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In The Raptor’s Claws @intheraptorsclaws.bsky.social · 15d

Chapter 22 – Declawing the Birds of Prey

The battle against the Birds of Prey was a grim business, and it wasn’t won by charm or personality – Vice Admiral Amelia Bridges

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Chapter 22 – Declawing the Birds of Prey

The battle against the Birds of Prey was a grim business, and it wasn’t won by charm or personality – Vice Admiral Amelia Bridges The efforts to end the threat posed by the Birds of Pre…

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In The Raptor’s Claws @intheraptorsclaws.bsky.social · 13d

New chapter this week! intheraptorsclaws.wordpress.com/2025/09/23/c...

Chapter 22 – Declawing the Birds of Prey

The battle against the Birds of Prey was a grim business, and it wasn’t won by charm or personality – Vice Admiral Amelia Bridges The efforts to end the threat posed by the Birds of Pre…

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In The Raptor’s Claws @intheraptorsclaws.bsky.social · 13d

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In The Raptor’s Claws @intheraptorsclaws.bsky.social · 13d

Happy anniversary to #StarTrekEnterprise! If you’re interested in what Archer and the rest of Our Heroes got up to after the show was over, please check out intheraptorsclaws.wordpress.com

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In The Raptor’s Claws @intheraptorsclaws.bsky.social · 15d

Chapter 22 – Declawing the Birds of Prey

The battle against the Birds of Prey was a grim business, and it wasn’t won by charm or personality – Vice Admiral Amelia Bridges The efforts to end the threat posed by the Birds of Pre…

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In The Raptor’s Claws @intheraptorsclaws.bsky.social · Sep 8

To 59 more!

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Tranquility Press @tranquilitypress.bsky.social · Sep 2

Latest episode of Worlds in Progress the Tranquility Press Podcast is live on Patreon wher we speak with @pjlusk.bsky.social about @intheraptorsclaws.bsky.social

🎙️ Worlds in Progress – Episode 7 is live! | Tranquilty Press

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The LAST FOUNDER: The Presidency of Jonathan Archer @nascentnovice.bsky.social · Aug 18

PJ has given us an intimate yet epic, strategic yet tactical, & political yet personal story of the first interstellar war. He was kind enough to consult on much of my story and take my thoughts about his.

If you haven’t yet started, his epic is nearing its end. You should definitely start today!

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The LAST FOUNDER: The Presidency of Jonathan Archer @nascentnovice.bsky.social · Aug 18

Did you know:

Both the Andorian and Tellarite Heads of State, and much of their governmental structure, in this story were created by @pjlusk.bsky.social in his excellent work, “In the Raptor’s Claws”. intheraptorsclaws.wordpress.com

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In The Raptor’s Claws @intheraptorsclaws.bsky.social · Aug 5

Chapter 21 - The Xindi Enter the War

Today is the day we make our first decision since we abandoned our gods. Today is the day we right the greatest wrong our people ever committed on our gods’ behalf – Xindi-Reptilian Councilor Agamid

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Chapter 21 – The Xindi Enter the War

Today is the day we make our first decision since we abandoned our gods. Today is the day we right the greatest wrong our people ever committed on our gods’ behalf – Xindi-Reptilian Councilor…

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In The Raptor’s Claws @intheraptorsclaws.bsky.social · Jun 13

Chapter 20 – The Threllvia Offensive

Our backs are against the wall. But our cause is just, so we will prevail! Let the Romulan horror shatter against the frigid winter of Threllvia! – Admiral Thy’lek Shran

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Chapter 20 – The Threllvia Offensive

Our backs are against the wall. But our cause is just, so we will prevail! Let the Romulan horror shatter against the frigid winter of Threllvia! – Admiral Thy’lek Shran In the 22nd century, …

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In The Raptor’s Claws @intheraptorsclaws.bsky.social · Apr 12

Happy Frontier Day, folks! Please check out our Chapter 2, on the NX program and the beginning of the journey of the first starship called Enterprise #StarTrek intheraptorsclaws.wordpress.com/2024/02/26/t...

Chapter 2 – The NX Program

Don’t fail – Henry Archer Henry Archer was a madman. Born in 2083 in San Vicente, California, Henry was one of the first generation to be born after the unification of Earth. Like many born after t…

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In The Raptor’s Claws @intheraptorsclaws.bsky.social · Apr 5

Happy First Contact Day, folks! Now would be a good time to take a look at our first chapter, which examines the fallout from first contact and starts the story that ends with the Earth-Romulan War!
#startrek #firstcontactday
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Chapter 1 – The T’Plana-Hath Commission for the Reconstruction of Earth

Out of the crooked timber of humanity, no straight thing was ever made. – Isaiah Berlin Three hundred years ago, Earth was not the seat of a great interstellar power. In the mid-twenty-first centur…

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In The Raptor’s Claws @intheraptorsclaws.bsky.social · Mar 31

