Two Session Updates :)
Well with the campaign having finally moved to a new ship with a new captain, things are getting back into gear.
The following are the summaries of the first two sessions written by one of the players (please forgive his typos, and mine for that matter) and if you have any questions, fire away.
Oh yes at the first Episode "The Endeavour" is a two parter
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Episode Summary - "The Endeavour"
Part One
It's been 20 weeks since the USS Farscape docked. The crew has been scattered throughout Starfleet. We open with newly-promoted Chief Warrant Officer Sam Mitchell ('Chief' to his buddies) awaiting a meeting with Admiral Ross at Spacedock. He meets
Commander Joseph Reese while waiting, and the two of them are soon joined by Captain Anthony Stocker. The Admiral first meets with the Captain and the Commander, then invited Chief Mitchell in. Captain Stocker is ordered to take command of the US Endeavour (Nebula Class - NCC 71805), as Captain Asamov is to be promoted to Commodore. The Endeavour is to have one last
two-year cruise before retirement. The Admiral makes it clear that if the tour goes well, Captain Stocker will be given the USS Lexington (a Soverign-class starship, soon to be constructed). As the meeting breaks,
Commander Reese declines Captain Stocker's offer to be his XO (before the offer was made) and instead recommends Commander Christopher Hobson for the job.
Cut to Lieutenant Vlasdric in a different part of Spacedock, looking out at the USS Endeavour. Surrounding her are various crew members from the Farscape. All told, around fifteen people are being transferred together.
On the Endeavour, Lieutenant Commanders Elig and Platus (henceforth known as the Commander Twins when together) are called into Captain Asamov's office. On Platus' suggestion, they race pell-mell to the Captain's office. The are informed of the upcoming change of command and the Captain's promotion. Elig makes it clear that the new Captain will have to work to get her respect, but she will help with the transition of power.
In Spacedock, Chief Mitchell and Captain Stocker are just arriving at the main transporter room to transfer over to the Endeavour. They meet Commander Hobson there, who seems like a personable fellow. Introductions are made, and the officers prepare for transport. Meanwhile, the Commander Twins are accepting oders and requests to come aboard from the new crew
members. After the new crew is aboard, Lt. Vlasdric joins the Commander Twins in the main Transporter Room to greet the new command staff.
After beaming in, they make plans for the transfer of command, then proceed to get ready. As they're leaving the transporter room, Captain Stocker takes issue with Lt. Comm Elig's Kzinti hairstyle, and asks her to
change it. Commander Hobson convinces the Captain to take it easy on her (or at least her hair). This also will help establishing a Good Cop-Bad Cop relation with the crew.
Lt Vlasdric and Chief Mitchell take a few
moments to get caught up, and take a quick tour of the ship. They stop in Main Engineering and encounter Commander Diane Morwood, the Chief of Engineering. It seems the Chief and the Chief have some history, but it's not adequately explained to the audience at home. There is a general call
for all senior officers to gather for the Transfer of Command, and all the
officers head in that direction.
Captain Asamov gives a quick speech and
transfers command codes to Captain Stocker. Stocker gives a shorter speech, closer to a pep-talk, and dismisses the meeting, asking for all senior department heads to meet him in the conference room in five minutes.
The Commander Twins rush off to see Captain Asamov before he leaves the ship. They catch him for one last goodbye before rushing back to the staff meeting.
The meeting is quick, just a last check before his inspection. The meeting breaks. Captain Stocker and Commander Hobson begin their walking inspection of his new command. Every department has gone out of its way to impress the new Captain. Except the shuttlebay. It seems perfect, but not like any effort was made to impress, as was visible in other departments. Both file this information away for future reference. As the inspection winds down, Captain Stocker receives word that his orders have come in; they are to proceed to Starbase 23, and report to Commodore Grimsby. Stocker winces at the name. Plans are made to proceed,
and it's determined that the trip will take five days. Captain Stocker gives the order to plot course and proceed once back on the bridge.
Once under way, Commander Hobson heads down to the shuttlebay. He finds Ensign Morrison, head of the shuttlebay, and discusses the Ensign's carreer possiblities. Morrison takes the monologue to heart, and starts
cooking up ways to impress the new Commander and Captain.
The next night, the crew is unwinding in the recreation lounge. The newly re-promoted Lt. Rossa strolls in, walks to the bar, and immediately picks a fight with Lt. Comm Elig. Bets start flying, Platus takes over the planning, and gives the job of bet-taking to Lt. Vlasdric. Word gets to
the Captain, who lets the fight happen, hoping it will get the rivalry out
of their systems.
