In Pale Moonlight Part2...
Season Idea...
Players of my campaign (Line in the Stars), stay out...
I will admit the two facts willingly. First I belive that in Pale Moonlight DS9 episode is one of the best ever made and second... well I just love to put my players and their characters in the situations where their entire set of values and believes is being questioned.
So lets just say that after the Dominion War is over, someone finds out what Sisko and others did in order to get the Romulans to join the war. That someone is on the way to Romulan Empire/Federation Council to tell the story and he/she has a proof.
Delivery of such proof spells the following...
It creates a great political danger zone. Certain members of Federation hate the idea that we have done a dirty thing like that (and since the war is over they have already forgotten how desperate we were) it creates tensions within the Federation Council. Maybe even gets close to the vote of no confidence.
Romulans, well they are out for blood, striking accross Neutral Zone in something that may be discribed as undeclared war, war that started with Federation assasinating one of its senators and plunging their mighty empire into a war that was not in their interest.
Klingons cry foul play, lack of honour and cowardish behaviour on the side of the Federation and quickly end their alliance with UFP, starting yet another arms race and a cold war.
The Federation, divided within, with its political reputation forever tarnished is surrounded by enemies and no-good wishers and most of all ... the UFP stands alone.
Stopping the courier carrying the message that may expose the entire event may be more costly that one can imagine...
So we have two directions this could go. One the crew needs to stop the courier at "all cost" and that cost is very high (maybe romantic interests die, friends are lost, golden rules are broken, people are murdered... all for the sake of the future).
Or the courier gets through ... sparking the biggest political turmoil in the history of the quadrant.
Your thoughts?
Kind Regards
Daniel