"The Organian Peace Treaty was not written by an Organian, cannot be described as a Treaty and certainly does nothing to promote "Peace". Its main purpose appears to have been to keep us kids from playing the war game on the old folk's front lawn." - Admiral Harry Morrow, 2275

"What are Sarek's politics? Simple. If you're Vulcan, he's a dangerous radical. If you're a Charterite, he's a simpering moderate. If you're an Archerite, he's a meddlesome interventionist. If you're a Unionist, he's a damned Sevrinite pacifist. And if you're Wescott, he's a bloody nuisance."

Where to Start with The Edge of Midnight? The Edge of Midnight is a history of the Federation-Klingon Cold War, covering galactic history between 2256 and 2293 from the perspective of the United Federation of Planets and the Klingon Empire.

THE EDGE OF MIDNIGHT is more than a story of Starships and Armies. It is a history of the battle between democracy and autocracy; between the hope of a true utopia and the fear of destruction; and of the struggles of the augment, the colonist and the reformer on both sides of the Disputed Area.

"The Deep Space Fleet". Advance Striking Force (Krenik) over Mastocal, Summer 2266. The Advance Striking Force represented the vanguard of the Klingon Naval Fronts: composed of a mix of battleships, cruisers and destroyers,its role was to eliminate minor opposition ahead of the battle line.

"Son of the Empire" - Unknown Propaganda Artist, 2266 This iconic portrait, completed in a neo-terran realist style, is symbolic of the ideals of the New Klingon Warrior of the 2260s. He carries the Imperial banner forward, armed with the weapons of the past (the blade) and the future (the rifle.)

The first time Peter Toussaint saw a D7 Battlecruiser was in December 2257, when it tried to kill him. The Remastered edition of The Edge of Midnight Book 1: The Business of Risk. Coming soon to @tranquilitypress.bsky.social

ONE DAY IN A VERY LONG DOMINION WAR: WINNER'S ANNOUNCEMENT With 31 final entries of exceedingly high quality, it has been a challenge for our judges to deliver a result: however, their submissions our in an we can announce our winners!

"Christmas? What am I, a Jesuit?" - Lorna McClaren, 2270

"‘What’s it to be? Live in pity and sorrow on the farm? Or are you going to be a man?’ The boy, without looking down, tipped the coin with his thumb, and became a man.” Read more about The Casting Asunder, the epic novel of the Imperial Klingon Army, on The Edge of Midnight website

Zym, son of T'ai, 2269. Zym - State Advisor, Warden of the First City and Treasurer to Chancellors L'Rell, Sturka and Kesh - was the intellectual power behind the Sturkan period of Governance, even if he opposed many of it's most notorious acts.

i simply write off any left winger who exploits this dynamic as someone more interested in their own advancement than society's

"Son of the Empire" - Unknown Propaganda Artist, 2266 This iconic portrait, completed in a neo-terran realist style, is symbolic of the ideals of the New Klingon Warrior of the 2260s. He carries the Imperial banner forward, armed with the weapons of the past (the blade) and the future (the rifle.)

Very nice writeup from @goldwagnathan.bsky.social about @intheraptorsclaws.bsky.social, one of @tranquilitypress.bsky.social's fantastic supported projects - if you enjoy @eomproject.bsky.social you should absolutely be reading In The Raptor's Claws too!

“One must imagine the Federation Diplomatic Corps happy.” – Verna Parnell CHAPTER 22: FANTASISTS AND REALISTS - Is available now.

"90% of conversations with a Federation Ambassador will leave you wondering if T'Kuvma had the right idea." - Lorna McClaren Federation and Empire prepare for the worst: one striving for peace, the other for survival. CHAPTER 11 OF THE EDGE OF MIDNIGHT: THE ARSENAL OF FREEDOM IS AVAILABLE NOW

“One must imagine the Federation Diplomatic Corps happy.” – Verna Parnell CHAPTER 22: FANTASISTS AND REALISTS - Is available now.

"One of these days, ALLANGTRANS will finally tell us what whether the Klingon 'Forward Assault Division' is a formation or a religious ritual." Admiral James Komack. A brief interlude on the organisation of the Federation and Klingon Armed Forces in 2265. edgeofmidnight.weebly.com/interlude.html

All set up ready for Warfare!

"The Deep Space Fleet". Advance Striking Force (Krenik) over Mastocal, Summer 2266. The Advance Striking Force represented the vanguard of the Klingon Naval Fronts: composed of a mix of battleships, cruisers and destroyers,its role was to eliminate minor opposition ahead of the battle line.

In President sh’Rothress' day, the institution that had once boasted as many as thirteen committees had been whittled down to nine. These were Foreign Affairs, Defense, Commerce, Interplanetary Affairs, Science, Standards, Education, Justice, and Membership. 🎨 credit: @crowlls.bsky.social

"It is hard to reconcile the Klingon Empire of Gallant Opera, honour codes and Bloodwine with the cold, sober and arbitrary violence of the Sturkan Regime. And yet, both are borne from the same fruit." - Siobhan Tilly

Skygowan, despite lying at the far edge of explored space in the 2260s, still saw an attempt at both Federation and Klingon political infiltration during this period. Neither party saw much success due to an inability to engage with with the planet's theocratic political culture.