In the main Holodeck, Platus has re-created the Roman Colliseum, and the fight is set to go. As fights go, this will not go down as a great test of endurance, but ther was a significant amount of blood shed and both
officers ended the fight in bad shape. Elig was standing, however, and Rossa was on the floor, so she was proclaimed victor. She accepted her victory, then went back to her quarters to bleed in private. After communicating with Nurse Calloway, Lt. Comm Elig proceeds to Sickbay to join Rossa and bleed together. They are both told they will be recovering for three days.
Lt. Vlasdric, meanwhile, is getting busted in the Cargo Bay by Hobson. He gives her a talk about shipboard proceedures, protocol
and the warns her not to encourage Lt. Commander Platus anymore. Vlasdric gives the Commander the proceeds from his bet. They part company smiling.
After his talk with Vlasdric, Hobson informs the Captain about the outcome of the fight, and about his two incapacitated officers. Stocker plans to talk with them after they've recovered. In Sickbay, Rossa and
Elig talk through the pain about the fight, and possible rematches. It's almost a Hallmark Moment.
end of Part One
Part Two
It's been three days. Lt Comm Elig and Lt. Rossa have been discharged. They are immediately summoned to Captain Stocker's breifing room. Stocker lays out the future of combat between mates on his ship. The two
of them are not to have a rematch for at least a year. When and if they do have a rematch, it will not be to incapaciatate, and there will not be an audience. They are dismissed after the talking to. The Endeavour arrives at Starbase 23 the following day. Captain Stocker takes Lt. Vlasdric and Chief Mtchell with him. The Captain mentions that he and the Commodore have had problems in the past, but does not
elucidate.
They beam over, and upon meeting the Commodore, he (the Commodore) makes his dislike for the Captain a matter of public record. He orders the Endeavour to break treaty and penetrate the Romulan Neutral
Zone. They are to proceed to Nimbus III to meet with a Romulan Warbird and retreive a Starfleet Intelligence operative who is returning home. Cap Stocker is then informed that should he fail, Starfleet will disavow all knowledge of the operation. They leave after being dismissed, not saying a word.
Back on the ship, Stocker breaks the news to his XO. He uses a few choice words that the censors weren't too fond of in reference to the Commodore. The ship gets ready for their fool's errand. Everyone starts modifying all they can. Captain Stocker makes a private sub-space call from his office to a friend in the Klingon Empire. Stocker also orders Ensign Morrison to
rig shuttles for combat. The weapons pod is partially modified as an additional sensor array, and three shuttles are rigged as photon torpedo platforms.
The USS Endeavour enters the Romulan Neutral Zone. It is now in violation of treaty. After performing a sensor ping, three cloaked vessels are detected on long-range sensors. One at Nimbus III, the other two at the far reach of the scans. Captain Stocker opens a non-starfleet sub-space channel, utters one word in Klingon, then closes the channel. Sensors detect three more cloaked vessels entering the Neutral Zone.
When they arrive at Nimbus III, a Romulan vessel decloaks, and asks Captain Stocker to beam over to meet the operative. Cap refuses, asking for the op to be beamed over
immediately. The Romulans ask for a shuttle to be sent over. The Endeavour dispatches shuttle Midway, which is destroyed almost immediately after clearing her ship. Two more Warbirds decloak and a fray begins.
Three Klingon K'Vort's decloak moments later, and enter the fray. All sides take
heavy damage. The two new Warbirds each take out a K'Vort. The Endeavour makes a run for it on the advice of the remaining Klingon Captain. The last K'Vort rams the lead Warbird, destroying them both. The remaining
Warbirds begin to pursue the damaged Endeavour, but thanks to Lt. Comm Elig's brilliant photon torpedo spread, both are destroyed while in pusuit.
Unfortunately the Endeavour's warp control systems were damaged in the fight, and the core can't take the stress. They have to eject the core before they reach the boder back into Federation space. They send out a
distress call as two more cloaked vessels appear on sensors.
Captain Galloway of the USS Pegasus responds to the distress call and heads to intercept. The Warbirds breaks off as the Endeavour limps back accross the border. They head back to Starbase 23 with the help of the Pegasus.
Back at the Starbase, Commodore Grimsby makes his apologies in an overly pompous and non-apologetic way. Repairs begin on the ship, and the episode draws to a close.
End of Episode.
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Episode Summary: "LV 471"
It's been a month since the Endeavour limped back to Starbase 23. After repairs were completed, the ship and her crew continued their patrol route, charting clusters and comets and observing other spacial phenomena.
