50 Mission Post Ideas

It is commonplace in writing that you get to a period where you need something to spice up your character's day to day life on the ship or star base. Here's some ideas that relate specifically to individual characters and do not interfere with an ongoing, major mission of the vessel they are on. Feel free to use any of these and please add anything you can think of that might help others have fun and develop their characters.

We have not included holodeck ideas or shore leave ideas since these are virtually limitless.

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General Posting Ideas

A computer malfunction reassigns your character to another department for a duty shift.
A malfunction in your quarters means you have to share a room while repairs are being made and you don't get along with your new roommate.
Your character celebrates a holiday.
Your character checks on the personnel assigned to your department.
Your character decides to go back to school and takes a correspondence class through Starfleet Academy.
Your character decides to make a call or write a letter to a friend or family member.
Your character decides to visit the holodeck.
Your character gets a new pet.
Your character goes to exercise.
Your character goes to the phaser range to practice.
Your character goes on vacation.
Your character has a dream.
Your character has a family member visit unexpectedly.
Your character has to help resolve a problem encountered by another person in your department.
Your character has to undergo annual physical training and doesn't get along with the instructor or has no interest in the course.
Your character invites others over for dinner and you need to prepare.
Your character is asked to remain aboard while the majority of the crew go on shore leave.
Your character is assigned to inventory the cargo bay.
Your character is assigned to monitor the night watch of your department to ensure no one falls asleep.
Your character is being punished and has to do a task he/she feels is beneath their skill set.
Your character makes a mistake and has to report it.
Your character meets a potential love interest.
Your character organizes a book club aboard the station.
Your character organizes a game for other personnel in his/her quarters.
Your character participates in the ship/station's chess tournament.
Your character practices his/her favorite leisure activity (acting, musical instrument, painting, etc.) or tries to start a club aboard the ship.
Your character's past mistake comes up and must be explained.
Your character thinks about a memory from his/her past.
Your character tries to get out of his/her annual physical.
Your character volunteers to teach a class aboard the ship.
Your character visits a lounge to play a game (Billards, Darts, Trivia Contest, etc.).

Departmental Posting Ideas

Command

Your character has to help the personnel officer straighten out the annual crew evaluations.
Your Character has to deal with problem with a visiting Diplomat

Engineering

Your character discovers a computer malfunction and works with Ops to repair it.
Your character discovers a computer vulnerability and must work with Security to fix it.
Your character is assigned to oversee maintenance personnel completing a task they feel is beneath them.
Your character is assigned to investigate a malfunction in a shipboard system.
Your character has to complete a spacewalk to repair damage to the ship/station.
Your character has to help Ops find out why the lights keep shutting off in a certain area when the ship goes to warp.

Flight Control

Your character is assigned to fly an unexpected shuttle mission. Your character needs to complete annual flight recertification. Your character offers to oversee the annual flight recertification training.

Operations

Your character discovers a computer malfunction and works with Engineering to repair it.
Your character discovers a computer vulnerability and must work with Security to fix it.
Your character has to help Engineering find out why the lights keep shutting off in a certain area when the ship goes to warp.
Your character is assigned to the JAG Officer to assist with a case or investigation.
Your character is assigned to oversee the inventory of the cargo bay.

Counseling

Your character has to help improve morale aboard the ship by scheduling an event for all personnel to attend. Your character has to help the personnel officer straighten out the annual crew evaluations. Your character has to help with planning for annual certification trainings for all shipboard staff. Your character is assigned to serve as the ship's Ombudsman and has to listen to minor problems and correct them.

Medical

Your character is assigned to oversee the annual crew physicals.
Your character is assigned to oversee the annual safety inspection and has to check every medkit aboard the ship.
Your character requests to do annual first aid training for the crew.
Your character works on a personal research project.

Science

Your character asks to start a Hydroponic Garden aboard the ship.
Your character discovers a previously unknown phenomenon.
Your character is working on his/her research project on the side that could revolutionize life in the Federation.
Your character makes a breakthrough in a research project.
Your character has to use the internal sensors to help find a missing pet.

Security

Your character asks to develop a rapid response team.
Your character has to complete annual live-fire training.
Your character is assigned to inspect the armory.
Your character is assigned to inventory the armory.
Your character is assigned to oversee the annual safety inspection and has to check every escape pod aboard the ship.
Your character is assigned to the JAG Officer to assist with a case or investigation.
Your character must work with Engineering or Operations to fix a computer vulnerability.
Your character offers to do the annual phaser certification for the crew.

Tactical

Your character is assigned to help with the quarterly maintenance of the shipboard phasers.
Your character is assigned to inspect the torpedo bay.
Your character is assigned to inventory the torpedo bay.
Your character works on the crew battle readiness drills.