TRIUMPH AND TRAGEDY: The Wescott Era, 2262-2268

"Rendezvous in the Federation Phalanx" - advertisement by Vickers-Armstrong, 2261. Despite the end of monetary capitalism, non-state engineering companies - closer to cooperatives than their pre-modern namesakes - still played a vital role in Starfleet contracting and construction.

"IF WAR SHOULD COME" Information Pamphlet, 2266-67.

"90% of conversations with a Federation Ambassador will leave you wondering if T'Kuvma had the right idea." - Lorna McClaren Federation and Empire prepare for the worst: one striving for peace, the other for survival. CHAPTER 11 OF THE EDGE OF MIDNIGHT: THE ARSENAL OF FREEDOM IS AVAILABLE NOW

Admiral Pasalk, 2261. Pasalk would retire as head of the Judicial Office in late 2261, citing health concerns. Leaked correspondence in 2263 revealed that he was asked to resign by the JAG after multiple concerns about pro-Vulcan bias were verified through trial records.

D9 "Pocket Battleships", 2261. Designed in the late 2250s, the D9 was a failed attempt by the Imperial Navy to create a independent raider capable of outgunning Starfleet capital ships. It would later find a role as a supporting vessel in the battle line alongside the B1, B2 and B10 battleships.

"Conn, Sonar. Crazy Kor!"

"We won't break the Klingons because we have better ships and bolder captains. We don't. We'll beat them because we strike fair deals and keep the trade lanes open, and they don't." - Nilz Baris, 2275.

Erica Barreuco, 16th President of the United Federation of Planets (2254-58). Sometimes consider the "last of the Archerites", Barreuco's strong position on infrastructure expansion and internal trade reform was wiped out by her poor leadership during and after the 2256-57 Klingon War.

A rural Klingon is being shown around the first city by his brother, who is trying to impress him with his wealth. First, they go to the chief market, where the city brother buys the finest clothes for his nephews and nieces. The rural brother is unmoved. "How will they wear this in the fields?"

USS Singapore firing a warning shot, Summer 2262. The Qingdao class 'fast cruisers' were a pre-war class of patrol ships, ostensibly designed to replace the Pioneer with Tactical Command. Fifteen were built between 2254 and 2263.

M'Talas Prime - a corruption of the old Orion name, Ma'talk Elas - is a last vestige of the Orion Empire. The former "treaty port" stood at the boundary between Orion territory and the Vegan Tyranny; by the 23rd century, however, it slumped into uncomfortable but profitable neutrality.

just me manifesting TOS Nebula

The Gorn Demarcation Line, 2261. The Parnassus Crisis (April-mAy 2261) was the last time a 1st Fleet Officer (Admiral Robert April) led a task force in the field.

The only visible member of the Draylaxi still at the conference, Thimur Wross, sat in mourning for the first day after her death, but then returned on the 19th. “Were she here, you all know she’d tell me to cry when I’m dead. There’s work to be done.” - Thimur Wross

Elements of Starfleet's 1st Fleet assemble for the Centennial Fleet Review, August 9th 2261. Visible Here are the Nimitz Class USS Hawkins, Bellephron Class USS Sukran, Larson (I) class USS Threllvia & Gortash mer Vora, Hermes Class Henry Archer and other scouts assigned to the Home Fleet.

"One of these days, ALLANGTRANS will finally tell us what whether the Klingon 'Forward Assault Division' is a formation or a religious ritual." Admiral James Komack. A brief interlude on the organisation of the Federation and Klingon Armed Forces in 2265. edgeofmidnight.weebly.com/interlude.html

Though the original Ventura design dates back to the late 2230s, various mid-life refits in the late 40s and early 50s allowed the scout to remain in service until 2268, when it was retired from the short-range patrol role.

The first time as tragedy. The second time without grammatical errors. The second edition of THE EDGE OF MIDNIGHT: THE BUSINESS OF RISK is coming soon.

"I have met better-behaved schoolchildren than the average Starfleet Admiral." - Zho’Ca Tihra. The Strategic situation continues to deterioate: all it will take is one one mistake to push everything over the edge. CHAPTER 10 OF THE EDGE OF MIDNIGHT: THE ARSENAL OF FREEDOM IS AVAILABLE NOW

This has been an incredible peice of speculative fiction, bravo @mikeduncan.bsky.social! I am about to go for a walk and find out what happens on Mars at the end of their (first, perhaps?) Revelution.

HOLY SHIT. @jessiegender.bsky.social has done IMO her best work ever. This is a masterpiece of critical analysis and in-depth reflection of an amazing series, but moreso than that, it is a sobering commentary on fascism, systemic oppression and our cultural failings. youtu.be/SjMsPsaVyr8?...

Actually wild that we’re getting a single player Mass Effect-like RPG for The Expanse before we ever get a Star Trek one. That said, I’m so fucking pumped.

AR Vale, 2264. Arwel Redford Vale (2225-2314) served as President Wescott's Chief of Staff between 2262 and 68. A realist politician, Vale, would serve as a key architect of Charterite Foreign Policy under both Wescott and his successor, Lorna McClaren.

Designed in the late 2240s as a "Space Control Cruiser" and redesigned multiple times in the following years, the Atlas class was one of the few pure warships within Starfleet - and the first Battleship class launched since 2161.

"Thing is, once you strip away the Utopian Bullshit, this Federation thing is largely an exercise in galactic free trade. This is not a bad thing." - Lorna McClaren.