Chapter 19 – Asteroid Hopping: New Mariana

The special relationship between Earth and Vulcan has been the backbone of galactic peace. – Councilor to the Federation for Vulcan Soval

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Chapter 19 – Asteroid Hopping: New Mariana

The special relationship between Earth and Vulcan has been the backbone of galactic peace. Once we treated them like children. As children are wont to do, they have grown past us, and we are all gr…

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From The Ashes @fallofromulus.bsky.social · Feb 22

But the big way to move out of the system was military service. Reman soldiers would fight in skirmishes with the Klingons, in the suppressing of the Haakona rebellions and most importantly provide ground contingents during the Earth-Romulan war. See @intheraptorsclaws.bsky.social for details

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In The Raptor’s Claws @intheraptorsclaws.bsky.social · Feb 14

Chapter 18 – Asteroid Hopping: The Solomon Belt and Colonel Edison

Intel found some Romulan news reports about us. They say the Devil Fish can only have been recruited from jails or insane asylums for their bloodlust! – Colonel Balthazar Edison

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Chapter 18 – Asteroid Hopping: The Solomon Belt and Colonel Edison

Intel found some Romulan news reports about us. They say the Devil Fish can only have been recruited from jails or insane asylums for their bloodlust! I’d say they got that one right! – Colon…

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In The Raptor’s Claws @intheraptorsclaws.bsky.social · Jan 16

We should all aim to be such great trash

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Pippa @mspips.bsky.social · Jan 11

#OnThisDay, 2146:

USS Benjamin Franklin is launched. The lead of the Franklin-class, a replacement for the Intrepid-class frigate, it is the first Earth-built ship capable of Warp 4.

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In The Raptor’s Claws @intheraptorsclaws.bsky.social · Jan 10

And with that, Part 2 is done! Now we move into the backstretch of the war, where the Coalition of Planets starts to win this thing.

It'll still be a long road, though, getting from there to here...

In The Raptor’s Claws @intheraptorsclaws.bsky.social · Jan 10

Chapter 17 – Galorndon Core: Aftermath

What do we do in the face of insensate evil? We endure. We will only be defeated when we allow ourselves to admit we are defeated. – T’Pau

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Chapter 17 – Galorndon Core: Aftermath

What do we do in the face of insensate evil? We endure. We will only be defeated when we allow ourselves to admit we are defeated. – T’Pau By August 13, 2157, the Coalition leaders in the hal…

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In The Raptor’s Claws @intheraptorsclaws.bsky.social · Dec 24

Happy #TrekTuesday! Want to do a little Christmas Eve AMA on the project.

In The Raptor’s Claws @intheraptorsclaws.bsky.social · Dec 20

Chapter 16 – Galorndon Core: “Sink the Praetor!”
I don’t give a damn what you have to do. Beg, borrow, or steal if you have to. I cannot abide that behemoth at liberty in human space even one moment longer. – Priyanka Patel, United Earth Prime Minister
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Chapter 16 – Galorndon Core: “Sink the Praetor!”

I don’t give a damn what you have to do. Beg, borrow, or steal if you have to. I cannot abide that behemoth at liberty in human space even one moment longer. – Priyanka Patel, United Earth Pr…

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In The Raptor’s Claws @intheraptorsclaws.bsky.social · Dec 23

On that, we agree. Insurrection *is* boring and forgettable. At best it’s one of those TNG two-parters that kinda sucks and you just sorta let slide out of your brain. Better than the Twain one, worse than Descent.

What I’m saying is I think Nemesis is actively awful

In The Raptor’s Claws @intheraptorsclaws.bsky.social · Dec 22

Not sure I would go that far (Insurrection is more forgettable than actively awful), but to each their own

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Wolf 359 Project @wolf359project.bsky.social · Nov 15

Yeh lets bring back #FollowFriday! Some great #StarTrek Fan Projects!

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Is #FollowFriday a thing here?

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In The Raptor’s Claws @intheraptorsclaws.bsky.social · Dec 21

The addition of the Remans was extremely important for flashing out the Romulan Empire as an empire and not just a nebulously defined Planet of Hats.

They have been vital to our project, as a handy solution to the “how do you have land battles in the ERW w/o ever seeing the Romulans?” problem too

The Spaceshipper 🚀 @thespaceshipper.com · Dec 13

Star Trek Nemesis was released 22 years ago today.

This film is generally reviled when I post about it. Please say one thing you like about this film.

A movie poster for "Star Trek: Nemesis" featuring the main cast of the film. Text highlights the film's title and the actors involved.

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Wolf 359 Project @wolf359project.bsky.social · Dec 18

#Wolf359OnThisDay - A flight of 3 Warbirds is dispatched under the command of Tebok to follow a Borg Cube that has been dectected transiting Romulan Space. It seems to be heading to the area of space known as the Coridoor. He is under strict instructions to observe but avoid detection at all costs

A flight of 3 D'deridex warbirds in orbit of a planet

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