Trek IV: The Voyage Home
Star Trek V: The Final Frontier
3. At the end Star Trek VI: The Undiscovered Country, James T. Kirk is demoted from Admiral to Commodore. He and the Enterprise were sent off on a third and final five year mission.
Sulu left the ship and was promoted to Captain of the Excelsior.
4. For us the future is open and unknown...
Awards:

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The USS Montana is a proud member of Independence Fleet
Latest News Items
» IDF's 20th Anniversary
Posted on Sun Jul 4th, 2021 @ 9:21am by Admiral Charles Star in General News
Independence Fleet:
Thank you to everyone for the incredible journey we've been on these last 20 years. It simply can't be put into words. However, we've still tried, and we hope you enjoy this content:
20th Anniversary Message & Almanac
2021 Hall of Fame Inductees
Awards… For Monthly Awards!
Trivia Day Results
Here's to many more years!
Admiral Charles Star
» Awards
Posted on Wed Jun 30th, 2021 @ 9:31pm by Captain Emmalyn Marcus in General News
The following crew members have received the following awards.
Lieutenant Stuart Mann.
Quality post.
The arrival.
Lieutenant Angelus De'luvia.
Most Improved
For Guiding the CO both in character and out.
Keep up the good work crew. More Awards are yet to follow
» The Roll Call News Item
Posted on Sun Jan 24th, 2021 @ 8:26am by Captain RS Harrison in General News
Please go to the News and find the recently edited "Roll Call" item and post like I asked.
Thank you.
This link may take you there I hope.
https://montana.idfleet.com/index.php/main/viewnews/18
» Wiki updates with schematics and maps
Posted on Wed Jan 13th, 2021 @ 1:38pm by Captain RS Harrison in Website Update
I’ve made some wiki page updates primarily regarding phasers and communicators and track orders which results in four pieces of equipment that make it redesigned in the game.
I’ve also posted the deck plans in the map as a wiki page for reference without a better option I think will adopt those soon.
Similarly I have posted a link to a map of Federation space.
I also think there’s one other wiki page update but good night.
» Congratulations Mr. Ryson
Posted on Sun Jan 10th, 2021 @ 10:20am by Captain RS Harrison in Sim Announcement
I messaged Mr. Ryson privately but I thought I'd make a News item.
Mr. Ryson's post is Great. It is just about exactly what I asked for (I'm not looking) but I just read it and I was very please with what he turned in.
Congratulations, Mr. Ryson and thank you.
Feel free to post again while we wait for me to nudge us out of Spacedock. I think I mentioned everyone can make multiple posts like this so go ahead everyone.
Ryson put up a good example.
Anyone can contact me with questions but my schedule is weird and I may not reply quickly.
Thanks again.
P.S. I've read some other stuff that isn't published but since this is published and you can all see it I wanted to congratulate him in public. I've gotten a few questions and samples from players who clearly did not read my initial instructions and I was worried that I had not been clear but I'm satisfied now that I was not too vague in my assignment regarding the first post and that is partly why I'm making this public comment. That and Ryson's post was also enjoyable as noted. And... we're off!
Latest Mission Posts
» Underway Again
Mission: Home Sweet home.
Posted on Wed Nov 29th, 2023 @ 5:52pm by Commander Michael Murphy & Captain Jackson Adams & Lieutenant Steve Ryan & Lieutenant Katja Becker & Lieutenant Kestra Ral & Lieutenant JG Aubrie Fox & Petty Officer 3rd Class Valentia Ferrón & Lieutenant JG Charlie Dubois
ON:
The time at earth had flown by and now the Ship had new instructions. All the crew was onboard as the Captain walked onto the ship from the Space Dock. He shook the Admiral's hand as he was ready to leave.
"Be safe Captain and bring your ship home.…
» Delivery
Mission: Home Sweet home.
Posted on Wed Nov 22nd, 2023 @ 2:48am by Lieutenant Kestra Ral
On:
[USS Montana, Science lab]
Kestra had just dropped a mouse into Harry's container when someone cleared their throat. "Is there a 'My Lady Kestra Ral' in this department?"
Kestra turned with a slight frown on her face. "I am Kestra Ral, but....." she walked over to see what was…
» Back in the lab.
Mission: Home Sweet home.
Posted on Mon Nov 6th, 2023 @ 10:44pm by Lieutenant Kestra Ral
On:
[USS Montana, Science lab]
Kestra came in and set at a desk. Then, she leaned her head back on the chair as she closed her eye.
Wilson came in smiling “oh no, you look in pain. What happened?”
Kestra opened one eye “Let’s just say I did a darn…
» The morning after
Mission: Home Sweet home.
Posted on Sun Nov 5th, 2023 @ 3:31pm by Lieutenant Kestra Ral
ON:
[Spacedock]
Kestra rolled over with a soft moan. Katja and the Captain could put the drinks away. Normally, she was pretty careful with how much she drank. Being a telepath, you learned early control, but the bartender started making Andorian Sunsets a weakness of hers. She had only had…
» A Night Off
Mission: Home Sweet home.
Posted on Sat Nov 4th, 2023 @ 7:00pm by Commander Michael Murphy & Captain Jackson Adams & Lieutenant Katja Becker & Lieutenant Kestra Ral
Captain Adams came into the bar and sat down. He had invited everyone on the ship to join him at 1900 hours. Here it was, 1907 and no one was there. Were they too busy with family to come, or did they just forget?
Jackson was in his civilian clothes.…
Latest Personal Logs
» So Long, Babel
Posted on Thu Sep 21st, 2023 @ 3:23pm by Commander Michael Murphy
Executive Officer's personal log.
Our "routine" visit to Babel was anything but. The crew performed admirably under less than ideal conditions. I'll formally recognize several crew members, including Ensign Odonnel and Lieutenant Mitchell. Lieutenant Ryan, on the other hand, showed exemplary ability on this mission. Often operating unsupervised, he was…
» Alles hat ein Ende...
Posted on Tue Sep 19th, 2023 @ 3:54pm by Lieutenant Katja Becker
Katja looked at the scrolling data on her screen and a temporary sense of terror raced through her. After years of grueling education and training…this was it. The culmination of a lifetime’s worth of dreams and suddenly it was here…real. What was she going to do? She wasn’t ready! She…
» Back Onboard
Posted on Mon Sep 18th, 2023 @ 10:50am by Lieutenant Steve Ryan
Well, we're finally back onboard the USS Montana.
My experience as a "Captain" had been short but quite eventful. An alien damaged vessel, a reduced crew made mostly of engineers, unknown technology to repair and fix and, in between all that, someone threatening to blow us to pieces, as if…
» Problems on Babel
Posted on Thu Jul 6th, 2023 @ 2:05pm by Commander Michael Murphy
First Officer's Personal Log. Plex and his people have come to us for assistance. Something feels...off. They haven't volunteered why two of their people have been sentenced to death, and they seem unwilling to leave a planet they're calling home...even though it's not their original home. It could be nothing.…
» Last night's party
Posted on Thu May 11th, 2023 @ 2:30pm by Commander Michael Murphy
Executive Officer's personal log.
Last night was the social gathering at The Twelve. I definitely stayed later than I should have. I'm assuming I'll see others look as bad or worse than me. At least I didn't drink, and had the sense to leave before the proverbial sunup. We might…