Drawn from the "Fall of the Dominion" Thread...
Title: Star Trek: Gamma Station
Era: Post-DS9
Setting: Starbase
After the Dominion signed a peace treaty with the Federation, Romulans and Klingons, they returned to the Gamma Quadrant. Odo returned to the link in order to cure their people and to explain the solids to them in hopes of making a peace between the two types of lifeforms.
As scattered rebellions, collaborating government overthrows, and completely destabalized conditions begin in the Gamma Quadrant, Odo puts forth an idea for the Dominion: a station, much like the one at DS9, for similar purposes: Diplomatic, unity of various life forms, etc.
Basically: PCs and NPCs would be the various leaders (many of them new ones put into place by the overthrowing of the previous collaborating governments). The Changeling played by Salome Jens would also be present on the station: further, Odo's influence would make a call to the Federation, Klingons and Romulans to bring a representative aboard as well.
(Ghosty's input, and a great idea is that the Romulans decline, and the Tal'Shiar is behind the uprisings, rebellions, and destabalization, in hopes of expanding the Romulan Empire into the Gamma Quadrant).
Sessions would deal with the completion of starbase construction, various factions, diplomatic nightmares, and perhaps a Federation Starship attached to the station as a "relief" effort vessel, something like a smaller medical/science craft...
The Doc
"Fall of the Dominion" commentary.
Very well done, Michael! This series could easily tie in to the post-WYLB continuity. This is definitely an idea that deserves further development.
BTY, what kind of ships will you attach to the station (beside runabouts)?
Re: "Fall of the Dominion" commentary.
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Originally posted by Highway Hoss
Very well done, Michael! This series could easily tie in to the post-WYLB continuity. This is definitely an idea that deserves further development.
BTY, what kind of ships will you attach to the station (beside runabouts)?
Personally I'd attach a small "gunboat" type ship like a Defiant or Saber...fast and mobile light ship much like DS9. Although some of the capital ships deployed to DS9 could be sent to the Gamma Quadrant as part of the wormhole's defence force. Probably an Akira with its fighter group for extended patrol missions.
Re: "Fall of the Dominion" commentary.
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Originally posted by Highway Hoss
Very well done, Michael! This series could easily tie in to the post-WYLB continuity. This is definitely an idea that deserves further development.
BTY, what kind of ships will you attach to the station (beside runabouts)?
Something rather small, but capable of functioning with some shuttles and a Captain's Yacht on board. Something aimed more at relief efforts and medical aid than combat, so maybe a Niagara or a Zodiac (both maybe a bit too large), or a Deneva class (perfect for its adaptability), or a Medditeranean (refitted), or maybe an Intrepid class (which would be a bit cliche once they hit the "stuck on the wrong side of the wormhole" part). Nothing heavy-gunned, as this is a ship of peace/diplomacy (symbolically not armed to the teeth, again why I put the Niagara and the Zodiac on the list).
:)
The Doc
Re: Re: "Fall of the Dominion" commentary.
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Originally posted by Michael Barratt
Something rather small, but capable of functioning with some shuttles and a Captain's Yacht on board. Something aimed more at relief efforts and medical aid than combat, so maybe a Niagara or a Zodiac (both maybe a bit too large), or a Deneva class (perfect for its adaptability), or a Medditeranean (refitted), or maybe an Intrepid class (which would be a bit cliche once they hit the "stuck on the wrong side of the wormhole" part). Nothing heavy-gunned, as this is a ship of peace/diplomacy (symbolically not armed to the teeth, again why I put the Niagara and the Zodiac on the list).
:)
The Doc
True but you need some teeth as well. Remember this is an allied station and the Klingons will have something to say about it and if they had their way, a squadron of Klingon ships would be parked at the station itching for a fight...no to protect the Alpha Quadrant :).
When you think about it, you may need a big ship in the scale of a Galaxy to overawe the opposition. THe best way to keep the peace is to show that you are able to enforce but tempered with restraint which is a Federation specialty so a Galaxy might be ideal but since you don't want anything too big, I guess an Ambassador or Nebula might be better, they're primarily explorers first, combat vessels second. Or dare I suggest going with an old but reliable Excelsior...
Re: Re: Re: "Fall of the Dominion" commentary.
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Originally posted by ghosty
True but you need some teeth as well. Remember this is an allied station and the Klingons will have something to say about it and if they had their way, a squadron of Klingon ships would be parked at the station itching for a fight...no to protect the Alpha Quadrant :).
When you think about it, you may need a big ship in the scale of a Galaxy to overawe the opposition. THe best way to keep the peace is to show that you are able to enforce but tempered with restraint which is a Federation specialty so a Galaxy might be ideal but since you don't want anything too big, I guess an Ambassador or Nebula might be better, they're primarily explorers first, combat vessels second. Or dare I suggest going with an old but reliable Excelsior...
Hrm. I definitely want the Captain's Yacht as a functional plot device, so I'm thinking either Nebula or Niagara. The Niagara has enough teeth to be decent enough, and was specifically designed with diplomacy in mind, so I'm going with her.
The Klingons, of course, might just assign a small wing of lighter vessels for defense of the station. Maybe that would be a good story arc: the Klingon "wing" of ships protecting the Niagara ship as it limps back to the Gamma Station and the small crew on the Captain's Yacht keep going forward - with a jury-rigged cloaking device "on loan" from one of the Klingon Captains, who tore it out of a Klingon bird of prey that was too damaged to salvage...
Also, while flippin' through my Trek Mag, I thought that Barclay would make a good "tie in" character to begin this particular series: coming to the Gamma Quadrant to set up very long-range communication devices in the station, as the Dominion com-nets aren't quite as good as those created by the Pathfinder Project.
Hrm. :) Ideas like popcorn burst from their husks in my skull. It makes a rattling sound that is not unpleasant.
The Doc