It's two days before Terran Christmas, and many human members of the crew are getting into the festive spirit. Of note, Commander Morwood had decorated the whole of Main Engineering with the Christmas theme.
In 10 Forward, Ensign Morrison's waiting impatiently for Lieutennant Vlasdric. Lt. Commander Plautus saunters over to say hello after spotting the Ensign. He clears out as Vlasdric comes in, ten minutes late and looking great. They begin their dinner with some light, if somewhat uncomfortable,
conversation.
Commander Hobson comes in to 10 Forward and joins Plautus for a drink. Plautus fills in the XO with all the latest information from the rumour mill. Shortly afterwards, Lt. Commander Elig also comes in to 10 Forward and promptly snubs the room. Commander Hobson asks Plautus; "Did you do something inappropriate? No - you still have the ability to walk and feed yourself..." Laughter is shared, and their mysoginistic conversation continues. Chief Mitchell and Commander Morwood also enter 10 Forward to
have a mean, and hopefully some stimulating conversation. Plautus sends Elig a shot of whiskey, and (ever so painfully) the ourting ritual begins anew.
The Commander Twins head off to the Holodeck to frolic (No not that way).
Meanwhile, Vlasdric and Morrison are still chatting about nothing in particular. On Vlasdric's suggestion, they head off to a Holodeck (a different one) to hopefully start a real conversation.
The Captain comes in to 10 Forward as Vlasdric and Morrison are on their way out. He joins his XO for a drink, and gets filled in on the new rumours from the mill. Hobson discusses Lt. JG Kell Perim with Stocker, and also mentions he has some evidence that someone's been hacking into the main computer. Captain Stocker doesn't immediately worry about the problem, until Hobson mentions that the hacking is in the log sections of the computer. He (Hobson) then excuses himself to the bridge. As he's leaving 10 Forward, he's run over by the Commander Twins in the middle of another race. Hobson heads instead to Sickbay to get his broken arm tended to.
After being discharged, Hobson summons the Commander Twins to his office, where he proceeds to give the Twins a severe talking to. He sends them to the Shuttlebay to work cleaning detail for a full duty shift. Hobson then contacts Ensign Morrison to head to the Shuttlebay to boss the Commander
Twins around. Morrison prepares duty assignments for the Twins and is granted a reprieve from supervision. He heads back to the Holodeck and rejoins Lt. Vlasdric for some more polite conversation.
Cut to the bridge, where Commander Hobson has just received an automated distress call. The Captain is called to the bridge and the message is played. It's from the SS Himalaya, a colony ship eight light years away with 337 colonists aboard. Yellow Alert is called and all dates are turfed ad the
newly refitted warp core is brought up to Warp 8.
The Endeavour arrives at the fourth planet in the LV 471 system. Sciences announces that the planet is M-class - barely. Commander Elgin eloquently describes a real shitpit of a planet. No lifesigns are detected, but sensors can detect a vessel on the planet. Elig warns that Nausican Raiders have been known to operate in this area.
Captain Stocker assigns Hobson to the away mission. He takes Elig, Mitchell, Vlasdric, Rossa and Kressk with him. When Sciences confirms that transporters are useless, Hobson orders Morrison to prep a shuttle and get ready to pilot it down. Morrison begins immediate prep on the Shuttle Fiji.
The shuttle takes a severe pounding on the way down to the planet. Morrison's console explodes as the ship is rocked in an ion storm. Vlasdric takes the conn, after the Chief reroutes control to her console. Morrison makes a last-minute, over-the-shoulder correction to Vlasdric's course as
the shuttle collides with an outcropping. Morrison, Vlasdric and Rossa are incapactitated, and many others are injured. Then the poor little shuttlecraft hits the planet full on. More injuries all around and Morrison is killed instantly, taking his burnt out console head on in a test of strength and losing horribly. The Endeavour loses contact with the Fiji.
A quick scan on long range sensors reveals the Endeavour is almost in the middle of two other patrol ships. He contacts first Captain Harrison of the USS Roanoke, a Steamrunner. He is unwilling to lend assistance unless the situation is critical. Captain Hurral of the USS Artimage, an Ambassador Class, is more helpful. He pledges to hold fast to his current position until he hears from Captain Stocker.
