Infinite Realities

[StyroFoam Man]

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[First of Two]

Variation on a theme...

"TrExiles" (background idea based on the Marvel comic book "Exiles.")

Your players are all characters from different alternate universe timelines.

They have been "involuntarily recruited" from their various timelines at the point of death (real, apparent, or potential) by a not-completely known agency or individual (could be anything from Q to the Caretaker to the Guardian of Forever to Future Guy to Section 31 to a complete unknown.)

They are charged with performing tasks in the various alternate universes. Some will obviously have ramifications, some will not, some will seem to be "negative" acts, some will just seem weird.

Only the message computer given to the team leader knows what they are supposed to do in each world, and why, and when it's been accomplished. It won't necessarily tell your crew WHY their task is important or what it's effects may be.

Their reward for "improving" the other timelines will be that when they return to their "home" timeline, they will have avoided whatever situation resulted in their "death."

Of course, there might also be another set of jumpers with similar (or opposing, as the case may be) agendas... and whoever your crew is "working" for might not turn out to be the "good" guy...

Possibilities:

Make sure the T'plana'hath never detects the warp signature of "Herr" Cochrane's Valkyrie.

Kill the man who will become the Mirror Universe's "Tiberius" Kirk.

Prevent the meeting of Vulcan Overlord Sarek and "Mandy" Grayson, human servant girl.

Destroy the Tribble homeworld.

Prevent Praxis from exploding.

Make sure Praxis explodes.

Seal the Bajoran wormhole.

and so forth.

[AslanC]

I am playing in an M&M Exiles game right now

Never thought of it for Trek. What a fantastic idea sir

[mactavish]

How about expanding on the <i>Enterprise</i> episode where the Xindi successfully deploy their weapon and destroy the Earth?

The Xindi weapon – accompanied by a number of combat vessels – entered the Sol system in 2154. They easily breached the Mars Defense Perimeter and destroyed the Earth despite the best efforts of Starfleet and the few non-human vessels in the vicinity. The Xindi followed their initial attack by destroying all of the known human colonies, including Luna, Mars, Alpha Centauri, and the rest.

The remnants of mankind – numbering only about 6,000 – regroup in the Tau Ceti Alpha star system but are discovered by the Xindi in 2166 and all but annihilated.

Once mankind is destroyed and the few hundred survivors scattered throughout the galaxy, the Xindi return to their own space. Within months their armistice collapses and the Xindi-Reptilians and Xindi-Insectoids break away, aggressively pursuing their own agendas despite the protestations of the Xindi-Primates, Sloths, and Aquatics.

Without the bonds brought by humanity, the Federation never forms. The Andorian Empire resumes its wars with the Vulcans, the Tellarites are conquered by the Klingons (who find themselves in a losing war with the Romulans in 2168), and the Suliban struggle in vain to circumvent the changes to the timeline inflicted by the Sphere Builders.

By 2175, the Alpha and Beta Quadrants are politically fractured. While the Vulcans remain fairly strong and technically advanced, their issues with Andoria have limited their influence. Qo'nos is occupied by Romulan ground forces and the twice-conquered Tellarites design ever-improving starships for their masters on Romulus. The primary power in the region is the Cardassian Union, which remains unified and strong. Using captured Klingon and Romulan technologies (gleaned from debris after massive space battles), Cardassian engineers have cloak-equipped warships capable of reaching warp 6.7 and have easily dominated the areas around the Cardassian system.

Small convoys of 2-3 ships and a few scores of humans roam the Alpha and Beta Quadrants, seeking anything that might give them an edge and allow them to survive to rebuild their race. Romulan, Klingon, and Cardassian forces ruthlessly hunt down rogue humans, as do various bounty hunters. The Vulcans and Andorians have both taken on the responsiblity of protecting the remnants of mankind whenever possible, though this, too, has led to conflict between the two powers.

mactavish out.

[Admiral Tim]

Wow, that really sounds like a good story. You can even further develop it by using the duplicate enterprise as a vessel the shifting crew might encounter, still sore from being unable to stop the probe. This is really an alternate reality that could be explored further, thnx

[Tas II]

(with apologies to mactavish!)

The Xindi weapon – accompanied by a number of combat vessels – entered the Sol system in 2154. They easily breached the Mars Defense Perimeter and destroyed the Earth despite the best efforts of Starfleet and the few non-human vessels in the vicinity. The Xindi followed their initial attack by destroying all of the known human colonies, including Luna, Mars, Alpha Centauri, and the rest.....

The remnants of mankind, in a ragtag fleet set out to find a lost human colony, to find a new home......the only warship left to defend the fleet is USS Galactica......