Suicide mission?
Personal log. Stardate 51962.1 ————— Text only ——————— In retrospect, I suspect that was a suicide mission. Well, not exactly, that’s not Starfleet style. More like a mission where the expected...
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Personal log Stardate 51885.2 ——–Text only ————– I joined the Marquis for the excitement. I was bored, I wanted to see the galaxy and I wanted to do it on my terms. I told myself at the time that it...
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Going away
——————— Subspace message Stardate 51833.8 ——————— ———————– Destination: Ivor Prime Colony ———————— ———————– Recipient: Sarah Rotheford ———————— Congrats on the promotion. You’ll be...
View ArticleUnwanted news
Location: Salva II The transporter sparkles dissolved into a view of a small agricultural settlement, still showing the signs of the recent Cardassian occupation. Lieutenant Commander Tony LeStrange,...
View ArticleHomeward bound
Personal log Stardate 52110.1 —- Text only —– First time I’ve flown a freighter since I joined the Marquis. Was one of the motivations for joining, so bored of flying cargo ships. Still this one’s...
View ArticleYou can’t take the sky from me
“Program complete. Enter when ready” The air inside was dry with a distinct chill and a slight smell of dust. The platform was barely 5 meters across and there was no sign of the ground, just a red...
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A timeline of the brightening of Caroline’s Star
These are a series of images of the celestial phenomenon which has been named Caroline’s Star. These images have been taken over the course of almost two weeks from the first appearance of the star....
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A Timeline of Caroline’s Star, Part 2
The Rhea release corresponded, as far as we can tell, with the collapse of the abnormally bright star which was named Caroline’s Star. This is a partial timeline of the collapse of the star and the...
View ArticleThe icy wasteland
Kealan gazed down across the ice-covered plain. The sun, hanging just low on the horizon cast exaggerated shadows across the land leaving the plain mottled bright and dark. The wind had died hours...
View ArticleThe art and science of having the villain get away
In many forms of table-top role-playing games there’s an unspoken contract between the DM and players. The player-characters will defeat (or sometimes fail to defeat) or overcome (or sometimes fail to...
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The law of conservation of NPCs
I can’t remember where I first ran across this idea, but I used it way back when I was running a D20 Modern campaign. The basic idea is, before introducing a new NPC into the game, consider whether an...
View ArticleWhat can be found in the bookshop
I pushed the bookshop door open, slowly. Not by choice, it was one of those heavy doors that require effort to open. It creaked, as old doors tend to do, and a bell rang deep within the shop. This was...
View ArticleThe River
I heard it first. The deep, distant roar, low and powerful. At first just on the edge of hearing, but louder minute by minute, hour by hour. I knew what it was, what it had to be. The River. It has no...
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Greetings from Thuln
Chief Engineer’s Personal Log Stardate 837.7 I should not have fired. It has deprived us of crucial information and destroyed any chance we have of understanding how that item came to be aboard the...
View ArticleThe potential influence of ion storms on the Ego extinctions
Balducci, R(a1), T’Laan(a2) Received: stardate 845.2 Published: stardate 920 Abstract A recent ion storm on Ego(1) interacted with previously unexamined rock substrata to produce a form of radiation...
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