Feb 26, 2024 5:54 pm
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| CAPTAIN'S LOG |
| STARDATE 45665.7 |
| While enroute to the nanotechnology ethics summit on Gnycish 2, Starfleet Command has ordered us to investigate the Pinicon Belt, one of the densest asteroid fields ever encountered. The tight proximity of many of the largest asteroids has prevented thorough exploration in the past, but a recent series of automated probes may wish to use indicates much of the asteroid debris resonates with nearly infinite quantum signatures at the sub-atomic level. This suggests that the rocky material forming the asteroid belt originates from many different quantum realities beyond our own. Should this prove to be true, Starfleet believes the asteroid field could pose a danger to starships passing through the sector. |
| We’ve been ordered to retrieve asteroid samples that demonstrate these unusual quantum properties for further study. The extreme density of the asteroids will prevent our ship from entering the field, so an away team aboard a single shuttlecraft will have to carry out the mission. |
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While enroute to the nanotechnology ethics summit on Gnycish 2, Starfleet Command has ordered us to investigate the Pinicon Belt, one of the densest asteroid fields ever encountered. The tight proximity of many of the largest asteroids has prevented thorough exploration in the past, but a recent series of automated probes indicates much of the asteroid debris resonates with nearly infinite quantum signatures at the sub-atomic level. This suggests that the rocky material forming the asteroid belt originates from many different quantum realities beyond our own. Should this prove to be true, Starfleet believes the asteroid field could pose a danger to starships passing through the sector. [/f]
[f=font-gugi color:yellow]We’ve been ordered to retrieve asteroid samples that demonstrate these unusual quantum properties for further study. The extreme density of the asteroids will prevent our ship from entering the field, so an away team aboard a single shuttlecraft will have to carry out the mission.
[f=font-gugi color:yellow]We’ve been ordered to retrieve asteroid samples that demonstrate these unusual quantum properties for further study. The extreme density of the asteroids will prevent our ship from entering the field, so an away team aboard a single shuttlecraft will have to carry out the mission.
The Game Itself
🖖Game System: Modiphius Entertainment's 2d20 system, Star Trek Adventures (STA). Note: Modiphuis has announced that they'll be releasing a 2nd edition of this game over the next year, but I'll be using original rules.
🖖Players: Looking for four or five players to play crewmembers on this two-part mission. The first part will involve some space hijinx, and the second part will involve a more diplomatic yet investigative mission to an underwater facility on an ocean planet.
🖖Tone and themes: Nothing controversial expected, in keeping with ST:NG, DS9, and Voyager style. That is, leaning more to a utopian idea of a Federation than the more flawed and corrupted version show in later projects. There will be some action, some diplomacy, some 'science' and a dilemma that needs to be resolved.
🖖Character Restrictions: Standard rules as per the STA book. Character creation to be done collaboratively in the game using the method outlined in the ruleset, as this generates characters with history and goals. I'm happy to have a NPC ship's captain, or leave that in the hands of an adventurous, away-party joining PC. Players will be expected to work together and agree upon a 'party' complement for the game before committing themselves to role.
🖖Game Duration and Post Frequency: I don't expect this to last more than six months, perhaps faster with daily posters. I'll want to start in the next week or so.
🖖Specialized Software and Resources: None.
🖖Player Experience Requirements: You'll need the core rulebook to make characters, and the rest of the game we'll learn together.
🖖How to Apply: Post here, and I'll choose from the group. There has been a tendency for STA games to fail in early days, and so I'll want as few known-to-be-reliable posters to help break the curse, but there will be a place for one or two people I'm unfamiliar with. I'll choose by Friday night (March 1), as such things are rendered in the North American zone.
🖖Players welcomed: In keeping with Star Trek conventions, this game is explicitly friendly to LGBT and any other minorities or marginalized groups.