Back on the planet, Hobson's in bad shape. Vlasdric's woken from her unconsciousness by Elig, who breaks the news that Morrison's deceased. Kressk is fine. Rossa, on the other hand, has been impaled by a part of the shuttle. Hobson places the Chief in command, whether he likes it or not. Kressk heads out to patrol the area. Hobson orders the Chief to sever his leg with a phaser to stop blood loss. Vlasdric rigs an emergency blood pump (formerly identified as Ensign Morrison), and manages to save the Commander's leg. Elig heads out to back up Kressk.
Chief, meanwhile, has rigged a transmitter. He sends a fractured text message to the Endeavour. Stocker returns a message, which was also fractured. Elig is found by Kressk, who has located some Naussicans.
Back on the Endeavour, Captain Stocker requests that Commander Morwood rigs him a shuttle more capable of surviving the atmosphere than the Fiji had been. The Captain then summons Chandler, Essa, Calloway, Taurik, Korin & Plautus to join him in the main shuttlebay for the rescue mission.
Thier entry into the atmosphere makes a flare in the sky, but Morwood's modifications allow Plautus to land the Bali in one piece, and without injury. Kressk and Elig use the shuttle's illumination of the sky as a distraction and fire on the ussicans. They kill five of six in a brutal
display of the working functions of a phaser.
Once down, the medical team springs into action and remove the injured from the wrecked shuttle. Captain Stocker makes the decision to leave Ensign Morrison's body in the shuttle for weight constraint reasons. Elig heads back in an attempt to torch the shuttle, but gets attacked by more Naussicans. She takes the hint after getting shot that her mission will not succeed. Captain Stocker distracts the Naussican's with phaser fire from the shuttle into a nearby rock formation. Plautus blasts off, and moves the shuttle into position. Forming a human chain, Kressk and Chandler recover
Elig on their way off LV 471. The increased weight proves to be a problem.
Chief, Vlasdric and Plautus work together to make a near vertical ascent back into space. As they break orbit, they get word to hang back as the Endeavour is in the middle of dealing with Naussican raiders. Without a
better option, they make plans to land in the shuttlebay using Landing Plan B - for barricade. They kill a raider on the way in and scatter the other two.
As they approach, Vlasdric detects the Artimage coming on out of warp. Then they land the shuttle. One bounce then they hit the barricade. Injuries all around. Elig is knocked back out. Captain Stocker is injured. Vlasdric is technically dead, but medically revived as almost everyone in the shuttle is beamed to Sickbay. The Doctor informs Chief that he's in charge of the boat until either the Captain or Commander Hobson are fit for duty. Then Chief is kicked out of sickbay.
Outside, the tide of battle shifts quickly with the Artimage helping out. The last Naussicans take off and the Artimage returns to her patrol route after a quick communique. Sciences tells Chief that they have detected a break in the storm in the next few hours, one that would be safe enough to beam through. Hobson returns to the bridge in an informal capacity, and leaves Chief in charge.
When the storm breaks, they detect 15 Naussicans and 124 Humans. They beam
the Naussicans directly to the brig and the Humans to the main cargo bay. They kill the site from orbit and proceed to Starbase 39 Sierra.
Captain Stocker is up and around after two days of the five day trip. Elig is also up, Vlasdric has a limp, Rossa's up - but still off duty, Hobson has a little hobble, and Morrison's still dead. The Captain and Hobson discuss the events and decide that Elig and the Chief are both due for a
commendation and Vlasdric's deserving of a promotion.
Before reaching the starbase, the Captain's having trouble with the eulegy for Morrison. Hobson helps somewhat before going to see the newly promoted Lt. Commander Vlasdric. She doesn't take the promotion well. Hobson sends her to the captain's ready room to help with the eulegy, if possible. She does, and gets caught by Hobson on the way out, and he pins the pip on the Boslic. On the way to the torpedo bay, Hobson suggests they name the replacement shuttle the Morrison.
Before the service, Plautus opens the torpedo tube. He drops in a Magna-Roman coin after telling the story of the Ferryman. Elig cuts off and drops in a braid from her hair. Chief drops in a piece of the Farscape. Rossa drops in a Tellarian dagger. Hobson drops in a vial of his blood,
blood he wouldn't have without Morrison. They close the tube. as the rest of the Command staff filters in.
Captain Stocker takes the podium and gives a passionate eulegy for a crew member that few people knew. Vlasdric also speaks a few words to the fallen comrade. Hobson gives the order to send the tube into the nearby star, then invites them to join him in 10 Forward for drinks.
The Chief, Vlasdric and the other 13 remaning members of the Farscape crew toast Morrison together as the episode fades to black.
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Not the best sessions I have ever run, but they were both fun in their own ways. I am slowly building a campaign here that I think should run for some time to come.
Opinions welcome
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